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Books Received, Robert Danielson Asbury Theological Seminary

Books Received, Robert Danielson

The Asbury Journal

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From The Archives: The Methodist World’S Fair Of 1919 Asbury Theological Seminary

From The Archives: The Methodist World’S Fair Of 1919

The Asbury Journal

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John Wesley’S Approach To Mission, R. Jeffrey Hiatt Asbury Theological Seminary

John Wesley’S Approach To Mission, R. Jeffrey Hiatt

The Asbury Journal

John Wesley’s theology is noted for its soteriological emphasis. Most of his life was spent in England ministering among marginalized people. Much of his practical ministry, publications, prison reform, healthcare interest, education, etc., occurred while trekking through the island. Yet, Wesley’s thoughts and writings reflect the broader world. Although he was not as swift at putting Methodist missionaries abroad as Thomas Coke would have liked, Wesley had a plan in place that took in reaching those populations that claimed other religions as their faith. Thus, he wanted “Moslems,” “Hindoos,” “Hottentots,” “Native Americans,” or more inclusive of every part ...


Engaging Witchcraft Accusations Among Christians As A Vehicle Of African Traditional Religious Self-Advocacy In African Contexts, Robert Magoola Asbury Theological Seminary

Engaging Witchcraft Accusations Among Christians As A Vehicle Of African Traditional Religious Self-Advocacy In African Contexts, Robert Magoola

The Asbury Journal

That African Christianity is growing in numbers has become a familiar fact; testimony to the commitment of African preachers and adherents to the gospel of Christ. However, a disturbing trend is sweeping over many parts of sub-Saharan Africa in places such as Uganda. It is the increased number of witchcraft accusations that are being leveled against Christians and Christian leaders. In this paper, Robert Magoola acknowledges this unfortunate predicament facing the African church as it maligns Christian gospel proclamation and enhances African traditional religion’s self- advocacy. He evaluates the possible credibility of field-based evidence on the basis of a ...


Ships Of The Fleet: An Essay On The Weltanschauung Of The Apostolate And The Mission Of The Spirit, Art McPhee Asbury Theological Seminary

Ships Of The Fleet: An Essay On The Weltanschauung Of The Apostolate And The Mission Of The Spirit, Art Mcphee

The Asbury Journal

In honor of Bishop Sundo Kim

This paper was presented in Asbury Theological Seminary, on November 14, 2012, at Dr. Art McPhee’s installation in the Sundo Kim Chair for Evangelism and Practical Theology Expertise: Evangelization Studies. In this essay, he explores the role of the Holy Spirit in mission and evangelism as an often-overlooked subject in the Church today.


Contextualizing Inductive Bible Study (Ibs) In A Postcolonial Filipino American Setting, Peter Tan-Gatue Asbury Theological Seminary

Contextualizing Inductive Bible Study (Ibs) In A Postcolonial Filipino American Setting, Peter Tan-Gatue

The Asbury Journal

This article seeks to contextualize the application of Inductive Bible Study (IBS) to a postcolonial setting: the Filipino American Church in Los Angeles.1 As part of the process of doing so, this essay narrates a short history of colonization and Christianity in the Philippines, the migration of Filipinos to the United States and the challenges Filipino Americans encountered as a people living in a foreign land. Included in this story is the importance of Filipino American churches and some contemporary challenges and postcolonial issues (such as “colonial mentality” or internalized oppression) that affect a particular segment of Filipino Americans ...


Of Icons And Ibs: Contextualizing The Inductive Bible Study Method Among Eastern Orthodox Background Believers, Curtis Elliott Asbury Theological Seminary

Of Icons And Ibs: Contextualizing The Inductive Bible Study Method Among Eastern Orthodox Background Believers, Curtis Elliott

The Asbury Journal

Curtis Elliott explores the application of Inductive Bible Study to an Eastern Orthodox context, where the Bible is approached more from a position of mystery and tradition. He presents a number of problems a typical Protestant approach of this method can cause, and proposes a postmodern narrative-weave approach to Bible study that could potentially alleviate some of these problems.


Inductive Bible Study: Contextual Appropriation In Northeast India, M. Sashi Jamir Asbury Theological Seminary

Inductive Bible Study: Contextual Appropriation In Northeast India, M. Sashi Jamir

The Asbury Journal

M. Sashi Jamir examines the application of Inductive Bible Study to the tribal communities of Northeast India. This postcolonial situation has some positives such as a context with a higher degree of education, but it has also lead to a prominence of Western philosophy over traditional ways of understanding, which need to be reclaimed. The reality that larger national forces in India often overshadow tribal communities also poses potential problems that prevent the local theological voice from being heard.


