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Polemic, Redaction, And History In The Mandaean Book Of John: The Case Of The Lightworld Visitors To Jerusalem, James F. Mcgrath Jan 2013

Polemic, Redaction, And History In The Mandaean Book Of John: The Case Of The Lightworld Visitors To Jerusalem, James F. Mcgrath

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

It is unclear whether there is anything of historical usefulness that can be gleaned from the details of the depictions of figures such as John the Baptist, Miriai, and Jesus in the Mandaean Book of John. This does not mean, however, that the text cannot provide useful information about the history of the Mandaeans, and of their interactions with other religious communities. By analyzing the evidence for redaction in certain key sections, and by distinguishing between core elements and peripheral additions to the stories recorded in it, it is possible to draw conclusions about the tradition history of the material, …


Polemic, Redaction, And History In The Mandaean Book Of John: The Case Of The Lightworld Visitors To Jerusalem, James F. Mcgrath Jan 2013

Polemic, Redaction, And History In The Mandaean Book Of John: The Case Of The Lightworld Visitors To Jerusalem, James F. Mcgrath

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

It is unclear whether there is anything of historical usefulness that can be gleaned from the details of the depictions of figures such as John the Baptist, Miriai, and Jesus in the Mandaean Book of John. This does not mean, however, that the text cannot provide useful information about the history of the Mandaeans, and of their interactions with other religious communities. By analyzing the evidence for redaction in certain key sections, and by distinguishing between core elements and peripheral additions to the stories recorded in it, it is possible to draw conclusions about the tradition history of the material, …


Some Internal And External Ways Of Validating The Adjunct Experience, Jeana Jorgensen Jan 2013

Some Internal And External Ways Of Validating The Adjunct Experience, Jeana Jorgensen

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

No abstract provided.


Sabry, Somaya Sami, Arab-American Women’S Writing And Performance: Orientalism, Race, And The Idea Of The Arabian Nights, Jeana Jorgensen Jan 2013

Sabry, Somaya Sami, Arab-American Women’S Writing And Performance: Orientalism, Race, And The Idea Of The Arabian Nights, Jeana Jorgensen

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

No abstract provided.


Computational Analysis Of The Body In European Fairy Tales, Scott Weingart, Jeana Jorgensen Jan 2013

Computational Analysis Of The Body In European Fairy Tales, Scott Weingart, Jeana Jorgensen

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

This article explores how digital humanities research methods can be used to analyze the representations of gendered bodies in European fairy tales, a flexible and pervasive genre that has influenced Western children's education and acquisition of gender identity for centuries. By blending the theoretical and methodological concerns of folkloristics, gender studies, and large-scale scientific research, this article demonstrates the utility of cross-disciplinary collaboration in asking traditional questions of traditional materials with new methods. To facilitate this research, a hand-coded database listing every reference to a body or body part in the 233 fairy tales was created. Analysis revealed strong indications …


Sorting Out Donkey Skin (Atu 510b): Toward An Integrative Literal-Symbolic Analysis Of Fairy Tales, Jeana Jorgensen Jan 2013

Sorting Out Donkey Skin (Atu 510b): Toward An Integrative Literal-Symbolic Analysis Of Fairy Tales, Jeana Jorgensen

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

This article debates the merits of fairy tale interpretive frameworks that privilege the psychological and symbolic, versus those that utilize a literal and feminist orientation. Using ATU 510B as a test case, for its intriguing blend of real-world elements and the fantastic, the author suggests that a synthesis of literal and symbolic theories allows for the fullest understanding of the polyvalent meanings of tale, which is particularly problematic due to its depictions of incest. Drawing examples from canonical as well as contemporary versions of ATU 510B, various psychoanalytic and feminist interpretations of the tale type are put to the test, …


The Black And The White Bride: Dualism, Gender, And Bodies In European Fairy Tales, Jeana Jorgensen Jan 2013

The Black And The White Bride: Dualism, Gender, And Bodies In European Fairy Tales, Jeana Jorgensen

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Fairy tales are one of the most important folklore genres in Western culture, spanning literary and oral cultures, folk and elite cultures, and print and mass media forms. As Jack Zipes observes: ‘The cultural evolution of the fairy tale is closely bound historically to all kinds of storytelling and different civilizing processes that have undergirded the formation of nation-states.’143 Studying fairy tales thus opens a window onto European history and cultures, ideologies, and aesthetics.


