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Abdul Aziz Said: Peace Educator, Cathedral Builder, Soul Dancer - 1930-2021 - A Tribute And Retrospective, Patricia M. Mische

The Journal of Social Encounters

The life, thought, and spirituality of political scientist and peace educator, Abdul Aziz Said (1930-2021), are explored through: a) first-hand accounts from five decades of professional and personal collaboration between Said and the author; b) themes in his writings, especially in Concepts of International Politics in Global Perspective, Fourth Edition and Bridges, Not Barriers: The American Dream and the Global Community; and c) his conviction that love is a relevant and significant force in international relations and peace building and needs to be strengthened if peace is to be sustained (a conviction shared by Martin Luther King Jr, Sigmund Freud, …

The 1676 Project: Black And White Together In The U.S.A., Danny Duncan Collum

The Journal of Social Encounters

America’s post-George Floyd racial reckoning has brought a new focus on the country’s history of enslavement, segregation and systemic racism. However, this reckoning has often failed to recognize that the roots of systemic racism lie in the need of the wealthy planters in colonial Virginia to divide the African and English indentured servants who constituted a majority threatening to elite power. Nor do contemporary versions of U.S. history always account for the persistent reoccurrence of class-based interracial movements, such as the late 19^th century Populists, or their promise as a long-term solution to the country’s racial divides.

“Solidarity: A Catholic Perspective” Chapter 10 From A Vision Of Justice: Engaging Catholic Social Teaching On The College Campus, Fr. Peter Ignatius Gichure, Ron Pagnucco

The Journal of Social Encounters

In memory of Fr. Peter Ignatius Gichure, we reprint this essay co-authored by Fr. Gichure and Ron Pagnucco, co-editor of the JSE. Fr. Gichure was working on an essay on Fratelli Tutti for the JSE when he died.

"Solidarity: A Catholic Perspective." Ron Pagnucco and Peter Gichure. Chapter 10, in A Vision of Justice: Engaging Catholic Social Teaching on the College Campus. Susan Crawford Sullivan and Ron Pagnucco, eds. Published in 2014 by Liturgical Press, Collegeville Minnesota, and in Kenya by Catholic University of Eastern Africa-Gaba Press, Eldoret, Kenya.

Hindu Nationalism And Indian Christian Response!, Dhinakaran Savariyar

The Journal of Social Encounters

Indian democracy is fast recast as Hindu nationalism which neither honors the country’s constitutional secularity nor upholds its tradition of diversity (religious, cultural, and linguistic), inclusivity, and pluralism. The forged uniformity avowedly seeks to construct the “one” India - one religion (Hindu), one culture (Hindu), and one language (Hindi). Falsely representing a Hinduism under attack from ‘invader’ religions, nationalist ideologues arouse the base emotions of the unsuspecting majoritarian community and stoke their fears against the minorities, particularly Christians. Conscientious challenging of such imposed homogeneity is met with charges of sedition and profiling as anti-national foreign stooge. At this critical juncture, …

Everyday Peace: Historicising Local Agency In Managing Ethno-Religious Conflicts In Nigeria’S Middle Belt, Gloria Na’Antoe Longba’Am-Alli

The Journal of Social Encounters

Over the years, critical studies scholars have criticised liberal peacebuilding strategies for their elitist top-down policies, which hardly pay attention to the local concepts and acts of peace. Critical peace and conflict studies scholars’ advocacy for ‘everyday peace’ comes from negotiated governance, where loosely coordinated processes surpass liberal peace's top-down policies. Therefore, everyday peace recognises people's commentaries and practices shaping their resistance, resilience, and negotiation with conflicting groups. In particular, women and people far from city centres are often marginalised or are not included in peacebuilding efforts. In recognising these people’s limited involvement, this article draws on oral interviews, archival …

Program: 2022, Featured Lecture "Human Sin And Divine Love", J.A.T Smith

Frank Pack Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Program

Program for the Seventeenth Annual Frank Pack Distinguished Christian Lecture Program with featured lecturer Dr. J.A.K Smith, Associate Professor English and Coordinator of the Digital Humanities Minor at Seaver College, and the Associate Director of the Center for Faith and Learning for Pepperdine University.

