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Spiritual Life Of The Christian Immigrant And Non-Immigrant Family, Moses Mary Apreku

Asia Pacific Mission Studies

The Asia-Pacific Christian immigrants and non-immigrants have a huge impact on Western Christianity. Therefore, special pastoral care, faith, and spiritual formation should be given to immigrant families so that they can become efficient lay missionaries. Unfortunately, proper faith formation of the lay faithful is lacking in the Church, while by virtue of their baptism, they are also called to witness Christ in the world. The formation and training of Christians in the faith is essential so that as Christ’s disciples, they may become his efficient witnesses in the world. For this reason, Jesus took three years in training and forming …

Exploring Mission With Saint Paul Ten Pastoral-Theological Principles, James H. Kroeger Mm

Asia Pacific Mission Studies

Saint Paul, apostle par excellence, tirelessly labored to spread the Gospel, particularly in the Gentile world. His missionary travels and encounter with diverse peoples, cultures, and religions form the matrix or context of his missionary methods. A comprehensive examination of Paul's writings yields much mission wisdom and insight shaped by his apostolic experience and dynamic faith. This presentation suggests ten “mission principles”—derived from Paul's direct mission experience coupled with his profound faith reflection and then “applied” to missionary engagement today.

Rebuilding From Covid-19: Pastoral Leadership Towards A New World, Christina Kheng

Asia Pacific Mission Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic calls for pastoral leadership that is spiritually-rooted, discerning, synodal, humble, and committed to rebuilding a better world. This article outlines a suggested process by which pastoral workers can reflect on the “pandemic year” together with their communities and exercise pastoral leadership in a collaborative way. In doing do, they might model a way of proceeding that brings new vitality to the Church’s life and mission in these challenging times.

Relationship Is At The Heart Of Dialogue: A Reflection On Engaging With Muslims In Delhi, Joseph Victor Edwin Sj

Asia Pacific Mission Studies

This essay proposes that 'relationship' is at the heart of Christian-Muslim Relations. I present two simple experiences that I had with a Muslim teacher and young Muslim students during my years of formation towards priesthood. Those experiences taught me the importance of taking roots among Muslims so that we can discover in one another a brother or a sister. An attitude nurtured by Nostra Aetate will flourish in an ambience of open ended conversation between Christians and Muslims that neither compromises one's faith convictions nor disregards the faith convictions of Muslim brothers and sisters.

Finding Christ In Photographs Of Suffering, Harry Setianto Sunaryo

Asia Pacific Mission Studies

Photojournalists employ images in order to tell a news story, honestly and impartially while telling the story in strictly journalistic terms. Theologians, specialists in theology, reflect on faith as a personal response to God's self-communication. This article is an innovative attempt to bring them together, photojournalism and theology. Indeed, both make use of verbal and non-verbal language as well as a person's imagination. The author shows that both shall not exclude an urgent social concern for the common good. Here the author presents his reflection from a context of a country, the Philippines, in the middle of drug-war with its …

To Change A Culture: Reflections On One Attempt To Help Theology Students Reconsider Assumptions, Christine E. Burke Ibvm

Asia Pacific Mission Studies

In a time described by Pope Francis as “not an era of change but a change of era,” assisting students to examine assumptions which are embedded in their culture is critical. Manila has many institutions dedicated to theological and pastoral formation. In a post Vatican II church, where baptism is recognized as empowering all to use their gifts as 'priests, prophets and kings'(spiritual leadership, commitment to justice, and governance), how can we help students to participate in a church challenged by the equality of women and men? Feminist theology offers rich resources to enable students to recognize and support the …

Incarnating The Missionary-Pastoral Character Of The Churches In Asia, Peter Pojol Sj

Asia Pacific Mission Studies

The emergence and growth of pastoral institutes in Asia manifests the missionary-pastoral trajectories that were made the center of the focus of the Church by Vatican II, echoed by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), and reaffirmed and rejuvenated for our time by Pope Francis. The pastoral institutes of Network Pastoral Asia and Inter-Institutional Collaboration illustrate this impetus. They invite sustained reflection on and creative application of the Council's “principle of pastorality,” which carefully attends to context and faithfully expresses the “centrifugal missionary dimension” of evangelization.

