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Typology, Tabernacle And Tradition: A History Of Interpretation Of Hebrews 9:11-14, Samuel A. Mullins

Honors Theses

The texts of the Bible have been used and interpreted in various ways across different time periods and different cultures, and there is much to be gained by studying these changes. Changing attitudes about and uses of Scripture tell us something about other changes taking place in society. They reflect new ideas about religion, knowledge, and authority. Most of all, they demonstrate the techniques used by pastors, theologians, and other authors to make texts written long ago relevant to contemporary problems. The purpose of my study is to use Hebrews 9:11-14 to look at the ways in which the interpretation …

Trauma, Oppression, And Identity: A Philosophical Approach To Justice In Catholic Communities, Dominic Sanfilippo

Honors Theses

Many disciplines have contributed to the evolving understanding of trauma and oppression. The discipline of philosophy offers us the opportunity to ask the question: what should we be doing to create conditions of justice in communities where people have experienced trauma or oppression in relation to their identity? In this thesis, I will use philosophy to propose ways that we can ameliorate injustice in social and religious settings, particularly Catholicism. By examining historical and contemporary questions around identity and the self, I hope to begin to articulate both a specific problem in the Church and identify possible paths toward creating …

Preachers, Politics And The Pulpit: The Influence Of Church Structure On How Clergy Approach Political Topics And How Congregations Receive Their Messages, Michael Bender

Honors Theses

Inspired by the Catholic Church’s nationwide resistance to President Obama’s contraceptive mandate in the summer of 2012, this honors thesis paper attempts to discover a link between church polity (or church structure) and whether political messages are more or less likely to be preached by clergy from the pulpit and accepted by their congregants. Given that churches are places where attendees are exposed to political messages, this paper hypothesizes that structurally centralized Christian denominations are more likely to have preached on the contraceptive mandate than decentralized denominations. Accordingly, it is assumed that Catholics are more likely to have heard about …

The Faithful Flyer, 03-20-2016 To 03-27-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

Palm Sunday and Easter

The Faithful Flyer, 03-13-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

The Faithful Flyer, 03-06-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Questions Of Self-Designation In The 'Ascension Of Isaiah', Meghan Henning, Tobias Nicklas

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

The Question of the 'Parting of the Ways' between Jews and Christians has become a matter of debate again: Is it really appropriate to speak about two more or less coherent groups going two different ways from a certain point in history — perhaps after Paul's mission, after the destruction of the Second Temple (70 CE), or after the Bar-Kokhba War (132-135 CE)? Does the image of a tree with one root and two different trunks going into two different directions really fit what the extant sources tell us about the complexities of the past? Or shouldn't we distinguish between …

The Faithful Flyer, 02-28-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

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The Faithful Flyer, 02-21-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

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The Faithful Flyer, 02-14-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

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The Faithful Flyer, 02-07-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

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The Faithful Flyer, 01-31-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

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Our Lady Of Mount Carmel, Jason Paul Bourgeois

Marian Library Faculty Publications

Introduction:

The Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Roman Catholic religious order commonly called the Carmelites, began in the early 1200s as a collection of hermits gathered together in a semi-monastic lifestyle on Mount Carmel in present-day Israel. They requested a rule of life from Saint Albert, the Latin-rite patriarch of Jerusalem, not long before his death in 1214. This original Carmelite foundation was under the patronage of Mary from the beginning. However, after the purported apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Simon Stock in the 1250s, in which she told him that those who died …

Scapular, Jason Paul Bourgeois

Marian Library Faculty Publications

Introduction: A scapular is a sacramental garment of the Catholic church, usually consisting of two pieces of sewn cloth attached by strings and worn over the shoulders with one piece hanging over the chest and the other hanging over the back. The scapular was originally a component of some religious habits, the set of garments worn by members of a religious order, but later a smaller version (usually one inch by two inches) began to be worn under the clothes by laypersons who wished to associate with a particular religious order.

