2021: Religious Studies Undergraduate and Graduate Research Conference
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Objects of Influence: Sacrality and Native American Material Culture Across Five Contexts
(2021-04-10)Much has been written on the politics of (re)presenting Native American objects in American museums and on the successes and stumbles associated with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990. ... -
Veneration at the Gates of the Past: Greek Hero Cults at Mycenaean Tombs
(2021-04-10)This paper aims to draw a religious connection between the Myceneans of the collapsed bronze age and the early Iron Age Greek culture. Establishing a relationship between these two provides the ability for researchers to ... -
Rubbing a Text to Life: Reading and the Living Word in Levinas
(2021-04-10)In a talmudic reading of an encounter between a Sadducee and the Jewish sage Raba, philosopher Emmanuel Levinas notes how Raba, deep in study, rubs his foot until it bleeds. Levinas compares Raba’s rubbing to the act of ... -
Ecstasy as an altered state of consciousness in Sufi Practice
(2021-04-10)Living in the global epidemic depression and rise of PTSD provoke me to explore the experience of ecstasy and the community of euphoria exist in the cultural practices around the world. Religious rituals and practices as ... -
Religion and Politics During the 2016 Presidential Election: A Stakeholder Analysis
(2021-04-10)While the results of the 2016 Presidential Election in the United States were shocking to many, the most shocking and complex element of President Trump’s victory was his support from the Protestants and Evangelicals. ... -
Overcoming Personal Crises and the Role of Spirituality: Seclusion and Inclusion
(2021-04-10)During the course of life, individuals go through psychological and spiritual crises such as middle-age crisis, the crisis of confidence, the crisis of faith, and so on. As every individual is unique, their ways of coping ... -
Spirituality: In Crises, Consciousness, and Country
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Trinitarian Influences upon Christian Interreligious Discourse in a Globalizing World
(2021-04-10)In pluralistic societies, where neighbors come from a variety of cultural backgrounds, religious literacy among the populace is crucial. Connections must be made between people of differing faiths, and theological bridges ... -
Interreligious Engagement: Discourse, Rationality, and Race
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An Exploration of Gavin Langmuir’s Theories of Rationality Using an Interdisciplinary Approach
(2021-04-10)In 1990, Gavin Langmuir produced two single-authored monographs: History, Religion, and Antisemitism, and Toward a Definition of Antisemitism. Across these two texts, he offers a bifurcation of the two terms anti-Judaism ... -
Racial Sciences and Religion in Germany: From Unification to the Fall of Hitler, 1871-1945
(2021-04-10)The question of religious tolerance and the underlying causes of intolerance are pertinent when considering events like the role of anti-Semitism that led to the Holocaust in Hitler’s Germany. By looking at the study of ...
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