Lamentation And Hope Of University Students During The Covid-19 Pandemic In The Light Of Psalm 73, Nikolas Kristiyanto

Asia Pacific Mission Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging our faith and theology. Its impact is evident in our daily activities. For this reason, this article asks, “How widespread is the impact of COVID-19 on university students’ activities?” Then it tries to analyze that impact by using the structure of Psalm 73: (1) the credo, (2) lamentation, and (3) hope. It then provides a simple pastoral strategy to accompany the university students during this difficult time. This strategy involves all lecturers at every faculty in the university to redesign the teaching materials that can help students to reflect and to deepen their experiences during …

Book Reviews And Books Received

The Asbury Journal

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A Look At Short-Term Mission Trips In The Context Of Cypress Baptist Church As A Sending Unit, John Daniel Bodine

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This thesis project is a study on short-term missions in the context of Cypress Baptist Church as a sending unit. The purpose of this project is to seek answers of why many of Cypress members are choosing not to engage globally by being part of the ministry of short-term missions at Cypress. Cypress Baptist Church is a rapidly growing church, and as it grows it should see more members participating in short-term missions. The goal is to ask the people of Cypress questions centered around this project so the project manager can get candid, real answers to why many are …

An Analysis And Comparison Of The Missional Doctrine Hermeneutics Of Kevin J. Vanhoozer And Veli-Matti KäRkkäInen, With Emphasis On Their Notions Of God, Eschatology, And Mission, Elmer Arrais Guzman

Dissertations

This dissertation analyzes Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s and Kevin J. Vanhoozer’s theological method, in order to understand its structural elements, and thereby to facilitate comprehension of their missional doctrinal hermeneutics, and the ramifications of those hermeneutics for the construction and development of Christian theology. Missional doctrinal hermeneutical models conceive the missional dimension of doctrine in various ways. Some privilege the maintenance of theological identity cohering with the foundational sources of theological authority. Others privilege theological constructions that assimilate the context and the missional situational framework of understanding. This dissertation strives to examine the diverging missional hermeneutics of Kärkkäinen and Vanhoozer, the foundational …

A Qualitative Exploration Of Ticket-Pricing Decisions In Intercollegiate Athletics, Craig A. Morehead, Stephen L. Shapiro, Lamar Reams, Chad Mcevoy, Timothy M. Madden

Human Movement Studies & Special Education Faculty Publications

Ticket sales represent a significant revenue stream for NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision athletic departments, yet little is known about how administrators determine prices for those tickets. Utilizing strategic planning as the primary framework and supplemented by stakeholder theory, this study examines ticket-pricing decisions from the viewpoint of athletic administrators with various departmental responsibilities to better understand the role of ticket pricing in intercollegiate sport. Twenty athletic administrators, representing two Power 5 and two Group of 5 institutions, were interviewed about their experiences with ticket pricing. In addition to common pricing objectives related to revenue, patronage, and operations, administrators also suggested …

Sacred Roots Thriving In Ministry: Diving Deeper Into Global Missions, Cheyenne King, Hank Voss

Presentations

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Creating A Culture Of Teamwork And Communication, Ikjae Yang

Master's Projects and Capstones

This paper aims to explain an innovative strategy for integrating research processes and quality improvement in a medical/ surgical telemetry unit (2 North). The project is targeted to improve health care team communication regarding patient safety to improve patient outcomes. The PICO question guiding this project stated: Does the implementation of TeamSTEPPS during orientation improve communication and teamwork? CINAHL database searched terms "TeamSTEPPS", "new graduate nurses", "communication", "healthcare", "teamwork", and TeamSTEPPS effectiveness. In addition to CINAHL, Google Scholar and PubMed databases were used to narrow down database searches.

