Religious Studies

In its Honors Program the Religious Studies program awards Honors, High Honors, or Highest Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

• Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
  Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2011-12

• Catherine Leigh Robey, "Madness, Reason, and Truth: An Examination of Two Philosophical Debates" (Honors) 
  Jacob Goodson +Christopher Adkins, Ravi Gupta, Michael Luchs 

2009-10

• Jessica Carole Lowe, "Sacramental Exclusivity: Exploring the Bohemian Reformation and the comtemporary Episcopal Church through Thomas Luckmann's The Invisible Religion" (High Honors)
  Michael Daise + Maureen Fitzgerald, Kathleen Jenkins
• Jeremy Ronald McMahan, "From a Land in the West: An Examination of the Possibility of Persian Influence on the Tibetan Bon Religion" (Honors)
  Kevin Vose + Chrystie Swiney, Melissa Kerin

2008-09

• Virginia Irby, " 'For Yours is the Kingdom of God': A historical analysis of liberation theology in the last two decades and its significance within the Christian tradition" (High Honors)
  John Morreall + Julie Galambush, Tracy Arwari
  

2007-08

• Corinna Hann, "'Get back to where you once belonged': The Beatles, Post-Colonialism, and Religion" (High Honors)
  Maureen Fitzgerald + Kevin Vose, Tom Payne
• David Michael McClendon, "Plugging into Worship: How Contemporary Christian Music Is Impacting Church Musicians" (Highest Honors)
  Maureen Fitzgerald + Michael Daise, Kathleen Jenkins
• Natasha LeeAnn Mikles, "I'm Not a Monk, but I'm a Bodhisattva: Green Gulch Farm and the Explosion of Zen Buddhism in America" (High Honors)
  Kevin Vose + John Morreall, Kathleen Jenkins
• Coury Ann Shadyac, "Jihad: A Contemporary Perspective with Historical Foundations" (Honors)
  Tamara Sonn + John Morreall, Abdul-Karim Rafeq
• Katherine Davila Willson, "Breaking the Silence: South African Muslim Reponses to HIV/AIDS and a Theology of Compassion" (Highest Honors)
  Tamara Sonn + John Morreall, Jonathan Glasser, Brad Weiss

2006-07

• Nadim Yousef Bawalsa, "Palestinian Christians: Emigration, the Occupation, and Political Islam" (Highest Honors)
  Tamara Sonn + Michael Daise, Abdul-Karim Rafeq
• Kerry Leigh Casey, "Typology in the Letter to the Hebrews and Melito of Sardis' On Pascha" (Highest Honors)
  Michael Daise + Tamara Sonn, Naama Zahava-Ely
• Joanna Kate Greer, "'For Christ's Sake': The Re-Invention of Paul's Fool in Thirteenth-Century Latin Christianity" (Highest Honors)
  Alison Beach + John Morreal, Jennifer Taylor
• Christopher John Heaney, "What to Make of a Fair: The Minjar Mela of Chamba, India" (High Honors)
  Kevin Vose + Suzanne Bessinger, Chitrakehka Zutshi

2005-06

• Megan Vail, "Music of the Gods: The Intersection of Music and Religion in the Indian Tradition" (Honors)
  Richard Mann + Kevin Vose, Anne Rasmussen

2004-05

• Patrick Comstock
  Hans Tiefel + John Morreall, Alan Fuchs
• Megan Castellan
  Tamara Sonn + Marc Raphael, Abdul-Karim Rafeq
• Christopher Gegenheimer
  John Morreall + Alison Beach, Brad Weiss
• Katherine Ketcham
  Tamara Sonn + Marc Raphael, Christy Warren
• Justin McIntosh
  Marc Raphael + John Morreall, Ron Schechter
• David Smith
  Maureen Fitzgerald + Marc Raphael, Charles McGovern