This thesis examines the hermeneutics of a distinct region in Virginia during the secession crisis which preceded the Civil War. The Introduction establishes the unique histories, cultures, economics, politics, and religions ...

The Rāmāyaṇa proves itself to be an inimitable and lasting artifact of cultural measurement. The variety of interpretations, filled with intertextual complexity and culturally-specific commentary as well as surrounding ...

The following paper is interested in the spirituality and religious beliefs of the 18th-19th c. poet and artist William Blake. It is composed of three chapters: an introduction to Blake and the historical and thematic ...

The United States incarcerates more individuals than any other country in the world. The anthropological viewpoint that allows these injustices to persist sees incarcerated individuals as existentially different than ...

Our bodies allow us to be in the world and form opinions about our experiences through perception and movement. However, this quality goes unnoticed by most because the body is considered a natural and normal part of ...

In our modern world, there exists the sentiment that poetry is useless. Philosopher Martin Heidegger rejects such a notion. He states that modern man has closed himself off from the world through self-assertive production, ...

In this piece I wrestle with the historical context and literary trends of the ANE in analyzing The Book of Job. Using three different approaches to areas of the book, I attempt to address the piecemeal writing with a ...

If one takes the assertions of Christianity seriously -- that God became incarnate, was crucified, resurrected, and will come again -- then one faces complex questions about worldly human responsibility and agency. Indeed, ...

This paper is motivated in response to Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly's exposition of David Foster Wallace in their book All Things Shining. In refuting their claims that Wallace's canon does not harbor the resources ...

Using history and contemporary sociology, this paper seeks to understand the relationship of the Catholic Church and the public square in the present-day United States of America, critically examining the ways by which ...