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Review: Petre Ţuțea: Between Sacrifice And Suicide (By Alexandru Popescu), Michael S. Jones Aug 2005

Review: Petre Ţuțea: Between Sacrifice And Suicide (By Alexandru Popescu), Michael S. Jones

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Toward A Theory Of Faithfulness: An Exploratory Study Of The Motivational Factors Related To Human Capital Retention In The Christian School, Colleen Mclaughlin Aug 2005

Toward A Theory Of Faithfulness: An Exploratory Study Of The Motivational Factors Related To Human Capital Retention In The Christian School, Colleen Mclaughlin

Faculty Dissertations

This exploratory, qualitative study utilizing the grounded theory approach addressed the research question of what are the factors Christian teachers feel, believe, and/or understand are meaningful and motivating to their decision to continue teaching in a Christian school? This focus on human capital retention in the Christian school was necessary due to a concern for teachers leaving the profession within the first few years of their careers, thus lowering the quality of education provided. The teachers participating in the study shared their feelings, thoughts, stories, and experiences through the use of in-depth interviews. The resulting analysis provided the opportunity for …

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Childbirth And Breastfeeding Over Three Decades: One Mother’S Story, Hila Spear Jul 2005

Childbirth And Breastfeeding Over Three Decades: One Mother’S Story, Hila Spear

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article describes one mother's selected childbirth and breastfeeding experiences that transpired over the span of three decades. Her story is a source of inspiration and encouragement for breastfeeding mothers and health-care professionals who provide maternity care for today's childbearing women. Furthermore, this personal account reveals that, although breastfeeding support and childbirth services have improved over the past 30 years, more needs to be done to promote positive birth experiences and breastfeeding outcomes.

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05-03-05 (The Libety Champion, Volume 22, Issue 21) May 2005

05-03-05 (The Libety Champion, Volume 22, Issue 21)

2004 -- 2005

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A Spiritual Disciplines-Based Discipleship Curriculum For The Local Church, Steven Hugh Mathews May 2005

A Spiritual Disciplines-Based Discipleship Curriculum For The Local Church, Steven Hugh Mathews

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The practice of the spiritual disciplines in local Baptist churches is in decline, and there does not exist a curriculum designed to implement the disciplines into the public teaching ministry of the local church. The purpose of this project is to design, implement, and evaluate such a curriculum, with respect to participants' understanding of, motivation to practice, and perceived effectiveness in, ten key spiritual disciplines. The curriculum is evaluated by a diagnostic tool based on Bloom's Taxonomy, and is intended to measure increases in knowledge, motivation, and effectiveness.

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04-26-05 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 22, Issue 20) Apr 2005

04-26-05 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 22, Issue 20)

2004 -- 2005

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Lasting Effects: How Poverty As A Child Still Affects The Adolescent, Jennifer Lenker Apr 2005

Lasting Effects: How Poverty As A Child Still Affects The Adolescent, Jennifer Lenker

Senior Honors Theses

Based on her review of research concerning the millions of children and teens who live in poverty-stricken families in the United States, the writer seeks to identify the long-term effects of poverty in the adolescent years. In order to do this, many of the factors contributing to poverty are discussed. The parents' education, the overall decline in marriage, the absence of the father, single-parent households, structural causes, natural disasters, domestic violence, culture, and government policies are all factors which can contribute to poverty. In addition, poverty has many effects on children, such as lower educational achievement, greater likelihood of abuse, …

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Identifying Leadership: Correlations Between Introversion-Extroversion And Leadership Qualities, Tom Hinkley Apr 2005

Identifying Leadership: Correlations Between Introversion-Extroversion And Leadership Qualities, Tom Hinkley

Senior Honors Theses

From the beginning of time, individuals have been forced to work in groups via the circumstances they were presented with. Naturally, individuals within the groups stepped forward to take roles of leadership, guiding the rest of the group. Since then, an emphasis has been placed identifying those qualities which make successful leaders. Kouzes and Posner (1995) have identified five vital qualities of a leader: challenging the process; inspiring a shared vision; enabling others to act; modeling the way; and encouraging the heart. In an effort to gain personal insight, leader or not, an emphasis on getting to know your personality …

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Legal Positivism: The Leading Legal Theory In America, Paul R. Rickert Mar 2005

Legal Positivism: The Leading Legal Theory In America, Paul R. Rickert

Faculty Publications and Presentations

The author discusses the transition in from a Natural Law base for American Jurisprudence to legal positivism.

