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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Academic Study of Religion"”.
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Theology, Spirituality, and the Academic Study of Religion in Public Universities
… thesis examines whether the secular institutions of American higher education should address students questions of meaning, purpose, wisdom, and human destiny. That is, it investigates the place of the normative analysis of religious experience and behavior within the public university. I use the …
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Examining the theories and pedagogies of the academic study of religion in public schools
… examines the following question: “Is the academic study of religion a desirable educational endeavor for public school students?” In examining this question I conclude that students should study religion as part of a robust education that seeks to not only inform students about religious …
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Reasoning and Religion: The Relevance of the Academic Study of Religion to Critical Thinking Pedagogy
… into method and theory debates within the academic study of religion, arguing for the potential of this broad field to enrich critical thinking pedagogy, especially with regard to worldviews and problems associated with the influences of worldviews on reasoning. I highlight the growing …
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Suffering in the Sunni and Calvinist World Views: Demonstrating the Value of the Comparative Approach in the Study of Religion in Service of Christian Missions
… argues that the comparative method in the academic study of religion can be a valuable missiological tool for Christians. Chapter 1 explains the need for Christians to have an in-depth understanding of the Sunni worldview in order to better contextualize the gospel. Chapter 2 provides a …
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Divergent Responses to the Human Predicament: A Case Study in New Comparativism
<p>The enterprise of comparison has been regarded by some as one of the most vital characteristics of a healthy academic study of religion. However, the failed legacy of Eliadian Comparativism has caused others to suggest that the art of comparison has not yet lived up to its promise. This study …
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Craving / Carving a sacred space : a study of religion on Stone Mountain.
Drawing upon the tools of spatial analysis, this study examines varieties of sacred space crafted at Stone Mountain Park, near Atlanta, Georgia. The focus on spatial aspects of religious practices at Stone Mountain grounds three over-arching methodological objectives of the thesis. The first is to …
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Tracing the Finger of God: The Role of Wonders In Catholic Spirituality In Early America
<p>This dissertation examines the role of wonders in Catholic spirituality in British North America between the founding of colonial Maryland and the early national United States. It argues that the traditional spirituality and theology that stressed God's activity in the natural world--most …
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H.P. Blavatsky, theosophy, and nineteenth-century comparative religion
Although H. P. Blavatsky (1831-1891), co-founder of the Theosophical Society, has featured prominently in histories of Western esotericism, her engagement with late nineteenth-century comparative religion has not been appreciated. This thesis offers the first sustained analysis of H. P. Blavatsky's …
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Mediated mimbar: muslim media and identity in Uganda
Motivated by the scarcity of literature on the relationship between Muslims and media in East Africa, and Uganda in particular, this thesis examines the transformative role of new media in shaping the Islamic identity in Uganda. Since the liberalization of media in 1992, Ugandan Muslims have …
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Authoring Authority: The Apostle Paul and the Prophet Joseph Smith--A Critical Comparison of Texts and Power in the Generation of Religious Community
… at the same time advancing the power interests of their authors. The study is a comparative, critical, and interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary excavation of the religion-making efforts of the first-century Christian Apostle Paul and the nineteenth-century Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith.</p> <p>This …
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Religion-related discourse : a critical approach to non-religion in Edinburgh's Southside
… with, reframe and rehabilitate a burgeoning body of contemporary research on ‘non-religion’ within the critical academic study of ‘religion’, and to explore the benefits of such a reframing for empirical research. I begin by critically introducing research on ‘non-religion’ and identifying a …
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Reanimalizing religion: Hegel, habit, and the nature of spirit
Recently, a number of scholars have sought to reveal the extent to which the concept of religion and the discipline of religious studies depend upon a distinction between humans and other animals for their conceptual and disciplinary integrity. This dissertation is an attempt to deepen this insight …