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Hildegard Of Bingen – 12th Century Feminist Mystic, Robert F. Stamps May 2023

Hildegard Of Bingen – 12th Century Feminist Mystic, Robert F. Stamps

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

Hildegard of Bingen is one of history’s remarkable people. Born into German nobility in 1098, Hildegard began having mystical visions at an early age and saw God as light. Hildegard chose a spiritual life and entered a religious cloister at fifteen. There she was educated, studying many subjects, including Latin and music. In 1136 Hildegard became the prioress. The confines of the cloister did not stop Hildegard from becoming a major theological force. She wrote books on theology and medicine, authored plays, and composed music. Theologically, Hildegard contributed to the development of the theological construction of the concept of purgatory. …

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Diving Into The Deep: A Mystical-Contemplative Leap Of Hope From The Pew, Lori A. Stanley May 2023

Diving Into The Deep: A Mystical-Contemplative Leap Of Hope From The Pew, Lori A. Stanley

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

This paper focuses on the intersection of the mystical and the contemplative by engaging The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila with Dr. Barbara A. Holmes’ Every Shut Eye Ain’t Sleep: The Inner Life During Slavery. The conversation reveals their perspectives on the role contemplative practices have in building and sustaining community. Contemplative prayer, like God, is no respecter of status or position and encounters souls where they are. The mystical-contemplative dimension of my paper is to see whether these two works in conversation would be able to address concerns I have about anti-black narratives in my present …

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Saint Monica’S Model Of Catholic Excellence In Augustine’S Confessions, Caelan Mckamey May 2023

Saint Monica’S Model Of Catholic Excellence In Augustine’S Confessions, Caelan Mckamey

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

This paper discusses Saint Augustine’s presentation of his mother, Monica, as a model Catholic throughout his Confessions. Saint Augustine utilized individuals he encountered throughout his life as models of perfect Catholicism in an effort to provide resources for his medieval contemporaries to draw from throughout their own faith journeys. As a convert himself, Augustine drew holy inspiration from his mother, Saint Monica, as he searched for life’s purpose and God’s grace. He presents his mother throughout the first nine books of the Confessions as a human woman – trapped in a loveless marriage, filled with anxiety and fear, yet …

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Is It A Requisite For A ‘Believer’ To Be Part Of The Formal/Institutional Church?, Dillon Cook May 2023

Is It A Requisite For A ‘Believer’ To Be Part Of The Formal/Institutional Church?, Dillon Cook

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

For the purposes of this paper, I attempt to wrestle with the question of whether or not it is a requisite for a “believer” (which turns out to be a loaded and ambiguous term) to be a part of a formal/institutional Christian Church. This is a difficult task to accomplish, and this, I admit. There is no way to answer this, truly with certainty. But Metaphysics are rarely grounded in “certainty.” This is true for many Christian Theological tasks as well. Nevertheless, this argument will be attempted by working with and off of the Black liberation theologian and philosopher, James …

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“Redeeming The Religion” Of The Colonizer: Exploring Filipino Worship In The U.S., Gabrielle Poma May 2023

“Redeeming The Religion” Of The Colonizer: Exploring Filipino Worship In The U.S., Gabrielle Poma

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

This paper aims to serve as an introduction to what the author considers a staple but often overlooked demographic in the pews of Catholic Churches in the United States: Filipinos and Filipino Americans. We begin with a brief overview of Filipino indigenous traditions, Spain’s colonization of the Philippines, and migration trends from the Philippines to the United States. We then explore how Filipino Catholics emerged from intimate devotional gatherings in households and hidden corners of their churches to assert their communities’ needs through parish leadership and civic engagement. In the public forum and thousands of miles from the Philippines, Filipinos …

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Inside Out Apologetics: Engaging Cultural Narratives In Peninsular Malaysia, Xian Wei Hah May 2023

Inside Out Apologetics: Engaging Cultural Narratives In Peninsular Malaysia, Xian Wei Hah

Senior Honors Theses

In the Western world, Christian apologists, missionaries, and thinkers who noticed the dangers of a cultural shift called postmodernism have developed many resources in recent years to engage it. This shift started from a time when it was impossible to not believe in God to one in which such faith is one among many possibilities. Meanwhile, extensive analyses of and apologetic engagement with the Eastern culture (Arabic, Confucian, and Southern Asian clusters) has been sidelined, with only limited resources to believers in those parts of the world. Unlike communities and cultures in the West, Eastern communities are shaped more by …

