The Department of Theology and Religious Studies is committed to a rigorous presentation of the methods and content of both the scholarly study of Christian Theology and the academic discipline of Religious Studies. We view these combined disciplines as an important component within the liberal arts curriculum of a Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit tradition. We therefore take seriously our charge to engage students in the serious and critical study of religious experience, practice, thought and inquiry, both historically and in the contemporary world.

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Submissions from 1999

 

Teaching the Introductory Course in Religion, Paul F. Aspan

 

The Role of Theology in Jesuit Higher Education, Paul F. Aspan

 

Analiza Polskiej Transformacji Gospodarczej z Puntku Widzenia Etyki: Koniecznosc czy Bezsens? (An Analysis of the Polish Economic Transformation from an Ethical Perspective: Necessity or Absurdity?), Gerald John Beyer

 

Ciazenie ku Polsce (Drawn to Poland), Gerald John Beyer

 

'Przylot' Wislawy Szymborskiej, Gerald John Beyer

 

Remembering the UCA Martyrs: Ten Years Later, J. Dean Brackley S.J.

 

The Crucified Christ and Cruciform Quilts: The Visual Arts and Meaning in Christian Worship and Daily Life, James Frank Caccamo

 

Review of "Hindu Wisdom for all God's Children", David W. Carpenter

 

To Treat or Not to Treat: The Ethical Dilemma of Alternative Medicine Therapies, Peter A. Clark S.J.

 

Historicity, Hermeneutics, and the Historical Jesus: A Peculiarly Christian Praxis, Millicent C. Feske

 

Mistaking Death for Life: Thelma and Louise and Tashi and the Christian Construction of Redemption, Millicent C. Feske

 

Unrealized Desire: The Material Promise of Karl Rahner's Theology, Millicent C. Feske

 

Review of "Spiritual Direction and the Gay Person", Vincent J. Genovesi S.J.

 

Evidence for the Early Form and Social Context of the Amidah in Paul's Letters, Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Evidence for the Early History of the Amidah in 1 Cor 15: 51-52, Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Evidence for the Early History of the Amidah in 1 Cor 15:51-52, Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Jewish Sexuality and Problems in the History of the Jewish community at Edfu, Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Review of "Judeophobia: Attitudes toward the Jews in the Ancient World", Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Review of "Judeophobia: Attitudes toward the Jews in the Ancient World", Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

The Archaeology of Jewish Identity at Tell Edfu (Apollonopolis Magna), Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Aelred of Rievaulz and the Feminine in the Marian Sermons on the Feasts of the Assumption and the Purification, Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Loving "In God": An Examination of the Hierarchical Aspects of the Ordo Caritatis in Bernard of Clairvaux and Aelred of Rievaulx, Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Review of "Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer", Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Review of "Friends of God and Prophets: A Feminist Theological Reading of the Communion of Saints", Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Review of "The Burden of the Flesh: Fasting and Sexuality in Early Christianity ", Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Review of "The Joy of Learning and the Love of God: Studies in Honor of Jean Leclercq", Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Review of "Women and Redmeption: A Theological History ", Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Reviving Religion': The Qadiri Sufi Order, Popular Devotion to Sufi Saint Muhyiuddin Abdul Qadir al-Gilani and Processes of 'Islamization' in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, Susan Schomburg

 

Grammatically Speaking: The Participle as a Main Verb of Clauses (Predicative Participle) in Direct Discourse and Narrative in pre-Mishnaic Hebrew, Mark Smith

 

Matters of Space and Time in Exodus and Numbers, Mark Smith

 

The Structure of Divinity at Ugarit: The Case of Anthropomorphic Deities versus Monstrous Divinities, Mark Smith

 

Ugaritic Studies and the Hebrew Bible, 1968-1998 (with an Excursus on Judean Monotheism and the Ugaritic Texts), Mark Smith

 

An Assessment of the 34th General Congregation's Understanding of Justice and Its Role in Jesuit Higher Education, Martin R. Tripole S.J.

 

Preface, Martin R. Tripole S.J.

 

Promise Renewed:  Jesuit Higher Education for a New Millennium, Martin R. Tripole S.J.

 

Why Go to Mass?, Martin R. Tripole S.J.

Submissions from 1998

 

Lived Christianity -- Pedagogy, Paul F. Aspan

 

Liberation Theology and Catholic School Teaching, J. Dean Brackley S.J.

 

Symbols of a Faith: The Theological Voice of Contemporary American Roman Catholic Liturgical Music, James Frank Caccamo

 

Would You Trade Your Funk for What's Behind Door Number Three? Otherness, Inculturation, and Conversion in the Music of Parliament, James Frank Caccamo

 

Review of Seeing Through Texts: Doing Theology Among the Srivaisnavas of South India, David W. Carpenter

 

A Legacy of Mistrust: African-Americans, the Medical Profession and AIDS, Peter A. Clark S.J.

 

Mission: Just Do It, Peter A. Clark S.J.

 

The Ethics of Needle Exchange Programs, Peter A. Clark S.J.

 

The Ethics of Needle-Exchange Programs, Peter A. Clark S.J.

 

The Ethics of Placebo-Controlled Trials for Perinatal Transmission of HIV in Developing Countries, Peter A. Clark S.J.

 

The Ethics of Placebo-Controlled Trials for Perinatal Transmission of HIV in Developing Countries, Peter A. Clark S.J.

