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Religious Upheaval In A South Dakota Mennonite Community, 1874-1940, Ryan Mews Jan 2024

Religious Upheaval In A South Dakota Mennonite Community, 1874-1940, Ryan Mews

Dissertations and Theses

In 1874, multiple colonies of German-Russian Mennonites and Hutterites entered the Dakota Territory to settle into tightknit religious communities. These Anabaptists sought to escape religious persecution and assimilation in Russia but found themselves influenced by American religious groups. Their history of isolationism caused these groups to draw lines between their congregations that kept them small but allowed them to interact with new ideas in different ways, but caused them to redefine their German Mennonite identity. One such influence erupted from the Presbyterian Church called fundamentalism that encouraged evangelical works in America and sought to combat modernism in religious institutions. In …

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Words Empty And Hollow? The Brethren In Christ Church And The Challenge Of Race, 1967-1975, David Weaver-Zercher Apr 2022

Words Empty And Hollow? The Brethren In Christ Church And The Challenge Of Race, 1967-1975, David Weaver-Zercher

Biblical, Religious, & Philosophical Studies Educator Scholarship

This article, the second of two exploring the Brethren in Christ Church’s response to race, racism, and the Civil Rights Movement, picks up the story in 1967. Earlier, in 1963 and 1964, the denomination had adopted two statements on the issue of black civil rights that placed the church firmly in the “white moderate” camp. Not only did the events of the late 1960s call for renewed consideration of these issues, but the denomination itself was changing, with a growing contingent of members who considered working for social change to be an important part of the church’s mission. To be …

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Sympathy And Disfavor: The Brethren In Christ Church And Civil Rights, 1950-1965, David Weaver-Zercher Dec 2021

Sympathy And Disfavor: The Brethren In Christ Church And Civil Rights, 1950-1965, David Weaver-Zercher

Biblical, Religious, & Philosophical Studies Educator Scholarship

This article, the first of two exploring the Brethren in Christ Church’s response to race, racism, and the Civil Right movement, picks up the story in the early 1950s and runs through 1965—that is, after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the 1950s, the Brethren in Christ Church began to develop programs to address America’s “race problem” (e.g., starting new churches in black neighborhoods), but its support for black civil rights was always minimal. Even as the church expressed sympathy for the goals of the Civil Rights Movement, it condemned activist means of protest that, in …

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Souls, Cars, And Division: The Amish Mission Movement Of The 1950s And Its Effects On The Amish Community Of Partridge, Kansas, Peter D. Miller Oct 2019

Souls, Cars, And Division: The Amish Mission Movement Of The 1950s And Its Effects On The Amish Community Of Partridge, Kansas, Peter D. Miller

Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies

Though often perceived as static, Amish identity is subject to change. The mid-twentieth century was a period of notable change. The recent experience of World War II, American religious revival movements, and economic pressures all placed pressure upon Amish communities to adapt. This paper highlights the experience of the Amish community of Partridge, Kansas, where these pressures and widespread interest in mission work eventually led to a church division in the 1950s. This paper explores the contributing factors to that split and examines the reactions on both sides to the division.

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Editorial, Jeffrey S. Lamp Mar 2019

Editorial, Jeffrey S. Lamp

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

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Spiritus 4.1 (Spring 2019) Full Issue, Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library Mar 2019

Spiritus 4.1 (Spring 2019) Full Issue, Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

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Christ And Culture Valued: Test Cases On Fairness, John Carson Iii Dec 2016

Christ And Culture Valued: Test Cases On Fairness, John Carson Iii

Senior Honors Theses

This research engages H. Richard Niebuhr’s work, Christ and Culture. Niebuhr’s book is a seminal work on the historical trends of Christian cultural engagement. This research applies several tests to the paradigm demonstrated in Niebuhr’s work. These tests demonstrate that Christ and Culture presents a paradigm that lacks fairness and does not adequately meet the goals of an explanatory paradigm. Niebuhr’s paradigm has shaped the discussion of Christian cultural engagement for over fifty years, and this research was done to demonstrate the need for new conversation-shaping paradigms in the field of Christian cultural engagement.

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On Writing Of Faith Broken Open And Other Evidences Of Love, Jennifer Sears Jan 2016

On Writing Of Faith Broken Open And Other Evidences Of Love, Jennifer Sears

Publications and Research

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"Another Way": The Pneumatology Of Deleuzean Minoritarian Communal Interpretation In Scripture, The 16th Century Radical Reformation, And Alternative 21st Century Anabaptist Community, Jeremy Garber Jan 2014

"Another Way": The Pneumatology Of Deleuzean Minoritarian Communal Interpretation In Scripture, The 16th Century Radical Reformation, And Alternative 21st Century Anabaptist Community, Jeremy Garber

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation proposes a constructive theology of the Holy Spirit called the "pneumatology of minoritarian communal interpretation," the alternative creation of meaning within an oppressive majority context. It illustrates the convergence of Deleuzean philosophy with Anabaptist pneumatology and media communal interpretation theory in three particular locations: 1) selected mentions of the Holy Spirit in the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament; 2) the 16th century Radical Reformation; and 3) "Another Way," a 21st century alternative Anabaptist group focused around the spiritual discussion of art and popular media. Chapter One outlines the three theories. Chapter Two examines the Holy Spirit in …

