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2011 Ellen White And Current Issues Symposium: "The Phenomenon Of Prophecy And Role Of Prophets In The Old Testament Compared With The Ministry Of Ellen G. White", Angelika Kaiser

Memory, Meaning & Faith

No abstract provided.

2011 Ellen White And Current Issues Symposium: "The Early Translation Of Ellen G. White Books Into Spanish", Angelika Kaiser

Memory, Meaning & Faith

No abstract provided.

Episcopal Applicants To Ordained Ministry: Are They Psychological Healthy?, Thomas G. Plante, Christopher Apodaca

Psychology

The current investigation evaluated psychological and personality profiles of applicants to the diaconate and priesthood for several Episcopal dioceses. Applicants included both genders and their ages ranged from 29 to 67 years. A psychological testing battery including the MMPI-2, 16PF, and MCMI-III was administered to 42 applicants between 2008 and 2009 who subsequently entered the diaconate or priestly formation program in the Episcopal Church. Results indicate that these applicants were generally well-adjusted. Findings also suggest some tendency for defensiveness, repression, naïveté, and a strong need for affection, as well as for being emotionally stable, intelligent, trusting, and open to change. …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 46 No 1 - April 2011), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: A Break with Anti-Judaic Exegesis: John Calvin and the Unity of the Testaments by G. Sujin Pak - 7 / Metaphysics and Justification in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Reformed Theology by John V. Fesko - 29 / A Brief History of Heaven in the Writings of Jonathan Edwards by Robert Caldwell - 48 / The Glory of Spiders and Politics by John Bolt - 72 / Experience, Expression, Understanding: Gerardus van der Leeuw's Phenomenological Method by Richard J. Plantinga - 81 / The Seven Days of Creation by James W. Skillen - 111 / Lost Keys: The Absolution in …

The Impact Of The Peace Curriculum: One School's Story, Eloise Hockett, John Muhanji

Faculty Publications - College of Education

No abstract provided.

Crafting A Congregational Narrative For The College Church Of Christ In Fresno, California, Jason W. Locke

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This thesis describes a ministry project in the College Church of Christ in Fresno, California. In this project I led the congregation through a narrative crafting process in order to clarify the church’s identity and increase its capacity for mission. In recent decades, the College Church moved away from some of its founding characteristics yet failed to clarify a new sense of identity. It subsequently had difficulty acting with a unified sense of purpose and instead moved increasingly toward fragmentation.

Data for crafting the new narrative came from three weeks of group interviews. My research team conducted these interviews in …

Discerning A Vocational Theology Of Marriage For The Smyrna Church Of Christ, Daniel F. Camp

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this project was to discern a vocational theology of marriage for the Smyrna Church of Christ in Smyrna, Tennessee. Through a group discernment process, the participants studied Genesis 1-3 and 2 Corinthians 5 as a basis for understanding God’s design for marriage at creation, the effects of sin on the vocational aspect of the marriage relationship, and the call of Christ for husbands and wives to participate in the resurrection life through the ministry of reconciliation. At the end of the discernment process, the participants articulated a theology statement for the church that examined our current context …

The Banner - V. 146, No. 4 - (April 2011), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Christ Has Risen Indeed! by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: Hitting the Wall by Trevor Payton / 8 - IMHO: Get Off the Global Warming Bandwagon by Paul Rhoda / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News: CRC Board of Trustees adopts diversity report / 19 - Frequently Asked Questions / 20 - The Kingdom on Earth or in Heaven? by Sylvia Keesmaat / 22 - Gospel-centered Renewal: The Philadelphia Story by Natalie Hart / 26 - Dear Reader: Rendering to Caesar—and Thanking God by Jerry Dykstra / 30 - …

2011 Ellen White And Current Issues Symposium: "Gift Of Prophecy And The Church/ A Biblical Perspective", Angelika Kaiser

Memory, Meaning & Faith

No abstract provided.

2011 Ellen White And Current Issues Symposium: "The Captain Goes To Church", Angelika Kaiser

Memory, Meaning & Faith

No abstract provided.

2011 Ellen White And Current Issues Symposium: Devotional, Angelika Kaiser

Memory, Meaning & Faith

No abstract provided.

