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Religion, Mysticism, and Transcultural Entanglements in Modern South Asia: Towards a Global Religious History. By Soumen Mukherjee. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. xviii + 201 pages.
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Saint Joseph in South India. Poetry, Mission and Theology in Constanzo Gioseffo Beschi\u27s Tēmpāvaṇi. By Francis X. Clooney, S.J. Publications of the De Nobili Research Library vol. 39. Vienna: Institut für Indologie und Religionsforschung, 2022, 194 pages.
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Understanding Travis Bickle: The Incel Prototype
Get PDFIn this essay, I analyze the character Travis Bickle from the 1976 film Taxi Driver. I use theory from and about masculinity in the 1970s, context of the Vietnam War, psychology of incels, character analysis of Travis, critical reviews from the time, and primary sources from incel forums to connect Travis to the modern day incel
Sport, Community, and Racial Progress in 1950s Indianapolis: The Story of Crispus Attucks High School Basketball
Get PDFSports in our societies play a more crucial role than often given credit. Teams of any level can significantly impact the community they come from and those they make contact with. The all-Black Crispus Attucks High School basketball team is a prominent case study for this argument. Their state championships in 1955 and 1956 in Indiana put how sports can impact ways of thinking on display. A team led by future hall-of-fame player Oscar Robertson, the Attucks Tigers stormed to victory in games across the state. Indiana had long been influenced by the Ku Klux Klan activity that resurfaced in the 1920s. Their power had a lasting impact on the state which affected how people would view an all-Black team in a Northern city. Defying the odds, the Tigers proved they were a high-caliber team, able to play alongside white players with class and little issue. Attucks success caused significant changes in Indianapolis and Indiana racially, forcing their way into a sphere they were historically barred from. Facing prejudice before, during, and after their back-to-back victories, the Crispus Attuck’s Tigers had a stronghold on Indiana basketball and society matched by few others. The impact Attucks had on the city falls in line with other Civil Rights movements happening at the same. The only difference was they made their impact through sport