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The Vanguard (Vol. 24, No. 4), May 1977, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Multi-national corporations are finding out they can't count on the church's silence. And Christians have discovered an effective way to witness to justice and compassion.

The Lutheran Church in America, for example, joined with 15 other Protestant and Roman Catholic groups in filing stockholder resolutions with five major U.S. banks.

The Vanguard (Vol. 24, No. 2), Mar 1977, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

"I'm disappointed the President didn't go further," said Dr. Robert Marshall, president of the Lutheran Church in America (LCA). He made the comment when questioned about President Carter's pardon of Vietnam draft evaders.

Dr. Marshall urged Carter to extend pardons to military deserters and to those given less than honorable discharges.

The Vanguard (Vol. 24, No. 7), Aug-Sep 1977, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

A 70-year old woman rode a bus from Seattle, Washington. ~ young family drove from Pensacola, Florida. They were joined by almost 300 others participating in the 1977 Human Relations Institute at Valparaiso University, July 29-31. The Institute theme of "Faithful Interdependence'' encouraged participants to explore Christian ministries in the pursuit of global justice.

Dr. Elizabeth Bettenhausen, Secretary for Social Concerns in the Lutheran Church in America, addressed the Institute at a Saturday evening dinner. Dr. Bettenhausen had just returned from the Lutheran World Federation Assembly in Tanzania, Africa.

The Vanguard (Vol. 24, No. 1), Jan-Feb 1977, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

The U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) has reported that almost 3500 American Indian women were sterilized without their proper consent between 1973 and 1976.

Senator James Abourezk, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Indian Affairs, released the GAO's report. The subcommittee had requested the GAO study because Senator Abourezk had received many complaints that Indian women were being sterilized as a birth-control method without their knowledge or consent.

The Orbit, January-February 1977

Orbit, The

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Cleveland, OH

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The Cult Of Liberation: The Berkeley Free Church And The Radical Church Movement 1967-1972 Volume 1, Harlan Stelmach

Collected Faculty Scholarship

The Berkeley Free Church was a major actor in the drama of church social action in the sixties. The emergence of the Free Church coincided with the high water mark of social action, and its dissolution paralleled the receding waters of church based social action in the early seventies. The and fall of the Free Church, as this study point out, indicates that there were forces outside the churches that were also dictating the ebb and flow of the waters of church social action. As much as the church activists were involved in social reform movements in the sixties and …

Contact, January-February 1977

Contact

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Hartford, CT

Contact Finding Aid

Parameters Of Christian Community: A Philosophy Of Witness, Jonathan Lundy

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

No abstract provided.

Unity In Love, January 1977

ICDA Unity in Love

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

ICDA Unity in Love Finding Aid

Pittsburgh Catholic Deaf, January 1977

Catholic Office for the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Pittsburgh, PA

Catholic Office for the Deaf Finding Aid

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 26, No. 2, J. Ritchie Garrison, Mac E. Barrick, Miriam Pitchon, Donald E. Taft, Maurice A. Mook, John A. Hostetler, Don Yoder, Stephanie Farrior

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Battalion Day: Militia Exercise and Frolic in Pennsylvania Before the Civil War
• Folklore in the Library: Cherished Memories of Old Lancaster
• Widows' Wills for Philadelphia County, 1750-1784: A Study of Pennsylvania German Folklife
• Forest County Lore
• The "Big Valley" Amish of Central Pennsylvania: A Community of Cultural Contrasts
• Maurice A. Mook (1904-1973): An Appreciation
• Collectanea: Ore-Mining and Basket-Making in Maxatawny ; The Sharadin Tannery at Kutztown ; Occult Lore Recorded in Cumberland County
• German Immigrants in America as Presented in Travel Accounts
• The Pie and Related Forms in Pennsylvania Cuisine: Folk-Cultural …

