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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Spiritual Direction And Evangelicals : Exploring Its Growth, Margie Van Duzer
Spiritual Direction And Evangelicals : Exploring Its Growth, Margie Van Duzer
Doctor of Ministry
During the last thirty years interest in the ministry of spiritual direction has grown rapidly within evangelical circles. This paper explores the conditions that have nurtured this change. Specifically, this dissertation defines and describes spiritual direction, sets forth its biblical and historical context, and then explores a variety of factors that help explain its increase in popularity among evangelicals. In the final chapter, the dissertation turns to a consideration of how best to prepare the growing number of evangelical spiritual directors and proposes an outline of a curriculum for a spiritual direction equipping program.
The paper is divided into three …
Yugoslavia's Churches Squeezed Between East And West During The Cold War, Paul Mojzes
Yugoslavia's Churches Squeezed Between East And West During The Cold War, Paul Mojzes
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
Yugoslavia’s faithful adherence to the Soviet Bloc ended in 1948 when the famous Stalin-Tito split gradually sent Yugoslavia onto its own separate socialist path and subsequently led to the policy of active non-alignment between the military blocs. This ideological policy change delineates two very distinct stages for the position of the churches. From 1945 to 1948 Yugoslavia was under strong Soviet influence and followed a Stalinist model of suppression of all religions. The Serbian Orthodox Church was able to maintain its traditional affinity to the Russian Orthodox Church but of little benefit to either Church. The Catholics and Protestants were …
The Problems Of Cultural Adaptation Of The Evangelicals During The Soviet Period, Gennadi Sergienko
The Problems Of Cultural Adaptation Of The Evangelicals During The Soviet Period, Gennadi Sergienko
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Nichols' "The Development Of Russian Evangelical Spirituality: A Study Of Ivan V. Kargel (1849-1937)" - Book Review, Walter Sawatsky
Nichols' "The Development Of Russian Evangelical Spirituality: A Study Of Ivan V. Kargel (1849-1937)" - Book Review, Walter Sawatsky
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Perfect Future In Past Traditions, Evgeni Goncharenko
Perfect Future In Past Traditions, Evgeni Goncharenko
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
As mankind marks the beginning of the third millennium since the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is appropriate for brothers and sisters in Christ to reflect upon our important traditions of worship. Each generation is confronted with the task of continuing or changing the ways we worship. As Evangelical Christian Baptists, we cherish or change how each of us seeks a more meaningful relationship with God. Focusing upon Jesus Christ, through prayer, Bible studies, and sharing with each other, each generation of Baptists builds upon the solid traditions of our faith. This paper is concerned with the music …
Do "Iron Curtains" Happen More Than Once?, Dr. William Yoder
Do "Iron Curtains" Happen More Than Once?, Dr. William Yoder
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
"Two separations significant for World Christendom commemorated their 50th birthdays on 13 August: the construction of the Berlin Wall and the splitting up of the “All-Union Council of Evangelical Christians-Baptists”. On 18 August, in one of two major Russian-language commentaries on the second event, Moscow’s Mikhail Cherenkov celebrated in the news service “Protestant” the maverick and courageous spirit of the underground, “Initiativniki” Baptist movement. He described them as a “mighty spiritual” and “radical reformist” movement and exclaimed: No one could have expected that an “anti-church directive” put out by the All-Union Council could “invoke such massive resistance on the local-church …
Ajzenkol's "Crkva Pred Izazovima Medija [Church Facing Challenges Of Media: Liturgy Symbolism, Performance And Media Translation Of The Roman Catholic Service]" - Book Review, Dr. Dubravka Ðjuriæ
Ajzenkol's "Crkva Pred Izazovima Medija [Church Facing Challenges Of Media: Liturgy Symbolism, Performance And Media Translation Of The Roman Catholic Service]" - Book Review, Dr. Dubravka Ðjuriæ
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Puzynin's "The Tradition Of The Gospel Christians. A Study Of Their Identity And Theology During The Russian, Soviet, And Post-Soviet Periods" - Book Review, Mark Mccarthy
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
The Search For God: Virginia Woolf And Caroline Emelia Stephen, Kathleen A. Heininge
The Search For God: Virginia Woolf And Caroline Emelia Stephen, Kathleen A. Heininge
Faculty Publications - Department of English
As a Modernist follower of radical individualism, Virginia Woolf is thought to be antipathetic to religious thought; Woolf’s own spirituality, however, is certainly more complicated than most critics have allowed, especially in light of the influence of her aunt, Caroline Emelia Stephen, a well-known Quaker mystic and writer who rejected the established church in favor of a less traditional version of Christianity. The intellectual relationship between niece and aunt has been little discussed; aside from Jane Marcus’s “The Niece of a Nun: Caroline Stephen and the Cloistered Imagination” and Alison Lewis’s “A Quaker Influence on Modern English Literature: Caroline Stephen …
Addressing The Johannine Riddles—A New Introduction To John, Paul N. Anderson
Addressing The Johannine Riddles—A New Introduction To John, Paul N. Anderson
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
No abstract provided.