 

The Transition between Ending Medical Treatment and Beginning Palliative Care: The Need for a Ritual Response, Peter A. Clark S.J.

 

Don Browning, et.al.'s _From Culture Wars to Common Ground:  Religion and the American Family_ Debate, Millicent C. Feske

 

Expansive Language:  An Issue for the Church in the New Millennium?, Millicent C. Feske

 

I Hear You Knockin', But You Can't Come In: Conflicting Subjectivities in the Christology of Juergen Moltmann, Millicent C. Feske

 

Looking for Jesus:  Locating the Body as a Praxis with the Text, Millicent C. Feske

 

Review of "Poetics, Speculation and Judgment: The Shadow of the Work of Art from Kant to Phenomenology", Millicent C. Feske

 

Silent Sorrow: Mourning Infertility and Pregnancy Loss (C.R. version), Millicent C. Feske

 

Silent Sorrow: Mourning Infertility and Pregnancy Loss (L.P. version), Millicent C. Feske

 

Silent Sorrow:  Infertility, Pregnancy Loss and Religion (Dean Colloquium), Millicent C. Feske

 

Is Jesuit Education Fulfilling Its Mission?, Vincent J. Genovesi S.J.

 

Christians and the Holocaust, Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Jewish Pilgrimage and Jewish Identity in Helenistic and Early Roman Egypt, Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Jewish Pilgrimage and Jewish Identity in Hellenistic and Early Roman Egypt, Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Numerous Passages from the Early Christian Greek Patristic Writers, Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Numerous Passages from the Early Christian Greek Patristic Writers, Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

The Apology of the Potter: A Translation of the Potter's Oracle, Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

The Apology of the Potter: A Translation of the Potter's Oracle, Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Review of "Popular Piety in Late Medieval England: The Diocese of Salisbury 1250-1550" and "Religion and Devotion in Europe, c1215-c.1515", Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Review of "Reading the Apostolic Fathers: An Introduction", Shawn M. Krahmer

 

The Virile Bride of Bernard of Clairvaux -- Revisited, Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Review of "Paul between Damascus and Antioch: The Unknown Years", Jocelyn McWhirter

 

Terms of Endearment: 'Dog' (klbt) and 'Calf' ('gl) in KTU 1.3 III 44-45, Mark Smith

 

The Death of "Dying and Rising Gods" in the Biblical world: An Update, with special Reference to Baal in the Baal Cycle, Mark Smith

 

The Heart and Innards in Israelite Texts: Notes from Anthropology and Psychobiology, Mark Smith

 

Why can't every Sunday be like Christmas?, Martin R. Tripole S.J.

 

Why go to Mass?, Martin R. Tripole S.J.

Submissions from 1997

 

Revolutions, The New Testament, and the U.S.C. Film School, Paul F. Aspan

 

A Radical Ethos, J. Dean Brackley S.J.

 

El Salvador After the War: An Interview with Dean Brackley, J. Dean Brackley S.J.

 

Fire on Earth: Christian Commitment and the Ignatian Exercises, J. Dean Brackley S.J.

 

Rutilio and Romero: Martyrs of Our Time, J. Dean Brackley S.J.

 

Review of Mediators Between Human and Divine: From Moses to Muhammad, David W. Carpenter

 

Ethical Issues in Neonatology, Peter A. Clark S.J.

 

Faith, Culture, and Morality in the Matter of Physician Assisted Suicide, Peter A. Clark S.J.

 

Notes on Suffering, Death and Native American Spirituality, Peter A. Clark S.J.

 

Review of "Gay and Lesbian Rights: Sexual Ethics or Social Justice?", Vincent J. Genovesi S.J.

 

The Touch of God: Marriage and Sacrament, Vincent J. Genovesi S.J.

 

Israel, Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Maintaining Jewish Identity in the Greek Gymnasium: A Jewish Load in CPJ 3.519 ( = P. Schub. 37 =P. Berol. 13406), Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

Photographs of Archaeological Excavations and Discoveries (Tel Dan, Israel; Herodian Jerusalem, Israel; Roman Theater, Alexandria, Egypt; Bust of Ptolemy VI, Alexandria, Egypt), Allen R. Kerkeslager

 

A Constructive Dialogue on Friendship and Eros, Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Review of "Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion: The Power of the Hysterical Woman; Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries", Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Review of "Journeying into God: Seven Early Monastic Lives", Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Review of "Patricia Ranft, Women and the Religious Life in Premodern Europe", Shawn M. Krahmer

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Review of "Theology for Skeptics: Reflections on God and Soelle, Creative Disobedience", Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Review of "Women and the Religious Life in Premodern Europe", Shawn M. Krahmer

 

The Bride as Friend in Bernard of Clairevaux's Sermones Super Cantica, Shawn M. Krahmer

 

The Virile Bride of Bernard of Clairvaux, Shawn M. Krahmer

 

Review of "Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel", Jocelyn McWhirter

 

How To Write a Poem: The Case of Psalm 151A in 11QPsa 28:3-12, Mark Smith

 

Psalm 8:2b-3: New Proposals for Old Problems, Mark Smith

 

The Pilgrimage Pattern in Exodus, Mark Smith

 

Ugaritic Narrative Poetry (introduction, text, translation and notes for the Baal Cycle), Mark Smith