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Volume 23, Number 1, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Summer 2007

Memory, Tradition And Text: Uses Of The Past In Early Christianity - Edited By Alan Kirk And Tom Thatcher [Review Of The Book Memory, Tradition And Text: Uses Of The Past In Early Christianity, By A. Kirk & T. Thatcher, Ed.], Rubén R. Dupertuis

Religion Faculty Research

The aim of this collection of essays is, at least in part, to remedy the lack of attention that studies of early Christianity have paid to recent developments, in the fields of sociology and anthropology, in the study of memory. An excellent introductory survey by Alan Kirk of recent developments in memory studies is followed by eleven essays applying some aspect of the approach to various texts or problems in the study of early Christianity, and then by responses by Werner Kelber and Barry Schwartz. While the various contributions interact in different ways with the relevant theories and models, all …

Second Baptism And Baptism In Blood As Motifs In The Martyrdom And Patristic Literature Of The Second-Fourth-Centuries A.D., Casey Crosby

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the origin of the terms second baptism and baptism in blood and how these terms and the concepts associated with them affected the baptismal theology of the Patristic church. The research showed that these topoi became motifs in specific martyrdom literature (passions) and Patristic writings of the second-fourth­ centuries and were probably invented by Tertullian. The authors examined used these terms in their writings to encourage and exhort those facing persecution to remain faithful-even to the point of death. Second baptism and baptism in blood represented the concept that death in a martyrdom context perfected the faith …

Whose Science And Whose Religion? Reflections On The Relations Between Scientific And Religious Worldviews, Stuart Glennan

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Arguments about the relationship between science and religion often proceed by identifying a set of essential characteristics of scientific and religious worldviews and arguing on the basis of these characteristics for claims about a relationship of conflict or compatibility between them. Such a strategy is doomed to failure because science, to some extent, and religion, to a much larger extent, are cultural phenomena that are too diverse in their expressions to be characterized in terms of a unified worldview. In this paper I follow a different strategy. Having offered a loose characterization of the nature of science, I pose five …

Interview With David Hopper, James Wallace Professor Of Religious Studies, David Hopper

Religious Studies Department Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

2007 Commencement Program, Taylor University

Commencement

The program of the 2007 Annual Commencement of Taylor University, May 19, 2007.

05-18-07 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 24, Special Issue)

2006 -- 2007

No abstract provided.

The Echo: May 4, 2007, Taylor University

2006-2007 (Volume 94)

Juniors sweep Taylathon ’07 – Tomasik wins University of Evansville business competition – Camp to erect $1 million lodge to honor Betsy Smith – Residents establish new ‘Bergwalliday’ dorm tradition – Taylathon 2007 – Reflections from the cardboard community – ‘Museum’ finds new life on DVD & Blu-Ray – ‘Idol’ sets the pace for global change – Confessions of a lackluster jazz fan – Kant’s categorical imperative versus Frank’s poor stewardship – Investigating how to appropriately talk when talking about people – Letters to the Editor – The thoughts of a theist – What sharpens Christians? – Letters to the …

Good Fences And Good Neighbors? Biblical Scholars And Theologians, Jean-Pierre Ruiz

Journal of Hispanic / Latino Theology

The author takes occasion of the decision by the American Academic of Religion to separate its annual meetings from those of the Society for Biblical Literature, to reflect on the challenging disciplinary frontier arrayed between systematic theology and biblical studies. In particular, he calls for critical theological interpretation of the claims of biblical scholarship, bearing in mind the contextuality of all discourses. For their part, biblical scholars should call systematic theologians to operate within the framework of what Fernando Segovia has called a hermeneutics of otherness and engagement, as a preface to reading with exegetes and other academic, pastoral, professional …

American Children Encountering The Bible: Ensuring Engagement Through The American Education System And The Children’S Bible, Zachary S. Teicher

Religious Studies Honors Projects

Society and parents continue to ensure that American children are familiar with the stories of the bible. The bible is part of the American cultural milieu and has been inculcated in successive generations through schools and children’s bibles. Parents in the twenty-first century have turned to adapted children’s bibles as the principal means by which to teach their children the bible. This is due in large part to the bible loosing its place in the curriculum of American public schools. This paper examines how children's bibles developed, why teaching the bible has been a priority, and who have been the …

An Introduction To A Model For Teaching Spiritual Formation To Student - Athletes In A Christian Educational Setting, Edmund Jude Gomes

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This project is an attempt to provide a biblical foundation for teaching spiritual formation to student-athletes. A brief history of Liberty University and its athletic achievements are presented in this paper; also included are some of the people and circumstances God is using to teach athletes about spiritual formation, character development and whole-person development. The process God uses for teaching those things is interwoven throughout the paper. Practical problems that are associated with spiritual formation are addressed, and the final chapter of the paper places special emphasis on some of the outcomes of the thesis.

Where Are Asian Christians In Jewish-Christian Dialogue?, Alan Ka Lun Lai

Consensus

No abstract provided.

Jesu Meine Freude: A Cultural Reception Analysis Of Romans 8, Katherine R. Goheen

Consensus

Romans 8:1-11 ; Contains German text and trans of motet, "Jesus Meine Freude" by J S Bach. Cultural reception of the Gospel, edt by T Hegedus.

A Household To Be Gathered-The Anointing At Bethany And The Day Of Jesus' Death In The Gospel According To John, Jonathan A. Blanke

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

Blanke, Jonathan A. "A Household to Be Gathered: The Anointing at Bethany and the Day of Jesus' Death in the Gospel according to John." Ph.D. diss., Concordia Seminary, 2007.224 pp.

