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Fighting Censorship In America, Who Are The Real Censors?, Dennis Ingolfsland

The Christian Librarian

During the last half of the 20'11 century, the American Library Association- through the Office of Intellectual Freedom, the Freedom to Read Foundation and the Intellectual Freedom Action Network (ALAs Office 1995, 13) has emerged as one of America's leading opponents of censorship and advocates of free speech. The American Library Association's opposition to censorship is so absolute that it stands firmly against any library restrictions on access to books, magazines or internet sites even by children (Intellectual 1996, 84-94; cf. Berry 1998, 6; Mason 1997, I 04). There is some evidence, however, to suggest that there is a gap …

Confronting The Challenge Of Information Literacy, Steven L. Baker

The Christian Librarian

Confronting the challenges to any academic institution posed by the revolution in information resources since the appearance of the Internet can be a daunting task. Providing the financial and human resources required to provide reliable and secure access can alone be a major hurdle. The specialized equipment needed to effectively incorporate the new resources into student learning environments present an additional burden. The need to collaboratively manage the systems and adapt staffing patterns to the new resources can challenge the skills of the best administrators. The patterns of information seeking behavior exhibited by students in today's richly diverse information environment …

The Jesus Seminar From The Inside, Marcus Borg

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

Composition According To Woody Guthrie: A Lesson For The Academy From The Folk Process, William Jolliff

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.

Expectations Of Iconographic Symbols In Third Century Christianity, David Corbet

Doctor of Ministry

Art is the avenue down which one moves to encounter the divine. It is the expression of a person's or groups spiritual experience. Through art the divine and the human meet. Within the framework of art, there are different means of expression. A symbol serves as a pointer, directing the audience towards the divine. Figurative expression depicts scenes from religious history, which carries meaning to the audience about their tradition and their history. Narrative expressions tell a story with significance to the religious community. Every religion has some type of artistic expression. This is how a religion demonstrates its own …

Religion And The Historiography Of Eastern Europe, James R. R. Payton Jr.

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Betwen The Vyatka And Volga In The West, The Ishim And Irtysh In The East: History And Current Situation Of The Old Belief, Victor I. Baidin, Larissa S. Soboleva

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

The Search Of Unity In Diversity Among Friends, Wilmer A. Cooper

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

Contributors -- Quaker Religious Thought, Nos. 90, Arthur O. Roberts

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

The Quaker Vision And The Doing Of Theology, R. Melvin Keiser

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

To Win The Hearts And Minds: Evangelical Mission Activity In Albania As Global Culture War, Linford Stutzman

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Thomas Müntzer: Theologian, Reformer, And East Germany Forefather, Romwald Maczka

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Present Day Serbian Orthodoxy, Sergej Flere

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Exploring Bible History, Bruce K. Forrest

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

Excerpt: "You are about to embark on what I trust will be for you an interesting and informative journey as we begin to explore Bible History. Understanding Bible history, while at first may seem to be an enormous undertaking, is really within the grasp of most students of the Bible. The history itself falls readily into eight historic periods..."

Basic Characteristics Of Hungarian Church Politics, Emmerich András

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Religion In A Communist Consumer Society: The Case Of Kádár's Hungary, Leslie Laszlo

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

A Hermeneutical Model Based On The First Epistle Of John, Patrick Vance

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

The purpose of this senior project is to give the present student an opportunity to synthesize three years of seminary-level training in the area of hermeneutics, with an eye to its operation in the pastoral setting. The project therefore seeks to present a model, directed to the local pastor, of how a biblical book can be prepared for an expositional preaching series. The model endorses three stages of preparation study thought by the student to be essential to a quality pulpit ministry. The stages are history, exegesis and theology. Each stage is contained within a major chapter which endeavors to …

George Fox College Life, December 1978, George Fox University Archives

George Fox College Life

Alumni newspaper of George Fox College.

Ernst Troeltsch's Quest For Certainty, Steven N. Goetz

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

This paper examines the thought of Ernst Troeltsch, specifically in regards to his attempt to show that Christ­ianity is a superior religion among other world religions . The key to understanding Troeltsch's thinking in this re­gard is to consider his methodological foundation which was historicist. The problem which Troeltsch sought to address throughout his works but especially in The Absolute­ness, i. e., how to find universal values within relative historical phenomena, was generated out of his desire for religious certainty while at the same time being consistent with historicist methodology.

