Thesiss

C.G. Jung emphasized the importance of dreams, developed a method for dream analysis, and created the categorization of “big” and “small” dreams. “Big” dreams, a classification only clear to the dreamer, include spiritual and pivotal dreams, experiences that often influence the …

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the African and the Ancient Near Eastern tradition with regard to the ancestral consultation. 1 Samuel 28:3-25 was used as a point of departure. This text was used because it is the only text in the Hebre…

This dissertation examines a form of historical production that has been practiced in Bali, Indonesia, since the early 18th century. In this local Southeast Asian tradition, history is conveyed not just through the production of dynastic chronicles known as babad but through the…

The main focus of this dissertation is on the interpretation of Abraham as a spiritual ancestor in the context of the Roman appropriation of ancestors and the implications of perspective for Shona Christians in postcolonial Zimbabwe. In constructing Abraham as a spiritual ancest…

Explaining the presence of cemetery stones with Igbo writing in Amherst County, Virginia, was the basis for this study. How, when and why did inscriptions called Nsibiri make the journey from West Africa to the Blue Ridge Mountains? A combination of sources and disciplines was u…