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Should We Have Security Cameras At Denison?, Paul A. Djupe
Should We Have Security Cameras At Denison?, Paul A. Djupe
Faculty Publications
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Denison Grit, Paul A. Djupe
Free Speech Vs Hate Speech At Denison, Paul A. Djupe
Free Speech Vs Hate Speech At Denison, Paul A. Djupe
Faculty Publications
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Is College Bad For Religion? How Religion Fares At Denison, Paul A. Djupe
Is College Bad For Religion? How Religion Fares At Denison, Paul A. Djupe
Faculty Publications
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How Should Faculty Public Engagement Count?, Paul A. Djupe
How Should Faculty Public Engagement Count?, Paul A. Djupe
Faculty Publications
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127::Year 1::A Retrospective, Paul A. Djupe
127::Year 1::A Retrospective, Paul A. Djupe
Faculty Publications
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Public Engagement Activities And Attitudes Of Denison Faculty, Paul A. Djupe
Public Engagement Activities And Attitudes Of Denison Faculty, Paul A. Djupe
Faculty Publications
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Interpersonal Conflict Among Caribbean Couples In Jamaica, Guyana And The United States, Krim K. Lacey, Letroy O. Cummings, Karen Powell Sears, Niki Matusko, Rohan D. Jeremiah, James S. Jackson
Interpersonal Conflict Among Caribbean Couples In Jamaica, Guyana And The United States, Krim K. Lacey, Letroy O. Cummings, Karen Powell Sears, Niki Matusko, Rohan D. Jeremiah, James S. Jackson
Faculty Publications
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The Salt March Today: Gandhian Lessons For Social Media Activism, Mclane Sellars, Kristόf Oltvai
The Salt March Today: Gandhian Lessons For Social Media Activism, Mclane Sellars, Kristόf Oltvai
Denison Journal of Religion
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Tree Worship: Accidental Conservation Of Biodiversity Through The Protection Of Biodivinity, Emily Grabauskas
Tree Worship: Accidental Conservation Of Biodiversity Through The Protection Of Biodivinity, Emily Grabauskas
Denison Journal of Religion
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From Ancient Greco-Roman Culture The Contemporary Lgbtq Community: The Transfer Of Sex And Power Dynamics, Ibrahim Ibrahim
From Ancient Greco-Roman Culture The Contemporary Lgbtq Community: The Transfer Of Sex And Power Dynamics, Ibrahim Ibrahim
Denison Journal of Religion
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Liberative Creation: Finding Alternative Meaning In Genesis 1:1-2:3, Steven Simpkins
Liberative Creation: Finding Alternative Meaning In Genesis 1:1-2:3, Steven Simpkins
Denison Journal of Religion
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'To Free The Truth': The Depth Of Latin American Theology Of Liberation, Dylan Parson
'To Free The Truth': The Depth Of Latin American Theology Of Liberation, Dylan Parson
Denison Journal of Religion
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Seeing And Being Seen At The Margins: Insight Into God From The Wilderness, Luke Hillier
Seeing And Being Seen At The Margins: Insight Into God From The Wilderness, Luke Hillier
Denison Journal of Religion
Hiller argues that by approaching the often neglected or negatively interpreted biblical story of Hagar through a particular context, one can conclude that God is encountered at Hagar’s location: the outskirts and the margins. Hiller’s analysis is rooted in this “literary and culturally contextual” reading of Genesis 16, asking the reader more deeply examine Hagar’s experience of oppression to see the radical nature of her encounter with God. The first part of this essay describes how Hagar’s agency, identity, and life are compromised in the face of adversity. As a female slave, Hagar answers to Sarah and Abraham in every …
Evil And Theodicy In Hinduism, Sunder Willett
Evil And Theodicy In Hinduism, Sunder Willett
Denison Journal of Religion
Willett explores the ways in which Hinduism uniquely deals with ideas related to evil and theodicy. First, Willett describes the context behind the two terms “evil” and “theodicy.” He explains that because of its ambiguous definitions, the term religion complicates our understanding of the term evil. Likewise, the Christian perception of evil creates significant problems when trying to consider the way that evil is a part of or related to other religions. Willet describes theodicy as the attempt to answer questions concerning the overwhelming amount of evil in the world and how one can “reconcile the belief of a good …
Poetic Justice: Hip-Hop And Black Liberation Theology, Mimi Mendes De Leon
Poetic Justice: Hip-Hop And Black Liberation Theology, Mimi Mendes De Leon
Denison Journal of Religion
The essay opens with a discussion of a white artist’s recently attained Grammy award for his anthem for marriage equality. Black artist, Kendrick Lamar, was also in the running, but did not receive the Grammy for his critically acclaimed album about his life in Compton, good kid, M.A.A.D. city. Mendes makes this point to illustrate how the public perceives hip hop as political, arguing that hip hop in its nature is, in fact, thoroughly political. Hip Hop originates from the “corner”: “the heart of the inner city community.” The location of the corner may vary, but serves as a universal …
The Catholic Worker Movement, Victoria Newman
The Catholic Worker Movement, Victoria Newman
Denison Journal of Religion
The first segment of this essay traces the Catholic Worker movement from its beginnings, discussing the lives of its two founders. Rooted in its goals of social justice and social reform, the movement was composed of an intentional community founded by French peasant Peter Maurin and Catholic convert journalist Dorothy Day. Coming from starkly different backgrounds, the two crossed paths and published a newspaper, The Catholic Worker. This newly founded intentional community operated to love and serve the poor, believing that this was at the heart of the Christian message. Not only did they do so by helping to provide …
