Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Christianity Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Harding University

Discipline
Keyword
Publication Year
Publication
Publication Type

Articles 1 - 30 of 82

Full-Text Articles in Christianity

"This Poor Man Cried": Moving The West Metro Church Of Christ From Transactional To Incarnational Benevolence Among The Homeless Community In Hiram, Georgia, Richard E. Gray May 2026

"This Poor Man Cried": Moving The West Metro Church Of Christ From Transactional To Incarnational Benevolence Among The Homeless Community In Hiram, Georgia, Richard E. Gray

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Christian Barbie: Exploring Biblical Themes In Greta Gerwig's "Barbie", Julia Howell Apr 2026

Christian Barbie: Exploring Biblical Themes In Greta Gerwig's "Barbie", Julia Howell

Ex Sapientia Loqui

The record-breaking and highly successful hit movie, Barbie, may have more depth than a simple film concerning a plastic doll. After carefully watching and studying, I have reached the firm conclusion that there are clear Biblical allusions throughout the Barbie movie. While one can ascertain these allusions using a Christian lens, it is important to highlight that the director of the film, Greta Gerwig, has confirmed her movie to be Biblically inspired due to her religious background. I believe it is important to seek how Christ is being reflected in film whether His reflection is intended by the creator or …


Long Live The Good King: A Niebuhrian Analysis Of Arthur’S Ethical Kingship In The Once And Future King, Camille Bewley Apr 2026

Long Live The Good King: A Niebuhrian Analysis Of Arthur’S Ethical Kingship In The Once And Future King, Camille Bewley

Tenor of Our Times

The classic The Once and Future King, written by T.H. White, is a selection of four fantasy novels with one, linear plot: the story of Arthur, the mythological King of England. Reinhold Niebuhr’s book Moral Man and Immoral Society details the Christian realism of a world in need of justice without the ability to achieve perfect application. Through good education, Arthur is well endowed with Niebuhr’s requirements for a functional society: knowledge, honor, wisdom, and compassion. Such king-like qualities make him one of the most influential mythological characters in history, and a grand exemplar for maintaining ethical goals and personal …


Restoration Vs. Revelation: Alexander Campbell's Unique Condemnation Of Joseph Smith, Luke Gibbs Jan 2025

Restoration Vs. Revelation: Alexander Campbell's Unique Condemnation Of Joseph Smith, Luke Gibbs

Tenor of Our Times

The great Alexander Campbell, an influential figure of the Restoration Movement, is historically regarded as a fiery orator, minister, and evangelical Protestant. Much of the historiography surrounding Campbell rightfully focuses on his adamant efforts to proliferate his ideology. His scorching personality brought him into conflict with members of every Christian sect. Still, Campbell’s focus on unity allowed him to make general concessions with his fellow Christians. He was often congenial and sociable when engaging with Christians, and even atheists, who held opinions that differed from his own. However, Campbell was plainly angered by Joseph Smith's Mormon movement. This paper attempts …


Equipping Christians With A Post-Christian Evangelism Paradigm At Great Oaks Church Of Christ, Tim Alsup May 2023

Equipping Christians With A Post-Christian Evangelism Paradigm At Great Oaks Church Of Christ, Tim Alsup

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


The Use Of Feedforwarding Techniques In Sermon-Crafting: A Collaborative Approach To Preaching, Stephen Rollins May 2023

The Use Of Feedforwarding Techniques In Sermon-Crafting: A Collaborative Approach To Preaching, Stephen Rollins

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Studying Abroad On The Intercultural Spiritual Formation Of Harding University Latin America Students, Jeremy Daggett Jan 2023

The Impact Of Studying Abroad On The Intercultural Spiritual Formation Of Harding University Latin America Students, Jeremy Daggett

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Show Us How You Do It, Jonathan Underwood Jan 2023

Show Us How You Do It, Jonathan Underwood

Tenor of Our Times

Published in 2008, Edward J. Robinson’s Show Us How You Do It: Marshall Keeble and the Rise of Black Churches of Christ in the United States, 1914-1968 poses a thesis that Marshall Keeble had such a strong impact on the formation of African American Churches of Christ in the twentieth century because of his willingness to work alongside white supporters of his ministry, thus making two fellowships within the Churches of Christ that reflected the broader racial, social, and religious context of the United States. Robinson accomplishes defending his thesis by first describing Keeble's upbringing and influences in the church. …


