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The Church’S One Foundation: Part One, C. Peter Wagner

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Peter Wagner discusses today's prophets and apostles.

Introduction Jascg Winter 2000, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

Anabaptists And Postmodernity, Susan L. Trollinger, Gerald Biesecker-Mast

English Faculty Publications

The title of this book was intended simply to bring together two concerns: Anabaptist identity on the one hand and our postmodern cultural moment on the other. Thus the purpose of the book was to inquire about the relationship between the two. The aim was to seek answers to such questions as what it means to be an Anabaptist today, the extent to which postmodernity presents problems and possibilities for Anabaptists, and how Anabaptists ought to live out their faith in the contemporary context.

How John Nelson Darby Went Visiting: Dispensational Premillennialism In The Believers Church Tradition And The Historiography Of Fundamentalism, William Vance Trollinger

History Faculty Publications

In the United States the history of John Nelson Darby's dispensational premillennialism is intimately tied up with the history of fundamentalism. It is difficult to talk about dispensational premillennialism in the believers church tradition in the twentieth century without making some reference to the fundamentalist movement. In fact, the two distinguishing marks of fundamentalist theology have been the doctrine of biblical inerrancy and the eschatological schema known as dispensationalism. It is thus rather surprising that historians have de-emphasized dispensational premillennialism in explaining the history of fundamentalism. I think that this is a mistake. But to explain why I think this …

Black Culture And Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters With Judaism, 1790-1930, An Overview, Yvonne Patricia Chireau, N. Deutsch

Religion Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Three Twentieth-Century Revolutions: Liberal Theology, Sexual Moralities, Peace Testimonies, J. William Frost

Library Staff Works

No abstract provided.

About The Ascg Winter 2000, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

Distinctively Vineyard: An Identity In The Making, Christine K. Eubanks

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Since the death of the movement's founder John Wimber, many have been wondering about the current state and future of the Vineyard Church movement. This article discusses the identity of the movement.

Congregational Character: From Stories To Story, Tom Steffen

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

The wide influence of television, media, and computer technology has created a story-telling culture in the United States. Dr. Tom Steffen suggests that denominational leaders and church consultants must begin using a story telling model of analysis to be effective in this new millennium. His insightful ideas are fully discussed in “Congregational Character: From Stories to Story.”

Prayer And Church Growth, Marlin Mull

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This article presents evidence that prayer should play a major role in church growth. His study compares the commitment to prayer in growing and non-growing churches in The Wesleyan Church. His results confirm that prayer will be a core aspect of growing churches in the 21st Century.

Learner Concerns At The Missionary Training Center In The Technology Assisted Language Learning Program, Elaine T. Lindsay

Theses and Dissertations

Chapelle (1997) states the following as a vital question to be asked with respect to computer assisted language learning, “How good is the language experience in CALL for L2 learning?” (n.p.) In order to truly answer this question, investigators need to look to the learner and his concerns. In planning curriculum or designing a program, teachers and administrators normally look toward learner needs. However, these educators are also known to fully implement a new program, at times, without consideration of learner concerns. This appears to be especially true with the use of technology in the second language classroom. Research is …

Dance And Doctrine: Shaker And Mormon Dancing As A Manifestation Of Doctrinal Views Of The Physical Body, Lindsy Stewart Cieslewicz

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis compares the dancing of the Shakers (The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearance) and the Mormons (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or LDS Church) during the nineteenth century, as it was influenced by their doctrinal beliefs about the human body. Specifically, it examines how the role of the physical body in achieving mortal happiness and immortal salvation was viewed by each group and how these beliefs were reflected in their dancing. It describes the different forms of dancing performed by each religious group and how dance functioned as worship and recreation for the …

Review Of James Tunstead Burtchaell's The Dying Of The Light: The Disengagement Of Colleges And Universities From Their Christian Churches, Ken Badley

Faculty Publications - College of Education

The thesis that colleges founded by churches eventually cut the cord and drift into secularity is no longer news in discussions of American higher education. And for that reason, one would hardly expect to enjoy yet another repetition of the thesis, especially one running over 800 pages. But James Burtchaell combines careful scholarship in primary sources such as faculty minutes and institutional histories with unpretentious, witty writing to present a highly readable treatment of the old theme. Many books that follow this thesis focus on the mass exodus of Protestant colleges from their churches in the second half of the …

A Brook Runs Through It: Fresh Water From The Bach For Today's Thirsty Church, Mark P. Bangert

Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers

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"Not Bach [brook], but Meer [sea] should be his name," Beethoven once said of Johann Sebastian Bach. 1 In this anniversary year marking the two-hundred and fiftieth year of his death on July 28, Bach is receiving extraordinary attention, which includes a significant biography by Christoph Wolff,2 yet another series of recordings of all the cantatas (that makes five3), and soul-searching among various scholars in an attempt to grasp the essence of this person's life and work.

