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A Review Article Of Jonathan Root, Oral Roberts And The Rise Of The Prosperity Gospel, Daniel D. Isgrigg

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

This review article discusses the new biography of Oral Roberts by Jonathan Root. It situates the book in the field of recent Oral Roberts studies and discusses its contributions to the life of this well-known twentieth-century religious figure. It also critically assesses the assumptions of the book related to its framing of Oral Roberts as contributing to the “rise of the prosperity gospel.”

Christian Mass Movements In South India And Some Of The Critical Factors That Changed The Face Of Christianity In India, Philip Joseph Mathew

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

The main reason for Christian growth in India was not individual conversions but rather Christian mass movements (CMMs). Since the late 1700s, a series of independent CMMs among non-Christians and a mass reformation movement within the Suriani community have occurred in the southern end of India. These MMs culminated in a mass emancipation movement against caste-imposed segregation of Dalits in the late 1800s, an event of national significance. In the early 1900s, Pentecostalism evolved from these CMMs and transformed the religious landscape of Christianity in South India and later in India as a whole. The Thoma Christians were the early …

Covid-19, Science, And Race: A Black Pentecostal Engagement, David Daniels

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

A Black Pentecostal engagement of COVID-19, science, and race points towards a rapport between the Spirit-empowered Movement and health sciences where religious and secular (science) actors are respected agents in the public arena with each offering valuable perspectives and resources to pivotal conversations about public health in this case. In this article, it is argued that the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) represented in the episcopal letters of Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr., the presiding bishop of COGIC from 2007 to 2021, demonstrate a religious perspective that possesses a critical perspective on engaging health science during the COVID-19 pandemic. …

Hee Won Choi, "A Study Of Granville Oral Roberts’S Whole Person Healing Mission/그랜빌 오랄 로버츠(Granville Oral Roberts)의 전인치유선교 연구," Phd Dissertation, Juan International University, (In Korean), Hee Won Choi

Books and Other Holy Spirit Artifacts

A thesis written in Korean for PhD in Intercultural Studies at Juan International University in South Korea.

English Abstract:

The thesis proposes Whole-Person healing mission as an effective for pastoral ministry and mission to respond to the challenge of the ineffective evangelistic mission as the critical hindrance to Christian ministry and mission. The study argues that the whole-person healing mission and evangelization of Granville Oral Roberts(1918-2009) through revival meetings, broadcasting, education, and medical service in the twentieth century would serve as a new theological breakthrough. His whole-person healing mission became a significant ideological foundation of holistic mission, faith mission, mission …

Becoming A Whole Person Medical Professional: Reflections From An Oru Medical Student, Clay Powell, M.D.

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

This article is a reflection about the legacy of whole person medicine by a graduate of Oral Roberts University School of Medicine.

Healing Through Prayer And Medicine: How Oral Roberts’ Healing Vision Was— And Continues To Be—Fulfilled, John R. Crouch, Jr., M.D.

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

This article is a personal reflection on the legacy of integration of divine healing with medical practice through the vision of the Oral Roberts University School of Medicine. It charts the origins of the School of Medicine, the implementation of the philosophy of prayer and medicine, and the legacy that followed the theology and faculty after the school closed in 1989.

Spiritus 4, Vol 2 (2019) The Healing Issue, Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

No abstract provided.

A Tale Of Two Books: The Relationship Between John Harvey Kellogg’S Living Temple And Ellen G. White’S Ministry Of Healing, Thomas Rasmussen

Andrews University Seminary Student Journal

In contemporary society John H. Kellogg is more known for his medical inventions, than he is for the book The Living Temple, which was published in 1903. However, within Adventism the name Kellogg denotes crisis and controversy. The thesis of this paper is that Ellen White responded to the Kellogg’s publication in three ways: personally—to John Kellogg; prophetically—to the Seventh-day Adventist Church; and publicly—with the book The Ministry of Healing, which was published two years later in 1905. It is the public response that is of primary interest to this paper. Ellen White wrote many personal letters to Kellogg leading …

Oral Roberts’ Theology Of Healing: A Journey From Pentecostal “Divine Healing” To Charismatic “Signs And Wonders” To Spirit-Empowered “Whole Person Healing”, Thomson Mathew

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

This paper traces the development and articulation of Oral Roberts’ theology of healing through three discernible stages. From the perspective of a participant observer during the final stage of Roberts’ healing ministry, the author examines Roberts’ writings to show that his healing theology moved from a classical Pentecostal theology of divine healing of his roots to a theology of “Holy Spirit in the Now” that emphasized signs and wonders befitting the Charismatic Movement he led, to a final stage that might be characterized as a Spirit-empowered theology of whole person health. Attention has been given to Roberts’ conceptual and linguistic …

Romans 12 Living : Older Adults And The Call To Serve, Jeffrey Arthur Hosmer

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Gospel Encounter With Subaltern India , Stanish Stanley

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

This work examines the role of religio-cultural resources in enabling the transformation of a broken community and people.

