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Tv Review On Abc's Fresh Off The Boat, Sunggu Yang

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

For its first season, ABC's Fresh Off the Boat, which has an Asian American family at the center of the story, made a lot of buzzes around pop cultural critics, both from professional pundits (e.g., a New York Times critic) and amateurs (e.g., my wife). Some voices are positive about the show while others are not. Yet still, the second season is highly likely to come back this fall and more talks are expected over the show, again from both sides. Why? Why should you like it, or why not? What brings the show to the second season? Any theological …

Out Of Silence: Emerging Themes In Asian American Churches (Book Review), Sunggu Yang

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Fumitaka Matsuoka. Out of Silence: Emerging Themes in Asian American Churches. Wipf & Stock Pub., 2009. 178 pages. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1606081617

The issue of cultural marginalization and forced retreat is one of the key focal points in Fumitaka Matsuoka’s Out of Silence: Emerging Themes in Asian American Churches. In that double cultural jeopardy, he points out, the Asian American church has served two functions for the people who are part of it. First, the church has been the reservoir of the original Asian cultural and linguistic heritage. In these churches the people celebrate their own culture and practice …

Hagiography, Sunggu Yang

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Jon Boorstin proposes three purposes for film production – voyeuristic, vicarious, and visceral (Boorstin). Scrutinized in light of Boorstin’s proposal, hagiographical films are most likely to have three purposes imbedded in three generic types: investigation, verification, and veneration. In most cases, hagiographical films make biblical references, either textually or visually, in order to maximize each type’s purpose.

Worship, Veneration, And Idolatry: Observations From C.S. Lewis, Jason Lepojärvi

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

What does it mean to love God 'more' than people? This article engages the difficulty of defining worship, veneration, and idolatry, by looking at C. S. Lewis's observations on the subject. Lewis offers helpful nudges towards more than a merely conceptual distinction, but he does not consistently apply his love principles to cover human love for the saints (Mary in particular). The article concludes with eight follow-up questions that benefit philosophers and theologians alike as they seek to formulate more focused definitions of worship, veneration, and idolatry.

The Feeding Of The Multitudes (Day Five Of "Seven Days With Pope Francis And The St. John's Bible"), Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

A meditation on the illumination Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes in the St. John's Bible

The Healing Of The World (Day Six Of "Seven Days With Pope Francis And The St. John's Bible"), Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

A meditation on the illumination Two Cures in the St. John's Bible

The Johannine Community, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Religious groups have often had trouble getting along with each other—whether they belong to the same tradition or a different one. Modern-day Bible scholars study the Johannine community for help in understanding interreligious squabbles

The Creation Of The Cosmos (Day One Of "Seven Days With Pope Francis And The St. John's Bible"), Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

A meditation on the illumination Creation in the St. John's Bible

The Embarrassing And Alluring Biblical Giant, Brian R. Doak

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

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Quakers And Scripture, Howard R. Macy

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

This chapter explores how the Quakers’ use of the Bible has developed, recognizing changes both in the Friends movement and in its historical and cultural settings. Friends’ approaches to Scripture have varied widely as they have responded over time to the influences of the Enlightenment, revivalism, fundamentalism, Modernism, and other factors. The chapter describes how Quakers have viewed the authority and inspiration of the Bible and how they have held the importance of the Bible in tension with the inward teaching of Christ, whom they refer to as the ‘Word of God’. The chapter also contrasts various forms of Bible …

The Gospel, Reinvented: A New Addition To The Jesus Of Alan Watts, Weston Masi

All Student Scholarship

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze and expand the ideas of one of the most widely acclaimed religious thinkers of the twentieth century, Alan Watts. Watts attempted to use Eastern religions as a lens for reinterpreting the message of Jesus's gospel. Watts proposed that Jesus's experience of consciousness was not unique unto himself; furthermore, he asserted that any person can achieve Jesus's level of divinity once he understands that everything, oneself included, is a manifestation of God. To further Watt's claim I bring in an ancient Christian source which was unavailable to Watts during his lifetime-the Gospel of …

Introduction, Calvin University

Campus Ministries Resources

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Introduction, Calvin University

Campus Ministries Resources

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Semana 07, Calvin University

Campus Ministries Resources

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Semana 04, Calvin University

Campus Ministries Resources

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Semana 02, Calvin University

Campus Ministries Resources

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Sabbath Semana 5: Festejar, Calvin University

Campus Ministries Resources

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My Personal Testimony: Some Pastoral Reflections”, Dwight K. Nelson

Faculty Publications

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The Walking Qur’An: Islamic Education, Embodied Knowledge, And History In West Africa By Rudolph Ware Iii, Emad Hamdeh

