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Front Matter Salubritas 4 (2025), Editors Salubritas May 2025

Front Matter Salubritas 4 (2025), Editors Salubritas

Salubritas: International Journal of Spirit-Empowered Counseling

No abstract provided.


Full Issue Salubritas, Editors Salubritas May 2025

Full Issue Salubritas, Editors Salubritas

Salubritas: International Journal of Spirit-Empowered Counseling

No abstract provided.


Reason And All My Senses: Surveying The Post Enlightenment Frame Of Reason Through Contemporary Philosophy, Cognitive Psychology, And Cognitive Linguistics, Joshua T. Lowe Rev. Dr. May 2025

Reason And All My Senses: Surveying The Post Enlightenment Frame Of Reason Through Contemporary Philosophy, Cognitive Psychology, And Cognitive Linguistics, Joshua T. Lowe Rev. Dr.

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

This dissertation argues that Christian theology and practice are aided and enriched by a more complete understanding of reason by surveying recent studies and views in theology, philosophy, cognitive psychology, and cognitive linguistics. Since the Enlightenment, Christian theology has assumed widely the Enlightenment model of human reason as ideally acontextual, that is, free from constraints of contexts, and therefore universal, that is, applicable in all contexts. Recent developments from a variety of perspectives challenge this model of rationality. Some challenge the acontextualism of the Enlightenment understanding by showing how it arose from and depends on a context, and that context …


Shepherds Of Loss: Religion And Grief In The Shenandoah Valley, Ewan Benjamin May 2025

Shepherds Of Loss: Religion And Grief In The Shenandoah Valley, Ewan Benjamin

Honors Projects

This study explores the relationship between faith leaders and religious communities with the human experience of grief, death, and loss. Inspired by the researcher's own experience, this paper argues that the United States has a generally uncomfortable relationship with death and hypothesizes that religious traditions can serve to assist with grief in a positive way. After interviewing six religious leaders in the Shenandoah Valley, two themes arose: the mystery of death and the concept of "making space" for the grieving, dying, and dead. In the paper's conclusion, the faith leaders make known their own concerns with death in the United …


An Exploration In Using Aesthetic Creative Modalities In Professional Supervision, Linda Young May 2025

An Exploration In Using Aesthetic Creative Modalities In Professional Supervision, Linda Young

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This project examines the integration of aesthetic and creative modalities into professional supervision, traditionally dominated by conversation-based methods. Drawing on over thirty years of experience in education, ministry, and supervision, it addresses the need for more creative, diverse, expressive, and reflective tools to be used in professional supervision practice. The study proposes a theoretically and theologically grounded curriculum to equip supervisors in postgraduate training with creative approaches that enrich learning, insight, and practice within the evolving landscape of professional supervision in Australia.


Initiating Partnership With The Persecuted Church, Cristian Istrate May 2025

Initiating Partnership With The Persecuted Church, Cristian Istrate

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Origin Of Community As Experienced By Intercollegiate Athletes At Benedictine Institutions Of Higher Education: A Hermeneutical, Phenomenological Hybrid Study, Barbara Rezac May 2025

The Origin Of Community As Experienced By Intercollegiate Athletes At Benedictine Institutions Of Higher Education: A Hermeneutical, Phenomenological Hybrid Study, Barbara Rezac

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

This study focuses on the phenomenon of community experienced at Benedictine colleges and universities and its impact on the faith, character, and human development of recent alumni who participated in intercollegiate athletics on campus. Benedictine education, based on the 1,500-year-old Rule of Saint Benedict, is guided by ten hallmarks which seek to build wisdom cultivated in community. This study specifically examines the extent of the lived experience of community through the lens of former intercollegiate athletes (alumni from the past ten years) and the perceived influence of the hallmarks on their post-graduate lives. I contacted mission leaders, athletic directors, and …


