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Compared to other genres of literature, modern-day fantasy is often disregarded as Eurocentric and homogeneous. In this article, I argue such critiques fail to take stock of the influential and progressive role women have played within... more

Compared to other genres of literature, modern-day fantasy is often disregarded as Eurocentric and homogeneous. In this article, I argue such critiques fail to take stock of the influential and progressive role women have played within modern-day fantasy since its creation by J.R.R. Tolkien. This article primarily focuses on modern-day fantasy works from three decades that coincide with a wave of feminism, beginning with Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings in the 1950s and continuing with J.K. Rowling’s early nineties and aughts Harry Potter series as well as Leigh Bardugo’s mid-2010’s duology, Six of Crows. This article discusses the direct correlation between each wave of feminism and the author’s work and examines the active female role, in which the heroine makes her own decisions, relies on herself and overcomes the restrictions placed on her by a male dominated society. Theorist Laura Mulvey’s 1975 essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” in which she recognizes the distincti...

The global push for greater democracy is advancing more quickly in some countries than in others. When one candidate for the presidency of his nation daree to protest his exclusion from a tightly controlled candidate's forum in 1992, he... more

As the nation marked the one-year anniversary of hurricane Katrina, the clean-up work continues. This narrative recounts personal experiences of members of the Sacred Heart University faculty who accompanied a student delegation as they... more

As the nation marked the one-year anniversary of hurricane Katrina, the clean-up work continues. This narrative recounts personal experiences of members of the Sacred Heart University faculty who accompanied a student delegation as they joined the many volunteers in Gulfport, Mississippi. The interdisciplinary group included faculty from Nursing, Psychology, Education, Media Studies, Campus Ministry, and university administration. The goal of the group was to participate in manual labor while providing emotional support for those hardest hit by the storm. The results had a profound effect on each member ofthe team, as each developed a sense of gratitude, a true understanding of the importance of neighbors helping neighbors, and experienced hope.

Book Review by Wayne A. Detzler: Yamamori, Tetsunao. God’s New Envoys. Portland, OR: Multnomah, 1987. ISBN 9780880701884 (pbk.

This essay addresses the ideal of the Catholic mind, its history, its pervasive place in the tradition of Catholic education, its possibilities for development, its philosophical and theological foundations, then outlines the serious... more

This essay addresses the ideal of the Catholic mind, its history, its pervasive place in the tradition of Catholic education, its possibilities for development, its philosophical and theological foundations, then outlines the serious intellectual difficulties brought against the viability of this ideal today. Finally, the essay assesses the prospects of this ideal passing in our time through another moment of continuity through transformation. This essay was presented as the Bishop Curtis Lecture at Sacred Heart University on April 27, 1989.

Many intellectuals are angry and saddened by the simplistic and self-righteous moral absolutes expressed by the Bush administration; the shameless use of the events of September 11, 2001, to justify an assault on civil liberties; the... more

Many intellectuals are angry and saddened by the simplistic and self-righteous moral absolutes expressed by the Bush administration; the shameless use of the events of September 11, 2001, to justify an assault on civil liberties; the unprecedented buildup of the American ...

Lloyd Steffen is University Chaplain and Professor of Religion Studies at Lehigh University. This talk was delivered at Sacred Heart University on March 15, 1999, as the annual Bishop Walter W. Curtis Lecture.

Renee Hobbs is Associate Professor of Communication at Babson College and Director of the Media Literacy Project. This essay is a revised version of a talk delivered at the Fifth Annual Media Studies Symposium at Sacred Heart University... more

Renee Hobbs is Associate Professor of Communication at Babson College and Director of the Media Literacy Project. This essay is a revised version of a talk delivered at the Fifth Annual Media Studies Symposium at Sacred Heart University on November 8, 1998.

Jews and Christians are both witnesses to the reality of God and his moral law on earth. That is why if Hitler had succeeded in destroying the Jewish people, he would have begun destroying the Church next. The Nazis ultimately wanted to... more

Jews and Christians are both witnesses to the reality of God and his moral law on earth. That is why if Hitler had succeeded in destroying the Jewish people, he would have begun destroying the Church next. The Nazis ultimately wanted to tear up the taproot of the Christian faith and to replace it with a faith of their own invention. It was the profound tragedy of the Shoah that convinced the Church to reevaluate its teachings and relationship with the Jewish people. Out of this horror came the seeds of Jewish-Christian healing and the beginning a new era of fraternity—and we are only at the beginning of this reconciliation. This healing between the Church and the Jewish people is no small measure of meaning in the midst of the unspeakable devastation and desecration. Perhaps it points the way to a new era of faith for all of us and renewed commitment to sanctify life, to heal the world, and to protect God’s moral values for all of his children. Rabbi Eugene Korn is Executive Directo...

Jews and Christians are both witnesses to the reality of God and his moral law on earth. That is why if Hitler had succeeded in destroying the Jewish people, he would have begun destroying the Church next. The Nazis ultimately wanted to... more

Jews and Christians are both witnesses to the reality of God and his moral law on earth. That is why if Hitler had succeeded in destroying the Jewish people, he would have begun destroying the Church next. The Nazis ultimately wanted to tear up the taproot of the Christian faith and to replace it with a faith of their own invention. It was the profound tragedy of the Shoah that convinced the Church to reevaluate its teachings and relationship with the Jewish people. Out of this horror came the seeds of Jewish-Christian healing and the beginning a new era of fraternity—and we are only at the beginning of this reconciliation. This healing between the Church and the Jewish people is no small measure of meaning in the midst of the unspeakable devastation and desecration. Perhaps it points the way to a new era of faith for all of us and renewed commitment to sanctify life, to heal the world, and to protect God’s moral values for all of his children. Rabbi Eugene Korn is Executive Directo...

Mary C. Boys is the Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary, New York City. This talk was presented at Sacred Heart University on April 29, 1999, as the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding... more

Mary C. Boys is the Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary, New York City. This talk was presented at Sacred Heart University on April 29, 1999, as the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding Annual Lecture.

Toni Morrison's novel Jazz wrestles with the problem of romantic love and desire. Using the framework of a violent, adulterous love affair, Jazz dramatizes the displacement of the female self in romantic love. Morrison's story... more

Toni Morrison's novel Jazz wrestles with the problem of romantic love and desire. Using the framework of a violent, adulterous love affair, Jazz dramatizes the displacement of the female self in romantic love. Morrison's story shows that while romantic love is a desire for mutual recognition and must allow for sameness and difference to coexist simultaneously, in a social system

Review of "House with a Hundred Gates" by April Oursler Armstrong (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965). The daughter of Charles Fulton Oursler and Grace Perkins wrote, "I was born on October 15, 1926 . . .," wrote April Oursler Armstrong. "I... more

Review of "House with a Hundred Gates" by April Oursler Armstrong (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965). The daughter of Charles Fulton Oursler and Grace Perkins wrote, "I was born on October 15, 1926 . . .," wrote April Oursler Armstrong. "I was born again, March 22, 1948, to grace, in the Catholic Church." The book is her autobiography, telling of her parents, her own career, her marriage, and her pathways to the Catholic Church.