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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Religious Development"”.
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The Early Religious Development of John Henry Newman 1801-1828
No one, perhaps, found John Henry Newman's life as fascinating as he himself did. Witness this curious “Autobiography in Minature“: | "John Newman wrote this just before he was going up to Greek on Tuesday, June 10, 1812, when it only wanted 3 days to his going home, thinking of the time (at home) …
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A 17-year Longitudinal Study of Spiritual Development and Psychological Correlates in a Sample of College Students
… 1984, 1987 and 2001 data were collected on a religiously devout group of college students in an effort to better understand the process of religious development and the relationship between religiosity and mental health. This study analyzes that data by examining the stability of two different …
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Emotional intelligence, religiosity, and authoritarianism in Canadian Bible college students
… due to concerns related to spiritual and religious development and the lack of appropriate related assessment tools. Further, as there are indications that religious development may result in increased authoritarianism, this factor requires assessment. Finally, both secular and religious …
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The Application of Bernard Lonergan's Theory of Conversion to the Three Main Characters in Susan Howatch's Novels of the Starbridge Series
… says that "they have to learn with humility that religious development is dialectical, that the task of repentance and conversion is life-long." This is precisely the process of conversion that these fictitious characters demonstrate. Susan Howatch herself has written on the ways in which the …
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A study of 1st and 2nd year Catholic university students' perceptions of their senior religious education classes in Catholic schools in Western Australia
… students of their years eleven and twelve religious education classes at a Catholic school. A secondary purpose was to understand students’ acceptance or non-acceptance of official Catholic Church doctrine/dogma and why. Four research questions were asked to direct the study. 1. Are …
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Supervision of the spiritual mentor: A narrative model
… mentor the five models found were Center for Religious Development Model, Looking into the Well Model, An Integrated Model, Supervision as Reflection Model, and The Experience Cycle Model. This dissertation has made a contribution to the field of spiritual mentoring by theorizing a model of …
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Quaker politics and industrial change c.1800-1850
… as political lobby: their contribution to the development and dissemination of concepts of social modification in the service of industrial development, infused by religion. Chapters IV and V examine the provincial challenge to the London Quaker establishment in the 1830s and 40s, within the …
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Father Felix Bucher, S.D.S. Indian Missionary of Grand Ronde, Oregon
… truly marked him as an important figure in the religious development of Oregon. For this reason, it is believed, ihe story of his life will be of interest to many people beyond the confines of his former mission. The fascinating events in his early years in Bavaria and Rome, his assignment to …
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'Like Iron to a Magnet': Moses Hayim Luzzatto's Quest for Providence
… (1707-1746 or 1747). It presents the social and religious context in which Luzzatto was variously celebrated as the leader of a kabbalistic-messianic confraternity in Padua, condemned as a deviant threat by rabbis in Venice and central and eastern Europe, and accepted by the Portuguese Jewish …
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Religious socialization of maltreated youth and the impact of religiosity on their delinquency
… was an important factor in the history and development of child welfare, and although its importance has been obscured over time it remains an influence today. Two common child welfare goals, cultural continuity and child well-being, both address the topic of religion. Each goal acknowledges …
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Prodigal sons: Indigenous missionaries in the British Atlantic world, 1640--1780
… exploring the native preachers who oversaw the religious development of Indian praying towns in Puritan New England. It then traces the debates concerning indigenous missionaries in the Anglican Atlantic---specifically over slavery and the recruitment of Indian "royalty" in North America---while …
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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
… of Counselling Psychologists when working with religious clients, in the historical context of the relationship between psychotherapy and religious faith, were explored using Narrative Inquiry as the research methodology. The participants were nine qualified and practicing Counselling …