This dissertation focuses on the theological significance of the anointing at Bethany in the Fourth Gospel and its relationship to the passion and death of Jesus. The dissertation responds to the conclusion of much twentieth-century scholarship that John 12:1-7 is essentially meaningful as a text that evolved from an oral tradition comparable to other anointings of Jesus with perfume by unnamed women in the Synoptic Gospels. It supplements this prior …

Appropriating Narrative Preaching Within The Palestinian Evangelical Churches In The Region Of Galilee, Israel, Nabil Elia Samara

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Pastoral Leadership Problems In Small, Established Churches Of Under 100 People, Brian Keith Miller

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

ABSTRACT PASTORAL LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS IN SMALL, ESTABLISHED CHURCHES OF UNDER 100 PEOPLE Rev. Brian K. Miller Liberty Theological Seminary, 2007 Mentor: Dr. Homer Massey A review of current literature demonstrates that very little material is available regarding small churches and the leadership problems that the pastor will face. The purpose of this project is to shed light on some of these problems, and provide insight and helpful advice to those pastors serving in small churches. Based on the literature available, this project reviews the most common leadership problems faced by small church pastors, and gives advice and suggestions for dealing …

The Echo: April 20, 2007, Taylor University

2006-2007 (Volume 94)

Va. Tech heartbreak: A Taylor alumna recounts her story – Kerr to emphasize holistic Christianity – Defending theism against atheism – America’s hidden curse – Letters to the Editor – Thoughtful musings of an atheist – Reflecting on Taylor’s grief observed – Remembering Earth Day – Letters to the Editor – ‘Disturbia’ brings new twists to familiar territory – Lily Allen dares to be real – A web site out of the ordinary – Trojans attempt to bounce back – York breaks 20-year-old record at Little State – TU softball gets split against IWU – Trojans Sports – Youth Conference …

Arbiter, April 12, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Historical And Textual Evidence For The Early, Eyewitness Resurrection Reports (Video File), Gary R. Habermas

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.

Integration: What Do The Students Think?, Hitomi Makino

Poster Session and Research Presentation Forum

No abstract provided.

Ervin Retires, Jadell Forman

Bibliography & Biography

ORU Excellence magazine reports on the retirement of Howard M. Ervin, Professor in the School of Theology and Missions. Ervin taught at ORU for 40 years and was recognized for his accomplishments at the university.

The Webb Magazine 2007, Spring, Noel T. Manning Ii

The Web Magazine

The Webb Magazine focuses on alumni news and campus events from Gardner-Webb College; now Gardner-Webb University. This issue highlights many of GWU's recent actions around campus, such as sending students on mission trips, hiring new faculty/staff, participating in Will Graham's Crusade and providing relief/aid to Hurricane Katrina victims. One article features Frank Page, a Gardner-Webb alum who was elected as President of the Southern Baptist Convention. This issue also provides sports updates and a list of distinguished graduates.

Review: The Beauty Of The Infinite: The Aesthetics Of Christian Truth, John D. Morrison

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.

Neiu Magazine- Spring 2007, Neiu Magazine Staff

NEIU Magazine

No abstract provided.

"And Also Many Animals": Biblical Resources For Preaching About Creation, Kathryn M. Schifferdecker

Faculty Publications

The Bible offers the preacher a multitude of texts for preaching about creation and the environment. Preachers can and should use these resources to call hearers to join in the creative and redemptive work of God, in the name of Christ and for the sake of the world.

Writing And Imitation: Greek Education In The Greco-Roman World, Rubén R. Dupertuis

Religion Faculty Research

The imitation of a handful of accepted literary models lies at the core of the Greco-Roman educational process throughout all of its stages. While at the more advanced levels the relationship to models became more nuanced, the underlying principle remained the imitation of those authors who had achieved greatness. Quintilian explains the rationale as follows:

For there can be no doubt that in art no small portion of our task lies in imitation, since although invention came first and is all-important, it is expedient to imitate whatever has been invented with success. And it is a universal rule of life …

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum: April 2007, Lyle D. Bierma, David M. Rylaarsdam, Jeffrey A.D. Weima, John D. Witvliet

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum (2002- )

Reflections on Children at the Lord's Supper
3 - Children at the Lord’s Supper and Reformed Theology by Lyle D. Bierma
5 - United, Separated, Re-united: The Story of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper by David M. Rylaarsdam
7 - Children at the Lord’s Supper and the Key Text of 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 by Jeffrey A.D. Weima
9 - Children at the Table: Some Provisional Answers to the Practical Questions by John D. Witvliet

Departments
12 - Continuing Education
13 - News
14 - Formation for Ministry

Brigham Young University And Jerusalem Before Semester Abroad, 1931-1968, Kahlile B. Mehr

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 42 No 1 - April 2007), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editor’s Notes - 7 / Articles: Christian Reformed History in German Mirrors by James D. Bratt - 9 / The Other Reformed: Dutch Presbyterians in Nineteenth-Century America by Richard H. Harms - 33 / Accountability or Parity: Ecumenical Principles in Tension between the CRC and RCA, 1898–1904 by James A. De Jong - 50 / From Princeton to Wheaton: The Course of Neo-Calvinism in North America by John Bolt - 65 / Harry Bultema and the Maranatha Controversy in the Christian Reformed Church by Michael G. Borgert - 90 / Singing Hymns? We’ve Never Done That Before! The CRC’s …

Library Perspectives, Issue 36, Spring 2007, Friends Of The Oberlin College Libraries

Library Perspectives Newsletter

This issue includes items about the Academic Commons, Dr. Thomas W. Roush's gift of some 6,000 films, an author rights and open access workshop for faculty, and much more.