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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Theology, Practical."”.
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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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The Spoken Word: God, Scripture, and Orality in Missions
… Through the use of a Toulmin-model argument from practical reason, each chapter develops the argument supporting the thesis or claim of the dissertation. Chapter 1 establishes the first ground of the argument by establishing the legitimacy of Vanhoozer's theodramatically-revised Scripture …
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The Theology of Intercessory Prayer: with Special Reference to Contemporary Protestant Theology
Few affirmations of the Christian faith generate as many questions and doubts as the belief in the efficacy of petitionary and intercessory prayer. Does God respond to men's prayers? If so, how? The primary purpose of this study is to examine the various ways of understanding intercessory …
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Supervision of the spiritual mentor: A narrative model
Spiritual mentoring, what many call spiritual direction, is one of the ministries of Christian soul care, and it is one of the spiritual disciplines available to Christians in their pursuit of holiness. Supervision of the spiritual mentor is a tool for the spiritual mentor's growth as they …
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An analysis of Bill Bright's theology and methodology of evangelism and discipleship
This dissertation evaluates Bill Bright's theology of evangelism and methodology of discipleship to determine whether he was orthodox in his beliefs. Chapter 1 introduces criticisms made regarding Bright's beliefs and practices. Chapter 2 looks at the life of Bill Bright by covering his …
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John and Charles Wesleys' "Hymns on the Lord's Supper" (1745): Their Meaning for Methodist Ecclesial Identity and Ecumenical Dialogue
… these dimensions of religious experience and theology, its form is constitutive of Methodism's charism and ecclesial identity.</p><p> Lyrical poetry resembles the Eucharist itself. When enacted, both hymnody and the ritual of the Lord's Supper are ways of Eucharistic embodiment. The lyrics …
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Spiritual Direction with Women Who Have Autoimmune Diseases: A Model of Psychospiritual Care
<p>Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis (MS), and systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) are incurable autoimmune diseases affecting a growing number of people in the U.S. Women typically receive medical care for the physical effects of these diseases, but psychospiritual dimensions of …
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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 …