The Autocephaly Of The Romanian Orthodox Church: 125 Years Since Its Acknowledgement, Theodor Damian
The Autocephaly Of The Romanian Orthodox Church: 125 Years Since Its Acknowledgement, Theodor Damian
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
The Effect Of Communism On The Work Of The Protestant Churches In Bulgaria, Margarita Todorova
The Effect Of Communism On The Work Of The Protestant Churches In Bulgaria, Margarita Todorova
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Tyndale's "Protestants In Communist East Germany. In The Storm Of The World" - Book Review, Robert F. Goeckel
Tyndale's "Protestants In Communist East Germany. In The Storm Of The World" - Book Review, Robert F. Goeckel
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Christian Mission As A Relevant Applied Hermeneutic In The Post-Soviet Russian Context, Joseph A. Loya O.S.A.
Christian Mission As A Relevant Applied Hermeneutic In The Post-Soviet Russian Context, Joseph A. Loya O.S.A.
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Western Perspectives On Church-State Relations In Soviet Era, Walter Sawatsky
Western Perspectives On Church-State Relations In Soviet Era, Walter Sawatsky
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Buchenau's "Auf Russischen Spuren: Orthodoxe Antiwestler In Serbien, 1850-1945" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes
Buchenau's "Auf Russischen Spuren: Orthodoxe Antiwestler In Serbien, 1850-1945" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Garrard, J., And C. Garrard's "Russian Orthodoxy Resurgent: Faith And Power In The New Russia" - Book Review, Erich Lippman
Garrard, J., And C. Garrard's "Russian Orthodoxy Resurgent: Faith And Power In The New Russia" - Book Review, Erich Lippman
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Building On The Foundation Of The Future: The Millennial Church, Deborah Loyd
Building On The Foundation Of The Future: The Millennial Church, Deborah Loyd
Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary
The purpose of this study is to help church leaders find ways of inspiring commitment to the church among the Millennial Generation. The Millennial Generation has been abandoning traditional churches at a rate of nearly 80 percent once they leave high school, many of them never to return. My goal was to discover solutions, new ways of thinking, and possibly a new design for faith community. For this I chose to research a community where Millennials thrive, The Bridge Church of Portland, Oregon. My chapters include: The Problem in chapter 1, Literary Reviews in chapter 2, The Context of Ministry …
Kidd's "God Of Liberty: A Religious History Of The American Revolution"- Book Review, Mark Hall
Kidd's "God Of Liberty: A Religious History Of The American Revolution"- Book Review, Mark Hall
Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics
No abstract provided.
Westernizing Islam And The American Right, Ross W. Mccullough
Westernizing Islam And The American Right, Ross W. Mccullough
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
Excerpt: "At the end of The Searchers, John Wayne stands framed by the darkened doorway of a cabin, and with the dry scrub and John Ford vastness behind him he contemplates the house his successful search party has just entered. He looks inside for a second, half smiles, turns, and walks with his John Wayne slouch back into the sandstone and prairie. The door closes in front of the camera, the screen is thrown into blackness, and the credits roll. John Wayne ain’t gonna do civilization: The End."
