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Review Of The Consolations Of God: Great Sermons Of Phillips Brooks, Edited By Ellen Wilbur, Robert B. Slocum

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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Beauty In Worship : A Paradigm Incorporating Philosophical And Theological Attributes Of Beauty In Assessing Worship, Wayne Allen Price

ATS Dissertations

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Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Is God Timeless? A Reply to Laurence Wood

Alan G. Padgett

Reply to Alan Padgett

Laurence W. Wood

The Practicing Self: A Theory of Personhood

Dean Blevins

Celebrating Eternity: Christian Worship as a Foretaste of Participation in the Triune God

Stanley J. Grenz

Narrative Prayer, Identity and Community

Ronald Bearden & Richard Olsen

The Revelation of John and the Practice of Christian Counseling

David A. DeSilva

The Right of Private Judgment

Leon O. Hynson

Charles G. Finney: America’s Great Revivalist

Robert E. Coleman

Relevant and Effective Theological Education in the 21^st Century India

Joshua Raja

Book …

Celebrating Eternity: Christian Worship As A Foretaste Of Participation In The Triune God, Stanley J. Grenz

The Asbury Journal

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Narrative Prayer, Identity And Community, Ronald O. Bearden, Richard K. Olsen Jr.

The Asbury Journal

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The Right Of Private Judgement, Leon O. Hynson

The Asbury Journal

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Thinking Through The New Theism: A Pastoral Perspective, Tony Lee Richie

The Asbury Journal

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Constructing Faith Cultures: Catechumenal Evangelism In The Early Church, Early Methodism And Alpha, Tory Baucum

ATS Dissertations

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Post Reformation Ecclesiology And Missiology--From The Radicals To Wesley: Moving Out Of The Shadow Of Luther And Calvin, Woodrow W. Whidden

Faculty Publications

Whidden’s essay compares the key theological/ecclesiological factors of the Magisterial Reformation tradition with the Radical and Wesleyan ethos and their respective visions of discipleship, theology, ethics, and mission. He then argues that movements which are Arminian in their soteriology; functional, not institutional, in their ecclesiology; and emphasize discipleship (including strict discipline), sanctification, and Gospel ethics are more likely to have a missional bent.

Terminator Or Super Mario: Human/Computer Hybrids, Actual And Virtual, Noreen L. Herzfeld

Theology Faculty Publications

Is a human/computer hybrid feasible: If so, in what ways would such hybridization affect our concept of what it means to be human? There are two forms of such hybridization, the actual and the virtual. Actual hybridization involves the implantation of mechanical devices in the human body. In actual hybridization the computer comes to us and to our body to enhance our functioning in our world. In virtual hybridization we go to the computer, projecting our minds into the world of cyberspace and being formed there. Perhaps the most common form of virtual hybridization is the immersion our children experience …

Proclamation In Cross-Cultural Context: Missiological Implications Of The Book Of Daniel, Sung Ik Kim

Dissertations

This study attempts to explore the biblical foundation ofsalvific mission as revealed in God's purposes for the nations (missio Dei ) in the book of Daniel and to investigate the means that Daniel employed in his ministry as an overt missionary who was sent to witness to God's salvific purpose in the cross-cultural context of heathen kingdoms.

The main objective of this research is to validate the book of Daniel as a missionary document and show that its missiological implications are still relevant to present-day missions. Chapter 2 explores the salvific purpose of missio Dei in the book of …

A Critique Of The Urban Mission Of The Church In The Light Of An Emerging Postmodern Condition, Kleber De Oliveira Goncalves

Dissertations

The world is becoming an urban society. The urban expansion witnessed during the twentieth century and continuing into the twenty-first century is unprecedented in the history of the human civilization. Simultaneously, the Western world faces the paradigm shift from the modern era to a postmodern condition. Both movements have remarkable implications for the mission of the church in urbanized, postmodernizing societies. Shaped by the modern worldview, the church is now further ostracized by the postmodern condition.

While the literature of urban mission has grown in the past few years, very little consideration has been given to the particular issues and …

Living Waters: An Invitation To Contemplative Spirituality For The Quail Springs Church Of Christ, Wyatt E. Fenno

Doctor of Ministry Theses

This project addressed an acknowledged need for ministry action to promote and facilitate communal spiritual formation in the present and future life of the Quail Springs Church of Christ. The focus of the project was to present a model of contemplative spirituality determined to be accessible to the ministry context at Quail Springs. In addressing the problem of community fragmentation at Quail Springs, this model was offered as a means of grace to deepen faith and strengthen relationships in church life at Quail Springs. A pilot group of six women and six men served as the working group for this …

Images Of God: The Effect Of Personal Theologies On Moral Attitudes, Political Affiliation, And Religious Behavior, Christoper Bader, Paul Froese

Sociology Faculty Articles and Research

Social scientists often explain religious effects in terms of religious group affiliations. Typically, researchers identify religious groups by denomination or some broader popular categorization, such as “fundamentalist” or “evangelical.” To capture religious differences more effectively, Steensland et al. (2000) propose an intricate classification of American denominations that takes into account the theology and historical development of various American religious traditions to predict individual attitudes and behaviors. We believe that equal care and attention should be devoted to the development of key measures of belief that may cross denominational lines. In this article, we propose one such measure: personal conceptions or …

Wayne Proudfoot, Ed., William James And A Science Of Religion: Reexperiencing The Varieties Of Religious Experience, Todd Gooch

Todd Gooch

This volume is a collection of six papers presented at a colloquium sponsored by the Center for the Study of Science and Relgion at Columbia University in 2002 to commemorate the centennial of James' Varieties of Religious Experience. The collection includes contributions from two philosophers, a psychologist, a historian and two theorists of religious studies.

The Mystical Body Of Christ And Communion Ecclesiology: Historic Parallels, Edward P. Hahnenberg

Edward P Hahnenberg

Recognizing that the Church cannot be encompassed by a single and eternal ecclesiology, and that there are stages in the development of the Church's self-understanding, the author examines the history and development of two of the dominant twentieth century models : the earlier Mystical Body ecclesiologies, and the post-conciliar Communion/ Koinonia models. They contain interesting parallels, one of which is the risk of ignoring the concrete Church — the mystery manifested in history. What ecclesiological models may next rise to dominance?

“J.R.R. Tolkien As A Christian For Our Times.”, Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

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