The development and proliferation of colleges in sixteenth-century France can be largely attributed to the growth and power of the French bourgeois who founded and funded most of these schools. In order to educate their sons to become successful, disciplined young men, college f…
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Armenian villagers inhabited Musa Dagh, a mountain situated some 20 kilometers to the southwest of the biblical town of Antioch, from time immemorial. They would have been relegated to oblivion as an insignificant lot had Franz Werfel not immortalized their saga during the 1915 …
Before 1870, the Protestant church determined the moral vision of the United States, viewing its values as essential to the success of American democracy at home and its expansion abroad. But after the 1870s domestic labor unrest forced Protestant leaders to launch a crusade to …
During the 1920s, Protestant fundamentalists throughout the United States campaigned to ban the teaching of evolutionary theory from public and private schools. In addition, many fundamentalists struggled to pass laws requiring daily Bible reading in all public schools. These sa…
The modern era includes a two-fold tradition of radical suspicion—the suspicion that politicians corrupt morality, and that politics is corrupted by theology. However, such a view has been challenged in recent theological thought, which seeks to move beyond such suspicion to rec…
American missionaries have long been the missing link in the study of the late Ottoman era in spite of the fact that they left their enduring mark in American and Western conceptions of the period, such as “Terrible Turk” and “Red Sultan” just to name a few. From the landing of …
Most historians regard the 1920s as a period of increasing anti-Semitism in the United States. In response to growing anti-Semitism, religious liberals created institutions to promote good will between Jews and Christians. The goodwill movement, which culminated in the National …
Despite the abundance of research in the field of Asian American psychology, Taiwanese Americans are an ethnic sub-group rarely examined. Additionally, psychological research among Asian Americans has largely ignored the role of religion in their lives. The purpose of this study…
Text is a reflection of culture and changes in society, culture, politics--and religion--are mirrored in literature. In this respect, young adult literature is no different from adult literature. Religion has been a historical component of children's and young adult literature s…
Probably only a small number of Nestorian Christians entered Canton in the 8th and 9th centuries, and they left no permanent results. The Chinese Empire being closed to all foreigners, except a small number of business agents who were permitted to reside in the Factories at Cant…
American Protestant missionaries have been active in the Middle East since the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th Century. Their presence has had a notable impact on international relations. Prior to World War I, missionaries were the greatest American interest in the regi…
In this dissertation, I investigate the missionary activities of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in the Ottoman Empire. I am particularly interested in exploring the impact of the activities of one of the most important missionaries, Elias Riggs,…
The present study aims to expound the distinctive character of 16th-century Spanish Protestant theology, with special reference to the works of two exiled former monks from Seville, Casiodoro de Reina (c. 1520–1594) and Antonio del Corro (1527–1591), and thereby to shed light on…
Many Christians are worried about the Old Testament portraying God as violent and commanding people to kill others or commit genocide. This study conducted a survey of Sunday school and seminary teachers to obtain their opinions about the ethical and theological challenges of th…
The work of a minister differs from other professionals in a variety of ways. Due to the overlap between the personal and professional components of a minster’s life, there is a significant impact on their children’s spirituality when a parent is terminated from their role. The …
Yves Congar was quite possibly the greatest Catholic ecclesiologist of the twentieth century. His lifelong passion for ecumenism and ecclesiology were contained in his prodigious work on the sources of revelation, Scripture and Tradition. Congar explained the frequently misinter…
“Mainline Decline” has led major American religious organizations to quiver with fear of their own demise, and has left church members and leaders yearning for the halcyon days when church buildings were bursting with people. Floods of books and articles present ways to turn the…
Religion in the 16th century was an all-encompassing, facet of daily life for monarchs and laymen alike. Given the change brought by the Reformation, Mary and Elizabeth Tudor as well as Mary Stuart had to cope with unique challenges in regards to their religious policies, and ho…