{"id":916,"date":"2020-05-19T11:50:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T15:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/religion\/?page_id=916"},"modified":"2025-06-05T10:39:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:39:36","slug":"congratulations-to-religious-studies-graduates-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/religious-studies\/congratulations-to-religious-studies-graduates-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Religious Studies graduates of 2020!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/religious-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/DSC06787-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-918\"\/><figcaption>Samuel Glenn &#8211; Thesis Title:  &#8220;\u2018Your Favorite Rapper&#8217;s a Christian Rapper\u2019: Chance the Rapper&#8217;s Use of Religious Discourse on His 2016 Mixtape,&nbsp;<em>Coloring Book<\/em>&#8221; (Honors Thesis, advised by M. Bruce)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/religious-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG_0431-e1589903701223-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/religious-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG_0431-e1589903701223-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/religious-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG_0431-e1589903701223-200x200.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption>Bernhardur Magnusson McComish: \u201cReligious Visions of the Environmental \u2018Apocalypse\u2019:&nbsp;Theological Approaches to Climate Change\u201d (advised by C. 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Baker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/religious-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/Photo-for-RS-homepage-e1589904245239-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/religious-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/Photo-for-RS-homepage-e1589904245239-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/religious-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/Photo-for-RS-homepage-e1589904245239-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption>Lydia Sullivan &#8211; Thesis Title: \u201c&#8221;Independent Thinkers &amp; Women Unrestrained: T\u00e1hirih, Sera Khandro and Mary Baker Eddy in the Androcentric Public Sphere of the 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 20<sup>th<\/sup>Centuries&#8221; (advised by A. Melnick Dyer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/religious-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/Jin-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-930\"\/><figcaption>Jin Wei &#8211; Thesis Title:  \u201dFolklore and Religions Reimagined in Contemporary China\u201d (advised by A. 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