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Abortion, Buddhism, And The Middle Way: What A Buddhist View Of Abortion In Japan Can Teach Us In The United States Following The Overturn Of Roe V. Wade, Anna Grace Kalvelage May 2023

Abortion, Buddhism, And The Middle Way: What A Buddhist View Of Abortion In Japan Can Teach Us In The United States Following The Overturn Of Roe V. Wade, Anna Grace Kalvelage

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

This paper takes up the question of whether there is a “middle way” approach in addressing the issue of abortion, particularly in light of the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States. It explores this question through examining how schools of Buddhism have addressed the issue of abortion in Japan, especially considering Japan’s unique history with abortion issues and the mizuko kuyo rituals, and what initially appears to be a gap in theory and practice when it comes to Buddhism and abortion. It further explores how some of the central tenets of Buddhism including karma, rebirth, and compassion …

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Purchasing The Practice: How The World Of Wellness Sells Yoga As The Ultimate Self-Care, Serafina Blake May 2023

Purchasing The Practice: How The World Of Wellness Sells Yoga As The Ultimate Self-Care, Serafina Blake

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

Yoga has the potential to bring a healing paradigm into the world and re-awaken the practitioner’s infinite capacity for love and compassion. Unfortunately, Western yoga carries many stereotypes in opposition to this understanding. In the US, yoga is more closely associated with fitness, whiteness, wealth, and youth than it is connected to a deeply complex spiritual tradition that has spanned centuries. The Westernization and industrialization of yoga has the potential to be spiritually harmful to practitioners who participate in yoga as a product to be consumed, rather than a practice to be engaged in. In addition to the Western values …

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How Release Informs Practice: Nonattachment As A Key To The Yogic Techniques Of Patañjali’S Yoga Sūtra, Dana Tarasavage May 2023

How Release Informs Practice: Nonattachment As A Key To The Yogic Techniques Of Patañjali’S Yoga Sūtra, Dana Tarasavage

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

This paper explores the relationship between practice and nonattachment in Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra (YS). I examine these concepts in their original context and then view them through a modern lens, arguing that the application of nonattachment alongside yogic practices holds the key to fruitful spiritual exploration. My research shows that nonattachment is more than a secondary consideration to the main element of practice; instead, the intentionally paradoxical pairing offers nuance and grounding for a holistic Yoga practice. I begin by establishing the goal of the YS, explore the context of practice and nonattachment within it, consider how …

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Evaluating The Efficacy Of The Christian Reformational Transcendental Model Of Art Criticism As A Literary Theory Through Albert Camus’S The Stranger, Elizabeth Miller May 2023

Evaluating The Efficacy Of The Christian Reformational Transcendental Model Of Art Criticism As A Literary Theory Through Albert Camus’S The Stranger, Elizabeth Miller

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The subfield of art criticism and theory within Christian reformational philosophy, a descendent of the neo-Calvinist theology developed through the work of Dutch Reformer Abraham Kuyper and others, is becoming increasingly diverse. Recently, scholars such as Leland Ryken, Glenda Faye Mathes, and Philip Graham Ryken have built upon twentieth-century theologian Francis Schaeffer’s worldview approach by popularizing a transcendental model of art criticism, an approach that applies the transcendentals of truth, goodness, and beauty to works of art. However, the transcendentals, while widely discussed in the fields of philosophy, theology, and, to a lesser extent, art theory, have not been explicitly …

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Review Of The Devil: A Very Short Introduction, Cory Grewell Apr 2023

Review Of The Devil: A Very Short Introduction, Cory Grewell

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Darren Oldridge, The Devil: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2012). 114 pages. $11.95. ISBN: 9780199580996.

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Review Of Surprised By Meaning: Science, Faith, And How We Make Sense Of Things, Paul J. Contino Apr 2023

Review Of Surprised By Meaning: Science, Faith, And How We Make Sense Of Things, Paul J. Contino

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Alister E. McGrath, Surprised by Meaning: Science, Faith, and How We Make Sense of Things (Louisville, 2011). 112 pages. $13.02. ISBN 9780664236922.

