Browsing Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society by Title
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Papal letters in the early Middle Ages
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 4, 2002. ) -
Paradigms of Sport: Indian-Catholic Reflections
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 20, pg. 71-93, 2019. )Catholic reflections on sport in India need to proceed in a comparatively interreligious way with Hinduism, which is the major and most diffused religion in India. In this dialogical approach, which is very much in keeping ... -
The parish nurse: a critical component in local congregational health care ministries
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 7, pg. 235-261, 2011. ) -
Part of the plan? faith in and through solid organ and blood-forming stem cell transplantation
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 7, pg. 216-234, 2011. ) -
The particulars of rapture: reflections on Exodus
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 3, 2001. ) -
The Passion is gone: American religious consequences
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 7, 2005. ) -
Passion-ate moments in the Jesus film genre
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 1, 2004. ) -
Paul and asceticism in 1 Corinthians 9:27a
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 10, 2008. )Amidst the resurgence of interest in Paul and asceticism relatively little focus has been put upon one Pauline text with seemingly obvious ascetic potential: “I beat my body” (1 Corinthians 9:27a). After a brief ... -
People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Their Families: An Ethical Framework and Recommendations for Health Care Practices and Policies. Consensus Statement of the 6th International Colloquium of the International Association of Catholic Bioethicists (IACB)
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 12, pg. 122-149, 2015. )JRS Editor’s Note: The consensus statement has been reprinted here verbatim, without modification to fit the journal’s style. The consensus statement is published concurrently in the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. -
Performing Secularity: Toward the Construction of a Concept
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 17, pg. 54-69, 2018. )This essay argues that a critical synthesis of Charles Taylor, Talal Asad, and Jeffrey Alexander can be used to construct a concept of “secular performances.” Via Taylor it is argued that performing secularity means ... -
"The Pernicious Effects of Novel Reading": The Methodist Episcopal campaign against American fiction, 1865-1914
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 9, 2007. )From 1865-1920, Methodists took aim at the “danger” of fiction in American society, believing it to be at the root of social problems affecting American society like urban crime, rising divorce rates, mental ... -
Persephone and Susanna in the garden: patriarchal seductions of nature and virtue
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 5, pg. 62-75, 2009. ) -
The persistence of Grasmere: contemporary Catholic environmental theology and the romantic impulse
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 3, pg. 96-108, 2008. ) -
Persons First, Athletes Second: If Aquinas Came to the English Premier League
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 20, pg. 94-105, 2019. )This essay draws on the author’s applied experience of delivering sport psychology support to professional soccer players in the English Premier League (EPL). The work of a sports psychologist at senior levels is focused ... -
Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Philosophical Reflections on Normalcy, Disability, and the Imago Dei
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 12, pg. 13-38, 2015. )Most theologians today forcefully reject the idea that a person with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) could be God’s creative error, a person who should have been healthy or else never been born. On the ... -
Philosophical Obstacles to Shared Responsibility for Climate Change
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 9, pg. 56-72, 2013. ) -
Pius XII and the Holocaust: understanding the controversy
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 4, 2002. ) -
The Political Economy of Peasant Poverty: What the Eighth-Century Prophets Presumed but Did Not State
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 10, pg. 34-60, 2014. ) -
The Political Implications of Religious Non-Affiliation in Emerging Adulthood
( Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 17, pg. 149-166, 2018. )Religious non-affiliation has increased considerably in the U.S. over the last few decades. The contemporary generation of emerging adults is the first to have a sizable proportion raised with no religious affiliation. ... -
The political significance of the papacy, historically and in the present period
( Journal of Religion & Society. vol. 7, 2005. )This paper is at once a<em>defense</em>of the papacy, an<em>analysis</em>of the political dynamics that have made it so difficult for the papacy to fulfill its vocation, and a<em>program</em>for the long-term future of the ...