Browsing by FAS Department "Religion"
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Awakening to Mortality: End-of-Life as Rite of Passage and Pathway to Transformation
(2019-01-25)Many view death as catastrophe, resulting from a cascading failure of biological systems. Fear, denial or unconsciousness results in a medicalized, often institutionalized, approach to end-of-life care. Is dying predominantly ... -
Features of Trance Mediumship in Tibetan Buddhism and Spiritulaism
(2018-09-07)The term "trance" comes from the Latin transitus (a passage) implying a passage from one state to another and it has been widely researched in fields as diverse as neuroscience, anthropology, psychology, and religion. Given ... -
Laid Bare by Prejudice and Paranoia: How America’s Historical, Misconceived, and Evolving Fear Gave Rise to Modern Islamophobia
(2019-05-09)Islamophobia has been a major topic of academic and scholarly discussion, as well as a force in the ordinary lives of many Americans, especially since 9/11. This thesis attempts to build on the topic of contemporary ... -
Meat and Islam: How Vegetarians in Egypt Navigate Faith and Contemporary Food Ethics
(2018-10-03)Meat is an important feature of culinary traditions across Muslim communities globally. As the central focus of Islamic dietary laws, halal meat consumption functions as a marker of Islamic communal identity, and is a ...