Publications

With the introduction of new educational systems in the Muslim world during the late-eighteenth through the early-twentieth century, many Muslims and non-Muslims became critical of traditional pedagogical methods. In particular, the image of Qur’an schools in West Africa are often criticized for their “backward” forms of education and commonly perceived as places where children simply parrot Qur’anic verses without much understanding. These institutions have largely been abandoned and replaced by modern and secular schooling systems. In his The Walking Qur’an, Rudolph Ware argues that Qur’an schools have survived in places like West Africa. By studying them, he seeks to historicize …

John Adams And Unitarian Theology, Wesley Edward Farmer

Online Theses and Dissertations

This thesis looks at the religious beliefs of John Adams and argues that the proper definition of Adams's belief system should only be "Unitarianism." It goes through the basic history of Unitarianism and the religious context of the Founding Fathers, and it analyzes relevant historiography on Adams's theological system, arguing against terms such as "Christian Deist" and "Theistic Rationalist." Then, the thesis suggests possible applications for Adams's religion, particularly when considering his emphasis on the ethical Jesus in relation to his desire for a moral society brought about by religion. Adams's theology can be applied to political actions he took …

Moved By The Spirit: Evangelical Presbyterian Woman In The Early Modern Atlantic World, Chasity Dominique Hunt

Online Theses and Dissertations

Revivalism existed as a cultural feature within Scottish Presbyterian society decades before the famous transatlantic revivals of the eighteenth-century. Although many aspects of those revivals have been examined, such as the Holy Fairs, historians and scholars have largely overlooked the extensive body of memoirs and accounts featuring Scottish Presbyterian women in Scotland and the greater Atlantic world, and their experiences within these revivals. This study seeks to uncover the relationship of those women to evangelicalism and revivalism as it exists as a cultural event embedded with symbols. In order to accomplish that goal, this paper looks at the history of …

Conceptual Decolonization Of Space: Worldview And Language In Anishinaabe Akiing, Mark Freeland

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines the role of worldview and language in the cultural framework of American Indian people. In it I develop a theory of worldview which can be defined as an interrelated set of logics that orients a culture to space (land), time, the rest of life, and provides a prescription for understanding that life. Considering the strong links between language and worldview, it is methodologically necessary to focus on a particular language and culture to decolonize concepts of and relationships to land. In particular, this dissertation focuses on an Anishinaabe worldview as consisting of four components, which are; (1) …

The Role Of Black Churches In Response To African American Male Well-Being In The Rust Belt Region : A Single Location Case Study Of East Side Churches In Buffalo, Ny, Jonathan W. Blackburn

ATS Dissertations

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Theologizing Place In Displacement : Reconciling, Remaking And Reimagining Place In The Republic Of Georgia, Curtis Elliott

ATS Dissertations

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58/1 | Bet She’An Iii: Nysa-Scythopolis: The Southern And Severan Theaters, Part 1: The Stratigraphy And Finds, Gabriel Mazor, Walid Atrash

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Bet She'an III Nysa - Scythopolis: The Southern And Severan Theaters. part 1: The stratigraphy and finds. chapter 1. Introduction / Gabriel Mazor and Walid Atrash -- chapter 2. The southern theater / Gabriel Mazor and Walid Atrash -- chapter 3. The Severan theater / Gabriel Mazor and Walid Atrash -- chapter 4. The pottery / Débora Sandhaus and Marc Balouka -- chapter 5. The glass finds / Tamar Winter -- chapter 6. The coins / Ariel Berman

Prayer As A Strategic Weapon In Mission, Boubakar Sanou

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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A Brief Overview Of Al Jinn Within Islamic Cosmology And Religiosity, Vivian A. Laughlin

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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“Game Changers” In A Developing Global Culture—Part 2, Milton Adams

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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The Psychology Of Prayer: A Theosomatic (Psycho-Spiritual) Approach To Missionary Care, L. Ann Hamel

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Compassion Development In Higher Education, Roxanne Rashedi, Thomas G. Plante, Erin S. Callister

Psychology

Many schools of psychology and religious studies intend to promote the cultivation of compassion. Compassion is currently an integral area of study in psychology, religious studies, and higher education, specifically in faith-based higher education. While secular universities in the United States strive to generate disciplinary-based knowledge through scholarship, their ability to promote students' use of the information they are learning to create positive social change has typically lagged. Conscious of the magnitude of today's global issues and dissatisfied with the current disparity between the world's reality and university curricula, scholars have begun to re-imagine the role of higher education in …