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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Adventism"”.
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A Century of Adventism in Wales 1885-1985 A History of Seventh-day Adventism in Wales and the Border Counties
… is the first detailed study of Adventism in Wales.<br/>
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Seventh-day Adventism and Apocalyptic Political Dissent, 1898-1919
… American-born apocalyptic movement: Seventh-day Adventism. Invoking biblical apocalypticism to foreground their anti-imperialism, Adventists developed a theological framework to interpret the ethics of US foreign policy. They rendered the book of Revelation’s symbol of a “lamblike” beast that …
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Seventh-day Adventism and the sanctuary doctrine : deconstructing Adventist identity via a soteriology of hospitality
The purpose of this dissertation is to upset exclusive and sectarian tendencies in the Seventh-day Adventist Church via an application of Jacques Derrida's notion of hospitality to Adventist soteriology.
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Jacques Derrida, the sacred other and Seventh-day Adventism stumbling on the creative play of différance in Genesis 1
This thesis searches for that which is sacred to Jacques Derrida and ultimately concludes that if anything is sacred to him it is the other. This concern for the sacred is an attempt to ascertain Derrida’s relevance and value for religious traditions. Derrida’s ideas serve to destabilise (sacred) …
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The Colton Celebration Congregation: a Case Study in American Adventist Worship Renewal 1986-1991
… to church life and worship within White Anglo Adventism. The celebration experience has ventured into breaking up some old Adventist expectations through its congregational trend; its emphasis on love, acceptance, and forgiveness; its different church organization and more holistic worship; and …
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The person of Christ in the Seventh–day Adventism: doctrine–building and E. J. Wagonner’s potential in developing christological dialogue with eastern Christianity
… Titled, “The Person of Christ in the Seventh–day Adventism: Doctrine–Building and E. J. Wagonner’s Potential in Developing Christological Dialogue with Eastern Christianity,” this thesis presents the historical context and the essence of the debates in which the Seventh–day Adventists adopted the …
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Church, Sect, and Government Control, a History of Seventh-Day Adventists in Austria, 1890-1975
<p>Seventh-day Adventism, a young American-based denomination, encountered strenuous opposition when it first reached Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. This was especially true in Austria, where traditional allegiance to Roman Catholicism, linked with a strong emphasis on …
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The impact of African Caribbean settlers on the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Britain 1952-2001
… that African Caribbean immigrants found British Adventism when they arrived in the early 195Os. The research process incorporated several methods: historical documents, and interviews in the Caribbean, the USA and Britain. A survey administered to eight congregations in Britain was also used to …
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The Historical Background, Interconnected Development and Integration of the Doctrines of the Sanctuary, the Sabbath, and Ellen G. White's Role in Sabbatarian Adventism from 1844 to 1849
… progression of Bridegroom (or Shut Door) Adventism and Sabbatarian Adventism from October 1844 to July 1849. In order to accomplish the primary purpose of this dissertation it was necessary to chronologically reconstruct and analyze the interconnected historical development of the selected …
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The Origin, Development, and History of the Norwegian Seventh-day Adventist Church from the 1840s to 1889
… of the Adventist movement in that country. Thus Adventism in Norway was a direct outgrowth of Norwegian Pietism. Adventism was essentially pietistic in its emphasis on the Bible only as the rule of faith, and its insistence that biblical doctrine must be not only believed, but practiced in the …
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Seventh-day Adventists and Original Sin: a Study of the Early Development of the Seventh-day Adventist Understanding of the Effect of Adam's Sin on His Posterity
… study to examine the theological roots of Adventism to determine the reasons for and the content of its treatment of the doctrine.</p> <p>Method. Since Biblical and historical perspectives are indispensable to the critical process of theology, a brief developmental survey was done to reveal …
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Liturgy and Ritual as Religious Education: Implications for the Seventh-day Adventist Church
… of the prevailing prejudice against liturgy in Adventism and noted the relationship between ritual and culture within the church.</p> <p>Method. This research is a philosophical study in which documentary research has been included to support the line of argument pursued.</p> <p>Findings. …
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The Background, Formation, Development, and Presentation of Ellen White's Concept of Forgiveness From Her Childhood to 1864
… day of the week as the Sabbath. Methodism, Adventism, and Sabbatarianism (to a lesser extent) appear to have been the primary conceptual factors which influenced her early views concerning the need for forgiveness, the availability of forgiveness, the functions of Christ in forgiveness, the …
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Reactions to the Seventh-day Adventist Evangelical Conferences and Questions on Doctrine 1955-1971
… Schuyler English, and Frank Mead, who accepted Adventism as an evangelical church. The rest of the evangelical world belonged to the second group and continued to regard Adventism as a cult. The third group was led by those General Conference leaders who participated in the Adventist-evangelical …
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James White and the Development of Seventh-day Adventist Organization, 1844-1881
… of 1844 the unique features of Sabbatarian Adventism emerged--in particular, the seventh-day Sabbath and the ministry of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary--and were consolidated among scattered groups of believers by the end of1848.</p> <p>This study describes the development of Seventh-day …
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Worship : Hope for the Waiting Community
… too long in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Adventism in North America has lost much of its zeal for and emphasis on the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. A renewed awareness of corporate worship's importance would help Adventists more fully understand their unique role in Christiandom. …
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The Political Character of Adventist Rhetoric Until the End of the Civil War
… employed will be familiar to historians of Adventism--and to many non-historians as well. The novelty of this study is the manner in which it relates these sources to a wider intellectual and social context, of which few who will read this paper will have been aware. For the recovery of this …
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The Doctrine of the Sanctuary in the Seventh-day Adventist Church: Three Approaches
… of the strategic place each figure occupied in Adventism, historically and theologically. The study attempts not only to describe the sanctuary theology of the three figures, but also to provide interpretation and evaluation informed by the particular theological outlook of the respective …
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Intrinsic-Extrinsic Religious Motivation and Patterns of the Self-concept : an Analysis of Selected Single Young Adults of the North Caribbean Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
… graduates; respondents who were nurtured in Adventism and those who were converted to Adventism from other religious faiths.</p>
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Conversion and Culture Change in a Highland Maya Community
… areas.</p> <p>Since conversion of individuals to Adventism results in culture change for these individuals in the area of world view, i.t should also have ramifications in other areas of the culture as well. The purpose of this research was to discover just what these culture changes were, and …
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