As War Rages, Some Ukrainians Look To Mary For Protection – Continuing A Long Christian Tradition, Kayla Harris

Marian Library Faculty Publications

Ukrainian clergy demonstrating against the war in their country have appeared in media coverage carefully holding an image of the Virgin Mary, her outstretched hands lifting up the edges of a cloak. These pictures depict a particular religious icon known as the “Pokrova” in which Mary’s veil – a “pokrova,” or “cover,” in Ukrainian – is a sign of protection.

Contrasting The Faith Responses Of The Royal Official And Thomas In The Gospel Of John And Their Implications For Discipleship, Edward W. Watson

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

John pens his Gospel in such a way that, like his included characters who encounter Jesus, his readers are being confronted with the person of Jesus and the totality of his revelation. Also like the characters, John’s readers must make decisions regarding the divine truth being revealed through the gospel as they read the text and experience Jesus for themselves. This study examines the two characters of the royal official and Thomas in the Gospel of John, examining how each character responds to the testimony of Jesus and how their differing faith-responses provide instruction for modern discipleship.

Review Of Quoting Corinthians. By Edward Watson And Martin Culy, Cletus L. Hull, Iii

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

Review of Quoting Corinthians. By Edward Watson and Martin Culy. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2018. 171 pp.

By Cletus Hull.

Review Of A Theology Of Hope: Contextual Perspectives In Korean Pentecostalism, By Sang Yun Lee, Robert S. Oh

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

A Theology of Hope: Contextual Perspectives in Korean Pentecostalism. By Sang Yun Lee. Baguio City, Philippines: Asia Pacific Theological Seminary Press, 2018. xiv + 271 pp.

by Robert Oh.

Review Of A Pentecostal Commentary On Revelation By Jon K. Newton., Michael Blythe

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

A Pentecostal Commentary on Revelation (Pentecostal Old Testament and New Testament Commentaries). By Jon K. Newton. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2021. 426 pp.

Review by Michael Blythe

Review Of Pneumatology And Union: John Calvin And The Pentecostals, By Peter Ross, Audrey Mccormick

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

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Azusa Street And The Lost Doctrine Of Humility, Michael Blythe

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

This article delves into original source material from the Azusa Street Revival to rekindle an awareness of the heavy emphasis that participants placed on humility as a deep and vibrant experience, both as a precondition for receiving the fullness of the Spirit and as an ongoing Pentecostal encounter. Re-lighting the Pentecostal fire is necessary to respond to the struggles of the movement in North America where disillusionment with “triumphalism” has created an uncertain future. Voices from the past and present echo the imperative that the Holy Spirit experience should be balanced by personal sacrifice. A revival of deep self surrender …

An Examination Of New Apostolic Movement Terminology: Correlating The Five-Fold Ministry And The Bureaucratic Management Model, Volker Krüger

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

There is a new understanding within the Pentecostal- Charismatic tradition of the five-fold ministry role as a concept for deploying effective leadership. The so-called New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement establishes an alternative approach within today’s Christianity, one that is noticeably different from the traditional leadership models in Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, and the evangelical traditions. The model argues that churches and Christian ministries need effective leadership models that are theologically grounded in the doctrine of the offices of apostle and the five-fold ministry as described in the New Testament. The NAR model is a church governance concept that claims to be …

Spirit-Empowered Liturgy: The Role Of The Holy Spirit In Traditional Christian Worship, Seth Whitaker

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

Sometimes perceived as dead ritual in contemporary Christian churches, liturgy provides a time-tested means of experiencing the empowerment of the Holy Spirit in corporate worship. When understood within its own historical use, liturgy, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, enables a community of faith to consistently remember and participate in God’s saving acts in history, culminating in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and actively look forward to the eschatological hope of Jesus’ return. Like the banks of a river, liturgy plays an important role to effectively facilitate the consistent and reliable movement of the Holy Spirit in …

