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Gen Z And Gen Alpha: Designing Theology Courses For A Digital And Ai Generation, Maurice Emelu Jan 2025

Gen Z And Gen Alpha: Designing Theology Courses For A Digital And Ai Generation, Maurice Emelu

2025 Faculty Bibliography

This exploratory article examines strategies for teaching theology to Generations Z and Alpha, emphasizing their digital-native traits and unique learning preferences. It argues that theology education thrives when students engage with reflective, creative, and relevant content. Drawing from experiences at a Jesuit college and education research, it introduces the OAEPA strategy—Observation, Analysis, Evaluation, Production, and Assessment—as a framework for designing theology courses. The approach encourages active participation, critical thinking, creativity, and personal relevance, aligning with Jesuit traditions of reflection and discovery. The article uses examples such as a theme in sacramental theology to show how theological ideas can be meaningful …


Meta Social Technology And A Ritual Of Power, Maurice Emelu Jan 2024

Meta Social Technology And A Ritual Of Power, Maurice Emelu

2024 Faculty Bibliography

This article critically analyzes Meta, a social technology platform, focusing on its thematic characteristics as a ritual platform. Drawing on Carey’s ritual model and incorporating Couldry’s media ritual framework, the study examines Meta’s distinct features and their implications for ritual practices regarding religion. By examining Meta’s ritual forms and their role in naturalizing sacred rituals, the analysis sheds light on the power dynamics and implications of Meta’s ritualization process within the broader context of its social technology affordances. It also provides some recommendations for a scholarly appreciation of Meta’s ritual relationship with religious communities.


Leadership In Philippians: A Postcolonial View, Rick M. Kress Jan 2024

Leadership In Philippians: A Postcolonial View, Rick M. Kress

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Faculty Notes, John Carroll University Apr 2023

Faculty Notes, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

Spring 2023, Volume 16, Issue 1


Review Of The Struggle Over Class: Socioeconomic Analysis Of Ancient Christian Texts, Thomas R. Blanton Iv Jan 2023

Review Of The Struggle Over Class: Socioeconomic Analysis Of Ancient Christian Texts, Thomas R. Blanton Iv

2023 Faculty Bibliography

No abstract provided.


Using Parasite’S Scholar’S Stone (水石) In A Critical Race Decoding Of Racism And Class, James Bretzke S.J. Jan 2023

Using Parasite’S Scholar’S Stone (水石) In A Critical Race Decoding Of Racism And Class, James Bretzke S.J.

2023 Faculty Bibliography

The ‘Scholar’s Stone’ (Suseok수석 水石) which is used as an extensive and pervasive motif in Bong Joon-ho’s 2019 film reveals a good deal of what the concept of ‘intersectionality’ in Critical Race Theory (CRT) seeks to uncover. The Scholar’s Stone functions also as a prism to see refracted through the movie the various hues and colors of Confucian culture still present in contemporary Korea, and these in turn can be further analyzed using aspects of CRT. To ground this thesis, I employ the established cultural anthropology concepts of ‘fundamental values and root paradigms’ along with ‘excess of meaning’ and ‘fusion …


Did Jewish Women Circumcise Male Infants In Antiquity? A Reassessment Of The Evidence, Thomas R. Blanton Iv Jan 2023

Did Jewish Women Circumcise Male Infants In Antiquity? A Reassessment Of The Evidence, Thomas R. Blanton Iv

2023 Faculty Bibliography

Two diametrically opposed assumptions have influenced interpretations of circumcision rituals in ancient Judaism: either women performed the operation on their infant sons because children at birth and during infancy remained under the purview of the mother; or, conversely, men—specifically a ritual agent known as the mohel—performed circumcisions, because only they were typically granted authority to carry out the ritual. This study reassesses the pertinent texts, including Exodus 4 and passages from the books of Maccabees and the Babylonian Talmud (b. Šabb. 134a; b. Yebam. 64b; b. ʿAbod. Zar. 27a), to determine whether women in ancient Judaism may have circumcised their …


