• 'Un Imaginable Boundaries': Performativity, Theology, and the Study of Trauma 

  Craig, Eleanor Catherine (2017-09-20)

  This dissertation locates versions of the Fall and original sin at the center of ostensibly secular theories of trauma and extreme violence. The first chapter reviews genealogies of trauma and Christian theological writings ...

• Experiencing the Word: Dionysian Mystical Theology in the Commentaries of Thomas Gallus (d.1246) 

  Tichelkamp, Craig Henry (2017-09-20)

  The mystical theology of Thomas Gallus, “the last great Victorine,” was inseparable from his theology of sacred literature. This dissertation analyzes Gallus’s major works: his commentaries on the Song of Songs and the ...

• The Use of Slaves in Early Christianity: Slaves as Subjects of Life and Thought 

  Schwaller, Tyler M. (2017-07-24)

  Early Christianity emerged within an empire built on the backs of slaves. Christians likewise participated in the slaveholding practices of the Roman Empire. Christians owned slaves, were slaves, and made use of enslaved ...

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