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From “Defilement” To “Modernity”: How Japan's Encounter With The West Brought Beef To The Table, Ying Yi Tan

Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal

The long Tokugawa – Meiji transition (1850s – 1880s) is arguably one of the most profound socio-economic transitions that Japan underwent in its history. This paper uses beef consumption in Japan as a lens to further investigate the players involved in this transition. Historically more eschewed than other types of meat and tightly associated with the notion of the “other,” beef became an embodiment of progress and modernity during the Meiji Period. Through tracing the historical shift in the Japanese perception of beef, this paper argues that the evolution of beef consumption corresponds to the radically shifting attitudes of the …

The Coherence Of The Traditional Model Of Omnipresence And Divine Simplicity, Simon Batu

Liberty Theological Review

Throughout Church history God’s omnipresence and the doctrine of divine simplicity have been widely affirmed. However, the coherence of the two doctrines are brought into question here. In this paper I argue that if the traditional model of God’s omnipresence and divine simplicity are both affirmed, then the traditional model of God’s omnipresence is incoherent. It follows then if this is true that one either needs to adopt a different model of God’s omnipresence or bring into question the doctrine of divine simplicity. Both of which any Christian adhering to traditional theology would be hard pressed to do. Perhaps, however, …

Humanities Center Annual Report 2023-24, Humanities Center, University Of San Diego

Humanities Center Annual Reports

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2024 Graduate Scholar Reflection: Giovanna Sarto, Giovanna Sarto

Marian Fellowships and Other Sponsored Research in the Marian Library

Giovanna Sarto, a doctoral candidate in religious studies at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Brazil, was the recipient of a new fellowship for master’s or doctoral students. Sarto’s research project, “The Liberating Potential of Devotion to the Black Virgins in Latin American Mariological Tradition: A Feminist Contribution,” makes use of the Marian Library’s artwork, printed material and artifacts connected to Our Lady of Aparecida, queen and patron saint of Brazil and “one of more than 2,000 names by which Mary is claimed,” Sarto said.

In her proposal, Sarto noted the value of accessing the Marian Library’s diverse …

Lawrence, Spring/Summer 2024, Lawrence University

Alumni Magazines

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Sacred Heart University Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 2, Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University Magazine

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Marketplace Summer 2024, Southern Adventist University

MarketPlace - School of Business Newsletter

The Summer 2023 issue of MarketPlace features information on Business department events, Alumni features, and a research competition.

Majors And Minors, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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The Schools, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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2024-2025 Academic Catalog, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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Undergraduate Academic Regulations, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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An Analysis Of Akira Yuyama's Piano Works For Children, Xiaoya (Sisi) Gao

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis analyzes Akira Yuyama’s piano collections and method for children published before 2000. Akira Yuyama was born in Hiratsuka, Japan on September 9th, 1932 and spent his childhood during World War II. At the age of 23, Yuyama graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and won first prize in the 9th Japan Music Competition for his Sonatine for Violin and Piano. He also won the Grand Prize at the Agency for Cultural Affairs Arts Festival. As a prolific composer, Yuyama composed pieces that became internationally known including works for various instruments, such as piano, vocal, …

Of Light And Shadows: Buddhism, Cinema, And The Question Of Diffused Religion In Modern China, Teng-Kuan Ng

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

While the scholarship on premodern Chinese Buddhism has explored the tradition’s rich diffusion throughout various realms of sociocultural life, the study of modern Chinese Buddhism leans heavily towards its monastic, institutional, and overtly “religious” forms. This split mirrors the logic of modern secularization, whereby religion should be rationally differentiated from the broader social fabric, institutionalized, and delimited within its own discrete functional sphere. This article rethinks the putative rupture between Chinese Buddhism’s past and present incarnations. Through the prism of cinema, a technology that arrived on Chinese shores at the same moment as the Western concept of religion, I illuminate …

Ud In The News June 22-28, University Of Dayton

News Releases

President Eric F. Spina describes in the Dayton Daily News how UD is prepared for changes in higher ed. Christopher Sheehan explains how Yellow Springs, Ohio, got its name. America, The Atlantic and National Catholic Reporter tapped faculty expertise.