Tibetan Buddhism And The Tibetan Autonomous Region, Sean Butler Jan 2023

Tibetan Buddhism And The Tibetan Autonomous Region, Sean Butler

Masters Essays

This paper explores the uncertain future of Tibetan Buddhism within the TAR based on historical and contemporary indicators. This paper demonstrates that Tibet and China are at a critical juncture that, if mishandled, will result in disastrous effects for Tibetan Buddhism. This paper is not seeking to predict the future of Tibetan-Chinese relations but uses available evidence to gauge the most likely outcome for Tibetan Buddhism inside the TAR. In doing so, it becomes evident that in the next decade, Tibetan Buddhism within the TAR will likely experience heightened oppression, a crackdown on any dissent towards the CCP, and a …


Faculty Notes, John Carroll University Oct 2022

Faculty Notes, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

Fall 2022, Volume 15, Issue 2


The Acclimation Of Refugees To A Healthy And Prosperous Life In America, Ray Flannery Jan 2022

The Acclimation Of Refugees To A Healthy And Prosperous Life In America, Ray Flannery

Senior Honors Projects

Refugees comprise a very niche subset of the U.S. population who often require immense guidance and assistance throughout their transition from life in refugee camps abroad to life in the United States of America. Whether their needs are primarily physical, emotional, financial, educational, or some combination of these, Catholic Charities Migration and Refugee Services in Cleveland, Ohio helps bridge existing gaps and aids newcomers in meeting these needs. The population served by this office includes refugees, asylees, Special Immigrant Visa holders, and immigrants of all ages, socioeconomic statuses, and medical needs in the greater Cleveland area. As the largest of …


Mormon-Ish: Negotiating Religious Ambivalence Online, Kristen Tobey Jan 2022

Mormon-Ish: Negotiating Religious Ambivalence Online, Kristen Tobey

2022 Faculty Bibliography

Reporting on responses from a survey of disaffected Mormons who utilize internet resources to manage feelings of distance from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this article explores the production of religious ambivalence online, arguing that ambivalence is not a default position for those too passive or afraid to leave, nor is it a failure of decisiveness or commitment. Rather, it is a produced religious mode that depends on robust socialization mechanisms to result in a strong sense of personal and collective identity. The online context enables, and indeed requires, an operationalization of religious ambivalence as both a …


A Relational Account Of Structure And Agency Via ‘Lived Ancient Religion’ And The ‘Processing Approach’, With A Case Study Of Circumcision In Ancient Judaism*, Thomas R. Blanton Iv Jan 2022

A Relational Account Of Structure And Agency Via ‘Lived Ancient Religion’ And The ‘Processing Approach’, With A Case Study Of Circumcision In Ancient Judaism*, Thomas R. Blanton Iv

2022 Faculty Bibliography

Addressing studies of the concepts of structure and agency, in 2008 sociologist François Dépelteau called for a ‘relational approach’ that compared the ‘trans-actions’ of actors, but notably left open the question of how such a study should be conducted. The present article attempts to operationalise Dépelteau’s call, albeit in a manner tailored specifically to meet the needs of researchers in the area of ‘lived ancient religion’. The study of ‘trans-action’ is operationalised here by employing key terms drawn from Staf Hellemans’s ‘processing approach’ to the study of religion, in which agents ‘process’ their environments through selection, modification, assembly, performance, integration, …


Faculty Notes, John Carroll University Jan 2022

Faculty Notes, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

Spring 2022, Volume 15, Issue 1


Faculty Notes, John Carroll University Jan 2021

Faculty Notes, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

Fall 2021, Volume 14, Issue 2


The Epistemic Parity Of Religious Apologetic And Religion Debunking Responses To The Cognitive Science Of Religion, Walter Scott Stepanenko Jan 2021

The Epistemic Parity Of Religious Apologetic And Religion Debunking Responses To The Cognitive Science Of Religion, Walter Scott Stepanenko

