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Building theology, reinscribing subjectivity: Cultivating a liberal identity in Unitarian Universalism
(2010)
This research explores the method of self-cultivation at the heart of Unitarian Universalism. As a "creedless religion," it relies on individual members to construct belief, determine truth, share power, and become authentic. ...
Angels, apes and pandas; an analysis of the intelligent design movement
(2010)
There exists a longstanding continuity between creationism and intelligent design. Proponents of intelligent design purport the idea to be a scientific theory. The scientific community criticizes intelligent design for ...
Ordinary transcendence: Christianity, authority, and crisis in American literature and culture, 1865–1990
(2011)
This dissertation examines representations of social authority in popular culture at times of crisis in the United States since the Civil War. My analysis focuses on popular depictions of Jesus as an ideal leader whose ...
Reinventing the wheel A systems theory of materialism in architecture
(2011)
This thesis is an investigation into material aspects of architecture and is focused on two complimentary areas of inquiry. The first is a theoretical framework that proposes and outlines a specific model for material ...
"No matter what they think of me": Religious beliefs and practices of Gospel rappers in Buffalo, NY
(2013)
Late in the nineties and into the millennium, Buffalo witnessed a proliferation of Gospel rappers. Out of the clash of street sound and Christian based content, a new group of Christian rappers has emerged. As they did in ...
Urban solution from the literary examples of “Love in the Time of Cholera” and “The Jungle”: The human body and the bios in ethics, politics, and the biopolis
(2013)
This paper deconstructs the situation of the human body and other aspects of the bios in Love in the Time of Cholera and The Jungle . I argue that political and ethical ideologies and systems serve to elevate the lives of ...
Fighting 'A Spirit of Fanaticism:' Antirevivalism in antebellum America
(2014)
The New Measures religious revivals led by Charles Grandison Finney in New York and New England created controversies and debates over revivalism and evangelicalism in antebellum America. This dissertation examines five ...
Quest for forgiveness: Re-imagining black and white relations in William Faulkner and Toni Morrison
(2014)
Predicated on and critically engaged with the contemporary practice and discourses of forgiveness such as the South African TRC, Jacques Derrida, Hannah Arendt, and Julia Kristeva, this dissertation purposes to examine ...
Elegba, why am I ill?: Healing and transformation of persons in an Ocha community in Miami, Florida
(2014)
This dissertation examines the processes of healing and transformation experienced by persons in the Cuban American, white, middle class Orisha worship community in Miami, FL, focusing on all the areas in which healing can ...
The quest for recognition: The case of Latin American philosophy
(2014)
Latin American philosophy has dedicated a century of philosophical attention to the question: Does a distinct Latin American philosophy exist? While the efforts of Latin American philosophers should be lauded for positing ...