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Full-Text Articles in Practical Theology
Disability, Difference, And Inclusion In The Church: A Special Issue, Jennifer Reinsch Schroeder
Disability, Difference, And Inclusion In The Church: A Special Issue, Jennifer Reinsch Schroeder
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
This introductory article sets the context for the conversations in this special issue of Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry on disability, difference, and inclusion in the church.
Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 65, No. 2
Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 65, No. 2
Restoration Quarterly
PDF of the cover of Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 65, No. 2.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 65, No. 1
Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 65, No. 1
Restoration Quarterly
PDF of the cover of Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 65, No. 1.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 64, No. 3
What In The World Is Research?, Tim Sensing
What In The World Is Research?, Tim Sensing
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
Doctor of Ministry projects engage in robust field research involving data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Often, DMin students are entering the world of a social science field researcher for the first time. Words like “research”, “Institutional Review Boards”, and the non-sequitur “non-research,” fall outside the common vocabularies of even the professors. Navigating the language so one is not lost in translation fosters researcher confidence.
Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 64, No. 1
Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 64, No. 1
Restoration Quarterly
PDF of the cover of Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 64, No. 1.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
Book Review: Christian Practical Wisdom: What It Is, Why It Matters, Beth Ann Fisher
Book Review: Christian Practical Wisdom: What It Is, Why It Matters, Beth Ann Fisher
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
Christian Practical Wisdom: What It Is, Why It Matters, by Dorothy C. Bass, Kathleen A. Cahalan, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, James R. Nieman, and Christian B. Scharen. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016. 368 pages, $25.10.
Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 63, No. 3
Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 63, No. 3
Restoration Quarterly
PDF of the cover of Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 63, No. 3.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 63, No. 2
Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 63, No. 2
Restoration Quarterly
PDF of the cover of Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 63, No. 2.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
Book Review: Bridging Theory And Practice In Children's Spirituality, Shannon Rains
Book Review: Bridging Theory And Practice In Children's Spirituality, Shannon Rains
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
Bridging Theory and Practice in Children’s Spirituality: New Directions of Education, Ministry, and Discipleship, edited by Mimi L. Larson and Robert J. Keeley. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Reflective, 2020. 264 pages, $22.99.
Book Review: Neighborhood Church: Transforming Your Congregation Into A Powerhouse For Mission, Brandon Pierce
Book Review: Neighborhood Church: Transforming Your Congregation Into A Powerhouse For Mission, Brandon Pierce
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
Neighborhood Church: Transforming Your Congregation into a Powerhouse for Mission, by Krin van Tatenhove and Rob Mueller. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2019. 146 pages, $20.00.
David Edwin Harrell, Jr. Papers, 1923-2017, David Edwin Harrell Jr
David Edwin Harrell, Jr. Papers, 1923-2017, David Edwin Harrell Jr
Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids
No abstract provided.
White's Ferry Road School Of Preaching Collection, (1958-1972), White's Ferry Road School Of Preaching
White's Ferry Road School Of Preaching Collection, (1958-1972), White's Ferry Road School Of Preaching
Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids
No abstract provided.
Finding Aid For White's Ferry Road School Of Preaching Collection, (1958-1972), Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives
Finding Aid For White's Ferry Road School Of Preaching Collection, (1958-1972), Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives
White's Ferry Road School of Preaching Collection
Finding aid for the White's Ferry Road School of Preaching Collection, (1958-1972).
Missional Partnership: Reframing The Concept Of “Placing Membership”, Steve Cloer
Missional Partnership: Reframing The Concept Of “Placing Membership”, Steve Cloer
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
This essay reframes the process of “placing membership” in a local church with the theological concept of missional partnership. A critical review is offered of the organizational procedure of “placing membership,” its underlying theoretical assumptions, and its deficient theological vision. Then, the practice of joining a local Christian community is reimagined in a missional ecclesiology focusing on the key theological strands of spiritual accountability and equipping for mission. The biblical metaphor of “partner in the gospel” is explored as an alternative to “membership” as a way to adequately communicate what joining, entering, and participating within a church on mission entails. …
Shared Leadership In Congregations: How To Construct A Holding Environment To Do Adaptive Work, Zach Ellis
Shared Leadership In Congregations: How To Construct A Holding Environment To Do Adaptive Work, Zach Ellis
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
Many congregations struggle to adapt to changes in their environment. Congregational and pastoral leadership is an important factor in a congregation’s success or failure. The emerging practice of Shared Leadership offers congregational leaders one tool that might help them successfully engage in the adaptive work necessary in the face of a changing environment. Recent research has connected the practice of Shared Leadership to increased innovation in businesses. This form of leadership should be explored as a model for congregations as they engage in adaptive change. However, because it is adaptive change that is required, and not only technical change, a …
Ignatius: A Guide For Congregational Discernment, Benjamin Gensic
Ignatius: A Guide For Congregational Discernment, Benjamin Gensic
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
Congregations find themselves living in transformative times, but transformation is often an act of subtraction, which means congregations find themselves living in anxious times as well. Within this context, it is tempting for congregations to base decisions on either financial constraint or political expediency. However, such superficial discernment is incapable of guiding congregations wishing to respond to God’s activity in the world. This author argues that Ignatius of Loyola provides congregations with an alternative.
