Brown University Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Can religious literacy be imparted to the general public on a national scale using scripted, fictional television? This author asserts that it can and discusses …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Spalter, Amelia (creator); Vaca, Daniel (thesis advisor); Protass, Jason (reader); Brown University. Religious Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Religious Literacy; Television; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Mormons; Religious Studies; Religious education
Collection:: Religious Studies; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Although modern scholarship generally maintains a narrative of Buddhism’s suppression during the Chosŏn period (1392-1897) of Korea, the actual details of the early Chosŏn Buddhist …
Year:: 2024
Contributor:: Granquist, Matthew D. (creator); Sawada, Janine (thesis advisor); Protass, Jason (reader); Brown University. East Asian Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Korea; Buddhism; Zen Buddhism
Collection:: East Asian Studies; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Tianfang Zhengxue (天方正學) is a Chinese Islamic text written by the Qing dynasty Muslim scholar Lan Xu (藍煦) in 1852. In the final chapter of …
Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Wu, Shuangxia (creator); Bashir, Shahzad (thesis advisor); Protass, Jason (reader); Brown University. Religious Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Chinese Islam; Han Kitab; Women in Islam; Ming and Qing; Women in Confucianism
Collection:: Religious Studies; Theses and Dissertations

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