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Family And Consumer Sciences In Higher Education: Common Elements In Undergraduate Curriculum, Susan Lovett Mar 2005

Family And Consumer Sciences In Higher Education: Common Elements In Undergraduate Curriculum, Susan Lovett

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study of undergraduate programs was undertaken to create a current portrait of Family and Consumer Sciences programs and to determine whether common ground exists among the various academic units particularly in the area of curriculum content. The thirty four schools having accreditation with SACS and AAFCS were chosen as the population to be studied. Two lists of curricular element categories were created to evaluate the programs: a 28 item list derived from historical categorizations used in professional journals and educational reporting and a 16 item list taken from the national standards for FCS in secondary programs. The subject matter …

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Trends In The Portrayal Of The Puritans Found In American History Textbooks From The 1870s Through The 1990s As Influenced By Secular Educational Philosophy, James A. Wicks Mar 2005

Trends In The Portrayal Of The Puritans Found In American History Textbooks From The 1870s Through The 1990s As Influenced By Secular Educational Philosophy, James A. Wicks

Faculty Dissertations

There has been a movement to exclude a Biblical worldview from high school American history textbooks exchanging it for a secular worldview through the use of historical revisionism. Available literature failed to adequately address the impact of revisionism within the pages of American history textbooks specifically concerning the portrayal of the American Puritans. Therefore, an analysis of American history textbooks beginning in the 1870s through the 1990s was necessary to demonstrate the existence of historical revisionism regarding the treatment of the American Puritans and whether a trend existed to revise their place in American history textbooks over the past two …

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Trends In Didactic Children's Literature From The Twentieth Century To The Present As Influenced By Secular Educational Philosophy, Carolyn Wicks Mar 2005

Trends In Didactic Children's Literature From The Twentieth Century To The Present As Influenced By Secular Educational Philosophy, Carolyn Wicks

Faculty Dissertations

The purpose of this analysis was to identify trends in didactic children’s literature from the twentieth century to the present as influenced by secular educational philosophy. Using popularity and content research, ten books were sought from each decade beginning in the twentieth century and concluding with the beginning of the twenty-first century. These books were studied to determine what popular books didactically infer about society, culture, religion, gender, family, ecology, and controversial issues such as divorce, prejudice, violence, and physical intimacy. Using trend analysis of a homogeneous sampling of realistic American fiction, written in prose, for elementary readers in kindergarten …

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Reports Relating To The Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting Of The Society, James A. Borland Mar 2005

Reports Relating To The Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting Of The Society, James A. Borland

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

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02-22-05 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 22, Issue 14) Feb 2005

02-22-05 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 22, Issue 14)

2004 -- 2005

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Preaching In The 'Hear' And Now: Justification, Development, And Assessment Of 'Parabolic Engagement' Pedogogy In French-Speaking Missionary Settings, Daniel Sheard Feb 2005

Preaching In The 'Hear' And Now: Justification, Development, And Assessment Of 'Parabolic Engagement' Pedogogy In French-Speaking Missionary Settings, Daniel Sheard

Faculty Dissertations

This thesis argues the utility of ‘parabolic engagement’ method for preachers and listeners in the French Antillean context. The opening chapter defines key terms and clarifies how this imaged sermonic style addresses the listening habits of targeted audiences. It explains that figured delivery is often context-interpretive, involving a more personal, experiential decoding by the listener. Engagement technique increases auditor involvement and creates unique communicative rapport. The chapter points out that the entire experimental process validates the usefulness of the pedagogy. Part One addresses the theological rationale for ‘parabolic engagement’ method. Chapter Two reviews appropriate literature with respect to engagement. Chapter …

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Theophostic Ministry: Preliminary Practitioner Survey, Fernando L. Garzon Jan 2005

Theophostic Ministry: Preliminary Practitioner Survey, Fernando L. Garzon

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This exploratory survey investigated Theophostic Ministry, a recently developed inner healing prayer technique that has simultaneously garnered much anecdotal support and criticism. Specifically, the survey sought to assess who is using Theophostic Ministry, what disorders are being treated, and regular practitioners’ perceptions of this technique’s efficacy. The survey was administered during an advanced training seminar given by Ed Smith, the technique’s developer. Of the 148 participants 74% completed the survey (Respondent N = 111). Survey results suggested a wide variety of people are using Theophostic Ministry - from pastors to lay counselors to psychologists. Overall, the respondents believe this technique …

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Interventions That Apply Scripture In Psychotherapy, Fernando L. Garzon Jan 2005

Interventions That Apply Scripture In Psychotherapy, Fernando L. Garzon

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Christian therapists are sometimes challenged in their work with appropriately religious clients to develop treatment components that incorporate the Bible. Utilizing a case study format, this article describes various intervention strategies available for the clinician to consider. Psychodynamic, psychoeducational, theoeducational, cognitive, behavioral, and affective experiential therapeutic examples are presented. As long as sound ethical and religio-cultural assessment guidelines are followed, Scripture remains a rich resource for clinicians in their work.

