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The Concept Of Liberation In The Yoga Sutras Of Patañjali, Anna Rebecca Price Jan 1959

The Concept Of Liberation In The Yoga Sutras Of Patañjali, Anna Rebecca Price

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The fundamental thesis of the analyst is that the ills or humanity are due to ignorance and more particularly to self-ignorance and that the way to self-healing is the way to self-knowledge.

The purpose of this thesis is to show how these Yoga sutras of Patanjali contain the methods for the regenerating and recreating factor in human life; and that these methods can be carried into present-day, practical living.


A Study Of Ministers' Salaries In The California-Nevada Conference Of The Methodist Church, 1941-1952, Robert Bryce Sanford Jan 1954

A Study Of Ministers' Salaries In The California-Nevada Conference Of The Methodist Church, 1941-1952, Robert Bryce Sanford

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem to which this study is directed is the need for a better understanding of the current status of the salaries of ministers and their significance in the life of the individual minister, the local churches they serve, and the conference of which they are a part. The study was limited to the California-Nevada Conference of the Methodist Church and its antecedent, the California Conference, during the period 1941 to 1952. The author is a minister in this conference.


A Study Of Religious Legislation In California, Daniel A. Ochs Jan 1934

A Study Of Religious Legislation In California, Daniel A. Ochs

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

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The Function Of The Priest And Of The Prophet In The Propatation Of Religion, Charles Ernest Davis Jan 1927

The Function Of The Priest And Of The Prophet In The Propatation Of Religion, Charles Ernest Davis

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

As one peers across the vistas of the past two types of holy men stand out with striking prominence and significance. The advance of religious thought and life has largely been due to the activities and contributions of these two, the priest and the prophet.

It has been the purpose of this research to seek to discover the particular functions of each of these, to show their correlation in producing religious advance, and to make certain suggestions as to how the values each has to contribute to the program of the modern Christian church may be more adequately realized.