Carmelites And Miracles, Jason Paul Bourgeois

Marian Library Faculty Publications

Introduction: The Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel were a religious order of Roman Catholic hermits that gathered together in the early 1200s to live a semi-monastic lifestyle in the mountain range of Carmel, near Haifa in present-day Israel. The Carmelites, as they came to be called, followed a rule of life written by Saint Albert, the Latin-rite patriarch of Jerusalem, and approved by Pope Honorius III in 1226. Due to military conquests in the region by Muslims, the Carmelites soon migrated to various parts of Europe and were transformed into a mendicant order, although their rule specified a …

Act Of Consecration (Advent "A"), Stanley J. Zubek S.M.

Musical Compositions about the Marianist Charism

Consecration for the Advent season

New Evangelization, New Families, And New Singles, Jana Marguerite Bennett

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

When Pope Francis issued his calls for a synod in 2013, he stated that he wanted bishops to discuss the “pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization,” surely also a link to the recent calls for a “New Evangelization.” Evangelization has long been tied to Catholic understandings of family. Parents are deemed the original source of Christian evangelization and witness for their children, and thus the family is assumed to be at the center of any kind of broader evangelization that happens. It makes sense, then, that family becomes a central topic of conversation for bishops in …

Hurry And The Willingness To Be Creatures, Kelly S. Johnson

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Kelly Johnson diagnoses our busy scurrying as "anxiety about time." But time is "not a scarce resource slipping away," she counsels; it "is God’s terrible, mysterious patience, in which we meet what is beyond us and come to know ourselves as beloved creatures."

The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 63, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Men Of St. Louis (Hawaii), Glenn Medeiros

Musical Compositions about the Marianist Charism

Glenn Medeiros, president of Saint Louis School, a Marianist school in Honolulu, Hawaii, wrote this song after the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. This music video depicts Saint Louis School’s long history with French Catholics who settled in Hawaii and founded the school in 1846. In 2016, Saint Louis School celebrated 170 years in Hawaii. This song is a tribute to the school’s founders and its thousands of students.

Chaminade Our Father And Founder, Mike Nartker S.M.

Musical Compositions about the Marianist Charism

About William Joseph Chaminade, founder of the Society of Mary

Mary's Song: How Wonderful You Are, Mike Nartker S.M.

Musical Compositions about the Marianist Charism

Praise of Mary

Righting America At The Creation Museum, Susan L. Trollinger, William Vance Trollinger

English Faculty Publications

On May 28, 2007, the Creation Museum opened in Petersburg, Kentucky. Aimed at scientifically demonstrating that the universe was created less than ten thousand years ago by a Judeo-Christian god, the museum is hugely popular, attracting millions of visitors over the past eight years. Surrounded by themed topiary gardens and a petting zoo with camel rides, the site conjures up images of a religious Disneyland. Inside, visitors are met by dinosaurs at every turn and by a replica of the Garden of Eden that features the Tree of Life, the serpent, and Adam and Eve.

In Righting America at the …

Newman, Millennials, And Teaching Comparative Theology, William L. Portier

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Chapter Abstract:

On the face of it, John Henry Newman (1801-1890) and contemporary students of what is called the millennial generation make an incongruous combination. Nevertheless, this essay enlists Newman to make the case that recent generational developments, often described as disaffiliation or post- denominationalism, put comparative theologians in an epistemologically advantageous position to teach religion and theology to contemporary students. Newman’s categories of “notional” and “real” apprehension and assent help to articulate how this might work in twenty-first- century classrooms.

Book Summary:

This volume explores the twenty-first century classroom as a uniquely intergenerational space of religious disaffiliation, and questions …

The Faithful Flyer, 12-13-2015 To 01-17-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

The Faithful Flyer, 12-06-2015, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

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The Faithful Flyer, 11-22-2015, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

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Visions, Meghan Henning

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Entry appears in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions; its scope extends from pre-historical antiquity in the third millennium B.C.E. through the rise of Islam in the seventh century C.E.

Hell, Meghan Henning

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

The scope of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions extends from pre-historical antiquity in the third millennium B.C.E. through the rise of Islam in the seventh century C.E.

Devil, Meghan Henning

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

The scope of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions extends from pre-historical antiquity in the third millennium B.C.E. through the rise of Islam in the seventh century C.E.