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‘Lacrimis lavit maculas criminis’: Mary Magdalen, Gender and Indirect Preaching in the Sermons of Federico Visconti, Archbishop of Pisa (1253– 1277)
No full textPreaching for Women: Applying Eliana Corbari’s Vernacular Theology to Middle English Sermons
No full textChallenging Boundaries: The Private and Public Discourse of Medieval and Early Modern Female Preachers
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Preaching through Presence: Peter the Combmaker and Somatic Preaching among Lay Franciscans in the 13th c
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The Sun Also Rises: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism
No full textFreshly annotated critical edition of Hemingway\u27s modern classic. Thurston\u27s introduction surveys the novel\u27s origins and composition history and assesses those elements that have rendered it essential reading since publication, including its position within modernity and stylistic achievement. Background and Contexts features biographical excerpts from Sylvia Beach and Harold Loeb along with correspondence with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and Maxwell Perkins. The Criticism section reprints contemporaneous reviews, excerpts from early criticism, and ten more recent essays by such noted scholars as Philip Young, Linda Wagner-Martin, Scott Donaldson, and Debra A. Moddelmog, covering themes of gender, sexuality, and antisemitism among others. Concludes with a chronology and selected bibliography
\u27But man is not made for defeat\u27: Insights into Ernest Hemingway\u27s Dementia
No full textSpeculates on Hemingway\u27s neurological condition, concluding from biographical reports that he suffered from dementia in later years
THE EXPERIENCES OF GAY MEN AND LESBIANS IN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
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This qualitative narrative inquiry investigated the experiences of gay men and lesbians in a Christian church. Thirteen participants shared stories of growing up in a Christian church, how their Christian church background influenced their sexual and spiritual journeys and what happened when the church challenged their sexuality. They described what occurred when their sexuality came in conflict with the church. Participants reflected on their relationships and how they had to continuously come out to people in their friendship circles, their family members, and their churches. The study revealed how participants hide their sexuality to remain comfortable and accepted in the church. Participants told stories about how the church treated its gay men and lesbian members when they addressed policies and practices regarding sexuality. Participants described their missions to take on leadership roles in the church, and obstacles they faced because of their sexuality. The gay men and lesbians of the study encountered threats and suffered emotionally when churches tried to exclude them from leadership roles, wedding ceremonies, and worship activities. Theoretical analysis was conducted using Tajfel and Turner’s (1979) social identity theory, Banaji’s unconscious bias theory (2013) and Steele and Aronson’s stereotype threat theory (2009). This study demonstrated hardships that gay men and lesbians face in the Christian church but also includes a message of hope when churches fully embrace their LGBTQ+ members. This study includes recommendations for further research and a call to action for churches, church leaders, members, and allies.
Keywords: church, LGBTQ+, gay, lesbian, sexuality, spirituality, ally, Human Sexuality Statement (SSHS), social identity, unconscious bias, stereotype threa
Islam, Blackness, and Racial Justice
No full textA program of the Encountering Islam Initiative, the Department of Theology presents the fourth annual Terence Nichols Memorial Symposium. Dr. Fuad Naeem will introduce Dr. Rudolph Ware, associate professor of History at the University of Santa Barbara. Dr. Ware is a historian of Africa and Islam. He earned his Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of Pennsylvania. His teaching and research focuses on Islamic thought, anti-slavery movements in West Africa and the African Diaspora, and the broader intersection of Race, Religion, and Revolutionary Thought.The Qur’an, though Arabic in language, is largely a book about Africans. Most of its stories take place in and around Ancient Egypt, home of the first of the Prophets to teach by the pen, Idris – Enoch in the Judaeo-Christian tradition. The tales of Hagar & Hawa, Abraham & Adam, Joseph & Jesus, Moses & Mary, Solomon & Sheba, all lead us back to Africa, the birthplace of humanity, and especially to Egypt, realm of mysteries, fount of sacred knowledge. This is often overlooked by scholars of Islamic thought (from within the tradition and without) because the Qur’an is – in fact – a colorblind Book. There are no mentions of skin color or hair texture associated with any of the Qur’an’s human characters. The partial exception to this rule, is the name Adam, which meant black-skinned or dark-brown skinned, in ancient Arabic.Though it is without racial marking, the Qur’an offers powerful material for reflection on racism. In its telling of the timeless cosmological drama, Iblis, the devil, is the first to claim superiority on the basis of bodily composition and lineage origin. The devil becomes the first racist in the moment where he refuses to bow to Adam. In this space of reflection, racism is a spiritual sickness, thrust upon humanity by an avowed enemy who causes us to see one another with the same contempt which he has for all. This talk will elaborate these Islamic scriptural and theological sources on the relationship of Islam, Blackness, and racism, and discuss how Black Muslims – in the continent and diaspora have mined these sources of reflection to make powerful spiritual and social interventions.Registration is helpful but not required. All are welcome.
Sponsored and Organized by the Encountering Islam Initiative of the Theology Department in collaboration with the Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies and the University of St. Thoma
