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Examining The Connection Between Spirituality And Embodiment In Medical Education, Katie Bellamy Dec 2015

Examining The Connection Between Spirituality And Embodiment In Medical Education, Katie Bellamy

Creative Arts Therapies Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore and analyze the experience of spirituality for students of Western medicine as reflected in writing assignments for an elective course on embodiment and empathy building skills. Questions included: What is the relationship between embodiment and spirituality for students of Western medicine? How does (re-)embodiment lead to reflections on spirituality? Does mind-body awareness lead to mind-body-spirit awareness? How can incorporation of embodiment techniques into physician training foster spirituality as it relates to physicians’ professional healing roles? Based in a constructivist paradigm, this study used a qualitative grounded theory methodology to generate theory about …


Case Study On Spirituality In Senior Center Education: Qualitative Research In Adult Education, Laura E. Demarse Dec 2015

Case Study On Spirituality In Senior Center Education: Qualitative Research In Adult Education, Laura E. Demarse

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the deeply personal role of spirituality in adult education as seen through teaching senior citizens and examined the personal manifestation of spirituality through the life experiences of five adult educators. The research questions examined how the participants implement spirituality in their teaching practice, principally informed by their personal definitions of spirituality and how these personal experiences of spirituality influence and shape their work as adult educators. The case study used non-participant observation and semi-structured interviews, which provide the narratives that inform the basis of this study.


Hierarchy And Exclusion: The Construction And Maintenance Of Order In First-Generation Puritan Massachusetts, 1630-1660, Scott Roth Nov 2015

Hierarchy And Exclusion: The Construction And Maintenance Of Order In First-Generation Puritan Massachusetts, 1630-1660, Scott Roth

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

In 1630, a company of English Puritans established Massachusetts Bay Colony and, in doing so, the settlement that offered a foundation for life in Colonial New England. Facing great change, the colony's leadership developed religious, economic, political and social devices to maintain control throughout the transition, thereby establishing a strict order that permeated the lives of all who settled. Those who sought to transcend their place in this order faced discipline in various ways, though the General Court doled out these punishments unevenly. The inconsistency of application of these devices allowed for progress in some areas but restricted growth in …


The Faithful Flyer, 11-08-2015, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry Nov 2015

The Faithful Flyer, 11-08-2015, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.


Practicing Ignatian Pedagogy: A Digital Collection Of Resources, Zheng (Jessica) Lu, Vicki Rosen Nov 2015

Practicing Ignatian Pedagogy: A Digital Collection Of Resources, Zheng (Jessica) Lu, Vicki Rosen

Gleeson Library Faculty and Staff Research and Scholarship

In the Spring 2015 issue of Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal, Kimberly Connor described building an Ignatian Pedagogy Faculty Learning Community at the University of San Francisco. One outcome of the FLC was to gather and make easily available a collection of resources on Jesuit education and the IPP (Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm). In this issue, two USF Gleeson Library/Geschke Center librarians, Zheng (Jessica) Lu, Digital Collections Librarian, and Vicki Rosen, Distance Learning Services Librarian, describe creating Practicing Ignatian Pedagogy: A Digital Collection of Resources, an openly accessible database available through the USF Library website, using the FLC resources …


A Historical Survey Of Healing And Exorcism, Cristian Dumitrescu Nov 2015

A Historical Survey Of Healing And Exorcism, Cristian Dumitrescu

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


The Initiation Of Growth-Focused Relationships Involving Healthy Accountability, Stephen L. Shaffer Oct 2015

The Initiation Of Growth-Focused Relationships Involving Healthy Accountability, Stephen L. Shaffer

Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry

This paper summarizes a Doctor of Ministry project thesis conducted in 2011 that introduced healthy accountability within growth-focused relationships to shape an emergent spiritual growth culture at the Carbondale Church of Christ. The theological basis for the intervention (1) uses Romans 12 to establish the Christian community, not the individual, as the ultimate vision of fully realized human life and (2) asserts that spiritual growth, following Alasdair MacIntyre’s definition of a practice, must involve virtues such that the means of growth are reflective of the desired ends of growth. The positive results demonstrate the effectiveness of healthy accountability, illuminate participants' …


Culturally Responsive Contexts: Establishing Relationships For Inclusion, Mere Berryman, Therese Ford, Ann Nevin, Suzanne Soohoo Oct 2015

Culturally Responsive Contexts: Establishing Relationships For Inclusion, Mere Berryman, Therese Ford, Ann Nevin, Suzanne Soohoo

Education Faculty Articles and Research

As our education systems become more culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse, rather than benefiting and learning from each other, we still expect all students to be represented within the same curriculum, pedagogy and testing regimen or we form separate enclaves resulting in marginalizaton. When diverse students have physical and/or learning disabilities, marginalization is further exacerbated and problematized. In this paper, the authors theorise within an alternative framework that we have termed relational and culturally responsive inclusion. Based on key understandings from our own research, much of it derived from Kaupapa Māori and Freirean philosophies, we encourage a framework where establishing …


Rescuing The Millennials: Four Essential Lessons Learned And Eight Key Principles To Reclaiming This Generation, Alethia Janise Simmons Oct 2015

Rescuing The Millennials: Four Essential Lessons Learned And Eight Key Principles To Reclaiming This Generation, Alethia Janise Simmons

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Recent trends reveal the decline in church attendance among younger generations, with the Millennials. The purpose of this project is to develop a Christian model that will offer churches practical steps and instructions on how to rescue this generation. Research will be conducted through surveys and interviews with sixty senior pastors, young adult pastors, and Millennials between the age of 18 and 29 years old to ascertain relevant data. This research will provide four essential lessons learned and eight key principles to reclaiming the Millennial generation.


Merold Westphal, Kierkegaard's Concept Of Faith, Mark A. Tietjen Oct 2015

Merold Westphal, Kierkegaard's Concept Of Faith, Mark A. Tietjen

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Spiritual Direction & Soul Care: Embracing God’S Presence In Your Practice (Aacc World Conference 2015), John C. Thomas Sep 2015

Spiritual Direction & Soul Care: Embracing God’S Presence In Your Practice (Aacc World Conference 2015), John C. Thomas

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Fourth Amended Disclosure Statement Sep 2015

Fourth Amended Disclosure Statement

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

No abstract provided.


Dean J. H. C. Fritz And The (Lifelong) Formation Of Pastors, Bruce Hartung Sep 2015

Dean J. H. C. Fritz And The (Lifelong) Formation Of Pastors, Bruce Hartung

Concordia Journal

We owe J. H. C. Fritz a great debt, not only for his influence on pastors in the LCMS and elsewhere, but also for his courage to write about his work and share his vision of ministry, preaching, and pastoral theology.


Christian Counseling The Past Generation And The State Of The Field, Richard Marrs Sep 2015

Christian Counseling The Past Generation And The State Of The Field, Richard Marrs

Concordia Journal

Gary Moon, vice president of Richmont Graduate University, says that Christian counseling, pastoral counseling, biblical counseling, and spiritual direction are all “sibling soul care disciplines.”


Deification, Friendship, And Self-Knowledge, Matthew Hale Sep 2015

Deification, Friendship, And Self-Knowledge, Matthew Hale

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

How does human friendship contribute to the process of deification? In this thesis, I will argue that a kind of “spiritual friendship” contributes to the process of deification by placing the human agent in a better position for acquiring self-knowledge, and avoiding false beliefs or misunderstandings about the self. This acquisition of self-knowledge is an important part of the deification process, which involves not just a moral and ontological transformation, but an epistemological one as well.