Journal Of Mormon History Vol. 4, 1977

Journal of Mormon History

• --The Secular Smiths

Paul M. Edwards, 3

• --Brigham Himself: An Autobiographical Recollection

Ronald W. Walker and Ronald K. Esplin, 19

• --Early Mormon Pamphleteering

David J. Whittaker, 35

• --The Religious Backgrounds of Mormon Converts in Britain, 1837-52

Malcolm R. Thorp, 51

• --Frederick Madison Smith: The Formative Years of an RLDS President

Larry E. Hunt, 67

• --Mormon Influence on the Unionization of Eastern Utah Coal Miners, 1903-33

Allan Kent Powell, 91

• --Mormon Polygamy: A Review Article

Davis Bitton, 101

Albert Bandura And Ellen G. White: A Comparative Study Of Their Concepts Of Behavior Modification Through Modeling, Miriam S. Tumangday

Dissertations

Problem. One of the major concerns in education today is the improvement of behavior. Over the years various strategies have been proposed to modify human conduct. A careful review of these theories shows many similarities and divergences. Albert Bandura and Ellen G. White, two proponents from different eras and with widely disparate cultural and intellectual heritage, have strongly recommended modeling or example as the major factor in shaping human behavior. The present study sought to determine what, if any, similarities or differences exist in their modeling concepts.

Procedure. This investigation is a descriptive analytical study concerned with concepts …

George Q. Cannon's Views On Church And State, Lyndon W. Cook Sr.

Theses and Dissertations

Writers of nineteenth century Utah generally recognize George Q. Cannon's religious and political influence as second only to that of Brigham Young. Having occupied several positions of importance in the political arena as well as in the Mormon Church, Cannon is a major figure in Utah history whose life and thought merit careful examination.

This treatise is a study of George Q. Cannon's views on the institutions of church and state. After presenting a biographical sketch of Cannon's life, it examines his beliefs regarding the religious clauses in the First Amendment, and the place of revelation, positive law, and majority …

Libermann's Respect For Persons, Amadeu Martins

Spiritan Papers

No abstract provided.

The Vanguard (Vol. 24, No. 5), July 1977, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

"These people have hired sophisticated ad agencies and twisted the facts. I'm concerned about their potential political impact nation-wide."

That's how Eugene Crawford, National Indian Lutheran Board Director, describes the several so-called "anti-Indian" groups springing up recently across the country.

An Evaluation Of Evangelism In The Seventh-Day Adventist Churches Of The Southern California Conference, Russell Edward Johnson

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

The recruitment of new members is a major objective of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Many of the departments within the Church compile reports including the number of baptisms which have resulted from their programs. Data from these departments frequently overlap, lack detail, and are of questionable value in evaluating the relative effectiveness of various evangelistic methods. An evaluation of current Adventist evangelism is needed to determine the relative effectiveness of evangelistic methods that the new members perceive as having influenced them to join the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Method

The methods used divided the study into three areas: (1) the …

The Development And Evaluation Of A Program For Bible Evangelism To Be Used By Laymen Employing Small-Group Methods As A Basic Format, Johnny Durant Johnson

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Theologically in the Old and New Testaments the laity or "God's own people" are commissioned with the responsibility of communicating the gospel to the world in word and life. However, the contemporary Christian church finds itself under growing criticism for its failure to fulfill this commission. Although the gospel of Jesus Christ offers solutions to man's inmost needs an increasing number of congregations seem unable to meaningfully promulgate their message. This study contends that a chief weakness is the lack of genuine Christian life and fellowship within the churches.

What approach or means can be taken to encourage and stimulate …

Home, The School Of Love: A Seminar In Family Spiritual Enrichment, Robert Howard Cowan

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

The families of the Seventh-day Adventist Church must develop deepening love relationships with God, with each other, and with people outside their own homes if they are to fulfill the will of Christ. Three factors may be hindering the development of love on these three levels : (1) a lack of understanding about what love really is, (2) a lack of understanding of how love develops in human and divine/human interrelationships, and (3) a lack of understanding that the home is the central focal point where this love is to be developed.

Methods

The methods used involved three phases: …

Why We Are Building The City Of Faith, Holy Spirit Research Center, Oral Roberts University

City of Faith

This is a report submitted to the Oklahoma Health Planning Commission concerning the proposed City of Faith. It contains numbers and statistics of potential clients, proposed research and treatment opportunities, comparisons with occupancies of other Tulsa Hospitals, financial considerations, and possible effects on other hospitals.

There is no addressee or date of publication.

