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Full, Conscious, And Active Participation: The Laity As Ecclesial Subjects In An Ecclesiology Informed By Bernard Lonergan, Mary Utzerath

Dissertations (1934 -)

Unresolved problems and tensions regarding the status and role of the laity persist nearly a half-century following Vatican II. While the magisterium focuses on issues related to the appropriateness or ability of lay persons to carry out roles in the Church that have traditionally belonged to the ordained, sociological surveys indicate that the experience of lay members of the Church in the United States and in much of the Western world includes inadequate formation, confused Catholic identity, marginalization, low levels of commitment in young Catholics, and the steady exodus of Catholics. These problems of the laity are symptomatic of problems …

Intersex And Imago: Sex, Gender, And Sexuality In Postmodern Theological Anthropology, Megan K. Defranza

Dissertations (1934 -)

Christian theologians regularly assume a binary model of human sex differentiation based on the creation narratives found in Genesis. Recent work in theological anthropology has grounded theological concepts such as the social view of the image of God, human personhood, and human relationality on the creation of humans as male and female in heterosexual marital relation. While these anthropologies have merit--particularly in correcting older versions of the imago Dei which privileged the male-- they are inadequate for addressing the phenomena of intersex.

Intersex is a broad term used for persons whose bodies display some physical characteristics of both sexes--historically labeled …

Volume Cxxviii, Number 19, April 1, 2011, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

The Assumption Of All Humanity In Saint Hilary Of Poitiers' Tractatus Super Psalmos, Ellen Scully

Dissertations (1934 -)

In this dissertation, I focus on the soteriological understanding of the fourth-century theologian Hilary of Poitiers as manifested in his underappreciated Tractatus super Psalmos. Hilary offers an understanding of salvation in which Christ saves humanity by assuming every single person into his body in the incarnation. My dissertation contributes to scholarship on Hilary in two ways.

First, I demonstrate that Hilary's teaching concerning Christ's assumption of all humanity is a unique development of Latin sources. Because of his understanding of Christ's assumption of all humanity, Hilary, along with several Greek fathers, has been accused of heterodoxy resulting from Greek Platonic …

Political Science Spring 2011, Dan Sabia

Political Science Newsletter Spring 2011

No abstract provided.

In The Kingdom Of Men: Love, Faith And Spirituality In Von Trier's Breaking The Waves, Ingrid Fernandez

Journal of Religion & Film

Rehabilitating Lars von Trier: The power of von Trier’s Breaking the Waves lies exactly in its irreducibility to a fixed interpretation. The director reconceptualizes the themes of spiritual devotion, faith and love in an unorthodox tale of the human struggle to find meaning and purpose in the world. The character of Bess allows us to penetrate into the innermost regions of the mind and affirms a humanistic approach to our relationship to ourselves and others. Von Trier places an individual’s actions as a form of development, a gesture towards transcendence that nonetheless exists within the mixture of banality and profundity …

The Relationship Of The Battles In Zechariah 12 Through 14, Joshua Andrew Haley

Masters Theses

The relationship of the battle sequences in Zechariah 12-14 has divided scholars for centuries. Jerusalem, besieged by the nations, will be the location of both battles. The nations will be defeated by a divine plague in both battles. Finally, the battles will both result in the establishment of Yahweh's kingdom. There are several important differences between the battle sequences. Zechariah 14 specifically identifies the day of the conflict as the "Day of the Lord." Chapters 12-13 do not. Chapter 14 describes the judgment of Jerusalem while chapters 12-13 do not. Finally, chapter 14 presents a thorough description of the battle …

Theological Incompatibilism And The Necessity Of The Present: A Response To Michael Rota, William Hasker

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

The Sermon On The Mount In The Light Of The Temple, Alan Taylor Farnes, John W. Welch

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

The Jerusalem Conference: The First Council Of The Christian Church, Frank F. Judd Jr.

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

End Matter, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Vol. 12 No. 1 Religious Educator, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Editor's Note: A Reason For The Hope, Robert L. Millet

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Evidence, Miracles, And The Existence Of Jesus, Stephen Law

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

Like The Roar Of A Thousand Thunders: Instrumental Music And Creativity In Tibetan Buddhist Ritual, Eben Yonnetti

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Tibetan Buddhism has numerous detailed and diverse traditions of ritual music that play an integral part in religious practices. Despite the prominence of such performances in Tibetan Buddhist life, spectators and researchers alike have frequently misunderstood them based purely on physical observation. As a religion that focuses on the cultivation and development of the mind, any analysis focusing only on physical description is significantly flawed. Music in Buddhist practice is at a base level a sound offering. On a higher level, however, it is much more. If done with the proper motivation, musical performance during ritual is a method to …

Internet Usage And Religious Authority: A Case Study Of The Catholic Church Of South Korea, Youngho Park

Institute for the Humanities Theses

This study examines what impact the Internet usage by church members has on religious authority, focusing on a case study of the Korean Catholic Church. The goals of this study are to investigate the ways in which church members use the Internet for communication in the Church, to examine whether and how the Internet usage by church members affects religious authority, and to identify what kind of religious authority is affected. This study encompasses two main parts: historical background of the Church's Internet usage and analysis of the online forums about "The Four Major Rivers Project". The latter is divided …

The Pioneer, Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring 2011, Illinois State University, College Of Education

The Pioneer (alumni newsletter)

Alumni Newsletter for University High School, College of Education

The Pacifican March 31, 2011, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

The Faithful Flyer, 03-20-2011, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Kenyon Collegiate - March 30, 2011

Kenyon Collegiate

No abstract provided.

Report: The Illinois State University Faculty-Staff Newsletter, March 29, 2011, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

Montana Kaimin, March 29, 2011, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Objectifying Men: Gulliver’S Travels, Fantomina, And The Dildo In Eighteenth-Century Literature, Andrea K. Gill

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

Eighteenth-century literature is saturated with satires on the human body, especially the female body. This is most notable in the writings of men such as Jonathan Swift, Rochester (John Wilmot), and Samuel Pepys in which the authors depict the female body as being unclean and, in some cases, ugly or disproportionate. Women’s bodies were often objectified sexually as if currency and were used as social exchanges between men. Most notably, this occurs between the characters of The Country Wife. When the dildo was introduced to eighteenth-century England, women were able to take their sexuality into their own hands, literally, …

Next Year In Jerusalem: Constructions Of Israeli Nationalism In High Holiday Rituals, Amelia Caron

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

This article explores the intersection of nationalism and Jewish identity maintenance with High Holiday celebrations carried out in the Diaspora. Using directed interviews and participant observation, I took part in the rituals of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) to uncover the way that American Jews and Israelis living in the Jewish Diaspora create and sustain a dialogue with their “traditional” homeland, Israel. However, the connections between Jews and this homeland have shifted dramatically in recent times. Although Israel encourages all persons of Jewish descent to immigrate to the Holy Land, a complex …

A Message From The Editor, Jenny Bledsoe

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

No abstract provided.

March 25, 2011, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 19, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Founder's Day Honors Longtime SHU Educators, Administrators -- Campus Construction Continues -- Spring Has Sprung but Snow Stays Put -- Donald Trump for President? -- And Then There Was One and Half -- Editorials

March 23, 2011 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, March 23, 2011, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.