The project includes a TeamSTEPPS planning guide that offers the planning organization, …

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 92, Number 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Special Issue Introduction by the FHQ editors by Connie L. Lester and Daniel Murphree
The Historiography of Seventeenth-Century La Florida by Jane Landers
The Geopolitics of Seventeenth-Century Florida by Jane Landers
The Historical Archaeology of Seventeenth-Century La Florida by Bonnie G. McEwan
"These people are not conquered like those of New Spain": Florida's Reciprocal Colonial Compact by Amy Turner Bushnell
St. Augustine in the Seventeenth Century: Capital of La Florida by Susan Richbourg Parker
Pirate, Priest, and Slave: Spanish Florida in the 1668 Searles Raid by Diana Reigelsperger
Colonialism on the Spanish Florida Frontier: Mission San Luis, 1656-1704 by Bonnie …

In Memoriam: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Meredith Johnson Harbach

University of Richmond Law Review

On September 18, 2020, we mourned the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whom many considered not just a cultural icon, but a national treasure. Among many other things, Justice Ginsburg became a later-in-life feminist “rock star,” celebrated for her rousing and impassioned dissents, her fearless defense of equality and autonomy rights, her championing of civil rights, and her persistent determination in the face of injustice. RBG’s pop-culture status led to books, movies, t-shirts, “dissent collar” accessories, and Halloween costumes. But long before she became “notorious,” she was a daughter, a mother, a law student, an advocate, a professor, a …

Christian History Of East Indians Of Guyana, Clifmond Shameerudeen

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Editorial, Bruce L. Bauer

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Henri Monnier And The Establishment Of The Adventist Church In Rwanda, Russell L. Staples

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Evangelism And Social Action: The Legacy Of Ana And Ferdinand Stahl, Michelet William

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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George James: Pioneer Seventh-Day Adventist Missionary To Malawi, 1893–1894, Yonah Hisbon Matemba

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Returnee Immigrants And The Founding Of The Seventh-Day Adventism In Europe, Chigemezi Nnadozie Wogu

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Towards The Effectiveness Of The Missionary Activity Of The Seventh-Day Adventist Church In Moscow: A Comparative Study Of Church And Society, Pavel Zubkov

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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The Impact Of A. G. Daniells On Adventist Mission, 1901–1926, Bruce L. Bauer

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Beyond The Statistics: Learning From The History Of Mission Behind The Iron Curtain, Petr Činčala, Cristian Dumitrescu, Chung Yin Mak

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Theological And Missiological Lessons From Telugu Marriage Engagement And Betrothal Ceremonies, Andrew Tompkins

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Humanism And Christianity: Shared Values?, Warren A. Shipton, Youssry Guirguis, Nola Tudu

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Anti-Urbanism In Culture And Seventh-Day Adventism: Advocacy And Action For Urban Ministry, Jerry R. Chase

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Geographic Information Systems Support For Mission To The Cities: Determining Options For Quantifying Population And Spatial Boundaries For Urban Agglomerations, Jerry R. Chase

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Active Thermal Architecture: Design And Status, Lucas Anderson, Charles Swenson, A. J. Mastropietro, Jonathan Sauder

Small Satellite Conference

This paper presents a design update for the Active Thermal Architecture (ATA) project. ATA is a joint effort between Utah State University and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, funded by the NASA Small Spacecraft Technology Program (SSTP). The objective of the ATA is to develop advanced active thermal control technologies for Small Satellites in support of cryogenic electro-optical instrumentation.

Specifically, the development of a 1U ground-based prototype of a single-phase, two-stage mechanically pumped fluid loop based active thermal control subsystem targeted at 6U CubeSat platforms and above. The first stage utilizes a micro-pump to circulate working fluid between an integrated heat …