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Jerusalem in the Crusades: "Crescent and Cross," Kingdom of heaven, and the fall of the city in 1099 and 1187
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 2, pg. 4-13, 2007. ) -
Jesuit values and alternative dispute resolution: parallels and challenges to alternative dispute resolution scholarship and education
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 13, 2011. )Jesuit spiritual principles and practices offer both a challenge and an endorsement of essential principles of Peacebuilding and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). This article examines the parallels between Jesuit ... -
Jesus for Jews: the unique problem of messianic Judaism
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 14, 2012. )Messianic Judaism is a movement of people who identify as Jews and self-consciously embrace - although to degrees that can differ quite widely - Jewish culture and religious tradition, while at the same time maintaining a ... -
Jesus in Beijing: how Christianity is transforming China and changing the global balance of power
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Jewish Identity and Religious Commitments in the American Midwest: Results of a Limited Study on Interfaith Upbringing
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 16, pg. 202-228, 2018. )Previous research on continued religiosity in children of Jewish-Christian parents has provided mixed results. Most research indicates decreased religiosity, while recent research suggests a reverse of that trend among ... -
Jewish-Muslim Relations, Globalization, and the Judeo-Islamic Legacy
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 17, 2015. )Since World War II, Jewish-Muslim relations have almost entirely been mired in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. One of the results of this heavy politicization has been the curtailment of any serious or fruitful dialogue ... -
Jihad and terrorism: an alternative explanation
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 10, 2008. )Jihad (Islamic holy war) is a fundamental foreign policy concept in Islam. Following the 9/11 incident, a considerable number of scholarly works in the West have squarely equated jihad with terrorism. In recent Islamic ... -
John A. Ryan and the American Eugenics Society: A Model for Christian Engagement in the Age of “Consumer Eugenics”
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 22, 2020. )As global markets generate new genetic services that threaten traditional conceptions of the human person, theologians and religious ethicists are tasked to address what has been called “consumer eugenics,” a value-shaping, ... -
Just Immigration and the Social Gospel
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 21, 2020. )This essay reconsiders the nation’s current immigration problems by examining how social gospel leaders faced the country’s first immigration laws based on the standards they devised and asks who, if any, exemplified the ... -
Justice-Abuse in the Catholic Church
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 21, 2020. )We believe that the continuing emphasis on the sexual-abuse of minors in the Catholic Church, correct though it may be, helps to cover up the justice-abuse of both minors and adults, which is enabled by the exaggerated ... -
Justification and Justice: Reading Paul with the Economically Vanquished
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 10, pg. 132-46, 2014. ) -
Keeping Custody of the Eyes: Dangers of the Gaze in Augustine’s Consideration of Visual Images
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 15, pg. 128-137, 2018. )Augustine’s concern about the influence of witnessing brutal spectacles upon the human soul is expressed when he recounts his friend Alypius’s addiction to the arena in Confessions, Book 6. He elaborates this concern in ... -
Kephale, coverings, and cosmology: the impenetrable "logic" of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 5, pg. 21-44, 2009. ) -
A kinder, gentler teaching of contempt? Jews and Judaism in contemporary Protestant Evangelical children's fiction
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 7, 2005. )This article analyzes contemporary American evangelical children’s fiction with respect to the portrayal of Jews and Judaism. Some of the themes that appear in these novels for children include Jewish religiosity, ... -
Konfessionsbilder: The Process of Enforcing Confessional Identity in Early Modern Lutheran Territories
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 13, pg. 124-141, 2016. )In the seventeenth century, Lutheran ecclesiastical authorities commissioned Konfessionsbilder (images depicting the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, 1530 and illustrations of Lutheran ecclesiastical life). These ... -
Latino Attitudes Toward Abortion and Marriage Equality: Examining the Influence of Religiosity, Acculturation, and Non-Response
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 16, 2014. )Extant literature on Latinos' policy preferences suggests heightened acculturation is associated with more liberal moral policy preferences, while heightened religiosity is associated with more conservative moral policy ... -
“The Leprosy of Lynch Law”: A Jesuit Exchange in La Civiltà Cattolica
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 21, 2020. )In 1891-1892, the Roman Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica published three texts addressing the morality of lynching in the United States – an exchange prompted by the lynching of eleven Italians/Italian Americans in New ... -
The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement in Britain: mobilization and opposition
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 4, 2002. )One of the most contentious issues among Christian denominations today is focused upon the rights of gays within the church. Historically, Christianity has been opposed to lesbian and gay orientation in both the church and ... -
Lessons from Srebrenica: the danger of religious nationalism
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 2, pg. 110-116, 2007. ) -
Lessons from the American rabbinic experience: what Muslim clergy need to know!
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 12, 2010. )Immigrant Muslim clergy (imams) coming to America are currently facing many of the same issues, problems, and challenges faced by the immigrant Jewish clergy (rabbis) during the last half of the nineteenth century. This ...