The Faith And Rationality Of Dalit Christian Experience, Mathew N. Schmalz

Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship

A reflection on the John Paul II’s encyclical Fides et Ratio in connection to Dalit (Untouchable) Catholic and Christian experience in India. The article focuses on the spirituality of a Dalit Christian woman and relates it to the debate between historicity and ahistoricity in the appreciation of faith, rationality, and spirituality. The article was published in Asian Horizons, a peer reviewed journal published by Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram in Bangalore, India

"Raising Women Leaders: Perspectives On Liberating Women In Pentecostal And Charismatic Context" - Book Review, Leah Payne

Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary

No abstract provided.

The Banner - V. 146, No. 3 - (March 2011), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Go Calvin! by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: Parque Central by Joel Van Dyke / 8 - IMHO: The Muslim-Christian Chasm by Paul Hansen / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News: Canadian government cuts CRWRC funding / 17 - Frequently Asked Questions / 18 - Yes and No: Lent and the Reformed Faith Today by John D. Witvliet / 20 - A Sacred Circle by Rebecca Warren with Roy Berkenbosch, Travis Enright, and Maggie Hodgson / 22 - Called to Be Sent by Kristen deRoo VanderBerg / 26 - …

The Banner - V. 146, No. 2 - (February 2011), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Extending the Kitchen Table by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: Fish and Wonder by Reginald Smith / 8 - IMHO: Our Real Position on Abortion by George Vander Weit / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News / 17 - Frequently Asked Questions / 18 - Illegal by Kurt Rietema / 20 - Lopsided Mercy by Donald Oppewal / 22 - Witnessing in a Facebook World by Nancy Vander Meer / 26 - Dear Reader: The Church at Work in a Digital Era by Jerry Dykstra / 30 - Just …

Juan Antonio Monroy: An Autobiography, Juan Antonio Monroy, Carolina Tolosa Archer

ACU Brown Library Monograph Series

Juan Antonio Monroy was a Marxist atheist as a young man, but since his conversion his passion has been to tell everyone he meets about Jesus. He has traveled to all of earth's continents except Antarctica and to many of the countries of those continents. He has experienced religious and political persecution and, as a result, helped found what became known as Amnesty International. Juan Antonio Monroy's footprints are seen around the world. His books, pamphlets, and articles are read in English and Spanish, and his radio programs are heard across Europe, the Caribbean, and much of Central and South …

2011 Perihelion - Oru Yearbook, Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

Perihelion: ORU Yearbooks

The Oral Roberts University Student Yearbook, the Perihelion, is produced by ORU Media and Communications department.

The images and files are copyrighted to Oral Roberts University and cannot be reproduced in any form without permission from ORU administration.

A Burkean Analysis Of Jehovah's Witness Apocalyptic Rhetoric, Katherine Elizabeth Kacarab

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis uses principles from Burke's Rhetoric of Identification to examine how apocalyptic prophecies foster and maintain an apocalyptic group identity. Jehovah's Witnesses were used as a sample apocalyptic group because they comprise a group with a heavy textual and symbolic focus on the apocalypse.

South Union Messenger (Winter 2011), Kentucky Library Research Collections

South Union Messenger

No abstract provided.

Book Review: The Mormon Menace: Violence And Anti-Mormonism In The Postbellum South, Terryl Givens

English Faculty Publications

“Whereas anti-Mormon violence had been characteristic of virtually every northern locale of Mormon settlement during the antebellum period,” Patrick Mason writes in his history of the subject, “violent assaults on Mormon missionaries became an increasingly southern practice in the years after the Civil War” (93). What distinguishes Mason’s book from other chapters in the sad saga of religious persecution is his excellent analysis of the complexities that result when political agendas, regional norms and interests, and theories on the proper role and limits of government all collide in the face of religious heterodoxy. Virtually all late nineteenth-century citizens and politicians …

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Outreach And Retention Methods Of Six Congregations Of The Brunswick Baptist Association, Jeffrey Gibby

Doctor of Ministry Projects

I chose two hypotheses to form a survey. The first hypothesis is that persons are reached by the style of building, existing relationships, or advertising. The second hypothesis is that persons maintain their membership based on the content of preaching, the quality of teaching programs, or fellowship.

I employed the Mann-Whitney Statistical Test to analyze the data.

The data revealed that good preaching, good worship, and good fellowship make a growing church. The data results also show the significance of the Pastor and revealed that age-graded Bible study groups are still valid in reaching and retaining members.

