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Vilanculos, Julio Andre. "Role played by church and state in the democratisation process in Mozambique, 1975-2004." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40200.
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The Political action of citizen’s individually or collectively is always determined by a
multiplicity of factors: first, political socialisation; second, logic of the dominant
political culture in the society; third, factors of ideological nature; forth, religious
factors to name but a few. In the particular case of Mozambique it can be seen that
from independence in 1975 onwards the political and religious dimension went through
several changes. In the political area the changes were observed more profoundly after
the independence of the country under the orientation of FRELIMO the political party
in power. From that moment until 1990 the country was governed by the domination of
one political party under a Marxist system of socialism. In the religious arena, the
domination of the Roman Catholic Church was observed prior to independence since it
was working together with the dominators (Portuguese) and other Christian religions
were persecuted by this church. However, after independence another dimension
became a changing force within the country. First of all the relationship between
FRELIMO and the church was not good. Second, from 1982 this relationship started to
take on a positive nature. The questions that then arose were the following: What are
the factors that might have contributed to this changed situation? How can this
dimension be explained? What are the implications of these changes?
This study seeks to discuss the role played by the church and the state in the
democratisation process of Mozambique. It starts by exploring the general background
of Mozambique where issues such as liberation, civil wars and eventually peace
negotiations are discussed. It discusses also the church and state relationship
highlighting the contribution from the protestant churches towards Mozambican
independence. This study discusses and explains the reasons why the church should be
participating in political issues in order to build a good and decent democracy for all the
people in Mozambique. Following, it demonstrates and discusses in a nutshell some of
the activities undertaken by different churches who have sought collaboration with civil
society and political authorities for the edification of peace, democracy, development
and the wellbeing of human beings in Mozambique. It also discusses some issues both
positive and negative regarding the elections that have occurred in Mozambique.
Finally from the observation and analysis that has been completed, the conclusion of
this study is in the form of some recommendations which will help to improve the kind of democracy that the majority of the people in Mozambique crave.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Smith, Jenni L. "Academic advising among institutions in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1371478.
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The purpose of this study was to examine how academic advising was conducted among institutions in the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). The study examined organizational advising models used by these institutions and to what extent they utilized developmental advising methods. The sample consisted of all 105 member institutions of the CCCU. The sample equaled the population. A web-based survey was sent to each person responsible for academic advising at the 105 institutions.More than three-fourths of the respondents in this study reported they did not have a stand-alone office for academic advising. Faculty advisors were the primary group responsible for academic advising. The organizational model most utilized was the Faculty-Only Model. When asked if the respondent's institution achieved six ideal student developmental outcomes for advising programs, over 50% responded partially achieved for each of the six categories.If these institutions want to do more than partially achieve student developmental outcomes, they may need to reevaluate what they want their advising goals to accomplish and what type of organizational model is best for their institution. In order to combine the benefits of using both faculty and professional advisors, it would be beneficial for many of the CCCU institutions to gradually move toward a shared organizational advising model as time and institutional resources allow.Department of Educational Leadership
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Aydin, Mahmut. "Modern western Christian theological understandings of Muslims since the second Vatican Council." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.399703.
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Harris, Norman Scott. "Tenure Practices in Christian Higher Education: Policies of Member Institutions in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4873/.
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This study identified tenure policies and practices among Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) member schools. A survey of CCCU member schools was conducted; 65 usable questionnaires were received. A response rate of 69% was achieved. Schools also provided portions of their faculty handbooks addressing tenure. The purpose of the study was to determine (a) what CCCU schools grant tenure, (b) why they grant tenure, (c) specific tenure policies and practices, (d) what CCCU schools do not grant tenure, (e) why they do not grant tenure, (f) retention policies used in place of tenure, and (g) how CCCU schools' tenure policies compare with the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) guidelines. The data suggests that (a) the majority of CCCU schools (68%) grant tenure, (b) these schools represent nearly all religious affiliations within the CCCU, and (c) they are large in relation to CCCU schools that do not grant tenure. The predominant reasons given for granting tenure are protection of academic freedom, mutual commitment by institution and faculty, and recruiting / retaining quality faculty. The schools grant tenure based on teaching, scholarship, service, and the integration of faith and learning. Tenure success rates seem high. Thirty-two percent of the CCCU colleges and universities do not grant tenure. These schools are small in relation to CCCU schools that grant tenure. They represent nearly all religious affiliations within the CCCU. The predominant reason given for not granting tenure is tradition / institutional values. The majority of these schools use a gradated contract system while some use an eventual continuous contract system. The CCCU member schools' tenure policies are largely consistent with AAUP guidelines.
