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"A POPISH ARMY IN OUR MIDST": THE RISE OF ANTI-CATHOLIC CONSPIRACY THEORIES, 1830-1839
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-25)
This thesis investigates why conspiracy theories have been a constant fixture of American society since the founding of the United States, specifically why they come about and what purpose they serve. By isolating a period ...
FORGETTING FOUNDERS DAY: HOW THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A CAMPUS TRADITION REVEALS THE AMERICANIZATION OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S CATHOLIC IDENTITY
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-25)
When John Carroll founded Georgetown University as the first American Catholic college in 1789, he had conducted a radical experiment. Why? Because the term “American Catholic” was considered an oxymoron. Catholics were ...
WE MADE LEMONADE: BLACK WOMEN, SYNCRETIC RELIGION, AND VOODOO AESTHETICS IN AMERICAN CULTURE
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-19)
Historically, syncretic religion has never been positively represented with such a broad platform as it has through Beyoncé’s Lemonade. Through the historical origins of the practice with its inception in the Americas and ...