Six Principles To Consider When Working With Roman Catholic Clients, Thomas G. Plante Sep 2015

Six Principles To Consider When Working With Roman Catholic Clients, Thomas G. Plante

Psychology

Although the majority of Americans consider themselves to be Christian and affiliated with various Protestant denominations, a quarter of the American population identify themselves as Roman Catholics who are the largest single religious denomination in the country. Yet, surprisingly, fairly little research has been published in the professional psychology literature about working with this very large and diverse group. Psychologists have an ethical responsibility to be aware of and respectful to diversity including diversity based on religious background, affiliation, and perspectives. The purpose of this brief reflection is to offer 6 important principles to keep in mind for professional psychologists …


The Colby Echo (2015-09-01), Colby College Sep 2015

The Colby Echo (2015-09-01), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.


Development Of A Multiscale Internal State Variable Inelasticity-Corrosion Damage Model For Magnesium Alloys, Weiwei Song Aug 2015

Development Of A Multiscale Internal State Variable Inelasticity-Corrosion Damage Model For Magnesium Alloys, Weiwei Song

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation proposes a multiscale Internal State Variable (ISV) inelasticity-corrosion damage model that is motivated by experimental microstructure-property relations of magnesium alloys. The corrosion damage framework was laid out based on observation of different corrosion mechanisms occurred on an extruded AM30 magnesium alloys. The extruded AM30 magnesium alloy was studied under two corrosion environments (cyclical salt spray and immersion) in order to observe the corrosion rates under different exposure environments. The coupons were examined at various times to determine the history effects of three corrosion mechanisms: (1) general corrosion; (2) pitting corrosion in terms of the nucleation rate, growth rate, …


Deposition Of Peter Lechner, Hall & Monagle, Llc Aug 2015

Deposition Of Peter Lechner, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Other Depositions

No abstract provided.


Religious Landscape And Ecological Ethics: Pilgrimage To The Lithuanian Calvaries, Darius Liutikas Jul 2015

Religious Landscape And Ecological Ethics: Pilgrimage To The Lithuanian Calvaries, Darius Liutikas

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This article deals with the ecology of pilgrimage at the Calvaries – Ways of the Cross – in Lithuania. Personal obligations to nature and respect of sacred place intermingle with devotional practices and certain rituals. Large scale arrivals at the Calvaries only occurs at certain times of year, mostly during the Indulgence Feasts. Devotional practices such as meditation on the suffering of Christ, prayers and hymns, playing musical instruments, washing one’s face at the Cedron spring are quite common during the Way. Research shows that walking the Way of the Cross doesn’t cause negative environmental, cultural and social impacts. Moreover, …


A Study Of The Perceptions Of Pastoral Crisis Intervention As A Crisis Debriefing Strategy Among Resident Directors At Select Catholic Colleges And Universities, Laura Jean Phaneuf Bertonazzi Jul 2015

A Study Of The Perceptions Of Pastoral Crisis Intervention As A Crisis Debriefing Strategy Among Resident Directors At Select Catholic Colleges And Universities, Laura Jean Phaneuf Bertonazzi

All Theses And Dissertations

This dissertation examined the postcrisis intervention preferences of a purposeful sample of 23 Resident Directors from 17 Catholic colleges and universities in New England. Using survey and interview data, this study explored whether Resident Directors at the sample institution had preferences regarding services they needed following exposure to a student death and whether these support preferences were aligned with the Catholic identities of their institutions. The research questions that guided this study were: (a) How do Resident Directors at Catholic colleges and universities describe their roles as first responders during a campus crisis?, (b) How do Resident Directors at Catholic …


Ideology, The Counterculture, And The Avant Garde: Positioning The Filmmaker And The Spectator In Four Films Of Late-1960s America, Mary Bronstein Cantoral Jun 2015

Ideology, The Counterculture, And The Avant Garde: Positioning The Filmmaker And The Spectator In Four Films Of Late-1960s America, Mary Bronstein Cantoral

