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Towards A Theology Of Land For The New Guinea Islands, William Kenny Longgar

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Commodification Of Yoga In Contemporary U.S. Culture, Michelle E. Demeter

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Yoga is an increasingly visible and versatile commodity in the United States health market. Though its origins stretch to pre-Vedic India and its traditional religious purpose is linked to Hinduism, it is evident that yoga has undergone much change since its transmission to U.S. culture. In its popular, widespread incarnation in the United States, yoga is not usually learned at the feet of a guru, but at exercise centers and gyms. These secular locales of yoga's practice help define the "yoga phenomenon" in contemporary America. This phenomenon has resulted in yoga's wide acceptance and high visibility in American popular culture …

Joseph Smith As An American Restorationist, Richard T. Hughes

BYU Studies

Richard Bushman’s wonderfully expansive paper “Joseph Smith’s Many Histories” reminds us in forceful ways of the historical complexity that helped create the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith. Bushman also reminds us that while historical complexity is embedded in history, it embeds itself as well in the hearts and minds of human beings who discover the various realities of history and then appropriate those realities for their own purposes. As an illustration of this point, Bushman tells the story of Christopher Columbus— how his standing as the grandfather of the United States was neither acknowledged nor celebrated until after 1776.

Joseph Smith And The Making Of A Global Religion, Jan Shipps

BYU Studies

In regard to the other “worlds” of the first Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith was certainly “in that world and of it.” He was clearly in attendance “in his own time;” he attempted to recover past worlds; he was and is present in his own and in the personal worlds of others; and he challenged the theological world of his day.

Mandala Vol. 24, Center For Southeast Asian Studies

Mandala

No abstract provided.

Churches And The Consolidation Of Democratic Culture: Difference And Convergence In The Czech Republic And Hungary, Zsolt Enyedi, Joan O'Mahony

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

In-Laws And Outlaws: Lessons In Research And Friendship And A Report From The Archives, Sarah Barringer Gordon

Arrington Annual Lecture

No abstract provided.

"The Day The Earth Stood Still”: 1950'S Sci-Fi, Religion And The Alien Messiah, Matthew Etherden

Journal of Religion & Film

The Day the Earth Stood Still is a unique film for its time. From a secular point of view, it was one of the first to not portray aliens as the enemy. From a spiritual point of view, it has many similarities to the gospel accounts of the public life and teachings of Jesus. This essay will consider the religious significance of this film (both in its historical context and the present), comparing it to similar works and contrasting it with the beliefs of a number of New Age movements. The main character, Klaatu, will then be considered as a …

Religion In The Public Sphere: Challenges And Opportunities In Ghanaian Lawmaking, 1989-2004, Elom Dovlo

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Church And State Relations In Present-Day Serbia: Part Iv Serbia Within The European Context, Angela Ilić

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Changing Religious Structures And Civil Society In Latin America: The Case Of Nicaragua, John G. Poffenbarger

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Two phenomena have been ongoing in Central America over the past 30 years. The first has been a change in the dominant religious structures in the region with the growth of Evangelical Protestantism and Pentecostalism, as well as ongoing changes within the Roman Catholic Church, such as the rise and fall of Progressive Catholicism. The other major phenomenon has been the establishment of democratic regimes across the isthmus. Putnam, Inglehart, Almond & Verba, among others, assert that for a democracy to flourish a vibrant civil society must be present. These scholars, along with Huntington, Weber, and Wald et al. believe …

Civil Religion In The Interfaith Context Of Northern California: Revisiting Robert Bellah's Broken Covenant Project, Harlan Stelmach

Collected Faculty Scholarship

Are there signs of new emerging myths and stories about our religious self-understanding as a nation that will help us address what Robert Bellah calls, our "third time of trial"? On and off for many years, I have been interested in the questions raised by Robert Bellah's work on civil religion. Specifically, I have sought answers to the above question posed in the last Chapter of Broken Covenant, "The Birth of New American Myths." Perhaps to be more precise about my interest in this question, I would at least have to go back to my graduate student days in Berkeley …

The Internet And Neopaganism: A Match Made In Avalon, Austin Buscher, Carole Myscofski, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Complete 2005 Program

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Building A Viable Muslim Community In Central Illinois: The Development And Implementation Of Acculturation Strategies At The Islamic Center Of Bloomington-Normal, Daniel Glade '05

Honors Projects

Developments in the American Muslim community over the last thirty years reveal a notable shift from individualist responses towards the exigencies of survival in a hostile foreign environment to a more community-based attempt to build a viable and lively Islamic environment in the United States. This shift was made possible by three factors including the expansion of Westem Islam through immigration and conversion in recent years, changing American popular attitudes towards Muslims, and developments abroad-particularly in the native countries of immigrant communities. Although responses to changing conditions vary both geographically and situationally, most Muslim communities have responded with some form …

Crusader, February, 25, 2005, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.