In the context of nineteenth and twentieth century British India, an oppressed community in India set out to explore the possibility of challenging and re-defining their own destiny. This oppressed section of Indians who lived in the margins of Indian caste defined society were considered socially and ritually polluting people and were subservient to various socio-economic and religio-cultural biases. The daily life routine of this oppressed community, called the Sambavars (Pariahs) of the Malayalam speaking princely State of Travancore in South India, …

The Fathomless Wealth Of Christ: Hudson Taylor’S Remarkable Life Of Faith, Carter Hudson

History of Christianity II: TH 314

No abstract provided.

Causes And Consequences Of The Protestant Reformation, Sascha O. Becker, Steven Pfaff, Jared Rubin

ESI Working Papers

The Protestant Reformation is one of the defining events of the last millennium. Nearly 500 years after the Reformation, its causes and consequences have seen a renewed interest in the social sciences. Research in economics, sociology, and political science increasingly uses detailed individual-level, city-level, and regional-level data to identify drivers of the adoption of the Reformation, its diffusion pattern, and its socioeconomic consequences. This survey takes stock of the research so far, tries to point out what we know and what we do not know, and which are the most promising areas for future research.

America's Learning About Foreign Places Through The Eyes Of Missionaries: Writings In The Friends' Missionary Advocate, 1885-1933, Stanley D. Brunn, Elizabeth J. Leppman

Quaker Studies

Missionaries were among the travelers who supplied American adults and children with information about foreign places. Because they enjoyed a high status and respect with their home congregations and because they lived among peoples in foreign, often exotic, lands, missionaries and their writings enjoyed a wide and attentive audience. Materials in The Friends' Missionary Advocate between 1885 and 1933 report that information on foreign regions reached American audiences through presentations at monthly and quarterly meetings and at yearly conferences. Articles, letters, reports, maps, and pictures were also a medium for influencing Americans' impressions of the world.

Review Of Missionaries And Their Medicine, Chad M. Bauman

Chad M. Bauman

A review of Missionaries And Their Medicine: A Christian Modernity for Tribal India, by David Hardiman, Manchester University Press, 2008.

Leadership Training Program For Shared Leadership Based On Super Leadership At Cheo-Eum Korean Presbyterian Church : A Study Of Christian Leadership, Houng Jin Youn

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Herald Of Holiness Volume 79 Number 03 (1990), Wesley D. Tracy (Editor)

Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today

Cover Photo Credit: Pam Greenfield

Inside Front Cover Photo Credit: Paul S. Myers

FEATURE ARTICLES

4 A Rabbit’s-Foot Jesus, Victor Schreffler

10 Tributes to Samuel Young

15 Entire Sanctification Makes a Difference, Richard S. Taylor

16 Family and Sexual Violence: What the Church Needs to Know and Do, Carmen Renee Berry

22 Devotions for Lent, Wesley Tracy

26 Evangelist Preaches with Venom, Nina E. Beegle

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FEATURES

46 A Green Beret Wins His Battle, Nina E. Beegle

CONTINUING COLUMNS

8 Rhythms of the Spirit, Morris A. Weigelt

9 General Superintendent’s Viewpoint, Jerald D. Johnson

12 Into the Word, Reuben …

Herald Of Holiness Volume 75 Number 06 (1986), W. E. Mccumber (Editor)

Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today

Cover Photo Credit: Cherry Johnston

IN THIS ISSUE:

2 The Poverty of God, General Superintendent: Raymond W. Hurn

3 Someone Died For You, Ed Felter

3 Who Is Jesus? (a Poem), Harry C. Baxindine III

4 Letters

5 Hallelujah, What a Savior!, Morris Chalfant

6 Life’s Pauses (a Poem), Geraldine Nicholas

6 Resurrection Proof for Today, Ivan A. Beals

7 The Easter Surety (a Poem), Byron H. Maybury

8 Let’s Be Global Christians, Samuel L. Dunn

9 Nazarene Roots: “Following the Great Physician”

10 The Answer, John W. May

11 New Life (a Poem), Mabel P. Adamson

11 “Because You …

1976 Handbook Of Missions, Brethren In Christ Church

Handbook of Missions

A calling to fulfill. 1976 yearbook. Brethren in Christ Missions. Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Stevensville, Ontario.

Herald Of Holiness Volume 61 Number 13 (1972), W. T. Purkiser (Editor)

Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today

Volume 61, Number 13, June 21, 1972 HERALD OF HOLINESS W.T. Purkiser, Editor In Chief NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE 01 Cover
02 General Superintendents' Message
05 General Superintendents' Office
06 General Board
07 Division of Wills, Annuities, and Special Gifts
08 General Secretary
10 General Treasurer
11 Department of Church Schools
16 Department of Education
20 Department of Evangelism
22 Department of Home Missions
26 Nazarene Publishing House
28 Pensions and Benevolence
32 Department of World Missions
34 Latin Publications Division
38 Department of Youth
42 Radio League
44 Nazarene Information Service
45 Nazarene Audiovisual Committee
46 Christian Service Training
48 …

The Background And The First Twenty-Five Years Of The Missouri Evangelical Lutheran India Mission, 1894-1919, Herbert Manthey Zorn

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The purpose of this study is to examine the first twenty-five years of the history of the Missouri Evangelical Lutheran India Mission. The chief emphasis in the study is understanding the situation and conditions in which various decisions were taken. This will involve investigation of primary documents, letters, reports, and, where possible, interviews with the actual persons involved.

