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Introduction: Toward An Ethical Mutilation Of The "Human" And "Body", José E. Valdivia Heredia , '23
Introduction: Toward An Ethical Mutilation Of The "Human" And "Body", José E. Valdivia Heredia , '23
Crossings: Swarthmore Undergraduate Feminist Research Journal
No abstract provided.
Sex In The Bible: A Poetic Female Retelling, Gabriella Raffetto
Sex In The Bible: A Poetic Female Retelling, Gabriella Raffetto
Crossings: Swarthmore Undergraduate Feminist Research Journal
In my poetic analysis, I tease out the differences between Biblical and modern conceptions of rape. Many of my ‘episodes’ feature rape narratives between a husband and wife or concubine/slave; in the Biblical narrative, these relations were not considered rape, because rape only constituted relationships outside of legal bounds. In this way, I attempt to diversify preexisting stories in the Biblical narrative, making monsters out of praised patriarchs; even God is not safe from becoming the villain. In this way, I paint the patriarchal system in the Bible as a gothic house disguised in tradition and spirituality that women must …
Àṣẹ After Man: The Rupture Of The Christian-Colonial Project As Decolonial Ceremony, Eden Segbefia
Àṣẹ After Man: The Rupture Of The Christian-Colonial Project As Decolonial Ceremony, Eden Segbefia
Crossings: Swarthmore Undergraduate Feminist Research Journal
This project is a theoretical exploration of the Yoruba concept of àṣẹ and its role in unsettling the hierarchies imposed by Christian colonialism. Sylvia Wynter's explanation of the ways in which Christian colonialism has affected the very concept of Man proves crucial here. Àṣẹ is an example of a decolonial concept because of its ability to rearrange animacy, especially as it is conceived in Western European epistemology. Wynter and other interlocutors are utilized to support this argument and imagine new possibilities in considering the relationships between Christian colonialism, alterity, plasticity, and animacy.
“The Work We Came Here To Do”: Crossings, An Introduction, José E. Valdivia Heredia , '23
“The Work We Came Here To Do”: Crossings, An Introduction, José E. Valdivia Heredia , '23
Crossings: Swarthmore Undergraduate Feminist Research Journal
No abstract provided.
The Rise Of Russian Peasant Witchcraft: A Response To Social Unrest In Imperial Russia, Katrina Sommer
The Rise Of Russian Peasant Witchcraft: A Response To Social Unrest In Imperial Russia, Katrina Sommer
Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal
Imperial Russia became home to a unique form of witchcraft from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. Combining its religious history, patterns of imperial expansion and governance, and social hierarchies, witchcraft accusations arose during especially troublesome economic and political times. Differing from eighteenth-century America Witchcraft trials, these trials were not only femicide. Targeting anyone who might subvert established social or cultural norms, these accusations often led to violent expungement, ending with a ritual of communal bonding.
Interpreting The Intentional Inaccessibility Of The Early Modern Roman Catholic Church, Kristen P. Quesada
Interpreting The Intentional Inaccessibility Of The Early Modern Roman Catholic Church, Kristen P. Quesada
Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal
Many may wonder why, in the modern day, the Roman Catholic Church continues to incorporate Latin, a now barely extant language, into its canonic religious rituals and public services. However, to understand whether there is a latently malicious intent lurking beneath this esoteric tradition, we must look back to the 1545 Council of Trent, in which these traditions were first canonized. This choice on the part of the Catholic Church helped incense the Protestant Reformation’s criticisms against the Church for exclusivizing the very religion its followers were practicing. This paper investigates the origins of the Catholic Church’s suppressive practices against …
Religion And Food (Relg 019) Syllabus, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Religion And Food (Relg 019) Syllabus, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Scott Arboretum Curricular Grants
Religion and Food is an introduction to the academic study of religion, in which we focus on food as the primary motif for investigating the world’s religious traditions. We will read cases from Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Meso-american, Native American and African-based traditions in different periods and places, and from different points of view. The driving questions that will consume us this semester are: what is Religion? How does one study “it?” How is food conceived in the study of Religion? This includes metaphors of eating, styles of eating, material substances, not-eating/fasting, diet practices, rituals of food service, food arts, and …
Review Of "One Small Candle: The Plymouth Puritans And The Beginning Of English New England" By F. J. Bremer, Jordan Landes
Review Of "One Small Candle: The Plymouth Puritans And The Beginning Of English New England" By F. J. Bremer, Jordan Landes
Library Staff Works
No abstract provided.
