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Leading In The Midst Of Change: A Theologically Grounded, Theoretically Informed Hermeneutic Of Change, Terri L. Elton

Faculty Publications

This essay proposes a hermeneutic of change, grounded in theology and theory, which can inform church leaders’ strategic actions in the midst of change. Drawing from the work of practical theology, it looks at four vantage points proposed by Don Browning: descriptive, historical, systematic, and strategic. The descriptive view offers two insights: God is active and present in the midst of change and God’s people are simultaneously saints and sinners. The historical perspective points out that God has always been in the midst of change, but God’s love and promises for the world have not changed. Systematic theology fuses the …

Where Are The Twenty-Year-Olds? Tools For The Church To Connect And Retain A Generation, Lars Rood

Doctor of Ministry

A generation of young people are losing their connection to the church today. Research by the Barna Group shows that "61 % of students who were active in church during their teenage years disengaged during their twenties."1 Many churches struggle to adequately connect with and retain the twenty-something generation. This inability to connect stems from changing culture, technology, new worldviews, and a lack of formal training in institutes of higher education. Raised with the Internet, instant messaging, cell phones, and hundreds of television channels, this generation is undoubtedly well informed. Yet many churches no longer speak their language. I believe …

Prostitutes, Prodigals And The Story Of God's Embrace, Steve Sherwood

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Excerpt: "This book has been stewing inside of me for a long time. When I was sixteen years old, I sat in a living room in Round Rock, Texas at a Young Life meeting and heard a college kid tell the story of Hosea and Gomer and then say, "God loves us like that." I'd never heard anything like that and I now know that Hosea was not a story regularly told in Young Life. I have no idea why my Young Life leader chose it. Regardless, that image has stuck in my head for almost thirty years.

Other experiences …

Atonement In Hosea And The Prodigal Son: Relationality As Personhood And The Being Of God, Steve Sherwood

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Excerpt from Introduction: "My project will provide a survey of traditional atonement metaphors, with a particular emphasis upon contrasting penal substitution with a covenantal relational understanding of the atonement, and will then posit that a covenantal relational approach is ideal for resonance with a postmodern audience.

I will seek to determine whether any single biblical metaphor or cluster of metaphors provides an interpretive matrix for all discussion of the atonement in a way that is both biblically faithful and conceptually accessible to a postmodern world. I contend that atonement discussions in typical evangelical contexts may be both biblically insufficient and …

Politics, Culture Wars,And The Good Book: Recent Controversies Over The Bible And Public Education, Mark A. Chancey

Occasional Papers

No abstract provided.

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, August 3, 2008

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, Canada

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf Finding Aid

The Design Argument In Classical Hindu Thought, C. Mackenzie Brown

Religion Faculty Research

Hindu responses to Darwinism, like Christian, have run the gamut from outright rejection to fairly robust but limited accommodations of the Darwinian perspective. Despite certain features of Hindu thought such as the enormous time-scales of traditional cosmogonies that may suggest considerable affinity with modern notions of organic evolution, more often than not traditional assumptions have worked against deep engagement with Darwinism, allowing only for superficial assimilation at best. Three fundamental factors have affected Hindu responses to Darwinism: the great diversity within the tradition spanning evolutionist and creationist perspectives, the encounter with Darwinism in the late nineteenth century as part of …

Sukkot: The Feast Of Tabernacles

Shabbat Shalom: A Journal for Jewish-Christian Reconciliation

No abstract provided.

Russian Children At Risk, Mark R. Elliott

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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The Ethics Of Driving, Amy E. Marga

Faculty Publications

The concept of “neighbor” takes on entirely new meanings in our mobile society. Who becomes my neighbor when I am behind the wheel? What is the consequence of my driving to my neighbors around the globe? What about the impact on our nonhuman “neighbors”? The ethics of driving has many dimensions for the Christian person of goodwill.

Review Of Feasting The Dead: Food And Drink In Anglo-Saxon Burial Rituals, By C. Lee, Joseph F. Kelly

Theology & Religious Studies

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Massacre At Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy. By Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., And Glen M. Leonard, Brian Q. Cannon

BYU Studies

Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., and Glen M. Leonard, Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

The Andrew Jenson Collection, Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr.

