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Orthodoxy, Culture And Language: Alaska In Russia’S Religious Diplomacy Of The 21st Century, Oleksandr Lukyanenko Dec 2025

Orthodoxy, Culture And Language: Alaska In Russia’S Religious Diplomacy Of The 21st Century, Oleksandr Lukyanenko

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The article is devoted to the analysis of the religious factor of the Russian foreign diplomacy in the light of Vladimir Putin’s high-profile visit to Alaska n August 15, 2025. The paper studies a special place of Alaska in the historical imagination of Russian political and church discourse. The status of this particular territory in Russian state worldview – the former “Russian America” – is indicative: it refers to the idea of an unfinished imperial legacy. The research doesn’t touch a main event that included a meeting with US President Donald Trump but an off-schedule meeting with Archbishop Alexei (Trader) …


“Mysterium Tremendum Et Fascinans”: Melian’S And Lúthien’S Numinosity, Alexandra (Oleksandra) Filonenko Dec 2025

“Mysterium Tremendum Et Fascinans”: Melian’S And Lúthien’S Numinosity, Alexandra (Oleksandra) Filonenko

Mythopoeic Society Seminar Proceedings

At the heart of all the positive changes in Middle-earth, and at the starting point for undoing the great evil wrought by male characters (divine or otherwise), are two female characters: Melian the Maia and her daughter Lúthien. They form a kind of mythological complex of mother and daughter goddesses, similar to that of Demeter and Persephone. Melian, as a static, maternal figure, forms a sacred centre of Beleriand to which all in need of protection gravitate, while Lúthien, representing a dynamic principle, can be considered the greatest hero of Tolkien’s Legendarium, performing feats unmatched by any male character. Yet …


Belief After The Death Of King Arthur: Lev Grossman’S Postsecular Portrayal Of Nimue In The Bright Sword, Liz Busby Dec 2025

Belief After The Death Of King Arthur: Lev Grossman’S Postsecular Portrayal Of Nimue In The Bright Sword, Liz Busby

Mythopoeic Society Seminar Proceedings

This paper explores Lev Grossman’s 2024 novel The Bright Sword as a postsecular retelling of the Arthurian legend, focusing on the character of Nimue. Unlike previous modern portrayals that align Nimue with pagan traditions in opposition to Christianity, Grossman presents her as both a practitioner of magic and a sincere Christian believer. Through this duality, Nimue embodies the tensions and contradictions of faith in a postmodern age, where belief persists amid doubt, historical trauma, and religious pluralism. Drawing on postsecular theory, the paper situates Grossman’s work within a broader literary tradition that includes Marion Zimmer Bradley’s The Mists of Avalon …


Second Sunday In Ordinary Time - 19 January 2025, Pina Ford Dec 2025

Second Sunday In Ordinary Time - 19 January 2025, Pina Ford

Pastoral Liturgy

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Sackcloth And Ashes, Liturgical Design: Lenten Season Banners For Lagrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church. 2024., David Versluis Dec 2025

Sackcloth And Ashes, Liturgical Design: Lenten Season Banners For Lagrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church. 2024., David Versluis

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(Nuevo) 10 Liderazgo En El Nuevo Testamento, Gerardo Kempff Dec 2025

(Nuevo) 10 Liderazgo En El Nuevo Testamento, Gerardo Kempff

Liderazgo

10 Liderazgo en el Nuevo Testamento


A Roadmap For Equipping Saints For The Work Of Ministry At Sugar Land Church Of Christ, Lewis Anthony Parker Iv Dec 2025

A Roadmap For Equipping Saints For The Work Of Ministry At Sugar Land Church Of Christ, Lewis Anthony Parker Iv

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this project was to create a roadmap for a process that invites and equips saints at Sugar Land Church of Christ to work in ministry. As part of the research process, a design team was empaneled and met for eight sessions, during which participants offered valuable insight into Sugar Land’s ministry context. This data informed the final roadmap. Ephesians 4, which discusses the importance of every member getting involved in ministry, serves as the foundation of this project. The work of every member is for the edification of the entire group, and the calling and gift of …


Slave Laborer Harvesting Sugar Cane, Pam Adams Dec 2025

Slave Laborer Harvesting Sugar Cane, Pam Adams

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Something Good, Kendra Thompson Dec 2025

Something Good, Kendra Thompson

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Instead, Kendra Thompson Dec 2025

Instead, Kendra Thompson

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Archangel Michael, Pam Adams Dec 2025

Archangel Michael, Pam Adams

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Winter Weary, Danielle Wyenberg Dec 2025