2021 Faculty Bibliography

Recent work in the cognitive science of religion has challenged some of the explanatory assumptions of previous research in the field. Nonetheless, some of the practitioners of the new cognitive science of religion theorize in the same skeptical spirit as their predecessors and either imply or explicitly claim that their projects undermine the warrant of religious beliefs. In this article, I argue that these theories do no additional argumentative work when compared to previous attempts to debunk religious belief and that these recent debunking efforts are very much motivated by methodological commitments that are shared with canonical research. I contend …


Faculty Notes, John Carroll University Jan 2021

Faculty Notes, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

Spring 2021, Volume 14, Issue 1


Faculty Notes, John Carroll University Oct 2020

Faculty Notes, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

Fall 2020, Volume 13, Issue 2


Faculty Notes, John Carroll University Jan 2020

Faculty Notes, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

Spring 2020, Volume 13, Issue 1


Dignity: An Islamic Perspective, Zeki Saritoprak Jan 2020

Dignity: An Islamic Perspective, Zeki Saritoprak

2020 Faculty Bibliography

No abstract provided.


Wisdom As Loving Justice: An Interfaith Perspective, Deborah Zawislan Jan 2020

Wisdom As Loving Justice: An Interfaith Perspective, Deborah Zawislan

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Faculty Notes, John Carroll University Oct 2019

Faculty Notes, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

Fall 2019, Volume 12, Issue 2


Comprehending Just Peacemaking Theory And Its Application To The Rwandan Genocide, Caroli Shao Jul 2019

Comprehending Just Peacemaking Theory And Its Application To The Rwandan Genocide, Caroli Shao

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Óscar Romero: A Liberative Model For Engaging With The Homeless In Cleveland, Maxwell Linnville Apr 2019

Óscar Romero: A Liberative Model For Engaging With The Homeless In Cleveland, Maxwell Linnville

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Faculty Notes, John Carroll University Apr 2019

Faculty Notes, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

Spring 2019, Volume 12, Issue 1


To Obey, Or Not To Obey: That Is The Question An Exploration Into The Way Sr. Joan Chittister O.S.B. And Her Benedictine Community Critically Engage Teaching Of The Catholic Church Rather Than Blindly Obeying, Sean Cahill Apr 2019

To Obey, Or Not To Obey: That Is The Question An Exploration Into The Way Sr. Joan Chittister O.S.B. And Her Benedictine Community Critically Engage Teaching Of The Catholic Church Rather Than Blindly Obeying, Sean Cahill

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Write In Front Of Us: Creating Linguistically Diverse Composition Classrooms, Sarah Davis Apr 2019

Write In Front Of Us: Creating Linguistically Diverse Composition Classrooms, Sarah Davis

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


A Commodified Faith: Theodor Adorno’S Culture Industry And Evangelical Catholicism, Francis Boccuzzi Apr 2019

A Commodified Faith: Theodor Adorno’S Culture Industry And Evangelical Catholicism, Francis Boccuzzi

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


The Convincing Biographer: The Use Of Genre In Athanasius’ Christology, Angelica Digangi Apr 2019

The Convincing Biographer: The Use Of Genre In Athanasius’ Christology, Angelica Digangi

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Mary In Islam, Zeki Saritoprak Jan 2019

Mary In Islam, Zeki Saritoprak

2019 Faculty Bibliography

In the Qur’an, Mary has a unique place. As the only woman mentioned by name, the mother of Jesus, and a pious servant of God, she has inspired Muslim men and women since the beginning of Islam. In this chapter, there will first be a short overview of Mary’s place in the Qur’an and the sayings of the Prophet, that is, Hadith. Following this, the importance of Mary in Islamic theology and spirituality generally as well as Mary’s historical place within Islam will be outlined. The views of important Muslim mystics, theologians, and various other scholars will be examined. There …


Cities Of Refuge, John R. Spencer Jan 2019

Cities Of Refuge, John R. Spencer

2019 Faculty Bibliography

No abstract provided.