BYU Studies

Andrew Jenson, who later became an Assistant Church Historian, collected material on Mountain Meadows for the immediate need of helping Orson F. Whitney write his History of Utah and the longer-range purpose of one day bringing to light all of “the true facts” of the massacre. Nearly from its inception, the Jenson material has been housed at the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah—a portion of it in the First Presidency’s Office and the rest in the Church Historian’s Office (now the Church History Library). The Jenson material includes statements made …

Mary H. White, Andrew Jenson

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

House Of Mourning: A Biocultural History Of The Mountain Meadows Massacre. By Shannon A. Novak, Joel C. Janetski

BYU Studies

Shannon A. Novak. House of Mourning: A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2008.

The Meaning Of The Logos In John 1:1-18, Seokil Yoon

Masters Theses

The term λ ό γ ο ς in the New Testament is a very important word in the Bible, because it indicates the Messiah, Jesus Christ, who was predicted in the Old Testament (OT). Nevertheless, many people still do not know the meaning of the term λ ό γ ο ς . One cannot successfully study ancient philosophy or literature without understanding the term λ ό γ ο ς . The term has been used with various meanings by ancient philosophers since 500BC.1 Thus, this study will start with an examination of the meaning the term λ ό γ ο …

Full Issue, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Image Worship In Chinese Popular Religion, Margaret Chan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Las Cuestiones Sicilianas De Ibn Sab‘Īn: El Texto, Sus Fuentes Y Su Contexto Histórico, Anna Ayşe Akasoy

Publications and Research

The Sicilian Questions are the earliest pre-served text of the philosopher and Sufi Ibn Sab‘īn of Murcia (c. 614/1217-668/1270). Even though the prologue of the text claims that it is a response to questions sent by Frederick II to the Arab world, it seems more likely that it was an introductory manual for Arab students of philosophy, dealing with four specific and controversial problems as away of presenting general concepts of Aristotelian philosophy. This article analyses the structure and way of argumentation in the Sicilian Questions. Particular attention is being paid to the relationship between mysticism and philosophy and …

06. Dans La Nuit De La Foi; À Paul Carron Au Séminaire Saint-Sulpice, Christian De Mare Cssp

Anthologie Spiritaine

No abstract provided.

17. Troubles Sociaux Et Justice De Dieu; À M. Gamon, Christian De Mare Cssp

Anthologie Spiritaine

No abstract provided.

11. Commentaire De L'Évangile Selon Saint Jean (Csj), Christian De Mare Cssp

Anthologie Spiritaine

No abstract provided.

07. Sages Conseils Pour Entreprendre Une Tâche Missionnaire; À M. Briot : « Laissez Mûrir Les Choses », Christian De Mare Cssp

Anthologie Spiritaine

No abstract provided.

10. Une Charte Missionnaire; À La Communauté D'Afrique, Christian De Mare Cssp

Anthologie Spiritaine

No abstract provided.

02. Mémoire Présenté Par Fr. Libermann; À Mgr Cadolini, Secrétaire De La S.C. De Propagande Fide, Christian De Mare Cssp

Anthologie Spiritaine

No abstract provided.

06. Présentation Du Mémoire Sur Les Missions Des Noirs En Général Et Sur Celles De La Guinée En Particulier; À Ll. Éé. Ss. Les Cardinaux De La S.C. De La Propagande Par Le P. Libermann, Christian De Mare Cssp

Anthologie Spiritaine

No abstract provided.

05. Bien Éduquer De Jeunes Noirs; Au P. Chevalier, Directeur D'École À Dakar, Christian De Mare Cssp

Anthologie Spiritaine

No abstract provided.

05. Libermann Et Le Vavasseur, Fidèles Co-Fondateurs; À M. Le Vavasseur, Christian De Mare Cssp

Anthologie Spiritaine

No abstract provided.

07. Charles Besnard (Suite), Christian De Mare Cssp

Anthologie Spiritaine

No abstract provided.

05. Une Animation Spirituelle Qui Respecte Le Don De Chacun; À M. Luquet, Christian De Mare Cssp

Anthologie Spiritaine

No abstract provided.