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'They Make It So Difficult To Love Ourselves', Elise "Alice" G. Roberson
'They Make It So Difficult To Love Ourselves', Elise "Alice" G. Roberson
Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award
No abstract provided.
Inspiration, Interpretation, And Authority: Laying Down The Law, Leah Jo M. Shelton
Inspiration, Interpretation, And Authority: Laying Down The Law, Leah Jo M. Shelton
Religion: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
This paper examines the relationships between and the complexities within biblical inspiration, interpretation, and authority and how they might contribute to liberating and oppressive uses of the Bible. For an example of an oppressive interpretation, the introduction includes a brief case study concerning the interpretive history of 1 Corinthians 11:10 and 1 Timothy 2:12. Continuing, David Law’s book, Inspiration, serves as the main source for theories of inspiration. He discusses two categories of theories—word-centered and non-verbal—and provides his own theory which locates inspiration in relationship between the text and the reader. In response to Law, this paper centralizes around …
'They Make It So Difficult To Love Ourselves', Elise "Alice" G. Roberson
'They Make It So Difficult To Love Ourselves', Elise "Alice" G. Roberson
Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award
No abstract provided.
Thecla Penetrates The Popular Perception, Leah Jo M. Shelton
Thecla Penetrates The Popular Perception, Leah Jo M. Shelton
Audre Lorde Writing Prize
This paper analyzes The Acts of Paul and Thecla, an early Christian writing, within the framework of gender in antique Rome. Roman gender was based on performance, which is the basis of each character's gender construction in this story. Thecla undergoes a radical transformation from a passive female, preparing to be wed, to an active, ideal male who controls her independence and performs public oratory. In contrast, Paul, who appears as an ideal male at the beginning of the story, is "unmanned" by Thecla when she ultimately defies her female categorization. The Acts of Paul and Thecla exhibits the …
The Public Vs. The Private, Elise "Alice" G. Roberson
The Public Vs. The Private, Elise "Alice" G. Roberson
Audre Lorde Writing Prize
No abstract provided.