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Grand Valley State University

Journal

2006

Religion

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Religion In The Workplace: New Perspectives And Laws, Marie Mckendall Jan 2006

Religion In The Workplace: New Perspectives And Laws, Marie Mckendall

Seidman Business Review

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act has for 41 years been the law that governs religious discrimination in the workplace. For some Michigan employers, that may be about to change. On November 2, the Michigan House of Representatives passed Bill 972, known as the Conscientious Objector Policy Act. The bill will now go to the Senate, where is it also expected to pass. It is not known whether the governor will sign the bill.


Inducing The Holy Spirit Through The Pentecostal Message, Melissa Guzman Jan 2006

Inducing The Holy Spirit Through The Pentecostal Message, Melissa Guzman

McNair Scholars Journal

Pentecostalism (PC) is the most prolific branch of American evangelical Christianity (Jacobsen 2003) as it has been able to provide to its adherents, subcultures and collective identities that bestow meaning and belonging (Smith 1998). PC arose from Methodist and Baptist branches of Christianity at the end of the 19th century (Blumhofer 1993) and was involved in adjusting millions of migrants to U.S. city life (Synan 1997). Because PC has “straddled the race line in ways that most other American religious movements did not” (Jacobsen 2003: 260), it is significant to consider its wide appeal by analyzing how it manifests itself …