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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 Pilgrim's Way: The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2000)I read that the pilgrimage used to be a religious journey, but now it is known more for spiritual purposes. With all this on mind and still in search for a SIP topic, it all came together; I came to the conclusion that ... -
Women and Religion: The Influence of the Catholic Religion on the Role of the Mexican Woman
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2000)The role of the woman in Mexican society and culture is a topic that has recently come to light and is being studied in greater depth by anthropologist, sociologists, and feminist scholars alike. Because the submissive ... -
St. James the Greater and Pilgrimage: The History of El Camino de Santiago
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2000)Pilgrimage is fascinating ritual. While it is known that pilgrims want to physically touch the relic, as well as have some spiritual enlightenment along the way to touch the relic, even these are not absolute. Not everyone ... -
Tibetan Buddhism in the West: The Dorje Shugden Controversy and the New Kadampa Tradition
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2000)This paper is about that area of Tibetan Buddhism that does not get covered as often in the media. To a large degree, it remains untouched in academia. It is also about the west's reaction a controversy within Tibetan ... -
Many Ways of Knowing God: Metaphor and Analogy
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2000)At this point my range of questions focuses mainly on the meaningfulness of interpretation and meaning of the central Christian symbols. McFague and Tracy present two manners of interpreting that they believe explicate the ...