Senior Independent Study Theses from 2010
When the Arahats Go Marching in: A Brief Historiography of the Study of Tibetan and Japanese Religions as They Were Impacted by the Introduction of Buddhism, Gregory Carlisle
Department: Religious Studies
Renegotiating the Role of Religion in the Public Sphere: Evidence of a New Phase in the Evolution of French Society, Britta Nicole Harman
Department: French and Francophone Studies; Religious Studies
Buddhism in the Tibetan Diaspora: Framing Culture and Adapting Tradition, Nicholas Charles Christopher Janus
Department: Religious Studies
"The Secret (Religious) Life of the American Teenager"A Study on How Mainstream Religious Secular Television Affects the Development of Religious Identity in Teenagers, Jazmin McNeal
Department: Religious Studies
Farming in the Age of Kali Yuga: The Shifting Religious and Cultural Dynamics in the Aftermath of the Green Revolution in Tamil Nadu, India, Kitty O'Riordan
Department: Religious Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
Science Fiction, Vampire Books or the Section Formerly Known as Young Adult: A Look at the Uses of Religion in Popular Fiction, Amanda Perry
Department: Religious Studies
Science Fiction, Vampire Books or the Section Formerly Known As Young Adult: a Look at the Uses of Religion in Popular Fiction, Amanda Perry
Department: Religious Studies
"Go to the Head of the Class": White Student Achievement in the American Education System, Catherine Sneed
Department: Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2009
Speak Unto the Children of Israel: Evaluating the Impact of the Jewish Camp Counselor Experience on Jewish Identity, Hilary J. Bryant
Department: Religious Studies
A Comparative Analysis of the Buddhist and Christian Worldviews & Their Implications for the Environmental Crisis, Rebecca H. Chrisman
Department: Religious Studies
The Battle to Reclaim Christmas for Christ: History Reveals a Better Perspective, Laura Habat
Department: Religious Studies
Investigation Into Human Rights: the Case of Female Genital Cutting in the Gambia, Amihan Jones
Department: Philosophy; Religious Studies
Religion as a Magical Art: Christianity and Transition in the Work of Aleister Crowley, Noah Adrien Lyons
Department: Religious Studies
An Examination of the Role that Faith-Based Social Action Organizations Play in the Empowerment of Women in the Greater Mekong Region of Thailand, Lauren Stephanie Merriman
Department: Religious Studies
Fusing Interstices: Exploring the Relationship Between Science and Religion in Theory, in Particular Relgious Scientists and in Self, Elise A.G. Meyers
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Religious Studies
Moral America: An Examination of Evangelical Voting Behavior in Relation to Social Issues, Billy J. Raines II
Department: Political Science; Religious Studies
The Inextricable Ties Between Women, Religion, and the Environment, Anne W. Rochester
Department: Religious Studies
A Critical Examination of the Olney Friends School: Quaker Ideals, Institutional Practices, and Transmission of Values, Susan Laurel Tipton
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2008
The Family of the Scabby One Will Treat Her: a Study of Honour Killings in Middle Eastern Tribal Culture, Kristen B. Cox
Department: Religious Studies
I Do' X 2: the Stain of Mormon Polygamy, Aliya Madhur Deepa Maseelall
Department: Religious Studies
Atom and Eve: An Exploration of the Conflict and Concordance Between Religion and Science--Involving Creation Myths and the Apocalypse As a Foundation For the Understanding of This Relationship, Mary Erin Patton
Department: Religious Studies
Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian...Does it Really Matter?: A Study of the Changing Face of Mainline Protestant Denominationalism in the United States, Kate Persing
Department: Religious Studies
Christology and American Culture, Kyle H. Story
Department: Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2007
What Does it Mean to be Jewish After the Holocaust?: An Exploration of the Seminal Works of Emil Fackenheim, Elizer Berkovits, and Richard Rubenstein, Tomas Gold
Department: Religious Studies
What Is Today's Moral War? How Christian Just War Theory Explains Modern Day Conflict, Daniel P. Griffin
Department: Religious Studies
A Wife, a Mistress, but Never a Nun: A Study of Buddhism and Gender in Thai Society, Jessica M. Hill
Department: Religious Studies
Pecking the Eggshell at Once from Inside and Out: Encountering Self Through Nature in Taoism, Zen Buddhism, and the Phenomenal Experience, Timothy James Lehmann
Department: Religious Studies
"My Name Is Legion; For We Are Many:" a Study of Demonology and Exorcisms in the Christian Faith, Miranda Leigh Leickly
Department: Religious Studies
Junia, a Female Apostle: a Study of the Women in Ministry Debate in Evangelical Christianity, Matthew Mellott
Department: Religious Studies
Junia, a Female Apostle: A Study of the Women in Ministry Debate in Evangelical Christianity, Matthew Melott
Department: Religious Studies
Filling the Cup: Voltaire, C.S. Lewis, and the Inclusion of Religion in the Public Sphere, Kara M. Olson
Department: History; Religious Studies
"The Creator's Game": An Examinationof the Fusion of Athleticism and Spirituality in Traditional Native American Lacrosse, Margaret A. Peake
Department: Religious Studies
"Not Only With Both Eyes Open, But With Both Hands Dirty": Tradition and Social Criticism in the Life and Work of Cornel West, Christopher Hyde Redding
Department: Religious Studies
The Influence of Religion on Environmental Attitudes and Conservation Behaviors, Crystal M. Riley
Department: Psychology; Religious Studies