Dbq: Document-Based Quarantine, Celia Caust-Ellenbogen, Jordan Landes, R. Landes
Dbq: Document-Based Quarantine, Celia Caust-Ellenbogen, Jordan Landes, R. Landes
Library Staff Works
This paper presents how one school and one special library handled the first months of quarantine and remote teaching and learning as COVID-19 hit the United States in spring 2020. While teaching with archives has long been a part of the professional discourse within the archival and special collections community, changes in methodology in teaching remotely and modifications to the Advanced Placement United States History (APUSH) exam’s document-based question (DBQ) called for experimentation and innovation. The collaboration between APUSH teachers at Woodbridge Senior High School in Virginia and the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania provided one solution …
Review Of "John Woolman And The Government Of Christ: A Colonial Quaker's Vision For The British Atlantic World" By J. R. Kershner, Jordan Landes
Review Of "John Woolman And The Government Of Christ: A Colonial Quaker's Vision For The British Atlantic World" By J. R. Kershner, Jordan Landes
Library Staff Works
No abstract provided.
Religion 102 Magic Archive, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Religion 102 Magic Archive, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Digital Humanities Curricular Development
The purpose of this project is for you to learn to use digital humanities tools and methods, to generate new research, and to curate relevant subject materials for a zone of innovation in Religious Studies. For this assignment you will explore the intersections between Magic-Religion categories and identify primary sources on the same; you will sort and catalog selected items; format visual materials for presentation; collect sources and documents, images, videos, audio, and other types of files; provide research on the origins, sources, and use of these materials by practitioners and institutions.
Magic: Theory And Practice (Relg 102) Syllabus, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Magic: Theory And Practice (Relg 102) Syllabus, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Digital Humanities Curricular Development
Religion historian Owen Davies defines Magic as “the everyday employment of Religion for reasons other than spiritual enlightenment or salvation.” In this course we examine the history, theory, and meaning of Magic as a category of belief and practice intersecting with religious forms, institutions, and material cultures. Focusing on the arts of American Magic - what we will call Conjure Americana, we will look at the rise of Magic in the early modern era, from its initial formations in post Reformation European popular religion, to its expressions in English Christianity, and in colonial encounters with indigenous religions. This seminar centers …
God’S Sovereignty Amidst Evil: A Defense Of The Complex Good Of The Christian God With Reference To C.S. Lewis, Sawyer C. Lake , '20
God’S Sovereignty Amidst Evil: A Defense Of The Complex Good Of The Christian God With Reference To C.S. Lewis, Sawyer C. Lake , '20
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
No abstract provided.
Illustrating Progressive-Era Reform In Pennsylvania: The Anna Wharton Morris Papers, Celia Caust-Ellenbogen
Illustrating Progressive-Era Reform In Pennsylvania: The Anna Wharton Morris Papers, Celia Caust-Ellenbogen
Library Staff Works
No abstract provided.
Queering Jewish Theology In Parables, Gwynn Kessler
Queering Jewish Theology In Parables, Gwynn Kessler
Religion Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
Conjure Magic And Supernaturalism In Nineteenth-Century African American Narratives, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Conjure Magic And Supernaturalism In Nineteenth-Century African American Narratives, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Religion Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
Teaching Rape, Slavery, And Genocide In Bible And Culture, Gwynn Kessler
Teaching Rape, Slavery, And Genocide In Bible And Culture, Gwynn Kessler
Religion Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
Looking For Black Religions In 20th Century Comics: 1931-1993, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Looking For Black Religions In 20th Century Comics: 1931-1993, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Religion Faculty Works
Relationships between religion and comics are generally unexplored in the academic literature. This article provides a brief history of Black religions in comic books, cartoons, animation, and newspaper strips, looking at African American Christianity, Islam, Africana (African diaspora) religions, and folk traditions such as Hoodoo and Conjure in the 20th century. Even though the treatment of Black religions in the comics was informed by stereotypical depictions of race and religion in United States (US) popular culture, African American comics creators contested these by offering alternatives in their treatment of Black religion themes.
