This thesis follows the development of Marilynne Robinson's ecotheology across her four novels. Robinson's theologically-grounded engagement with the environment is not simply marginal or incidental …
This study explores how Early Christian Latin hymns written between the fourth and sixth centuries harnessed the power of song for instruction. I argue that …
This thesis examines the rituals surrounding Christian relics and reliquaries of the Early and High Middle Ages. I argue that relic rituals engaged both the …
Actively writing from the mid-1800s until his death in 1881, Dostoevsky produced critically introspective works such as Notes From Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, …
This thesis explores the ways that three Protestant groups: selected Mainline denominations, the Poor People's Campaign, and the Institute for Christian Socialism, read the Bible …
long-form memoir discussing a writer's relationship to faith as the daughter of a Presbyterian minister and an atheistic professor of religion. In particular, it addresses …
This thesis examines the spiritual, ethical, and political writings of Simone Weil. In particular, I endeavor to articulate Weil's theory of \"decreation\" in the content …
This dissertation examines the topic of animal sacrifice in ancient Judean/Jewish religion (Judaism) with a historical focus on the late Second Temple period. It analyzes …
This dissertation examines discourse about the experience of liturgical song (the repertoire now known as Gregorian chant) during the Frankish ecclesiastical reforms of the ninth …
Challenging narratives that treat the fate of religion in modern Europe as a straightforward story of decline linked to the ineluctable forces of modernization, my …
This thesis traces the making of America’s Judeo-Christian myth, from the Puritans to the twenty-first century. It addresses two contradictory views of the “Judeo-Christian tradition” …
This dissertation is an examination of the Emperor Constantine's religious building program as presented in the writings of Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea. I seek to …