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The Tying Of The Ceremonial Wedding Thread: A Feminist Analysis Of “Ritual” And “Tradition” Among Syro-Malabar Catholics In India, Sonja Thomas

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article presents a feminist analysis of patriarchy persisting in Catholicism of the Syro-Malabar rite in Kerala. The article specifically considers the impact of charismatic Catholicism on women of the Syro-Malabar rite and argues that it is important to interrogate this new face of religiosity in order to fully understand how certain rituals are allowed to change and be fluid, while others, especially concerning female sexuality, are enshrined as “tradition” which often restricts the parameters for women’s empowerment and may reinforce caste and patriarchal hegemonies preventing feminist solidarity across different religious- and caste-based groups.

Dalit Catholic Home Shrines In A North Indian Village, Mathew Schmalz

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article examines three Catholic home shrines in a Dalit community in North Indian and argues that it is misleading to think that home shrines and other collections of material objects are somehow static conveyors of meaning. “Meaning” can mean many things or nothing at all, depending upon the terms we are using and the scholarly methods we deploy. The crucial aspect of Dalit Catholic home shrines is that they are literally open to interpretation and reinterpretation, to touching and being touched. Their significance—their meaning—depends not on decoding their structure or symbolic logic, but interacting with them as part of …

The Grace Of God And The Travails Of Contemporary Indian Catholicism, Kerry P. C. San Chirico

Journal of Global Catholicism

This essay discusses the challenges faced by Indian Catholicism, particularly as it seeks to adapt to and in contemporary, post-colonial India through the process or program of what is called inculturation, a self-conscious program of adaptation to Indian religion and culture. Since Indian Catholicism is constituted by so many irreducible persons-in-relation, the article focuses on the life of the Catholic priest, Swami Ishwar Prasad in whose life we may chart something of the inculturation movement and the Catholic tradition as it is found in North India region, in one rather long and rich lifetime connecting two centuries. The article seeks …

In Continuity With The Past: Indigenous Environmentalism And Indian Christian Visions Of Flora, James Ponniah

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article considers whether Indian Christianity can be said to have a distinctive ecological vision. The first two parts of the article examine Christian environmentalism in two native forms of Indian Christianity: Tamil Christianity and Tribal Christianity. Continuing with the theme of conformity to the local culture—though of the elite—the third part of the article investigates how Christian Ashrams function as dynamic centers for ecological praxis. The last part of the article considers how contemporary Indian Christian communities can respond to the ecological challenges confronting them.

Antoniyar Kōvil: Hindu-Catholic Identity At The St. Anthony Shrine In St. Mary’S Co-Cathedral, Chennai, Pj Johnston

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article combines ethnographic description of the practices of Hindu and Christian visitors of the St. Antony Shrine in Chennai with the observation that this material cannot be understood using the standard world religions paradigm that essentializes Christianity as exclusivistic. Drawing upon the visual and material culture of the shrine in light of premodern and Vatican II templates for inculturation and the negotiation of religious difference, the article highlights overlap between Tamil Hinduism and the Tamil Popular Catholicism of the site to argue that the beliefs and practices documented should inform descriptive and normative accounts of Catholic Christianity. Because Tamil …

A Librarian’S Genealogical Study To Outreach For Ethnic Populations, Sheau-Yueh J. Chao

Publications and Research

Chinese Americans searched for their identities and strove for achievement in the United States. Respect for the elders is considered as one of the outstanding virtues of Chinese culture. The importance of this trait is underscored via its record-keeping traditions and clan genealogies called Jiapu which was fostered by centuries of Confucian philosophy. Some of the history of Chinese in America can in fact be found not only in China but also internationally around the globe. In this paper, the author will share her experiences and ideas on building and enhancing family history research through understanding the major components in …

Research And Documentation In The 21st Century: Oral History And Genealogy Of The Yuan Shikai Family, Sheau-Yueh J. Chao

Publications and Research

The oral histories and genealogies have long been used by historians, archaeologists, sociologists, ethnologists, and demographers in their investigation of past human behavior on social and historical evidences relating to a lineage organization or a clan. Chinese genealogical records has been used for thousands of years to record the genealogical history of a family, including a family’s origin, its subordinate lines, names and ages of the members, records of marriages, births and deaths, merits and deeds, and in early days brief biographical information of solely the male family members. This paper will examine the history of Chinese names and the …

Early Life Of Yuan Shikai And The Formation Of Yuan Family, Sheau-Yueh J. Chao, Kachuen Yuan Gee

Publications and Research

This paper provides biographical sketches of famous Yuan ancestors, including the genealogy of Yuan clan, early life of Yuan Shikai, and the genealogy of Yuan's direct family members.

