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Unity negotiations between the Bantu Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa (1959-1971)
… with the unity negotiations between the Bantu Presbyterian Church (renamed Reformed Presbyterian Church of South Africa in 1979) and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa, this paper will look at opportunities that were missed. South AfriG.an history, bitter as it has been, provided the …
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The Presbyterian Communication System: An Examination of the Formal Mass Communication System of the United Presbyterian Church, Usa
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The Use of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) by Practicing Presbyterian Ministers
… professional education practices of active Presbyterian ministers serving congregations within the United States. In the first phase, a self-developed survey instrument was mailed to a stratified random sample of 1,000 Presbyterian ministers. The survey instrument contained items relating to …
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The relationship between discipleship training and transformative learning in Korean Presbyterian congregations
… and transformative learning in selected Korean Presbyterian congregations. Three Presbyterian churches that had a good reputation for discipleship training were selected. Personal interviews and analysis of disciple training material and curriculum were conducted. Nine discipleship training …
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Love, life and the family in the Ulster Presbyterian community, 1780-1844
… this thesis examines how members of the Ulster Presbyterian community experienced family life as adherents of a distinctive religious tradition, between 1780 and 1844. Drawing on Presbyterian church records, personal correspondence, diaries and other personal and family papers, it examines five …
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Moved by the Spirit: Evangelical Presbyterian Woman in the Early Modern Atlantic World
… existed as a cultural feature within Scottish Presbyterian society decades before the famous transatlantic revivals of the eighteenth-century. Although many aspects of those revivals have been examined, such as the Holy Fairs, historians and scholars have largely overlooked the extensive body …
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Still Reforming: The Need for a New Confession in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
<p>Within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) the creeds and confessions collected in the Book of Confessions articulate not only the doctrines of the church, but also the identity and purpose of the denomination. The Book of Confessions contains twelve documents from different periods in the history …
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The Presbyterian Church in American Politics: A Study in Contemporary Church - State Relations
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An osteological and historical examination of the Presbyterian Forest Centre Cemetery, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
… Historical Society, and above all, St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church which was responsible for the reinterment of the Forest Centre individuals and was an indispensable source of information. Prior to reinterment, a fundamental osteological and paleopathological examination was conducted for each …
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"Advancing the material interests of the Redeemer's Kingdom" : the Erskine Presbyterian Church, Montreal, 1894
This thesis takes Montreal's 1894 Erskine Presbyterian Church, by Montreal architect Alexander Cowper Hutchison (1838-1922), as a specific example of the building of an Akron-auditorium combination plan church. Although relatively rare in Montreal, this American church type was perhaps the most …
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Presbyterian Attitudes Toward Science and the Coming of Darwinism in America, 1859 to 1929
The Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. served as a weathervane for the American Protestant reaction to developments in science following the appearance of Darwin's Origin of Species. The reaction to Darwin, of course, was varied and historians continue to examine the effects of the Darwinian Re
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Perceptions of Builder women's contributions to intergenerational mentoring relationships in the Presbyterian Church in America
This dissertation identifies PCA women's perceptions of Builder women's contributions to intergenerational mentoring relationships. Research examined involves PCA women's perceptions of the general concept of mentoring, values contributed by Builder women, contexts that facilitate communication …
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A critical study on Christian mission with special reference to the Presbyterian church of Mizoram
This study is an attempt to do relevant Mizo Theology of Mission in a Mizo context. The author has drawn theological hermeneutics from the interaction of the gospel and Mizo cultural elements with the aim of reconstructing Mizo Contextual Theology of Mission. Methodologically the author employed …
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A Study of Factors Predictive of Persistence in the Parish Ministry of United Presbyterian Clergymen
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"Space of time or distance of place": Presbyterian diffusion in south-western Scotland and Ulster, 1603-1690
… By providing an examination of the diffusion of Presbyterianism across the Irish Sea, this thesis addresses some of the dearth of work on cultural diffusion during the Plantation by geographers. To accomplish this goal, the thesis asked seven questions. In answering these questions, a dissenting …
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Salvation black or white: Presbyterian rationale and Protestant support for the religious instruction of slaves in South Carolina
… examines the rationale used by South Carolina Presbyterians for the religious instruction of slaves and the connection between such education and the salvation of masters as well as slaves. Previous scholarship has largely ignored the issue of salvation in the ante-bellum South for Christians …
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The political values present in the Presbyterian church in Canada's response to social problems, 1925-1975
… to discern the political values present in the Presbyterian Church in Canada's response to social problems from 1925 to 1975. The author believes that the Presbyterian Church has tended to accept uncritically the dominant political ideology in Canadian society (i.e., liberalism) and has …
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