Hearing God's Word Through Ecclesial Listening, Nathan Burrow May 2025

Hearing God's Word Through Ecclesial Listening, Nathan Burrow

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This project dissertation was designed to enhance ecclesial listening when sermons are preached at the Hillcrest Church of Christ. The challenge of listening to the Word of God in a way that forms community is not unique to Hillcrest. It is a common problem for preachers and churches today. Our context, marked by shifts in church membership, societal division, and the isolating effects of digital culture, calls for a renewed emphasis on listening as a church community. This project explores the ways in which we can cultivate practices that encourage ecclesial listening—a way of hearing the preached Word that draws …


Growing In The Word : A Homiletical Process To Foster Spiritual Maturation In A Congregation, Jonathan William Beckum May 2025

Growing In The Word : A Homiletical Process To Foster Spiritual Maturation In A Congregation, Jonathan William Beckum

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Supportive Leadership In The Providence-Delta Baptist Conference (Pdbc), Nathan Doutimiwei Duinbainimibofa Thikan May 2025

Supportive Leadership In The Providence-Delta Baptist Conference (Pdbc), Nathan Doutimiwei Duinbainimibofa Thikan

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Six-Week Missional Discipleship Training Program For Youth At Ipc Prayer Centre Thiruvalla, Jibbin Raju Poovakala May 2025

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Six-Week Missional Discipleship Training Program For Youth At Ipc Prayer Centre Thiruvalla, Jibbin Raju Poovakala

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Nurturing A Holistic Pentecostal Spirituality Among Second And Third-Generation Latinos In The U.S., Carmelo Oquendo May 2025

Nurturing A Holistic Pentecostal Spirituality Among Second And Third-Generation Latinos In The U.S., Carmelo Oquendo

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Establishing Traditional Methodism : Teaching Free Methodist History, Theology, And Practices To A Former United Methodist Congregation, D. Stanley Cushing May 2025

Establishing Traditional Methodism : Teaching Free Methodist History, Theology, And Practices To A Former United Methodist Congregation, D. Stanley Cushing

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Gospel For Generation Z : Best Practice For Missionally Proclaiming The Christian Faith To 18-27-Year Old's, Andrew Gardner May 2025

The Gospel For Generation Z : Best Practice For Missionally Proclaiming The Christian Faith To 18-27-Year Old's, Andrew Gardner

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Rude Awakening : Divine Disruption And Human Dynamics In Revival And Spiritual Renewals, Ruben Cervantes Jr. May 2025

A Rude Awakening : Divine Disruption And Human Dynamics In Revival And Spiritual Renewals, Ruben Cervantes Jr.

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


What Shapes The Political Worldview Of The Preacher?, Randy Saultz May 2025

What Shapes The Political Worldview Of The Preacher?, Randy Saultz

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Women In Christian Leadership : Promoting Women To Lead Within A Complementarian Setting, Swarn Kaur Potter May 2025

Women In Christian Leadership : Promoting Women To Lead Within A Complementarian Setting, Swarn Kaur Potter

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Church Revitalization Through The Practice Of Spiritual Disciplines, Emmanuel Afful May 2025

Church Revitalization Through The Practice Of Spiritual Disciplines, Emmanuel Afful

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Survey Of And Performance Guide To Representative Flute Music By Two Twentieth-Century Serbian Composers: Ljubica Marić And Enriko Josif, Sanda Mašić May 2025

A Survey Of And Performance Guide To Representative Flute Music By Two Twentieth-Century Serbian Composers: Ljubica Marić And Enriko Josif, Sanda Mašić

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

Flute pieces by twentieth-century Serbian composers Ljubica Marić and Enriko Josif are little-known gems of modern repertoire that are almost completely unknown outside Serbia. Unique in their styles, these works illustrate the composers’ close relationship to the Serbian culture in which they lived and the religions they practiced. In addition, these works reflect the time they were created in, and are, therefore, modern with a distinctive sound. This document presents a study of seven selected flute works by these two important Serbian composers, places them in historical context, and reveals influences from both Serbian religious music (Orthodox and Jewish) and …


Sustainable Growth : Future Focus For A United Methodist Church, Ryan L. Wenburg May 2025

