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Bodies of Christ: Reimagining the Myths of Mermaids and Jesus in Western Christianity

Ahmetspahic, Melanie
http://orcid.org/0009-0004-5153-7745
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1714136707300245

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2024, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Ohio University, Classics.
This work explores current scholarship on Christianity's role in shaping hierarchy, race, and science. Myth is used as a way of understanding how oppressive structures took root within the West, and helped create the concept of "the West." Finally, mermaids are introduced as a new figure of study within religion and the humanities. Mermaids, as they appear within the Christian West, reveal how the body is tied to humanity, and thus exemplify Christianity's role in creating race within the Western imagination.
Myrna Perez, PhD. (Advisor)
74 p.
Religion
mermaid; Jesus; race; critical race theory; scriptural criticism; gnostic; nag hammadi; Mary magdalene; race; racism; christianity; myth

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  • Ahmetspahic, M. (2024). Bodies of Christ: Reimagining the Myths of Mermaids and Jesus in Western Christianity [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1714136707300245

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ahmetspahic, Melanie. Bodies of Christ: Reimagining the Myths of Mermaids and Jesus in Western Christianity. 2024. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1714136707300245.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ahmetspahic, Melanie. "Bodies of Christ: Reimagining the Myths of Mermaids and Jesus in Western Christianity." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1714136707300245

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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