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New Business Faculty Bring Professional Expertise, Danny Mooers

The Voice

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Van Wyk Returns To The Potter's Wheel At Dordt, Sarah Moss

The Voice

No abstract provided.

Nursing Changes Bring Students Back To Dordt, Erika Buiter

The Voice

No abstract provided.

Parallels Of Morality: Wilde And Nietzsche’S Challenge To Social Obligation, Amzie A. Dunekacke

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

This thesis explores Irish author Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray in relation to a selection of texts by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. To demonstrate the similarities between Wilde and Nietzsche’s challenges to European morality, this work considers these themes, which are present in the ideologies of both Wilde and Nietzsche: the body and sensual pleasure, social construction, and the hypocrisy of altruism. Both radical thinkers castigate Platonic notions of the body as ignoble and weak, and they mock European propriety’s shyness of the body. In addition, Wilde and Nietzsche offer similar criticisms of social laws, adopting a …

Partnership Between Islam And Palliative Care At Swedish Health Services, Hodo Mohamud, Renee Rassilyer-Bomers, Samantha Bohn, Greg Malone, Hilaire Thompson (Faculty Capstone Project Committee Chair), Eeeseung Byun (Committee Member), Margaret Heitkemper (Committee Member)

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

The spiritual practice of Islam is considered one of the three major monotheistic religions. Islam is the second largest religion in the world with 1.6 billion followers; about 3.5 million of those live in the U.S.1 The number of Muslims in the U.S. is projected to double by 2030.1 Additionally, the number of adults age 65 and older in the U.S. is projected to double from 46 million today to over 98 million by 2060.2 As the U.S. population ages, many healthcare workers are often too overwhelmed to handle the varying and intricate social, economic, familial, spiritual, and cultural needs …

Jud Ms 04 Rosalyne S. Bernstein Papers Finding Aid, Susannah Clark

Search the Manuscript Collection (Finding Aids)

Description:

Rosalyne (Spindel) Bernstein (b. 1928) grew up in the Bronx, N.Y. and Fall River, MA, the daughter of Jewish immigrants from Poland, and attended Radcliffe College as an economics major. She and her husband, Sumner Thurman Bernstein (a Portland native), moved to Portland in 1949. There, she played an active role in the community and was involved with numerous organizations, such as: National Council of Jewish Women (president); Head Start program in Portland (founder); Bowdoin College; University of Southern Maine; Maine Health Care Finance Commission; Maine Medical Center; American- Israeli Public Affairs Committee; New England Board of Higher Education; …

Places Of Worship: Leadership Influence On Threat Vulnerability, Joel Bigley

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

Vulnerability to risk of loss is present in any place where people assemble. the perspective of leadership on existing threats and their response to emerging vulnerabilities directly relates to the probability of exploitation. this article discusses a method that leaders can use to minimize vulnerabilities in their places of worship. Vulnerability governance can reduce risk loss through the use of measurable controls. a predictive posture, through the use of environmental scanning and a mitigation method, helps leaders understand emerging and residual risks in places of worship.

When Servant Leaders Appear Laissez-Faire: The Effect Of Social Identity Prototypes On Christian Leaders, Jeff Singfiel

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

Servant leadership is the most recognizable approach to leadership in Christian organizations. Understanding that their organization endorses servant leadership, or believing Christian leaders should be servants, Some Christian leaders choose to believe that they lead in this tradition, regardless of the perspective of their followers. These Christian leaders may earnestly believe themselves to be servant leaders but appear laissez-faire to their followers. In this study, the author reviews servant and laissez-faire leadership theories. He then proposes that social identity theory explains how leaders can be hijacked by social identity, which unconsciously influences them to self-identify as servants without manifesting the …

Factors Associated With Attracting And Retaining Church Membership: A Phenomenological Study, Anderson Corley

Dissertations

Purpose: Christian churches in American continue to struggle to maintain membership. This project is a combination research paper and contextual project that uses research gathered in the field to help evaluate the reality of what has taken place in membership and retention in this context. As such, this project aims to explore ministry practices that attract and retain church membership in Christian churches as perceived by active church leaders in the church.

Methodology: This qualitative phenomenological study explores the practices that support membership and retention in Christian churches from the stakeholders’ perspective. The project examines the lived experiences of licensed …

My Story, Our Story, God’S Story: Storytelling As A Means Of Faith Formation And Community-Building In College Students, Jenny Call

Faculty and Staff Papers, Articles, etc.

Many colleges are reporting increased mental health concerns among students as well as issues of increased polarity and racial tension on their campuses. I believe these problems point to a spiritual disconnection as higher education aims have shifted in such a way that the spiritual needs of students have been neglected.