Leustean's "Eastern Christianity And The Cold War, 1945-91" - Book Review, James R. Payton Jr.
Leustean's "Eastern Christianity And The Cold War, 1945-91" - Book Review, James R. Payton Jr.
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Beyond Change-Overcoming The Barriers To Small Rural Church Revitalization, Allen F. Wachter
Beyond Change-Overcoming The Barriers To Small Rural Church Revitalization, Allen F. Wachter
Doctor of Ministry
Many of the rural churches of the Free Methodist Denomination in the Northeast region of the United States have experienced substantial stagnation and/or decline of their attendance rates over the past five years. This begs the questions, "What is preventing these churches from being revitalized so they too can be used as vessels to grow the Kingdom of God?" Though many obstructions to kingdom growth1 exist, this study focuses on the following five barriers: resistance to change, under-utilization of spiritual gifts, relational dysfunction, apathy, and lack of love. The source of these barriers was discovered through personal observation and experience …
Baptists In Macedonia: From The Beginning To The Dawn Of Regeneration 1970, Jovan Jonovski
Baptists In Macedonia: From The Beginning To The Dawn Of Regeneration 1970, Jovan Jonovski
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
The Last Of The Rephaim: Conquest And Cataclysm In The Heroic Ages Of Ancient Israel, Brian R. Doak
The Last Of The Rephaim: Conquest And Cataclysm In The Heroic Ages Of Ancient Israel, Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
This dissertation explores the role of giants in the narrative and historiographic worlds of symbol, geography, and religion in ancient Israel. The Nephilim, Anaqim, Rephaim, Emim, Zamzumim/Zuzim, some Gibborim, and other individuals (e.g., Goliath) can all be classified as “giants”—not only with respect to their height and other physical properties, but also with respect to the negative moral qualities assigned to giants in antiquity. Previous interpreters have treated giants as merely a fantastical prop against which God’s agents emerge victorious. I argue that giants are a theologically and historiographically generative group, through which we gain insight into central aspects of …
Beyond Change- Overcoming The Barriers To Small Rural Church Revitalization, Allen F. Wachter
Beyond Change- Overcoming The Barriers To Small Rural Church Revitalization, Allen F. Wachter
Seminary Masters Theses
Many of the rural churches of the Free Methodist Denomination in the Northeast region of the United States have experienced substantial stagnation and/or decline of their attendance rates over the past five years. This begs the questions, "What is preventing these churches from being revitalized so they too can be used as vessels to grow the Kingdom of God?" Though many obstructions to kingdom growth1 exist, this study focuses on the following five barriers: resistance to change, under-utilization of spiritual gifts, relational dysfunction, apathy, and lack of love. The source of these barriers was discovered through personal observation and experience …
At The Crossroads: The History Of The Greek-Catholic Church In Lithuania Part Iii: A New Beginning, Francesco La Rocca
At The Crossroads: The History Of The Greek-Catholic Church In Lithuania Part Iii: A New Beginning, Francesco La Rocca
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Religion And Gender In Albania 1967-2009, Enriketa Pandelejmoni (Papa)
Religion And Gender In Albania 1967-2009, Enriketa Pandelejmoni (Papa)
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
The Policy Of The Communist States Towards The Free Churches After 1945 In Hungary With Special Regard To The Methodist Church, Judit Lakatos
The Policy Of The Communist States Towards The Free Churches After 1945 In Hungary With Special Regard To The Methodist Church, Judit Lakatos
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Church Life Never Disappeared - Book On Baptist History In The Russian Enclave Of Kaliningrad Publshed, William Yoder
Church Life Never Disappeared - Book On Baptist History In The Russian Enclave Of Kaliningrad Publshed, William Yoder
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Religion And Politics In Latvia At The Beginning Of 21st Century, Valdis Tçraudkalns
Religion And Politics In Latvia At The Beginning Of 21st Century, Valdis Tçraudkalns
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.