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My Brother's A Jerk And Dad's Gonna Spank Him: Roles And Relations In Obadiah, Aletta Stumo

School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses

This paper presents research and analysis on the use of violence in the Book of Obadiah to make claims of a restored strong masculinity for God, the nation of all-Israel, and the author. The paper finds that these claims can only partially be validated due to the violent nature of the threats and due to how the exile ended.

Francis Effect Redux?, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

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More Educated And More Equal? A Comparative Analysis Of Female Education And Employment In Japan, China And India, Sucharita Sinha Mukherjee

Economics Faculty Publications

This paper attempts to explore the connections between expanding female education and the participation of women in paid employment in Japan, China and India, three of Asia's largest economies. Analysis based on existing data and literature shows that despite the large expansion in educational access in these countries in the last half century, women have lacked egalitarian labour market opportunities. A combination of social discouragement and individual choice largely explains the withdrawal, non-participation or intermittent female presence in the labour force, notwithstanding increased educational access. In taking stock of these issues and debates across these countries, it is argued that …

"Review Of The ‘Grammar Of Sacrifice’: A Generativist Study Of The Israelite Sacrificial System In The Priestly Writings With A ‘Grammar’ Of Σ", Dale Launderville Osb

School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications

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Is There A Caring Class? Intergenerational Transmission Of Care Work, Maria Charles, Corrie Ellis Grosse, Paula England

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

Most research on intergenerational social reproduction has been concerned with upward and downward movements across rank-ordered, “big-class” categories or along continuous gradients of status, income, or skill. An exception is the more nominal conceptualization of the social structure offered in recent research that focuses on qualitative differences in life conditions across occupational “micro classes.” The present analysis broadens this nominal approach by considering social reproduction across an important qualitative dimension that bridges multiple occupations: whether or not one’s work centrally involves care. Based on data from the U.S. General Social Surveys, results provide little evidence that care work is transmitted …

The Francis Effect, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

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Pr Heaven, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

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Libraries, Information And Student Learning, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.

Review Of "Hearing The Hurt: Rhetoric, Aesthetics, And Politics Of The New Negro Movement", Aric Putnam

Strategic Communication Studies Faculty Publications

Review of Eric King Watts, Hearing the Hurt: Rhetoric, Aesthetics, and Politics of the New Negro Movement (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012) ix + 245 pp. (cloth).

Athletics And Academics: Incompatible?, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

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Mass Of Mercy: A Chant Mass For Contemporary Worship, Joel S. Kumro

Obsculta

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Revisiting The Roman Church's Table Practice, Mark Anthony Rodriguez

Obsculta

The Roman church teaches that reception of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ is reserved only for those who have membership in the Roman faith. By examining the actions and parables of Jesus, this essay questions whether or not Jesus seems to have demonstrated an alternative purpose for his eucharistic meals.

Discovery And Recovery, Abu Ali Abdur Rahman

Obsculta

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If I Still Live Upon This Day, Richard Lloyd Odom

Obsculta

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A Comparison Of The Christological Praxis Of Søren Kierkegaard And Pope Francis, Alex Juguilon O.S.C.

Obsculta

Although faced with different needs and warrants from different eras, both Søren Kierkegaard and Pope Francis challenged the Christian populous of their times to live authentically. For the two, Christianity is a way of existence that transcends doctrine and speculation. Authenticity is predicated upon an internal transformation that is manifested externally by the way one relates to others. This paper outlines the unique approach each man takes to this challenge.

Contributors, Obsculta Editors

Obsculta

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Welcome By Way Of A Proem, Obsculta Editors

Obsculta

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Assessing The Christian's Response To The Annihilating Self-Communication Of A Suicide Bomber, C. A. Chase

Obsculta

In a world, where cartoonists and grocery shoppers are gunned down in Paris, and journalists are beheaded on Youtube, the annihilating self-communication of a suicide bomber serves as a ready-made opportunity for a radical claim at sovereignty, if only for a moment. To bomb is to communicate an absolute immanence. Such bombing is a demand for a response.