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Review Of C. S. Lewis Vs The New Atheists, David Baird Apr 2023

Review Of C. S. Lewis Vs The New Atheists, David Baird

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Peter S. Williams, C. S. Lewis vs the New Atheists (Milton Keynes, 2013). 275 pages. $17.99. ISBN: 9781842277706.

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Review Of Reflections From Plato’S Cave: Essays In Evangelistic Philosophy, Crystal Hurd Apr 2023

Review Of Reflections From Plato’S Cave: Essays In Evangelistic Philosophy, Crystal Hurd

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Donald T. Williams, Reflections from Plato’s Cave: Essays in Evangelistic Philosophy (Lynchburg, VA, 2012). 288 pages. $13.49. ISBN: 9780615589107.

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Review Of The Michael Letters: Heaven’S Answer To Screwtape, David Harden Apr 2023

Review Of The Michael Letters: Heaven’S Answer To Screwtape, David Harden

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Jim Peschke, The Michael Letters: Heaven’s Answer to Screwtape (Charleston, 2010). viii + 130 pages. $10.95. ISBN: 9781453660270.

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Review Of As One Devil To Another. A Fiendish Correspondence In The Tradition Of C. S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, David G. Clark Apr 2023

Review Of As One Devil To Another. A Fiendish Correspondence In The Tradition Of C. S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, David G. Clark

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Richard Platt, As One Devil to Another. A Fiendish Correspondence in the Tradition of C. S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters (Carol Stream, IL, 2012). xi + 196 pages. $15.99. ISBN: 9781414371665.

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Review Of An Answer To C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity, Greg Anderson Apr 2023

Review Of An Answer To C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity, Greg Anderson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Bob Johnson, An Answer to C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity (Escondido, CA, 2010). vii + 154 pages. $13.76. ISBN: 9780939040193.

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Review Of The C. S. Lewis Phenomenon: Christianity And The Public Sphere, Suzanne Bray Apr 2023

Review Of The C. S. Lewis Phenomenon: Christianity And The Public Sphere, Suzanne Bray

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Samuel Joeckel, The C. S. Lewis Phenomenon: Christianity and the Public Sphere (Macon, GA, 2013). 427 pages. $30.00. ISBN: 9780881464375.

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Review Of Mere Lewis: A Critique Of C. S. Lewis’S “Mere Christianity”, Joel D. Heck Apr 2023

Review Of Mere Lewis: A Critique Of C. S. Lewis’S “Mere Christianity”, Joel D. Heck

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Craig A. Hart, Mere Lewis: A Critique of C. S. Lewis’s “Mere Christianity” (CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2011). 80 pages. Kindle edition. $0.99. ISBN: 9781468128892.1

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Review Of C. S. Lewis: Twentieth Century Pilgrim, Laura Schmidt Apr 2023

Review Of C. S. Lewis: Twentieth Century Pilgrim, Laura Schmidt

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Janet Hamilton, C. S. Lewis: Twentieth Century Pilgrim (Greensboro, NC, 2011). 128 pages. $28.95. ISBN: 9781599351124.

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Review Of C. S. Lewis Goes To Heaven: A Reader’S Guide To The Great Divorce, Charles A. Huttar Apr 2023

Review Of C. S. Lewis Goes To Heaven: A Reader’S Guide To The Great Divorce, Charles A. Huttar

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of David G. Clark, C. S. Lewis Goes to Heaven: A Reader’s Guide to The Great Divorce (Hamden, CT, 2012). xxi + 181 pages. $14.95. ISBN: 9781936294091.

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Review Of Screwtape’S Master Plan. A Satirical Take On Christianity And Culture, David G. Clark Apr 2023

Review Of Screwtape’S Master Plan. A Satirical Take On Christianity And Culture, David G. Clark

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Charles H. Anderton, Screwtape’s Master Plan. A Satirical Take on Christianity and Culture (Eugene, OR, 2012. x + 88 pages. $14.00. ISBN: 9781610979252.