Is Wisdom Silent?: Apophatic Glossolalia, Ryan Lytton

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

Drawing on both similarities and disagreements between the apophatic theology of Dionysius and Gregory of Nazianzus, I will demonstrate how glossolalia can be better understood through the lens of apophatic theology. Gregory and Dionysius both recognize the failure of human language, but each follows that concept to a different conclusion. Dionysius switches from categories of knowledge to categories of experience and focuses the mystical life on ascetic practices in the hopes that they promote an experience of God’s presence. Pentecostals, with our emphasis on experience, often find a kinship with thinkers like Dionysius. In contrast, Gregory of Nazianzus switches from …

“Even The Dark Is Light To You”: Reconsidering The Doctrine Of Sin And The Problem Of Evil, Chris E. W. Green

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

How did evil come to be? Who is to blame for it? Why did God allow it to happen? Familiar answers, and the traditional doctrines that they represent, can and often have been understood—and perhaps more often misunderstood—to bad, even disastrous effects. So, after a brief sketch of the traditional Augustinian doctrine of evil as received through John Wesley’s teaching, which in one form or another shaped the deep structures of American Pentecostal theology and spirituality, I propose an alternative, one that holds that evil is truly nonsensical and so inexplicable; that no one is to blame for its advent, …

Editorial: 5 Year Assessment, Jeffrey S. Lamp

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

With the publication of last fall’s issue of Spiritus, we drew to a close the fifth year of publication since we rebooted the journal in 2017. The Editor, Dr. Jeff Lamp assess the progress and impact of the journal.

Front Matter: Spiritus 7.1 (Spring 2022), Jeffrey S. Lamp

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

Table of Contents and front matter.

Full Issue: Spiritus 7.1 (Spring 2022), Jeffrey S. Lamp

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

The full issue of the Spring 2022 issue of Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

Saint Jude's, March 6, 2022

Saint Jude's

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Waltham, MA

Saint Jude's Finding Aid

St. Benedict Parish For The Deaf Church Bulletin, March 6, 2022

Saint Benedict Parish for the Deaf Church Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in San Francisco, CA

Saint Benedict Parish for the Deaf Church Bulletin Finding Aid

St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin, March 6, 2022

Saint Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Chicago, IL

Saint Francis Brogia Deaf Center Church Bulletin Finding Aid

How Did You Do It?: A Review Of Power Women, Sandy Vanden Bosch

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"It took a village... to help us raise our daughters."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Power Women from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/how-did-you-do-it-a-review-of-power-women/

Anti-Urbanism In Culture And In The Adventist Church: Advocacy And Action For Urban Ministry In The Twentieth Century—Part 2, Jerry R. Chase

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

This article explores the response within the Seventh-day Adventist Church after Ellen G. White’s death to the dual emphases in her writings on the city and rural living. On one hand she strongly encouraged large Adventist institutions and families raising children to locate out of the cities. This was because of the advantages natural surroundings have on physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing, and to shield children and young adults from the evils and temptations of the city. While she recognized the evils in the city and God’s impending judgments, she aggressively pushed church leaders to take a more active role …

Plate Spinning Everyday: A Review Of Power Women, Luralyn M. Helming

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"There are ways to live so that the tensions between your callings will not snap the connection."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Power Women from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/plate-spinning-everyday-a-review-of-power-women/

الباطنية الحديثة وخطرها على العالم الإسلامي - دراسة عقدية - Modern Esotericism And Its Danger To Islamic World -A Doctrinal Study-, Nourah Bint Shaker Alshehri

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

ملخص

أن من أهم أهداف الدراسة لهذا البحث هي التحذير من العقائد المخالفة والطقوس الوثنية في صورها المعاصرة، واستبانة سبيل المجرمين؛ وفق منهج أهل السنة والجماعة، مع الكشف عن الديانات الوثنية التي مهدت لانتشار العقائد الباطنية، وبيان ما في الباطنية الحديثة من مخالفات عقدية تشكل خطر كبير على الدين الإسلامي.

ولقد اتبعت فيه المنهج التاريخي الاستقرائي من خلال حصر المؤثرات العقدية في الباطنية الحديثة، وبيان المخالفات العقدية في تلك الطقوس الوثنية وإبراز خطرها على العالم الإسلامي.

