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Máscaras De Fe: Espiritualidades Queer Y Estrategias De Anonimato En La Argentina Posdictatorial, Yacurmana De La Puente Dec 2024

Máscaras De Fe: Espiritualidades Queer Y Estrategias De Anonimato En La Argentina Posdictatorial, Yacurmana De La Puente

Conexión Queer: Revista Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Teologías Queer

This article proposes that —in risk contexts marked by institutional violence and religious exclusion— anonymity is not absence but a radical spiritual and political practice. Adopting pseudonyms, masks, or disguises is interpreted as a form of faith in life, pleasure, and community. These strategies subvert binaries between truth and falsehood, authenticity and disguise, proposing a queer ethics of presence. The analysis focuses on pride marches as rites of passage where anonymity is re-signified as collective consecration: the street becomes a temple, the disguise a sacrament, and the mask a spiritual icon.


Haciéndole El Amor A Dios: Una Lectura De Madame Guyon A Través De Los Lentes De Las Teologías Latinoamericanas Cuir Y Ecofeminista, Kathleen Griffin Dec 2024

Haciéndole El Amor A Dios: Una Lectura De Madame Guyon A Través De Los Lentes De Las Teologías Latinoamericanas Cuir Y Ecofeminista, Kathleen Griffin

Conexión Queer: Revista Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Teologías Queer

Through Pentecostal and Holiness missionaries, Madame Guyon’s ideas influenced Christians around the world —including in Latin America— prompting the need for a reevaluation of her works. This article interprets «pure love» in A Short and Easy Method of Prayer and Guyon’s autobiography, drawing on Marcella Althaus Reid’s Indecent Theology and the ecofeminist insights of Ivone Gebara. The goal is to revive the erotic dimension in Guyon’s relationship with God and her «spiritual children,» showing how she teaches the possibility of developing a healing and resilient relationship with the Divine through painful physical and emotional human experiences, in order to find …


Cuerpos En Tránsito, Creencias En Disputa: Espiritualidades Queer, Justicia Encarnada Y Subversiones Desde Los Márgenes, Hugo Cordova Quero, Cristian Mor, Anderson Fabián Santos Meza, Jorge A. Aquino Ph.D. Dec 2024

Cuerpos En Tránsito, Creencias En Disputa: Espiritualidades Queer, Justicia Encarnada Y Subversiones Desde Los Márgenes, Hugo Cordova Quero, Cristian Mor, Anderson Fabián Santos Meza, Jorge A. Aquino Ph.D.

Conexión Queer: Revista Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Teologías Queer

This issue of Conexión Queer, titled «Bodies in Transit, Beliefs in Dispute,» offers a reflection grounded in the margins, where spirituality and dissidence intertwine. Through a critical and celebratory lens, it invites us to inhabit the tensions between the divine and the embodied, between faith and desire, dogma and festivity. It recognizes and affirms the transformative power of bodies that resist normativity, question theological certainties, and insist on living queer spiritualities as acts of embodied justice and subversion from the margins.


Entre Márgenes Y Centros: Reflexiones Sobre Inclusión En Las Iglesias Cristianas Emergentes, David De Jesús De Pascual Dec 2024

Entre Márgenes Y Centros: Reflexiones Sobre Inclusión En Las Iglesias Cristianas Emergentes, David De Jesús De Pascual

Conexión Queer: Revista Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Teologías Queer

This article reflects on the historical participation of diverse sex-generic people throughout the history of Christian churches. From biblical times to the present, various forms of leadership have been evident. Despite their active presence, cis-heteropatriarchal leaderships have favored structures of oppression, reproducing dynamics of exclusion. Emerging communities embody a living resistance that calls for democratizing faith and recovering the fundamental values of the Gospel, as well as rethinking modes of inclusion. These new forms of spirituality, often mediated by technologies and virtual spaces, open pathways toward more inclusive, just, and diverse churches.


El Susurro Del Espíritu En Clave Queer: Arte, Liturgia Y Trascendencia, Cruz Edgardo Torres Dec 2024

El Susurro Del Espíritu En Clave Queer: Arte, Liturgia Y Trascendencia, Cruz Edgardo Torres

Conexión Queer: Revista Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Teologías Queer

The evolution of liturgy, preaching, and religious architecture has accompanied the officialization of Christianity, giving rise to complex buildings and artistic expressions, such as basilicas. This process, though historically met with resistance, continues to this day and becomes especially relevant from queer perspectives. The article highlights the importance of the arts — music, theater, dance, poetry, and visual arts — in liturgy and preaching, not merely as embellishment, but as vehicles for opening up new spiritual languages. These queer liturgical practices affirm marginalized LGBTIQ+ identities and heal historical memories, engaging with their realities and struggles.