Sustainable Growth : Future Focus For A United Methodist Church, Ryan L. Wenburg

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Wesleyan-Style Bands : A Pilot Training Program In The Local Church, Bailey D. Barkley May 2025

Wesleyan-Style Bands : A Pilot Training Program In The Local Church, Bailey D. Barkley

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Church Planting : Challenges, Opportunities, And Nurturing Healthy Churches, Michael Magar May 2025

Church Planting : Challenges, Opportunities, And Nurturing Healthy Churches, Michael Magar

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Best Practices Of Gospel-Based Ecumenical City Movements In The United States Of America, James Ross Middleton Jr. May 2025

The Best Practices Of Gospel-Based Ecumenical City Movements In The United States Of America, James Ross Middleton Jr.

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Center And Edge A Flourishing Relationship : Encouraging Best Practices In A Mixed Ecology, John Marsh May 2025

Center And Edge A Flourishing Relationship : Encouraging Best Practices In A Mixed Ecology, John Marsh

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Reformation To Transformation : Power Of Pulpit Preaching In The Reformation Era, Transforming Believers To Be Like Christ And Making A Missional Impact On Their Community, Stanly John Varghese May 2025

Reformation To Transformation : Power Of Pulpit Preaching In The Reformation Era, Transforming Believers To Be Like Christ And Making A Missional Impact On Their Community, Stanly John Varghese

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Transforming Believers To Disciples Of Christ : To Transform Twenty-First Century Believers Of The India Gospel Churches Into Disciples, Like The First-Century Disciples, Abraham Samuel Kallumpurathu May 2025

Transforming Believers To Disciples Of Christ : To Transform Twenty-First Century Believers Of The India Gospel Churches Into Disciples, Like The First-Century Disciples, Abraham Samuel Kallumpurathu

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Church Planting In Rural Ghana : Administrative Structures To Plant & Maintain New Churches, Isaac Oteng Donkor May 2025

Church Planting In Rural Ghana : Administrative Structures To Plant & Maintain New Churches, Isaac Oteng Donkor

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Pastoral Succession : Identifying Biblical Models For Appointing The Next Generation Pastoral Leaders, Syam Jeevan Babu B. May 2025

Pastoral Succession : Identifying Biblical Models For Appointing The Next Generation Pastoral Leaders, Syam Jeevan Babu B.

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Sacrifice On The Altar Of Unity: The Loss Of Black Identity In The Unification Of Kynett And Lagrange First Umc., Rebecca Sue Wishnevski May 2025

A Sacrifice On The Altar Of Unity: The Loss Of Black Identity In The Unification Of Kynett And Lagrange First Umc., Rebecca Sue Wishnevski

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the 1996 merger of Kynett United Methodist Church, a historically Black church, and LaGrange First United Methodist Church, a traditionally White church in LaGrange, Kentucky. The study provides insight into nonurban Black churches, showing that while they may have smaller congregations in smaller towns, the Black church remains central to Black life and connection like its urban contemporaries. Methods for collecting primary source material relied heavily on oral histories performed by the researcher with Black and White individuals attending said churches and their experiences during the merger. The study reveals that although unification promised a modern building …


Charity Begins At Home: A Case Study Of Rural Western Pennsylvania During The Great Depression, Jacob A. Battle, Colin J. Wood, Christian E. Mumpower Apr 2025

Charity Begins At Home: A Case Study Of Rural Western Pennsylvania During The Great Depression, Jacob A. Battle, Colin J. Wood, Christian E. Mumpower

Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History

Rural Pennsylvania is often neglected when discussing the world-shaping events of the Great Depression. This study addresses a significant gap in historical research by exploring how a small-town in Pennsylvania, New Bethlehem, survived and even thrived during the Great Depression. New Bethlehem, situated in the fertile Redbank Valley, built its settlement on local resources and rural communalism. During the Depression, the townsfolk banded together through wealthy philanthropy, backyard gardens, and homegrown charity to withstand the crippling implications of the event. By examining church records, newspaper archives, and conducting oral interviews, this article reveals the resilience and resourcefulness of rural Pennsylvanian …