Schedule of final oral presentations for the Spring 2012 PHRE Senior Seminar

All presentations are scheduled for 30-minute time slots and will take place in Violette 1146.

Tuesday, April 10:

5:00:        Adam Keeton
The superhero myth of American culture and its influence on the image of Jesus
Dereck Daschke, faculty reader
Jennifer Jesse, faculty respondent

5:30:        Elmer Stunkel:
The role of reason / logic in Horkheimer and Adorno
Natalie Alexander, faculty reader
Torbjörn Wandel, faculty respondent

6:00        Harini DeSilva
The portrayal of Islam in Bollywood cinema, post September 11
Mark Appold, faculty reader
Mustafa Sawani and Chad Mohler, faculty respondents

Thursday, April 12:

4:30:        Vince Ballard
Urban II’s motivations for launching the first crusade
Patricia Burton, faculty reader
Sally West, faculty respondent

5:00:        Brad LaPlante
Urban II and Christian Just War Theory
Patricia Burton, faculty reader
Sally West, faculty respondent

5:30:        Cyle Tomusiak:
Comparison of the sublime in Kant and the Other in Derrida
Natalie Alexander, faculty reader
Brent Orton, faculty respondent

Saturday, April 14:

9:30:        Adam Tenhouse
Axis Mundi of displaced cultures
Mike Ashcraft, faculty reader
Natalie Alexander, faculty respondent

10:00:    Alissa Walkner
Studying the mystical practices and life of Ramakrishna
Lloyd Pflueger, faculty reader
Dereck Daschke, faculty respondent

Tuesday, April 17:

3:30:        Alex Senger
Theoretical approaches used by Thomas Tweed in his book Crossing & Dwelling
Mike Ashcraft, faculty reader
Neal Delmonico, faculty respondent

4:00:        Christine Hartford
The Komeito Party and the separation 
of church and state in Japan
Ding-hwa Hsieh, faculty reader
Lloyd Pflueger, faculty respondent

4:30:        Daniel Gilmore
Nietzsche’s influence on Strauss
David Murphy, faculty reader
Paul Parker, faculty respondent

5:00:        Zach Vicars
Christian understandings of the shepherding metaphor in the 1st and 21st centuries
Mark Appold, faculty reader
Jennifer Jesse, faculty respondent

5:30:        Rachel Cook
Relationship between jihad and the five pillars of Islam
Mark Appold, faculty reader
Ding-hwa Hsieh, faculty respondent

Thursday, April 19:

4:30:        Nathan Hardy
St. Mark & Coptic Christianity’s beginnings
Mark Appold, faculty reader
David Murphy, faculty respondent

5:00:        Jenna Homeyer:
Religious themes in rap music
Mike Ashcraft, faculty reader
Bob Mielke, faculty respondent

5:30:        Chelsea Beary:
African-American women, their religious role, 
and health concerns
Mike Ashcraft, faculty reader
Linda Seidel, faculty respondent