Browsing by Subject "Christianity"
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HYPHENATED AMERICANS: CHRISTIAN ARAB-AMERICANS’ IDENTITY STRUGGLE
(2018-08-07)The topic of this thesis is the understudied minority of Christian Arab-Americans (CAAs), and this research addresses the issues CAAs face in the United States with special attention to the factors that influence their ... -
I Kissed Shaming Goodbye: Mental Health Implications of Christian Purity Culture
(2022-05-17)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 5/9/2024** ABSTRACT: This study investigates the impact of Christian “purity culture,” a particular variety of shame and guilt-based approach to sexual development, on ... -
STRONGER THAN FICTION: LITERARY AND CULTURAL MERIT OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN CHRISTIAN FICTION
(2020-12-08)My primary goals with this dissertation are to take a close look at how contemporary African American Christian fiction performs important literary and cultural functions and explore how these works reinforce or subvert ... -
THE BLACK CHURCH AND GUNS: ASSESSING THE LINKS BETWEEN RELIGION AND RACE IN THE UNITED STATES
(2021-08-06)This study examines differences in the likelihood of gun ownership among Blacks and Whites across various religious affiliations. It focuses on historically Black Christian traditions that often go unaccounted for in the ... -
“THE GOD OF THE AGE”: RELIGION AND SERVITUDE IN THE WORKS OF AUGUSTA JANE EVANS
(2016-05-16)Despite her widespread popularity in the mid-nineteenth century, Augusta Jane Evans and her novels went largely unnoticed for most of the twentieth century. It was not until Nina Baym included a chapter on Evans in her ...