Transforming Disciples Through A Spiritual Formation Cohort At Washington Street Church Of Christ, Jim Black Nov 2022

Transforming Disciples Through A Spiritual Formation Cohort At Washington Street Church Of Christ, Jim Black

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Spiritual Formation In Leadership Development, Craig M. Poole Sep 2022

The Role Of Spiritual Formation In Leadership Development, Craig M. Poole

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


A Theological Exploration Of Death, Benjamin F. Bruner Nov 2021

A Theological Exploration Of Death, Benjamin F. Bruner

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


The Discursive Body: A Theological Account Of Language And Revelation In Conversation With John Webster And Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Aaron Parker May 2021

The Discursive Body: A Theological Account Of Language And Revelation In Conversation With John Webster And Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Aaron Parker

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


In His Image And Into His Likeness: Human Nature's Theosis In C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, Jacob Ross Taylor Apr 2021

In His Image And Into His Likeness: Human Nature's Theosis In C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, Jacob Ross Taylor

Honors Theses

C.S. Lewis’s standalone title Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold transforms the Greek mythos “Cupid and Psyche” into a novel about human nature being deified. In TWHF, Lewis presents an arc from pagan dualism through rationalism and finally to our relational God who makes us holy like Him. Lewis studies have suffered from the lack scholarship applying St. Thomas Aquinas’s christened Aristotelianism which would illuminate the metaphysical foundations that Lewis founds his words and builds his worlds upon. In Aristotle metaphysical biology he proposed that the human soul is neither an altogether separable spirit divorced from the bodily …


The Soteriological Necessity Of A Full Incarnation And Its Implications For Believers, Addison Yates Apr 2021

The Soteriological Necessity Of A Full Incarnation And Its Implications For Believers, Addison Yates

Tenor of Our Times

At the center of Christian theology lies the study of Jesus the Christ, his being, and his work. Differing beliefs about Jesus’ divinity and humanity were a source of early Christian controversies, and the first ecumenical councils addressed these Christological controversies by affirming that Jesus was both fully human and fully divine. Though this doctrine is widely accepted in modern Christian theology, many practicing Christians, particularly those who are unfamiliar with Christian history, may never have explored Jesus’ nature in his incarnation or considered its implications. The aim of this work is twofold: to establish that a full incarnation of …


A Mentoring Ministry For The Spiritual Development Of Youth In Rural Congregations Of North Central And Northeast Arkansas, Glen Knabe Feb 2021

A Mentoring Ministry For The Spiritual Development Of Youth In Rural Congregations Of North Central And Northeast Arkansas, Glen Knabe

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Assessing The Quality Of Proactive Congregational Care For The College Avenue Church Of Christ, Kent M. Jobe Nov 2020

Assessing The Quality Of Proactive Congregational Care For The College Avenue Church Of Christ, Kent M. Jobe

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Swapping Drinking Songs For Spiritual Songs: Skolia And Possession In Ephesians 5 And Mozambique, Alan Howell Oct 2020

Swapping Drinking Songs For Spiritual Songs: Skolia And Possession In Ephesians 5 And Mozambique, Alan Howell

Faculty Research and Publications

The prevalence of both drinking songs and spirit possession among the Makua-Metto of Mozambique shaped the way in which Mozambican Christians interpreted Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Based upon their cultural context, they naturally heard chapter 5 addressing these two phenomena as interconnected topics. That experience led to an investigation into the background of the original recipients of the letter through the lens of drinking songs and spirit possession to see if reading this text in the “laboratory” of the Mozambican context can shed new light on contemporary readings of the Ephesian 5 text and provide an example of non-Western …


God As Patron And Proprietor: God The Father And The Gospel Of Matthew In An African Folk Islamic Context, Alan Howell, Robert Andrew Montgomery Oct 2019

God As Patron And Proprietor: God The Father And The Gospel Of Matthew In An African Folk Islamic Context, Alan Howell, Robert Andrew Montgomery

Faculty Research and Publications

While Patron-Client dynamics may seem strange to Westerners, characteristics of that system are shared by the cultures of the New Testament and the Makua-Metto people of Mozambique. The way that the Gospel of Matthew presents God as Father points to the social realities of the time which highlighted God’s role as Patron. This line of thinking resonates with the Makua-Metto and provides a powerful way of communicating about God to a folk Islamic people.


