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Mary, The Holy Mother Of God/World Day Of Peace - 1 January 2023, Patricia Gemmell 2023 The University of Notre Dame Australia

Mary, The Holy Mother Of God/World Day Of Peace - 1 January 2023, Patricia Gemmell

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.


Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 5 February 2023, Joe Tedesco 2023 The University of Notre Dame Australia

Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 5 February 2023, Joe Tedesco

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.


Musicians’ Appendix, 2023 The University of Notre Dame Australia

Musicians’ Appendix

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.


The Fall And Rise Of Bengali Muslim Conciousness: Conceptualising The Identity Of The Bangla Universal, Habib Khan 2023 American University in Cairo

The Fall And Rise Of Bengali Muslim Conciousness: Conceptualising The Identity Of The Bangla Universal, Habib Khan

Theses and Dissertations

The emergence of modern-nation states saw the end of the empirical era of exploitation and exercise of inherent racist tendencies towards the 'other'. However, the effect of that colonial system is still ever-present in the creation and governance of these newly independent states. While every new state aims to be 'modern', they adopt the international legal framework of the West as their own - a system they had initially wanted to escape. The concept of Muslim universality in the form of the ummah should have freed Pakistan from the shackles of its former colonial masters. Instead, this phenomenon was replaced …


Interpretatio Islamica And The Unraveling Of The Ancient Sabian Mysteries, Maurice Hines 2023 American University in Cairo

Interpretatio Islamica And The Unraveling Of The Ancient Sabian Mysteries, Maurice Hines

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis makes some bold claims about the identity of the Qur’anic Sabians (Ṣābi’ūn) and their symbiotic relationship with various Near Eastern religions including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Thrice mentioned in the Qur’an, they clung to an ancient religion - or perhaps the most ancient – that spanned the entire Eastern hemisphere and provided not only the structural foundations of human civilizations, but also their religious, philosophical, and intellectual foundations. However, their creed had undergone a variety of changes over time including a shift in the conception of God from a personal to a transcendent deity, the worship …


The Development Of The Holistic Pastoral Wellbeing Assessment: A Mixed Methods Study, Timothy Captain 2023 University of San Diego

The Development Of The Holistic Pastoral Wellbeing Assessment: A Mixed Methods Study, Timothy Captain

Dissertations

Some pastors are clearly in crisis. Research has indicated that clergy struggle to cope with the stressors of their profession. While pastoral work is overtly spiritual in nature, day-to-day tasks include interactions with God, themselves, congregants, and the world at large. Without multi-dimensional tools to consider their wellbeing, specifically assessments that reflect their worldview and role, pastors may remain unaware of dangerously low levels of wellbeing until they reach a place of crisis. Therefore, in this mixed methods study, the Holistic Pastoral Wellbeing Assessment (HPWA) was developed and tested to offer a validated, useful tool for pastors and those who …


Behind The Numbers: A Traditional Church Faces A New America, Larry Vogel 2023 Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Behind The Numbers: A Traditional Church Faces A New America, Larry Vogel

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

The dissertation examines membership data for The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) from the mid-1970s to the present. It considers the analysis of LCMS decline by two scholars, George Hawley and Ryan MacPherson, who independently proposed that LCMS membership decline was internal in causation due to diminished birthrates and fewer young families. While acknowledging the reality of such internal decline, this dissertation argues that the lack of external growth is a greater cause for LCMS decline. Its lack of external growth is due primarily to the racial and ethnic homogeneity of the LCMS and its failure effectively to evangelize the increasingly …


There Is A Place For You And Your Little Ones: Homiletics And Liturgy In View Of Pregnancy Loss, Joseph Baumgarten, Joseph Michael Baumgarten 2023 Concordia Seminary - Saint Louis

There Is A Place For You And Your Little Ones: Homiletics And Liturgy In View Of Pregnancy Loss, Joseph Baumgarten, Joseph Michael Baumgarten

Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project

Baumgarten, Joseph M. There is a Place for You and Your Little Ones: Homiletics and Liturgy in View of Pregnancy Loss. Doctor of Ministry. Major Applied Project, Concordia Seminary, 2022. 81 pp.

