, 2009 This thesis explores the role of constituent congregations of Church World Service (CWS) in the process of resettling refugees in the U.S. It is based upon case studies built around a series of interviews conducted with members of three congregations ...
Kilps, Jennifer
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The Creation of Families: Christianity and Contemporary Adoption [PDF]
, 2009 This thesis is a theological and practical reflection on the practice of adoption in contemporary Britain, as it affects Christian adoption agencies, Christian social workers, Christian parents and adopted children.
Charlton, Sarah Louise +1 more
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Church, state and society; the attitudes of John Keble, Richard Hurrell Froude and John Henry Newman. 1827-1845 [PDF]
, 1986 Keble, Froude and Newman's understanding of the Church in relationship to State and society is considered against an- eighteenth century background which, thanks partly to the Tractarians, has been painted in colours which portray Godlessness, belief in ...
Rowlands, John Henry Lewis
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THE EMERGENCE OF GENTILE LEADERSHIP AND THE JERUSALEM CONFERENCE: A SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE GROUP DYNAMICS OF THE PARTICIPATION OF GENTILE BELIEVERS IN THE EARLY CHURCH [PDF]
, 2009 This thesis looks at the Jerusalem Conference and Antioch dispute as described by Paul in Galatians (2.1-14) and Acts (15). A new approach to the topics is used, that of using models derived from socio-psychological research. The Jerusalem Conference and
FAULKNER, ANNE
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Recent changes in the initiation liturgies: a comparative study [PDF]
, 1986 In this thesis the author examines the recent rites of initiation within the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Church of England, and Methodist Churches. The object is two-fold: (l) to see whether there has been convergence in the recent liturgical practice and ...
Davis, J.H
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Worship in second-century Gnosticism : studies in the ritual life of some early Christian minorities [PDF]
, 1984 This series of interconnected studies in the ritual practice of the groups associated with the early Christian movement which are now usually now described as 'Gnostic', is a modest essay towards a survey of the subject, last undertaken by Bousset in
Tripp, David Howard, Tripp, D.H
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Mature in Christ: the contribution of Ephesians and Colossians to constructing Christian maturity in modernity [PDF]
, 2009 This thesis addresses the manner in which Christian maturity is constructed in modernity. The premise developed through the course of the study is that modern works on the nature of Christian maturity have disregarded, or even been ignorant of, the ...
Matthews, Bradley J. +1 more
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Ground penetrating radar data used in discovery of the early Christian church of Notre Dame de Baudes near Labastide-du-Temple, France. [PDF]
Data Brief, 2016 Gragson TL +3 more
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Economic and Religious Choice: A Case-Study from Early Christian Communities
The aim of this paper is to elaborate an evaluative framework of religious choice within the early Christian communities reconstructed through the narrative of a New Testament Epistle, 2Peter, based on an economic approach to moral dilemmas identified in
Gotsis, George, Drakopoulos, Stavros A.
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Iconic women: Martyrdom and the female body in early Christianity [PDF]
, 2006 Martyrdom is an inherently corporeal experience often involving horrific torture and directed towards the annihilation of the human body. Our earliest Christian martyrdom narratives, dating from the mid-second century C.E., focus on the bodies of the ...
Elena Martin,
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