Conjure Americana (Relg 93) Syllabus, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Conjure Americana (Relg 93) Syllabus, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Digital Humanities Curricular Development
This course rethinks the category of “magic” as a subset of “Religion” by looking at sources and materials from African American spiritual traditions that have historically efface these distinctions. Owen Davies said that “books of magic are magical books.” But in reviewing digital resources and library collections it is clear that there is a dearth of electronically archived sources on this topic, particularly those sources from within the American context. What I want to consider is the idea of the “magical book” as historical object, and even their uses as religious artifacts and ritual items. By studying the intersections between …
Conjure Americana: Creating A Magic Book Archive, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Conjure Americana: Creating A Magic Book Archive, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Digital Humanities Curricular Development
Students create an electronic image and text archive that foregrounds the material and cultural production of books related to magic, occult, and esoteric traditions in the United States.
When God Was A Bird: Christianity, Animism, And The Re-Enchantment Of The World, Mark I. Wallace
When God Was A Bird: Christianity, Animism, And The Re-Enchantment Of The World, Mark I. Wallace
Religion Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
Translation Of "The Flight Of Love: A Messenger Poem Of Medieval South India" By Veṅkaṭanātha, Veṅkaṭanātha, Steven P. Hopkins , Translator
Translation Of "The Flight Of Love: A Messenger Poem Of Medieval South India" By Veṅkaṭanātha, Veṅkaṭanātha, Steven P. Hopkins , Translator
Religion Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
When God Was A Bird: Contemplating Divine Presence Around Us, Mark I. Wallace
When God Was A Bird: Contemplating Divine Presence Around Us, Mark I. Wallace
Religion Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
Review Of "Mojo Workin’: The Old African American Hoodoo System" By K. Hazzard-Donald, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Review Of "Mojo Workin’: The Old African American Hoodoo System" By K. Hazzard-Donald, Yvonne Patricia Chireau
Religion Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
This Side Of The Grave: Navigating The Quaker Plainness Testimony In London And Philadelphia In The Eighteenth Century, Patricia C. O'Donnell
This Side Of The Grave: Navigating The Quaker Plainness Testimony In London And Philadelphia In The Eighteenth Century, Patricia C. O'Donnell
Library Staff Works
For observant members of the Society of Friends in greater London and Philadelphia during the eighteenth century, navigating the Quaker plainness testimony involved material culture choices that might be viewed by non-Quakers as concealing motives of frugality or blurring class lines or as violating standards of decency and propriety. This was particularly true of coffins, which were carried through the streets from home to burial ground followed by family and friends. On this public stage, Quaker coffin choices satisfied the requirements for plainness while at the same time they demonstrated family values and fulfilled societal expectations.
Nibbana, Dhamma, And Sinhala Buddhism, Donald K. Swearer
Nibbana, Dhamma, And Sinhala Buddhism, Donald K. Swearer
Religion Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
Reproduction, Gwynn Kessler
A Beaked And Feathered God: Rediscovering Christian Animism, Mark I. Wallace
A Beaked And Feathered God: Rediscovering Christian Animism, Mark I. Wallace
Religion Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
Review Of "From Peace To Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric And The Birth Of American Antislavery, 1657-1761" By B. Carey, Ellen M. Ross
Review Of "From Peace To Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric And The Birth Of American Antislavery, 1657-1761" By B. Carey, Ellen M. Ross
Religion Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
A Rich And Holy Bewilderment, Steven P. Hopkins
A Rich And Holy Bewilderment, Steven P. Hopkins
Religion Faculty Works
No abstract provided.