Connecting The Church Beyond Prison Ministry: Transitioning The Discipled Prisoner Into A Discipleship Community,
2018
Liberty University
Connecting The Church Beyond Prison Ministry: Transitioning The Discipled Prisoner Into A Discipleship Community, Joyce Weathers
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
The prison population in the United States surpasses all other countries on a per capita basis. The number of released inmates, who return to prison (recidivism) is staggering. In-prison Christian discipleship programs have successfully transitioned parolees into the free world, but little research has been done to confirm a standard practice for the transition process. Theories abound from clergy and laity alike; yet apathy and fear remain persistent deterrents. The church is confronted with a biblical mandate to assist the incarcerated (Matt. 25:36) and to make disciples (Matt. 28:19). By addressing the current concerns of church and prison ministry leaders, …
After Vatican Ii: Renegotiating The Roles Of Women, Sexual Ethics, And Homosexuality In The Roman Catholic Church,
2018
Western Kentucky University
After Vatican Ii: Renegotiating The Roles Of Women, Sexual Ethics, And Homosexuality In The Roman Catholic Church, Kenneth Brian Nauert Jr.
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Vatican II was one of the most seminal councils in Roman Catholic Church history, having far reaching effects on the universal institution.1 One of the most important outcomes of Vatican II was not the reforming of orthopraxy, but the dialogue that developed regarding three specific issues – the transforming of women’s roles in Church life, Catholic sexual ethics, and the Church’s relationship with LGBTQ+ individuals.2 The decades following Vatican II became a new era of religious dialogue among Catholic scholars and theologians, which established new discussions on women’s ordination, sexual ethics, and attitudes towards homosexuality in the contemporary …
"Fake It Until You Make It:" A Reflection On Film, Hypocrisy, And Christian Ethics,
2018
University of Saskatchewan
"Fake It Until You Make It:" A Reflection On Film, Hypocrisy, And Christian Ethics, William Bartley
Journal of Religion & Film
I will argue that a representative group of films including Mr. Lucky (with Cary Grant), Rossellini’s Il Generale della Rovere, and Galaxy Quest affirm an assumption that is as well known as it is offensively false to many: i.e., we acquire a virtue or quality of character by pretending that we already possess it—the ethic colloquially and popularly known as “fake it until you make it.” The importance and power of this ethic, as thoroughly secular as it seems to be, is best understood in the context of its Roman Catholic and ancient philosophical provenance, which for the most part …
Discovering The Current Opinions Of The Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, And Questioning Individuals Towards The Evangelical Protestant Churches,
2018
Olivet Nazarene University
Discovering The Current Opinions Of The Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, And Questioning Individuals Towards The Evangelical Protestant Churches, Joseph Dagostino
Scholar Week 2016 - present
This research addressed the current opinions held by the LGBTQ community toward Evangelical Protestant churches. As a Pastor of a church that is concerned about this subject, the researcher developed and implemented a survey instrument that attempted to discover the over-all opinions, differences among sexual orientations in opinions, factors that encouraged and discouraged LGBTQ individuals’ involvement within Evangelical Protestant churches, and various levels of involvement by the participants in Evangelical Protestant churches. The researcher used the services of Survey Gizmo to distribute the survey tool amongst those self-identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning to complete the survey instrument. …
Parallels Of Morality: Wilde And Nietzsche’S Challenge To Social Obligation,
2018
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Parallels Of Morality: Wilde And Nietzsche’S Challenge To Social Obligation, Amzie A. Dunekacke
Honors Theses
This thesis explores Irish author Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray in relation to a selection of texts by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. To demonstrate the similarities between Wilde and Nietzsche’s challenges to European morality, this work considers these themes, which are present in the ideologies of both Wilde and Nietzsche: the body and sensual pleasure, social construction, and the hypocrisy of altruism. Both radical thinkers castigate Platonic notions of the body as ignoble and weak, and they mock European propriety’s shyness of the body. In addition, Wilde and Nietzsche offer similar criticisms of social laws, adopting a …
Seeking Surrogacy: The Ethics Of Assisting Life’S Creation,
2018
Luther Seminary
Seeking Surrogacy: The Ethics Of Assisting Life’S Creation, Elisa Berndt
Brindle Award in Medical Ethics Papers
No abstract provided.
