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Thinking Gelassenheit Through Heidegger: The Encounter With The Possible Impossible, Shahriar Mohammad Reza Shafaghi

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Central Serotonergic Stimulation Of Renin Secretion, Peter Andrew Rittenhouse

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Networks As Strategies Of Survival In Urban Poor Communities: An Ethnographic Study In The Philippine Setting, Jesusa M. Marco

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Low Temperature Spectroscopic And Annealing Studies Of Disordered Organic Solids, Dwayne L. Labrake

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Reconsidering Psycholinguistics' Project : Language As Praxis In Lacan And Kristeva, Suzanne Barnard

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An Exploratory Study Of The Aims And Methods Of Family Worship In The Seventh-Day Adventist Church, L. Edgel Phillips

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Problem

The Adventist Church places a high value on family worship yet less than 50 percent of those surveyed indicated that the observance was practiced. It was posited that an investigation of the aims and methods of family worship might provide a partial answer to this phenomenon. This present study was to determine the underlying dimensions of the aims and methods of family worship and to discover which methods have a significant correlation with the aims of family worship.

Method

An instrument was developed for collecting data from individual members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who reside in the geographic …

The Empirical Development Of A College Curriculum Of The Epistle To The Galatians, Dragutin Matak

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Problem. Seventh-day Adventist adolescents need a clear understanding of the gospel which provides the assurance of salvation. Since in Seventh-day Adventist colleges there is no curriculum for the Epistle to the Galatians, this study was intended to provide college religion students with the opportunity to understand cognitively and to apply experientially the claims of the gospel as presented in Galatians.

Method. The basic philosophy of the learning approach utilized in this study was that a curriculum is more than a blueprint for educational planning. In Christian education, curriculum is a bridge between theory and practice in the cognitive, affective …

The Seventh-Day Adventist Adult Sabbath School: Its Purpose As Described And Perceived, Sherman Mccormick

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An Investigation Of Dispensational Premillennialism: An Analysis And Evaluation Of The Eschatology Of John F. Walvoord, David P. Gullón

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This study presents a historical and theological inquiry of one of the most influential eschatological views in America's evangelical and premillennial fundamentalist circles: dispensational premillennialism.

My objective is threefold: (1) to survey the main factors that contributed to the rise of dispensational premillennialism, (2) to evaluate its claims to the historical and theological roots, and (3) to portray and to assess the eschatology ofthis system as it has been enunciated by John F. Walvoord.

To achieve these purposes, after a brief introductory chapter, we begin in chapter 2 by showing the development of premillennialismsince the days of the early church …

Effects Of Adventist Engaged Encounter On Role Expectations And Growth In Premarital Relations, Jeffrey O. Brown

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Problem. There is a growing concern in present society over what have come to be known as 'family values.' At the heart of these values lies marriage, and the erosion of this ancient institution has caused practitioners and researchers alike to focus on possible opportunities afforded by premarital intervention. With the proliferation of enrichment programs, there is a need in the church for an evaluation of Adventist Engaged Encounter (AEE), the largest group premarital intervention program in the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, especially as it relates to two of its primary foci: role expectations and growth.

Method. Demographic details were obtained …

A Model For Ministry Of Church Elders In The Inca Union Of Seventh-Day Adventists, Luis Miguel Luna

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Purpose. The purpose of this research was to elucidate the ministry of lay elders as it is suggested in the New Testament and to construct a model for the ministry of local church elders in the Inca Union Mission.

Method. This study was documentary and theological. The primary source was the New Testament, specifically the gospels, the book of Acts, and the epistles. Secondary literature was employed to support the biblical findings of the elders' tasks.

Conclusions. In harmony with the teaching of the Scriptures regarding early church organization and leadership, elders are selected by the local church and ordained …

One-Room Schoolhouses In Jasper County, Illinois From 1925-1947, Sharon Earnest Linden

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The Development Of Aids Education (K-12) In The United States Through 1989, Judith A. Jennrich

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The News Media Coverage Of The Tet Offensive (1968): Historical Evaluation As And Educational Tool, Edmund J. Rooney

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Aristotle And Sophocles On The Elements Of Moral Virtue, Lloyd W. J. Aultman-Moore

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The Multiple Transfer Student In Higher Education: Background Characteristics And Interinstitutional Movements Of A Sample Population, Gretchen Warner Kearney

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Emotional Autonomy In Adolescence: The Significance Of Gender, Family Structure, Family Cohesion, Parenting Style, And Culture, Teresa Fuhrman

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John Locke On The Naturalness Of Rights, Peter C. Myers

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Perceived Change Of Immigrants In The United States: A Study Of Kerala (Asian Indian) Immigrant Couples In Greater Chicago, Ramola B. Joseph

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An Investigation Of Gender Differences In Factors Associated With Low Sexual Desire, Karen Mangen Donahey

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Remote Dianions In The Synthesis Of Indolizidine Alkaloids, Diana L. C. Green Green

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The Reconstruction Of The Public Schools After The Great Fire, 1871-1881, Richard F. Murphy

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An Analysis Of The Catholic School Principal's Role As Perceived By The Pastors, Principals, And Teachers As Identified By Eight Major Administrative Functions In The Archdiocese Of Chicago, George R. Kokaska

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A Comparison Of Teacher-Principal Perceptions And Their Relationship To Teacher Self-Esteem, Christopher Benedict Dransoff

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Factors Contributing To Job Satisfaction And Job Dissatisfaction Among Teachers In Lutheran Schools, William V. Hinz

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Evangelical Christian Higher Education, Culture, And Social Conflict: A Niebuhrian Analysis Of Three Colleges In The 1960'S, David Larsen

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College Shock Ii: Improving Student Adjustment: The Effects Of Reference Groups And Behavioral Standards On The University Experience, David George Guon

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Using Iva As A Predictor Of Instructional Performance In A Graduate Management Program, Donald R. Carter

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A Study Of The Women Of Daniel Defoe And Samuel Richardson: A Teiresian Vision, Nancy F. Krippel

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Terms Of Literary Comment In The Epigrams Of Martial, Arthur L. Spisak

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