
Dissertations (Religious Studies)
Theses and Dissertations from 2008
Lay religious women and church reform in late medieval Munster: A case study of the Beguines, Erica Gelser
Theses and Dissertations from 2007
Herem in Biblical law and narrative, Mina Glick
Before the text: Phenomenology and revelation, Adam John Graves
The Brahmayāmalatantra and early Śaiva cult of yoginīs, Shaman Hatley
Emperors and cities: The transformation of sacred space in late antiquity, Bradford Andrew Kirkegaard
Expression of voices, identities, and faith: Oral histories of Korean Christians and their experiences with the Japanese, Michael Young-Suk Oh
The last shall be first and the first shall be last: Discourse and Mormon history, Daymon Mickel Smith
Theses and Dissertations from 2006
Martha Shamoni: A Jewish Syriac rhymed liturgical poem about the Maccabean martyrdoms (Sixth Maccabees), Sigrid Peterson
The ways of filial piety in early China, Thomas Radice
Theses and Dissertations from 2005
To forget the self: Aging and senility in medieval Japanese Buddhism, Edward Robertson Drott
Religion, class, and power: Bhaktivinode Thakur and the transformation of religious authority among the Gaudīya Vaisnavas in nineteenth-century Bengal, Jason Dale Fuller
The compilation and dissemination of “The Life of Antony”, William C. Gruen
Saiva arguments against the grammarians: Somananda's "Sivadrsti", chapters one and two, John Nemec
Building a book of spells: The so -called “Testament of Solomon” reconsidered, Sarah L Schwarz
Theses and Dissertations from 2004
Subject to the governing authorities: A tradition of Pauline interpretation in Late Antiquity, James Robert Blankenship
The mystical language of recollection: Bernardino de Laredo and the “Subida del Monte Sión”, Jessica A Boon
Ritual syntax, Carl Andrew Seaquist
Theses and Dissertations from 2003
Mahāyāna Phoenix: Japan's Buddhists at the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions, John Sheldon Harding
Jewish weddings in the Greco -Roman Period: A reconsideration of received ritual, Susan Marks
Theses and Dissertations from 2002
The manuscripts and text of Lanfranc of Bec's commentary on St. Paul, Ann Ryan Collins
On Hindu pilgrims and cross -cultural pilgrimage: The hermeneutics of Jarava Lal Mehta, Thomas Baynard Ellis
Ritual power in society: Ritualizing Late Antique North African martyr cult activities and social changes in gender and status, Shira Li Lander
Into the fray: Joseph Klausner's approach to Judaism and Christianity in the Greco -Roman world, David Fox Sandmel
Theses and Dissertations from 2000
Reading the history of the righteous remnant: Ideology and constructions of identity in the Damascus Document, Maxine Lynn Grossman
Theses and Dissertations from 1999
Taboo and orthodoxy: Making Tantra respectable in 11th century Kashmir, Loriliai Biernacki
Theses and Dissertations from 1997
Anselm and the Augustinian tradition: Deference and innovation in the eleventh century, Felix Baffour Asare Asiedu
Jewish pilgrimage and Jewish identity in Hellenistic and early Roman Egypt, Allen Kerkeslager
Studies of the New Testament traditions in "The Dialogue of Timothy and Aquila", Donal E Nilsson
Keepers of the faith: Irish exegetes and Psalter study in the eighth century, Carol Ann Scheppard
The death of the world's body and the rebirth of the sacred in the arts, William A Sikes
Theses and Dissertations from 1996
Re-assessing the use of scriptural material and interpretations in the "Peri Pascha" attributed to Melito of Sardis, Lynn Harrison Cohick
