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"Elementally Interrupted": Divine and Human Freedom in the Thought of Eberhard Jüngel
This study's principal goal is to engage Eberhard Jüngel's views on freedom and, with the help of this engagement, to think through the intimate connection of the doctrine of God and anthropology. This larger goal contains ...
Showdown In The Sonoran Desert: Religion, Law and the Immigration Controversy
Set in the Sonoran desert, at the U.S.-Mexico border, in the shadow of migrant deaths, Showdown In The Sonoran Desert examines one of the most daunting ethical questions of our time: How should we treat the strangers who ...
Contesting the Theo-ethical Rhetoric of Home: Feminist and Postcolonial Politics of Space
Although the rhetoric of home is broadly used and may seem banal, it is a notion that has been significantly contested in recent decades. This dissertation critically analyzes the politics of space within the rhetoric of ...
Law, Equity, and Calvin's Moral Critique of Protestant Faith
This dissertation examines the themes of law and equity in John Calvin's moral and legal thought. Part One of the dissertation focuses on Calvin's immanent critique of Lutheran faith, particularly his nuanced recalibration ...
A Comparative Study of Bishop Joseph Butler and Wang Yang-ming's Conception of Conscience
This dissertation is a comparative study of the Anglican Bishop Joseph Butler's (1692-1752 AD) and the Neo-Confucianist Wang Yang-ming's (1472-1529 AD) conception of conscience (or in Wang's terminology, liang-chih. ...
The Birmingham Project and Ethics of Mourning
Through skillful reflection on the medium of photography, working in community, and visualizing loss and presence, Dawoud Bey’s The Birmingham Project forms a ruminative series of images. As a visual memorial, the series ...
Towards Christian Teleological Ethics
(2021-05)
Ethical Neo-Aristotelians hold that ethical standards are fixed by something’s end (telos). Moreover, they hold that such ends are inherent in nature. I argue that an end is normatively binding only if it is intended. Thus, ...
Solid Gold Lessons: The Ethics of Artistic Persona
This article is explores the ethics of artistic persona with reference to black studies and religious studies materials. It considers the ways that artists can create personas that aid in bringing them closer to their ...