Hector Avalos

Biographic Data

ID1050692
NAMEHector Avalos
GIVEN NAMESHector
FAMILY NAMEAvalos
SIGNATUREAVALOS H
AFFILIATIONSIowa State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1985
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX0

  • Pope Alexander vi , Slavery and Voluntary Subjection: ‘Ineffabilis et Summi Patris’ in Context

    Open AccessHector AvalosARTICLEThe Journal of Ecclesiastical…2014References: 10

    ‘Ineffabilis et summi patris’ (1 June 1497), a little-known letter from Alexander VI to Manuel i , king of Portugal (1495–1521), plays an important role in Joel Panzer's The popes and slavery (1996). For Panzer, ‘Ineffabilis’ clarifies the voluntary nature of submission by newly-encountered peoples to Iberian monarchs. A new and complete translation of ‘Ineffabilis’ shows that it is part of a legal tradition wherein voluntary subjection was one m…

  • Fighting Words: Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts. Edited by John Renard

    Hector AvalosARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…2014

    Journal Article Fighting Words: Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts. Edited by John Renard Get access Fighting Words: Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts. Edited by John Renard. University of California Press, 2012. 262 pages. $29.95. Hector Avalos Hector Avalos Iowa State University [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Ac…

  • Religion and Scarcity: A New Theory for the Role of Religion in Violence

    Hector AvalosCHAPTERThe Oxford handbook of religion…2013

    This chapter demonstrates the viability of a new theory for the role of religion in violence by applying it to cases ranging from the ancient to the modern world, and in the three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Islam, and Christianity). It also describes how scarce resource theory can help elaborate religious violence. Moreover, the chapter reports how religion produces scarce resources, and then concentrates on: 1) access to the divine will, part…

  • Fighting Words: The Origins Of Religious Violence

    Hector AvalosBOOKFighting Words2005

    Is religion inherently violent? If not, what provokes violence in the name of religion? Do we mischaracterize religion by focusing too much on its violent side?In this intriguing, original study of religious violence, Prof. Hector Avalos offers a new theory for the role of religion in violent conflicts. Starting with the premise that most violence is the result of real or perceived scarce resources, Avalos persuasively argues that religion create…

  • Introduction to the U.S. Latina and Latino Religious Experience

    Hector AvalosBOOKIntroduction to the U.S. Latina…2004

    Latinos/Latinas are the largest “minority” in the United States, but the field of U.S. Latino/Latina studies is still in its infancy. This work represents the first single volume ever published on the U.S. Latino/Latina religious experience, an area that is even less explored. A carefully selected group of experts examines the major sub-groups of Latinos/Latinas including Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans, along with some of t…

  • Families in Ancient Israel

    Hector Avalos, Leo G Perdue et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1999

    Four respected scholars of the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism provide a clear portrait of the family in ancient Israel. Important theological and ethical implications are made for the family today. The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization

  • Jesus and the Holy City: New Testament Perspectives on Jerusalem . P. W. L. Walker

    Hector AvalosARTICLENear Eastern Archaeology1998

  • Illness and Health Care in the Ancient Near East: The Role of the Temple in Greece, Mesopotamia, and Israel

    Robert D Biggs, Hector AvalosARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1997

  • M. Stol. Epilepsy in Babylonia

    Hector AvalosARTICLEJournal of Cuneiform Studies1995

  • Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Palaeography . Bruce M. Metzger

    Hector AvalosARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1985