Thesiss

This is the study of the life and career of one man, whose life touched on many of the important developments of his age. The subject, known variously as Folquet, Foulques, Fulk, and Folco (which I use) was born circa 1150 and died on Christmas, 1231. Coming from a Genoese merch…

The writings of Palladius of Helenopolis (363–430) became recognized during the course of the twentieth century as a valuable source of biographical and historical information. Palladius was an ascetic of Palestine and Egypt who later became a bishop. First charged with Origenis…

This dissertation argues that the Venerable Bede held to and promoted an Augustinian theology of grace: humanity is hopelessly corrupted by the fall, and only through God’s gracious election and the bestowal of good gifts to his elect could one hope to escape judgment and receiv…

This dissertation seeks to understand the public fascination with Asian religious traditions (or "Eastern spirituality") in the U.S. by forging an understanding of their symbolic representation in American popular culture. I explore this symbolic representation through a specifi…