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Wrestling With Angels: Postsecular Contemporary American Poetry, Paul T. Corrigan Oct 2015

Wrestling With Angels: Postsecular Contemporary American Poetry, Paul T. Corrigan

Paul T. Corrigan

In the current “secular age,” more and more people find beliefs and behaviors associated with traditional religion intellectually and ethically untenable. At the same time, many “postsecular” writers, both believers and nonbelievers, continue to write with religious or religiously-inflected forms, themes, and purposes. In the United States, postsecular poets “wrestle with angels” by engaging constructively and deconstructively with matters traditionally considered the domain of religion and spirituality. While the recent work of Jürgen Habermas, Charles Taylor, John McClure and others puts the concept of the postsecular at the cutting edge of various fields of study, including religion, sociology, and literature, …


Law's Religion: Rendering Culture, Benjamin L. Berger Sep 2015

Law's Religion: Rendering Culture, Benjamin L. Berger

Benjamin L. Berger

This article argues that constitutional law's inability to deal with religion in a satisfying way flows, in part, from its failure to understand religion as, in a robust sense, culture. Once one begins to understand the Canadian constitutional rule of law itself as a cultural form, it becomes apparent that law renders religion in a very particular fashion, and that this rendering is a product of law's symbolic categories and interpretive horizons. This article draws out the elements of Canadian constitutionalism's unique rendering of religion and argues that, although Canadian constitutionalism claims to understand religion as a culture, this is …


Newspaper Editors’ Attitudes Toward The Great Awakening, 1740-1748, Lisa Smith Sep 2015

Newspaper Editors’ Attitudes Toward The Great Awakening, 1740-1748, Lisa Smith

Lisa Smith

No abstract provided.


Who Is My Neighbor? Commentary On David Hilfiker's Case Story, M. Therese Lysaught Jun 2015

Who Is My Neighbor? Commentary On David Hilfiker's Case Story, M. Therese Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

No abstract provided.


"Not So Fast, Mr. Wilson." A Review Of Genes, Genesis And God: Values And Their Origins In Natural And Human History By Holmes Rolston., M. Therese Lysaught Jun 2015

"Not So Fast, Mr. Wilson." A Review Of Genes, Genesis And God: Values And Their Origins In Natural And Human History By Holmes Rolston., M. Therese Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

No abstract provided.


Wrongful Life? The Strange Case Of Nicholas Perruche, M. Therese Lysaught Jun 2015

Wrongful Life? The Strange Case Of Nicholas Perruche, M. Therese Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

No abstract provided.


Choosing Palliative Care: Do Religious Beliefs Make A Difference?, M. Therese Lysaught Jun 2015

Choosing Palliative Care: Do Religious Beliefs Make A Difference?, M. Therese Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

No abstract provided.


Is It Killing? Jodie, Mary & God, M. Therese Lysaught Jun 2015

Is It Killing? Jodie, Mary & God, M. Therese Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

No abstract provided.


Religion And Conflict: The Case Of Northern Ireland, Padraig O'Malley May 2015

Religion And Conflict: The Case Of Northern Ireland, Padraig O'Malley

Padraig O'Malley

Now that the peace process, however fragile and tenuous, has stayed the course, despite some serious obstacles and setbacks, and talks between the British government and Sinn Fein are taking place, it is a time to reflect on the nature of the divisions that have scarred our lives and psyches. One of the most under-researched and least understood aspects of the conflict is the role religious differences play - or do not play. 1 While it is a common practice to label the two communities as "Catholics" and "Protestants," and to keep the tally-roll of the dead according to religious …


Listening As Religious Practice (Part Two) - Exploring Qualitative Data From An Empirical Study Of Music Fans, Vaughan S. Roberts, Clive Marsh Apr 2015

Listening As Religious Practice (Part Two) - Exploring Qualitative Data From An Empirical Study Of Music Fans, Vaughan S. Roberts, Clive Marsh

Vaughan S Roberts

This article presents insights from analysis of the qualitative results of a survey of 231 music-users conducted in the UK and USA in 2009-10. Employing Charles Taylor’s concept of the ‘social imaginary’ the article distils the key terms and concepts evident from close textual analysis of the responses offered in the open questions posed to participants. The dominant concepts presented are used to construct four ‘acoustic axes’ around which the practice of serious music-use oscillates. These ‘free responses’ are explored with respect to potential correlations with conceptuality drawn from the study of religion and spirituality, in order to determine how …


The Impact Of Islam As A Religion And Muslim Women On Gender Equality: A Phenomenological Research Study, Sonia D. Galloway Mar 2015

The Impact Of Islam As A Religion And Muslim Women On Gender Equality: A Phenomenological Research Study, Sonia D. Galloway

Sonia D. Galloway, Ph.D.