Interview With Arthur Bruce Boenau, June 9, 2005, Arthur Bruce Boenau, Michael J. Birkner

Oral Histories

Arthur Bruce Boenau was interviewed on June 9, 2005 by Michael Birkner about his life and time as a professor of Political Science at Gettysburg College. He discusses his childhood, his experiences during World War II and the Korean War in the Counterintelligence Corps, and finally his memories of the faculty, administrators, and students at Gettysburg.

Length of Interview: 94 minutes

Collection Note: This oral history was selected from the Oral History Collection maintained by Special Collections & College Archives. Transcripts are available for browsing in the Special Collections Reading Room, 4^th floor, Musselman Library. GettDigital contains the complete …

Anne Braden Interview, Anne Braden, Yvonne Baldwin, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Anne Braden by Yvonne Baldwin and John Ernst on her experiences during the Vietnam War on August 20, 1999.

Fred And Steve Hellman And Roger Redoing Interview, Fred Hellman, Steve Hellman, Roger Redoing, Debbie Perry, Deloris A. Roe

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Fred and Steve Hellman and Roger Redoing by Debbie Perry and Delores Roe on their experiences during the Vietnam War in May of 1998.

Louie B. Nunn Interview, Louie B. Nunn, Yvonne Baldwin, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with former Governor Louie Nunn by Yvonne Baldwin and John Ernst on his experiences during the Vietnam War on March 13, 1998.

George C. Herring Interview, George C. Herring, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with George C. Herring by John Ernst and Yvonne Baldwin on his experiences during the Vietnam War on March 2, 1998.

Daniel J. Toniette Interview, Daniel J. Toniette, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Daniel J. Tonietti by John Ernst on his experiences during the Vietnam War on February 7, 1998.

Joseph Keeling And Ronald Hibbs Interview, Joseph Keeling, Ronald Hibbs, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Joseph Keeling and Ronald Hibbs by John Ernst on her experiences during the Vietnam War on February 7, 1998.

Thomas Kolton Interview, Thomas Kolton, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Thomas Kolton by John Ernst on his experiences during the Vietnam War circa 1998.

Jerry Cecil Interview, Jerry Cecil, Yvonne Baldwin

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Jerry Cecil by Yvonne Baldwin on his experiences during the Vietnam War on October 3, 1997.

Arthur L. Kelly Interview, Arthur L. Kelly, Yvonne Baldwin, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Arthur L. Kelly by Yvonne Baldwin and John Ernst on his experiences during the Vietnam War on August 4, 1997.

Richard Ratliff Interview, Richard Ratliff, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Richard Ratliff by John Ernst on his experiences during the Vietnam War on July 23, 1997.

Dave Reed Interview, Dave Reed, Nathan Kiser

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Dave Reed by John Ernst on his experiences during the Vietnam War on July 21, 1997.

Virginia Tate Mcgregor Interview, Virginia Tate Mcgregor, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Virginia Tate McGregor by John Ernst on her experiences during the Vietnam War on July 9, 1997.

John Patrick Mcgregor Interview, John Patrick Mcgregor, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with John Patrick McGregor by John Ernst on his experiences during the Vietnam War on July 9, 1997.

Don B. Pratt Interview, Don B. Pratt, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Don B. Pratt by John Ernst on his experiences during the Vietnam War on July 9, 1997.

Thomas Conley Interview, Thomas Conley, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Thomas Conley by John Ernst on his experiences during the Vietnam War on July 7, 1997.

Kenneth Lee Houp Interview, Kenneth Lee Houp, Yvonne Baldwin

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Kenneth Lee Houp by Yvonne Baldwin on his experiences during the Vietnam War on June 26, 1997.

Jeffrey Segal Intarview, Jeffrey Segal, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Jeffrey Segal by John Ernst on his experiences during the Vietnam War on June 23, 1997.

Grant M. Furnas Interview, Grant M. Furnas, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Grant M. Furnas by John Ernst on his experiences during the Vietnam War on June 21, 1997.

Charles Stallard Interview, Charles Stallard, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Charles Stallard by John Ernst on his experiences during the Vietnam War on June 20, 1997.

Dale Greer Interview, Dale Greer, Yvonne Baldwin

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Dale Greer by Yvonne Baldwin on his experiences during the Vietnam War on June 5, 1997.

Marcy G. Beyer Interview, Marcy G. Beyer, John Ernst

Vietnam War Oral History Collection

Transcript of an oral history interview with Marcy G. Meyer by John Ernst on her experiences during the Vietnam War on May 31, 1997.