Helping The Parents Of Middle School Students Communicate Biblical Truths Of Sexuality At The First Baptist Church Of Lenoir, North Carolina, Thomas Russell Hinton

Doctor of Ministry Projects

An educational program was developed to discover the role of the church in promoting healthy parent/child communication about sexuality. Believing scripture affirms sexuality as a blessing from God, parents and middle school youth were recruited and led through the study. Surveys measured attitudes, opinions, and understanding of biblical knowledge, anatomy, and communication levels. After the program the families were given two months to observe parent/child communication. Final surveys indicated that the church can play an active role in promoting parent child communication about sexuality, and participants reflected a positive outcome by recommending the continuation of this program as a part …

Charles Cullis, Gaetano Conte, And The Reconfiguration Of The Evangelical Holiness Movement In Boston, 1860-1905, Benjamin Hartley

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Excerpt: "In contrast to the presenters before and after me, my presentation focuses on the lives of two individuals rather than one. Charles Cullis (1833-1892) and Gaetano Conte (1859-1917) both represent a kind of “new beginning” for some sectors of Protestant religion in Boston and thus fit particularly well into our panel’s attempt to explore the somewhat paradoxical theme of “strangers in a strange land” of New England. I’ve chosen these two figures because of their influence in re-shaping the evangelical movement in Boston and their relative obscurity in spite of the fame they both shared during their own day. …

From Reading To Revering The Good Book, Or How The Word Became Fossil At The Creation Museum, Susan L. Trollinger

English Faculty Publications

Given the complexity of this sacred text and the intensity with which Protestants have sought to glean its truths from it, it is not surprising that Luther’s “dangerous idea” yielded countless splits, schisms, and sects. Whereas once there was the Church, Protestants dedication to reading the Scripture for themselves has brought an endless variety of theologies, practices, and fellowships with no end in sight. While every one of these groups claims (whether explicitly or implicitly) that they alone have the true word of God, none has been able to arrest the flow of interpretations. With everyone free to read the …

”Tag, You’Re It!”: Using Social Media “Tags” To Help Solve The Problem Of Church Classification In Sociology Of Religion, Steven Losco

Pitzer Senior Theses

Edited Abstract for presentation:

Categorizing humans and human activity can be difficult. In my own research on evangelical church styles in Los Angeles, I found that the services defied discreet categories. I turned to the social web for inspiration on how to categorize the services and landed on blog post “tags” as something that could give me a flexible and dynamic way to “define” the church. Briefly, tags are a set of words or phrases that users categorize anything from blog posts, books on GoodReads, website bookmarks, etc, in other words: metadata. What makes tags so potent as definition is …

The Banner - V. 146, No. 1 - (January 2011), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Security for Whom? by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: In the Palm of God’s Hand by Judy Hardy / 8 - IMHO: Saying No to the Belhar by Rob Toornstra / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News: A firsthand look at rebuilding Haiti / 19 - Frequently Asked Questions / 20 - Tuned In: The Comeback Catechism by Robert N. Hosack / 22 - Caring for Creation by Kristen deRoo VanderBerg / 26 - Dear Reader: Our World Belongs to God by Jerry Dykstra / 30 - Just for …

The Global Luther: A Theologian For Modern Times [Review] / Christine Helmer, Ed., Trevor O'Reggio

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Book Review: Understanding The Book Of Mormon, Terryl Givens

English Faculty Publications

With over 150 million copies in circulation, the Book of Mormon has yet to find its niche in historical, religious or literary studies. Largely ignored by scholars and berated by Evangelicals, the text may find a more successful path to a larger audience, hopes historian Grant Hardy, if historical and religious questions are bracketed in deference to the work’s surprisingly complex and interesting literary dimensions

Preface: Monsters And Mormons, Terryl Givens

English Faculty Publications

In the nineteenth century, Mormonism seemed grist for everybody's mill. Humorists like Artemus Ward and Mark Twain made hay out of polygamy; conspiracy theorists like Thomas deWitt Talmage imputed President Garfield's assassination to the Mormons; pseudo-memoirists like "Maria Ward" recounted their seduction, imprisonment, and torture at the hands of Mormon mesmerists; the Republican jump-started their political party with a promise to expunge the Mormon "relic of barbarism"; and pulp fiction writers and serious novelists alike fueled sales with stories of bloodthirsty Danites, lecherous elders, and grief maddened Mormon wives who murdered competitors.

Nature's Contribution To Creation Theory, L. James Gibson

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.