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Anabaptist Masculinity In Reformation Europe, Adam Michael Bonikowske May 2013

Anabaptist Masculinity In Reformation Europe, Adam Michael Bonikowske

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis studies the connections between the Anabaptist movement during the Protestant Reformation and the alternative masculinities that developed during sixteenth-century Europe. It argues that Anabaptist men challenged traditional gender norms of European society, and through their unique understanding of the Reformation's message of salvation, these men constructed new ideas about masculinity that were at odds with Protestant and Catholic culture. Anabaptist men placed piety and ethics at the center of reform, and argued for the moral improvement of Christians. In separation from Catholics and mainstream Protestants, Anabaptists created a new culture that exhibited behavior often viewed as dangerous. The …

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Good Words - May 2007, Vol. 9, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa May 2007

Good Words - May 2007, Vol. 9, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Good Words - August 2006, Vol. 8, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa Aug 2006

Good Words - August 2006, Vol. 8, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Good Words - May 2006, Vol. 8, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa May 2006

Good Words - May 2006, Vol. 8, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Good Words - August 2005, Vol. 7, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa Aug 2005

Good Words - August 2005, Vol. 7, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Good Words - May 2005, Vol. 7, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa May 2005

Good Words - May 2005, Vol. 7, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Good Words - December 2004, Vol. 6, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa Dec 2004

Good Words - December 2004, Vol. 6, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Sacramental Theology And Ecclesiastical Authority, Darius Jankiewicz Oct 2004

Sacramental Theology And Ecclesiastical Authority, Darius Jankiewicz

Faculty Publications

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Good Words - August 2004, Vol. 6, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa Aug 2004

Good Words - August 2004, Vol. 6, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Public Justice And Private Mercy In Measure For Measure, Stacy Magedanz Apr 2004

Public Justice And Private Mercy In Measure For Measure, Stacy Magedanz

Library Faculty Publications & Presentations

As the only one of Shakespeare’s plays to carry a biblical title, Measure for Measure draws on an explicitly Christian body of thought about law, mercy, justice, and the right exercise of authority. The pervasive influence of the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5–7) over Measure for Measure’s action has led many critics to interpret the play as a straightforward Christian allegory where Mercy pleads before God in a grand Last Judgment.1 Another group, perhaps in reaction, has found in the play a subversion of the expected outcomes of justice, or even a radical subversion of all authority.2 During the …

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Sacramental Theology And Ecclesiastical Authority, Darius Jankiewicz Jan 2004

Sacramental Theology And Ecclesiastical Authority, Darius Jankiewicz

Darius Jankiewicz

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Anti-Puritanism, Anti-Popery, And Gallows Rhetoric In Thomas Nashe's "The Unfortunate Traveller", Jennifer Andersen Jan 2004

Anti-Puritanism, Anti-Popery, And Gallows Rhetoric In Thomas Nashe's "The Unfortunate Traveller", Jennifer Andersen

English Faculty Publications

This article explores links between the anti-Marprelate polemics and Thomas Nashe's satire of Puritans and Catholics in "The Unfortunate Traveller." In public confrontations with the late Elizabethan church, activist minority religions were co-opting powerful rhetorics of holiness. Analysis is made of episodes in "The Unfortunate Traveller" where Nashe deconstructs Puritan and Catholic appropriations of the rhetoric of martyrdom and seeks to educate the reader in interpreting or seeing through what he believes are pretended forms of holiness. Making readers aware of false appropriations and performances of holiness involves educating them in the narrative and dramatic conventions that are used to …

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Review Of A. James Reimer, Mennonites And Classical Theology, Richard Crane Dec 2003

Review Of A. James Reimer, Mennonites And Classical Theology, Richard Crane

Biblical, Religious, & Philosophical Studies Educator Scholarship

Mennonites and Classical Theology is a collection of thirty-seven essays written between 1978 and 2000 and presented, with the exception of minor revisions, as they were originally published. A short introduction is provided for each essay, written in retrospect and identifying the original occasion of the article or presentation.

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Good Words - May 2003, Vol. 5, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa May 2003

Good Words - May 2003, Vol. 5, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Adam Ncube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Good Words - December 2002, Vol. 4, No. 3, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa Dec 2002

Good Words - December 2002, Vol. 4, No. 3, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Adam Ncube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Good Words - August 2002, Vol. 4, No.2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa Aug 2002

Good Words - August 2002, Vol. 4, No.2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Adam Ncube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Good Words - May 2002, Vol. 4, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa May 2002

Good Words - May 2002, Vol. 4, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Adam Ncube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Good Words - December 2001, Vol. 3, No. 8, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa Dec 2001

Good Words - December 2001, Vol. 3, No. 8, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

No abstract provided.

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Good Words - July 2001, Vol. 3, No. 7, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa Jul 2001

Good Words - July 2001, Vol. 3, No. 7, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Sinda Ngulube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Good Words - December 2002, Vol. 3, No. 6, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa Dec 2000

Good Words - December 2002, Vol. 3, No. 6, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

Adam Ncube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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Good Words - August 2000, Vol. 3, No. 5, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa Aug 2000

Good Words - August 2000, Vol. 3, No. 5, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa

Good Words / Amazwi Amahle

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