يتكون البحث من مقدمة، ومبحثان، المبحث الأول: ويشمل التعريف بالباطنية الحديثة. الديانات التي تبنت أفكارها الباطنية الحديثة. الديانات الوثنية القديمة. والباطنية الكتابية: الكبالا عند …

التمويل الإسلامي الرقمي في ظل أزمة كورونا الفرص والتحديات والآفاق المستقبلية Digital Islamic Finance In Light Of The Corona Pandemic Opportunities, Challenges And Future Prospects, Nadia Jawdat

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

ملخص

هدفت الدراسة إلى رصد واقع وآفاق التمويل الإسلامي الرقمي في ظل ما يواجهه العالم بسبب جائحة كورونا وما فرضته من تباعد اجتماعي؛ مما حفز المؤسسات المالية الإسلامية للاستفادة من التقنيات الرقمية والتكنولوجيا المالية في تبني التمويل الإسلامي الرقمي للحد من آثار هذه الأزمة. ركزت الدراسة على مفهوم التمويل الإسلامي الرقمي وأهم الفرص التي يمنحها، وما يحيط به من تحديات ومخاطر، وصولا للحديث عن الواقع الراهن والآفاق المستقبلية للتمويل الإسلامي الرقمي المنشود. خلصت الدراسة أن من أهم المزايا التي يحققها التمويل الإسلامي الرقمي هو عنايته بجانب المسؤولية الاجتماعية وتحقيق الشمول المالي مما يسهم في تعميم المنتجات والخدمات المالية الإسلامية. وعلى …

غاية القتال ودور التعارض والترجيح في بيان أحكام الأسرى عند الأصوليين: دراسة تأصيلية تطبيقية The Purpose Of The Fighting And The Role Of Conflict And Weighting In Clarifying The Rulings Of Prisoners According To The Scholars Of Principles Of Jurisprudence: An Applied Study, Abdullah Ahmand Samara

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

ملخص

جاءت هذه الدراسة البحثية لبيان غاية القتال، ودور التعارض والترجيح في بيان أحكام الأسرى، في القرآن الكريم، والسنة النبوية الشريفة، وذلك من خلال التأصيل لغاية القتال في الإسلام، وإزالة التعارض الظاهري بين النصوص المتعلقة بالأسرى.

وخلصت الدراسة إلى أن اختلاف العلماء في حكم الأسرى كان تبعًا لاختلافهم في إزالة التعارض بين النصوص الشرعية. وأن تطبيق قواعد التعارض فيه ذب عن السنة النبوية الشريفة، وإعمال لها. وأن تطبيق هذه القواعد وفق مقاصد الشريعة الإسلامية هو الضمانة لعدم استخدام ذوي الفكر المتطرف للنصوص على غير الوجه المقصود منها.

The purpose of the fighting and the role of conflict and weighting in …

مشروع الموسوعة العلمية للصيرفة الإسلامية: تحليل وتقويم The Scientific Encyclopedia Of Islamic Banking Project: Analysis And Evaluation, Hana Mohammed Al-Hunaiti, Abdel Nasser Al Zayoud, Yasser Al-Hourani

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

ملخص

يستعرض البحث "مشروع الموسوعة العلمية للصيرفة الإسلامية"، الذي تضمن أبرز الإسهامات البحثية في جانب المصرفية الإسلامية. إذ تغطي الموسوعة سائر ما أنتجه الباحثون في هذا الجانب، سواء من خلال الأطروحات والرسائل الجامعية، أو الأبحاث المحكمة في الدوريات والكتب، أو المؤتمرات المقالات، أو تلك الكتابات التي لم تنشر إلا عن طريق الوسائل الرقمية. ويهدف البحث إلى تقديم رؤية تحليلية إجمالية لهذه الكتابات.

ويعد هذا البحث على جانب كبير من الأهمية بسبب تسليط الضوء على عمل مشروع الموسوعة، الذي يعني ردم بعض الصعوبات أمام الباحثين في توجيه أبحاثهم نحو الاحتياجات القائمة، واختيارها بعناية؛ منعاً للتكرار والازدواجية، وتحقيق أعلى قيمة علمية مضافة. …