It has been three decades since religion has gone "public." The Islamic Revolution in Iran, the Nicaraguan Revolution, and the establishment of the Moral Majority in the United States, all of which occurred in 1979, signified the "return of religion from exile." The return of re…
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The oracular device entitled the Urim and Thummim was provided the human leader of the theocracy of Israel in order that, by means of the manipulation of that oracle according to protocols defined in the Mosaic law, he might consult personally with King Yahweh. It is best to acc…
Using the fictitious society of Gilead from Margaret Atwood’s novel “A Handmaid’s Tale” as it’s foundation, A Gift Shop in Gilead is an investigation into creating and commodifying a visual narrative of an oppressive theocracy into kitsch souvenirs and how this process simultane…
The fact that wars are pervasive throughout Israel's biblical history is not surprising since it is in harmony with the socio-political and economic milieu of the ancient Near East. Sacral wars are wars that Yahweh sanctions or wars in which he directly intervenes to defeat his …
The study of international politics has undergone a profound re-consideration of disciplinary assumptions about religion since the end of the Cold War. From Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations to Peter Berger's Desecularization of the World, scholars are attempting to ide…