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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Sabbath"”.
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The Sabbath in English Nonconformity, 1830-1860
… presents the character of the English Sabbath within Nonconformity from 1830-1860. The project argues that Nonconformists believed every Christian was required to practice a proper Sabbath. This study examines every available sermon and treatise produced by a Nonconformist during this …
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The History of the Sabbath in Mormonism
… is a historical approach to the doctrine of the Sabbath in Mormonism. As such it is concerned with the first day Sabbath which has been observed with rare exception since the founding of Mormonism. The study also investigates the interest which has existed throughout the history of the Church of …
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"There Remains a Sabbath Rest for the People of God": A Biblical, Theological, and Historical Defense of Sabbath Rest as a Creation Ordinance
This dissertation argues that weekly Sabbath rest is a creation ordinance supported by both biblical-theological and historical evidence, and has ecclesial and personal implications. Furthermore, this dissertation is proposing a mediating position between traditional sabbatarian and non-sabbatarian …
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The Ideology of the Sabbath: A Study in Comparative Religion
… study to interpret the ideas associated with the Sabbath in the Old Testament in the light of relevant aspects of the culture of the ancient Near East, thus to clarify and relate the several motivations behind the emphasis with which the Sabbath was finally presented in the Hebrew Bible. As …
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The Sabbath in the Pentateuch: an Exegetical and Theological Study
<p>Many studies have explored the seventh-day Sabbath in the Pentateuch from historical-critical, theological, and historical perspectives. However, systematic contextual exegesis and close reading of the pentateuchal Sabbath texts have been neglected. This dissertation investigates literary …
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Art and Sabbath: A Christian Response to Arthur Schopenhauer's Palliative Aesthetic
… aesthetic as it relates to the concept of Sabbath in order to see how and to what extent this aspect of his thought might correspond to a Christian view of Sabbath and thereby inform a Christian aesthetic. Chapter 1 sets the context for the discussion of art and Sabbath within the framework …
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A Comparative Study of the Sabbath Theologies of A.H. Lewis and J.N. Andrews
… Adventists share a common heritage in the Sabbath doctrine, it has been recognized that significant differences in the Sabbath theologies of the denominations are distinguishable. However, literature that substantiates the nature of the differences in theology has not been researched and …
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Continuity and Development in the Eschatological Sabbath: Themes in Seventh-day Adventist Thought (1842–2020)
… eschatological understanding of the seventh-day Sabbath within selected Adventist theological writings from its Millerite origins to the contemporary scholarship of Jo Ann Davidson. The eschatological aspects of the Sabbath have played a central role in both pioneer and contemporary Adventist …
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Sabbath-Keeping Practices and Factors Related to These Practices Among Seventh-day Adventists in 51 Countries
… The purpose of this study was to examine Sabbath-keeping practices and factors related to these practices among Seventh-day Adventists on an international level.</p> <p><em>Method. </em> The Sabbath Observance Exploratory Survey (SOES) was administered to a convenience sample of 3,221 …
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Differentiated instruction in a Seventh-day Adventist primary Sabbath school classroom : a mixed methods action research study
… differentiated instruction (DI) in a children's Sabbath school classroom at a Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church in the Midwestern United States. Guided by Tomlinson's DI framework, the study focused on two main research questions: (1) What impact does the implementation of DI have on a …
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Factors Related to Declining Attendance at the Adult Sabbath School in the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventist Church
… early part of the 20th century, the Adventist Sabbath School in North America was highly attended. During those times Sabbath School reached the highest attendance rate when Sabbath School membership was sometimes even larger than church membership. Following that time, the attendance rate at …
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Katapausis and Sabbatismos in Hebrews 4
… of topic and content. The exhortation of a Sabbath observance in Heb 4 is shown to be complementary to the neglecting of the gathering in Heb 10.</p> <p>Chapter 4 presents findings with regard to the term katapausis in the LXX where it refers to (1) the Promised Land (Deut 12:9); (2) the …
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The Year of the Lord's Favor: An Old Testament Theology of the Jubilee
… egalitarian system of land tenure, recalled the Sabbath rest of creation, and reenacted Yahweh’s liberation of Israel from Egypt; and (2) a type of God’s coming eschatological redemption and rest through the King-Messiah. The biblical Jubilee thus offers several fruitful trajectories of inquiry: …
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The Historical Background, Interconnected Development and Integration of the Doctrines of the Sanctuary, the Sabbath, and Ellen G. White's Role in Sabbatarian Adventism from 1844 to 1849
… . The doctrines of the sanctuary and the Sabbath, along with Ellen White's prophetic role, progressively evolved and integrated during the five years following the October 1844 Millerite time expectation and were the fundamental elements in the formation of the Sabbatarian Adventist …
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Religious Belief, Coping, and Mental Health in Seventh-day Adventists
… cross cultural psychology guidelines, Adventist Sabbath and eschatology belief measures were created and integrated into a religious coping framework. Sabbath and eschatology belief measures, the brief RCOPE, two social support scales, and the Medical Outcomes Study Mental Health Index II were …
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An Investigation of the Meaning of the Word SABBATON in Colossians 2:16
… groups: Those who feel it meant the seventh-day sabbath <em>in toto, </em>those who feel that it meant the ceremonial sabbaths, those who feel that it meant the Jewish part of the Sabbath, and those who feel that it referred to keeping the Sabbath in honor of the elemental spirits of the …
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Goodloe Harper Bell, Pioneer Seventh-day Adventist Christian Educator
… and was elected superintendent of the largest Sabbath school operated by the church. These appointments gave him the opportunity to organize the Sabbath schools of the church and to provide the first graded series of Bible lessons for children and youth. He also played a leading role in the …
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Some Sources of Puritan Sabbatarianism
… is the first comprehensive statement of sabbath observance made under the reform government of Henry VIII. This statement marks the beginning of the developing sabbatarian concepts of the early Tudor reform period. This work, like the <em>Ten Articles</em>, represented a compromise …
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