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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Christian worldview"”.
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Preaching a Christian worldview in a post-Christian culture
abstract Preaching a christian worldview in a post-christian culture Robert Craig Thompson, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Chair: Dr. Timothy K. Beougher This dissertation examines worldview preaching in a post-Christian culture. Chapter 1 introduces the concept of worldview …
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Teaching for transformation : engaging a Christian worldview in teacher education courses to address K-12 social issues.
How faculty at Christian universities encourage teacher candidates to draw on a Christian worldview ultimately influences the ways teacher candidates become effective agents of change in K-12 schools. This study examined the assumption that K-12 Christian teachers cannot remain religiously neutral …
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All of Christ for All of Life: Discipling Believers in the Christian Worldview at Riverview Baptist Church in West Saint Paul, Minnesota
… of this project was to disciple believers in the Christian worldview by teaching the foundational beliefs of Christianity and then applying the Christian worldview to the major areas of life. Chapter 1 lays out the project’s context, rationale, purpose, goals, research methodology, definitions, …
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From pastoral care to professional counselling: the development of higher education counselling training underpinned by a Christian worldview and in dialogue with Christian faith/religion/spirituality
… counselling training which is underpinned by a Christian worldview and facilitates a dialogue between Christian faith/religion/spirituality and psychological/psychotherapeutic theories in the context of counselling practice. As I reflect on the Public Works, a number of further themes are …
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An Argument from Sublime Literature: How Language, Beauty, and Literature Point Toward the Existence of God
… of mankind’s great literature. Conversely, the Christian worldview and biblical theology offer a far more satisfying and coherent answer by providing a foundation for the creation of sublime literature precisely where Darwinism falls apart. The argument unfolds in two stages. The first provides …
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Perceptions of the rationale for the establishment of Christian alternative schools in Korea
… reasons of establishment and continual growth of Christian alternative schools in South Korea. The reasons were examined in two dimensions: administrators and parents. That is, the researcher was to find out the purposes of the schools the administrators present and the reasons the parents cite …
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An analysis of the integration of faith and learning in evangelical secondary schools
… question remains, "Are these schools practicing Christian education through faith-learning integration?" Chapter 2 suggested through the precedent literature review that Christian education has been a vital part of learning throughout history. The development of educational legislation and …
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A Study of Perceived Actual Versus Expected Roles of Presidents of Seventh-day Adventist Senior Colleges and Universities in Eleven World Administrative Divisions
… on presidents’ expected roles were: Focus on SDA Christian worldview; adhere to institution’s educational philosophy; represent institution to churches; manifest Christ-like character; prepare agendas for board meetings; assist in fund-raising activities; be responsible for institution’s strategic …
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Whispers of Hope: Urban Christ-Centered Education
… to identify how Freedom Academy integrated a Christian worldview, used the ethic of care, and implemented culturally relevant pedagogy into the curriculum. By combining these characteristics, Freedom Academy demonstrated their commitment to the spiritual and academic growth of their students …
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Bridging the Gap from Sunday to Monday: Developing Common Ground Between Faith and Work
Christians have a biblical mandate to infuse their faith into every aspect of their lives. However, a spiritual gap exists for many Christians between their life of faith and their life at work. This gap can be addressed by evaluating the doctrine of vocation towards a deeper understanding, …
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The world in His hands: a Christian account of scientific law and its antithetical competitors
This dissertation examines the Christian doctrine of divine providence and its implications for the laws of nature and problem of induction before contrasting secular and Islamic approaches to these same topics. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of a Christian account of scientific law by citing …
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Robert Hugh Benson and the Catholic Literary Revival in Edwardian England
… presenting history as art, Benson presented his Christian worldview in a palatable form. Benson also had a complex relationship with 1890's Aestheticism. Though he wrote a novel denouncing its tenets, Benson seemed attracted by it. While many of his own views on art contradicted Aestheticism, he …
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Teaching Worldview Apologetics to Increase Evangelistic Confidence at Piperton Baptist Church, Collierville, Tennessee
… of this project is to train church members in worldview apologetics in order to increase evangelistic confidence. Chapter 1 presents the purpose, goals, context, rationale, definitions, limitations, and research methodology of the project. Chapter 2 provides biblical and theological support for …
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I Was Looking for God: A Study of Wehrmacht Personnel and their Personal Relationships with Religion
… a society that was not at all unfamiliar with Christianity, some within the Wehrmacht related to Christianity in some form and attempted to use it to either justify actions or make sense of the world around them.</p> <p>While considerable scholarship exists on the Nazi Party’s relationship to …
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A Grounded-Theory Study of the Teaching Methods of Jesus : An Emergent Instructional Mode
… a defined model of teaching based on the Christian worldview is harder to find. This is strange, given the fact that the person who, by definition, stands as close to the Christian worldview as one can possibly get, Jesus Christ has the reputation of being one of the greatest teachers …
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Die skrifbeskouing van die vroeë kerkvaders uit Afrika (veral Tertullianus en Augustinus) en hulle relevansie vir Suidelike-Afrika (Afrikaans)
… “isms.” The pluralism, post-modernism and post-Christian society of the 21st century, brings its own challenges. Words mean nothing and truth is relative. There are, however, unique resemblances with the pluralism, pre-modern and pre-Christian society of the patristic. From a …
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God and Nature: Retrieving Herman Bavinck's Approach to Natural Theology
This dissertation offers a constructive and Christian theological account of the project of natural theology, especially by putting Herman Bavinck in dialogue with contemporary alternatives today. In its methodology, the study aims to further the recent trend in Bavinck studies of moving beyond the …
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The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics: An assessment of its fitness for use in Christian theology and apologetics
… interpretation of quantum physics for use in Christian theological and apologetic endeavors. Chapter 1 introduces basic issues in quantum physics in non-technical language and defines the basic position of the Copenhagen interpretation. Chapter 2 gives a thorough account of the core …
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The Utilization of a Theology of Human Embodiment to Address Body Image
Despite the reality that spiritual aspects of the Christian faith are lived through the physical body, Christians historically neglected the body and elevated the soul. Old Testament believers valued body and soul, while New Testament believers fell prey to philosophical teachings that denigrated …
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Evangelical worldview analysis: A critical assessment and proposal
… assesses two prominent evangelical models of worldview analysis and, in light of the findings, offers a constructive proposal. Chapter 1 describes evangelicalism's implementation of the worldview concept. It argues that apologetics must be carried out on the worldview level. Hence, there is a …
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