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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Faith Traditions"”.
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Biblical Literalism And Implications For Learning
… who were raised in biblical literalist faith traditions. The researcher conducted loosely structured interviews with each participant to learn about their educational and spiritual journeys as they left the religion of their childhood in search of a more integrated approach to knowledge …
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The Stories We Tell: Narratives of Spiritual Development of Black Undergraduates
… narratives; or the declining significance of faith traditions and institutions. Yet, when a framework that dismisses the role of religion and spirituality is utilized for interpreting and making sense of young adults' spirituality, interesting, revitalizing, and innovative ways in which young …
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Trilectic of Testimony: A Phenomenological Construal of the Eucharist as Manifestation-Proclamation-Attestation
… Representative of each of these three faith traditions, the following prominent thinkers are placed in dialectical confrontation: Jean-Luc Marion (Catholic, manifestation), Paul Ricoeur (Protestant, proclamation/attestation) and Emmanuel Levinas (Jewish, proclamation/attestation). …
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Pax Ecclesia: Globalization and Catholic Literary Modernism
… modernity by writing in light of particular faith traditions, especially the aesthetic strategies and thematic concerns that characterize the Catholic literary tradition. This project examines three authors who identify with this tradition but repurpose it for literary visions of the global …
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Psycho-spiritual counselling to enhance resiliency as transformative education: An auto/ethnographic inquiry of the interface between spirituality and positive psychology
… apply to psychospiritual counsellors of other faith traditions and their understanding of spirituality as transformative learning that improves resiliency. Lastly, I examined how this research impacted not only my understanding of transformative learning but how it has transformed me.
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The experience of students who identify as Jewish and Greek : influences on spiritual development
… specifically focusing on students of Jewish faith in primarily Christian based Greek letter organizations. The students interviewed show a richness of experiences and information finding that Jewish students (1) identification as spiritually or culturally Jewish defines college experiences, …
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Giving alone: towards an understanding of the practices and motivations of American Evangelical Millennial philanthropy
… reflection, especially within a broader set of faith traditions. Local congregations and faith-based non-profits will benefit from a richer understanding and connection to Evangelical Millennials, thereby increasing the level of stewardship and informed generosity, potentially making a global …
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Counselling Psychologists’ experience of working with religious clients, what has helped and/or hindered their work, and what might benefit it: an exploration in the context of the historical relationship between religious faith and psychotherapy
… relationship between psychotherapy and religious faith, were explored using Narrative Inquiry as the research methodology. The participants were nine qualified and practicing Counselling Psychologists of different ages and genders, from different cultural backgrounds, holding a range of different …
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Tea, gammon, and coke : the eucharistic imaginary of T.S. Eliot and Denise Levertov.
… the language and liturgy of their sacramental faith traditions. From Eliot's Waste Land to his Four Quartets, Levertov's Vietnam war poetry to her religious lyrics, acts of ritualized and eucharistic eating allow these poets to engage with everyday acts of consumption as signs of injustice or …
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TOWARDS A UNIVERSAL DEFINITION AND MEASURE OF SPIRITUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE
… samples and participants from three major world faith traditions (both eastern and western). The three factor model for spirituality derived in Study A (n=159) is corroborated by a separate sample of participants in Study B (n=181). The USS shows high levels of internal consistency reliability (α …
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An Exploration of Religious Practice as a Valued Occupation
… our everyday lives. Some have a deeply held faith while others engage infrequently in rites of passage such as marriage or funerals, but religion is a common worldwide phenomenon. Globally, millions of people engage in religious practice or religious ‘doing’ daily, but occupational science …
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Why should wild nature be preserved? A dialogue between biblical theology and biodiversity conservation.
… with secular conservationists and those of other faith traditions. It recognises both humanity’s total dependence on thriving ecosystems and the particular role humans play in nature’s protection. The language of virtue ethics is posited as being particularly valuable in this regard. It is hoped …
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Creative Caprice: Intrinsic Interest; States of Consciousness; Emotion & Practice-led Phenomenological Inquiry
… derives from the culture I was raised in and my faith traditions. An awareness of the dynamic between cultural shaping of personal identity and the impact of past trauma is key to the potential transfer of the methodology to others. My developing understanding of my practice drew on commentary on …
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The Holy Ghost Beyond the Church Walls: Latino Pentecostalism(s), Congregations, and Civic Engagement
… And how does this compare to other religious traditions, specifically Latino Catholicism, Evangelicalism, and Mainline Protestantism? The dissertation argues that Latino Pentecostal congregations, depending on a variety of reasons such as demographics, and pastor's education, can either be …
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The socialization of African American women as faculty members in religiously-affiliated universities
… universities is embryonic. Studying faith-based colleges as a synonymous group is a complex process because of different institutional types (e.g., 2-year, 4-year, and seminary); divergent missions; church affiliations (e.g., Lutheran, Baptist, and Roman Catholic) and Carnegie …
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Reconciliation of Religious Beliefs and Minority Sexual Orientation
… beliefs and their sexual orientation. Christian faith traditions have commonly rejected minority sexual orientations as sinful, while modem social science has identified these sexual orientations as a normal part of the variety of human experience. This study consists of structured interviews …
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A Delphi Study of the Biblical/Doctrinal Knowledge That Ministers of Christian Churches/Churches of Christ Consider Essential for Spiritual Development
… Replication studies can focus on various faith traditions and faculty in the areas of theology, biblical studies, and practical ministry. Validation studies can be used to determine whether or not a correlation exists between spiritual growth and knowledge of items identified in this study …
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Factors Associated with Pastoral Preaching on Financially-Related Topics Within the Missionary Church
… Church was selected because its five theological traditions (Anabaptism, pietism, Wesleyan-holiness movement, Keswickian-holiness movement, and evangelicalism) value personal faith commitment including stewardship. This promised to provide insight into the factors that influence pastoral preaching …