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The Idea of Praise in the Book of Psalms: Academic and Personal Observations
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2005) -
Imported Religion: Chilean Buddhism in a Global Market
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)The author explores the presence of Nichiren Buddhism in Chile in the context of Jose Casnova’s theories of globalized religion, and how the Buddhist religion and lifestyle fit into a culturally Chilean setting. Within ... -
The Incorporation of Rituals Into Holocaust Commemoration Ceremonies
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)Currently there has been a lack of scholarly research conducted in examining the emerging rituals used in Yom HaShoah (Holocaust) memorial ceremonies. This paper attempts to bridge the gap in literature regarding how both ... -
Indian Women's Folklore : Kahanis from a Western Woman's Perspective
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1994)The author analyzes the humorous and anectdotal genre of stories, "kahanis," associated with the festival of Mangala Gouri, focusing on the transmission of subservient and negative images of women. -
The Integration of Astrology, Buddhism and Ayurvedic Medicine in Sri Lanka
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)This paper explores the integration of astrology and Buddhism throughout ayurvedic medicine in Sri Lanka; focusing on the history of the integration of these practices, how they are contextualized in history, perceived by ... -
Internship in Youth Ministry at Heritage Lutheran Church, Valparaiso, Indiana
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1998)The author documents his ten week internship as the youth minister at his home church in Valaparaiso, including observations, insights, and lesson plans. -
An Investigation into the Origins of Mahāyāna Buddhism
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2001)It is an attempt to pull together recent studies and conclusions that are at odds with the traditional understanding of Indian Buddhist history from the time of the Buddha's death until the 5th century C.E. The goal is ... -
Is Christianity Racist? : A Historical Analysis of Politics and Religion
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2021-11-01)The author explores the role of white Christian nationalism through history and politics. -
Jazz Funerals in a Pandemic : A Celebratory-Mortuary Ritual Of New Orleans
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2021-12-01)The insurmountable loss and death caused by the pandemic and experienced by the Black communities of New Orleans created unique obstacles on how to properly funeralize a loved one. The people of New Orleans were able to ... -
Jerusalem of the Midwest : An Ethnography on Jewish Summer Camp
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2020-11-01)My senior individualized project is an embodied ethnography of camp counselors at OSRUI (Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute), a Reform Jewish summer camp in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. OSRUI (formerly “Union Institute”) was established ... -
Ken Ham's 6,000 Year Old Universe
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)The author discusses the literature of Creationism, how it compares and contrasts with the mainstream science of Evolution, and how Creationism has been used to create Creation Museums, which the author compares to traditional ... -
The Knife without a Blade That Lacks a Handle: The Intangible Experience of Depression
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1999)My purpose in creating this SIP was not to write a piece for others, but for myself. By the time I was to begin working on it, I had had depression for one and a half years, and if I could not be rid of it, I wanted to ... -
A Liminal Hell Using the Work of Johann Weyer to Bridge the Gap Between Intellectualism and Belief
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2020-01-01)Johann Weyer's work in De Praestigiis Daemonum and its appendix is an important example of the complexities within the intellectual discourse about witchcraft and demonology in early-modern Europe. His educated and ... -
Lives That Are Lived with God: Fiction for a Religious Understanding
(1982)In our secular age the struggle for justice has been isolated from an acknowledgment of the presence of God. At the same time, thought about God has been disjoined from history. I do not think that these are ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Marie Laveau : Transgressing Powerful Gentility and Darkness
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2018)Marie Laveau and voodoo have been such great influences to religion, the media, and people. All the religious believers and non-believers have created their own perceptions of Marie Laveau based on her relation to Christianity. ... -
Material Culture in the Borderland : A Focus on the "Miracle Room" at the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)Material culture in the lower Rio Grande Valley exists among the faithful devotees that attend Our Lady of San Juan del Valle who put their faith in a variety of religious objects to feel secure from the many social, ... -
Mending Transatlantic Ties: Rewriting Orientalism as a Catalyst for New Approaches to Arab and Muslim Feminist Theory and Solidarity
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2006)Orientalism is a multi-dimensional analysis of Western systems of creating and producing knowledge of and for both the East and the West. Said's analysis of Orientalist epistemologies is foundational to the field of ... -
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 ...
