This dissertation studies the religions of the Iron Age II Edomites, Moabites, and Ammonites by means of biblical evidence, extrabiblical evidence, and archaeological evidence. Based on the evidence, the study makes comparisons and contrasts among the three states, and compares …
This study examines the first encounter between Western Christianity and Korean religions at the turn of the twentieth century. Its central thesis is that North American missionaries gradually adapted Christianity to Korean culture and religions over the period of one generation…
This dissertation examines modern Arab Muslim literature on 'religious Others' from the overlapping perspectives of Islamic Studies, History of Religions, and Western hermeneutic philosophy. The broad basis for our analysis encompasses over four hundred books on religions other …
Ce mémoire concerne la violence religieuse. Par une étude des écrits de la Torah, du Nouveau Testament et du Coran, nous avons cherché la source de la violence religieuse chez les monothéistes. Le monothéisme comme objet de foi, incite-t-il ses adeptes à la violence? Ou bien, es…
This study analyzes the affectivity of the Cathedral of Seville on its fifteenth and sixteenth century audiences through a phenomenological assessment of spatial experience on its viewer. In so doing, I contend that the space simultaneously influenced and reflected social conten…
This thesis focuses on an intuitive and robust GIS (Geographic Information systems) tool, which gives an overview of religions in Middle East Asia. Part of the motivation for this thesis was curiosity to find answers to why castes and sub-castes were created from the same religi…
To the Chinese Christians, when they attempt to explain, describe or illustrate what the Chinese religions mean to them, they need to tackle not only the problems relating to the cross-religious communication such as the aspects of mutual understanding and mutual dialogue, but a…