On Hearing (Rather Than Reading) Intertextual Echoes: Christology And Monotheistic Scriptures In An Oral Context, James F. Mcgrath Jan 2013

On Hearing (Rather Than Reading) Intertextual Echoes: Christology And Monotheistic Scriptures In An Oral Context, James F. Mcgrath

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

While recent studies of the New Testament have found the methods of intertextuality and orality studies to be fruitful approaches, there has been insufficient interplay between the two. This article explores the capacity of hearers of texts to pick up on echoes of familiar texts, stories, and songs. Using as an example Paul’s interpretation of Scripture in connection with the topics of monotheism and Christology, the article suggests that, in the absence of explicit and emphatic statements of the difference or distinctiveness of his views, Paul’s allusions to key monotheistic texts would have been understood to indicate Paul’s agreement with …


On The Edge Of Freedom: The Fugitive Slave Issue In South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870, Antwain K. Hunter Jan 2013

On The Edge Of Freedom: The Fugitive Slave Issue In South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870, Antwain K. Hunter

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Review of Smith, David On the Edge of Freedom: The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870. Fordham University Press, $70.00 ISBN 978-0-8232-4032-6.


Does The Divine Physician Have An Unfair Advantage? Healing And The Politics Of Conversion In Twentieth-Century India, Chad Bauman Jan 2013

Does The Divine Physician Have An Unfair Advantage? Healing And The Politics Of Conversion In Twentieth-Century India, Chad Bauman

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

An examination of the issue of medical allurement in historical/contemporary Indian Christianity.


Globalizing The Care Chain: Representations Of Latinas In Maid In America, Irune Del Rio Gabiola Jan 2013

Globalizing The Care Chain: Representations Of Latinas In Maid In America, Irune Del Rio Gabiola

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The article examines the portrayal of Latina women as housemaids in the U.S. as depicted in the documentary film "Maid in America" directed by Anayansi Prado. It discusses the social injustice and sacrifices undergone by the Latinas in order to survive in the host country. It also analyzes the image of the Latina as an ideal mother of both her native and host country.


Love In The Time Of Capitalism: A Marxist Feminist Reading Of Modern Times, Brooke M. Beloso Jan 2013

Love In The Time Of Capitalism: A Marxist Feminist Reading Of Modern Times, Brooke M. Beloso

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Dr. Brooke Beloso's contribution to Marxism and the Movies: Critical Essays on Class Struggle in the Cinema, Ed. Kevin K. Durand and Mary K. Leigh, McFarland Publishers.


Silent And Boisterous Slaves: Considerations In Staging Pseudolus 133-234, Christopher Bungard, Daniel Walin Jan 2013

Silent And Boisterous Slaves: Considerations In Staging Pseudolus 133-234, Christopher Bungard, Daniel Walin

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Christopher Bumgard's contribution to the CAMWS Annual Meeting: Iowa City, Iowa. 2013.


From "Sin City" To "Envy Of The Region": Transforming Newport, Kentucky In The Latter 20th Century 1950-2000, Colin Thomas Reenan Jan 2013

From "Sin City" To "Envy Of The Region": Transforming Newport, Kentucky In The Latter 20th Century 1950-2000, Colin Thomas Reenan

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Historical profile of Newport, Kentucky 1950-2000.


Journeys To Others And Lessons Of Self: Carlos Castaneda In Camposcape, Ageeth Sluis Dec 2012

Journeys To Others And Lessons Of Self: Carlos Castaneda In Camposcape, Ageeth Sluis

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Drawing on Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopia, this article examines the importance of place and gender within constructions of race politics in Carlos Castaneda’s series on shamanism. Championing a “separate reality” predicated on an indigenous worldview, Castaneda’s lessons invited transnational middle-class youth to "journey" alongside him to camposcape—an anachronistic and idealized countryside—as a means to escape the bourgeois values of their homelands and find spiritual fulfillment in a timeless and "authentic" Mexico. Castaneda’s work proposed new viable spaces of difference in Mexico, yet inscribed these spaces with a masculinist discourse that served to neutralize the gender trouble within the counterculture …


Vocation: What Does It Mean To Be Called Or Led Into A Profession, Career, Or Life Project?, Jeff Rasley Nov 2012

Vocation: What Does It Mean To Be Called Or Led Into A Profession, Career, Or Life Project?, Jeff Rasley

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Article for UChicago Alumni News about alumni programming held in Fall 2012.


Book Reviews Table Of Contents Nov 2012

Book Reviews Table Of Contents

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A listing of the book reviews available in this issue.


