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Matthew Korpman deposited “What is “the Middle”? Theological Diversity in Valentinian Christianity,” Academia Letters (2021): 1-5. in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis short-form article explores the various presentations of “the Middle” within Valentinian authored documents (the Gospel of Truth and Gospel of Philip) and sources which report about the Valentinians (Irenaeus and his report about Ptolemy’s theology). It suggests underscores the deep distinctions each view has and suggests that these may be…[Read more]
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Matthew Korpman deposited “The Protestant Reception of the Apocrypha.” Pages 74-93 in the Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha. Edited by Gerbern Oegema. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021. in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoDiscussions about the history of the reception of the Apocrypha within Protestantism are often mired by blanket negative presumptions that differ markedly from the actual beliefs attested to in available historical sources. This chapter seeks to rectify such historical misrepresentations by presenting an initial attempt to summarize the entire…[Read more]
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Matthew Korpman deposited “Fighting the Divine: Relational Theology as Confrontational.” Pages 37-42 in Partnering with God: Exploring Collaboration in Open and Relational Theology. Edited by Thomas Jay Oord, B. Rambob, F. Stedman, and Tim Reddish. Grasmere, ID: SacraSage, 2021. in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis essay seeks to introduce briefly the background and idea of what can be called a confrontational approach to theology. It will begin by outlining the biblical background of this often-ignored portrait and then will proceed to outline how this theological approach can breathe new life into various approaches toward God.
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Matthew Korpman deposited “Doubt Everything.” Pages 57-69 in Before You Lose Your Mind: Deconstructing Bad Theology in the Church. Edited by Keith Giles. Orange, CA: Quoir, 2021. in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoIn this chapter, a biblical overview of the topic of doubt is provided, focused on the Gospel accounts. A theological argument is made for the necessity and contribution of doubt toward the process of faith.
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Vincenzo Belmonte deposited You Are Gods: At the Origins of Christianity in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThe book deals with the wide background and context of early Christianity. Particularly, it highlights the rise of Jewish national identity and the influence of the Essene Yahad, seeing the New Testament in the light of cultural conditioning and regarding as central the divinization doctrine. in the last section it delves into doubt, faith, and mysticism.
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Matthew Korpman deposited Saying No to God: A Radical Approach to Reading the Bible Faithfully. Quoir, 2019. in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoAlthough bumper stickers abound that propose otherwise, the Bible itself reveals that just because “God says it,” does not, in fact, mean “that settles it.” On the contrary, a close reading of Scripture reveals that God does not want us to blindly obey him, but rather, invites us to “lock hands” with him and fight. The purpose of this book is to…[Read more]
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Vincenzo Belmonte deposited The Expulsion Curse in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoA fresh attempt to explain the suicide of Judas and the death of Ananias and Sapphira as imagined consequences of an allegedly deadly excommunication.
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Matthew Korpman deposited “Dan Shall Judge: The Danites and Iron Age Israel’s Connection with the Denyen Sea People,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 44.3 (2020): 490-499. in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThe Tribe of Dan has always appeared to biblical scholars and archaeologists as something of an enigma. For decades, certain scholars, beginning with Yigael Yadin, have proposed a connection between the Denyen/Danaoi Sea People and the Danites of Ancient Israel, arguing that the former became the latter and were adopted into Israel at a later date…[Read more]
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Matthew Korpman deposited “Antiochus Epiphanes in 1919: Ellen White, Daniel, and the Books of the Maccabees,” Adventist Today 28.2 (2020): 30-33. in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoAn article exploring original research on the Seventh-day Adventist 1919 Bible Conference and how it sheds light on both perceptions of Ellen White and her own views. It presents evidence that Mrs. White may have believed in a dual fulfillment model of prophecy, based on her belief that the Apocrypha (and the books of Maccabees) were scripture, as…[Read more]
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Matthew Korpman deposited “Adventism’s Hidden Book: A Brief History of the Apocrypha,” Spectrum 46:1 (2018): 56-65. in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoA brief overview of Adventism’s relationship with the Apocrypha, spanning from the year 1842 until 1918. It updates the conclusions of the last previous study conducted by Ron Graybill and utilizes previously undiscovered documents and even writings by Ellen White to propose that Adventism’s entanglement with the Apocryphal corpus is far reaching…[Read more]
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Matthew Korpman deposited “Source Criticism: Teaching the Documentary Hypothesis,” Didaktikos: Journal of Theological Education 3.3 (2019): 30-31. in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoA summary and review of a creative and neutral approach to teaching the Documentary Hypothesis to undergraduate students.
