Jacob R Hickman
Biographic Data
| ID | 927024 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacob R Hickman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacob R |
| FAMILY NAME | Hickman |
| SIGNATURE | HICKMAN J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7542-7381 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Millenarianism
The study of millenarianism has long been a key interest of the anthropology of religion. Classic case studies include Melanesian “cargo cults,” American Protestant fundamentalism, and the Ghost Dance. Why draw these disparate movements into a single category? On whose terms do we theorize the intentions and motivations of millenarian activists? Prevailing social scientific thinking on millenarianism still frames these movements as primarily a re…
Past present
Restoring that which has never been
While change and flexibility in ritual practices and traditions have been in some sense constitutive elements of Hmong religion, the religious landscape of the contemporary Hmong diaspora is marked by dramatic changes of an altogether new scale. These include the proliferation of a wide range of competing millenarian movements. Leaders of these movements vie for recognition by casting traditional Hmong ritual practice in a way that allows them to…
The art of being governed
Hmong ritual practice revolves around managing proper relations between one's ancestors and living kin, as this relationship is a key factor in both the physical health and more general welfare of living descendants. General Vang Pao came to take on the mantle of an ancestor for all Hmong, and his post-mortal welfare became metonymically linked to the welfare of the entire Hmong community, regardless of clan or kinship. His funeral (lub ntees, lu…
Moral identity as moral ideal self
The purposes of this study were to conceptualize moral identity as moral ideal self, to develop a measure of this construct, to test for age and gender differences, to examine links between moral ideal self and adolescent outcomes, and to assess purpose and social responsibility as mediators of the relations between moral ideal self and outcomes. Data came from a local school sample (Data Set 1: N = 510 adolescents; 10-18 years of age) and a nati…
Ancestral personhood and moral justification
In this article I seek to elucidate the theoretical relationship between the concepts of morality and personhood. I argue that cultural models of personhood are more concretely available to the imagination as compared to philosophizing about objective moral goods, despite the fact that people commonly gravitate toward moral realism. Models of personhood provide a more practical underpinning for conceptual moral goods. I demonstrate these connecti…
New directions in the anthropology of morality
In this article we seek to develop a common theoretical language and stake out particular positions on key issues in the growing debates about the anthropological study of morality. First, we advocate for a pluralistic stance in approaches to moral variation - one that maintains the possibility of moral realism and at times even argues explicitly for it. Second, we work to define the domain of morality in more detail, especially in its relation t…
Is It The Spirit or The Body
Because of the emphasis within the Hmong folk health system on spirituality and nonphysiological etiologies, there has been a significant degree of conflict between Hmong refugees and the Western health care system since the beginning of the Hmong migration to the United States in the mid-1970s. This conflict has been well documented in the literature, but previous research on Hmong health has tended toward a totalization of Hmong health beliefs …
Moral identity as moral ideal self
The purposes of this study were to conceptualize moral identity as moral ideal self, to develop a measure of this construct, to test for age and gender differences, to examine links between moral ideal self and adolescent outcomes, and to assess purpose and social responsibility as mediators of the relations between moral ideal self and outcomes. Data came from a local school sample (Data Set 1: N = 510 adolescents; 10-18 years of age) and a nati…
New directions in the anthropology of morality
In this article we seek to develop a common theoretical language and stake out particular positions on key issues in the growing debates about the anthropological study of morality. First, we advocate for a pluralistic stance in approaches to moral variation - one that maintains the possibility of moral realism and at times even argues explicitly for it. Second, we work to define the domain of morality in more detail, especially in its relation t…
Ancestral personhood and moral justification
In this article I seek to elucidate the theoretical relationship between the concepts of morality and personhood. I argue that cultural models of personhood are more concretely available to the imagination as compared to philosophizing about objective moral goods, despite the fact that people commonly gravitate toward moral realism. Models of personhood provide a more practical underpinning for conceptual moral goods. I demonstrate these connecti…
Is It The Spirit or The Body
Because of the emphasis within the Hmong folk health system on spirituality and nonphysiological etiologies, there has been a significant degree of conflict between Hmong refugees and the Western health care system since the beginning of the Hmong migration to the United States in the mid-1970s. This conflict has been well documented in the literature, but previous research on Hmong health has tended toward a totalization of Hmong health beliefs …
Restoring that which has never been
While change and flexibility in ritual practices and traditions have been in some sense constitutive elements of Hmong religion, the religious landscape of the contemporary Hmong diaspora is marked by dramatic changes of an altogether new scale. These include the proliferation of a wide range of competing millenarian movements. Leaders of these movements vie for recognition by casting traditional Hmong ritual practice in a way that allows them to…
Is It The Spirit or The Body
Because of the emphasis within the Hmong folk health system on spirituality and nonphysiological etiologies, there has been a significant degree of conflict between Hmong refugees and the Western health care system since the beginning of the Hmong migration to the United States in the mid-1970s. This conflict has been well documented in the literature, but previous research on Hmong health has tended toward a totalization of Hmong health beliefs …
Moral identity as moral ideal self
The purposes of this study were to conceptualize moral identity as moral ideal self, to develop a measure of this construct, to test for age and gender differences, to examine links between moral ideal self and adolescent outcomes, and to assess purpose and social responsibility as mediators of the relations between moral ideal self and outcomes. Data came from a local school sample (Data Set 1: N = 510 adolescents; 10-18 years of age) and a nati…
Ancestral personhood and moral justification
In this article I seek to elucidate the theoretical relationship between the concepts of morality and personhood. I argue that cultural models of personhood are more concretely available to the imagination as compared to philosophizing about objective moral goods, despite the fact that people commonly gravitate toward moral realism. Models of personhood provide a more practical underpinning for conceptual moral goods. I demonstrate these connecti…
New directions in the anthropology of morality
In this article we seek to develop a common theoretical language and stake out particular positions on key issues in the growing debates about the anthropological study of morality. First, we advocate for a pluralistic stance in approaches to moral variation - one that maintains the possibility of moral realism and at times even argues explicitly for it. Second, we work to define the domain of morality in more detail, especially in its relation t…
The art of being governed
Hmong ritual practice revolves around managing proper relations between one's ancestors and living kin, as this relationship is a key factor in both the physical health and more general welfare of living descendants. General Vang Pao came to take on the mantle of an ancestor for all Hmong, and his post-mortal welfare became metonymically linked to the welfare of the entire Hmong community, regardless of clan or kinship. His funeral (lub ntees, lu…
Restoring that which has never been
While change and flexibility in ritual practices and traditions have been in some sense constitutive elements of Hmong religion, the religious landscape of the contemporary Hmong diaspora is marked by dramatic changes of an altogether new scale. These include the proliferation of a wide range of competing millenarian movements. Leaders of these movements vie for recognition by casting traditional Hmong ritual practice in a way that allows them to…
Past present
Millenarianism
The study of millenarianism has long been a key interest of the anthropology of religion. Classic case studies include Melanesian “cargo cults,” American Protestant fundamentalism, and the Ghost Dance. Why draw these disparate movements into a single category? On whose terms do we theorize the intentions and motivations of millenarian activists? Prevailing social scientific thinking on millenarianism still frames these movements as primarily a re…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Moral psychology (3 works) · Morality (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works)