Front Matter, Naya Sucha-Xaya

Journal of Letters

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Sequential Explanatory Technological Pedagogical And Content Knowledge Of Madrasah Teachers In Jambi, Budi Sanjaya, Boby Syefrinando, Wahyu Hidayat

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

This study aims to describe the structural model of Sequential Explanatory Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) of Madrasah Teachers in Jambi Province.This research involved 132 teachers for surveys and 5 teachers for interviews. Descriptive statistics, t-test, Anova, and SEM-PLS were used in quantitative data analysis, while qualitative data was carried out using descriptive thematics. The findings show that Madrasah teachers' TPACK is at a good category level. There are no differences in teachers' TPACK levels based on gender, certification status, madrasa level, age, teaching experience, and field of study. Technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK) has a stronger influence on technological …

Jochim, Christian, San Jose State University

Emeritus and Retired Faculty Biographies

University of California, Santa Barbara, Religious Studies, B.A., 1970

University of British Columbia, Religious Studies, M.A., 1974

University of Southern California, Religion (East Asian Studies), Ph.D., 1980

The Space Between Procedural And Situated Ethics: Reflecting On The Use Of Existing Materials In Design Research On Children Affected By Stroke, Pleuntje Jellema, Piet Tutenel, Birgit Moser, Anne-Sophie Schoss, Maja Kevdzija, Andrea Jelić, Ann Heylighen

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Conducting design research in hard-to-enter care environments with children affected by stroke poses important ethical questions. Research focuses on procedural ethics or on situated ethics, emphasizing a hard-cut between research practices be-fore and during fieldwork. This paper explores this duality through an investigation of publicly available existing materials (i.e., biographies and YouTube videos). What was intended as a preparatory step before ‘entering the field’ becomes the primary way to better understand the role of the built environment in everyday lives of families affected by childhood stroke. In this paper we reflect on the shared space the investigation creates within a …

Review Of: The Bloomsbury Handbook Of Religion And Heritage In Contemporary Europe, Edited By Todd H. Weir And Lieke Wijnia, Maaike De Jong

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Review of: Weir, T.H. & Wijnia, L. (Eds.) (2023) The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Heritage in Contemporary Europe, Bloomsbury Publishing, United Kingdom, 472 pages, £117 (Hardcover), ISBN: ‎ 978-1350251380.

Christotechtonics: Dildonic Prostheticity In Theological Formulation, Evan Taylor Marsolek

Dissertations

This dissertation asserts the following claim: Christ is a dildo. This project brings Paul B. Preciado into conversations with contemporary philosophies of religion and interrogates a hegemonic Christian theological political matrix. This project articulates a hermeneutic of christotechtonics, which studies appearance, formation, and utilization of Christ. This project is twofold. It begins with a transdisciplinary exploration that entangles queer and trans theories, religious studies, secular studies, and philosophy of religion to position reading queer and trans theories as forms of counter political theologies. The work then transitions into dildonic prostheticity in theological formulation. The 2019 Vatican document “Male and Female …

Evangelicals As Zionists And Peacemakers In Arab And Israeli Peacemaking Through Track Ii Diplomacy, Johnnie Moore

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This qualitative study contributes to the literature at the intersection of religion and foreign policy by focusing on one of the modern era's most protracted and relevant foreign policy issues (the conflict between Israelis and Arabs), the influence of one of America’s most powerful religious constituencies (evangelicals), and one of the most widely used tools of non- governmental diplomacy (Track II diplomacy). It provides original research related to the relevancy of Track II diplomacy by evangelicals, specifically pro-Israel or “Zionist” evangelicals, in Israeli and Arab peacemaking. The study analyzes three relevant case studies to answer the research question: “How are …

Effects Of Intimate Partner Violence And Machismo On Pregnant Women In Mexico: A Systematic Review, Amber Casarrubias-Enriquez

University Honors Theses

This thesis aims to understand the effects of machismo and its link to intimate partner violence against pregnant women in Mexico. Machismo is a common underlying social norm in Latin America with Mexico being my target of interest. The term is defined as extreme masculinity that often contributes to gender inequalities and can have violent characteristics. Intimate partner violence is categorized as violent threats or acts against a partner and affects nearly 44% of women in Mexico (Carney et al., 2022). Barriers to help stem from shame, family expectations, and the overall violence against women in Mexico. Sadly, abuse persists …

