Denison Journal of Religion

The Denison Journal of Religion is published annually by the Department of Religion. A goal of the journal is to have Denison students speaking to their Denison colleagues about issues of religion. All articles are written by Denison students, and we encourage students from any department to submit appropriate work to it. The content is academic discourse which promotes and encourages community dialogue, so that the journal can be a medium for intellectual reflection on religion for the entire Denison community. Appropriate topics of submission include but are not limited to the secular critique of religion, inter-religious dialogue, the interpretation of sacred texts, the interaction of religion and society, the validation of ethical discernment, and issues of race, gender, and class.

+ Volume 10 (2011)

Contributors:
  • Kimberly Anne Humphrey, “Gustavo Gutiérrez’s Liberation Theology: Traditional Catholicism from the Perspective of the Afflicted Poor.”
  • Eleanor Swensson, “Abraham: First Patriarch, First Prophet: Genesis 12-23 as Motive and Model for the Hebrew Prophetic Voice”
  • Olivia Cox, “Harnessing Shakti: The Social Implications of Vedic and Classical Hindu Interpretations of Female Power.”
  • Olivia DePreter, “Women of Genesis: Mothers of Power.”
  • Bror Welander, “Modernity—Man’s Precarious Reality.”

+ Volume 9 (2010)

Contributors:
  • Caiti Schroering, “Joanna Macy, Buddhism and Power for Social Change.”
  • Whitney Carpenter, “Laughter in a Time of Tragedy: Examining Humor during the Holocaust.”
  • Jacquelyn Fishburne, “The Empirical Impulse: Empire and Religion as Bane and Blessing for Art.”
  • Amanda Conley, “Walter Rauschenbusch and the Social Gospel.”
  • Eleanor Swensson, “The Problem of Death and Dying in Contemporary America: A Thanatological Diagnosis and the Case for Religion.”

+ Volume 8 (2008)

Contributors:
  • Emily Toler, “’You Shall Worship God on This Mountain’: A Theological Reading of Discrimination & Dehumanization at Denison.”
  • Megan Pike, “Saving God’s Body from Empire: An Analysis of American Empire according to a Metaphorical Theology by Sallie McFague.”
  • Katie St. Clair, “Cardinal Bernardin: A Framework for Consistency.”
  • Rebecca Grimm, “Re-Imaging Modern Jewish Theology: A Closer Look at Post-Holocaust Theology.”
  • Emily Toler, “A Recuperative Theology of the Body: Nakedness in Genesis 3 and 9.20-27.”
  • Michelle Kailey, “Redeeming the Atonement: Girardian Theory.”

+ Volume 7 (2007)

Contributors:
  • Laura Perrings, "The Tower of Babel"
  • Stephanie Dixon, "The Tower of Babel: The Dispersion of God's People"
  • Tracy Riggle, "Desmond Tutu: A Theological Model for Justice in the Context of Apartheid"
  • Patrick Hamilton, "Changes in Sufism in the American Context"
  • Laura Perrings, "Literature, Christianity, and Empire"
  • Emily Toler, "What Does Scripture Say about Homosexuality?: Ethical Questions for Christian Communities"

+ Volume 6 (2006)

Contributors:

  • Josh Clark, "Ritual and Religious Tradition: A Comparative Essay on the use of Ritual in Christian, Jewish and Hindu Practice"
  • Gitanjali Bakshi, "Coming to terms with Death: Theodicy in Hindu myth and Biblical narrative"
  • Leigh Rogers, "When Politics Dominates Religion: A Theological Critique of Televangelist Rod Parsley"
  • Cora Walsh, "AIDS and Empire: Setting the Conditions of a Pandemic"
  • Lauren Clark, "A President's Jeremiad of Terror (Excerpts from Honors Thesis, The Rhetoric of the War on Terror: George W. Bush's Transformation of the Jeremiad)"
  • Megan Henricks, "Jean-Paul Sartre: The Bad Faith of Empire"
+ Volume 5 (2005)

Contributors:
  • Rachel Wise, "Reclaiming Religious Symbols in a Secular World: Ritual and Uniting the Faith Community Within the Prophetic Tradition"
  • Annette Thornburg, "Narrative's Revelatory Power: toward an Understanding of Narrative Theology"
  • Building a Relationship with the Earth: Humans and Ecology in Genesis 1-3"
  • Gretchen Roeck, "The Problem of Being at Ease in Zion"
  • Aaron Bestic, "The Passion of the Christ as The Passion of the Condemnation"
  • Amanda Vajskop, "Finding Patterns in the Chaos: Woman as Chaos Agent in Creation Myths"
  • Emily Teitelbaum, "Letting Ghandhi In"
  • Josh Clark, "Letting Ghandhi In"

+ Volume 4 (2004)

Contributors:
  • John Bartholomew, "Sowing with Faith: Immanence and Eternality in the Liberation of Nature"
  • Lauren Caryer, "Primordial Symbolism: A Case Study"
  • Chris Byrnes, "Resurrection in the People" Catholic Identity and Archbishop Romero"
  • Al Klingner, "Tower of Babel"
  • Meghan Henning, "Son of My...?"
  • Sarah Pyle, "Claiming a Space of Empowerment: Exploring Hispanic Feminist Theology and the Struggle towards Justice and Liberation."
  • Emily Teitelbaum, "Pluralism and the New Religious America"

+ Volume 3 (2003)

Contributors:
  • Dan Rohrer, "Beyond Pacifism: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Theology During War"
  • Sarah Pyle, "Sisters in Sorrow and Durga's Incarnations: The Double-Edged Sword of Shakti
  • Meghan Henning, "Who's That Lady?"
  • Erin Walker, "Good Sex and How to Get It"
  • Lindsey Marie Ross, "Genesis 9:20-21: Noah's Legacy of the Vine"

+ Volume 2 (2002)

Contributors:

  • Emily Peecook, "Hagar: An African American Lens"
  • Daniel Rohrer, "Reinhold Niebuhr and the War on Terrorism"
  • Michael DeCesare, "The Nature of Sex: Sacred or Profane?"
  • Stephanie Hinkle, "Organized Women and Afghanistan: The Key to a Universal Understanding of Human Rights"
  • Matthew Lehrer, "What Does the Bible Say about Homosexuality?: An Exercise in Biblical Hermeneutics
+ Volume 1 (2001)

Contributors:
  • Matthew Eanet, "Abraham Joshua Heschel and Theology after the Holocaust"
  • Ryan Zamberlan, "The Strong Survive: A Series of Ten Prints"
  • Kelly Riggle, "Freedom, Knowledge and Relationship in the Genesis Story of Temptation"
  • Mary Ann Davis, "'New Elemental Force'": The Necessity of an Engaged Poetry"
  • James Boyd, "Sexuality: Confronting a Religious Taboo"
  • Rachel Egan, "The Virgin Mary: A Liberator for Women"

For submission inquiries, electronic copies, and more, please visit the Denison Journal of Religion website.