Browsing 2015: Religion in Society: Seen and Unseen by Issue Date
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The Formation and Influence of St. Sebald Lutheran Church
(2015-05-28)The history of St. Sebald Lutheran Church in Strawberry Point, Iowa is one of outreach and influence. Despite being located in a town that seems insignificant on a current map, St. Sebald itself was a hub of religious ... -
God Probably Wears a Cape: Visualizing Divinity in Greek Culture
(2015-05-28)America has an obsession with all things geek. One can hardly go ten minutes without hearing a reference to Spiderman, Iron-Man, or Thor. From Dr. Who to Dr. Strange, American have surrounded themselves with quasi-divine ... -
On the Concept of Special Revelation
(2015-05-28)This paper is a philosophical inquiry into the theological concept of revelation. I approach the concept in three stages and I divide the paper into sections accordingly. In §1 I consider what a claim to revelation means ... -
The Struggle for Power: Anti-Communism & Islam in Iran 1950-1979
(2015-05-28)The period beginning with Muhammad Mosaddeq’s premiership in Iran from 1950 through the revolution in 1979 was characterized by anticommunist policies enacted by Muhammad Reza Shah, and imposed by the United States and ... -
Please, Give Me Something To Believe!
(2015-05-28)This research includes religion and cults/conspiracy theory within the same realm of belief. The goal behind this research was to ask questions regarding religion and cult/conspiracy belief; and to try to analyze the reason ... -
Confucius and the Division of China
(2015-05-28)The religion known as Confucianism has been a prevalent part of Chinese society since before the time of the first Chinese Emperor of the Qin Dynasty. Confucianism has affected the identity of the Chinese people in their ... -
The CoExistence of Great Lakes Indian Tribes
(2015-05-28)Three of the Great Lakes Indian tribes: the Ojibwe, the HoChunk, and the Menomonee share a number of similarities amongst the differences they also hold regardless of the origins of each tribe. Not only that, but the ... -
An Authentic Spiritual Calling: The Problems of Religion in the Symbolic Order
(2015-05-28)This paper explores the ways in which an understanding of religion and God is often a simple reflection of social constructs and forms of ideology (the term “entrapped concept” being lent to this form of religion) and how ... -
Bog Bodies as Watery Votive Deposits
(2015-05-28)Roman authors such as Strabo, Lucan and Tacitus who describe the religious practices of the tribal people of northwestern Europe all refer to the Celts practicing human sacrifice. These authors also describe the Celtic ... -
Lararia and Roman Domestic Religion in the Bay of Naples
(2015-05-28)This research investigates a tangible component of ancient Roman religion through an examination of a selection of lararia, (shrines dedicated to the Lares, Roman gods of the household), which have been found in Roman ... -
Christology in Film and Musical Drama
(2015-05-28)Numerous attempts have been made to portray Christ in fictionalized adaptations, almost inevitably resulting in much controversy. Christological heresy may simplistically be understood as a spectrum, ranging from Ebionism ... -
A History of an Invisible God Seen through Religion and Western Thought
(2015-05-28)This paper serves to discuss religion and argues for the existence of the supernatural/transcendental. The argument stems from an overwhelming amount of evidence - in the form of religious practice and thought - from ...