The Herald, January 1977

Herald, The

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Baltimore, MD

The Herald Finding Aid

The Newarkite, January 1977

Newarkite, The

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Newark, NJ

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A Descriptive Study Of The Personality, Attitudes, And Overseas Experience Of Seventh-Day Adventist College Students Who Served As Short-Term Volunteer Missionaries, Donna Habenicht

Dissertations

Problem. During the last ten years there has been a surge of Interest among college students in short-term volunteer missionary service. It was the purpose of the present study to describe the personality, attitudes, and overseas experience of a group of 150 Seventh-day Adventist college students who served as short-term volunteer missionaries (student missionaries) during the 1975-76 school year. Method The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (Form A), a series of semantic differential rating scales for selected religious, mission, cultural, and personal concepts, and a two-part questlonnaire were used to describe the personality, attitudes, and overseas experience of the student missionaries. …

Towards A Ministry Model For The Single Adult Of The Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Edward Skoretz

Doctor of Ministry Projects

In the Seventh-day Adventist church there is a percentage of adult members who are single. It is the purpose of this project to study the possible needs and problems of this segment of the church's membership with a view to the development of an approach in ministry to this group.

This project presented a survey of current comments and findings of literature with respect to certain problems that may confront the single adult. This survey of literature was limited to a consideration of whether peer-group association, loneliness, social pressure, anxiety, sexual morality, and marriage are indeed problematic in the experience …

Building Up The Body Of Christ: A Study In Church Revitalization Leading To Church Growth, Eoin Barnard Giller

Doctor of Ministry Projects

One of the most urgent concerns of the Church in the latter part of the twentieth century is to arouse Church members to their responsibility of ministering to each other and of ministering to the community in which they live. For too long the Church has relied upon a group of paid professionals to do the work of ministry. It was the purpose of this project to develop a theology and theory of church revitalization which would lead to church growth and which would apply the principles of Ephesians 4 in a local congregation. It was an attempt to orient …

The Seventh-Day Adventist Family In Japan, Warren Ivan Hilliard

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

There are indications that failure on the part of Christian workers in Japan to develop a family-centered strategy of evangelism based on a balanced appreciation of the cultural integrity of that country has contributed to the slow growth of Christianity. The Seventh-day Adventist Church, while stressing the importance of the family, has largely failed to understand the Japanese family and to realize its potential for evangelism.

Method

The project was organized in two parts. As the Seventh-day Adventist family in Japan was seen to be first of all Japanese, a review of the literature concerning the characteristics and development …

An Evaluation Of Selected Seventh-Day Adventist Sermons In Taiwan In The Light Of Criteria For Biblical Teaching, John Chun-Ming Lu

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Task

The project's, first task is to gain a view of the nature and purpose of preaching with special emphasis on the relationship of the Bible to preaching. Then it proceeds to survey- Seventh^-day Adventist preaching in Taiwan with respect to its strengths and weaknesses. And, finally, it makes an attempt to design materials for the teaching of preaching in Taiwan, keeping in mind the expressed needs and special situations confronted there.

Method and Organization of the Study

Chapter I is a theoretical study of a view of the nature and purpose of preaching based on an examination of the …

The Relationship Of The Human Organism With Its Environment, Robert James Shantz

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The human organism and its environment are in an interdependent relationship, out of which arise bodily disease symptoms. The symptoms are expressions of the state of the relationship and are guides to an appropriate healing process.

A Relational Approach To Biblical Interpretation: Historical Criticism And Psychological Insights, Carol Joyce Schlueter

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

It is the thesis of this paper that Walter Wink has effectively demonstrated the use of a complementary relationship between psychology and historical criticism to interpret biblical texts. The process is a dialectical hermeneutic which emphasizes relationship rather than dichotomy.

Factors Influencing The Use Of Health Services: By Four Wards In The Taipei Taiwan Stake Relief Society Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Candace Sheila Gutzman Hsiao

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine what sociocultural, sociodemographic, and sociopsychological factors the Sisters in four Wards in the Taipei Taiwan Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints perceived as keeping them from using the health services during the period from June 1975 to May 1976.

Forty-five Sisters, age twenty-one and older, were surveyed by a written questionnaire during Relief Society meetings during the last week in June and the first week in July 1966.

A majority of the Sisters were found to have experienced times when they did not avail themselves of the existing …