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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Other Religion"”.
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The comparison of sexual attitudes and knowledge of female college students, their mothers and their same-sexed best friend
… knowledge among female college students, their mothers, and their same-sexed best friend. A convenience sample was drawn from a population living in a rural Midwest state. Three groups of mother (N=24), female community college student (N=21), and same-sexed best friend (N=22) participated. Part …
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Religious allegory in Herman Melville's Billy Budd
… plot with Biblical connotations and overtones of other religion-related sources, primarily Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. Malville employed that characters to reaffirm God's universal law. He created the major figures in the allegorical method of dual characterization: Claggart, who …
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Christian-Buddhist Dialogue in the Writings of Lynn A. De Silva
… which heightened the encounter between the religions and describes the background from which De Silva's theology emerged. Developments in the debate on inter-religious dialogue in missionary conferences in Asia and in the World Council o f Churches reveal the confrontation between Asian and …
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A Statistical Model for Seventh-day Adventist White English-Speaking Church Growth in the United States
… is also associated with a combination of five other factors: Evangelism, Pastor Tenure, Sabbath School Evangelism, Institutional Church, and Ingathering. (5) Kingdom growth is associated with a combination of four factors: Pastor Tenure, Evangelism, Proclamation, and Ingathering.</p> <p>In …
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The Influence of Social Integration, Religious Integration, and Religious-Social Regulation on Suicidal Behaviors Among Seventh-day Adventist Youth
… research has focused on the relationship between religion and suicide. Pescosolido and Georgianna (1989) have suggested that Durkheim's Catholic/Protestant paradigm may not work well in the more heterogenous religious culture within the United States. This present study used Pescosolido and …
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The Relationship Between Spiritual Belief, Life Attitude, and Mental Health Among Physical Fitness Participants in Northern Indiana
… defined by an interconnectedness with self and others, generated from a relationship with a higher power, and consider its impact on attitude toward life and mental health.</p> <p>Method. This study employed the survey research method to collect data investigating the relationships between …
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Selected Variables Related to Alienation from Religion as Perceived by Students Attending Seventh-day Adventist Academies In the United States
… who are reared in religious homes reject the religion of their parents upon reaching adolescence. This is a matter of crucial concern to church youth leaders as well as to parents. It was the purpose of the present study to discover relationships that may exist between alienation from religion …
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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
… in the types of associations they hold with other educational institutions and on their views concerning the relationship of graduate studies to ordination. Evangelical leaders support the maintenance of denominational distinctives, lack interest in interdenominational preparation of …
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The Role of Religious Orientation and Ethnic Identity on Religious Coping Among Bereaved Individuals
… sample of 319 adults who had lost a significant other within 36 months of the study. A total of 11 variables were measured using The Means-Ends Spirituality Questionnaire, the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised, and the Brief RCOPE.</p> <p>Results: A canonical variate labeled "religious …
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Counselor Religiosity and its Relationship to the Willingness to Encourage Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Clients
… looked at the religiosity of counselors/psychotherapists and how this influences the degree to which they have forgiven an individual who has hurt or offended them, as well as whether a counselor’s religiosity influences their willingness to encourage a client to forgive someone who has hurt …
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Civil religion and the President: a content analysis of the presidential inaugural addresses
<p>While the existence of a civil religion is widely accepted, there is still debate over it's specific content¹. This study addresses the specific content of civil religion as expressed through the inaugural addresses of the Presidents of the United States, and finds: 1) the general content of …
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Pastoral Effectiveness : a Study of Differences Among Comparison Groups of Seventh-day Adventist Clergy
<p><em>Problem</em>. Methods of comparison are required to evaluate pastoral effectiveness. This study was an examination of statistically significant differences among contrasted groups of clergy to identify characteristics and performance patterns associated with productivity and …
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Quality of Fathering and its Relationship with Family Background, Demographics, and Characteristics of Present Family : a Study of Seventh-day Adventist Fathers and Fathers from a National Sample
<p><em>Problem</em> . Fathers have been assumed to play an important role in the socialization and education of their children. The need to understand the influence and the role of effective fathers becomes especially important in a generation which views fatherlessness as one of the most harmful …
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College Basketball in Kentucky, Religion, and Distinguishing Between the Two: Concerns and Cautions for the Conversation on the Religiosity of Sports
<p>Academic analysis of sport and religion is still in an early and formative phase. Only in the past fifty years has the conversation of sport and religion substantially been revealed as subject matter for serious academic work. This thesis includes literature from various scholars interested in …
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Tradition and Change: Two Buddhisms in the Bible Belt Sharing Common Ground Through Adaptation
… to a tradition of meditation was, on the other hand, a theme that came up in my conversations with two American meditation leaders. Their tendency to syncretize several schools of Buddhism is also explored. Being that the Buddhist subjects interviewed for this ethnography reside in the …
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Being Hindu in the American South: Hindu Nationalist Discourse in a Diaspora Community
… thousands, if not millions, of Hindus living in other parts of the world. Across the United States, Hindu temples are joining the religious landscape of the country. They are often greeted as signifiers of a “model minority” by the mainstream because of Asian American economic success. However, …
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Correlation Between the Leadership Practices of Lead Ministers and the Workplace Spirituality of Their Churches as Reported by Church Members
… and workplace spirituality, and between the other minister and church variables (such as length of time in ministry and size of church) and workplace spirituality. It also found statistically significant cross-level relationships (at <em>p</em> < .05)between the leadership practices and other …
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The Third Space: The Meeting of Jew and Christian in the Act of Remembering, Restoring, and Reconciling - A Case Study of the Matzevah Foundation
… and separates these two faith groups from each other. Consequently, they struggle to interact and engage in meaningful dialogue, which could repair the breach and lead to forgiveness and reconciliation. Dialogue bridges the gap between Jew and Christian allowing them to meet in the third …
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Isaiah's Burden Prophecies As Spirtual Formulas
The Book of Mormon makes it clear that Isaiah's message is of great importance to the modern reader. In order to facilitate modern and personal spiritual application of Isaiah's writings, spiritual "formulas" or principles may be discovered or formulated. These formulas are statements of truth …
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