Browsing Religion Senior Integrated Projects by Title
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“The Milk of the Two Breasts of the Father” : Motherhood & Salvation in the Odes of Solomon
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)Despite all of the arguments scholars have about the origins of the Odes of Solomon, this text is clearly linked to Christian values and theologies because of its focus on New Testament Biblical characters like Jesus, the ... -
A Ministry of Presence : Finding the Role of the Healthcare Chaplain in the Ministry of Jesus
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1998)The author interned at the Mary Washington Hospital and the Mary Washington Hospice in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where she observed her mentors using four essential tools in their ministry of presence: taking initiative, ... -
Ministry to the Youth of Today's Inner Cities
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1993)In doing my Senior Individualized Project, I endeavor to place some ideas and techniques that are very essential to inner city ministry, in writing. The goal is to take gathered information and put it with practical ... -
The Missionary Calling: Lessons from a Short-Term Missions Experience in China
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1999)My program was called the Tongliao, China Global Project 1998, one of several summer missions programs organized by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, an interdenominational student movement. It was officially a ... -
Modernity, Colonialism, and Women in Islam
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2011)In my research I will examine the political and economic facilities of the Middle East and the social opportunities and protective security of women in Muslim countries. I will address what economic facilities scholars ... -
Moral Development and Education in College Students
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1992)The intent of this project is to examine the increasingly vital role that college student personnel plays in the moral development of college students. A general discussion of the terminology used both in the profession ... -
Morality, Niebuhr, and The Soviet Union: A Window into the Conflicts, and Construction of Jimmy Carter's Morality
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2005)This essay will explore the moral construct of Jimmy Carter in a three-fold manner. First, looking at Jimmy Carter's interactions with his parents and community growing up in a small farming area, this section will explore ... -
Muslim Courting Practices in the United States: The Effects of American Culture on Islamic Tradition
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2001)This work seeks to highlight a specific aspect of Islamic life: Muslim relationships in the United States of America with regard to courting practices. Born and raised in Dearborn, Michigan, a community rich with Muslim ... -
Mystical Empowerment: A Phenomenological Study of Five Women Spiritual Leaders
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Mythmaking: A Study of Women and Religion in Sheri Tepper's The Awakeners and Grass and Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Wild Seed
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1996)When I began working on this project I had no idea whether anything like it had ever been attempted before. I also did not realize how needed such a project is for women. I soon discovered that while the topic of religion ... -
The Nature of Religious Symbolism : Paul Tillich and His Critics
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1965)The author reviews Paul Tillich's concept of religious symbolism and then considers the opinions of two of Tillich's critics: Henry Nelson Wieman and George Henri Tavard. -
Navigating Religious Conversion to Hinduism
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2021-04-01)Of the many religions that exist in the world, Hinduism is one without a clear and distinct conversion process. As a convert to Hinduism from Lutheranism, I have found it necessary to tell the story of how I became Hindu ... -
Navigating the Vessel: Meso-and South American Sacrificial Beliefs and Practices
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2006)Human sacrifice, according to Eliade, was performed by groups of people in almost all areas of the globe at some point in human history, and yet, the field of sacrifice has been crossed by too few modern scholars and exposed ... -
The Northern Ireland Conflict : Troubles to Peace Depicted in Political and Religious Murals
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2022-11-01)In section one, I discuss the importance of murals during The Troubles. The Troubles were a thirty year, violent conflict between Nationalists/Republicans (Catholics), the Loyalists/Unionists (Protestants) and the British ... -
The Nuances of Chilean Mormon Identity
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)Inspired by the religous experience of her host family while studying in Chile, the author examines the growth and identity of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Chile, with sociological research and ... -
Open Wounds of San Francisco : The Effects of Gentrification in the Mission District
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)San Francisco is facing a monster that people are describing now as hypergentrification. The Mission District is the neighborhood that is changing at the most fastest rate compared to other neighborhoods in San Francisco ... -
An Overview of the Religion in Eastern Kentucky
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1979)In the spring of 1978, I spent three months living and working at Buckhorn Children's Center located in the heart of the beautiful hills and valleys of Eastern Kentucky. It was there that my interest in the religion of ... -
Palaung Lives: Navigating Questions of Identity
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2008)This paper seeks to address the relation between cultural identity and religion for the Palaung living in Northern Thailand. The Palaung are newcomers to Thailand. who began arriving in the mid-l980s as refugees from the ... -
The Parables as a Means of Communication
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1980)This paper will discuss the communicating aspect of the parables -- why they so effectively communicate, and what it is they communicate. The paper will begin with a survey of parable interpretation, because the parable ... -
Pascal's Theology as Seen in the "Pensees" and the "Provincial Letters"
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1971)