College of Communication Theses and Dissertations

Kenneth Anger’s Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969), Emile de Antonio’s In the Year of the Pig (1968), Jonas Mekas’s Diaries, Notes, and Sketches: Also Known as Walden (1969) and Haskell Wexler’s Medium Cool (1969) constitute historical artifacts as well as discursive interventions intended to shape a vision of the nation. Therein emerged varying imbrications of ideology and the volatility of the era, along with palpable disharmony that scholars have identified between the youth movement’s cultural and political camps.1 In each case, the film’s avant-garde status did not, in and of itself, confer liberatory ideology. While all but Medium …


Spirituality And The Sense Of Self: An Inductive Analysis, Louis F. Kavar May 2015

Spirituality And The Sense Of Self: An Inductive Analysis, Louis F. Kavar

The Qualitative Report

The investigation examined the understanding of spirituality as related to the sense of self. Self-reports from semi-structured interviews of participants with a stated value for spirituality are analyzed inductively. Using a Rogerian understanding of self, the analysis identified six themes related to how participants understand spirituality as related to their sense of self. The themes demonstrate that spirituality is a key dimension to self understanding and is part of relationships, social engagement, an understanding of meaning and purpose in life, and an overall sense of happiness and joy.


Catequesis Familiar: A Program Of New Evangelization And Life-Long Catechesis For The Family And Through The Family, Alexander David Fontes May 2015

Catequesis Familiar: A Program Of New Evangelization And Life-Long Catechesis For The Family And Through The Family, Alexander David Fontes

LMU Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Oscar Romero And The Resurgence Of Liberationist Thought, William David Mccorkle May 2015

Oscar Romero And The Resurgence Of Liberationist Thought, William David Mccorkle

All Theses

While the slain El Salvadorian archbishop, Oscar Romero, was not necessarily a liberation theologian, he embodied the teachings of liberation theology seen in the work of the Conference of Latin American Bishops and the writings of Gustavo Gutiérrez while also moderating some of the more radical interpretations of the theology. Despite the strong opposition to liberation theology from the Vatican and conservative church officials, Romero's life and legacy has helped keep the core ideas of the theology alive by serving as an example of a more peaceful version of liberationist thought. Because of his 'martyrdom' and his subsequent iconic status …


Team Approach To Ministry : Effective Strategy Against Pastoral Burnout, Luis A. Soto May 2015

Team Approach To Ministry : Effective Strategy Against Pastoral Burnout, Luis A. Soto

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Eagle Families Newsletter Spring 2015, Bridgewater College Apr 2015

Eagle Families Newsletter Spring 2015, Bridgewater College

Eagle Families Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Si Tu Savais Le Don De Dieu, Catherine Harwood Lowe Apr 2015

Si Tu Savais Le Don De Dieu, Catherine Harwood Lowe

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.


Julian Of Norwich: Voicing The Vernacular, Therese Elaine Novotny Apr 2015

Julian Of Norwich: Voicing The Vernacular, Therese Elaine Novotny

Dissertations (1934 -)

Julian of Norwich (1342-1416), the subject of my dissertation, was a Christian mystic whose writings, Revelation of Love and A Book of Showings, are the earliest surviving texts in the English language written by a woman. The question that has puzzled scholars is how could a woman of her time express her vision in such innovative and literary language? The reason scholars have puzzled over this for centuries is that women had been denied access to traditional education. Some scholars have answered this problem through close textual comparisons linking her text to those in the patristic tradition or through modern …


Book Review: From Enemy To Friend: Jewish Wisdom And The Pursuit Of Peace, Giovanna Czander Mar 2015

Book Review: From Enemy To Friend: Jewish Wisdom And The Pursuit Of Peace, Giovanna Czander

Claritas: Journal of Dialogue and Culture

Rabbi Amy Eilberg, From Enemy to Friend: Jewish Wisdom and the Pursuit of Peace. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 2014. Pp. 273, $17.75.