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Hell And Damnation, Freedom And Responsibility, P. H. Brazier Apr 2023

Hell And Damnation, Freedom And Responsibility, P. H. Brazier

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review essay on Joel Buenting, ed., The Problem of Hell: A Philosophical Anthology (Farnham, 2010). 236 pages. $88.84. ISBN: 9780754667636, and Jordan C. Ferrier, Calvin and C. S. Lewis: Solving the Riddle of the Reformation (Allendale, 2010). 172 pages. $8.99. ISBN: 9781479101283.

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No End In Sight, Sørina Higgins Apr 2023

No End In Sight, Sørina Higgins

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review essay on three biographies of C. S. Lewis: Alister McGrath, C. S. Lewis – A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet (Carol Stream, IL, 2013). $19.25. 448 pages. ISBN: 9781414339351; Devin Brown, A Life Observed: A Spiritual Biography of C. S. Lewis (Grand Rapids, MI, 2013). $11.90. 256 pages. ISBN: 9781587433351; and Duriez, Colin, C. S. Lewis: A Biography of Friendship (Oxford, 2013). $13.34. 256 pages. ISBN: 9780745955872.

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C. S. Lewis As Spiritual Mentor By Mail, David C. Downing Apr 2023

C. S. Lewis As Spiritual Mentor By Mail, David C. Downing

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Lewis’ published correspondence provides a kind of autobiography-in-progress, and it offers a revealing glimpse of his opinions as a literary and culture critic. But perhaps the letters of most permanent value are those which Lewis saw as a part of his Christian vocation: his insights to friends, casual acquaintances and complete strangers about questions of theology, faith, spiritual formation, and even marriage and family relationships. In his later years, letter-writing became a burdensome task for Lewis. In one note, he mentions that he had composed thirty-five letters that day. In another, he mentions that he had just spent nine hours …

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The Continuing (Ir) Relevance Of C.S. Lewis, Robert Macswain Apr 2023

The Continuing (Ir) Relevance Of C.S. Lewis, Robert Macswain

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

found myself profoundly frustrated with the polarization that became evident between Lewis’ friends and foes, devotees and detractors. At the extremes of this debate were those who apparently regarded Lewis’ work as, for all intents and purposes, Holy Writ; at the other end of it were those who, for whatever reason, regarded Lewis with disdain and contempt. Sane, balanced, objective, sympathetically-critical and critically-sympathetic assessments seemed so rare as to be almost non-existent. The devotional attitude was largely characteristic of the United States, where I had grown up; and the disdain and contempt seemed especially prevalent in England, where I was …

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Review Of Lewis On The Christian Life: Becoming Truly Human In The Presence Of God, Jennifer Neyhart Apr 2023

Review Of Lewis On The Christian Life: Becoming Truly Human In The Presence Of God, Jennifer Neyhart

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Joe Rigney, Lewis on the Christian Life: Becoming Truly Human in the Presence of God (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018). 310 pages. $21.99. ISBN 9781433550553.

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Review Of Further Up And Further In: Orthodox Conversations With C. S. Lewis On Scripture & Theology, Gale Watkins Apr 2023

Review Of Further Up And Further In: Orthodox Conversations With C. S. Lewis On Scripture & Theology, Gale Watkins

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Edith M. Humphrey, Further Up and Further In: Orthodox Conversations with C. S. Lewis on Scripture & Theology (Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2017). 301 pages. $28.00. ISBN 9780881415971.

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The Spectrum Of Human Nature From Anthroposophy To Radical Difference From God In Owen Barfield, C. S. Lewis, And Karl Barth, Stephen Thorson Apr 2023

The Spectrum Of Human Nature From Anthroposophy To Radical Difference From God In Owen Barfield, C. S. Lewis, And Karl Barth, Stephen Thorson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Among many achievements, Barth redefined the problem of objectivity in theology as well as proposed a theological anthropology of continuing influence. The question of objectivity also exercised the minds of C. S. Lewis and his close friend, Owen Barfield, during that same decade, leading to their own versions of idealist anthropology. Although Lewis claimed that the resulting epistolary controversy between them was a “major turning point” in his life,6 scholars of Lewis’s life and works, including biographers, have largely ignored this hint, and skipped this part of his intellectual conversion.7 Their debate began over objectivity in human knowledge, especially in …

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In Memory: Walter Hooper (1931-2020), Steven A. Beebe Apr 2023

In Memory: Walter Hooper (1931-2020), Steven A. Beebe

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

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