If You're Happy and an Atheist, Clap Your Hands: A Study of Atheism Inside, Outside and Alongside Religion, Kathryn A. Russell
Department: Religious Studies
Religion and Science: How the Spiritual Healing Practices and Ideologies of Mainline Christianity Influenced the Establishment of Christian Science, Stefanie M. Zifchak
Department: Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2006
Remembering the Council: Vatican II for a New Generation, Patrick L. Chrosniak
Department: Religious Studies
Cornal West: A Modern African American Organic Intellectual, Una Kwong Mangus
Department: Religious Studies
Are Your There, God? It's Me, Prime Time Television.: An Analysis of Religiosity and Religious Practitioners on Popular Prime Time Television Shows with a Focus on The Simpsons, 7th Heaven, South Park, and Joan of Arcadia, Andrea K. Ragsdale
Department: Religious Studies
Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed: An Exploration of Healing in Mainline Protestant Traditions: Historical Roots, Modern Dilemmas, Katie Ann Strednak
Department: Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2005
Religion's Effects on Mental Health: A Brief Look at the Study of Psychology and Religion--Its Past, Present, and Future., Jennifer Ann Brooks
Department: Religious Studies
The Jewish Perspective of the Messiah: Why Not Jesus?, Anthony J. Caruso II
Department: Religious Studies
Living Liminal: the Dynamic Relationship Between Psychic Vampirism and Spirituality Also Known As Vampire Hunter A: Prana-Lust, Amanda Dahlin
Department: Religious Studies
The Conversion of the Roman Empire Form Pagan to Christian, Tracy Lynn DiBiasio
Department: Religious Studies
Shaman Healing and Western Medicine: An Examination of Culturally Relative Techniques of Healing, Elizabeth Laurena Dunbar
Department: Religious Studies
Are You Down With Downward Facing Dawg?: the Adaptation of Yoga in America's Popular Culture, Erin Jacob
Department: Religious Studies
Jah! Ras Tafari: Rasta Vibrations- A Look at the Moving Cultural Force, its History and Present State, Monique Johnson
Department: Religious Studies
"Religion in China Under Communist Rule", Jeff Maceyko
Department: Religious Studies
"A Mother Bore Each One of You:" A Study of the Goddess in Ancient Ireland, Amy Irene McDowell
Department: Religious Studies
Dreamtime: A Look Into Australia's Aboriginal Religion, Phyllis Owiredu
Department: Religious Studies
Visions of Hope For the Future: a Critical Exploration of the Stem Cell Research Debate--Involving Discussion of Biological, Philosophical, and Religious Arguments on the Moral Standing of the Embryo, Kathryn Elizabeth Peel
Department: Religious Studies
"Living With the People": An Ethnographic Study of Worldview and Belief of An Aboriginal Community on the Dampier Peninsula, in Western Australia, S. Clark Rubino
Department: Religious Studies
Models Among Friends, Emma Shaw
Department: Religious Studies
Whores and Madonnas- When Religion Meets Reality: Examining the Effect of Religious Narratives on Non-Governmental Organizations Aiding in the Sex Industry in Thailand, Laura VanVoorhees
Department: Religious Studies; Political Science
Opening the Door to Violence: An Analysis of Religious Violence in Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, Joshua M. Young
Department: Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2004
Converging and Diverging: the Mystical Journey of Jalaluddin Rumi and Saint Augustine, Jessica T. Bell
Department: Religious Studies
Youth Have Left the Building: How to Make Church More Youth-Friendly, Sarah J. Blue
Department: Religious Studies
Escapable Violence?: An Investigation Into the Tragedy at Waco, Teresa A. Clark
Department: Religious Studies
"Tired and Poor" or "Wretched Refuse"?: Study of the Roles of Religious Groups and United States Government Policymakers in Regards to Immigrants Across the Mexican United States Border, Kathryn Harrison
Department: Religious Studies
More Peaceful Society: the Application of the Buddhist Theology of Peace in the Christian West, Danielle Hawkins
Department: Religious Studies
Talk to Me!: A Phenomenological Approach to the Study of Interfaith Dialogue, Lindsay M. Jarvis
Department: Religious Studies
Dying to Live: Justifying Martyrdom, William M. Laukitis
Department: Religious Studies
Investigation Into the Situation of Midwives During the European Witch Trials in Bavaria, Megan H. Potts
Department: Religious Studies; German Studies
Cults: The Bad Religion?, Molly Spirer
Department: Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2003
Reconnecting the Christian Male With the Wilderness: Embodying the Christian Wildman, Jeff Binder
Department: Religious Studies
Theology, Law, and Ethics: Uncovering a Potentially Safe Space For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Youth Through the Role of the School Counselor in American Public Schools, Kathleen E. Boin
Department: Religious Studies
God of Peace and the Peace of God: the Power of Nonviolence and Contemplation, Michael DuVall
Department: Religious Studies
Sacred Politics: a Theoretical Outlook and Application of Religion in the United States, Kevin R. Huffman
Department: Religious Studies
Scientific Evidence and Theological Arguments For the Failure of Scientific Creationism to Provide Sufficient Common Ground Between Theory of Evolution and Christianity, Richard W. Poole
Department: Religious Studies; Geology
Glimpse of Truth, Alison Richardson
Department: Religious Studies; English
Read Two Passages and Call Me in the Morning: a Study of the Effects That Religion Has on the Physical and Mental Health, With An Examination of How to Apply These Religious Aspects in a Clinical Setting, Kenneth S. Simmons Jr.