Herencias Y Resistencias Desde La Interseccionalidad: Género, Sexualidad Y La Reforma Radical, Norberto D'Amico Dec 2024

Herencias Y Resistencias Desde La Interseccionalidad: Género, Sexualidad Y La Reforma Radical, Norberto D'Amico

Conexión Queer: Revista Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Teologías Queer

This article examines how the Radical Reformation movement — although it did not transform gender roles or acknowledge dissident sexualities — left a living theological legacy in inclusive practices and critical theologies that continue to sustain emancipatory struggles today. Through an analysis of the feudal context, peasant revolts, and the tensions between moral control and embodied spirituality, the article explores how gender and sexuality were regulated, repressed, or re-signified. The analysis recovers historical, theological, and mystical elements which —when read through feminist and queer lenses— open new paths for rethinking faith through justice, autonomy, and bodily dignity.


Sexualidad Sacramental: Beber Sangre En La Era Del Sida, Timothy R. Koch Dec 2024

Sexualidad Sacramental: Beber Sangre En La Era Del Sida, Timothy R. Koch

Conexión Queer: Revista Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Teologías Queer

This essay explores the dissonance experienced by a gay man living with hiv/ aids when confronting Christian sacramental theologies—particularly Communion—in a context where ingesting blood and body is symbolically central yet practically discouraged. Drawing on personal experience and ancestral metaphors of mining, the author reimagines Eucharistic traditions (Memorial, Consubstantiation, Transubstantiation) as rich theological «ore» to be mined and refined. Through a queer lens, Communion becomes a resource for rethinking the spiritual, sexual, and political lives of gay men. Rather than repairing doctrine, the piece invites a queer excavation of meaning, seeking what sacred resonance these practices may still hold.


Covenant Dynamics: Understanding The Contrasting Outcomes Of Manna And Quail In Exodus 16 And Numbers 11, Rev. Hyeseong Peter Lee Dec 2024

Covenant Dynamics: Understanding The Contrasting Outcomes Of Manna And Quail In Exodus 16 And Numbers 11, Rev. Hyeseong Peter Lee

Theology Graduate Theses

No abstract provided.


The Interplay Of Covid 19, Organized Religion, And Social Media: “How Can I Be The Person I Feel I Need To Be?”, White Dove Bryant Beethoven Keith Short Dec 2024

The Interplay Of Covid 19, Organized Religion, And Social Media: “How Can I Be The Person I Feel I Need To Be?”, White Dove Bryant Beethoven Keith Short

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Young adults are disaffiliating themselves from organized religion (Hout & Fischer, 2014). This study investigates the impact of social media use on religious identity, teaching, and learning. Social media use is changing young adults as individuals in worldview and perspective, spirituality, religion, and personal lifestyle (Schaeffer, 2019). Messages devised for young adults by Christian ministers for discipleship in teaching and instruction are inharmonious with young adults and their personal views of the world, how to live, and religion (Pew Research Center, 2019). The continued existence of religious teaching, congregant replenishment, and practice of the organized institutional Christian church within society …


Incorporating Families Experiencing Disabilities Into The Rhythm Of Small Groups At Saturn Road Church Of Christ, Robby John Dec 2024

Incorporating Families Experiencing Disabilities Into The Rhythm Of Small Groups At Saturn Road Church Of Christ, Robby John

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This project addresses the critical gap in the inclusion of families experiencing disabilities within small groups at Saturn Road Church of Christ. The primary aim is to develop a curriculum that raises awareness among small group leaders about this significant issue. To provide a theological reflection on the necessity of such a venture, I explored the topic through the lens of four theological pillars: the image of God, the incarnation, ecclesiology, and eschatological hope. This exploration revealed several key themes that serve as foundational building blocks for the awareness curriculum. Ultimately, the final artifact is an awareness curriculum designed to …


A Teacher-Development Curriculum: Encouraging Community Discipleship Through Faith And Learning Integration At Bracken Christian High School, Denice F. Knight-Slater Dec 2024