In this thesis, I propose an intervention that nurtures a student’s individual spiritual growth while developing leadership capacity for college student leaders in religious and spiritual life. This story circle model incorporates storytelling, active listening, and individual and group reflection as spiritual practices that promote faith and identity formation. …

The Functional Specialties: A Workshop On Applying Lonergan, Praxis Program Of The Advanced Seminar On Mission, Seton Hall University

Praxis Conference and Workshop Proceedings

These are the proceedings of the Praxis Program of the Advanced Seminar on Mission’s third annual summer workshop which was held in Trieste, Italy in July 2017. It focused on the application of Bernard Lonergan’s Functional Specialties to the work of the Seton Hall University faculty participants. The workshop was jointly sponsored by the Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership and the Center for Catholic Studies, and co-sponsored by Boston College, the Jacques Maritain Institute and the University of Trieste.

What's Up Newsletter, March 2018

What's Up Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Milwaukee, WI

What's Up Newsletter Finding Aid

The Deaf Catholic, Spring 2018

ICDA The Deaf Catholic

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

ICDA The Deaf CatholicFinding Aid

Beyond The Bureaucracy: The True & Proper Purpose Of Quaker Yearly Meetings In The 21st Century, Robin Mohr

Quaker Religious Thought

In short, the true and proper purpose of Quaker yearly meetings, in all times and in all places, is to help Friends to do God’s will.

This paper is based on a comparison between a passage in Brian Drayton’s and Bill Taber’s book, A Language for the Inward Landscape held up against the written statements of purpose in the contemporary books of Faith and Practice from thirty yearly meetings. Do they agree or do they contradict each other? This paper argues that they are in harmony.

Deaf Catholic Newsletter, Spring 2018

Deaf Catholic Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Philapelphia, PA

Deaf Catholic Newsletter Finding Aid

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: Flavored Salt Versus Flawed Salt, Harold Willmington

The Second Person File

No abstract provided.

The Parables Of Jesus Christ: How To Know Your Neighbor, Harold Willmington

The Second Person File

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Unstuck Church: Equipping Churches To Experience Sustained Health, By Tony Morgan, Jason Worf

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

No abstract provided.

Dissertation Notices, Y. Jones, O. Garza, W. Sawyer, C. N. A. H. Hernandez, A. G. Ramseur, W. M. Jagela

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

No abstract provided.

Hand In Hand, Spring 2018

Hand in Hand

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Milwaukee, WI

Hand in Hand Finding Aid

Church Planting In The Anglican Tradition : Developing A Church Planting Strategy For The Anglican Diocese Of The South, Dan Alger

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Newsletter Catholic Deaf Of Detroit, March 2018

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Detroit, MI

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit Finding Aid

Seven Key Steps In Planning And Implementing A Successful Church Merger, Andrew Pietrylo

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The hypothesis of this project is that merging of two churches is a viable option for some congregations who are seeking to advance the kingdom of Christ. However, an analysis of obtainable literature reveals that there is little material available to assist churches that are interested in such a pursuit. This project will provide churches with an effective process of determining, implementing and maintaining a successful church merger. Utilizing information from Scripture, current trends, advice from church growth experts, observations of actual church mergers, and a post-merger survey, this project will develop practical steps to navigate churches through a successful …

The Value Of Servant Leadership, Petr Cincala

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

No abstract provided.

Servant Leadership And Church Health And Growth, Petr Cincala, Jerry Chase

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

No abstract provided.

Review Of Cultural Insights For Christian Leaders: New Directions For Organizations Serving God's Mission, By Douglas Mcconnell, David K. Penno

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

No abstract provided.

A Letter To Dr. Sacha Walicord, Chris Gousmett

Pro Rege

Editor's Note: Dr. Chris Gousmett's letter is a response to Dr. Sacha Walicord's review of Gary North's book, Christian Economics in One Lesson in Pro Rege, vol. 46, no. 1, September 2017.

Reply To Dr. Chris Gousmett's Open Letter, Sacha Walicord

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Nurturing Church As A Biblical Strategy To Recover A Healthy Church Within South Korean Churches, Jinwook Kang

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

There are many churches in South Korea, but not too many healthy churches. A healthy church should have a proof of early church from the Acts. It is impossible to be a healthy church only with a number of people, buildings, programs, and new church planting. The goal of this thesis is to suggest healthy biblical church using early church as a model and propose strategy. This study will first take a look at what is a healthy biblical church. A healthy biblical church is a nurturing church. Conventional church has a lot of nurturing programs, but this thesis compares …

Seeking Surrogacy: The Ethics Of Assisting Life’S Creation, Elisa Berndt

Brindle Award in Medical Ethics Papers

No abstract provided.