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Showing 1 to 20 of 332 for “"Denominations"”.
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Attitudes Concerning Euthanasia Among Protestant Denominations
… differences in attitudes among Protestant denominations concerning euthanasia. Variations in attitudes were viewed using social theories of religion by Emile Dukheim, Max Weber, Charles Glock, and Rodney Stark. These theories were used to establish a basis for variation among the Protestant …
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A case study: Sex education in mainline Protestant denominations
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Attitudes and Beliefs of Christian Denominations Toward Mental Health
… toward mental health services in the varying denominations of Christian churches. Specifically, the objective of this study was to identify the effects of Christian denomination on attitudes toward seeking mental health treatment and to identify whether there are racial and age differences …
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Predictors of Divorce Adjustment Among Members of Three Conservative Protestant Denominations
… members of predominately conservative Protestant denominations and how well these Christians adjust to divorce.</p> <p>Method. The population for this research project was composed of all currently divorced men and women residing in the United States of America who are members of The Lutheran …
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Cash management in the religious non-profit sector: a survey of three manor denominations' practices
… significant sophistication differences between denominations indicate that while there are no inherent subsector structural barriers to cash management implementation, implementation is related to other factors including the type of accounting system used and the size of the organization’s …
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A New Promised Land? Denominations, Local Congregations, Camp Meetings, and the Creation of Community in Early Kentucky, c.1780-1830
… examines the importance Kentucky's religious denominations played in the development and transformation of early Kentucky (1770's to 1830). This thesis will show that though federal and regional governments may have created the laws that established newly opened territories, it was often the …
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A Comparative Study of the Sabbath Theologies of A.H. Lewis and J.N. Andrews
… differences in the Sabbath theologies of the denominations are distinguishable. However, literature that substantiates the nature of the differences in theology has not been researched and compared. The purpose of this study was primarily to investigate and compare differences in the theology …
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The move to independence from Anglican leadership: an examination of the relationship between Alexander Alfred Boddy and the early leaders of the British Pentecostal denominations (1907-1930)
… of formation of the three major Pentecostal denominations, namely, the Apostolic Faith Church, the Assemblies of God and the Elim Church. Although there were not many Anglican participants in British Pentecostalism and most Pentecostals came from Nonconformist backgrounds, Boddy dominated the …
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A Descriptive Analysis of Evangelical Seminaries in Canada Based on and Comparing the Views of their Presidents and Deans and of the Canadian Leaders of Evangelical Denominations
… enroll more students than those of mainline denominations, yet they lack recognition and acceptance. This problem may be due to insufficient information, inaccurate understanding of evangelicals, or the fact that most of them were founded since 1970. No study has attempted to describe them or …
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An investigative study of the influence of religion on help seeking behaviors in the field of mental health
… from three different churches of Christian denominations who anonymously completed questionnaires regarding their religiosity and their attitude toward seeking help from a mental health professional. Analysis of the data found that subjects who belonged to liberal denominations of …
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The Development of the Concept of Salvation in Lutheran and Seventh-Day Adventist Parochial, Secondary-School Students
… adolescents. This was the first study to compare denominations using the Salvation Concept Interview (SCI).</p> <p><em>Method</em>. This study was descriptive and comparative. The SCI was used to interview 16 Lutherans and 21 SDAs ages 15 to 18. Subjects also completed a religious activities …
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Anti-Slavery and Church Schism among Protestants in Antebellum Central Kentucky
… as well as publications of churches and denominations. Throughout the antebellum years, churches and denominations in the United States fractured over disagreements on slavery and theology. Pastors, such as James Pendleton and Peter Cartwright, endeavored to keep Christianity vibrant and …
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Methodist Union in Whitby : a study of the impact of organizational, social and cultural factors on Methodist Union in Whitby and District, 1918-1953
… former Wesleyan, Primitive and United Methodist denominations. It was led from the apex of each denomination by their Conferences and promised a renewal of evangelism, a better use of personnel and property and the setting of an ecumenical example to other Churches. However, it was at the level …
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Reverse Mission: African Christians in Cambridge London and Lagos
… leaders in two Nigerian-origin Pentecostal denominations, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM). The area of interest in reverse mission lies beyond engaging with the methodologically-flawed concept of a defeat of secularisation …
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Strengthening Multiethnic Fellowship at Christ Baptist Church in Polokwane, South Africa
… in South Africa with a special focus on two denominations—the Dutch Reformed Church and the Baptist Union of Southern Africa. The history highlights the impact of succumbing to political ideology clothed with misinterpreted Bible passages and the resulting cost of segregation in the church. …
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Incompatible: The Construction of the Homosexual Subject in American Mainline Protestantism
<p>Many American mainline Protestant denominations discriminate against gays and lesbians or have discriminated against them in recent history by denying ordination to "self-avowed practicing homosexuals." This dissertation analyzes such ordination policies and their enforcement in ecclesial courts …
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Prayers from the wreck : shipwreck narratives and imagined spiritual communities in nineteenth-century Britain.
… I examine how authors from various Christian denominations across the long nineteenth century narrate shipwrecks within the structures of denominationally-inflected religious forms. This dissertation surveys a broad array of genres in long nineteenth-century literature, from periodicals, to …
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Soul power: the Black church and the Black Power Movement in Cairo, Illinois, 1969-74
… leveraging much needed resources from mainline denominations and ecumenical organizations operating at the state and national level. As support for traditional civil rights organizations waned and faith in the War on Poverty dwindled, this dissertation shows that churches became a significant, …
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The renewal of reformed worship through retrieving the tradition and ecumenical openness
… exodus of many young people out of many church denominations, but particularly in the Reformed tradition.
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