Joseph L Kimmel
Biographic Data
| ID | 9507298 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph L Kimmel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph L |
| FAMILY NAME | Kimmel |
| SIGNATURE | KIMMEL J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Germantown Academy |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Empowered Speech from Indic Mantras to the Name of Jesus
Empowered speech plays a critical role in the sacred texts of both Christianity and Buddhism. In the former, divine names—like that of Jesus—are invoked to access healing power, while the latter portrays mantric recitation producing an array of benefits in this life and the next. How do these respective presentations of powerful speech-acts compare? What “is” a name or a mantra according to these traditions, and how do such seemingly simple utter…
Demons Seeking Identity? The Psychic Life of New Testament Exorcisms
An important but largely unrecognized feature of well-known New Testament exorcistic pericopes is the eagerness with which demons and spirits engage their respective exorcists. Why might narratives like Mark 1:21–26 and 5:1–13, or Acts 16:16–18, depict spirits as intensely keen to engage—and even to provoke—exorcists like Jesus and Paul? By reading these stories through Judith Butler’s nuancing of Louis Althusser’s interpellation theory, I argue …
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Comparative Theology
An incisive and original collection of the most engaging issues in contemporary comparative theology In The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Comparative Theology, a team of distinguished scholars delivers a one-of-a-kind collection of essays on comparative theology. Honoring the groundbreaking work of Francis X. Clooney, S.J.—whose contributions to theology and religion will endure for generations—the included works explore seven key subjects in comp…
Agentive Names and Posthuman Ontologies
In recent years, posthumanist arguments regarding ontology and agency have played a significant role in reshaping the contours of the so-called humanities. Whereas this reshaping has focused heavily on the impact of technology (e.g., artificial intelligence) on the meaning of “being human,” as well as on the agency of nonhuman others (e.g., nonhuman animals), typically invisible beings (e.g., gods, spirits) have received significantly less attent…
Inside an American Factory
This collection of twenty-one films of the Westinghouse Works, shot in 1904, provides a fascinating glimpse into factory work and new technology at the turn of the century. Archivists believe that the films were created to celebrate the role of the Westinghouse Company in delivering electricity, and thereby progress and modern living, to America. The films were shown daily to packed houses at the Westinghouse Auditorium at the 1904 St. Louis Worl…
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Inside an American Factory
This collection of twenty-one films of the Westinghouse Works, shot in 1904, provides a fascinating glimpse into factory work and new technology at the turn of the century. Archivists believe that the films were created to celebrate the role of the Westinghouse Company in delivering electricity, and thereby progress and modern living, to America. The films were shown daily to packed houses at the Westinghouse Auditorium at the 1904 St. Louis Worl…
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Comparative Theology
An incisive and original collection of the most engaging issues in contemporary comparative theology In The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Comparative Theology, a team of distinguished scholars delivers a one-of-a-kind collection of essays on comparative theology. Honoring the groundbreaking work of Francis X. Clooney, S.J.—whose contributions to theology and religion will endure for generations—the included works explore seven key subjects in comp…
Agentive Names and Posthuman Ontologies
In recent years, posthumanist arguments regarding ontology and agency have played a significant role in reshaping the contours of the so-called humanities. Whereas this reshaping has focused heavily on the impact of technology (e.g., artificial intelligence) on the meaning of “being human,” as well as on the agency of nonhuman others (e.g., nonhuman animals), typically invisible beings (e.g., gods, spirits) have received significantly less attent…
Demons Seeking Identity? The Psychic Life of New Testament Exorcisms
An important but largely unrecognized feature of well-known New Testament exorcistic pericopes is the eagerness with which demons and spirits engage their respective exorcists. Why might narratives like Mark 1:21–26 and 5:1–13, or Acts 16:16–18, depict spirits as intensely keen to engage—and even to provoke—exorcists like Jesus and Paul? By reading these stories through Judith Butler’s nuancing of Louis Althusser’s interpellation theory, I argue …
Empowered Speech from Indic Mantras to the Name of Jesus
Empowered speech plays a critical role in the sacred texts of both Christianity and Buddhism. In the former, divine names—like that of Jesus—are invoked to access healing power, while the latter portrays mantric recitation producing an array of benefits in this life and the next. How do these respective presentations of powerful speech-acts compare? What “is” a name or a mantra according to these traditions, and how do such seemingly simple utter…
Philosophy (3 works) · Agency (philosophy) (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · American Environmental and Regional History (1 work)