To accomplish this, the author walks the reader through the basic principles of Ignatian spirituality and discernment, making suggestions for how these can impact congregational decision-making …
The Impact Of Anthropocentrism On Christian Environmentalism, Alexis Grasse
The Impact Of Anthropocentrism On Christian Environmentalism, Alexis Grasse
Dialogue & Nexus
This paper will discuss the effects of anthropocentrism in Christian theology, doctrine, and environmentalism. The development and history of Christian environmentalism will be examined, with emphasis on the time since the 1960s, when environmentalism came to the forefront in the Western world. Alternative interpretations and worldviews, mainly ecocentrism and biocentrism, will be considered and compared to the prevalent anthropocentric view. I will close with a presentation of two possible means for developing a Christian ecological theology without anthropocentrism. An environmental position most coherent with Christian principles will be left open to the reader; my purpose is to examine the impact …
The Minister-Elder Relationship Within “Churches That Work”, Steve Cloer
The Minister-Elder Relationship Within “Churches That Work”, Steve Cloer
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
This essay is the summary of a research project focused on how the minister-elder relationship in Churches of Christ can facilitate missional transformation in an established church. Twenty-five reputable congregations of Churches of Christ were researched that were profiled as “Churches That Work” by The Christian Chronicle from 2006-2013. A survey was conducted of these congregations’ elders and ministers assessing their leadership practices and perspectives. Four congregations were selected based on results of the survey and qualitative strategies of interviewing, focus groups, observation, and document gathering were used. Five patterns of a missional polity developed: elders as nurturing pastors, ministers …
Churches Of Christ, Spiritual Formation, And The Liturgical Christian Calendar, Wes Horn
Churches Of Christ, Spiritual Formation, And The Liturgical Christian Calendar, Wes Horn
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
For many Christian traditions, participation in the liturgical year does not seem remarkable; in fact, it is second nature being the form, or liturgy, through which congregational members grew up practicing their faith. However, for those Christian traditions, like the Churches of Christ, who have avoided the liturgical year, the inclusion of liturgical practices is a substantial deviation in worship theology, practice, and comfort.
This article recounts one congregation’s journey through the liturgical calendar as a test case for a Doctor of Ministry project. The thesis questioned whether the introduction of the liturgical Christian calendar into the worship life of …
The Initiation Of Growth-Focused Relationships Involving Healthy Accountability, Stephen L. Shaffer
The Initiation Of Growth-Focused Relationships Involving Healthy Accountability, Stephen L. Shaffer
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
This paper summarizes a Doctor of Ministry project thesis conducted in 2011 that introduced healthy accountability within growth-focused relationships to shape an emergent spiritual growth culture at the Carbondale Church of Christ. The theological basis for the intervention (1) uses Romans 12 to establish the Christian community, not the individual, as the ultimate vision of fully realized human life and (2) asserts that spiritual growth, following Alasdair MacIntyre’s definition of a practice, must involve virtues such that the means of growth are reflective of the desired ends of growth. The positive results demonstrate the effectiveness of healthy accountability, illuminate participants' …
La Sagesse Et L’Adversite – Wisdom And Adversity, Yann Opsitch
La Sagesse Et L’Adversite – Wisdom And Adversity, Yann Opsitch
Language and Literature
What can we learn from the biblical text concerning the relationship between wisdom and adversity? How can we apply this to our lives in the 21st century?
How do the life and teachings of Jesus connect with the biblical concept of wisdom? How does the story of Jesus help us reconstruct our broken lives and identities? Where is the wisdom in biblical hope?
These are some of the questions raised by this book written in French and addressing specifically a French audience.
2012 - 106th Annual Summit, "Intimacy", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University
2012 - 106th Annual Summit, "Intimacy", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University
Lectureship and Summit Programs
No abstract provided.
2011 - 105th Annual Summit, "Enough: Isaiah 1:11-17", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University
2011 - 105th Annual Summit, "Enough: Isaiah 1:11-17", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University
Lectureship and Summit Programs
No abstract provided.
2010 - 104th Annual Summit, "Aliens & Light: Finding God In The Darkness", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University
2010 - 104th Annual Summit, "Aliens & Light: Finding God In The Darkness", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University
Lectureship and Summit Programs
No abstract provided.
2009 - 92nd Annual Summit, "On The Mountain With God: Exodus Expedition, Abilene Christian University
2009 - 92nd Annual Summit, "On The Mountain With God: Exodus Expedition, Abilene Christian University
Lectureship and Summit Programs
No abstract provided.
2008 - 91st Lectureship Summit, "The Righteousness Of God", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University
2008 - 91st Lectureship Summit, "The Righteousness Of God", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University
Lectureship and Summit Programs
No abstract provided.
2007 - 90th Annual Bible Lectureship, "Do Justice, Love Mercy, And Walk Humbly: Messages From Micah", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University
2007 - 90th Annual Bible Lectureship, "Do Justice, Love Mercy, And Walk Humbly: Messages From Micah", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University
Lectureship and Summit Programs
No abstract provided.
Pacifism In Churches Of Christ In Western Canada During World War 2 And The Influence Of Nashville Bible School, Shelley L. Jacobs
Pacifism In Churches Of Christ In Western Canada During World War 2 And The Influence Of Nashville Bible School, Shelley L. Jacobs
Restoration Quarterly
Jacobs, Shelley L. (2006) "Pacifism in Churches of Christ in Western Canada During World War 2 and the Influence of Nashville Bible School," Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 48 : No. 4.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.
Identity And Nostalgia Among The Campbellites, James Maverick Cook
Identity And Nostalgia Among The Campbellites, James Maverick Cook
Restoration Quarterly
Cook, James Maverick (2006) "Identity and Nostalgia among the Campbellites,"Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 48 : No. 3.
This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.