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The Role Of Spiritual Formation And Ministry Governance In Developing Mission-Oriented Governing Boards, Allen Schoonover

Doctor of Ministry

Congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have struggled over the last generation to reach out effectively to new members. This struggle is the byproduct of a changing ministry context leaders are trying to address. By the 1980s, those elements that had fueled the growth of the Lutheran Church the United States throughout the previous century had largely faded. An awareness of these changes and the corresponding decline in membership and contributions has prompted leaders to examine how to reach out more effectively to those outside traditional ethnic and cultural Lutheran enclaves. In order to improve their congregation’s effectiveness, …

The Light Of Faith: A Protestant Perspective, James K.A. Smith

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

James K.A. Smith reflects on Pope Francis' first encyclical, Lumen Fidei (The Light of God).

The Joy Of Feeling Close To God: The Practice Of Prayer And The Work Of Accompaniment, Douglas E. Christie

Theological Studies Faculty Works

What does it mean to pray in response to the most acute challenges of everyday historical existence? When prayer is conceived of primarily as a personal, deeply interiorized expression of the soul’s longing to communicate with a transcendent God, it can be difficult to imagine what it might mean to incorporate the embodied, communal, historically mediated dimensions of human experience into the broader understanding about what it means to pray. The challenge is to find a way of understanding and articulating how the powerful and supple language of prayer comes to expression in and through the concrete, historically mediated forms …

The Poor, Poverty, And Spiritual Growth, Dr. Duada A. Gava

The WATS Journal: An Online Journal from West Africa Theological Seminary

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Between The Signifier And The Signified: A Theological Approach, Chinonye C. Ekwueme Ugwu

The WATS Journal: An Online Journal from West Africa Theological Seminary

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The Significance Of The Son Of Man Terminology In Ezekiel, Dr. Offiong Etuk Udoibok

The WATS Journal: An Online Journal from West Africa Theological Seminary

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Living Rhythms: Movements Toward Health And Holiness, Jill K. Sidler Fleagle

Doctor of Ministry

Human beings can honestly profess to believe what they do not believe. (Dallas Willard) Christians seek relational health apart from spiritual health and vice versa. The problem is one of belief that it is possible to live in intimate fellowship with the Lord while in broken or unhealthy other primary relationships. Jesus addressed the problem of compartmentalized thinking when one of the Pharisees asked him to identify the most important commandment (singular) in the Law. Jesus' answer inextricably linked loving God with loving others in his response of not one but two commandments: You shall love the LORD your God …

The Hope Of An Open Hand: Civility As An Invitation To Incarnational Ministry, Kevin Dwight Glenn

Doctor of Ministry

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Re-Interpreting Luke 4:18-19 In The Light Of Urban Renewal In Contemporary Nigeria, Dr. Godspower Ugboh

The WATS Journal: An Online Journal from West Africa Theological Seminary

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Merdjanova's "Rediscovering The Umma: Muslims In The Balkans Between Nationalism And Transnationalism" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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Ways Of Measuring The Influence Of Religious Mass Media In The Ukraine, Maksym Balaklytskyi

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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The Orthodox Church In The Ottoman Empire And Its Perspectives For Theological Dialogue, Svetoslav Ribolov

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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This World’S Goods And Our Goals, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Cycle C liturgical readings for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 29, 2013: Am 6:1, 4-7; Ps 146; 1 Tim 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31. This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

The Faithful Flyer, 09-29-2013, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

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The Faithful Flyer, 09-22-2013, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

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Prudent Use Of Wealth, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Cycle C liturgical readings for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 22, 2013: Am 8:4-7; Ps 113; 1 Tim 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13. This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

Awesome Responsibility Of Leadership (Newport, Va), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Speaking at Christopher Newport University (Newport, VA), Pollard outlines his vision of leadership, arguing that the exercise of true leadership can never be divorced from questions of faith. This is because leadership is fundamentally about character development. When exercised in a servant-like manner it has the ability to create an organization that is as much a moral community as it is a profit-oriented institution.

He Shall Be Called A Nazorean: Intertextuality Without An Intertext?, James F. Mcgrath

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Inexact quotations are a common phenomenon in Biblical intertextuality, and some suspected allusions are so fleeting and/or imprecise as to leave interpreters wondering whether an allusion was intended or not. But in at least one instance, Matthew 2:23, we have a reference to something unspecified prophets are supposed to have said, namely that “He shall be called a Nazorean,” which may not in fact have any intertext at all.

The Faithful Flyer, 09-15-2013, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

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The Faithful Flyer, 09-08-2013, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

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