Winter Weary, Danielle Wyenberg

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Worth, Danielle Wyenberg Dec 2025

Worth, Danielle Wyenberg

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Radium Girls - Written By D. W. Gregory, Laurel A. Koerner Dec 2025

Radium Girls - Written By D. W. Gregory, Laurel A. Koerner

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A Faith-Based Approach To Mental Health Challenges, Patrick Leblanc Dec 2025

A Faith-Based Approach To Mental Health Challenges, Patrick Leblanc

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT

This project sheds light on mental health issues within the Black community and the need for faith communities to intentionally address mental health issues in communities of color. Black men are oppressed by an interplay of cultural, historical, societal, and economic factors that impact their well-being. Racial discrimination and oppression are non-medical drivers exacerbating mental health disorders among Black men. The influences of culture and faith fabricate barriers to help-seeking behavior, and mistaken perceptions of masculinity cause many men to suffer in silence. To begin erasing derogatory perceptions of mental health disorders, faith communities need to increase mental health …


The Spiritual Care Of Hospice Patients With Cognitive Deficits, Shane Sullivan Dec 2025

The Spiritual Care Of Hospice Patients With Cognitive Deficits, Shane Sullivan

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT How can a hospice chaplain know whether their presence and ministry make a meaningful difference when visiting patients with dementia or other serious cognitive impairments? This project thesis seeks to answer that question conclusively. The theological foundation of this project centers on the doctrine of the imago Dei—the image of God—as it relates to individuals who are dying with cognitive deficits. Specifically, it explores how a person who is helpless and near death continues to reflect the image of God. The project intervention described here is the creation of a specialized training guide for hospice chaplains at Bridge Hospice …


Volume 12 Issue 3 (Dec 1912) Dec 2025

Volume 12 Issue 3 (Dec 1912)

The Soul Winner

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White Horse Village: A Northern Utah Ufo Narrative, Melissa Petersen Dec 2025

White Horse Village: A Northern Utah Ufo Narrative, Melissa Petersen

All Graduate Reports and Creative Projects, Fall 2023 to Present

In the early 1960's a group of UFO believers, called Christ Brotherhood Inc., established themselves in Smithfield Canyon, UT and called their commune White Horse Village. A main house was built where the leader of the group lived and two or three smaller cabins were erected for the believers. Without running water they used an outhouse among them and built a small church where they would meet for lectures. Their beliefs centered around the popular movement of New Age spirituality of the time, which included scientific explanations for Christian beliefs including a belief in benevolent aliens as modern angels. Their …


By The Numbers: Numeracy, Religion, And The Quantitative Transformation Of Early Modern England (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma Dec 2025

By The Numbers: Numeracy, Religion, And The Quantitative Transformation Of Early Modern England (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Reviewed Title: By the Numbers: Numeracy, Religion, and the Quantitative Transformation of Early Modern England by Jessica Marie Otis. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2024. 264 pp. ISBN: 9780197608777.


Paradise Here?, Mary Dengler Dec 2025

Paradise Here?, Mary Dengler

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Appointed, Kendra Thompson Dec 2025

Appointed, Kendra Thompson

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Longingly, Jennifer Vermeer Dec 2025

Longingly, Jennifer Vermeer

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Collect For Women Who Love The Lord, Kendra Thompson Dec 2025

Collect For Women Who Love The Lord, Kendra Thompson

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The Hand, Bob De Smith Dec 2025

The Hand, Bob De Smith

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Antigone - Written By Sophocles, Adapted By Matt Minnicino, Laurel A. Koerner Dec 2025

Antigone - Written By Sophocles, Adapted By Matt Minnicino, Laurel A. Koerner

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Provenance: The History Of Ownership Of A Valued Object Or Work Of Art Or Literature, James C. Schaap Dec 2025

Provenance: The History Of Ownership Of A Valued Object Or Work Of Art Or Literature, James C. Schaap

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The Color Red That Fills These Mountains With Praise, Carl P. Fictorie Dec 2025

The Color Red That Fills These Mountains With Praise, Carl P. Fictorie

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Country Boys, Bill Elgersma Dec 2025

Country Boys, Bill Elgersma

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Weapons Revives A Hitchcockian Sensibility Among Bland Horror Offerings, Josh Matthews Dec 2025

Weapons Revives A Hitchcockian Sensibility Among Bland Horror Offerings, Josh Matthews

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Seasons Of Change, Danielle Wyenberg Dec 2025

Seasons Of Change, Danielle Wyenberg

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