Pride And Prejudice: Colonialism And Post-Colonialism In The Philippine Chinese Context: How Ibs Can Be A Liberating Methodology To Find The Truth To Be Set Free, Juliet Lee Uytanlet Asbury Theological Seminary

Pride And Prejudice: Colonialism And Post-Colonialism In The Philippine Chinese Context: How Ibs Can Be A Liberating Methodology To Find The Truth To Be Set Free, Juliet Lee Uytanlet

The Asbury Journal

This paper aims to present the importance of disentangling the Philippine Chinese from a colonial mindset before they can truly be disentangled from their wrong beliefs and practices. It is crucial to first trace back the relationship of colonialism and the colonial mindset among the Philippine Chinese to understand how this affects their present attitude toward Scripture and Christian mission before we can introduce the Inductive Bible Study method and its benefits to Christian churches.


Inductive Biblical Study: History, Character, And Prospects In A Global Environment, David R. Bauer Asbury Theological Seminary

Inductive Biblical Study: History, Character, And Prospects In A Global Environment, David R. Bauer

The Asbury Journal

In this keynote address at the 2012 Interdisciplinary Colloquium, held at McKenna Chapel on the Kentucky Campus of Asbury Theological Seminary, October 12, 2012, David Bauer examines the history and development of inductive biblical study within its English-speaking environment. In addition, he proposes ways in which this approach can be understood in postcolonial environments as a way to open the methodology of Inductive Bible Study to a larger global audience.


A Faculty Member’S Response To David Bauer’S Article, Ruth Anne Reese Asbury Theological Seminary

A Faculty Member’S Response To David Bauer’S Article, Ruth Anne Reese

The Asbury Journal

This paper was part of an oral panel presentation that was given on October 12, 2012 at Asbury Theological Seminary. The panel was asked to engage with the question of Inductive Bible Study and its relationship to the global church. The paper is only minimally revised from its original oral presentation.


From The Editor, Robert Danielson Asbury Theological Seminary

From The Editor, Robert Danielson

The Asbury Journal

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Journal In Entirety, Robert Danielson Asbury Theological Seminary

Journal In Entirety, Robert Danielson

The Asbury Journal


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial

  • From the Editor, Robert Danielson

Essays

  • Inductive Biblical Study: History, Character, and Prospects in a Global Environment, David R. Bauer
  • A Faculty Member’s Response to David Bauer’s Article, Ruth Anne Reese
  • Inductive Bible Study: Contextual Appropriation in Northeast India, M. Sashi Jamir
  • Colonialism and Post-Colonialism in the Philippine Chinese Context: How IBS Can be a Liberating Methodology to Find the Truth to be Set Free, Juliet Lee Uytanlet
  • Of Icons and IBS: Contextualizing the Inductive Bible Study Method Among Eastern Orthodox Background Believers, Curtis Elliott
  • Contextualizing Inductive Bible Study (IBS) in a Postcolonial Filipino ...


The Deconstruction Of Hell: A History Of The Resignatio Ad Infernum Tradition, Clark R. West Syracuse University

The Deconstruction Of Hell: A History Of The Resignatio Ad Infernum Tradition, Clark R. West

Religion - Dissertations

This dissertation is an historical examination of a medieval mystical tradition known as the resignatio ad infernum (willingness to be damned), which expresses a preference to be damned to hell out of love and solidarity for those the church had deemed lost.

The work has six chapters and a conclusion and is divided into two parts. In the introduction to part one, I frame the discussion of the resignatio ad infernum in terms of contemporary trauma theory and Foucault's late lectures on the concept of parrhesia. In the first two chapters, I explore the scriptural antecedents to the tradition ...


The Transformational, Intersectional And Transcendental Agenda Of Mission: Quest For A Spirituality Of The Road, Thias Kgatla Asbury Theological Seminary

The Transformational, Intersectional And Transcendental Agenda Of Mission: Quest For A Spirituality Of The Road, Thias Kgatla

Papers

No abstract provided.


Mission Experiential Education For Social Action, David E. Fenrick Asbury Theological Seminary

Mission Experiential Education For Social Action, David E. Fenrick

Papers

No abstract provided.


A Limited Survey Of Theological Rationales Proposed For Social Action In "Mission", Travis L. Myers Asbury Theological Seminary

A Limited Survey Of Theological Rationales Proposed For Social Action In "Mission", Travis L. Myers

Papers

No abstract provided.


“Save The Mothers”: A Maternal Health Missiology, Daniel D. Scott Asbury Theological Seminary

“Save The Mothers”: A Maternal Health Missiology, Daniel D. Scott

Papers

No abstract provided.


Burke, Harry Taylor, 1909-2011 (Sc 992), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University

Burke, Harry Taylor, 1909-2011 (Sc 992), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 992. Presentation by Harry Taylor Burke, at Christ Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, relating the devastation that the Japanese did to the Philippines and especially to the Episcopal church building. Burke has preciously been minister at the Bowling Green church. Includes letter about the paper, 1995.


Education As A Counterterrorism Tool And The Curious Case Of The Texas School Book Resolution, Diane Webber University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Education As A Counterterrorism Tool And The Curious Case Of The Texas School Book Resolution, Diane Webber

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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