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Showing 1 to 20 of 473 for “"evangelical"”.
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A reformed Evangelical critique of Thomas Jay Oord’s Evangelical process theology
… thesis explores the method and content in the Evangelical process model of relational theism as advanced in the writings of Thomas Jay Oord. The specific aim of the thesis is to evaluate and critique Oord’s model of divine providence, identifying the internal inconsistencies within Oord’s …
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Charles Hodge: Evangelical Mystic
Princeton theologian Charles Hodge is the emblematic American Presbyterian. Hodge’s spirituality, however, is not only misunderstood, it is largely ignored as the best example of Presbyterian piety and spirituality. Some traditions term this area of theology “spiritual formation” or “the Christian …
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Thomas Scott and Evangelical Missions
… navigated the tension associated with being an Evangelical Anglican in the realm of missions. The paper’s thesis is that the nature of Scott’s Evangelical identity, which combined elements of the broader evangelical movement with a decidedly Anglican confessionalism, led him to devote himself …
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Evangelical Democrats and role conflict.
Evangelical Protestants have increasingly aligned with the Republican Party in their voting patterns and opinions since the late 1970's. As a result, this alignment of Evangelical Protestantism with the GOP could present a dilemma for Evangelical Democrats, whose religious and political identities …
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Romancing the new evangelical woman.
… romance novels in order to understand the evangelical identity and the rise of the Christian Right. The chapters are interlocking essays that could be published as separate articles. Chapter One identifies the emergence of the marketplace phenomenon of Christian historical fiction romance …
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Assessing Epistemological Development among Evangelical Seminarians
… of students and others. The population of evangelical seminary students among three institutional types of seminaries is the unique contribution of this work. Seminary students are preparing for a career that requires critical thinking skills and the ability to discern solutions to complex …
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Evangelical women negotiating faith in contemporary Scotland
… twenty one Christian women associated with the evangelical Christian community in Scotland. It describes the symptoms of constriction, paralysis and impasse which some of these women report and explores the reasons for their interpretation of their symptoms as signs of spiritual sickness. It …
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Evangelical worldview analysis: A critical assessment and proposal
This thesis assesses two prominent evangelical models of worldview analysis and, in light of the findings, offers a constructive proposal. Chapter 1 describes evangelicalism's implementation of the worldview concept. It argues that apologetics must be carried out on the worldview level. Hence, …
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An evangelical analysis and critique of feminist Christology
… of women. The chapter also offers a sustained evangelical response to the feminist ideas regarding Christ's person. Chapter 4 examines the work of Christ in feminist theology. The feminist contention that the cross is "divine child abuse" is addressed. Feminist assessment of classical atonement …
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A. W. Tozer: A Mystical and Confessional Evangelical
… insights are demonstrably within confessional evangelical boundaries. In other words, he drew deeply from the well of medieval Catholic mysticism but was, in the end, successful in maintaining his confessional evangelical identity and values. He was nourished by what he viewed as true and …
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Women in an Evangelical Community: Oberlin 1835-50
<p>Oberlin College is frequently mentioned in connection with women's education, women's rights, or the struggle for women's emancipation. The following passage from the 1834 First Circular is invariably cited: Oberlin's founders strove for"… the elevation of female character, by bringing within …
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George Whitefield's Preaching: An Evangelical Response to the Enlightenment
… of Whitefield for specific content related to evangelical pushback against Enlightenment thought. Key propositions of the Enlightenment regarding authority, morality, and ultimate truth are answered within the preaching of Whitefield. Each are examined thoroughly. Chapter 6 presents a …
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Depression and evangelical Christian spirituality: exploring a theoretical model
… God. A survey was distributed to a sample of 135 evangelical Christians. Depressed persons made up approximately 16% of the sample. An independent samples t-test demonstrated that depressed persons had significantly lower scores of spirituality than non-depressed persons. Depressed persons were …
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Reclaiming British Gujarati culture after conversion to Evangelical Christianity
… a complete change of religious self-identity to Evangelical Christianity. By using ethnography and autoethnography this thesis probes into the lives of the British Gujarati who have chosen to self-identify as Christian. Through conversations, interviews and extended field visits it became …
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Negotiating Community : An Ethnographic Study of an Evangelical Church.
Evangelical Christianity is commonly interpreted in terms of an ongoing reaction to a religiously and morally defunct modernity. Some commentators argue for its popularity on the grounds that it compensates for the discontents of modernity, offering certainty in a context of uncertainty, clarity …
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Queering Submission: (Re)Framing Evangelical Wifely Submission through BDSM
<p>Submission is an integral part of evangelical identity and is interconnected with theology, gender, and sexuality. The way in which evangelical women interpret and negotiate their positionalities in relation to submission is often perceived as paradoxical which is similar to outsider …
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Is God green? : emerging environmentalism in the evangelical community
In recent months, evangelical environmentalism has been the subject of much media coverage and debate. The central questions are whether evangelical environmentalists could be potential allies for the mainstream environmental movement, and what impact pro-environment evangelicals might have on …
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Faith, obedience, and justification: Current evangelical departures from sola fide
The thesis of this study is that influential evangelicals have adopted views regarding the relation of faith, obedience, and justification (or, in other words, justification sola fide ) that are in conflict with the historic, Reformation doctrine of justification sola fide . Having departed from …
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