Lay Christian Views of Life After Death: A Qualitative Study and Theological Appraisal of the ‘Ordinary Eschatology’ of Some Congregational Christians [PDF]
, 2011 The thesis investigates the life after death (hereafter LAD) beliefs of members of my Congregational church via in-depth semi-structured interviews. Complementary criteria of critical reflection and visible effect on behaviour are used to identify these ...
Armstrong, Michael Robert +1 more
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The Vicissitudes of the Nafs: Madness, Paralysis, and the Work of Transgression in Sufi Ethics
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How should we theorize Sufi ethics when the practice of zikr (remembrance) that leads to spiritual enlightenment (tazkiyya) might also bring one to the brink of majzubiyat (madness)? What forms of regulation or restraint are imagined or enacted by practitioners to prevent spiritual boundlessness from perverting into its underside of paralysis (
Muhammad Osama Imran
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The child in American evangelicalism and the problem of affluence: A theological anthropology of the Affluent American-Evangelical Child (AAEC) in late modernity [PDF]
, 2005 This thesis presents an evangelical theology of the child in the context of American evangelicalism and affluence. Employing an eclectic theological- critical method, a theological anthropology of the AAEC is developed through an interdisciplinary ...
Sims, David Α.
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What It Was Like, What Happened, What It Is Like Now: Liminal Spaces and the Pedagogy of Recovery
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Addiction recovery is frequently interpreted through biomedical or punitive frameworks that overlook its cultural, ritual, and pedagogical dimensions. This article offers a theoretical and interpretive analysis of peer‐led, meeting‐based recovery communities in North America, particularly those organized around mutual‐aid traditions such as ...
Patrick L. Pellett
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, 2011 This thesis will consider the possibility of an epistemological process described in the narratives and teaching of the Pentateuch and the Gospel of Mark.
Johnson, Andrew M.
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A theological examination of the non-directive approach to church and community development with a special reference to the nature of evangelism [PDF]
, 1990 .A thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Arts in Theology in the Theology Department, Faculty of Arts, University of Durham 1990.This thesis is an examination of the nature and value of the non-directive approach to church and community work ...
Mellor, Rev G Howard
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Scientific Authorship Through the Lens of Parenthood
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
Pierpaolo Nicolì +3 more
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Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
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, 2009 This study is an exercise in understanding both doctrinally and pastorally the nature of knowledge of God for persons with intellectual disabilities. Its central question is: “How might one know the Word of God without words?” At present, no extended ...
Demmons, Tracy Allison
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The Euthyphro Dilemma, Assisted Dying, and a Virtue Ethics Approach to Autonomy
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Euthyphro dilemma highlights that accounts of moral value which are dependent on the decisions of agents either result in arbitrary values arising from agent's decisions, or accept external reasons to morally justify the value, making the agent's decisions unnecessary for explaining the resulting value.
Thomas Donaldson
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