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Spiritan Magazine Vol. 33 No. 1

Spiritan Magazine

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Lay Christian Counseling And Client Expectations For Integration In Therapy, Fernando L. Garzon, Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Siang-Yang Tan, R. Kirby Worthington

Faculty Publications and Presentations

As lay approaches to Christian counseling have multiplied and become increasingly sophisticated, we hypothesize that these might affect expectations of conservative Christian clients for professional integrative psychotherapy. Accordingly, we review several models of lay counseling, broadly categorizing them into active listening, cognitive & solution-focused approaches, inner healing, and mixed models. We consider how client expectations for psychotherapy may be altered through their experiences with these approaches. Subsequently, we make recommendations for clinicians who deal with lay-counseling-experienced clients. These include doing a more detailed assessment of client lay counseling experiences and considering ethical aspects of treatment (informed consent and competency to …

Do Lay Christian Counseling Approaches Work? What We Currently Know, Fernando L. Garzon, Kimberley A. Tilley

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Paraprofessional counseling has received empirical evidence of its effectiveness, yet the status of lay Christian counseling models remains unknown. The authors review the current research on such approaches. A few models evidence practitioner surveys, client satisfaction research, quasi-experimental studies, or outcomes- based case studies. One eclectic approach had a randomized waiting list control group study. Preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of Freedom in Christ (the Neil Anderson approach) and Theophostic Prayer Ministry was noted. In all studies reviewed, the authors identified methodological limitations; therefore, the broad need for well-designed efficacy and effectiveness research on every model is clear. With current …

Wofford College Catalogue, 2009-10, Wofford College. Office Of The Registrar

College Catalogues

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Portraits Of Resiliency : A Qualitative Study Of Appalachian Christian Women, Joy A. Butcher-Winfree

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The purpose of this dissertation was to evaluate how some women in Appalachia create meaning and purpose when faced with challenges, problems, and crises and how they make it through these difficult events. The following research questions informed this research: 1) What role does spirituality play in the process of resiliency; 2) How does a relationship with a higher power enhance a woman’s ability to bounce back from difficult situations; and 3) How do some Appalachian Christian women find meaning and purpose when faced with challenges, problems and crisis and how do they make it through? The study involved collection, …

Resisting A Separatist Position As A “Distinctively Christian Psychology”, Anna Berardi, Nancy S. Thurston

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

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Teaching Integration Outside The Traditional Classroom, Amy W. Dominguez, Mark R. Mcminn, Gary W. Moon

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

Today's educational environment is being transformed by online technologies that open new venues for teaching and make education accessible far beyond the traditional classroom environment. How rrught these changes affect the ways we teach the integration of psychology and Christianity? Three faculty members dialogue about such integration opportunities, advantages, and potential disadvantages.

Cd 616 Discipleship And Development In Young And Middle Adulthood, Chris Kiesling

Syllabi

Keith Anderson and Randy Reese, Spiritual Mentoring: A Guide for Seeking and Giving Direction. Downers Grove, Intervarsity Press, 1999. Sue Monk Kidd, When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life’s Sacred Questions. San Francisco: Harper, 1990. (217 pages) Jeffrey Arnett, Emerging Adulthood Madeline L’Engel, A Live Coal in the Sea. Ray Anderson, An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches. Downers Grove, Intervarsity Press, 2006. OR Tory Baucum, Evangelical Hospitality. Scarecrow Press, 2008. Electronic Reserve: Arthur Chickering and Linda Reisser, Education and Identity, Jossey-Bass, 1993, (pp. 1-52.) Jim Marcia, (2002) “Identity and Psychosocial Development in Adulthood”, Identity: An International Journal of Theory …

Gregory Palamas And Hesychasm, Gregory Congote Osb

School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses

This paper discusses what Hesychasm is, how Palamas defines the hesychast method of prayer, what sources he used to support this method, how he used his sources, how hesychasts were particularly instructed to pray and what role the body played in prayer.

