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September 11 And Christian Spirituality In The United States, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Experience, Culture And Reality: The Significance Of Fisher Information For Understanding The Relationship Between Alternative States Of Consciousness And The Structures Of Reality, Charles D. Laughlin, Jason C. Throop

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

The majority of the world’s cultures encourage or require members to enter alternative states of

consciousness (ASC) while involved in religious rituals. The question is, why? This paper suggests

an explanation for the culturally prescribed ASC from the view of Fisher information. It argues

from the position, first put forward by Emile Durkheim in his magnum opus, The Elementary

Forms of the Religious Life, that all religions are grounded in reality. It suggests that many of the

structural elements of cultural cosmologies are similar and that the ritual induction of ASC may

help to bring individual experience into greater accord …

Mysticism And Its Cultural Expression: An Inquiry Into The Description Of Mystical Experience And Its Ontological And Epistemological Nature, Evgeny Torchinov

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the nature and ontological and epistemological

significance of differences observed in how various cultural traditions describe and explain such

experiences. After an initial consideration of definitional issues, the article focuses on the arguments

supporting and challenging the idea of mystical experience being a universal phenomenon

and a vehicle for true knowledge. The article also examines the problem of the unity of the mystical

experience as a definite state of consciousness and the multiplicity of its sociocultural and

civilizational expressions and descriptions conditioned by different cultural and historical factors.

Gnostic Dilemmas In Western Psychologies Of Spirituality1, Harry T. Hunt

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

Early Gnosticism is identified as a form of Weber’s inner-worldly mysticism that, following the

critique of Plotinus, entailed spiritual metapathologies of inflated grandiosity, despair, and/or

social withdrawal. These vulnerabilities re-emerge in the naturalistic psychologies of spirituality

begun by Emerson, Nietzsche, Jung, and Maslow and more implicitly within contemporary personality

and neuropsychological research on numinous/transpersonal experience. An updated

version of Gnostic dilemma and its conflicted dualism may be endemic to any would-be science

of the spiritual and to much current transpersonal psychology as well.

Clinical Depression: A Transpersonal Point Of View, Jaime L. Llabres

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Suggested Shifts In Preparation For The Spontaneous Expansion Of The North American Church, J. D. Payne

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

In this major article, Payne notes three paradigm shifts—theological, strategical, methodological—that need to be rethought in increase effectiveness in church planting.

Protestantism And Fundamentalism, William Vance Trollinger

History Faculty Publications

The term "fundamentalism" has been used to describe a host of religious movements across the globe that are militantly antimodernist, aggressively patriarchal, literalist in their reading of sacred texts, and assiduous in their efforts to draw boundaries between themselves and outsiders. While "Islamic fundamentalism" has received the most attention, particularly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, scholars and journalists have also applied the term to movements within such disparate traditions as Judaism, Sikhism, and Hinduism, as well as to various Christian groups.

There are benefits to understanding fundamentalism as a global movement that grows out of deep-seated and intense …

Religion And Violence: From Pawn To Scapegoat, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

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Have Lamb Will Martyr: Samson As A Rustic Christ-Figure In Cecil B. Demille's Samson And Delilah (1949), Anton Karl Kozlovic

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

Cecil B. DeMille [1] (1881-1959) was a seminal founder of Hollywood who helped turn a Californian orange grove into a world class centre that became the synonym for film making (DeMille & Hayne, 1960; Edwards, 1988; Essoe & Lee, 1970; Higashi, 1994; Higham, 1973; Koury, 1959; Ringgold & Bodeen, 1969). Not only was the affectionately known C. B. an important film pioneer, producer and director, but he also became known as the master of the American Biblical Epic, and was variously tagged King of the epic Biblical spectacular (Finler, 1985, p. 32), the high priest of the religious …

Whose Context Is It Anyway?, Lorraine S. Brugh

Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers

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Music shapes the worshiping assembly week by week The liturgy we sing becomes both praise and proclamation in the mouths of the gathered congregation. So how are we to know what it is we should sing? Our worship books are now filled with music from around the globe, from perspectives not even known to most of us just a generation ago. Is that music part of our local expression, and if not, how are we to make it so? This address will outline a process, responsive contextualization, which invites a local assembly to enter into the process of engagement …

The Constitution On The Sacred Liturgy And Lutheran Book Of Worship: What Was Renewed?, Frank C. Senn

Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers

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of the 1970s there were those who objected to the idea of liturgy as "action" because they thought it placed an undue emphasis on human activity instead of on God's work through the means of grace.4 Obviously, liturgy is a work performed by a person or a community, so human action is unavoidable. It is a human act to read scriptures, preach sermons, baptize, or proclaim the words of institution, even though we confess that the Holy Spirit works through these means of grace to create or awaken faith. One may also say that liturgy, …

Swami Abhishiktananda's Interreligious Hermeneutics Of The Upanishads, Edward T. Ulrich

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Swami Abhishiktananda was a French monk who came to India in 1948 to establish an "inculturated" form of Christian monasticism, a monasticism which would not simply reflect a European heritage but would be truly Indian life and culture. These led him to become greatly enamored of the Upanishads and to enter their spiritual world. yet he maintained his identity as a Catholic priest and strove to integrate the Upanishads with Christianity.

Ethics And Genetic Engineering In Indian Philosophy, And Some Comparisons With Modern Western, Harold Coward

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

In the context of India, Genetic Engineering research and technology is well underway. The Government of India has issued statements indicating that India "will fully utilize the availability of genetic engineering resources ... for maximizing output besides working out a sustainable program ...." Between November 22, 1998 and March 21, 1999 no less than 32 stories of genetic engineering research or technology developments appeared in India media sources - particularly the PTI News Agency and the Inter-Press Service in Delhi. The research spans a wide range from genetic studies of the human population of the Indian sub-continent to various agricultural …

Briefly Noted, Harold Coward

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A brief review of Gananath Obeyesekere's Imagining Karma: Ethical Transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek Rebirth.

Recent Articles Of Interest

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A listing of recent articles published of interest to the Society.

Class Lecture: Antecedents To The Trc, Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Collection Textual

A class lecture given by Archbishop Tutu at the University of North Florida.

What Are The Limits Of Death In Paradise?, Leonard Brand

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Days Of Genesis 1: Literal Or Nonliteral?, Walter M. Booth

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

The Integration Of Faith And Science, Leonard Brand

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Contributions To Creation Theory From The Study Of Nature, L. James Gibson

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

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Is All Death A Consequence Of Sin?: Theological Implications Of Alternative Models, Marco T. Terreros

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

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Ellen G. White And Earth Science, Gerhard Pfandl

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

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Basic Issues Between Science And Scripture: Theological Implications Of Alternative Models And The Necessary Basis For The Sabbath In Genesis 1-2, Norman R. Gulley

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

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Living With Confidence Despite Some Open Questions: Upholding The Biblical Truth Of Creation Amidst Theological Pluralism, Frank M. Hasel

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

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The End Of Historicism? Reflections On The Adventist Approach To Biblical Apocalyptic - Part One, Jon Paulien

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

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The Sabbath Commandment In Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Ekkehardt Mueller

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Vincentiana Vol. 47, No. 5-6 [Full Issue]

Vincentiana

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Vincentiana Vol. 47, No. 1 [Full Issue]

Vincentiana

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Bibliographie Vincentienne

Vincentiana

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Vincentiana Vol. 47, No. 3 [Full Issue]

Vincentiana

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