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Blessed Are The Peacemakers: Transnational Alliance, Protective Accompaniment And The Presbyterian Church Of Colombia, Michael C. Brasher Mar 2013

Blessed Are The Peacemakers: Transnational Alliance, Protective Accompaniment And The Presbyterian Church Of Colombia, Michael C. Brasher

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The purpose of this thesis was to explore how Christian networks enable strategies of transnational alliance, whereby groups in different nations strive to strengthen one another’s leverage and credibility in order to resolve conflicts and elaborate new possibilities. This research does so by analyzing the case of the Presbyterian Church of Colombia (IPC). The project examines the historical development of the IPC from the initial missionary period of the 1850s until the present. Specifically, the purpose of the study was to consider how the historical struggle to articulate autonomy and equality vis-à-vis the U.S. Presbyterians (PCUSA) and paternalist models of …


Leer Y Escribir En El Hogar De Familias Mexicanas Inmigrantes En Canadá: Transmisión, Mantenimiento, Y Reapropiación De Prácticas Culturales., Maria Eugenia De Luna Villalón Jan 2009

Leer Y Escribir En El Hogar De Familias Mexicanas Inmigrantes En Canadá: Transmisión, Mantenimiento, Y Reapropiación De Prácticas Culturales., Maria Eugenia De Luna Villalón

Maria Eugenia De Luna Villalón

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Leer Y Escribir En Español: Una Manera De Mantener La L1 De Inmigrantes Mexicanos En Canadá, Maria Eugenia De Luna Villalón Jan 2008

Leer Y Escribir En Español: Una Manera De Mantener La L1 De Inmigrantes Mexicanos En Canadá, Maria Eugenia De Luna Villalón

Maria Eugenia De Luna Villalón

No abstract provided.