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Showing 1 to 20 of 93 for “"Christian church"”.
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Querying the Church: Christian Church Leaders' Perspectives on Homosexuality
This thesis explores the perspectives of Christian church leaders on homosexuality. Sexual orientation, specifically homosexuality, is a highly controversial issue in Christianity. The denominations within Christianity maintain a variety of views which range from outright condemnation to complete …
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An Historical Study of the Tithe in the Christian Church to 1648
Th. D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1948
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Rearticulating religious rhetoric: Literate activity and semiotic remediation in a progressive Christian church
… based study of a progressive Protestant church, Rearticulating Religious Rhetoric: Literate Activity and Semiotic Remediation in a Progressive Christian Church pushes back against the field’s common conception of religious rhetoric, a conception narrowly focused on the genre of the sermon …
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THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD (RCCG), NIGERIA. LOCAL IDENTITIES AND GLOBAL PROCESSES IN AFRICAN PENTECOSTALISM
… documents the history and growth of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). The RCCG is a pentecostal church in Nigeria, established in 1952, but was little known until the 1990s when it came into national prominence. It was founded by Josiah Akindayomi who was converted form Yoruba religion …
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Pentecostalism, Politics, and Development in Nigeria: Understanding Investment in Nigerian Development in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG)
… in 1952 by Josiah Akindayomi, the Redeemed Christian Church of God has quickly grown into Nigeria's most popular, richest, and most politically powerful indigenous Pentecostal church. Enoch Adeboye took over the church's leadership in 1981 following the death of Akindayomi, and is largely …
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The role of the Christian church in South African society : with scriptural focus on the care of widows and orphans
… Themes", by Robert M. Brown. His view of Christian ministry differs fundamentally from the documented ministry of the early Church, described by Luke in the Acts of the Apostles. A comparative analysis is presented in this dissertation. A brief review is made of the Christian Church in …
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The significance of supportive structure in improving student achievement in knowledge of the history of the Christian church in a Kenyan Bible college.
… demonstrate greater achievement in knowledge of Christian Church history as compared to Kenyan Bible college students who receive instruction using a traditional (minimally structured) non-mastery learning model. The subjects were 17 second-year Kenyan Bible college students enrolled in a course …
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Biblical Sources in the Development of the Concept of the Soul in the Writings of the Fathers of the Early Christian church, 100-325 C.E.
… of the ancients on this topic. The early Church Fathers played an important role in mediating the thoughts of the ancients to more recent times. Because of this role, it is important to understand what function the Scriptures had as a source of authority in this process.</p> <p>In light of …
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Paul's Earliest Statement Concerning the Christian Church: a Review and Evaluation of Research Into Paul's Association of the Term ἐκκλησία to ἐν Χριστῷ in 1 Thessalonians
… of Paul's earliest statement concerning the Christian Church as expressed in the context of 1 Thessalonians. This understanding is gained through a review and evaluation of research into Paul's association of the term ἐκκλησία to the ἐν Χριστῷ motif in the context of 1 Thessalonians.</p> …
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Space, place and the communicative (re)production of Christian practices.
… and materialism in organizing the practices of Christian church members. Using the combined lenses of the Montreal School Model of CCO (Putnam & Nicotera, 2008) and semiotic analysis (Sebeok, 2001) this study examines how the meaning and interpretation of architecture and artifacts of a sacred …
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A tectonics approach to architecture : a new church building for Buffalo
… the experience. The challenge here is that the Christian Church comes into being wherever the people gather, so, the architectural task is to make an architecture that will heighten the congregation' s experience without the architecture coming to seem itself as the "carrier" of the tenets of …
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Beyond Dialogue: Avenues Toward Christian Unity
… agreement that work towards the unity of the Christian Church has come to a standstill. The ecclesiologies of Walter Kasper, Joseph Ratzinger, and Richard McBrien contribute to reinvigorating the ecumenical movement. Specifically, the place of ecumenical dialogue and an "ecumenism of life" …
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The Ascension of Jesus Christ: A Critical and Exegetical Study of the Ascension in Luke-Acts and in the Jewish and Christian Contexts
… both the Jewish rapture traditions and the early Christian reception and interpretation of the Lukan accounts. In my research, I tried to explain how the Ascension event was shaped by Luke and the impact it had within the Christian Church of the first centuries. The first chapter tackles the …
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Whirlybirds and Ordinary Times: Reflections on Faith and the Changing of Seasons
… personal essays organized around the liturgical Christian church seasons. The form is one that wanders, that claims no particularly special knowledge or authority--its grounding is in personal experience, and it seeks to make sense of things by asking questions and by telling stories. This …
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Narratives about God and Gender: Women's experiences
… constitute women's narratives in a conservative Christian church context. Complexities often occur around self-perception, religious beliefs, choices and change, in regard to gender relations. A review of literature indicated that social constructions about gender influence the way individuals …
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