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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"BV Practical Theology"”.
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Evangelical women negotiating faith in contemporary Scotland
This thesis explores the experience of spiritual dissonance described in the spiritual life histories of twenty one Christian women associated with the evangelical Christian community in Scotland. It describes the symptoms of constriction, paralysis and impasse which some of these women report and …
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Speaking of faith at work: towards a trinitarian hermeneutic
… hermeneutic. The thesis addresses the practical theological question: How may a Christian speak adequately and appropriately of their faith at work? This question is explored through an integration of qualitative-representational analysis and theological-evaluative critique. An …
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Can I wear Emily Culpepper’s red “Witch Shoes” to work? An exploration of thealogical ethics and their application in the graduate workplace.
This thesis proposes the potential for thealogical ethics, defining them as based in three key concepts: immanent divinity, interconnection and the web of life, and different constructions of power. These three concepts are explored through an in depth engagement with a seminal publication from …
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Towards a dialogical Theology: an exploration of inter-religious cooperation between Christianity and African Indigenous Religion among the Midzi-Chenda people of coastal Kenya
The ongoing global problems that adversely affect human society require re-dress, not only from a political perspective but also from the view of religions which are daily lived and practised by individuals and communities, seeking positive solutions for a more habitable earth. Africa, from its …
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The pursuit of quality education in Korean sunday schools, devising an appropriate model of evaluation
… the resultant model of evaluation was fit for practical use [or not] in a church setting by doing a number of case studies. Recently the church has had to face severe criticism from the wider Korean society. In order to overcome these problems, the thesis examines the purpose of Sunday school …
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The temporal collage: how British Quakers make choices about time at the beginning of the twenty first century
This thesis argues that people create their own ‘temporal collages’ in order to balance competing and conflicting demands for time. It uses British Quakers as a case study. From the mid-twentieth century to 2008 the nature of work and family life have changed considerably, and this thesis shows how …
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Walking the Rift: Alfred Robert Tucker in East Africa, idealism and imperialism, 1890 – 1911
With stereotypes of imperial complicity and idealistic fantasy firmly in place, tentative assumptions as to the motives of early missionaries often prove less than satisfactory. The need for new master narratives which move beyond the old paradigms of Western expansion and African victimization are …
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Discerning the body: a sacramental hermeneutic in literature and liturgy
… and knowledge, can never be simply abstract; theology must never forget the particular, discrete nature of human beings, the separation of creatures, the otherness that allows true plurality and mutuality. My thesis is divided in three parts, to address bodies and their stories in theory, …
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Christian belief in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers): a response to the claim that British Friends are post-Christian
In 1996 British Quaker Pink Dandelion published his PhD thesis, an extensive sociological survey of British Quakers. In his thesis Dandelion claimed that the Religious Society of Friends in Britain had become post-Christian. In response to Dandelion’s claim that Quakers are post-Christian, in 2005 …
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Mutuality and Mark: reading biblical texts with persons with poor mental health
This doctoral work examines the thesis that mutuality is an effective form of resistive and transformative postcolonial praxis. This thesis is explored through the interpretation of six texts from the Gospel of Mark, read in dialogue with groups of people who have variously experienced poor mental …
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Funding the centrally managed work of Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
This dissertation examines the proposition that the centrally managed work carried out by Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends has suffered from a decline in the income contributed by Members and Attenders. It argues that declining income is strongly linked to dwindling …
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From parson to professional: the changing ministry of the Anglican clergy in Staffordshire, 1830-1960
… far reaching implications. This study shows how practical circumstances, such as those that relate to geography and economics, although not always recognised, have an important effect upon the practice and the theology of ministry.
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Is gestalt therapy compatible with feminist theology?: a study of "practical-values"
… work is of the essence of pastoral theology, most obviously where theology and the human sciences interact. Such work carries with it a number of risks that are not always addressed or even recognised. The principal risk is that a facile attempt to forge links between disciplines may …
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Mythology for Christians: An investigation and empirical test of C.G. Jung's proposal that protestant theologians and adherents should think of God as a mythologem.
This research tests C.G. Jung’s suggestion that if protestant Christians think of God as a mythologem then it advances consciousness. There is an implied benefit of greater religious tolerance. The research methodology is to investigate the theoretical concepts involved, operationalise them, and …
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Life on Wings: the forgotten life and theology of Carrie Judd Montgomery (1858-1946)
… were two of the major foundations in her theology of healing. Further, her pneumatology reveals that she actively pursued the fullness of the Spirit, also at times referred to as “Spirit baptism,” both before and after her own 1908 tongues experience. While speaking in tongues enhanced her …
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Syncretic beliefs and practices amongst Muslims in Lagos state Nigeria; with special reference to the Yoruba speaking people of Epe
… task of promoting the effective instillation of practical Tawḥīd.
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The attitude of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe to homosexuality: towards a socio-sexological theological investigation
The issues raised by the phenomenon of homosexuality among the Shona are so complex in their nature. The widely held assumptions are that firstly, there is no place for gays and lesbian within the Shona culture and secondly, God Forbids. To justify these claims they point to prevalent …
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Publish and be blessed : a case study in early Pentecostal publishing history
This dissertation argues that a major factor in Pentecostalism's rapid world-wide growth was the emergence of a strong literary, as distinct from oral, tradition. From its earliest days the movement gave birth to a plethora of publications and publishing houses, mostly operating by faith, that …