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Lawrence, Larry Richard. "Servant leadership building effective leadership teams within the parish council /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p064-0129.
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Silva, Isabel Maria Sousa Lima Marques da. "Fisheries co-management : ecological and social impacts. A case study of Northern Mozambique." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/16010.
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Doutoramento em BiologiaCo-management, or participative management of fisheries, consists of returning or opening to the community the management of fisheries. This work, carried out in northern Mozambique, analyzed the ecological and social impacts of the implementation of co-management of fisheries. Firstly 198 species of fish were found and photographed and a guide to identification of species - essential to who works in the marine environment – was produced. Following, the spill-over effect was identified in a marine sanctuary. It occurred after 6 years and only for herbivore fishes and not to the carnivores. In order to evaluate co–management of fisheries effects, the captures of the entire province were analyzed. No differences were found in the diversity of the species caught, but an increase of the fish size was detected: this size was smaller in the fishing centers with no CCP (Community Fishing Councils), slightly bigger in the fishing centers with CCP and even bigger in the fishing centers with a more efficient management. At the same time it was observed that the size of the fish caught is bigger in the fishing centers further away from the markets. In addition to the ecological effects and the effects on fisheries, it was also analyzed the point of view of those who live the co-management. The socioeconomic factors that have a stronger influence in their perceptions are the age and the wealth. Finally and according to the CCP members, their main achievements are in the fisheries inspection and in the creation of conservation areas. Their main difficulties are the lack of means of transportation and the lack of recognition of the CCP's authority; both among the population and in the coordination with local authorities. This thesis pioneered in Mozambique in assessing the effects of Community sanctuaries and the effects of CCP on fisheries as well as by revealing the profile of the supporters of co-management and marine sanctuaries. Finally, an assessment of the matter of fact problems that the communities have to face when implementing co-management was also made.
A co-gestão, ou gestão participativa das pescas, consiste em devolver, ou abrir, à comunidade a gestão das pescas. Este trabalho, realizado no norte de Moçambique, analisou os impactos ecológicos e sociais da implementação da co-gestão das pescas. Primeiro foram encontradas e fotografadas 198 espécies ictíicas e produzido um guia de identificação de peixes de cabo delgado, essencial para quem trabalha no meio marinho. De seguida, o efeito de transbordamento foi detectado num santuário comunitário, para peixes herbívoros mas não para carnívoros, ao fim de seis anos. Para avaliar os efeitos da co-gestão na pesca foram analisadas as capturas de toda a província, não foram encontradas diferenças na diversidade de espécies capturadas, mas foi detectado um aumento do tamanho dos peixes: mais pequeno nos centros de pesca sem CCP, (Conselhos comunitários de Pesca) maior nos centros de pesca com CCP e maior ainda nos centros de pesca com gestão mais eficiente. Ao mesmo tempo foram detectadas nas capturas tamanhos maiores nos centros de pesca mais longe dos mercados. Para além dos efeitos ecológicos e nas pescas, também foi analisado o ponto de vista de quem vive a co-gestão. Os factores socioeconómicos que mais influenciam as suas percepções são a idade e a riqueza. Por último, segundo os membros dos CCP´s, as principais realizações dos CCP são na área da fiscalização e na criação de áreas de conservação. As principais dificuldades são a falta de meios de transporte para a fiscalização e a falta de reconhecimento da autoridade dos CCP’s, tanto entre a população como na articulação com as autoridades locais. Esta tese foi pioneira em Moçambique, ao avaliar os efeitos dos santuários comunitários e os efeitos dos CCP nas pescarias, assim como ao revelar qual o perfil dos apoiantes da co-gestão e dos santuários marinhos. Finalmente, fez-se um levantamento dos problemas que efectivamente enfrentam as comunidades, no campo na implementação da co-gestão
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Gwaltney, Richard T. "Resident Assistant Training Programs at Member Schools of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright979162215.
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Moreton, April L. "Career Paths of Female Chief Academic Officers in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2788/.