Pregnancy loss and the grief that follows is more common than most people think. However, there is a gap in resources, discussion, and care for those who have experienced such losses. This is true in wider culture as well as in the church. While there are a few resources available, they are limited. This project addresses the church’s ability to provide proper recognition of pregnancy loss, the validation …


Missional Renewal In A Large And Established Suburban Western Church, Michael Stevens 2023 Abilene Christian University

Missional Renewal In A Large And Established Suburban Western Church, Michael Stevens

Doctor of Ministry Theses

This thesis addresses the topic of missional renewal at Clovercrest Baptist Church (CBC), specifically focusing on participating in the mission of God through simple, memorable, and reproducible missional practices. The identified problem is a lack of process or framework for enhancing participation in God’s mission and churchwide missional renewal at CBC, a large suburban Western church. The purpose of this project intervention is to develop a resource guide of missional practices that facilitate participation in the mission of God at CBC towards missional renewal. This intervention is guided by the theological foundation that God is a God of mission. He …


Liturgical Practices For Full Participation: Creating Opportunities For Engagement In Corporate Worship For People Living With Intellectual Disabilities At The Mooroolbark Salvation Army, Catherine Jane Spiller 2023 Abilene Christian University

Liturgical Practices For Full Participation: Creating Opportunities For Engagement In Corporate Worship For People Living With Intellectual Disabilities At The Mooroolbark Salvation Army, Catherine Jane Spiller

Doctor of Ministry Theses

The Mooroolbark Salvation Army is a place of welcome and acceptance for people with disabilities. However, people with intellectual disabilities often have limited opportunities for engagement in corporate worship. The act of worship is a practice everyone should be able to participate in, but barriers often limit engagement for people with disabilities. This project thesis explored and sought to address these barriers and create opportunities for full participation for people with intellectual disabilities. A small diverse group of people from the Mooroolbark Salvation Army came together for ten weeks commencing in February 2022 to consider how to attend to engagement …


Developing A Program Of Well-Being For Coptic Orthodox Clergy In The Diocese Of Melbourne, Australia, Abanoub Attalla 2023 Abilene Christian University

Developing A Program Of Well-Being For Coptic Orthodox Clergy In The Diocese Of Melbourne, Australia, Abanoub Attalla

Doctor of Ministry Theses

This project aims to develop a holistic recommendation of policies, procedures, and practices that can contribute toward achieving better well-being for clergy that will equip and support them for healthy and sustainable ministerial practices. Without a plan for suitable intervention, the current situation could be quite harmful to both clergy and their congregations. Therefore, it is critical to develop processes and protocols that will facilitate the support and practices of the clergy of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia so they can lead a balanced and spiritually fulfilling life. Within the context of this project, I will use the word …


Miriam Feldmann Kaye. Jewish Theology For A Postmodern Age (London: Littman, 2019). 160 Pp. $39.95., Mark Randall James 2023 Independent Scholar

Miriam Feldmann Kaye. Jewish Theology For A Postmodern Age (London: Littman, 2019). 160 Pp. $39.95., Mark Randall James

Journal of Textual Reasoning

No abstract provided.


James Diamond. Jewish Theology Unbound (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018). 304pp. $110., Alexander Green 2023 SUNY University at Buffalo

James Diamond. Jewish Theology Unbound (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018). 304pp. $110., Alexander Green

Journal of Textual Reasoning

No abstract provided.


Doing Positive Jewish Theology: The Case Of Divine “Regret”, James A. Diamond 2023 University of Waterloo

Doing Positive Jewish Theology: The Case Of Divine “Regret”, James A. Diamond

Journal of Textual Reasoning

No abstract provided.


Replies To My Commentators, Steven Kepnes 2023 Colgate University

Replies To My Commentators, Steven Kepnes

Journal of Textual Reasoning

No abstract provided.


Response To Kepnes: Theology And Aesthetics, Daniel Rynhold 2023 Yeshiva University

Response To Kepnes: Theology And Aesthetics, Daniel Rynhold

Journal of Textual Reasoning

No abstract provided.


Steven Kepnes’ Proposal: A Pragmatic Reading, Peter Ochs 2023 University of Virginia

Steven Kepnes’ Proposal: A Pragmatic Reading, Peter Ochs

Journal of Textual Reasoning

No abstract provided.


Building Blocks To A Contemporary Jewish Theology, Miri Freud-Kandel 2023 Oxford University

Building Blocks To A Contemporary Jewish Theology, Miri Freud-Kandel

Journal of Textual Reasoning

No abstract provided.


In Defense Of Negative Theology: A Reply To Steven Kepnes, Kenneth Seeskin 2023 Northwestern University

In Defense Of Negative Theology: A Reply To Steven Kepnes, Kenneth Seeskin

Journal of Textual Reasoning

No abstract provided.


Theological Realism And Internal Contradiction: A Reply To Kepnes, Yehuda Gellman 2023 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Theological Realism And Internal Contradiction: A Reply To Kepnes, Yehuda Gellman

Journal of Textual Reasoning

No abstract provided.


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