This paper assesses the Christian’s response to the use of such bombing-as-communication. It does so by first considering the agent of the response, and her self-identity as Christian, and then bombing as a form of self-communication, from: the perspective of its nature, …

Competitive Asceticism: The Gendered Other As A Source Of Self-Revelation In Palladius' Lausiac History, Rachel Wheeler

Obsculta

Early Christian ascetic literature often featured competition and comparison as ways by which ascetics register self-awareness, increase self-knowledge, and finally, stimulate change. This paper examines three stories in Palladius’ Lausiac History to show how the author regarded competition and comparison as useful strategies to catalyze transformation. These stories highlight and subvert differences between solitude and community, men and women, and quantity and quality of ascetic practice. In focusing on exchanges which result in altered consciousness of self, the Lausiac History also implicitly – and sometimes explicitly – invites its reader to likewise examine its contents so as to be challenged …

All For Jesus, Jesus For All: A Refocused Theology On The Mission Of Jesus Christ, Alex Wald

Obsculta

Both Benedict XVI and John Paul II were forming their faith when they witnessed the great atrocities committed by the communist Soviet Union, and both held strong aversions to liberation theology which shares several essential ideas with Marxism. In Pope Francis’ side of the world, liberation theology came to be viewed in a completely opposite light. There, it was popularized as a God-blessed revolution against oppressive dictatorships. Pope Francis has an opportunity to enrich the Church’s mission with the gains made by Latin American liberation theologians.

Skandala, C. A. Chase

Obsculta

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On The Symbolic Nature Of Evangelization, Steven Drapalik

Obsculta

Still often viewed as an action belonging solely to missionary societies, Catholic understanding of evangelization is lacking. Refusal to evangelize is refusal to act as a symbolic reality of Christ in the world, i.e. the Mystical body of Christ - the Church. This paper will demonstrate how evangelization is the primary way in which the Holy Spirit actualizes the Church as symbolic reality of the Mystical body of Christ in the world. When Catholics evangelize, their actions of witness and proclamation constitute participation in a process Louise-Marie Chauvet terms symbolic exchange whereby subjects kenotically give of themselves in order to …

Eucharist: A Sign And Means Of Unity?, Isaiah Frederick O.S.B.

Obsculta

Per the Second Vatican Council, the Eucharist is to be a sign of unity and a means of grace. However, it often serves as a sign of disunity among Christian churches. This paper provides an understanding of the current unity that already exists among churches, and also an understanding of the final unity we seek. This final unity values and requires diversity among churches. This unity provides for a full extending of eucharistic hospitality.

Massingale's Prescriptive For Racism In The U.S. Catholic Church, Jessie Bazan

Obsculta

Nearly every social issue plaguing the United States is impacted by racial bias, most often, against black Americans. Rev. Bryan Massingale, an internationally-recognized black Catholic theologian, has committed much of his ministerial work to advocating for racial justice and educating others about the urgent need for racial reconciliation within the Church. This paper uses Massingale’s holistic approach to explain how the USCCB could strengthen its understanding of racism, its support of black leadership, and its passion for opposing racisim both inside and outside the Church.

Thoughts Upon Waking, Ron Cauthern

Obsculta

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For Hope, Of Hope: Prayers Of The Community, Stephanie Falkowski

Obsculta

Ms. Falkowski has prayed continuously with the community of Hope Community Presbyterian Church in Virginia, MN, since her baptism as an infant. This prayer was featured in a Lenten worship service this year. Ms. Falkowski was asked by her pastor to not only write these prayers, but to also provide a homily and to officiate on this occasion.

Orthodoxy, Orthopraxis, And Orthokardia: A Reflection On The Letter Of James, Alex Juguilon O.S.C.

Obsculta

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Spiritual Reflections From Death Row, Obsculta Editors

Obsculta

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Come Now And Behold: Catholic Social Witness And Economic Inequality In The United States, Eric S. Fought

Obsculta

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'Big Papa' And I, Derrick Quintero

Obsculta

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