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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Christian Perspective"”.
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The False Self and True Self: A Christian Perspective
… first chapter, is to synthesize insights from Christianity and secular psychology in order to answer four questions: (1) Why do people reflect upon themselves? (2) Why do they understand themselves wrongly (i.e., constructing a false self)? (3) What does true self-understanding entail? (4) What …
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A Christian perspective of the world of spirits : a trans-ethnic examination
… is acknowledged by many world religions such as Christianity, Hinduism and African Traditional Religion. Of particular interest to religionists is the personal and corporate response to such a world. A proper understanding and relationship to the spirit world helps religionists to better regulate …
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Toward a Holistic Interdisciplinary Model of Human Being: a Hebraic-Christian Perspective of the Human Observer and its Beneficial Impact on the Theology-and-Science Dialogue, Society, and the Environment
… to discover a philosophical ground in a Hebraic-Christian concept of human being for building fruitful theology-and-science dialogue that is sensitive to the physical (natural sciences), moral (philosophy and social sciences), and spiritual (theology) attributes of human being.</p> <p>Method</p> …
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Equipping Married Couples to Assist with Premarital Counseling at First Chinese Baptist Church in Walnut, California
… of the benefits of mentoring from a secular and Christian perspective. Chapter 4 documents the ministry project implementation, which involved teaching a fourteen session Sunday school class. Chapter 5 evaluates the ministry projects from a personal, theological, and practical perspective. It …
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Buying Local: An Inquiry Into the Ethical Dimensions of Place in Consumer Decisions
… thesis assesses the Buy Local Movement from a Christian perspective and argues that supporting a global market through personal buying choices has a greater potential to promote human flourishing for image bearers across the globe than restricting one’s buying completely to local sources. In …
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Montessori Goes to Seminary: Establishing a Framework for Redemptive Formation in Theological Higher Education
… from Scripture, based on a historic, orthodox Christian perspective. Chapter 5 concludes by considering the advantages and disadvantages of this proposed framework.
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Celibacy and individuation : a Jungian perspective
… heal thy with specific reference to Christianity? Jungian theory is utilized to develop a theoretical framework in which celibacy may be viewed. The meaning of celibacy is initially examined from a Christian perspective as a form of love and contrasted with celibacy's meaning and …
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Spirituality in the African National Congress struggle for liberation in South Africa : 1912-1996
… When the history is read and synthesized from a Christian perspective it relates well to the biblical story about the liberation of the Israelites from the Egyptian bondage. The main source of information has been both primary and secondary documents. Content analysis as a research method has …
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The Tripartite Impact of Pornography Consumption in the Local Church: Brain, Body, and Balance of Life
… over a normal balanced life. Chapter 5 offers a Christian perspective on how pornography can be overcome, and the individual restored to a healthy life of community and recovery. Chapter 6 concludes the project by summarizing the work as a whole. While many projects have addressed the destructive …
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Towards formative interpretation: a theological hermeneutical proposal
… ask whether these are hospitable or hostile to Christian formation. Our findings show the negative effects of pluralism and secularisation that dominate in the field of hermeneutics. Our work then focuses on the development of a theological hermeneutics, within which formative interpretation …
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The Gospel According to Carey: Christian Hermeneutics in Bliss and Oscar and Lucinda
In this thesis, I argue for the re-integration of Christian theoretical perspective in a field—-literary studies—-that has increasingly marginalized Christian perspective since the theoretical boom beginning with the New Critics. I also attempt to take the defining of Christian literary theory one …
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The Gospel According to Carey: Christian Hermeneutics in Bliss and Oscar and Lucinda
In this thesis, I argue for the re-integration of Christian theoretical perspective in a field—-literary studies—-that has increasingly marginalized Christian perspective since the theoretical boom beginning with the New Critics. I also attempt to take the defining of Christian literary theory one …
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Techno-Salvation: Developing a Christian Hermeneutic of Enhancement Technology
… human beings has profound implications for Christian faith and practices. At the same time, there is no reason to think that the utilization of technological enhancements will not happen. As such, to best meet the challenge, it is unavoidable for Christians to engage transhumanism and …
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Looking at Illegal Immigration in the United States through the Lenses of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
… this issue from a state, church, and individual Christian perspective. Chapter 1 begins with an introduction to the paper as well as a case for the validity of nations and laws. It also provides a background on U.S. immigration, and the current issues relating to U.S. illegal immigration. Chapter …
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Honourable subordination: reading 1 Peter in the light of contemporary Graeco-Roman texts
Our study interprets 1 Peter from an honour/shame perspective, focusing on the theme of ‘honourable subordination.’ The author and recipients of the epistle were part of the first-century Graeco-Roman world where the honour/shame dynamic was pivotal. The strategy of 1 Peter regarding Christian …
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Karl Barth's social philosophy 1918-1933
… on his insistence on a proper foundation for Christian social ethics. The thesis argues that Barth's work is a theological ethic, because his social philosophy gives a method for asking appropriate questions and creates a way of considering these questions from a Christian perspective.
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Understanding Music’s Theological Significance: A Kantian Approach
… theories of knowledge. Considered within a Christian perspective, this common sense forms the basis for a grammatical understanding of beauty, in which beauty represents the distance between our awareness of divine providence and our limited knowledge of God’s purposes.
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Reading Ezra 9-10 as Christian Scripture
This dissertation examines Christian attitudes to the Law through the story of Ezra 9-10 and its Torah interpretation, in dialogue with Jewish exegetical tradition, and offers a framework for reading this difficult text from a Christian perspective. The first part of the dissertation juxtaposes …
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A Theological Analysis of the Educational Method of Maria Montessori Using an Inverse Consistency Protocol
… methods, little research has been conducted by Christians especially in relation to the driving force of her approach: the intrinsic spirituality of children. Through the consideration of Montessori’s primary source writings, the aim of this thesis is to summarize this often-neglected component …
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