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History of Christianity

1998

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Historic Celtic Practices In Twentieth-Century American Religion, Ryan Clark Hankins Jan 1998

Historic Celtic Practices In Twentieth-Century American Religion, Ryan Clark Hankins

Honors Theses

From its earliest days, the Christian Church has struggled to adapt to the cultures which embrace her. The earliest internal disputes were not doctrinal, but cultural in nature. The contention between Jewish and Gentile widows recorded in Acts 6 and the Jerusalem Council recorded in Acts 15 are but the first of countless cultural clashes. Historically, at least since the rise of Catholic missions, the church has drifted between extremes in its relationships with the cultures she encounters. The church either attempts to abolish the cultural distinctives of evangelized people groups, or unquestionably embraces those distinctives. At best, either extreme …


Chinese Congregations Of Ontario In The Context Of The History Of Pastoral Care Practice, Chun-An Wang Jan 1998

Chinese Congregations Of Ontario In The Context Of The History Of Pastoral Care Practice, Chun-An Wang

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This is a study of Chinese congregations of Ontario in the context of the history of pastoral care. According to a historical review, there are three major practice paradigms of pastoral care in the Western church. The classical pastoral paradigm emphasizes a Christian message. The clinical paradigm emphasizes personality and relationships. The communal- contextual paradigm tries to cover a wholistic goal namely, message, person, and context. In the nineteenth century, the Chinese church integrated the classical paradigm into contemporary culture. A micro-ethnographic survey of the Chinese churches of Ontario has revealed that the pastors still practise care ministry in a …


Review Of Heretics: The Other Side Of Early Christianity, By Gerd Ludemann., Sheila Mcginn Dec 1997

Review Of Heretics: The Other Side Of Early Christianity, By Gerd Ludemann., Sheila Mcginn

Sheila E McGinn

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