A Teacher-Development Curriculum: Encouraging Community Discipleship Through Faith And Learning Integration At Bracken Christian High School, Denice F. Knight-Slater

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

The title of this project is “A Teacher-Development Curriculum: Encouraging Community Discipleship through Faith and Learning Integration at Bracken Christian High School.” The purpose of the project was to create a seven-part curriculum that would empower educators to form an interconnected teaching community centered upon the practice of faith and learning integration. The development team hoped our work would articulate good practices and equip teachers to engage in faith conversations with their students. We utilized Parker Palmer’s classic, The Courage to Teach, as the scaffolding for our curriculum. The development team modeled faith and learning integration by creating a …


“Tormented By Difficulties Of Every Kind”: Catholic Teaching On Contraception In Social Context, Kathleen Cavender-Mccoy, Conor M. Kelly Dec 2024

“Tormented By Difficulties Of Every Kind”: Catholic Teaching On Contraception In Social Context, Kathleen Cavender-Mccoy, Conor M. Kelly

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

The Catholic Church notably condemns all forms of artificial birth control and advocates natural family planning as the only morally licit means of spacing births. This teaching is presented as the quintessential pathway to the fullness of human sexuality, but many Catholics struggle with it, and the magisterium itself recognizes that this path is not an easy one to follow. This article uses recent developments in Catholic moral theology around the notion of structural sin to examine the structural constraints complicating ordinary Catholics’ pursuit of their tradition’s vision for marital sexuality, demonstrating that larger structural forces can considerably affect the …


Review Of The Afternoon Of Christianity: The Courage To Change By Tomáš Halík, Ryan G. Duns Dec 2024

Review Of The Afternoon Of Christianity: The Courage To Change By Tomáš Halík, Ryan G. Duns

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Responding To The Global Crisis: Jacques Maritain, World War Ii, And New York's École Libre, Jacob Saliba Nov 2024

Responding To The Global Crisis: Jacques Maritain, World War Ii, And New York's École Libre, Jacob Saliba

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article offers an interdisciplinary study of the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain during World War II in order to provide an historical resource for understanding the global dimensions and possibilities at work in modern Catholicism. In 1941, while living in New York City, Maritain helped to cofound and lead the École Libre des Hautes Études (the “Free French University”). An initiative primarily created by American and French intellectuals, the university became an important hub for rescuing and employing nearly two hundred individuals from across the world. Elected president in late-1942, Maritain worked closely with the New School for Social …


The Ministries Of New Communities In The Ivory Coast Scrutinised Under The Lens Of The Theological And Magisterial Vision Of The Church, Joseph Loïc Mben Sj Nov 2024

The Ministries Of New Communities In The Ivory Coast Scrutinised Under The Lens Of The Theological And Magisterial Vision Of The Church, Joseph Loïc Mben Sj

Journal of Global Catholicism

The goal of this article is to show that the ministries of new communities are in conformity with the theological and magisterial vision of the Church and that, in many cases, they contribute to its enrichment. Following some lexical clarifications, it makes particular use of the schema of the threefold offices of Christ in which the members of new communities partake as the baptized, to show how the ministries realize each of the dimensions of Christ’s office.


Les Ministères Des Communautés Nouvelles Au Crible De La Vision Théologique Et Magistérielle De L’Eglise, Joseph Loïc Mben Sj Nov 2024

Les Ministères Des Communautés Nouvelles Au Crible De La Vision Théologique Et Magistérielle De L’Eglise, Joseph Loïc Mben Sj

Journal of Global Catholicism

L’objectif de cet article est de montrer que les ministères des communautés nouvelles sont en conformité avec la vision théologique et magistérielle de l’Eglise et que, dans bien des cas, ils contribuent à l’enrichir. Passé les clarifications lexicales, il s’agira, en utilisant notamment le schéma du triple office du Christ auquel les membres des communautés nouvelles participent en tant que baptisé-e-s, de montrer comment les ministères réalisent chacune des dimensions de l’office du Christ.