Although, in his early career, Troeltsch did find a satisfactory …

Rufus Jones And Mysticism, Daniel E. Bassuk

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

Response To Comments, Daniel E. Bassuk

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

The Forerunners Of The Protestant Reformation, Suresh Heraman

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

Excerpt: "This research paper is a study based mainly on the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation in Western Europe from 910 to 1498 A.D. Some consideration is given to the earlier history of the Church, to show the cause for the reforms to follow.

Sources used for the research of this paper are listed in the bibliography. Since this research is historical it has relied on the works of others who have written on the history of the Christian Church. No effort is made to give a history of theology but to discover why the reforms were needed."

A Christian Telephone Crisis Intervention Manual, John Calvin Kennington

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

In our society individuals face crisis situations regularly. From the beginning of life to its conclusion in death, a spider in the bathtub or an unkind remark, life moves from one crisis to another. Some things cause small emotional disturbances while others cause permanent psychological damage. What ever the cause, no crisis is small to the person going through it, and finding the resolution can become an all-consuming task. The problem of dealing with such emergencies is not new. Every generation has had to grapple with crises.

A History Of The Pacific Northwest District Conference Of The Evangelical Free Church Of America, Robert A. Rapp

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

The Evangelical Free Church of America is a merger. It should be noted that the Free Church groups that merged in 1950 to form the Evangelical Free Church of America, each had early beginnings in the Northwest.

The first Free Evangelical witness in the Pacific Northwest occurred in the decade of the 1880s, following the historic meetings of organization at Boone, Iowa, and Boston, Massachusetts in 1884. The first churches of both the Swedish and Norwegian-Danish groups were centered in the Seattle-Tacoma area. Progress and growth were impeded in those early days by language and distance barriers. By the time …

Martin Luther's Concept Of Biblical Interpretation In Historical Perspective, Raymond Larry Shelton

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

The purpose of this study is two-fold: to study the general hermeneutical principles and procedures of Martin Luther, and to develop an understanding of the major hermeneutical influences both upon him and by him. Luther certainly did not precipitate the Reformation in a vacuum, but his revolutionary ideas developed as a result of many historical and theological influences upon his intellectual and spiritual development. Furthermore, Luther provided a hermeneutical watershed from which the other Reformers, as well as many contemporary scholars, drank. His influence upon the hermeneutical development since the sixteenth century has been immeasurable. Thinkers ranging from the positions …

Martin Luther's Concept Of Biblical Interpretation In Historical Perspective, R. Larry Shelton

Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary

No abstract provided.

The Day Of Worship For The Christian Church, David Loren Patterson

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

THE PROBLEM UNDER CONSIDERATION

"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy... but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God .... " (Ex. 20;8, 1 Oa). "Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years. I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain" (Gal. 4:10,11).

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The problem seen. Above are given two Scripture passages, one from the Old Testament and the other from the New Testament. The former is part of a command to observe a day, "to keep it holy," while the latter …

An Analysis Of The Pastor's Relationship To The Sunday School In The Oregon Conference Of The Free Methodist Church, Bruce C. Johnson

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

The purpose of this study was to analyze the pastor's relationship to the Sunday school in the Oregon Conference of the Free Methodist Church which involved the following factors:

1. The Free Methodist Church as an entire body of Christians.

2. The Oregon Conference of the Free Methodist Church functioning as one of several other conferences in a denomination.

3. Each local congregation as a church in a given area which is one of several churches in the Oregon Conference.

4. The pastor as supervisor of the church in all areas and departments.

5. The Sunday school as a department …

A History Of The Montana District Council Of The Assemblies Of God, Harry S. Garrett

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

One of the important and distinct expressions of protestant denominational life in the United States in the Twentieth century is the group called the Assemblies of God. The Assemblies of God have had a rapid growth in organization. In some instances the organizational life lagged behind its numerical growth. Such was the case in the state of Montana. Churches organized in this state were attached to two other Districts, the main portions of which were located in other states. It was finally deemed necessary and wise to organize a new district which would be called the Montana District Council of …

A History Of The Montana District Council Of The Assemblies Of God, Harry S. Garrett

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

One of the important and distinct expressions of protestant denominational life in the United States in the Twentieth century is the group called the Assemblies of God. The Assemblies of God have had a rapid growth in organization. In some instances the organizational life lagged behind its numerical growth. Such was the case in the state of Montana. Churches organized in this state were attached to two other Districts, the main portions of which were located in other states. It was finally deemed necessary and wise to organize a new district which would be called the Montana District Council of …