The purpose of this study was to examine and explore the meanings, structures and essence of the lived experience of Muslim women via an Islamic theoretical (Kalam) framework. The study's goal was to describe a detailed and comprehensive description of how Muslim women use Islam to promote gender equality and improve treatment within their daily lives. The critical importance of gleaning a better understanding of Islam and the perceived invisibility of Muslim women motivated the researcher to undertake this study. The research study included a qualitative phenomenology research approach. Data were collected from multiple sources: observations, semi-structured individual interviews and …


Memoirs Of Angelique [Supplemental Material], Sarah Thompson Mar 2015

Memoirs Of Angelique [Supplemental Material], Sarah Thompson

Sarah E. Thompson

No abstract provided.


Professor Mcgrath Offers A Scholarly Take On Religion And Doctor Who, Marc Allen, James F. Mcgrath Feb 2015

Professor Mcgrath Offers A Scholarly Take On Religion And Doctor Who, Marc Allen, James F. Mcgrath

James F. McGrath

Take TV viewers on trips through time and space for 50 years and you’re going to pick up some admirers—including some scholarly ones. That’s what’s happened with Doctor Who, the British series that is celebrating 50 years this month.Two of the show’s fans—Butler University Professor of Religion James McGrath and Andrew Crome, a lecturer in the history of modern Christianity at the University of Manchester (England)—have compiled a new book, Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith: Religion and Doctor Who, in which 19 scholars who also are Doctor Who fans weigh in on how the longest-running science fiction …


Monotheism, James F. Mcgrath Feb 2015

Monotheism, James F. Mcgrath

James F. McGrath

James McGrath's contribution to: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics. , 2015. Print.


Introduction: A Changing Indonesia, Maribeth Erb, Kathleen M. Adams Feb 2015

Introduction: A Changing Indonesia, Maribeth Erb, Kathleen M. Adams

Kathleen M. Adams

No abstract provided.


The Discourse Of Souls In Tana Toraja (Indonesia): Indigenous Notions And Christian Conceptions, Kathleen M. Adams Feb 2015

The Discourse Of Souls In Tana Toraja (Indonesia): Indigenous Notions And Christian Conceptions, Kathleen M. Adams

Kathleen M. Adams

No abstract provided.


Listening As Religious Practice (Part One): Exploring Quantative Data From An Empirical Study Of The Cultural Habits Of Music Fans, Vaughan S. Roberts, Clive Marsh Dec 2014

Listening As Religious Practice (Part One): Exploring Quantative Data From An Empirical Study Of The Cultural Habits Of Music Fans, Vaughan S. Roberts, Clive Marsh

Vaughan S Roberts

This article explores and reflects upon the role that music consumption may be playing in the flexible field of cultural expression, identity formation, and meaning-making activity in the West, as overt commitment to organised religion continues to decline and prove fragile. Using quantitative data from a 2009–2010 study of 231 music users, the authors locate and analyse the respondents’ declarations about their listening practices in relation to their other socio-cultural habits and life commitments. The article explores the genres and themes of music listened to, the means by which the music is accessed, the frequency of listening, and the scale …


Review Of 'The Lyre Of Orpheus' By Christopher Partridge, Vaughan S. Roberts Dec 2014

Review Of 'The Lyre Of Orpheus' By Christopher Partridge, Vaughan S. Roberts

Vaughan S Roberts

A review of 'The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane' (Oxford University Press, 2014) published in the Anglican Theological Review


Book Review: The Wound And The Blessing: Economics Relationships And Happiness By Luigino Bruni (New City Press, 2012), Brian M. Mccall Dec 2014

Book Review: The Wound And The Blessing: Economics Relationships And Happiness By Luigino Bruni (New City Press, 2012), Brian M. Mccall

Brian M McCall

This book review critically examines this important work on the relationship between economic prosperity and happiness. The review concludes that although Professor Bruni accurately diagnoses the causes of the paradox of increased wealth but decreased appiness in the modern West, he fails to fully articulate the solution.


“Secularization, Objectivity, And Enlightenment Scholarship: The Theological And Political Origins Of Modern Biblical Studies.”, Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2014

“Secularization, Objectivity, And Enlightenment Scholarship: The Theological And Political Origins Of Modern Biblical Studies.”, Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Navigating Uncertainty: The Survival Strategies Of Religious Ngos In China, Jonathan Tam, Reza Hasmath Dec 2014

Navigating Uncertainty: The Survival Strategies Of Religious Ngos In China, Jonathan Tam, Reza Hasmath

Reza Hasmath

This article looks at the strategies religious non-governmental organizations (RNGOs) with strong transnational linkages use to maintain a continued presence in mainland China. It does so by utilizing neo-institutional theory as an instrument for analysis, with an emphasis on outlining the coercive, mimetic, and normative pressures RNGOs face. One of the key findings of the study is that there is creative circumvention of isomorphic pressures by working with local agents, fostering trust with the local government, and keeping a low profile. Moreover, RNGOs dealt with the uncertain institutional environment in China through staff exchanges, denominational supervision, tapping into global platforms, …