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Sylvia Browne in the new Age Context
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2001)Rather than attempt to inquire about and discuss the vast elements of the New Age Movement by going through a variety of writers, I have chosen to approach it through the life and activities of the famous psychic, Sylvia ... -
Dogma and Dread: How Religion Becomes Reality
(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 ... -
Metatron: Angelic Oposition to Humans in 3 Enoch
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2005)The primary texts used for this study are the original English translation of J. Enoch, done by Hugo Odenberg, and a later more complete translation by P. Alexander. Other texts were used to provide a background to the ... -
So . . . I Just Wrote
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2004)This project began as an assignment for the completion and requirement for my undergraduate degree from Kalamazoo College. The assignment was to simply write and compose a collection of sermons. As with most long projects ... -
The Lost Devil and Human Evil: The Divorce of the Devil from the Concept of Evil in the Modern World
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2000)This will not be a theodicy, theology of evil, or even a history of the Devil. Rather, I hope to trace the progression of the Devil, as the anthropomorphic personification of evil, through the Western Judeo-Christian ... -
The Community of God
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2004)Rosemary Radford Ruether defies standard ideas of power in the world by striving toward an inclusive community of God. However, her ideas lack a widespread understanding or systematic acceptance. She sees dreams and ... -
Zakat : A Convergence of Religion and Politics
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2009)The author asks if Islamic nations have a tendancy toward welfare states due to the basic Muslim prescription for the giving of alms or "zakat." The author begins discussing the political and religious practice of zakat. ... -
Tryin' to Get to Heaven That Way : Mysticism and Eroticism in Soul Music
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2007)The author analyzes the blending of sacred and sexual themes in the soul music of Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, and Al Green, and compares soul music to the Sufi poetry of Rumi and others to show how the erotic impulses of Soul ... -
Views of Islam via Design
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2009)The author presents the mosque as a visual representation of Islam, discussing the basic principles of the religion, the cultural features of the early Muslim community, the historical development of Mosque architecture, ... -
Christianity Experienced in Daily Life : Evangelical Protestants in America
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2007)The author reviews the history of evangelical and fundamentalist movements in American Christianity.