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Chosen Nation: Biblical Theopolitics And The Problem Of American Christian Nationalism, Braden P. Anderson

Dissertations (1934 -)

Christian theopolitics presupposes that every salvation narrative entails a politics, and that every politics presumes a story of salvation. This means that the church faces a host of theopolitical structures contending with the Christian story for the allegiance, formation, and identity of Christians. However, theopolitical scholarship has largely overlooked or misunderstood one of the church's major challenges today: nationalism. Moreover, this scholarship is unable to properly address the challenge of nationalism due to an inadequate engagement with biblical theopolitics--particularly that of Old Testament Israel--which, in distorted form, is central to nationalism emanating from within the church.

In order to supplement …

Visionary Ascents Of Moses In Pseudo-Philo's Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum: Apocalyptic Motifs And The Growth Of Visionary Moses Tradition, Kristine Johnson Ruffatto

Dissertations (1934 -)

This dissertation explores the development of visionary Moses tradition from its origins in the Hebrew Bible through pro-Mosaic Second Temple literature and rabbinic texts. It demonstrates that throughout this variegated literature, there is a developing tendency to portray Moses as an apocalyptic seer. In the non-biblical Mosaic texts that were analyzed, Moses' revelation on Sinai and Nebo is increasingly invested with esoteric content, and Moses' ascents are often depicted as heavenly journeys. These revelatory developments have conceptual roots in alternative visionary traditions, notably Enochic lore. The texts investigated contain a discernible thread of dialogue with Enochic revelatory claims; Moses' ascents …

Ezra, Nehemiah & Esther And Work, Theology Of Work Project, Mark Roberts

Theology of Work Project

1. Introduction to Ezra, Nehemiah & Esther
2. Restoration of the Temple (Ezra 1:1-6:22)
3. Restoration of Covenant Life, Phase One: The Work of Ezra (Ezra 7:1-10:44)
4. Restoration of the Wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 1:1-7:73)
   • Bridging the Sacred-Secular Divide (Nehemiah 1:1-1:10)
   • Does Trusting God Mean Turning to Prayer, Taking "Practical" Action, or Both? (Nehemiah 1:11-4:23)
   • Connecting Lending Practices to the Fear of the Lord (Nehemiah 5:1-5:19)
   • Nehemiah Gives Credit to God (Nehemiah 6:1-7:73)
5. Restoration of Covenant Life, Phase Two: Ezra and Nehemiah Together (Nehemiah 8:1-13:31)
6. Working Within a Fallen System (Esther)
7. God’s Hidden Hand and Human Response (Esther)
8. Conclusions to Ezra, Nehemiah & …

Comunication With Islamic Material Culture: A Case Study Of The Room 34 In The British Museum, Mohamad Meqdad

Faculty & Staff Publications

Communication inside the museum comprises three active agents: curator, visitor, and material culture. The process of making meaning results from the interaction between these agents. Each one of them is independent and measuring the success of any exhibit depends on the degree of their engagement. Therefore, three meanings come up here, an organisational meaning, an interactional meaning, and a representational meaning. Each one of these meanings is tied to one agent, the organisational with the physicality of the exhibition, the interactional with the visitors, and the representational with the curators. The result of this triangular interaction is the communication or …

The Faithful Flyer, 09-26-2010, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, September 26, 2010

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Landover Hills, MD

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid

Prone To Wander, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about idolatry and slow wandering away from God. Includes prayers from Thomas a Kempis and Thomas Aquinas.

Are We Confused About Ordination?, Denis Fortin

Memory, Meaning & Faith

No abstract provided.

Making Decisions Based On Mission And Values, Scott Kelley

Mission and Ministry Publications

No abstract provided.

Glorify The Lord With Me, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about God's significance and the wieghtiness of God's glory, which Christians acknowledge in worship.

