Jenna Gray‐hildenbrand
Biographic Data
| ID | 1601194 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jenna Gray‐hildenbrand |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jenna |
| FAMILY NAME | Gray‐hildenbrand |
| SIGNATURE | HILDENBRAND J G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middle Tennessee State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Saving Religion from Ballardhoo
This article examines the 1942 federal trial and convictions of Edna and Donald Ballard as an example of the way legal processes can create new types of religious criminals. Scholarship has tended to focus on the landmark US Supreme Court decision United States v. Ballard (1944), which contributed to an expansion of religious freedom protections to individuals and groups previously not considered for First Amendment protection. Through a close re…
Finding Religion, Spirituality, and Flow in Movement
“Moving the body is like religion and moving my body is the portal to that place.” This is one woman’s description of her practice of hoop dancing, a form of hula hooping that combines adult sized hoops and dance music. Her experience is not unique; in fact, the number of descriptions of hooping as a practice that is “like religion” serves as the basis of our research. In this essay, we examine the connection between embodied experiences in the h…
The Appalachian 'Other
Serpent-handling sects are often portrayed in the media as bizarre Southern cults whose members engage in dangerous primitive rituals. The fact that a religious ritual identified as existing outside the normative boundaries of Christianity, and perhaps religion in general, defines this Christian tradition marks serpent-handling sects as abnormal or 'other'. Consequently, scholars investigating why these Christians handle poisonous snakes during r…
Evangelical vs. Liberal
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Evangelical vs. Liberal
The Appalachian 'Other
Serpent-handling sects are often portrayed in the media as bizarre Southern cults whose members engage in dangerous primitive rituals. The fact that a religious ritual identified as existing outside the normative boundaries of Christianity, and perhaps religion in general, defines this Christian tradition marks serpent-handling sects as abnormal or 'other'. Consequently, scholars investigating why these Christians handle poisonous snakes during r…
Finding Religion, Spirituality, and Flow in Movement
“Moving the body is like religion and moving my body is the portal to that place.” This is one woman’s description of her practice of hoop dancing, a form of hula hooping that combines adult sized hoops and dance music. Her experience is not unique; in fact, the number of descriptions of hooping as a practice that is “like religion” serves as the basis of our research. In this essay, we examine the connection between embodied experiences in the h…
Saving Religion from Ballardhoo
This article examines the 1942 federal trial and convictions of Edna and Donald Ballard as an example of the way legal processes can create new types of religious criminals. Scholarship has tended to focus on the landmark US Supreme Court decision United States v. Ballard (1944), which contributed to an expansion of religious freedom protections to individuals and groups previously not considered for First Amendment protection. Through a close re…
Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mormonism, Religion, and History (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Religious studies (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)