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Religious Freedom And American History: Reasons To Thank God, Mark Caleb Smith
Religious Freedom And American History: Reasons To Thank God, Mark Caleb Smith
History and Government Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
What Your Body Knows About God: How We Are Designed To Connect, Serve And Thrive, Rob Moll
What Your Body Knows About God: How We Are Designed To Connect, Serve And Thrive, Rob Moll
Alumni Book Gallery
Have you ever had an experience where you felt particularly aware of God? If God is real, and we are created in God's image, then it makes sense that our minds and bodies would be designed with the perceptive ability to sense and experience God. Scientists are now discovering ways that our bodies are designed to connect with God. Brain research shows that our brain systems are wired to enable us to have spiritual experiences. The spiritual circuits that are used in prayer or worship are also involved in developing compassion for others. Our bodies have actually been created to …
Praying For Our Leaders, Mark Caleb Smith
Praying For Our Leaders, Mark Caleb Smith
History and Government Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Jesus Or Nothing, Dan Dewitt
Jesus Or Nothing, Dan Dewitt
Faculty Books
It’s time to make a choice.
Many young adults are abandoning the Christian faith, convinced that it's an outdated and uneducated belief system. Dan DeWitt counters these misconceptions and challenges us to think carefully about the choice between Jesus and nothing by comparing the Christian worldview with the notion of a godless universe devoid of true goodness and ultimate significance.
This winsome book describes the rock-solid foundation for life that Christians enjoy in and through the gospel—offering an explanation for our existence, grace for our guilt, and meaning for our mortality.
Magical And Illusory Thinking In Protestant College Students, Lynley G. Turkelson, Milton E. Becknell, Chi-En Hwang
Magical And Illusory Thinking In Protestant College Students, Lynley G. Turkelson, Milton E. Becknell, Chi-En Hwang
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
Abstract
Scrupulosity (SC) is a subtype of OCD that manifests in religious obsessions and compulsions. Scrupulosity is associated with poorer prognosis and higher levels of magical ideation (MI), defined as beliefs that go against culturally accepted laws of causality. A new measure called the Illusory Beliefs Inventory was created to measure MI in scrupulous populations. However, the items on the spirituality subscale may fail to discriminate between pathological thinking and normal religious beliefs. The current study contained two purposes. The first purpose was to examine the psychometric properties of the IBI. The second purpose of the study was to clarify …
Starting From Scripture, Thomas S. Mach
Starting From Scripture, Thomas S. Mach
History and Government Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.