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Introduction To “Religions In Shakespeare’S Writings, David V. Urban
Introduction To “Religions In Shakespeare’S Writings, David V. Urban
University Faculty Publications and Creative Works
No abstract provided.
Prospero, The Divine Shepherd, And Providence, David V. Urban
Prospero, The Divine Shepherd, And Providence, David V. Urban
University Faculty Publications and Creative Works
In this essay, I argue that Psalm 23 serves as a thematic rubric through which to understand how Prospero’s machinations affect the progress of the redemption of King Alonso throughout the play. At the same time, however, recognizing Prospero’s moral complexities and deficiencies, I also argue that Prospero’s mercy toward and reconciliation with Alonso ultimately demonstrates the sovereign influence of a Providence beyond Prospero’s control—a Providence that works through charity and grace beyond Prospero’s initial intentions. This higher providential power, therefore, ought rightly to be seen as the ultimate shepherd of the play—one who works to affect not only Alonso’s …
Researching Digital Life Together, David I. Smith
Researching Digital Life Together, David I. Smith
University Faculty Publications and Creative Works
No abstract provided.
Researching Digital Life Together, David I. Smith
Researching Digital Life Together, David I. Smith
University Faculty Publications and Creative Works
No abstract provided.
The Damned Neighbors Problem Rousseau’S Civil Religion Revisited, Micah Watson
The Damned Neighbors Problem Rousseau’S Civil Religion Revisited, Micah Watson
University Faculty Publications and Creative Works
Near the conclusion of The Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau starkly proclaims that no state has been founded without a religious basis, and thus if he is right, every political community must grapple with the tension between the conflicting claims of the divine and the mundane. Because Christianity cannot solve this tension, Rousseau calls for a new religion, a civil religion. Whereas most of the academic treatment of civil religion follows various paths beginning with Robert Bellah’s original 1967 article, this essay explores more deeply the contours of Rousseau’s original articulation of the problem to which civil religion is his proposed …
A Response To Critics, James K.A. Smith
A Response To Critics, James K.A. Smith
University Faculty Publications and Creative Works
The author responds to critics of Awaiting the King, addressing especially questions about Augustinian liberalism and the church’s complicity in, and responsibility for, disordered liturgies, raising fundamental questions about the relationship between church and world.
The Oppressed And The Oppressors In The Fourth Gospel: A Postcolonial Reading, Joshua Polanski
The Oppressed And The Oppressors In The Fourth Gospel: A Postcolonial Reading, Joshua Polanski
Beets Paper Contest
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