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This study examined the career paths of women administrators serving as chief academic officers in Christian colleges and universities which belong to the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). The CCCU is a professional association of evangelical Christian institutions dedicated to integrating faith and learning. The exploration included each administrator's demographic information; her early, adolescent, college, and graduate school experiences; early vocational experiences; the effect of marriage and motherhood on her career; critical factors she identified as important in achieving her current position; and the importance of spiritual convictions or Christian faith in career decision making. Sixteen of the eighteen identified women holding the rank of chief academic officer agreed to participate in the study. The typical woman administrator was 50, married, and the mother of one or more children. She most likely had received her education in the humanities, with the terminal degree of choice being a Ph.D. She had served at her current institution for more than five years, but in her current administrative position for less than five. As an adolescent she excelled in the humanities, less so in math and science, and was involved in many extracurricular activities, including music endeavors, leadership, and her local church. She had received the most encouragement from her mother, although both parents expected her to do her best in school. For post secondary education, she had benefited from a mentor, had excelled easily, and had taken no time off between her bachelor's and master's degrees or between her master's or doctoral degrees. Although she had aspired to teach and received most of her early vocational experience in the professoriate, she had not aspired to be an administrator. As an adult, she had married in her 20's and had children before the age of 30. She had an unusually supportive spouse and believed her marriage to be a key factor in her career success. Her family and professional roles were potentially conflicted and required her to "juggle" her responsibilities. She believed the influence of her mentors, faith influences, and chairing an academic department were critical experiences that had led to her position in administration. Regarding her spiritual convictions and disciplines, she adamantly believed both affect her daily work and personal life. CCCU women administrators are deeply committed to their Christian higher education callings, highly educated, persistent, spiritually minded, and devoted to their families.
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Van, Tonder Delarey. "Peacebuilding in Mozambique with special reference to the UN policy on landmine removal." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51870.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The end of the Cold War had a profound impact on the qualitative and quantitative nature of the UN's peace and security agenda, representing a shift from traditional peacekeeping to a broader, more ambitious and intrusive notion of peacekeeping. This evolution was marked by an expanded UN engagement in a broad range of intra-state conflicts and characterised by UN undertakings towards aspects of national political and socio-economic reconstruction including the evolution of humanitarian action. Responding to the expanded United Nations agenda for international peace and security and at the request of the UN Security Council (UNSC) Boutros Boutros-Ghali prepared the conceptual foundations of the UN's role in global peace and security in his seminal report, An Agenda for Peace (July, 1992). The Secretary General outlined five inter-connected roles that he projected the UN would play in the fast changing context of post-Cold War international politics, namely: preventive diplomacy, peace enforcement, peacemaking, peacekeeping and post-conflict peacebuilding. The UNSG described the newly defined concept of post-conflict peacebuilding as action organised "(to) foster economic and social co-operation with the purpose of developing the social, political and economic infrastructure to prevent future violence, and laying the foundations for a durable peace." With specific reference to landmines in An Agenda for Peace the UNSG stressed that peacebuilding following civil war and internal strife must address the serious problem of landmines, which remained scattered in present or former combat zones. The UNSG underscored that mine action (demining) should be emphasised in terms of reference of peacekeeping operations which is crucially important in the restoration of activity when peacebuilding is under way. The United Nations involvement in the Mozambican peace process (1992-1995) has been interpreted as the culmination of a major success story in wider peacekeeping in Africa under UN auspices - a category of peace operation, which included peacemaking, peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, peacebuilding and electoral assistance. Mozambique's peace process has subsequently been cited as a model UN peacekeeping operation which could be adapted to post-conflict situation elsewhere. Within the context of landmines as a threat to post-conflict peacebuilding as articulated by the UNSG in An Agenda for Peace, the