The Bible As One Story: Images As The Holy Spirit's Device For Making Scripture God's Word Written, Robert Farrar Capon

Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers

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My approach to scripture, you probably have guessed, is not that of someone trained by the biblical scholarship critical fellowship. I studied under them as you all did, too. I managed not to think too much about them, because I didn't think much of them. When I was in seminary a number of us got together and wrote a series of four-line doggerel verses on the result of biblical criticism as we were receiving it when applied to the scriptures. I can only remember one of those stanzas: Of wilderness wanderings, there'd not be so many; of Abraham's stories, …

Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters With Judaism, Yvonne Patricia Chireau, N. Deutsch

Religion Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Table of contents for volume 13.

Meeting Information

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Information about the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies and its annual meeting.

Book Reviews Table Of Contents

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A listing of the book reviews available in this volume.

Guest Editor's Introduction: Hindu And Christian Mutual Misperceptions, M. Thomas Thangaraj

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The "other" remains as a mystery and puzzle before one comes to know the "other" in a personal and intimate manner. especially when the "other" is the "religious" other, it is much more puzzling and mysterious. The history of the encounter between Hindus and Christians over several centuries reveals how the "puzzle" and the "mystery" of the other can at times lead to gross misperceptions of the other. Such mutual misperceptions have been some of the stumbling blocks in the path of a healthy, friendly, and mutually enhancing relation between Christians and Hindus. In this issue of the Bulletin, we …

Reverend William Ward And His Legacy For Christian (Mis)Perception Of Hinduism, Brian K. Pennington

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

My assignment for this thematic issue of the Hindu-Christian Studies Bulletin is to address Christian misperceptions of Hinduism, which I shall do by evaluating the work and legacy of William Ward of Serampore, missionary to Bengal, and author on Hinduism in the early nineteenth century. First, however, I would like to make three preliminary observations about the idea of "Christian misperception".

Conversion And The Courts, Ronald Neufeldt

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Conversion from one religion to another has been a thorny issue throughout the history of the Indian subcontinent. Recently the controversy over conversion has received new life, given a number of events which in effect resulted in a great deal of debate over the place of Christians within the State of India. Perhaps the two most recent controversial events were the gruesome murder of Rev. Staines and his two children in orissa and the visit of the Pope to India.

Hindu Occidentalism, Tinu Ruparell

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

On a research trip through India one of my goals was to talk to Hindu scholars about their views of Christianity and in particular Hindu-Christian dialogue. Though I visited numerous Universities, Colleges, and maths, I found very few Hindus who took any interest at all in the doctrinal conversation between religions then characteristic of interreligious dialogue. Time and again I was told by these distinguished and erudite academics that they were not interested in Hindu-Christian dialogue. While this may have been due to a failure on my part to ask the right sorts of questions, or simply my bad …

Viewpoint: Christian-Hindu Prayer In Interreligoius Dialogue, Anand Nayak

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

The interreligious dialogue encounters have always given an important place to common prayer in their programs. Prayer-meetings are organized to celebrate feasts and other significant events in life. The Christian ashrams too have made interreligious prayer the heart of their monastic life. Several prayer-books have now appeared, with prayers collected from different religions, for interreligious prayer meetings. The splendid picture of Pope John-Paul II praying with the Dalai Lama and with other representatives of religions at the Assisi Meeting of 1986 has become a classical symbol of interreligious prayer.

Reports & News

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

News and reports relevant to the organization and its topics.

Tributes: Sara Grant, Rscj, Bradley J. Malkovsky

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A tribute to Sara Grant.

Book Review: "Religious Conversion Movements In South Asia: Continuities And Change, 1800-1900", Ronald Neufeldt

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Religious Conversion Movements in South Asia: Continuities and Change, 1800-1900 edited by Geoffrey A. Oddie.

Book Review: "Swami Vivekananda And The Modernisation Of Hinduism", Harold Coward

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Swami Vivekananda and the Modernisation of Hinduism by William Radice.

Book Review: "Monastic Journey To India", William Cenkner

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Monastic Journey to India by M. Basil Pennington.

Book Review: "Jnaneshvari", Denise Marie Hanusek

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of "Jnaneshvari" by Felix Machado.