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Tracking The Emerging Church, Eddie Gibbs, Ryan Bolger Fuller Theological Seminary

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

While traditional denominations struggle to maintain their blanket coverage of the nation, there are discernable movements emerging, as part of the decentralization process, in the major population centers around the world – movements that are typically decentralized, spontaneous and grass-roots. They are particularly strong among the under 35s generations, although by no means confined to them. Churches identified with these new movements go by a number of names: “churches in emerging culture, “ “alternative worship,” “postmodern church,” “simple church,” “liquid church,” “organic church,” or simply “the emerging church.” Personally, we prefer the last mentioned, as, in our view, the church …

New Wineskins, Old Wine: Alpha As The Future Of Wesleyan Theology, Rob King

The Asbury Journal

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Jesus And Transformation, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Transformational leadership differs greatly from transactional leadership. Transactional leadership conditions others to think in terms of penalties and rewards, thus motivating actions and reactions according to the interests of the individual. It is self-oriented, conditioning others along the lines of desired outcomes, but, as the motivating factors are external, adherence to those values and behaviors is tied to their reinforcement. When the systems of reward diminish, so do corollary commitments. In that sense, transactional leadership is situational and reward specific.

Connected And Sent Out: Implications Of New Biblical Research For The United Methodist Diaconate, Benjamin Hartley

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

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Assimilation, Toleration, And The State's Interest In The Development Of Religious Doctrine, Richard W. Garnett

Journal Articles

Thirty-five years ago, in the context of a church-property dispute, Justice William Brennan observed that government interpretation of religious doctrine and judicial intervention in religious disputes are undesirable, because when civil courts undertake to resolve [doctrinal] controversies..., the hazards are ever present of inhibiting the free development of religious doctrine and of implicating secular interests in matters of purely ecclesiastical concern. This statement, at first, seems wise and fittingly cautious, even unremarkable and obvious. On examination, though, it turns out to be intriguing, elusive, and misleading. Indeed, Justice Brennan's warning presents hazards of its own, and its premises - if …

Exploring Internet Use Among The Growing Churches Of The Holston Conference Of The United Methodist Church, Brian C. Burch

ATS Dissertations

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Faith Seeking Action: Missio-Ecclesiology, Social Movements, And The Church As A Movement Of The People Of God, Gregory Paul Leffel

ATS Dissertations

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Practices And Characteristics For Pastors Renewing Mainline Congregations: Case Studies From The Presbytery Of Memphis, G. Christopher Scruggs

ATS Dissertations

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An Apostolic Leadership Model That Enables Pastors To Develop A Passion To Reach The Unchurched, Charles C. Kyker

ATS Dissertations

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Shembe, Ancestors, Or Christ?: A Missiological Inquiry Into The Status And Role Of Jesus Christ In The Amnazaretha Church, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa, Edley Joseph Moodley

ATS Dissertations

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Self, Otherness, Theology, And Ontology: A Critical Engagement Between Tillich And Kristeva, Levinas, And Bataille, Jonathan Rothchild

Theological Studies Faculty Works

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The World Its Parish: Wesleyan Theology In The Postmodern Global Village, Roger E. Olson

The Asbury Journal

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The Shape Of Wesley Thought: The Question Of John Wesley's "Essential" Christian Doctrines, Ted A. Campbell

The Asbury Journal

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Theological Method For A Man Of One Book, Chuck Gutenson

The Asbury Journal

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John Wesley's Anthropology: Traditional And Innovative Elements, Charles W. Christian

The Asbury Journal

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John Wesley's Anthropoogy: Traditional and Innovative Elements

Methodism And The Recently Revised Baptism Liturgy, Laurence W. Wood

The Asbury Journal

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Rites Of Passing: Foucault, Power, And Same-Sex Commitment Ceremonies, Ladelle Mcwhorter

Philosophy Faculty Publications

According to Catherine Bell, "The popular contention that ritual and religion decline in proportion to modernization has been something of a sociological truism since the mid-19th century". Conventional wisdom maintains that ritual practices just don't hold central importance in the lives of those raised in the industrialized world as compared with the importance such things had for our distant ancestors or for our contemporaries in non-industrial societies. Some have contended that this is because ritual tends to be strongly correlated with pre-scientific cosmological beliefs that our society has for the most part outgrown. But for whatever reason, " [c]omparatively speaking," …

Book Review: "Imagining Hinduism: A Postcolonial Perspective", Deepak Sarma

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Imagining Hinduism: A Postcolonial Perspective by Sharada Sugirtharajah.

Book Review: "Yoga And Psychology: Language, Memory, And Mysticism", Bradley Malkovsky

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Yoga and Psychology: Language, Memory, and Mysticism by Harold Coward.

Book Reviews: "Making Harmony: Living In A Pluralist World", Francis X. Clooney

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Making Harmony: Living in a Pluralist World by Michael Amaladoss.

Meeting Information

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Information about the next meeting for the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Annual Meeting.

Front Matter -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 102, Paul Anderson

Quaker Religious Thought

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Truth As A Way Of Life, Corey Beals

Quaker Religious Thought

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A Review Of Seekers Found, #1, T. Vail Palmer, Jr.

Quaker Religious Thought

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A Response To Reviewers Of Seekers Found, Doug Gwyn

Quaker Religious Thought

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Letters To The Editor, Lenore O. Keene Congdon

Quaker Religious Thought

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Contributors -- Quaker Religious Thought, Nos. 102, Paul Anderson

Quaker Religious Thought

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Front Matter -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 103, Paul Anderson

Quaker Religious Thought

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Intersections Between Martin Luther King Jr. And The Quakers, Howard R. Macy

Quaker Religious Thought

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King And Quakers: Conscientious Objection For Social Change, Lonnie Valentine

Quaker Religious Thought

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