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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Christian literature"”.
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Christian Literature and Social Justice: A Literary Analysis
… to social justice is frequently attributed to Christian morality (Haidt & Graham, 2007). The purpose of this study is to examine the role of Christian literature in the development of social justice epistemologies among teachers. The study, utilizing both Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and …
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Sinful, Sexual and Sometimes Smelly: Representations of Ethiopians, Women, and Ethiopian Women in Early Acetic Christian Literature
… examines English translations of early ascetic Christian literature and supplemental secondary sources in order to support four assertions. First, early ascetic Christians defined themselves by renunciation of sin in general and by celibacy in particular. Second, in literature by and about the …
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The cosmic challenger : what American evangelicals think about Islam and why
… do twenty-first century American evangelical Christians think about Islam and why do they think that way?" The dominant perception of these Christians is that Islam is a cosmic challenger to Christianity. In other words, Islam and Christianity are in an existential competition to win souls. …
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A quest for historical traditions of the Apostle Paul in Nonpauline sources
… is to turn to sources not written by Paul. In Christian literature of the first and second centuries, Paul features prominently as the champion of various Pauline Schools. Scholars have previously ignored this literature for reconstructing historical traditions about Paul. Yet it contains …
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The theology of The Dream of The Rood
… is acclaimed as one of the finest renderings in Christian literature. The purpose of this paper is to examine the work within the context of the pagan concepts of the cult of the cross and tree veneration to prove that the work accurately reflects the theology and doctrne of the period and …
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The Jewish and Christian influences in the eschatological imagery of Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim
This study investigates the Jewish and Christian influences in the eschatological imagery of one of Islam's major sources of tradition literature, the compendium known as Al-Jami' al-Sahid h or Sahid h Muslim. The focus will be on five main areas: the intermediate state between death and …
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Husbands scorned and fathers ignored : a social analysis of the Acts of Thomas
… of Thomas is an invaluable artifact of early Christian literature because it details the struggles that Christian communities had with local authorities once Christianity had transitioned from a superstition to a religion. The text displayed a considerable amount of fluidity, being adapted by …
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Spirits and the Proclamation of Christ: 1 Peter 3:18-22 in Its Tradition-Historical and Literary Context
… are found throughout much of early Jewish and Christian literature. This thesis traces the major developments of the fallen angel, giant, evil spirit, and human sin and punishment traditions throughout 1 Enoch, Jubilees, Dead Sea Scroll material, and other relevant works that may have played a …
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The Lived Experiences of Evangelical Christian Men Who Self-Identify as Sexual Addicts
… community are evidenced by its self-help literature, men's movements, and sex manuals. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the lived experiences of evangelical Christian men who self-identify as sexual addicts. This qualitative method was existential-phenomenological and …
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Home schooling in view of John Calvin : a study in education and communion of saints /
… the nature of the community, the study takes a Christian epistemological and axiological stance. Its premise is that the integrity of the commvmity is more important than the manner in which its children are taught. The study reviews relevant literature and several interviews. It considers both …
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La battaglia interiore. Prova di commento alla Psychomachia di Prudenzio""
… the first allegorical epic poem of the western literature, it explains the research methods which have been used and it sums up the results of the study. The method of the commentary tries to take into account the complexity of the object and the multiplicity of the secondary sources. Each …
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Protestants and the public sphere in Brazil, c.1870 - c.1930
This dissertation examines the circulation of Christian print and the making of Protestant thought in Brazil in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It investigates one of the central methods of Protestant evangelisation deployed in the country: the production and diffusion of evangelical …
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An Exploration of Religious Practice as a Valued Occupation
… a reflexive awareness of my own experiences as a Christian. And I take an occupational science perspective to explore religious ‘doing’. This is achieved by the use of a facet orientation to construct three studies which explore different aspects of religious practice. A systematic scoping review …
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Citizenship and social status in the western Mediterranean from the later Roman Empire to the early Middle Ages : the case of Spain
… source of social privilege, from Roman-pagan to Christian society; second, the relationship between citizenship and social status in early medieval society. Dealing with the latter point I concentrate on the legal distinction between upper and lower classes in early medieval Spain. I argue that, …
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Katapausis and Sabbatismos in Hebrews 4
… katapausis in the Septuagint, sabbatismos in Christian and non-Christian literature, and episynagōgē in the patristic literature. The dissertation is both exegetical and theological in nature.</p> <p>Results. Chapter 1 deals with the introduction of the topic, stating the problem of no …
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Wages of Righteousness: The Economy of Heaven in the Gospel According to Matthew
… of similar language in other early Jewish and Christian literature. I then go on to examine the import of this language for the narrative as a whole, arguing that some of the Gospel's central claims about Jesus emerge from this conceptual matrix. To be more specific, the narrative provides a …
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The Apocalyptic "Son of Man" in Daniel 7
… the interpretations of the SM in Jewish and Christian literature since the beginning of the second century of our era and noted that with the exception of the seventeenth century study by Carpzov, discussion of the Danielic figure was limited to passing comments. Throughout this period the SM …
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