Herald Of Holiness Volume 57, Number 14 (1968), W. T. Purkiser (Editor)

Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today

01 Quote from Robert E. Speer
02 Fling Away Ambitions By General Superintendent Powers
03 Can the Holiness Message Penetrate the University Campus? By Willis E. Snowbarger
05 A Plum in His Mouth By Brian L. Farmer
06 Must Self Die Too? By Wesley D. Tracy
07 Pen Points: I Quit By C. Neil Strait
08 This is the Church! By Kenneth Vogt
09 Where Did You Learn the Most? By M. Harold Daniels
10 Editorially Speaking By W. T. Purkiser
12 On Being a Whole Person: The Search for Inner Peace By John S. Noftle
12 Vital Statistics
14 …

Lutheranism In The Philippines 1952-1966, Herbert Kretzmann

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The purpose of this research is to outline the history of the work done by missionaries of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in the Philippines. The study is made in the context of the Christian faith. The writer believes that the God of history led the Lutheran Church to the Philippines. He gives credit for the results attained to God's activity through the Word and Sacraments and the dedicated lives of His people. It is the hope of the writer to present an objective study which can be used to make plans for future Lutheran work in the Philippines with the …

Herald Of Holiness Volume 54 Number 38 (1965), W. T. Purkiser (Editor)

Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today

01 Cover by Elden Rawlings
02 The Capacity to Condemn by General Superintendent Coulter
03 Hamlin: On Medical Missions by Howard Hamlin, M.D.
04 About This Issue…
05 Reds Agree to Allow Preaching by Rev. Paul B. Peterson
05 Life Is Forever by Lois Blanchard
06 Easy Money by Eileen Lageer
07 The Parable of the Watch by Sergio Franco
08 The Look That Lost a Race by Ralph Earle
09 Mother of Four Recalls Being Saved as a Child by Marie A. Ayres
10 Editorials by W. T. Purkiser
12 Is There Hope For Me? by Elden Rawlings
15 …

1965 Handbook Of Missions, Brethren In Christ Church

Handbook of Missions

Handbook of Missions. Forty-eighth annual edition. Brethren in Christ Church, 1965.

Herald Of Holiness Volume 52 Number 11 (1963), W. T. Purkiser (Editor)

Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today

01 Cover by Crandall Vail
02 Vacation Bible School Evangelism by General Superintendent Benner
03 A Space Age Faith by L. Guy Nees
04 “If Mother Saw Me Now” by Vera Clay
04 The Throne Room by Jack M. Scharn
05 There Went a Saint! By Warren McNeilly
05 Why Sanctification? By P. C. Cole
06 Earth’s Rarest Gift: Mother by A. S. London
07 “There Followeth After Me…” by Ruth Vaughn
08 Build with Vacation Bible School
09 The Plus of the Second Week by Horton Myers
10 Our Greatest Gift to Mother! By Katherine Bevis
11 Editorials by …

Herald Of Holiness Volume 51 Number 36 (1962), W. T. Purkiser (Editor)

Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today

01 Cover by Pan American
General Articles
02 The Appeal to Softness by General Superintendent Young
03 Editorials by W. T. Purkiser
05 The Preacher and the Peddlers, by Wesley D. Tracy
06 Tile Church and Social Status, by Wm. J. Nichols
07 The Reach That Teaches, by K. S. Rice
08 The Joy of the Lord, by Eric E. Jorden
10 Do You Have "I” Trouble? By Dallas Baggett
11 Enoch, God, and Togetherness, by Fletcher Galloway
Poetry
10 Shall I Not Trust? By Berniece Ayers Hall
11 The Sunset Years, by Frances B. Erickson
Departments
12 Late News …

1959 Handbook Of Missions, Brethren In Christ Church, Earl Engle Jr.

Handbook of Missions

Handbook of Missions. Forty-second annual edition. Brethren in Christ Church, 1959. Includes Statistical reports, Brethren in Christ Sunday School work, 1958.

History Of The India Mission Of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 1945-1957, James Arthur Fergin

Bachelor of Divinity

The purpose of the research presented in the following pages is to enable the writer to serve in a better capacity as a missionary in a foreign country. The collecting and correlating of the various factors in the development and history of the India Mission during the past thirteen years has been a wonderful opportunity for greater preparation in entering foreign mission work. Another purpose for this research is to bring the history of our Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod’s India Mission to a close. Missionary Elmer E. Griesse presented a thesis to Washington University, St. Louis, on the history of the …

The Other Sheep Volume 43 Number 07, Remiss Rehfeldt (Editor)

Other Sheep

No abstract provided.