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1	Bad Religion: How Ex-Mormon Fiction Reinforces Normative Views of American Religion Blanke, Ilani S 20 December 2012 (has links) This project examines recent fiction by ex-Mormon authors and highlights how these novels reinforce an American ideal of “good religion.” These texts reveal the boundaries of American religious freedom by illustrating examples of “bad religion” and providing favorable alternatives. The paper looks at scholarship on 19th century anti-Mormon literature, which provides a foundation for the more modern literature at hand. Through the recent narratives, authors point to an abstract concept of benign, acceptable religion, marking as harmful that which does not share these key characteristics. While these fictional sects appear differently in each work, they comment on similar themes, such as the threat of rigid authority structures and figures, community isolation and insulation, coercive proselytizing and manipulation, and an emphasis on escaping the sect. These themes highlight the existence of a particular brand of American “good religion,” which is antithetical to such groups illustrated in these texts. Ex-Mormon Religious tolerance American religion Anti-Mormon Anti-Catholic
2	A Study of the Anti-Catholic Bias Contained Within Jacob Burckhardt's The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy Kistner, Michael P. (Michael Patrick) 05 1900 (has links) This work examines the anti-Catholic bias of Jacob Burckhardt as he employed it in the Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. A biographical chapter examines his early education in the Lutheran seminary and the influence of his educators at the University of Berlin. The Civilization is examined in three critical areas: Burckhardt's treatment of the popes in his chapter "The State as a Work of Art," the reform tendencies of the Italian humanists which Burckhardt virtually ignored, and the rise of confraternities in Italy. In each instance, Burckhardt demonstrated a clear bias against the Catholic Church. Further study could reveal if this initial bias was perpetuated through later "Burckhardtian" historians. Burckhardt, Jacob Anti-Catholic Historians Renaissance -- Italy. Italy -- Civilization. Anti-Catholicism.
3	Fonctions de la pseudo-traduction à l'aube des guerres civiles anglaises (1641-1642) Lévy, Daniel 08 1900 (has links) No description available. pseudo-traduction traductologie agentivité paratextualité pamphlets guerres civiles anglaises littérature anticatholique pseudotranslation translation studies agency paratextuality pamphlets anti-catholic literature English civil wars

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