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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"History of Christianity"”.
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A Garden Locked, A Fountain Sealed: Female Virginity as a Model for Holiness in the Fourth Century
<p>Despite centuries of Christian theologians and lay Christians alike assigning and/or accepting an entrenched misogyny in the writings of Ambrose, Jerome, and Augustine, close examination of their work on its own terms and in its own time reveals that, in fact, they did not hold women in lesser …
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Storytelling, Myth, and the Dreams Therein: A Critical Analysis of the Intertextuality of Christianity, Capitalism, and Americanism
… dissertation, while dealing with many aspects of Americanism, argues that the hegemonic history of Christianity in America and the centrality of capitalism in national ethos have contributed to an impulse in the national psyche towards illusion. I argue that due to this impulse and privileging …
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Life and work of Bishop John Owen (1854-1926)
… substantial contribution which John Owen, Bishop of St. David's, made to the campaign against the disestablishment of the Anglican Church within Wales, and the foundation of the Church in Wales. Owen's significant contribution to this important period within Welsh ecclesiastical history has not …
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The Representation of Salvation in The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
<p>This thesis examines four prominent works of monastic literature composed during the third through the sixth centuries and contrasts the representations of salvation within them. The Lives of Constantine and Antony, The Lausiac History and The Sayings o f the Desert Fathers discussed conceptions …
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Segmentation, unity, and a church divided: a critical history of churches in Nagaland, 1947-2017
This is a study of the distinctive formation of the Christian churches in Nagaland during 1947-2017. It argues that the major clues to understanding Naga church history are to be found in the cultural milieu of Nagaland. Thus, using a cultural history methodology, the ecclesiastical events …
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Ritual and religion: Responses to positivism
This work is intended to shed light on the nature of ritual conduct, both within and without a religious context, by critically examining positivist construals of such conduct and showing them to be inadequate. The discussion consists of three parts. Part 1 sketches out the central features of …
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The early Latin sources for the legend of St. Martha a study and translation with critical notes
… focuses on the legends surrounding St. Martha of Bethany. Four major Latin versions are extant, dating from the late twelfth to the mid-thirteenth centuries: the Vita Pseudo-Marcilia, the Vita Beatae Mariae Magdalenae et Sororis Eius Sanctae Marthae, and selected chapters in Vincent of …
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The use of "exempla" in 'Fasciculus morum'
… this thesis I focus direct attention on its use of the preaching exemplum. Although it is not an exempla collection per se, a study of the exempla in the work offers many insights into other such collections. This thesis examines these exempla--the types of characters found in them, their …
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The evolution of modern Catholic social teaching on labour and social justice
The task of this thesis is to show that from the nineteenth century to the present Catholic Scoial Teaching recognized increasingly the need for social justice in the areas of labour and society. In order to do this, I propose to research carefully the major official Church documents on Catholic …
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The making of the virgin: Mary in the 'Protevangelium of James'
The Protevangelium of James is an important early Christian text narrating the birth, childhood and adolescence of Mary, the mother of Jesus. This thesis explores Mary's transformation from a secondary New Testament figure into the embodiment of sacred purity. The image of Mary in the …
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An analysis of the church planting strategies and methods of the Ghana Baptist Convention and Mission from 1960-2000
… churches. The chapter discusses the level of evangelization of Ghana as outlined in the GEC 1993 Survey and touches on such issues as nominalism the 14000 unevangelized villages and towns and also the 3.2 million unevangelized northern people and other aliens in southern Ghana. Chapter 2 …
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Books, Homilies, and Medicine: Sogdian Christians and Christian Networks along the Silk Roads
Along the trade routes of late antique and early medieval Eurasia, Sogdian Christians stood within a confluence of networks. As Sogdians, they belonged to a people recognized for maintaining one of the most expansive and renowned trading networks in history. On these so-called Silk Roads, Sogdian …
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'The Book of Mutual Love' of Adam of Perseigne: A translation with a revised critical edition and commentaries (France)
The thesis, a translation of The Book of Mutual Love by the Cistercian Adam of Perseign (abbot 1188-1221), is based on the edition by Gaetano Raciti, but presents a revised form of that edition and includes both notes on the revisions and a commentary on the translation. It is supplemented with a …
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Warren Eugene Howell, Seventh-day Adventist Educational Administrator
… Department during a critical period in the history of Seventh-day Adventist education. Notwithstanding Howell's contribution to Adventist education, no comprehensive study of his administration has been attempted.</p> <p><em>Method</em>. In this study a historical-documentary method of …
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Gottfried Arnold on worship a translation from Die erste Liebe, 1696
… there has been little work done in the study of worship among Pietists. One of the most influencial Pietists was Gottfried Arnold (1666-1714) who, in his first major work Die Erste Liebe (1696), devoted a major section to this question of worship. This dissertation is intended as a …
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Reactions to the Seventh-day Adventist Evangelical Conferences and Questions on Doctrine 1955-1971
… Seventh-day Adventist Evangelical Conferences of 1955-1956 resulted in the publication of articles favorable to Adventists in <em>Eternity</em> and <em>Seventh-day Adventists Answer Questions on Doctrine</em>, both of which evoked a variety of reactions among evangelicals and Adventists.</p> …
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The Role and Status of the Catholic Church in the Church-State Relationship Within the Roman Empire from A.D. 306 to 814
… from historical documents on the role and status of the church in the development of church-state relationships within the Roman Empire from A.D. 306 to 814 (from Constantine's ascendancy to the throne, to Charlemagne's death).</p> <p>After the introductory chapter, chapter 2 analyzes church-state …
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Rebuilding the broken wall: The EFC and Canadian evangelicals
An examination of a voluntary association of Canadian evangelicals, that is known as the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), contributes to the growing body of knowledge concerning Canadian evangelicals. This thesis begins by indicating how the sociology of knowledge, voluntary association …
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