The Meanings Of The Hospital De San Lázaro In Seventeenth-Century Manila, Francis Galasi Nov 2024

The Meanings Of The Hospital De San Lázaro In Seventeenth-Century Manila, Francis Galasi

Journal of Global Catholicism

The Hospital de San Lázaro was a specialized health facility in the early modern Philippines, dedicated to the care of lepers and sufferers of other contagious diseases. While it was established for this specific purpose, its role in colonial society varied. This versatility reflected the distinct priorities and commitments of the groups pulled into its orbit, as each charged San Lázaro with a unique meaning. This article explores how and why these groups—the indigenous Filipinos, the Spanish residents and the Discalced Franciscans—understood San Lázaro in their own way. It highlights the ability of fixed institutions, such as a hospital, to …


Editor's Introduction, Mathew Schmalz Nov 2024

Editor's Introduction, Mathew Schmalz

Journal of Global Catholicism

No abstract provided.


Pro-Choice Legalism Vs Pro-Life Grace: How Soteriology Informs Our Idea Of Personhood, Stephen Bauer Nov 2024

Pro-Choice Legalism Vs Pro-Life Grace: How Soteriology Informs Our Idea Of Personhood, Stephen Bauer

Achieve

This paper was presented in the Bioethics Section of the Evangelical Theological Society. It explores how arguments for elective abortion and also for some forms of euthanasia treat personhood (and thus the sanctity and sacredness of that individual life) as something that is merited by possessing certain functional capabilities and behaviors. By contrast, this paper argues that in the Bible this personhood is conferred by grace apart from meritorious capacities. Thus the first mimics legalism while the second reflects the principles of Gospel salvation. A brief exploration of end of life limitations that allows for conceding defeat without intentionally killing …


Sunday Schools And Identity Formation: Perceptions And Experiences Of Religious Education Leaders In Karachi, Pakistan, Munir Mehboob Lalani Nov 2024

Sunday Schools And Identity Formation: Perceptions And Experiences Of Religious Education Leaders In Karachi, Pakistan, Munir Mehboob Lalani

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

This research project attempts to explore the perceptions and experiences of Christian religious education leaders regarding the role of Sunday Schools in forming the socio-religious identity of Christian students in Karachi. Employing case study design within the qualitative paradigm of educational research, this study seeks to explore how leaders visualize their role and contribution in shaping the socio-religious identities of the children through Sunday Schools. The data was collected from the three participants through semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis of the data facilitated an understanding of the dynamics of leadership function, including challenges, limitations, and opportunities. The findings highlight the need …


The Nature Of Self-Evident Equality In The Declaration Of Independence And Its Implications For Jeffersonian Federalism, Thomas T. Cook Nov 2024

The Nature Of Self-Evident Equality In The Declaration Of Independence And Its Implications For Jeffersonian Federalism, Thomas T. Cook

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The foundation for human equality is central to the question of political discourse, and the basis for self-government, consent, and consensus. On what basis can two people enter into contract or agree to be governed if they are not equal? The Declaration of Independence with its appeal to Nature’s God and its establishment of “rights” as coming from that God firmly establishes human equality in a metaphysical reality outside of human decision to change that reality. The lack of human acknowledgement of that reality, historically, does not change that reality. Philosophers and political theorists might reason that it is based …


Entre Lettres Et Message – La Spécificité Des Écrits Pauliniens, Sœur Yara Matta Oct 2024

Entre Lettres Et Message – La Spécificité Des Écrits Pauliniens, Sœur Yara Matta

Horizons et Conjonctures

La spécificité des lettres de Paul dans l’Antiquité est décelée à partir de l’analyse d’une péricope de la deuxième épître aux Corinthiens. Ses écrits exercent d’abord une fonction de gouvernement à distance ; et maintiennent ainsi son autorité apostolique au-delà de la présence physique auprès de ceux qu’il avait évangélisés. D’autre part, son but est de continuer à édifier la communauté et à l’accompagner vers une plus grande croissance dans la foi, l’espérance et l’amour. Enfin, les lettres pauliniennes sont au service de la Parole vivante de l’Évangile et montrent un apôtre qui cherche à se conformer au Christ, son …


Les Mécanismes De La Violence Terroriste Dans Mécaniques Du Chaos De Daniel Rondeau, Ghada Saouli, Père Khalil Chalfoun Oct 2024

Les Mécanismes De La Violence Terroriste Dans Mécaniques Du Chaos De Daniel Rondeau, Ghada Saouli, Père Khalil Chalfoun

Horizons et Conjonctures

Le terrorisme islamiste bouleverse les sociétés contemporaines et appelle une réponse multidisciplinaire intégrant les volets militaire, juridique, politique et religieux. La littérature, par sa portée réparatrice, participe à cette lutte. L’œuvre Mécaniques du chaos de Daniel Rondeau illustre cette dynamique en dénonçant l’extrémisme violent et en analysant les mécanismes sociaux, religieux et économiques qui le nourrissent. Elle met en lumière la capacité de la parole littéraire à prévenir la radicalisation en favorisant une culture du dialogue et de la compréhension.

