Perseus is an evolving digital library, engineering interactions through time, space, and …
Perseus is an evolving digital library, engineering interactions through time, space, and language. Our primary goal is to bring a wide range of source materials to as large an audience as possible. We anticipate that greater accessibility to the sources for the study of the humanities will strengthen the quality of questions, lead to new avenues of research, and connect more people through the connection of ideas.
Ep 1: How Do We Talk About Islam? Ep 2: Advice to …
Ep 1: How Do We Talk About Islam? Ep 2: Advice to Young Journalists Ep 3: Muhammad and the Qur'an Ep 4: Islamic Law Ep 5: Friends and Lovers of God Ep 6: Difficult Scripture: Gender in the Qur'an Ep 7: Violence Here and Abroad Ep 8: Terrorism and the Media This series aims to provide information about Islam from a scholarly perceptive as well as present the perspectives and voices of Muslims from Elon’s own community. The goals of this series are1) to increase public knowledge about issues relating to Islam; and 2) to encourage people to think more deeply about issues common to all religious traditions and societies. Ariela is a 2022 CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellow Alum who traveled to Senegal, Morocco, and Mauritania on her fellowship.
Short Description: Why and how can followers of Jesus Christ share His …
Short Description: Why and how can followers of Jesus Christ share His message of love, grace and forgiveness with others in our increasingly digital world? in "Pocket Share Jesus: Be a Digital Witness for Christ," Wesley Fryer offers both reasons and eight different ways Christians should and can be "digital witnesses" for Jesus.
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This graduate reading seminar explores the role of religious groups, institutions, and …
This graduate reading seminar explores the role of religious groups, institutions, and ideas in politics using social science theories. It is open to advanced undergraduate students with permission of the instructor.
This course is an introduction to the problems of philosophy—in particular, to …
This course is an introduction to the problems of philosophy—in particular, to problems in ethics, metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and philosophy of logic, language, and science. It takes a systematic rather than historical approach. Readings come from classical and contemporary sources, but emphasis is on examination and evaluation of proposed solutions to the problems.
This course is an introduction to the problems of philosophy—in particular, to …
This course is an introduction to the problems of philosophy—in particular, to problems in ethics, metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and philosophy of logic, language, and science. It takes a systematic rather than historical approach. Readings come from classical and contemporary sources, but emphasis is on examination and evaluation of proposed solutions to the problems.
In order to truly understand the proper meaning of the text, you …
In order to truly understand the proper meaning of the text, you must keep in mind that the Bible isn't about you. It is about Jesus. Pray that God will open your eyes and your heart so that you may understand what His holy word says and how to properly understand it.
Dr. Christopher Pramuk, Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University, discusses cultural …
Dr. Christopher Pramuk, Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University, discusses cultural acceptance and understanding and Ignatian spirituality through the music of Stevie Wonder. This video was inspired by Dr. Pramuk’s research and reflections on race and spirituality found in Hope Sings, So Beautiful. For more information, go to the link below:
Ragnarok! It's the end of the world, Norse style. It's got everything …
Ragnarok! It's the end of the world, Norse style. It's got everything you want in an apocalypse. Earthquakes, destruction, armies of the dead, a giant evil wolf, giants with flaming swords, and a kind of happy ending. It's got it all. But is it really Norse? It wasn't written down until after Christianity had arrived in Europe. So how much influence is there?
The next entry in our parade of heroes is Rama, the protagonist …
The next entry in our parade of heroes is Rama, the protagonist of the Ramayana, one of India’s oldest stories. We’re going to be talking about Rama’s importance to Hindu culture, and how Rama fits into Campbell’s idea of the Hero’s Journey. Although, Rama may not even be the hero.
The sighting of a new moon determines the beginning of the Islamic …
The sighting of a new moon determines the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. In this video from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, follow the process of sighting a new moon for American Muslims.
In this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, an American Muslim …
In this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, an American Muslim family observes Ramadan, the month in which Muslims fast daily from sunrise to sunset in order to demonstrate piety and develop self-restraint.
Creation myths are an essential part of all religions. Learning what they are …
Creation myths are an essential part of all religions. Learning what they are and how they function to provide fundamental values structured in creation is a necessary skill for understanding a religion and religion in general. The assignment is meant to demonstrate some of the challenges we face as we interpret a religious document. As the openning chapter of the Bible, Genesis 1 is a well known creation myth. Knowing what is actually in the myth is the first step towards identifying what is specifically important in the world it creates.
Creation myths are an essential part of all religions. Learning what they are …
Creation myths are an essential part of all religions. Learning what they are and how they function to provide fundamental values structured in creation is a necessary skill for understanding a religion and religion in general. The assignment is meant to demonstrate some of the challenges we face as we interpret a religious document. As the openning chapter of the Bible, Genesis 1 is a well known creation myth. Knowing what is actually in the myth is the first step towards identifying what is specifically important in the world it creates.
Short Description: This book argues that the best way to understand the …
Short Description: This book argues that the best way to understand the stories of the Old and New Testaments is to consider them as human stories with sophisticated narrative techniques at play. God is a character in these stories from the beginning, and considering god as a character in a narrative proves fruitful in responding to the human voices of these stories.
Long Description: This book argues that the best way to understand the stories of the Old and New Testaments is to consider them as human stories with sophisticated narrative techniques at play. God is a character in these stories from the beginning, and considering god as a character in a narrative proves fruitful in responding to the human voices of these stories.
Although many readers go to the Bible to find the revealed word of Yahweh or of the Christian God, what they find there is always an interpretation of the text through the filters of a religious dogma which exists prior to the reading of the text. Reading the Bible suggests another way of reading the texts, a way of reading which concentrates not on “what does it mean?” but on “what does it say?” and “what do I see there?” The result is a fresh approach to the reading of these biblical texts, an approach which celebrates human storytelling while investigating myth, language, and the act of reading a text.
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ISBN: 0-595-31874-6
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Short Description: The Bible is one of the most published books in …
Short Description: The Bible is one of the most published books in human history. It is also one of the most misquoted, misunderstood and misused books in human history. This happens because people are not always aware that the Bible is not a book, it is a collection of diverse writings. The Bible might even be called an anthology, and it will include everything from poetry to genealogy, pithy sayings to architectural mandates, mythology to letters. Knowing what one is reading helps one understand the ideas in the writings. We read letters in the context of who wrote them and who received them. We read sermons understanding the speaker's perspective may differ from the listener's perspective. So this text is an attempt to give historic, literary, geographical and cultural context to a complex and often poorly understood set of materials. This is very much an ebook, and needs to be used in that format. Pdfs and other printed versions will lose a great deal of the content.
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Included H5P activities: 8
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