Sikh Self-Sacrifice And Religious Representation During World War I,
2018
Montclair State University
Sikh Self-Sacrifice And Religious Representation During World War I, John Soboslai
Department of Religion Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
This paper analyzes the ways Sikh constructions of sacrifice were created and employed to engender social change in the early twentieth century. Through an examination of letters written by Sikh soldiers serving in the British Indian Army during World War I and contemporary documents from within their global religious, legislative, and economic context, I argue that Sikhs mobilized conceptions of self-sacrifice in two distinct directions, both aiming at procuring greater political recognition and representation. Sikhs living outside the Indian subcontinent encouraged their fellows to rise up and throw off their colonial oppressors by recalling mythic moments of the past and …
Sikh Self-Sacrifice And Religious Representation During World War I,
2018
Montclair State University
Sikh Self-Sacrifice And Religious Representation During World War I, John Soboslai
Department of Religion Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
This paper analyzes the ways Sikh constructions of sacrifice were created and employed to engender social change in the early twentieth century. Through an examination of letters written by Sikh soldiers serving in the British Indian Army during World War I and contemporary documents from within their global religious, legislative, and economic context, I argue that Sikhs mobilized conceptions of self-sacrifice in two distinct directions, both aiming at procuring greater political recognition and representation. Sikhs living outside the Indian subcontinent encouraged their fellows to rise up and throw off their colonial oppressors by recalling mythic moments of the past and …
Is There Anything Wrong With The Slogan “My Body My Choice” When It Comes To Abortion?,
2018
Andrews University
Is There Anything Wrong With The Slogan “My Body My Choice” When It Comes To Abortion?, Jean Amost Cadet
Seminary Scholarship Symposium
Early evidence of induced abortion goes back to the 1500s BC. Aristotle’s work, later, described both chemical and mechanical methods to induce it, and ancient Rome also practiced it as a means of population control. Throughout history, there have also been primarily two opposing views regarding a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy early: one, called pro-choice, which supports abortion for diverse reasons; and the other, pro-life, which opposes that practice, because to them, it is an attack on the most defenseless and helpless class of individuals, the unborn. The pro-choice group often refers to the slogan “My Body, My …
Whosoever Will: A Review Essay,
2018
Liberty University
Introduction,
2018
Loyola Marymount University
Introduction, Johnathan Rothchild
Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies
No abstract provided.
The Graduate Study Of Theology At Lmu,
2018
Loyola Marymount University
The Graduate Study Of Theology At Lmu, Brett Hoover
Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies
No abstract provided.
Creating A Cruciform Examen Of The Parish: The Need For Culpability And Discipleship At St. --’S Catholic Church,
2018
Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School
Creating A Cruciform Examen Of The Parish: The Need For Culpability And Discipleship At St. --’S Catholic Church, Emilie Grosvenor
Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies
No abstract provided.
Unaccompanied Refugee Children At The U.S. Border; A Moral Response Considering The Works Of Thomas Aquinas,
2018
Loyola Marymount University
Unaccompanied Refugee Children At The U.S. Border; A Moral Response Considering The Works Of Thomas Aquinas, Linda Dakin-Grimm
Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies
No abstract provided.
Corita Kent And The Resurrection Of Communication In The Digital Age,
2018
Loyola Marymount University
Corita Kent And The Resurrection Of Communication In The Digital Age, Christine Dennis
Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies
No abstract provided.
Sinful Individualism And Sinful Structures,
2018
Loyola Marymount University
Sinful Individualism And Sinful Structures, Linda Nguyen
Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies
No abstract provided.
Pastoral Poética,
2018
Loyola Marymount University
Pastoral Poética, Various Authors
Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies
No abstract provided.
Icons Of Presence: Windows To The Soul,
2018
Loyola Marymount University
Icons Of Presence: Windows To The Soul, Cathy Bando
Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies
No abstract provided.
Who Wants A God Who Suffers?,
2018
Loyola Marymount University
Who Wants A God Who Suffers?, Josh Shrader-Perry
Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies
No abstract provided.
There Was An Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe: Was It Martha?,
2018
Loyola Marymount University
There Was An Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe: Was It Martha?, Jane Terlesky
Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies
No abstract provided.
