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Showing 1 to 20 of 128 for “"Practical theology"”.
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A practical theology of online and hybrid worship.
This dissertation presents a historical, theological, and ethnographic study of media technologies and their use in musical Christian worship and other mediated community rituals. In this dissertation, I argue that responsible engagement with online worship and digital religious rituals …
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(Re)Turning Warriors: A Practical Theology of Military Moral Stress
<p>The concept of military moral injury emerged in the past decade as a way to understand how traumatic levels of moral emotions (not posttraumatic fear) generate moral anguish experienced by some military service members. Interdisciplinary research on moral injury has included clinical …
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Community, connection, caring : towards a Christian feminist practical theology of older women
… feminist theologies? Should there be a separate theology of older women based on these concepts? I explore these questions first by considering ideas of community, connection, and caring put forward by feminists and Christian feminist theologians and then by comparing these ideas with the lived …
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Evaluating Violence and (Non)violence: A Critical, Practical Theology of Social Change
<p>This dissertation uses a practical theological approach to evaluate Christian (non)violence in light of interviews with twelve scholars and activists in the United States about the means of social change and the relationship of those means to social location. Social location conditions an …
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The Myth of the Saving Power of Education: A Practical Theology Approach
<p>U.S. political discourse about education posits a salvific function for success in formal schooling, specifically the ability to "save" marginalized groups from poverty by lifting them into middle- class success. The link between education and salvation is grounded in the historic relationship …
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Deviant Healing Practices within Contemporary Religious Movements in Ṱhohoyanḓou, Limpopo: Towards a Post-Colonial African Practical Theology Perspective
… religious movements in Ṱhohoyanḓou from a Practical Theology perspective and thereby probed consequent incidents of spiritual abuse; ii), in addition the researcher also appraised the implications and challenges of melding Indigenous religious beliefs and practices, and those of Western …
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Grieving unnatural death : a pastoral care challenge
Dissertation (MA (Practical Theology))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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The Organic Unity of Revelation: Towards a Biblical, Historical, and Theological Understanding of the External and Internal Nature of Revelation
… the neglect and dichotomization in evangelical theology, this dissertation provides an evangelical ressourcement for the external and internal reality of revelation. By using resources from Scripture, the history of the church, and systematic theology, it argues that revelation includes external …
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Gesinsbediening as bedieningsvennootskap tussen gemeentes en gesinne
… ministry initiatives. Four sub-movements within practical theology form the methodological framework of this study. The first movement describes the crisis within the church and families today (descriptive theology). The second movement explores some normative texts of the Christian tradition …
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The role of the Christian faith in the emergence of social entrepreneurship in Lagos, Nigeria
… social science interpretive research with practical theology, utilising a qualitative multiple case study to explore and reflect on the practices, experiences, and perspectives of 34 Pentecostal Christians involved in six social entrepreneurial ventures in Lagos, Nigeria. A thick …
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Lutheran homiletics and Francophone African contexts : how to connect Lutheran orthodoxy with African culture
… questions is Osmer's four questions regarding practical theology. Sermons and source materials from the current field as well as from historical sources are examined within. Consideration is given to questions of modernism and postmodernism, colonialism and decolonialism, and African identity. …
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The significance of restorative justice on the rehabilitation, restoration, and healing of incarcerated persons sentenced to life imprisonment: A case study of Voorberg Medium B Correctional Centre in the Western Cape
… study, situated within the discipline of Practical Theology and its sub-discipline of Pastoral Care, investigates the significance of restorative justice (RJ) in facilitating the rehabilitation, restoration, and holistic healing of incarcerated persons serving life sentences in South …
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Contextual Pentecostalism from a classical Pentecostal movement to a contemporary Pentecostal church movement: a study of the Assemblies of God of Malaysia with special reference to Joel 2:28-32
… This research indicates that the espoused theology of the AGoM is classical Pentecostal in nature being derived from Joel 2 – Acts 2 and field research analysis demonstrates its significance in their missiological, ecclesiological and ministerial practices. This study is on the …
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George Herbert's restlessness: Spiritual fulfillment or spiritual estrangement?
… into God's rest. Second is the concept of practical theology. Practical use of his faith was essential to Herbert's life as a priest and also to his life as a priest within his poetry. The speaker in The Temple is a man who longs to find God and to be found by God through an equal balance …
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Evangelical women negotiating faith in contemporary Scotland
This thesis explores the experience of spiritual dissonance described in the spiritual life histories of twenty one Christian women associated with the evangelical Christian community in Scotland. It describes the symptoms of constriction, paralysis and impasse which some of these women report and …
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Speaking of faith at work: towards a trinitarian hermeneutic
… hermeneutic. The thesis addresses the practical theological question: How may a Christian speak adequately and appropriately of their faith at work? This question is explored through an integration of qualitative-representational analysis and theological-evaluative critique. An …
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Can I wear Emily Culpepper’s red “Witch Shoes” to work? An exploration of thealogical ethics and their application in the graduate workplace.
This thesis proposes the potential for thealogical ethics, defining them as based in three key concepts: immanent divinity, interconnection and the web of life, and different constructions of power. These three concepts are explored through an in depth engagement with a seminal publication from …
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The Biblical Concept of Man and its Implications for Christian Religious Instruction
<p>Problem</p> <p>A reliable understanding of the nature of man is essential for the formulation of the theoretical framework and for the actual practice of religious education. The purpose of this dissertation is to make an in-depth study of the biblical concept of man and to elaborate on some of …
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An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Training in the Utilization of Spiritual Gifts in the Personal Ministries of Ontario Seventh-day Adventists
<p><em>Problem.</em> The New Testament indicates that spiritual gifts occupy a crucial function in the life and growth of the church. No known empirical study has measured the effectiveness of nurture and training for gift implementation. This study was designed to investigate behavioral change in …
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