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Wilderness Beauty: A Means to Resolve Volitional Doubt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Doubt is often part of Christian spiritual life. Matured doubt will influence the will (the volition) so as to keep the Christian doubter from acting like a Christian or even desiring the Christian life.
Scalise, Brian T
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Health, wealth or wisdom? Religion and the paradox of prosperity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This is the author's pdf version of an article published in International Journal of Public Theology 2009. The published version of the article is available at https://www.brill.nl/international-journal-public-theologyThis article discusses the role of ...
Graham, Elaine L.
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Interracial conflict and cultural division in Moreleta circuit: A quest for developing an inclusive missional church

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Interracial conflict and cultural divisions have been a serious challenge in the church globally. Through the years there has been vast available literature about the phenomenon as it happens and this study will specifically explore it in the Methodist ...
Thozamile A. Fuku   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gods as Topological Invariants [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2012
We show that the number of gods in a universe must equal the Euler characteristics of its underlying manifold. By incorporating the classical cosmological argument for creation, this result builds a bridge between theology and physics and makes theism a testable hypothesis.
arxiv  

Is practical theology a form of ‘action research’? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This is the published PDF version of an article published in International Journal of Practical Theology© 2013. The definitive version is available at www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijpt-2013-17-issue-1This journal articles examines in depth the claim that ...
Graham, Elaine L.
core   +1 more source

‘Evangelical Gitanos are a good catch’: masculinity, churches, and roneos★

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article explores Christian principles, imagery, and ideas shaping the (re)making of masculine ideals, behaviour, and identities among Pentecostal Gitanos in Spain. Scholarship on Pentecostal masculinities emphasizes that in cultural settings dominated by ‘macho’ and other chauvinistic principles, men find it challenging to comply with Pentecostal ...
Antonio Montañés Jiménez
wiley   +1 more source

‘Quo Vadis’ Practical Theology? [PDF]

open access: yesScriptura, 2013
In order to ask the question about the future of a discipline, one must realise where one comes from. This article seeks to answer the “quo vadis” question in conversation with some perspectives offered by the sixteenth century Reformer John Calvin. It is argued that Calvin lived in a century that scholars regard as one of the golden periods in which ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Adolescent Spiritual Formation: Practical Theology as a Filter for Youth Ministry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
There seems to be a disconnect between the practice and scholars of youth ministry. Historically, the practice of youth ministry has been overly concerned with method, creating multiple approaches, each with its own inherent shortcomings.
Smith, Jeremy
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