Religious

Religious poetry raises fundamental questions not only about the nature of the religious, but about the nature of poetry. The central argument of this essay is that what makes a poem “religious” is not its content or meaning but its “way of meaning.” Just as religion is fundamen…

Gary Jones

For generations, Black Americans depended on religious coping strategies to counter the impact of racism; the idea of giving the problem to God was shown to alleviate powerlessness and racism-related stress among pre-Millennial generations of Black Americans. However, the shift …

This study was a comprehensive literature review and original contribution that addressed two research questions: What are the differences between nonpathological religious/spiritual beliefs and religiosity in psychotic disorders? and What information needs to be included in a d…

The poetry of the Riddah Wars developed during 632-634 A.D., just after the death of the Prophet Muhammad (632 A.D.). This poetry is the product of the religious and political conflict between the Muslims and the murtaddun (apostates). A large number of the Arab tribes who apost…

Few doubt the significance of Emil Nolde among the artists in Germany now loosely called Expressionists. From 1909 until his death in 1956, he painted over fifty pictures with religious subjects. Arguably, they represent the premier accomplishment of a long and prodigious career…

This dissertation examines the motif of the vindication of the divine reputation in the book of Ezekiel. A study of the specific language of the motif, along with its meanings and functions, reveals that the motif is vital to the rhetorical strategy of the entire book: it fulfil…

This project explores the puzzle of religious violence variation. Religious actors initiate conflict at a higher rate than their secular counterparts, last longer, are more deadly, and are less prone to negotiated termination. Yet the legacy of religious peacemakers on the reduc…

Arab American and Muslim students’ population growth on campuses has been very rapid, which in turn has required comprehensive planning to accommodate the needs of this minority. Documented experiences of Arab American and Muslim students are underrepresented in research literat…

Internal object representations of God were compared between Christians, Jews and Muslims, and between intrinsic and extrinsic religious orientations. Within these religious groups, God representations were compared to self and father representations, and between fundamentalists…

The primary aim of this study was to investigate clinical, religious, social, and spiritual factors that contribute to a quest orientation to religiosity in adolescents. Quest is a less structured, more open-ended and questioning approach to religion, and an inherently meaningfu…

The event under investigation is the emergence of armed conflicts in the post-Cold War era (post-1990) in states from different civilizations and religions. A sample of 158 independent states with populations of 500,000 or more is used to analyze the transition to armed conflict…

Though contemporary Israeli fiction is still dominated by secular writers, an increasing number of writers hailing from the religious community have made their presence felt over the last forty years. This study aims to identify a representative group of the most gifted among th…

Hannah Arendt's discourse on forgiveness in The Human Condition is the catalyst for this dissertation. The most important of her ideas for this study are the following: (1) Without forgiveness in the political realm, we would get but one chance. (2) Only forgiveness frees the of…

This dissertation argues that thick faith transforms character because it demands an embodied leap into an alternative narrative world. Illustrated with interviews of converts to Islam, Nation of Islam, and Christianity who were once extremely violent and destructive, it argues …

While religion and corrections are historically intertwined and share a common concern with moral codes of behavior, their interaction in the context of prison and parole is not very well understood. Through interviews with men and women who converted to a new faith or re-commit…

The growth of Christianity has been remarkably faster in Korea than it has been in Japan, despite a much earlier introduction to Christianity in Japan. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate and explain in part why Christianity has grown faster in Korea than it has i…

The goals of this proposed study were to explore the history, challenges, and accomplishments of Iranian women in higher education and to be able to contribute to the literature of what we do know about the integration of these women into higher education. The impact of Iranian …

This thesis is a study of the development of the Babi movement and the political implications embodied in its religious teachings. The thesis basically assumes that in its early development (1844-1848), the movement may be seen merely as religiously dissenting from the mainstrea…

The present study addresses attitudes of prejudice toward Muslims that are perceived to exist in the United States. Christian in-group attitudes' toward belief statements representative of the Muslim faith were examined that have conceptual similarities with statements represent…