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Radicalisation, Littérature, Société, Mécanismes, Pouvoir des mots, Culture


La Désinformation Religieuse Sur Les Réseaux Sociaux : Un Fléau À Contenir, Roula Azar Douglas Oct 2024

La Désinformation Religieuse Sur Les Réseaux Sociaux : Un Fléau À Contenir, Roula Azar Douglas

Horizons et Conjonctures

Avec plus de 60 % de la population mondiale active sur les plateformes numériques, les réseaux sociaux constituent un terrain fertile pour la désinformation religieuse, incluant les fausses nouvelles ciblant des groupes religieux et la déformation de textes sacrés. La propagation rapide résulte de motivations politiques et économiques, de l’ignorance, du fanatisme religieux et des biais médiatiques. Les utilisateurs contribuent à cette diffusion en partageant du contenu sans vérification. Certaines personnes sont plus vulnérables en raison de l’absence d’esprit critique, du manque de temps et de la faible maîtrise numérique.
La lutte contre ce fléau requiert une approche multidimensionnelle : …


Book Review: Awake In Gethsemane: Bonhoeffer And The Witness Of Christian Lament, Myles Werntz Oct 2024

Book Review: Awake In Gethsemane: Bonhoeffer And The Witness Of Christian Lament, Myles Werntz

Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry

Awake in Gethsemane: Bonhoeffer and the Witness of Christian Lament, by Tim Judson. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2023. 220 pages, $70.


Shryock, Jeremiah. Mary And The Interior Life. Brewster, Ma: Paraclete Press, 2023, Sophia E. Du Val Oct 2024

Shryock, Jeremiah. Mary And The Interior Life. Brewster, Ma: Paraclete Press, 2023, Sophia E. Du Val

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


How To Make A Theologian: Theological Education And The Life Of Discipleship, Andrew C. Stout Oct 2024

How To Make A Theologian: Theological Education And The Life Of Discipleship, Andrew C. Stout

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Moral Injury In Military Corrections, Jeremy Ryder Meyers Oct 2024

Moral Injury In Military Corrections, Jeremy Ryder Meyers

Masters Theses

Over the past thirty years moral injury has been a topic of concern regarding the behavioral and spiritual health of military members. Part of that work has given a voice to Vietnam veterans and the events they faced while in combat. Some of these events were acts of betrayal at the hands of another military member or their own. This act led to an injury to their moral code. Military chaplains may have morally injured soldiers in need of pastoral care as they serve. This includes soldiers working the military prisons like the United States Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth. …


Essential Groaning: The Resurrection Hope Of Romans 8:18-25 And 2 Corinthians 4:7-5:10 Against Word Of Faith Theology, Samuel Arthur Knaus Oct 2024

Essential Groaning: The Resurrection Hope Of Romans 8:18-25 And 2 Corinthians 4:7-5:10 Against Word Of Faith Theology, Samuel Arthur Knaus

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Word of Faith theology affirms that God wants to bless all who agree with him with health, wealth, and prosperity in this life. The movement admonishes its followers to seek these gifts from God for a life of material goods, ease, and comfort here and now. However, a look at the lifestyles of faithful saints throughout redemptive history demonstrates that the clear majority did not receive health, wealth, and prosperity in this life. Scripture affirms that believers should not love the world or the things in it (1 John 2:15) but instead, seek prosperity in the life to come. This …


An Interpretation Of Isaiah 7:14 Based On The Birth Motif, Younggwang Kim Oct 2024

An Interpretation Of Isaiah 7:14 Based On The Birth Motif, Younggwang Kim

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Isaiah 7:14 is a well-known verse but is interpreted differently by scholars. The verse can be understood based on the Christological emphasis or can be read based on the historical-contextual emphasis. The dualistic reading is also divided into the embedded Christological meaning and the non-embedded Christological meaning. This research provides a more concrete explanation model to read the multi-layered implications of Isaiah 7:14, which is the birth motif approach. The birth motif is a longitudinal theme with a redemptive-historical stance. From Genesis 3:15 to Adamic-Abrahamic descendants, the Scripture has formed a certain motif of birth that has theological implications by …