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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"orthopraxy"”.
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Moving from Orthodoxy to Orthopraxy: Sermon Application in the Doctrinal Preaching of John Piper
This dissertation examines sermon application in the doctrinal preaching of John Piper. The work argues that Piper’s use of application is characterized by multifaceted purpose and the qualities of consistency, creativity, clarity, recurrence, cumulative and/or climactic effect, and …
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Following Sayyida Zaynab: Twelver Shi‘ism in Contemporary Syria
… Frederick M. Denny (1985), who coined the term ‘orthopraxy’ to describe the importance of ritual practice in Islam, this dissertation refers to transgressive and carnivalesque religious performances as ‘heteropraxy.’ In particular, the emphasis on ‘heteropraxy’ is a critique of recent research on …
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Cyber-Islamic Environments and Salafī-Ṣūfī Contestations Appropriating Digital Media and Challenges to Religious Authority
… are now used to challenge the very orthodoxy and orthopraxy of Sufism. These terms have pre-modern roots in Muslim scholarship. However, the terms are repurposed in Salafī discourse to create idioms that cast aspersions upon non-Salafī ideologies in Islam. Third, the study analyses the strategic …
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“Beaten on Both Sides”: A Reevaluation of the Anti-Calvinism of Andrewes, Neile, and Laud
… group of churchmen challenged the orthodoxy and orthopraxy of the Church of England and catalyzed civil war. They have been called the first true Anglicans, papist plotters, idolatrous traitors, and Arminian interlopers. Historians have called them Anglicans, Arminians, and Laudians. In his …
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A Biblical-Theological Model of Cognitive Dissonance Theory: Relevance for Christian Educators
… aligned dispositional wisdom, and orthopraxy--rightly aligned enacted wisdom. The implications and applications of these conclusions were discussed.
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The American Wesleyan-Holiness Movement's doctrine of entire sanctification: A reformulation
… Propose part two of a solution: right practice (orthopraxy), covering the topics of a Wesleyan-Holiness meaning of grace and the means of grace. (6) Propose part three of a solution: right affections (orthopathy), covering the topics of religious experience in Wesleyan-Holiness thought, religious …
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The Ecclesiological Grounding of Pauline Language of Leadership in 1 and 2 Timothy
… is concerned about orthodoxy as well as orthopraxy. Such leader-speak issues from Paul’s mouth to Timothy in a variety of voices including that of a father, teacher, and example. A parental perspective is apparent in the conversational framing and vocabulary Paul utilizes, as well as the …
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Insider Movements: An Assessment of the Viability of Retaining Socio-Religious Insider Identity in High-Religious Contexts
… developed in terms of identity, orthodoxy, and orthopraxy, a number of helpful lessons related to contextualization and missionary partnership are presented as balancing comments for the Insider conversation. The final chapter concludes with summary thoughts, proposals, and areas of future …
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Healing by a National Nature in "Disorganized" Mongolia
… practiced by a range of practitioners. The term orthopraxy, commonality of practice across conceptual difference, is used to address this phenomena. Such pairing together of different kinds of therapies – biomedical or otherwise – calls into question a “traditional” vs. modern or neo-spiritual …
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Cumann Comnae: Constructing Christian Identities in The Book of Lismore’s Homiletic Saints’ Lives
… from European Eucharistic orthodoxy and orthopraxy in the period contemporary with the texts’ composition. This dissertation is divided into six chapters: the first two offer important historical, literary and theological context for the texts which are the foundation of this enquiry, …