Religious Studies

When comparing athletes to soldiers in the military you discover that there is an abundance of similarities that link the two in how they prepare themselves both mentally[...]

ABSTRACTSAMANTHA B. WEBSTER The history of the curse: a comparative look at the religious and social taboos of menstruation and the influence they have on American societ[...]

This thesis examines the way children’s and young adult literature deals with play and intimacy. Using Georges Bataille’s conception of intimacy, this thesis posits that[...]

This thesis looks at the Late Antique mystical literary genre of Hekhalot alongside contemporary queer theory and modern psychoanalysis. Part 1 opens with an excerpt from[...]

How do we construct narratives about ourselves, how are these narratives influenced by our religious lives, and how do these narratives look when they appear on the Inter[...]

During the antebellum period in America, Black women preachers had to navigate limitations imposed on them based on their gender and race as they responded to God’s call [...]

This thesis explores the iconic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996) and its cinematic counterpart The End of Evangelion (1997) through the philosophical lens of Geo[...]

This research centers on the television series, American Horror Story: Coven released onFX in 2013. The show is filmed and set in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a plot base[...]

By focusing on the social meaning-making of ritual Catherine Bell paved the way for new avenues of exploration for religious studies. My paper pulls this theory into a re[...]

The revolving door of food trends – particularly those regarding vegetarianism and veganism – provides a unique opportunity for food cultures that are traditionally assoc[...]