Scriptures, Vincent L. Wimbush

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Introduction

Interchangeable with holy/sacred book, “scriptures” is the English language term that is still popularly used to refer to a text or collection of texts deemed to be of special if not unique origins, authority and power. Users of the term also tend to assume that “the Bible” of the Jewish and Christian traditions represents either the only instance of such or the example par excellence among some others. A popular linguistic and rhetorical placeholder among cultures of Indo-European origins, the English term originally simply meant (from the Greek graphe/-ai, ta biblia; Latin, scriptura/-ae; Hebrew, ketav/-uvim) and continues to mean …

The Faithful Flyer, 09-12-2010, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

The Shepherd’S Burden - Balancing Faith And Patience, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Cycle C liturgical readings for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 12, 2010: Ex 32:7-14, Ps 51, 1 Tim 1:12-17, Lk 15:1-32. This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

Seventh-Day Adventist Organizational Leadership Behavior: An Exploration Of Ethical Issues, Stan Patterson

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Declaration Of Dependence, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional remindeing Christians of their need for God and the role of worship in reminding people of their dependence. Includes a prayer from a hymn by Charles Wesley.

The Faithful Flyer, 09-19-2010, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

American Graffiti: Musings On The Ground Zero Mosque, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses reactions and parallels to a mosque proposed near the site of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in public discourse.

Beisswenger, Donald Andre (Fa 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1. Project titled "White Gospel Music in Logan County" conducted by Donald Andre Beisswenger for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes interviews with Jeff and Gwen McKinney and Chester Whitescarver about singing schools and white gospel music. Transcript of McKinney interview included as well as a tape summary for the Whitescarver interview.

Church Bulletin, September 5, 2010

Church Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Ottawa, Canada

Church Bulletin Finding Aid

The Faithful Flyer, 09-05-2010, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Images Of Church In Classic Hymnody, Judith M. Kubicki

Theology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Religious Orders, Roman Catholic: Forms Of Religious Life, Sandra Marie Schneiders

Jesuit School of Theology

Religious life has taken many forms. It arose within 60 years of the Crucifixion in response to Jesus' resurrection. Some Christians, predominantly women, convinced of the active presence of the risen Jesus in their lives, and liberated by faith in the resurrection from the fear of personal or social extinction through death, felt personally called to express the totality and exclusiveness of their relationship to Christ by lifelong consecrated virginity*, characteristically interpreted as espousal to him.

Elegant Leadership In Heterogeneous Ministry Settings, Karen Louise Palmbaum Claassen

Doctor of Ministry

Most Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations are heterogeneous when viewed from some demographic angles. Age, economic status, theological viewpoint, ethnicity, language, family structure, and culture all provide angles through which to contemplate demographic heterogeneity. Part of the variety within my denomination occurs naturally. Other is due to changes in our society. Regardless of origin, increasing diversity is likely to continue. While some argue that uniformity in one or two overarching categories means that a congregation is not diverse, I affim1 that acknowledging diversity points, and exploiting those differences at times, is critical to health and vitality in a congregation. This dissertation …

A Critique Of The Historiographical Construal Of America As A Christian Nation, John David Wilsey

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Christian America thesis has grown in popularity over the past thirty years. This essay will critique the Christian America thesis, and instead offer the assertion that America was founded as a nation with religious liberty. Six lines of critique of the Christian America thesis will be presented, and the essay will attempt to show the significance of religious freedom in the founding. America‘s history points to a mixture of sacred and secular ideas. The nation is defined more realistically by religious freedom rather than a Christian identity. Evangelicals can approach those who do not share their faith commitment in …

Our Silent News, September-October-November 2010

Our Silent News

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Fort Worth, TX

Our Silent News Finding Aid

What's Up Newsletter, September 2010

What's Up Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Milwaukee, WI

What's Up Newsletter Finding Aid

Ephatha, Fall 2010

Ephatha

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Newark, NJ

Ephatha Finding Aid

Vision, Fall 2010

Vision

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

VisionFinding Aid

Signs Of The Times, Fall 2010

Signs of the Times

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Rockford, IL

Signs of the Times Finding Aid

Newsletter Catholic Deaf Of Detroit, September 2010

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Detroit, MI

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit Finding Aid