Interpreting Sati: The Complex Relationship Between Gender And Power In India, Cheyanne Cierpial
Interpreting Sati: The Complex Relationship Between Gender And Power In India, Cheyanne Cierpial
Denison Journal of Religion
This essay stresses the importance of context sensitivity when considering seemingly controversial issues. Cierpal uses the act of Sati, widow burning, to illuminate the need for such context sensitivity. The controversial act takes place when one’s husband dies. Sati is literally translated to “virtuous woman,” and the wife performs the ritual in order to serve, provide for, and protect her husband. Sati can bee seen as a “ritual necessary in order to regain and achieve ultimate devotion to her husband.” Many Western feminist scholars question whether a woman exercises agency in making this choice, yet these scholars often fail to …
Review: Resident Aliens: Life In The Christian Colony, By Stanley Hauerwas And William Willimon, Dylan Parson
Review: Resident Aliens: Life In The Christian Colony, By Stanley Hauerwas And William Willimon, Dylan Parson
Denison Journal of Religion
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Review: American Grace: How Religion Divides And Unites Us, By Robert D. Putnam And David E. Campbell, Victoria Neuman
Review: American Grace: How Religion Divides And Unites Us, By Robert D. Putnam And David E. Campbell, Victoria Neuman
Denison Journal of Religion
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Review: Is Scripture Still Holy?: Coming Of Age With The New Testament, By A.E. Harvey, Jonathan Huang
Review: Is Scripture Still Holy?: Coming Of Age With The New Testament, By A.E. Harvey, Jonathan Huang
Denison Journal of Religion
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Discovering The Tragic Sense Of Life: An Examination Of Philosophical Influence In Art And Self, Jaime Arlene Zito
Discovering The Tragic Sense Of Life: An Examination Of Philosophical Influence In Art And Self, Jaime Arlene Zito
Denison Journal of Religion
To enable readers to understand her examination, Zito begins her essay by situating readers in a position to understand Miguel de Unamuno’s work, The Tragic Sense of Life. A man has no purpose in the world, but is a purpose in and of himself. An individual is his own objective, and this holds true for all individuals, for everyone seeks the same understanding of himself and of others. Meaning comes from the journey to understanding, rather than from understanding in itself, for once understanding is gained, there can be nothing after. Humans have a desire to exist, which is why …
On Mothers And Husbandry: An Interpreter’S Guide To “You Shall Not Boil A Kid In Its Mother’S Milk", Joshua Rager
On Mothers And Husbandry: An Interpreter’S Guide To “You Shall Not Boil A Kid In Its Mother’S Milk", Joshua Rager
Denison Journal of Religion
The body of this essay is separated into two distinct subjects. Firstly, scholarly analyses of the passage and their socio-economic impact are evaluated, followed by Rager’s own theological perspectives on the subject. The first section of the essay begins with first-century philosopher, Philo, who believed that to boil a kid in its mother’s milk was a violation of the dietary laws forbidding the consumption of dairy and meat simultaneously. The segregation of opposites is referenced as well, including child and mother and meat and milk with life and death, Jew and Gentile. For a long time the practice was said …
Who Is Jesus? New Monastic Perspectives, Tori Newman
Who Is Jesus? New Monastic Perspectives, Tori Newman
Denison Journal of Religion
This essay is a discussion of Jesus’s political, economic, social, and theological implications in regards to the new monasticism movement. Newman begins by outlining the environment into which Jesus was born: a violent Empire and a genocide. Born by a virgin woman in a stable, surrounded by dirty shepherds, Jesus is immediately a social outcast. Named from his birth as the Messiah, and thus named as a threat to Caesar, Jesus is a refugee from the reigning political order. As he grows older, Jesus’ actions and teachings refute the political, economic, and social culture. He over turns the money changers’ …
Traducianism? Creationism? What Has An Ancient Debate To Do With The Modern Debate Over Abortion?, Ted Nelson
Traducianism? Creationism? What Has An Ancient Debate To Do With The Modern Debate Over Abortion?, Ted Nelson
Denison Journal of Religion
Nelson examines Church Fathers’ positions on origin of the soul and relates their arguments to today’s debates over abortion and when the murder of a soul should be punishable by state law. The essay begins chronologically, starting with Origen, a third century theologian, and his idea of pre-existence of souls. Origen draws from Paul’s letter to the Romans and the Book of Jeremiah to explain that souls were not created by God, but rather had existed on an equal plane with God. This argument sets the stage for the two primary alternative beliefs: creationism and traducianism. Creationism is here defined …
Understanding The Response, Mimi Mendez De Leon
Understanding The Response, Mimi Mendez De Leon
Denison Journal of Religion
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Top Down Or Bottom-Up? Religion, Economics, And Social Justice, Jessica Ann Began
Top Down Or Bottom-Up? Religion, Economics, And Social Justice, Jessica Ann Began
Denison Journal of Religion
No abstract provided.
Modern American Evangelical Conceptions Of Girls' Virginity: Their Origins In Patriarchal Property Discourse Of Deuteronomic Family Laws, Carly Matas
Denison Journal of Religion
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Peyote And The Psychedelics: 20th Century Perceptions Of The Religious Use Of Psychoactive Substances, Joshua Rager
Peyote And The Psychedelics: 20th Century Perceptions Of The Religious Use Of Psychoactive Substances, Joshua Rager
Denison Journal of Religion
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Eros Created, Eros Contaminated, Eros Condemned, Taylor Klassman
Eros Created, Eros Contaminated, Eros Condemned, Taylor Klassman
Denison Journal of Religion
No abstract provided.