Loaded Language: Missiological Considerations For Appropriating Political Rhetoric, Alan Howell, Jessica Markwood Jul 2019

Loaded Language: Missiological Considerations For Appropriating Political Rhetoric, Alan Howell, Jessica Markwood

Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Scripture And Revelation: A Comparison Of Alexander Campbell, Kevin Vanhoozer, And William Abraham, Daniel T. Crouch Apr 2019

Scripture And Revelation: A Comparison Of Alexander Campbell, Kevin Vanhoozer, And William Abraham, Daniel T. Crouch

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


The Theological Anthropology Of St. Gregory Of Nyssa, Marcus Mccormick Apr 2019

The Theological Anthropology Of St. Gregory Of Nyssa, Marcus Mccormick

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Poems By William K. Floyd, William K. Floyd Mar 2019

Poems By William K. Floyd, William K. Floyd

John Allen Chalk: Personal Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Jesus As Mwalimu: Christology And The Gospel Of Matthew, Alan Howell, Robert Andrew Montgomery Jul 2018

Jesus As Mwalimu: Christology And The Gospel Of Matthew, Alan Howell, Robert Andrew Montgomery

Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Avoiding Pastoral Malpractice: Implications Of The Study Of Biblical Languages For Spiritual Care, Kevin Youngblood Apr 2018

Avoiding Pastoral Malpractice: Implications Of The Study Of Biblical Languages For Spiritual Care, Kevin Youngblood

Faculty Research and Publications

The study of Biblical languages is in decline in theological curricula across the nation if not around the globe. While this streamlined approach to ministerial training may be desirable for attracting students to programs and hastening degree completion, its long term effects on the spiritual health of the church could be catastrophic. This presentation addresses ministerial candidates in a major North American seminary to warn of some of the potential dangers of neglecting this aspect of pastoral training and practice.


Review Of Evelyne A. Reisacher, Ed., Toward Respectful Understanding And Witness Among Muslims: Essays In Honor Of J. Dudley Woodberry, Alan Howell Jan 2018

Review Of Evelyne A. Reisacher, Ed., Toward Respectful Understanding And Witness Among Muslims: Essays In Honor Of J. Dudley Woodberry, Alan Howell

Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Romans, Reconciliation, And Role-Playing In Mozambique: Benefiting From The 'New Perspective On Paul, Alan Howell Jan 2018

Romans, Reconciliation, And Role-Playing In Mozambique: Benefiting From The 'New Perspective On Paul, Alan Howell

Faculty Research and Publications

The “New Perspective on Paul” has shaped the author’s teaching of the book of Romans in Mozambique. Role-playing the background of the letter and using an important play on words in the Makua-Metto language helps present the historical and religious issues involved. This sets up a more comprehensive reading of Romans which, instead of focusing on individual justification, serves to find important points of contact and relevance for the church in Mozambique at congregational, civic, and cosmic levels.


Review Of Tod Bolsinger, Canoeing The Mountains: Christian Leadership In Uncharted Territory, Alan Howell Jul 2017

Review Of Tod Bolsinger, Canoeing The Mountains: Christian Leadership In Uncharted Territory, Alan Howell

Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


When Having A Bad Leader Is Good: Processing A Negative Experience And Applying Leadership Lessons From The Kings, Alan Howell Jul 2017

When Having A Bad Leader Is Good: Processing A Negative Experience And Applying Leadership Lessons From The Kings, Alan Howell

Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


From Mozambique To Millennials: Shame, Frontier Peoples, And The Search For Open Atonement Paths, Alan Howell, Logan T. Thompson Jan 2016

From Mozambique To Millennials: Shame, Frontier Peoples, And The Search For Open Atonement Paths, Alan Howell, Logan T. Thompson

Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Recognizing Poverty Rules: Addressing The Causes And Patterns Of Absolute Poverty Among The Makua-Metto People, Alan Howell Aug 2015

Recognizing Poverty Rules: Addressing The Causes And Patterns Of Absolute Poverty Among The Makua-Metto People, Alan Howell

Faculty Research and Publications

Drawing on qualitative interviews with the Makua-Metto people of Mozambique, the author develops a curriculum addressing the topic of poverty. The contextualized approach considers poverty as a system and makes use of local solutions. The article includes a diagram illustrating the causes of poverty and two series of narratives linked by the metaphor of games to demonstrate Makua-Metto behavioral norms of people in poverty and those living free from its deepest effects.