Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society
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The Journal of Religion & Society is a cross-disciplinary, electronic journal published by the Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society at Creighton University.
The Journal of Religion & Society has been established to promote the cross-disciplinary study of religion and its diverse social dimensions through the publication of research articles, essays and opinions, review articles, and book reviews. The focus of the journal is American religions and Western religious traditions.
The Journal of Religion & Society is a refereed academic journal dedicated to the publication of scholarly research in religion and its diverse social dimensions (ISSN: 1522-5658). All submissions to the journal will be subject to blind peer review. The journal also publishes a Supplement Series (ISSN: 1941-8450) consisting of occasional collections of essays on a particular theme or topic. The journal welcomes proposals for the Supplement Series.
The journal will accept submissions on an ongoing basis, and will publish new material periodically throughout the year. Each volume of the journal will be limited to material published within a given calendar year.
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The journal is open-access and freely allows users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all published material for personal or academic purposes.
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Continuity and Rupture: Pentecostal Practice, Community, and Memory in Pinochet’s Chile
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 19, 2017. )This paper explores the penetration of Pentecostalism’s discursive emphasis on rupture and discontinuity into the everyday lives of believers in authoritarian Chile. I argue that Pentecostal memories of the Pinochet ... -
The Adhan Controversy in Historical Perspective: Interpenetrating Protestant, Secular, and Pluralist Paradigms at Duke University, 1839-2016
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 19, 2017. )This article illustrates how the 2015 adhan controversy exposed tensions between Protestant, pluralist, and secular paradigms at Duke University. It challenges both historical and contemporary models of the relationship ... -
Does Faith Make You Healthy and Happy? The Case of Evangelical Christians in the UK
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 19, 2017. )The science of happiness is a developing field which attempts to measure the health and emotional well-being of populations by reliable social survey techniques. One strand of research suggests that religious practice ... -
Shaming in Judaism: Past, Present, Future
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 19, 2017. )It is sometimes thought that public shaming is a new phenomenon, only emerging with the advent of the Internet and, in particular, with the rapid growth of social media. Yet, from a historical and religious viewpoint public ... -
Revisionist Fiction and Religious Dogma: The Hidden Undercurrents
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 19, 2017. )The reinterpretation of religious ideas and beliefs through literary works has become an established literary genre. While some of these works seek to challenge religious authority on historical grounds, others question ... -
Roman Catholic Teaching and the Death Penalty: Actual Use versus Hypothetical Use
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Abstract Although implicit, the distinction between the actual use of the death penalty and its hypothetical justifiability has played an important role in Roman Catholic ethical thinking on capital punishment. Recent ... -
Religious Liberty and Gender and Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination Legislation: A Critical Analysis of the Catholic Perspective
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Abstract Following the legalization of same-sex marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court, the next major struggle for equality rights for members of the LGBT community is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). The United ... -
Catholic Universities and Social Action in the Context of the Transgressing of Planetary Boundaries
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Abstract This paper will reflect upon Catholic universities’ mission of pursuing the truth and promoting justice in light of the ecological crisis. First, it will examine how the truth of our ecological situation has been ... -
Religion and Politics: Educating for Engagement
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Abstract Daily headlines confirm that when religion and politics interact, the results can be explosive. Most Catholic universities, however, count religious inquiry and political responsibility among their overall learning ... -
“Our Various Hues of Brown”: The Politics of Polyvocality in Ayad Akhtar’s American Dervish
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Abstract This essay examines the politics of polyvocality in Ayad Akhtar’s American Dervish, a novel that shares with many others the aim to showcase the diversity of voices within Islam. While polyvocality is often ... -
Conscientious Objection to Unjust War: From Augustine to John Paul II
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Abstract This paper examines the development of the Catholic tradition on selective conscientious objection (SCO), the right to refuse to participate in a war judged to be unjust, from Augustine through Aquinas, Vitoria, ... -
Monks and Empire: Asceticism and Political Disengagement in Late Antiquity
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Abstract Unlike other modes of Christianity in late antiquity, monks and nuns in the eastern part of the Roman Empire practiced a careful disengagement from imperial politics. While political figures tried to draw monks ... -
Gay Marriage and Religious Freedom: Lessons from Hobbes
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Abstract Wendling argues against a religious exemption from participating in gay marriages guaranteed by the civil body. To do so, she recalls the history of the social contract tradition in its pre-revolutionary form, ... -
Church and State at the End of Nature: An Augustinian Reflection on a Climate Change and Late Modernity
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Abstract This essay places in dialogue St. Augustine and the French philosopher Bruno Latour. Specifically, it makes a typological connection between the failure of the late Roman state in the fourth century and the current ... -
A House Divided: Catholic Libertarian Economics and Catholic Social Thought
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Abstract Analyzing the roots of Catholic libertarian positions on the economy allows one to compare the foundational anthropological assumptions behind different economic perspectives today. Catholics have radically ... -
Faithful Citizenship in the USA and Uganda: A Comparative Analysis of Recent Catholic Pastoral Letters on Politics
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Abstract This article offers a comparative analysis of two 2015 Catholic bishops’ statements on politics: the Ugandan Episcopal Conference’s “Free and Fair Elections” and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ ... -
Care for the Poor and Needy: The Bible’s Contribution to an Economic and Social Safety Net
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Abstract Although some form of economic safety net is generally assumed in current political conversations, debate over the nature and extent of the safety net is perhaps the source of the great divide in American politics ... -
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( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2017. )Keywords: religion, politics, Kripke symposium -
Christian Fundamentalists or Atheists: Who do Progressive Christians Like or Hate More?
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 19, 2017. )This paper examines the propensity of theological, political, and/or denominational progressive Christians to have affinity or disaffinity towards Christian fundamentalist and atheists. Thermometer questions on the American ... -
Does Religiosity Explain Cross-National Differences in Crime? The Case of American Versus Malaysian University Students
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 19, 2017. )Based on self-report data of college students from Malaysia (N = 1,359) and the United States (N = 1,629), crime rates of the two samples are compared. Criminal behavior is much more common in the American sample despite ...
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