Words Made Flesh: Imagery And Incarnation In The Cloud Of Unknowing, Nicholas R. Prokup

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

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Exploring Prayer Contexts And Health Outcomes: From The Chair To The Pew, E. James Baesler, Kevin Ladd

Communication & Theatre Arts Faculty Publications

Prayer in personal, interpersonal, small, and large group contexts is described in relationship to physical, psychological, and spiritual health. A sample of college and middle-aged adults (N = 189) completed cross-sectional surveys. Quantitative analyses revealed that prayer in all contexts predicted higher levels of spiritual health, and that the strongest prayer predictors of health were: large group prayer for mental health, and private and large group prayer for spiritual health. Qualitative results revealed that prayers for physical health in close personal relationships, and table blessing prayers among family members, were two of the most common types of prayer. Suggestions for …

Cl 613 Recruiting And Equipping The Laity, Stephen L. Martyn

Syllabi

Job, Rueben P. and Norman Shawchuck. A Guide To Prayer. Nashville, TN. The Upper Room, 1983 (417 Pages). Please Note: this is the BLUE book. Harper, Steve. Devotional Life In The Wesleyan Tradition: A Workbook. Nashville, TN: Upper Room Books, 2001 (159). Henderson, D. Michael. John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A Model for Making Disciples. Nappanee, IN: Francis Asbury Press, 1997 (191 pages). Rath, Tom. Strengths Finder 2.0 .New York, NY: Gallup Press, 2007, (174 pages). Please Note: You must purchase this exact text as a NEW text in order to take the on-line Strength’s Finder Inventory found within. Roxburgh, Alan …

Co 603 Treatment Planning/Counseling-2, Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Syllabi

Entwistle, D. (2004). Integrative approaches to psychology and Christianity: An introduction to worldview issues, philosophical foundations, and models of integration. Wipf & Stock Pub. ISBN: 159-244-7996

Spiritual Coaching: Helping People Develop And Implement Their Own Growth Strategies, Jenny E. Mcbride

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

In spite of a plethora of discipleship programs and good preaching, the church in general has failed to empower believers who consistently re-present Jesus and His ministry in the earth today; nor are they reproducing other disciples. The limiting factor appears to be internal fears and beliefs within the disciples, rather than a lack of knowledge or skills. A more effective disciple making process whereby both pastors and congregants can move people of varying levels of maturity, knowledge and experience toward God is imperative if the church is to fulfill the Great Commission to “go and make disciples.”

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“I Talk To God But The Sky Is Empty:” W.B. Yeats’S Influence On Sylvia Plath’S Renunciation Of Christianity, Rachel Leigh Anderson

All ETDs from UAB

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“Yet More Spacious Space”: Higher-Dimensional Imagination From Flatland To Lilith, Jeffrey Bilbro

North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies

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Lilith And Mysticism, Charles Beaucham

North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies

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Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Perfecting One Another: Friendship and the Moral Implications of Wesley's Small Groups
Daniel Castelo

Whitefield, Whittier, and the Poetic Bridge to the Issue of Slavery
Samuel J. Rogal

Science and Theology in Conversation: Emergence Theories of Consciousness and Entire Sanctification
Nathan Crawford

"Justification by Faith:" Richard Baxter's Influence on John Wesley
*Joseph W. Cunningham

A Response to Professor Kenneth Collins
William Abraham

Power: Its Origin and Abuse
Ruth Anne Reese

The Future of Christianity in China: An Internal Reflection
Yalin Xin

A Wesleyan Theology of Governance for Seminaries
Kenneth J. Collins

Book Notes
Kenneth J. Collins

*The …

Developing A New Model For Church Planting In The Wisconsin Conference Of Seventh-Day Adventists, Donald W. Corkum

Doctor of Ministry Projects

The Problem. Both the Bible and the writings of Ellen White emphasize church planting as an important outreach strategy. During the twentieth century the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America has emphasized growing existing churches and institutions instead of developing new work. A new culture needs to be developed where church planting is a priority.

The Purpose. The Wisconsin Conference desires to develop a model that makes church planting a priority within its territory. This model would provide a structure of support enabling church planting to thrive even when resources are challenged.

The Method. The process followed was first to …

The Validity Of The Growing Disciples In Community Model Among Adolescents In Seventh-Day Adventist Schools In North America, Kathleen Beagles

Dissertations

Purpose of the Study. There is little empirical research about discipleship, and particularly discipleship and adolescents. An understanding of Christian discipleship might, however, be an antidote for a growing trend toward consumer mentality in the church, the effect of post-Christian culture on the home, and the departure of the younger generations from active church life, which are all seen as problems that face Western Christianity. The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of a discipleship model—Growing Disciples in Community.

