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Father absence and adolescents as a challenge to youth ministry
In die Skriflig, 2020 Youth ministry is to help youth – children, adolescents and young adults – to become what they were created and called to be. However, many local churches fail to notice that adolescents growing up without a father figure are an integral part of the ...
Hyunok Yi, Malan Nel
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The necessity of an empirical study to determine if church congregations function as a family
In die SkrifligScripture’s reference to believers as the ‘family of God’ may indicate that believers should mutually care for one another like members of a caring family do, and not merely that members are part of a ‘spiritual’ family.
Rika L. Roeland, Gert Breed, Rudy Denton
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 The Children’s Institute, a research arm of the University of Cape Town, reports that 18.5 million children live in South Africa. The institute’s vision is for ‘A society in which children are valued, nurtured and protected; their rights are realised ...
Shantelle Weber, Nadine Bowers-DuToit
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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto +3 more
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, 2017 Bennett, Z. (2014). Using the Bible in practical theology: Historical and contemporary perspectives. New York: Routledge. 160 pp. $31.96.
Gates, Jeff
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A new dawn? The Roman Catholic Church and environmental issues [PDF]
, 1997 This is a PDF version of an article published in New Blackfriars© 1997. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.This article discusses the stance of the Roman Catholic Church on environmental issues and argues that the Church ...
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Defining Reconciliation Studies: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Reconciliation studies (RS) has become increasingly influential in understanding alternative views to ending conflict and dealing with the aftermath. As a discipline or field, however, it is not well defined. The actual usefulness of reconciliation (as a concept), or of RS (as a discipline), is debated, and due to its growing usage, it is ...
Colleen Alena O’Brien
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God\u27s human speech: a practical theology of proclamation [PDF]
, 1999 Bartow, Charles L. God\u27s human speech: a practical theology of proclamation.
Langknecht, Henry
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The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study critically evaluates the implementation of sustainability competencies in the university‐wide curriculum reform at a Nordic research‐intensive multidisciplinary university. The focus is on assessing how sustainability competencies—especially the newly introduced systems thinking, strategic thinking and futures thinking—are ...
I. Södervik +4 more
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Spiritual Cannibalism in HRD: How Workplace Spirituality Devours Sacred Traditions
Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper interrogates how the discourse of workplace spirituality in human resource development (HRD) operates as a tool of colonization. Through a systematic review of 48 articles published between 1997 and March 2025, the study uncovers recurring patterns of spiritual appropriation in which non‐Western traditions are detached from their ...
Shoaib Ul‐Haq
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