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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Religious Organization"”.

  1. Motivations for participation in adult education of predominately African Americans in a religious organization

    … predominately African American adults in a religious-based educational program (n=225), (b) determine relative motivational patterns, (c) to compare the 'most' and 'least' of importance of motivations, and to identify if the samples' demographics are related to these motivations. This study …

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  2. Alcoholism, A.A., And The Challenge Of Authenticity

    … inauthentically in its claims that it is not a religious organization. A.A. creates special problems for female alcoholics because of the sexist and masculinist nature of its primary literature. While A.A. claims that its message is the only way by which an alcoholic can recover, other treatment …

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  3. Rebuilding the Catholic Brand in America: An Isocratean Perspective

    … the Catholic Church as a brand because it is a religious organization with an army of followers, is well-known, and is an indisputable leader in the provision of education, healthcare, and social welfare, thereby playing an important role in the socio-cultural consciousness of many Americans. …

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  4. A quantitative investigation of normative and deviant religious experiences.

    Previous quantitative investigations of religious experiences in the social sciences have primarily focused on broad questions. Data from the Baylor Religion Survey provide information on specific types of religious experiences rather than asking a general, all-encompassing question on the topic. …

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  5. Womanhood is Finally Unbound: The Impact of Disaffiliation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Identity and Womanhood

    Research suggests that disaffiliation from a religious organization brings a myriad of positive and negative consequences to those who choose to disaffiliate. This is the first study to examine the specific impact of disaffiliation on how women who have disaffiliated from the Church of Jesus Christ …

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  6. An exploratory analysis of ideological and organizational secularization

    … concept for understanding processes of religious change. From initial consideration of the previous sociological treatment of the secularization concept, as found in church-sect literature, it was argued that a redefinition of the concept was necessary for two reasons. First, the usage …

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  7. "Most Great Reconstruction": The Baha'i Faith in Jim Crow South Carolina, 1898-1965

    … In contrast to nearly every other religious organization in early-twentieth century South Carolina, the Baha'is developed an explicit policy of promoting racial integration at the local level. Facing ostracism, slander, and violence, they succeeded in attracting an astonishingly …

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  8. Chinese Muslims in the Qing Empire: public culture, identities, and law, 1644—1911

    … Muslims organized in society? How were those organizations managed and regulated? How did they identify themselves in the Qing Empire? And what was the role of religious distinction in their identity? This thesis reveals that, for various practical purposes, Chinese Muslims in the Qing formed …

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  9. Catholic Education in Omaha, Past, Present and Future

    … records on hand deal with a particular school or religious organization or if they cover a broad field they give the Catholic schools scant and cursory notice. It is hoped that this broad account dealing exclusively with the centers of Catholic education in Omaha will possess at least the grace of …

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  10. I’m a Believer – But I’ll Be Damned if I’m Religious : Belief and Religion in the Greater Copenhagen Area : A Focus Group Study

    … a believer today, and 2) Can one be more or less religious shows that religion as a concept pertains to five distinct aspects; belief, routinized religion, religion-as-heritage, practice and tradition. While these aspects are in themselves not novel, it is interesting that these aspects do not …

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  11. Kedudukan dan implikasi hukum surat keputusan Menteri Agama dalam penetapan awal bulan Qamariyah ditinjau dari sistem ketatanegaraan Republik Indonesia

    … Societies who are affiliated with a particular organization obey the decree issued by the organization more. It is because the methods that are used to determine the initial month of Qamariyah are different for each religious organization. This study focuses on knowing the position of the …

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  12. Modern Japanese Buddhism in the Context of Interreligious Dialogue, Nationalism and World War II

    … the state's failures of ratification on the Religious Organization Law twice in the 1920's, and Seno'o Girô's anti-fascist movements in the 1930's--the Buddhists had had critical minds and organizational wills alongside with the interreligious cooperation with Christianity and new religions. …

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  13. ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: A STUDY OF LOCAL CONGREGATIONS OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

    This dissertation applies organizational culture, identification, commitment, and leadership theories to explain how United Methodist Church (UMC) congregations (members and pastors) view the work of the local church and how it differs from the recommendations of the denomination's top leadership. …

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