The Society For Hindu-Christian Studies Nov 2012

The Society For Hindu-Christian Studies

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Information about the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.


Recent Articles Of Interest 2012 Nov 2012

Recent Articles Of Interest 2012

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A list of recently published articles of interest to society members.


Book Review: "Brahman And Person: Essays By Richard De Smet", Bradley Malkovsky Nov 2012

Book Review: "Brahman And Person: Essays By Richard De Smet", Bradley Malkovsky

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Bradley Malkovsky's review of "Brahman and Person: Essays by Richard De Smet," edited by Ivo Coelho.


Book Review: "Oxford Bibliographies: Hinduism And Christianity", Christopher R. Conway Nov 2012

Book Review: "Oxford Bibliographies: Hinduism And Christianity", Christopher R. Conway

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Christopher R. Conway's review of "Oxford Bibliographies: Hinduism and Christianity," edited by Chad Bauman, Arun Jones, Brian Pennington, Joseph Prabhakar Dayam, and Michelle Voss Roberts.


Book Review: "Liturgy Of Liberation: A Christian Commentary On Shankara's Upadesasahasri," Reid B. Locklin, Anantanand Rambachan Nov 2012

Book Review: "Liturgy Of Liberation: A Christian Commentary On Shankara's Upadesasahasri," Reid B. Locklin, Anantanand Rambachan

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

No abstract provided.


Book Review: "Baby Krishna, Infant Christ," Kristin Johnston Largen, Arun W. Jones Nov 2012

Book Review: "Baby Krishna, Infant Christ," Kristin Johnston Largen, Arun W. Jones

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Kristin Johnston Largen's "Baby Krishna, Infant Christ" by Arun W. Jones.


Book Review: "Piety And Responsibility: Patterns Of Unity In Karl Rahner, Karl Barth And Vedanta Desika," John N. Sheveland, Reid B. Locklin Nov 2012

Book Review: "Piety And Responsibility: Patterns Of Unity In Karl Rahner, Karl Barth And Vedanta Desika," John N. Sheveland, Reid B. Locklin

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of John N. Sheveland's "Piety and Responsibility: Patterns of Unity in Karl Rahner, Karl Barth and Vedanta Desika" by Reid B. Locklin.


Book Review: "Ramanuja And Schleiermacher: Toward A Constructive Comparative Theology," Jon Paul Sydnor, Sucharita Adluri Nov 2012

Book Review: "Ramanuja And Schleiermacher: Toward A Constructive Comparative Theology," Jon Paul Sydnor, Sucharita Adluri

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Jon Paul Sydnor's "Ramanuja and Schleiermacher: Toward a Constructive Comparative Theology" by Sucharita Adluri.


Book Review: "Bringing The Sacred Down To Earth: Adventures In Comparative Religion," Corinne G. Dempsey, Chad Bauman Nov 2012

Book Review: "Bringing The Sacred Down To Earth: Adventures In Comparative Religion," Corinne G. Dempsey, Chad Bauman

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A book review for Corinne G. Dempsey's "Bringing the Sacred Down to Earth: Adventures in Comparative Religion" by Chad Bauman.


A Collection Of Book Reviews, Edward Ulrich Nov 2012

A Collection Of Book Reviews, Edward Ulrich

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Reviews for Harry Oldmeadow's "A Christian Pilgrim in India," William Skudlarek's "God's Harp String," Santhosh Sebastian Cheruvally's "Jesus Christ: Quest and Context of Abhishikananda," and William Skudlarek and Bettina Bäumer's "Witness to the Fullness of Light."


Book Review: "Dalit Theology And Dalit Liberation: Problems, Paradigms And Possibilities" By Peniel Rajkumar, Sathianathan Clarke Nov 2012

Book Review: "Dalit Theology And Dalit Liberation: Problems, Paradigms And Possibilities" By Peniel Rajkumar, Sathianathan Clarke

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A book review of Peniel Rajkumar's "Dalit Theology and Dalit Liberation: Problems, Paradigms and Possibilities" by Sathianathan Clarke.


Announcement: Best Book In Hindu-Christian Studies Nov 2012

Announcement: Best Book In Hindu-Christian Studies

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

THE Society for Hindu-Christian Studies announces Dualities: A Theology of Difference (Westminster John Knox Press, 2010) by Michelle Voss Roberts as the winner of its award, “Best Book in Hindu-Christian Studies-- Theology and Philosophy (2008-2011).”


Reports And News Nov 2012

Reports And News

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Reports and news for the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies 2012 Annual General Meeting.