Category: Cultural and Philsophical Inquiry
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The Legacy of Early Christian Women in Contemporary Christianity
By Haylee Saddler Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Barry Abstract This paper will explore how women in early Christianity navigated through authority, family expectations and taking a path of having a heavy devotion to religion. Asking the main question: How did early Christian texts construct women’s bodies as both sources of temptation and potential holiness, and…
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Museum of Ancient Mediterranean Cultures at the University of Mary Washington
Department of Cultural and Philosophical Inquiry Open house, James Farmer Hall 233 The museum in JFH 233 will be open extended hours, 11 am to 6 pm. Students involved in the creating of the current display will be present to showcase their work, Noon to 1 pm. Student Presenters: (Fall 2025 student workers) Ally Dawahare,…
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Department of Cultural and Philosophical Inquiry Research and Creativity Symposium
April 24, 2026 James Farmer Hall, Room 204 8:45 a.m. Art History URES 197 American Prints Exhibition Introduction 9:00 a.m. Kelsey KirbyCreator and Contributor: Life and Legacy of Wendy J. Shadwell ‘63 9:15 a.m. Sarah RuddSociety, Scholarship, and Sisterhood: Mary Washington, 1959-1963 9:30 a.m. Caty TaylorWendy J. Shadwell ’63 Through the Voices of…
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Mathematics and the Necessity of Though: A Defense of Rational Realism
By Adelaide Gill Faculty Mentor: Dr. Reno Abstract This paper takes up Jerrold J. Katz’s rational realism and presses on its central tension from the outset. If mathematical truths hold with necessity and do not depend on the world, then they resist any account that ties them to experience or convention, yet they still demand…
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A Harmonious Legal System: True Justice Through Modernized Platonic Marxism
By Cian Batarla Faculty Mentor: Michael Reno Abstract The Marxist theory of the law is underdeveloped compared to the rest of Marx and Engels works. This can be chalked up to legal systems merely being part of the superstructure, by which the ruling class use to maintain power. In this essay I push back on…
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In Jesus Name: How evangelism was used against Indigenous Peoples and African Americans
By Carolyn Jenkins Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marybeth Mathews Abstract This presentation will demonstrate the evangelism tactics used by missionaries on Indigenous Peoples and the evangelism tactics used against enslaved Africans was detrimental to their cultures. Thesis In Jesus Name.pptx