Saint Brigit And Her Habits: Exploring Queerness In Early Medieval Ireland, Jacqueline K. Stephenson

Undergraduate Theses, Capstones, and Recitals

Saint Brigit's behavior and reception by society highlight an avenue by which women in the early medieval period could escape societal strictures, exercising agency over their bodies and their romantic choices, and carve out a distinct and unexpected place for themselves in a Christian patriarchal society. In Saint Brigit’s case, this is especially demonstrated by the breadth of her portrayed power as not just a nun but a saint, her extreme resistance to marriage, and her frequent comparisons to men. Indeed, her hagiography, written by Cogitosus in the seventh century, positioned her as one of the three principal and earliest …

New Paths In Jewish And Religious Studies: Essays In Honor Of Professor Elliot R. Wolfson, Glenn Dynner, Susannah Heschel, Shaul Magid

Purdue University Press Books

The work of Elliot R. Wolfson has profoundly influenced the fields of Jewish studies as well as philosophy and religion more broadly. His radically new approaches have created pioneering ways of analyzing texts and thinking about religion through the lens of gender, sexuality, and feminist theory. The contributors to New Paths in Jewish and Religious Studies: Essays in Honor of Professor Elliot R. Wolfson, many of whom are internationally renowned scholars, hearken from diverse fields. Each has learned from and collaborated with Wolfson as student or colleague, and each has expanded the new scholarly directions initiated by Wolfson’s groundbreaking …

Faith And Clutter: A Christian Perspective To Understand, Treat, And Prevent Hoarding Disorder, Mary Katherine Flage

NEXUS: The Liberty Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies

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The Fate Of Baghdad’S Books And Libraries During The Mongol Invasion 656 Ah/1258 Ad. Historical Study, Samah Habib Hussein

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

In the last Abbasid era, Baghdad witnessed great development in the scientific and cultural aspect. Those in charge of it began establishing many public and private libraries until their covers became filled with thousands of works from various sciences and knowledge in language, literature, medicine, philosophy, sciences, religious studies...etc.

Orality As Aesthetic Device: Articulating Language, Religion, And Authority In Mohamed Akounad’S Tawargit D Imik, Mohamed El Jarari, Salaheddine Belarbi

Journal of Amazigh Studies

This article explores Mohamed Akounad's novel Tawargit d imik, which focuses on protagonist Ssi Brahim who struggles to convey the essence of his religious sermons to an exclusively amazigh audience amidst societal opposition. By examining Ssi Brahim's character as the author's alter ego, the study aims to assess the novel's portrayal of religious concerns and activism for Tamazight and identity, particularly in relation to orality. Employing a sociolinguistic approach drawing from Bourdieu's Language and Symbolic Power, the analysis delves into the intersection of religion, authority, and language, placing orality at the heart of their role within the narrative. This …

Trends And Shifts: Migration, Reverse Missions, And African Catholic Priests In Iowa City, Usa, Kefas Lamak

Journal of Global Catholicism

This study uses ethnographic research to examine the work and self-conception of African-trained priests in a city in the American state of Iowa. This phenomenon is part of a broader trend and shift as African-trained priests take up positions as pastors and missionaries throughout Europe and America. The article argues that the movement of African priests to the West in recent years should be understood as “reverse mission” because of its similarities to Western missionary activity in third world countries in earlier historical periods. This study mainly focuses on Iowa City, where the researcher interviewed five African priests serving in …

Lawrence University One Hundred Seventy-Fifth Commencement, Sunday, June 9, 2024, Lawrence University

Commencement Programs

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Synesthetic Symbolism: Community Engagement With The Sacred At The Boudhanath Stupa, Madeleine E. Tevonian

Lawrence University Honors Projects

This paper is a discussion of the complex relationship between the Great Boudhanath Stupa in the Kathmandu Valley, and the diverse Buddhist community that surrounds it. I argue that liberative sense experience and movement-encoded cultural knowledge make the community of practitioners a part of the stupa—and thus necessary to any examination of it. My argument is contextualized by a background on stupas and etymology of several Sanskrit and Tibetan terms, and I utilize a framework of religious studies concepts of sacred space and pilgrimage as well as on-site anthropological fieldwork focusing on practitioners’ daily lives. I investigate how the stupa …