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    • The Darkness and the Clearness: Theological and Psychological Implications of Sin and Grace 

      Riedel, Jonathan David (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1987)
      If we wish to understand life we must ask questions, questions that reflect an avoidance of easy answers or convenient moralizing, particularly if the questions have to do with the health and the disease of the human ...

    • The Dialectic of Justification : The Heritage of Dogmatics in the Twentieth Century 

      Hoemke, Paul M. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1996)
      The author reviews the dialectical theology of Karl Brunner, Paul Tillich, and Emil Brunner, which he describes as an existential response to the liberal theology and science of the 19th century. "Justification was a ...

    • Different Creationist Perspectives of Evolutionary Science in Conjunction with the Agency of God 

      Patterson, Cayla (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2019-09-01)
      Creationism is the concept that there is a God, specifically the Christian one, who created the universe, Earth, and life on Earth. While this might sound like a rather straightforward answer to what creationism is, this ...

    • Diffused Religion : The Religiosity of BABYMETAL 

      Buffin, Thomas (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2022-11-01)
      The world of metal music was at an interesting point in the late 2000s and early 2010s, but that is not to say it was dying or lacking in volume. Simply put, these years marked the creation of a band that would push forward ...

    • Docile Bodies, Model Citizens : The Role of Religious Reformers in Nineteenth Century Prison Reform 

      Marquez-Gomez, Victoria (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2021-12-01)
      Throughout this SIP, I will analyze the role of religion in the construction and management of prisons in the nineteenth century. The first chapter will explore the birth of the penitentiary in America, providing historical ...

    • Dogma and Dread: How Religion Becomes Reality 

      Jackson, Christopher M. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2004)
      This project has been the culmination of most of my interests over my entire time at Kalamazoo College. Sophomore year, for Carol Anderson's Ritual Theory and Practice, I wrote a paper as a final project getting in to ...

    • Embrace or Ban? France and the Muslim Veil 

      Sudol, MacKenzie L. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)
      The reasons behind the decision to ban the veil in public spaces in France are so numerous that one can only begin to understand all of the details. The decision to ban conspicuous religious symbols, mainly pertaining to ...

    • An Empire of Opression : Roman Use of Conquered Religions 

      Lane, Robyn (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2016)
      Religious syncretism was as common as war and imperialist expansion in the classical period. Greece started, providing an example of syncretism as part of political maneuvers, especially in Egypt. They would make other ...

    • An Exegesis of Matthew 5:3-16 

      Berrigan, Jerome William (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1997)
      The paper will be divided into three sections. The first (I), the introduction, will explore religion vs. idolatry; a few interpretative assumptions regarding the New Testament; explication of theological method and ...

    • The Experience of Loving Kindness: The Ultimate Concern in Thai Buddhism and Unitarian Universalism 

      Lake, Hilary J. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2006)
      "Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life." As a religion ...

    • An Experiential Summer: An Internship at Pretty Lake Vacation Camp 

      Morris, Brant Winfield (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2003)
      A senior individualized project (SIP) should be fun should be exciting, and, with my science background, should be spent in a lab researching. Lab is not my forte and being inside a building with no windows is not my idea ...

    • Fandom : a Third Space for Self-Expression and Community 

      Yaruss, Eleanor (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2020-11-01)
      In this paper, I will describe how fandoms serve as third spaces that exist outside of academic and religious spaces. These spaces simultaneously provide participants with similar resources and benefits that more traditional ...

    • Feminist Resistance: An Oral History of the Dworkin-MacKinnon Anti-Pornography Civil Rights Ordinance 

      Turner, Alicia M. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1997)
      Everyday, men beat women. Men rape women. Men stalk, harass, assault, dismiss, degrade, abuse, and use women. Too often, men torture, mutilate, and murder women. In short, men systematically subordinate women in a variety ...

    • The Figure of Christ in Selected Gnostic Writings 

      Ciluffo, Jason D. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1996)

    • Finding Hope in Rwanda: Christianity in Rwanda Before, During, and After the Genocide 

      Mack, Katerina E. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)
      The battle for reconciliation, justice and peace in Rwanda will be an ongoing process and it is unsure whether it will ultimately be achieved. Yet, Rwanda will always remain a genocide that gives much information and ...

    • Forgiveness in the Catholic Church 

      Warner, Joseph M. (2009-03-03)
      By comparing religious and scientific perspectives, I hope to broaden the concept of forgiveness and demonstrate that both religious and scientific ways of knowing have something valuable to contribute to the overall ...

    • From Eve to Euodia : Women's Representations in Children's Bibles 

      Good, Emily (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)
      The children's Bibles recommended by the Mainline Protestant Churches for children between the ages of three and five have fewer female characters than male characters, and the women are often poor quality representations. ...

    • From Limited Tolerance to Political Freedom: Religion in America between 1620 and 1820 

      Hoffmann, Rebekka A. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1999)
      In this paper I will argue that religious diversity and the development of unique religious cultures in the various colonies along with the growth of the notions of tolerance and freedom resulted in the political ...

    • From the Streets to Plasma Screens, An Analysis of The Man in the High Castle’s Depiction of “Honorable” Kempeitai 

      Dudd, Emily Robin Kaneko (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2022-11-01)
      The Man in the High Castle portrays the Kempeitai in a fashion that hinges upon unity and static characterization, reducing the individuals of the military unit to mindless, obedient drones who follow their commanding ...

    • The Future of Christianity: From Rhetoric to Community 

      Rider, Caitlin C. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010)
      In her book, Sundays in America: A Yearlong Road Trip in Search of Christian Faith, author Suzanne Strempek Shea visits fifty-five different Christian churches, seeking - as her title states -"Christian Faith." But why? ...