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  Is secularism possible in the Arab region given the numerous influential factions that have a religious face?

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  Hussam Kanaan UT-Austin

  April 03, 2009

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  Is secularism possible in the Arab region given the numerous influential factions that have ...
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  “Jumping Your Bones Was Extremely Atypical For Me”

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  Ben Aslinger Bentley University

  April 21, 2008

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  possibility for out producers in the beginnings of the post-network era. While acknowledging that gay people ... references, the trajectories that Brothers and Sisters sets its gay characters on appear possible because of ...
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  The Religious Experience as Politics of Insurgency?

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  AbinashDashChoudhury University of Georgia

  December 02, 2024

  we participate in the film, and the Buddhist notion of saṃvega alongside the notion of false ... is the “report” he is writing to the mother) takes the plot forward: “Ammi, I’m sure I know him.” As ...
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  Louie's "God" As Cathartic Television

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  Kelli Marshall DePaul University

  March 22, 2012

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  Louie's "God" As Cathartic Television television religion parenting louie god Curator's Note A scene that precedes this one from Louie 's episode "God" has been described as disturbing, graphic, creepy, and horrifying. I ...
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  Ironic Authenticity: Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping

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  Amber Day Bryant University

  January 15, 2008

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  Ironic Authenticity: Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping culture jamming performance art parody consumerism religion irony authenticity Reverend Billy Church of Stop Shopping What Would Jesus Buy Curator's Note Reverend Billy is the bouffa ...
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  President Bartlet's Bully Pulpit

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  Richard Newton Claremont Graduate University

  June 28, 2011

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  President Bartlet's Bully Pulpit twitter The West Wing television Sorkin religion politics fan fiction bible Bartlet America Aaron Sorkin Curator's Note In Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing, Josiah Bartlet holds the office of President of the United ...
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  Attending to Attention: Church Bells, Prayer Calls, and American Public Space

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  Isaac Weiner Georgia State University

  April 13, 2010

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  moreover, that religious sounds could not possibly constitute noise. “Noise” is a funny thing.   On the one ...