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Examining The Impact Of Learning Communities On Motivation, David Holder Jan 2005

Examining The Impact Of Learning Communities On Motivation, David Holder

Faculty Publications and Presentations

The purpose of this study was to determine if learning communities have an inherent motivational effect on learners and, if so, whether higher motivation impacts attitudinal change. As learning communities and groups become more established in distance education settings, it is important to understand the impact these groups have on the motivation of the learners. Motivation is the length and direction of effort expended by the learners in pursuit of achievement (Keller, 1979a, 1979b; Moller & Russell, 1994). It is assumed that configuring learners into communities produces a positive effect on each community member. This positive response, in turn, increases …

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Review: With The Grain Of The Universe: The Church's Witness And Natural Theology, John D. Morrison Jan 2005

Review: With The Grain Of The Universe: The Church's Witness And Natural Theology, John D. Morrison

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

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Lucian Blaga: An American Pragmatist In Europe?, Michael S. Jones Jan 2005

Lucian Blaga: An American Pragmatist In Europe?, Michael S. Jones

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Rivers Of Revival Volume 1 And Volume 2 (Chinese), Elmer Towns, Neil T. Anderson Jan 2005

Rivers Of Revival Volume 1 And Volume 2 (Chinese), Elmer Towns, Neil T. Anderson

Towns Foreign Language Book Collection

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School Violence: Evaluation Of An Elementary School Peer Mediation Program, Rita Cantrell Schellenberg Jan 2005

School Violence: Evaluation Of An Elementary School Peer Mediation Program, Rita Cantrell Schellenberg

Faculty Dissertations

Studies and statistical reports have revealed school violence as an issue of ongoing concern. Research has identified the media, early parent child interactions, and peer interactions as primary socializing agents in the development of aggression. Middle childhood, the elementary school years, has been identified as a key period of concern for the development of aggression and engaging in acts of violence. Studies have identified school-based peer mediation and conflict resolution programs, particularly those that incorporate cognitive behavioral approaches grounded in social learning theory, as tools for combating school violence. Peer mediation programs teach positive peer interactions and social skills to …

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Jonathan R. White: Terrorism Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2005

Jonathan R. White: Terrorism Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Tren Dissertations At Crown College, Nathan Fritz, Anne D. Reynolds, Dennis Ingolfsland Jan 2005

Tren Dissertations At Crown College, Nathan Fritz, Anne D. Reynolds, Dennis Ingolfsland

Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) provides a gold-mine of information for theological libraries but has previously made this information available primarily on microfiche format. Librarians and computer personnel at Crown College in Minnesota worked together with TREN to make this information available in full-text electronic format through the library online catalog. This article explains the process so other interested librarians can work with TREN to do the same.

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The Influence Of Parenting Styles On The Development Of Moral Judgment In College Level Adolescents, Scott M. Hawkins Jan 2005

The Influence Of Parenting Styles On The Development Of Moral Judgment In College Level Adolescents, Scott M. Hawkins

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This research project addresses the relationship between parenting styles and the development of moral judgment in college students enrolled in a four year private University in Central Virginia. The purpose of this study is to identify the extent to which parenting styles are one of the "building blocks" for the development of moral judgment in adolescents. The instruments used are the Parental Authority Questionnaire (Buri, 1988) and the Defining Issues Test - II (Rest, 1999). The researcher hypothesized that the levels of moral judgment found in college students who perceive that they were parented by parents utilizing an Authoritative parenting …

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Earl Conteh-Morgan: Collective Political Violence: Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2005

Earl Conteh-Morgan: Collective Political Violence: Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Resurrection Research From 1975 To The Present: What Are Critical Scholars Saying?, Gary R. Habermas Jan 2005

Resurrection Research From 1975 To The Present: What Are Critical Scholars Saying?, Gary R. Habermas

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

An overview of resurrection research in Europe and North America during the last 30 years indicates some expected as well as some surprising trends. This study highlights six of these major research areas. The works of two representative scholars, J.D. Crossan and N.T. Wright, provide interpretive angles on these subjects. The article concludes with some comments on what is taken to be the single most crucial development at present, that after Jesus' death his followers had experiences that they thought were appearances of the risen Jesus. These early Christian experiences need to be explained viably.

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11-09-04 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 22, Issue 8) Nov 2004

11-09-04 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 22, Issue 8)

2004 -- 2005

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10-26-04 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 22, Issue 7) Oct 2004

10-26-04 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 22, Issue 7)

2004 -- 2005

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10-19-04 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 22, Issue 6) Oct 2004

10-19-04 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 22, Issue 6)

2004 -- 2005

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