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Matthew Korpman deposited “Can Anything Good Come from Sodom? A Feminist and Narrative Critique of Lot’s Daughters in Gen. 19:30-38,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.3 (2019): 334-342. in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoFor centuries, the story of Lot’s daughters in Genesis is one which has both abhorred and intrigued countless readers. Utilizing the hermeneutical lenses of Narrative and Feminist Criticism, this paper draws attention to overlooked details in the narrative. The story is also contrasted with that of the Levite’s Concubine in Judges 19. The res…[Read more]
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Sonia D. Andras deposited Garçonne, but Make Her Flapper. Using American Femininity Models to Re-Fashion the Romanian ‘Modern Girl’ in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis chapter examines the reception of the American ‘flapper’ model and how it was interpreted and translated into the interwar Romanian fashion and beauty discourse, into the 1920s model termed as the ‘modern girl’, as opposed to the ‘new woman’ of the 1930s. It follows the evolution of 1920s styles, including Jazz and Hollywood cultures, J…[Read more]
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Sonia D. Andras deposited Creative Negotiations. Romania – America 1920-1940 in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThroughout the interwar period, America’s interest in Romania grew and encompassed not only political, diplomatic, and historical aspects but also financial, cultural, and educational contributions. Thus, the Romanian- American ties throughout the interwar period suggest innate complexity and dynamism. This volume presents novel techniques and i…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited social perception-social consciousness: J Bargh: “ingrained, implicit knowledge about appropriate values and behavior” = automated social perception + Historical w/ community in Christianity & Judaism, Celtic Anum Cara, Filipino kapwa-loob, Dharma, in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoIn each of these [identities-roles] there is stored implicit and ingrained knowledge about appropriate values and behaviors, likes and dislikes, ways of being.
A. Three main forms of automatic self-regulation are identified: an automatic effect of perception on action, the automatic pursuit of a goal and a continuous automatic evaluation of one’s…[Read more] -
Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited The Persian Whitman: Beyond a Literary Reception (translated into Persian by Mostafa Hosseini) in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoویتمن ایرانی: فراتر از پذیرش ادبی ــ که به پذیرش والت ویتمن، شاعر نامدار آمریکایی، در یک دورۀ تقریباً صد ساله در ایران معاصر میپردازد ــ دارای نُه فصل، مقدمه، مؤخره و ضمیمه است. کتابِ حاضر تحقیقی بینارشتهای است: از سویی ادبیات تطبیقی (پذیرش ادبی، تأثیرپژوهی و تصویرشناسی) و نقد ادبی (تاریخگرایی نو)، و از سوی دیگر مطالعات ترجمه (ترجمه و ای…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Edgar Cayce “Sleeping Prophet” 1877 – 1945 – Famous Documented Psychic – Spiritual Healer – Thinker “The spirit is life. The mind is the builder. The physical is the result.” – “Spirituality is a natural human predisposition. K Adams & Brendan Hyde & in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThe Dietrich Child Perhaps the most incredible case Edgar Cayce ever encountered was the case of the Dietrich child. In fact, because newspapers did publish the remarkable story of the Dietrich child, Edgar Cayce immediately became a sensation. In 1902, Cayce had just begun to gain a reputation as a healer. Aimee Dietrich was a six-year-old child…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Edgar Cayce “Sleeping Prophet” 1877 – 1945 – Famous Documented Psychic – Spiritual Healer – Thinker “The spirit is life. The mind is the builder. The physical is the result.” – “Spirituality is a natural human predisposition. K Adams & Brendan Hyde & in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThe Dietrich Child Perhaps the most incredible case Edgar Cayce ever encountered was the case of the Dietrich child. In fact, because newspapers did publish the remarkable story of the Dietrich child, Edgar Cayce immediately became a sensation. In 1902, Cayce had just begun to gain a reputation as a healer. Aimee Dietrich was a six-year-old child…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Batalla del embalse de Chosin: El patriotismo como refutación de la máxima de la ideología materialista “No hay psicología de grupos”, Psicología Social Allport 1927 y la conciencia social histórica: Dharma (hindú), confucianismo, valores filipinos kapwa- in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years ago¿Por qué es importante la conciencia social? Recientemente, desde aproximadamente el año 2000, han surgido una serie de comportamientos antisociales importantes.
1. Ha habido 396 tiroteos en escuelas en Estados Unidos.
2. CDC: Las tasas de suicidio aumentaron aproximadamente un 36 % entre 2000 y 2021.
3. Máximo histórico de tiroteos masi…[Read more] -
Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited The Translatability of Love: The Romance Genre and the Prismatic Reception of Jane Eyre in Twentieth-Century Iran in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis chapter examines how twentieth century Iranian readers situated Jane Eyre within the classical genre of romance literature (adabiyāt-i ʿāshiqāna), originating from the tradition of love narratives in verse (ʿishq-nāma) pioneered by the twelfth century Persian poet Nizami Ganjevi. While romance is only one among several of the original Jane…[Read more]
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