The Foundations And Early Development Of Mormon Mission Theory,
2010
Claremont Graduate University
The Foundations And Early Development Of Mormon Mission Theory, David Golding
CGU Theses & Dissertations
This study seeks to answer a fundamental question facing missiologists and historians of Mormonism: given their sustained preoccupation with converting others to Mormonism and their thriving tradition of missionary work, how do Mormons conceive of their mission? By focusing on the theoretical frame in which Mormon missionaries imagined the non-Mormon world, prepared for missionary engagement, and derived their expectations for their mission work, this study aims to illuminate the development of Mormon missionary activities and explain the processes by which Mormons fashioned for themselves a missional character. Beginning with Joseph Smith and the emergence of his missional thought and ending …
Not All Autobiography Is Scholarship: Thinking, As A Catholic, About History,
2010
University of Dayton
Not All Autobiography Is Scholarship: Thinking, As A Catholic, About History, Una M. Cadegan
History Faculty Publications
My premise in this essay is that the historian of religion who is a believer has a distinctive need for conscious reflection on this autobiographical connection. Without conscious reflection, it is too easy fall into cheerleading on the one hand or score-settling on the other. is even easier, perhaps, to lapse into self-indulgence-hence the caveat of my title, which is aimed primarily at myself. Thinking about the roots of my work as an historian has made me more consciously attentive to doing the work of the historian, as historian, well. Thinking about where that work has taken me not only …
Calvin And Conciliation,
2010
Claremont McKenna College
Calvin And Conciliation, Alexander S. Haines
CMC Senior Theses
The popular conception of John Calvin today is as a divisive figure within Christianity, who vehemently opposed some beliefs while demanding rigid acceptance of others. In this thesis, I intend to investigate the accuracy of that conception by exploring how Calvin approached ecumenicalism theologically and practically. This will cover Calvin's understanding of the Church, his cooperation and disagreements with other Christians, and evaluate what Calvin might contribute to an ecclesiology useful for the Church today. Calvin has gained a poor reputation in modern times both for participation in historical events, including the execution of Servetus, and also for the association …
Tianjin Report 2,
2010
Whitworth University
Tianjin Report 2, Anthony E. Clark
History Faculty Scholarship
Research report on the Roman Catholic Vincentian Library in Tianjin, China. Closed in 1951 by the Chinese government.
Brief History Of Religion In Northeast Ohio, A,
2010
University of Akron Main Campus
Brief History Of Religion In Northeast Ohio, A, George W. Knepper
Cleveland Memory
This monograph presents a concise but comprehensive look at the history of religion in Northeast Ohio. Starting with the early settlers from New England, Professor Knepper traces the increasingly diverse mixture of faiths that now characterize the life of the sacred in Northeast Ohio. In doing this, Professor Knepper is drawing on a lifetime of study into Ohio's history. Original publication date 2002.
How Dangerous, The Protestant Stranger? Huguenots And The Formation Of British Identity C. 1685-1715,
2010
Southern Adventist University
How Dangerous, The Protestant Stranger? Huguenots And The Formation Of British Identity C. 1685-1715, Lisa Clark Diller
Faculty Works
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