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Alien citizens : discerning the now and the not yet in the thought of Richard John Neuhaus.

Reynolds, Matt (Matt L.)

Richard John Neuhaus (1936-2009) was a prominent author, editor and cleric whose reflections on the relationship between Christian faith and American democracy were highly influential. This paper describes his efforts, ...
All truth is God's truth: the life and ideas of Frank E. Gaebelein.

Beck, Albert R.

Frank Gaebelein (1899-1983) was a key figure in the twentieth-century evangelical movement. His greatest impact was felt in the area of Christian education, but he was active in many other issues of concern to evangelicals, ...
American public religion in the religion clause jurisprudences of Felix Frankfurter and Antonin Scalia.

Meadors, David C. (, )

The First Amendment religion clause jurisprudences of two United States Supreme Court justices--Felix Frankfurter and Antonin Scalia--find different forms of American public religion constitutional. Frankfurter's jurisprudence ...
An analysis of church social service and partnership following Hurricane Katrina.

Napoli, Amanda Diane.

Historically, churches have been service providers willing to partner with religious, secular, business and government agencies for social services. Theoretical evidence points to how this relationship may look based upon ...
Appeal to conscience clauses in the face of divergent practices among Catholic hospitals.

Hapenney, Sandra S. (, )

Conscience clauses are laws enacted by federal and state governments to protect health care providers from participating in those medical practices they consider morally objectionable. This study examines the practices ...
Catholic liberation theology and Islamic Jihadism : a comparative analysis.

Toll, Benjamin.

This thesis compares Catholic liberation theology which gained notoriety in the late 1960s and early 1970s as popularized by the works of Gustavo Gutierrez with modern Islamic Jihadism, which was ideologically driven by ...
Christian covenant and liberal freedom : a new approach to the modern marriage crisis.

Holton, Kevin T. (, )

Today’s society is burdened by an overwhelming abundance of government regulations in what is commonly regarded as the private realm, and sizeable numbers of people of all political ideologies are scrambling to end those ...
Clare of Assisi : shaping a new paradigm of sainthood.

Sutherland, Gabrielle E.

Separating the historical figure of Saint Clare from the icon handed down from history is a significant part of this study. Part of the complexity of the life of Clare of Assisi rested in the negotiation of her very public ...
Coexistent inconsistency: the Supreme Court, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the expansion of religious liberties.

Lynn, Nathan R.

During the course of the Twentieth Century, the Jehovah’s Witnesses went before the United States Supreme Court over twenty times in an effort to further their religious liberties. These cases involved the often tumultuous ...
Conceiving coexistence: an exposition on the divergent Western and Islamic conceptualizations of tolerance.

Tyler, Aaron M.

This dissertation provides a brief analysis of select writings and practics of tolerance in Western and Islamic histories to show how an intercultural understanding of tolerance is well within the philosophical, theological, ...
Defying boundaries: the challenge of transnational religion to international relations.

Kent, Jennifer M.

It is my intent to evaluate the ways in which the primary International Relations paradigms analyze, incorporate, or disregard religion, particularly its transnational manifestations. It is my contention that transnational ...
The dilemma of justice: how religion influences the political environment of post-1948 Israel and Palestine.

Ross, Sasha A.

This thesis examines the historical context, ideological traditions, and structures of power that have animated relations between Israeli Jews and Arab Palestinians during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Cognizant ...
Dynamic civil religion and religious nationalism : the Roman Catholic Church in Poland and the Orthodox Church in Romania, 1990-2010.

Tarţa, Mihai Iustin. (, )

This dissertation addresses the association of national identity and religious tradition of the Polish Roman Catholic Church (PRCC) in Poland and the Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC) in Romania, and analyses the evolution ...
The effects of American fundamentalism on educating towards a virtuous citizenry : the case of C. I. Scofield and Philadelphia Biblical University.

Basie, John D.

From the founding of Harvard in 1636 until the end of nineteenth century, the old-time college model of higher education was pervasive throughout the fledgling American republic. Christian morality was foundational to the ...
E pluribus unum : the limits of religious pluralism in American liberal democracy.

Chen, Samuel S., 1987-

"Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Often inferred from the religion clauses of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution are the ...
Faith seeking understanding: the relationship between noetic and pneumatic differentiation in Eric Voegelin's political philosophy.

Russell, Jeremiah H.

This thesis is a study of the philosophy of Eric Voegelin with particular focus on the relationship between noetic differentiation (particularly Greek philosophy) and pneumatic differentiation (particularly Christianity). ...
From Neo-orthodox theology to rationalistic deism : a study of the religious influences on the development of John Rawls's political philosophy.

Kim, Keeho, 1967- (, )

The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate that John Rawls’s early religious beliefs guided the development of his later political philosophy. By first analyzing A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin & Faith, I ...
From violence to voting : toward an Islamist theory of moderation.

Wheatley, Stephanie Renee, 1982- (, )

Moderation theory posits that inclusion in the political process will lead extremist parties to abandon violence and play by the rules of the political game. Despite voluminous literature on the subject, relatively little ...
The Gospel of indifference: rape as a weapon of war and the church in Rwanda and Sudan.

Gafford, Lindsay D.

Over the past two decades the global community has witnessed multiple genocides in which rape was/is used as a primary tactic of war and ethnic cleansing. In response, several organizations have established themselves as ...
International politics, American Protestant missions and the Middle East.

Barrett, John C., 1973- (, )

American Protestant missionaries have been active in the Middle East since the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th Century. Their presence has had a notable impact on international relations. Prior to World War I, ...