Method. A conceptual model of discipleship and discipling based on theology and social science theory is developed and …

Spiritual Formation And Southern Baptist Clergy, Candace Kay Hardin

ATS Dissertations

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Ethical Challenges And Opportunities At The Edge: Incorporating Spirituality And Religion Into Psychotherapy, John C. Gonsiorek, P. Scott Richards, Kenneth I. Pargament, Mark R. Mcminn

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

Incorporating spirituality and religion into psychotherapy has been controversial, but recent contributions have argued the importance and provided foundations for doing so. Discussions of ethical challenges in this process are emerging, and this contribution discusses several preliminary issues, relying on the Resolution on Religious, Religion-Based and/or Religion-Derived Prejudice adopted by the American Psychological Association in 2007, as guidance when used with the American Psychological Association’s (2002) Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. Specifically, this discussion of preliminary challenges addresses competence, bias, maintaining traditions and standards of psychology, and integrity in labeling services for reimbursement. Commentators deepen the discussion, …

Integration In The Classroom: Ten Teaching Strategies, Mark R. Mcminn, Gary W. Moon, Angela G. Mccormick

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

Teaching integration involves engaging students as active participants in the unfolding relationship of psychology and Christianity, with a particular focus on integration. Ten specific teaching strategies are offered to help students enter into the challenges and opportunities of integration. The teaching strategies are organized according to Moon's (1997) four directions for integration: practical, personal, classic, and contemporary.

Co 603 Treatment Planning/Counseling-2, Virginia Todd Holeman

Syllabi

Entwistle, D. (2004). Integrative approaches to psychology and Christianity: An introduction to worldview issues, philosophical foundations, and models of integration. Wipf & Stock Pub. ISBN: 159-244-7996

Sf 502 Spiritual Life Of The Minister, Stephen L. Martyn

Syllabi

Cassian, John. Conferences (The Classics of Western Spirituality). New York: Paulist Press, 1985. (208 pages) De Waal, Esther. Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 2001. (163 pages) Harper, Steve. Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition (A Workbook). Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1995. (159 pages) MacDonald, Gordon. Rebuilding Your Broken World (Expanded Edition With Study Guide). Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990. (235 pages) Van Kaam, Adrian and Susan Muto. Formation Theology Volume One: Foundations of Christian Formation. Pittsburgh: Epiphany Association, 2004. (306 pages)

Urban Catholic High Schools And Disadvantaged Females, Corinne R. Merrit

Journal of Catholic Education

The purpose of this study was to discover the life experiences of disadvantaged female graduates of urban Catholic high schools and what they say about the capacity of Catholic education to meet their academic, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. Based on narrative inquiry, this study was conducted using a series of in-depth, semistructured interviews to elicit the life experiences of 5 participants. Twelve common personal characteristics emerged directly from the narratives of the participants and provided the backdrop for two patterns: (a) the importance of education, and (b) the importance of relationships. This study found the high school experiences met …

Paul’S Contextualization Of The Gospel Before The Areopagus In Acts 17, Philip J. Luca

Senior Honors Theses

The following thesis is an analysis on Paul’s presentation of the gospel to the Areopagus as recorded in Acts 17:22-31. The reasons behind his drastic permutation of the kerygma will be scrutinized by studying the exposition of the main components of the speech in parallel with an analysis of his audience. The objective of the thesis is to investigate the Apostle’s consistency with the orthodox kerygma as well as his interaction with the Gentile listeners. In conclusion, consequences for a relevant gospel presentation today will be proposed in light of Paul’s homily to the Areopagite Council.

Katrina Stories: Windows Into Religious Meaning, Pathways To Social Justice, Barbara J. Fleischer

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

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Stealing Sacraments: What Protestant Educators Can Learn From Other Religious Traditions, Mark A. Lamport

Christian Perspectives in Education

This somewhat provocative article is not a treatise on theological doctrine and interfaith dialogue, but addresses how adherents of various faith traditions practice their faith in ways that can enhance their witness in the world and from which Protestants should learn. The author calls these faith-building religious practices sacraments. He proposes that Protestant educators – whether in faith-based or in public schools which teach religion classes in their curriculum – would be wise to adapt the most effective means of nurturing faith in subscribers to other religious traditions; these means should be incorporated as a supplement to those practices most-commonly …

The Ervin Legacy, Danielle Parker

Bibliography & Biography

ORU Excellence Magazine interviews Daniel D. Isgrigg, biographer of Howard M. Ervin on his legacy as a professor at Oral Roberts University.