Department: Religious Studies
Integrating Religious Studies Into Public Education, Lindsay M. Vargo
Department: Religious Studies
"I Hate Your Fleshly Lives:" Ann Lee, Celibacy, and the Second Appearance of Christ in Early Shaker Doctrine, Marta N. Zaborowski
Department: Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2002
Transformation, Renewal, and Gifts: the Cosmic Significance of Sacrifice in the Era of the Fifth Sun, Melissa I. Acosta
Department: Religious Studies
"I Was a Stranger...": Faith, Responsibility, and Refugees, Morgan L. Barlow
Department: Religious Studies
"Where's Arthur?": the Search For King Arthur From a Cultural and Religious Perspective, Shannon K. Boylan
Department: Religious Studies
Looking For Salvation, Douglas N. Hagler
Department: Religious Studies
Jesus of Harlem: Reflections of the Playwright, Rachel C. Hunter
Department: Religious Studies; Theatre and Dance
Perspectives on Living and Dying: The Beliefs, Practices, and Modern Movements in Tibetan Buddhism, Virginia A. Miraldi
Department: Religious Studies
Reform Judaism in America: the Chosen Identity of the "Chosen People", Robin Ragsdale
Department: Religious Studies
"Sex": A Comparison on the Place of Sex in the Buddhist, Tantric, and Platonic Traditions, Sarah Sobel-Poage
Department: Religious Studies; Philosophy
"Out of Hope Comes Prophecy": a Critical Analysis of the Scholarly Prophet Paradigm in Defining Native American Spiritual Leaders, Betsey A. Watson
Department: Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2001
Reflectiveness, Creativity, and Spirituality: Can Reflectiveness and Imagination Revitalize Spirituality and Religious Belief?, Stephen B. Baughman
Department: Religious Studies; Psychology
Common Ground of Peace: Using Pluralism and Nonviolent-Theologies As Tools For Change, Kristen L. Elkington
Department: Religious Studies
Conflict Resolution and Christian Values: a Pilot Program With High School Students in a Parish Setting, Christina L. Jureller
Department: Religious Studies
Religion, Education, and the Home Schooling Movement, Elise G. Pilorget
Department: Religious Studies
Importance of Religion to the Civil War, Ian Vallenga
Department: Religious Studies
The Importance of Religion to the Civil War, Ian Vellenga
The Importance of Religion to the Civil War, Ian Vellenga
Christianity and the Compassion of Choice: An Examination of the Arguments Supporting the Morality of the Pro-Choice Position and the Pro-Choice Voice With in Mainline Christian Denominations, Julia Wilson
Department: Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2000
Silicon Addiction and Spiritual Starvation: a Forward-Looking Reflection on the History of Christianity and Technology, Peter W. P. Anderson
Department: Religious Studies
Deciding to Die: An Exploration of Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Netherlands and the United States and the Movements to Legalize These Practices, Amy E. Farley
Department: Religious Studies
Meat, Carmen J. Hotvedt
Department: Religious Studies
Reorientation From Answer to Question: A Comprehensive Study of the Internalization of God in the Context of War., Nellika Little
Department: Religious Studies
Contemporary Appalachian Serpent Handling: A Sociological Perspective of Rural Holiness Churches That Handle Poisonous Snakes, T. J. Marchio
Department: Religious Studies
From Children's Rights to Human Rights: The Importance of Educating America's Future, Nicole Miller
Department: Religious Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
Collective Revolution: An Examination of Intentional Communities, Emily E. Welty
Department: Religious Studies
About God... Talk!: Feminist Thological God-Talk Within the Abrahamic Religions, Alexia C. Zdral
Department: Religious Studies
Intermonastic Buddhist-Christian Dialogue: A Vehicle in Which to Explore the History, Models, Themes and Theories of Interreligious Dialogue, Timothy R. Ziegler
Department: Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1999
Transforming the Traditional Christian Definition of Divine Power: Calling Christians to Accountability and Justice, Rebecca J. Barnes
Department: Religious Studies