This dissertation examines the process which I have called the ‘production of modern Coptic identity’. I have chosen the term ‘production’ in order to evoke the complex effect that various forces and institutions have had on the creation of modern ‘Copticness’. My research aims …
During the tumultuous twentieth century, three visually and dogmatically distinct white supremacist movements came together to bring forth a mostly unified front against their common enemies—integration, miscegenation, and various elaborate fictional conspiracies. At times antag…
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the apostolic fathers and early apologists’ use of metaphors and images regarding the Holy Spirit. Using the context surrounding each image, the pneumatology of this era is constructed. The images and metaphors of the Holy Spirit re…
This dissertation is a study to assess how the recognition and the internalization of the Gospel impacts one's Christian identity and church community. For this purpose, an educational curriculum was implemented to young adults of a small Korean immigrant church, and pre- and po…