Todorovi's "Evangelization Conversion Proselytism" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

The Mythical “Manuscript Found”, Matthew Roper

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Wayne L. Cowdrey, Howard A. Davis, and Arthur Vanick. Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? The Spalding Enigma.

Reflections On Secular Anti-Mormonism, Daniel C. Peterson

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Countercult, Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, David M. Whitchurch

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Douglas E. Cowan. Bearing False Witness? An Introduction to the Christian Countercult.

Book Notes, Farms Review

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

No abstract provided.

Vol. 17 Num. 1 The Farms Review, Farms Review

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

No abstract provided.

Junius And Joseph: Presidential Politics And The Assassination Of The First Mormon Prophet, Robert S. Wicks, Fred R. Foister

All USU Press Publications

"Junius and Joseph examines Joseph Smith's nearly forgotten [1844] presidential bid, the events leading up to his assassination on June 27, 1844, and the tangled aftermath of the tragic incident. It... establishes that Joseph Smith's murder, rather than being the deadly outcome of a spontaneous mob uprising, was in fact a carefully planned military-style execution. It is now possible to identify many of the key individuals engaged in planning his assassination as well as those who took part in the assault on Carthage jail. And furthermore, this study presents incontrovertible evidence that the effort to remove the Mormon leader from …

Journal Of Mormon History Vol. 31, No. 1, 2005

Journal of Mormon History

CONTENTS

ARTICLES

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

• --Creating the Sacred Space of Zion Martha Sonntag Bradley, 1

• --The Kinderhook Plates, the Tucson Artifacts, and Mormon Archeological Zeal J. Michael Hunter, 31

• --Desert Imagery and Sacred Symbolism: The Design of the Arizona Temple Paul L. Anderson, 71

• --The Historic Arizona Temple Richard O. Cowan, 99

• --Eliza R. Snow and the Prophet's Gold Watch: Time Keeper as Relic Jennifer Reeder, 119

• --A Turbulent Coexistence: Duane Hunt, David O. McKay, and a Quarter-Century of Catholic-Mormon Relations
  Gregory A. Prince and Gary Topping, 142

REVIEWS

--Spencer J. Condie, Russell M. Nelson: Father, Surgeon, Apostle Samuel Brown, 164 …

Does Religion Matter? A Test Of Classical Theories Of Deviance On Two Different Religious Types, Jill Hume Harrison

Doctoral Dissertations

This study uniquely examines two religious types and a control group of nonreligious respondents in relation to two classical theories of crime and deviant behavior. The first objective of this research is to determine whether a conventional religion, Methodism, deters crime and deviant behavior better than an unconventional religious type, Shambhala Buddhism, and a control group of nonreligious respondents. The second objective of this research is to examine the predictive capacities of measures for Hirschi's (1969) social control theory and Sutherland's (1947) differential association theory. Constructs for these theories are used to determine the magnitude of mediating and moderating effects …

Mw 770 Contemporary Cults/ New Religious Movements, Steven Tsoukalas

Syllabi

Required Texts: Hexham, Irving, Stephen Rost, and John W. Morehead II, eds. Encountering New Religious Movements: A Holistic Evangelical Approach. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004. Sire, James. Scripture Twisting: Twenty Ways the Cults Misread the Bible. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1980. Stark, Rodney, and William Sims Bainbridge. The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. Tsoukalas, Steven. Masonic Rites and Wrongs: An Examination of Freemasonry. Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1995. Tucker, Ruth. Another Gospel: Alternative Religions and the New Age Movement. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989.

Mw 775 Christian Witness And Other Faiths, Terry C. Muck

Syllabi

Required Texts: David Bosch. A Spirituality of the Road. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2000 (1979). Paul Hiebert. Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1999. Richard Plantinga, ed. Christianity and Plurality: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. Readings as assigned by instructor, including Wesleyan approach to pluralism.

Mw 780 Comparative Missiology, Terry C. Muck

Syllabi

Required Texts: Hitchcock, Susan. Geography of Religion. Washington: National Geographic, 2004. Montgomery, Robert. The Diffusion of Religions: A Sociological Perspective. NY: University Press of America, 1996. Park, Chris C. Sacred Worlds: An Introduction to Geography and Religion. London: Routledge, 1994. Smart, Ninian, ed. Atlas of the World’s Religions. Oxford, 1999. Readings as assigned by instructor

Constitutional Conversations And New Religious Movements: A Comparative Case Study, Leigh H. Greenhaw, Michael H. Koby

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Using the metaphor of a constitutional conversation to compare the treatment of a relatively new and unpopular religion by the legal systems of the United States, Russia, and Spain, this Article examines the methodology by which laws affecting religion are made and enforced. It uses as a case study the interaction of the Jehovah's Witnesses with the legal system of the United States, comparing it with more recent interactions in Russia and Spain. The Authors argue that while the experience in the United States was profoundly influenced by a common-law methodology, the experience in two civil-law countries, Russia and Spain, …

Front Matter, Farms Review

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

No abstract provided.