Lost keys: Text and interpretation in old Greek "Song of Songs" and its earliest manuscript witnesses, Jay Curry Treat
Theses and Dissertations from 1995
Creatio ex nihilo: Matter, creation, and the body in classical and Christian philosophy through Aquinas, James Noel Hubler
Theses and Dissertations from 1994
The alchemical creation of life (takwin) and other concepts of Genesis in medieval Islam, Kathleen Malone O'Connor
Representations of Jews and Judaism in "The Dialogue of Timothy and Aquila": Construct or social reality?, Jacqueline Zacarie Pastis
Theses and Dissertations from 1993
Intrinsically Catholic: Vernacular religion and Philadelphia's "Dignity", Leonard Norman Primiano
Theses and Dissertations from 1991
Human hands dwell in heavenly heights: Worship and mystical experience in thirteenth century Kabbalah, Seth Lance Brody
The theology of Beethoven's Masses, Gene Paul Strayer
Theses and Dissertations from 1989
Abraham Geiger on the origins of Christianity, Susannah Heschel
Theses and Dissertations from 1986
COLLEGIATE CHOICE BEHAVIOR IN A CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL: AN ETHNOGRAPHY, DAVID LOWELL PHILLIPS
Theses and Dissertations from 1985
THE CONCEPT OF 'DHAMMA' IN THAI BUDDHISM: A STUDY IN THE THOUGHT OF VAJIRANANA AND BUDDHADASA, PATARAPORN SIRIKANCHANA
Theses and Dissertations from 1983
EXPLORATIONS OF CHINESE METAPHYSICAL CONCEPTS: THE HISTORY OF SOME KEY TERMS FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO CHU HSI (1130-1200), PATRICK EDWIN MORAN
THE THEOLOGY OF MANAVALAMAMUNI: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TENKALAI-VATAKALAI DISPUTE IN POST-RAMANUJA SRIVAISNAVISM (INDIA), PATRICIA YVONNE MUMME
OKYOSAMA: DOCUMENTATION OF THE FOUNDING OF NYORAI-KYO, JAPAN'S FIRST "NEW RELIGION", KENNETH WAYNE PARKER
Theses and Dissertations from 1982
TURIYA AND THE CATUSPAD DOCTRINE IN ADVAITA VEDANTA: AN INQUIRY INTO AN INDIAN "STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS" DOCTRINE, ANDREW OSMUN FORT
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RIHLA FOR THE ISLAMIZATION OF SPAIN, MICHAEL KARL LENKER
SECULARIZATION AND KRSNA BHAKTI AMONG URBAN INDIANS, JAMES DANIEL WHITE
Theses and Dissertations from 1979
PALESTINIAN BURIAL PRACTICES FROM 1200 TO 600 B.C.E., JOHN ROGERS ABERCROMBIE
DUALISM AND THE CONCEPT OF ORTHODOXY IN THE THOUGHT OF THE MONKS OF UPPER EGYPT., JANET ANN TIMBIE
Theses and Dissertations from 1976
ABHINAVAGUPTA'S CONCEPT OF COGNITIVE POWER: A TRANSLATION OF THE JNANASAKTYAHNIKA OF THE ISVARAPRATYABHIJNAVI MARSINI WITH COMMENTARY AND INTRODUCTION., HARVEY PAUL ALPER
A CRITICAL INVESTIGATION OF EPIPHANIUS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE EBIONITES: A TRANSLATION AND CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF "PANARION" 30., GLENN ALAN KOCH
CATHOLIC, EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED: THE LORD'S SUPPER IN THE (UNITED) PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA, 1945-70., HARRY ERNEST WINTER
Theses and Dissertations from 1975
DOGMA AND MYSTICISM IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY: EPIPHANIUS OF CYPRUS AND THE LEGACY OF ORIGEN., JON FREDERICK DECHOW
Theses and Dissertations from 1971
JONATHAN DICKINSON AND THE COURSE OF AMERICAN PRESBYTERIANISM, 1717-1747, KEITH JORDAN HARDMAN
THE DOCTRINE OF THE SOUL IN THE THOUGHT OF PLOTINUS AND ORIGEN, ANTONIA C TRIPOLITIS
Theses and Dissertations from 1970
THE SOCIAL GOSPEL BACKGROUND OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, EUGENE PHILLIP CLEMENS
Theses and Dissertations from 1969
ELHANAN WINCHESTER AND THE UNIVERSAL BAPTISTS, JOSEPH R SWEENY