study focuses on how the United Nations implemented mine action initiatives in operationalising the concept of peacebuilding in Mozambique. In this context, the study reviews the UN operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ) and its capacity, responsiveness and vision in implementing mine action initiatives, both in terms of the operational requirements of the ONUMOZ peacekeeping mission and the development oflonger-term humanitarian mine action programmes in Mozambique. To this end, the study views the establishment of a sustainable indigenous mine action capacity as a sine que non for post -conflict peacebuilding. From this perspective, the study interprets the 1999 Mine Ban Treaty Prohibiting the Use, Stockpile, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction and the rights and obligations of Mozambique as a State Party to the Treaty as the most appropriate instrument towards the creation of an indigenous Mozambican mine action capacity to address the long-term effects oflandmines on post-conflict peacebuilding. In terms of methodology the approach was historical-analytical and in essence a deductive method of research was followed.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die einde van die Koue Oorlog het diepgaande verandering teweeggebring ten opsigte van die Verenigde Nasies se vredes en sekuriteits regime ter handhawing van internasionale vrede en sekuriteit. Hierdie periode is gekenmerk deur 'n skerp toename in intra-staatlike konflikte en gevolglik in die kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe aard en omvang van Verenigde Nasies vredesoperasies in terme van die VN Handves. Ten einde die verantwoordelikhede van die Verenigde Nasies met betrekking tot die handhawing van vrede en sekuriteit in die snel - veranderende konteks van die post - Koue Oorlog periode aan te spreek, het die Sekretaris - Generaal van die Verenigde Nasies, Boutros Boutros - Gali, in opdrag van die Veiligheidsraad die konseptuele fundering van die VN se rol verwoord in sy pioniersverslag - Agenda vir Vrede (1992). In sy verslag van Julie 1992 identifiseer en omskryf die Sekretaris-Generaal vyf verbandhoudende konsepte wat sou dien as meganismes ter beslegting van internasionale konflik, naamlik voorkomende diplomasie (preventive diplomacy), vredesingryping (peace enforcement), maak van vrede (peacemaking), vredesoperasies (peacekeeping) en post-konflik vredeskonsolidasie (post-conflict peacebuilding). Die Sekretaris-Generaal het post-konflik vredeskonsolidasie omskryf as die "vestiging van sosio-ekonomiese samewerking met die oogmerk om die sosiale, politieke en ekonomiese infrastruktuur te ontwikkel ten einde hernude konflik te voorkom en ter grondlegging van langdurige vrede". Met spesifieke verwysing na die korrelasie tussen landmyne en post-konflik vredeskonsolidasie het die Sekretaris-Generaal benadruk dat landmyne 'n bedreiging inhou vir die konsolidasie van vrede na burgeroorlog en interne konflik, en veral binne die raamwerk van 'n VN vredesoperasie in terme van 'n VN Veiligheidsraad mandaat. Die VN se vredesrol in Mosambiek word allerweë beskou as een van die mees suksesvolle VN vredesoperasies ooit. Die doel van die studie is gevolglik om ondersoek in te stel na die toepassing van die konsep van post-konflik vredeskonsolidasie met spesifieke verwysing na die Mosambiekse vredesproses en die rol van die Verenigde Nasies se Operasie in Mosambiek (ONUMOZ). In die opsig fokus die studie spesifiek op die rol van ONUMOZ (1992-1995) en suksesse en tekortkomings in sy vredesmandaat ten opsigte van die implementering van aksies om die kort-en-langtermyn impak van landmyne in terme van post-konflik vredeskonsolidasie in Mosambiek aan te spreek. Vanuit hierdie konteks, vertolk die studie die Landmyn Verdrag (1999) en die totale verbod op die aanwending, opgaar, produksie en oordrag van landmyne en die vernietiging daarvan as die mees geskikte raamwerk waarbinne Mosambiek 'n inheemse vermoë tot stand kan bring ten einde die langtermyn impak van landmyne op post-konflik vredeskonsolidasie effektief aan te spreek. Vanuit 'n metodologiese oogpunt word in hierdie studie histories analities te werk gegaan en die benadering is beskrywend - verklarend van aard. Verder is die metode van ondersoek in wese deduktief van aard.
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Thweatt, John C. "Equipping the church council to develop and initiate a strategy of leadership reproduction." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Nicholson, H. Mark. "Training the church council in selected leadership skills at Silver Glyn Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Florida." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Bortey, Emmanuel Borlabi. "Organisational restructuring and change management : a case study of the restructuring of the Christian Council of Ghana." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324094.
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Jones, Don Wayne. "Shared Governance and Organizational Commitment Reported by Enrollment Managers in the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities." Thesis, Arkansas State University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10262602.
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Many faith-based liberal arts institutions are tuition-dependent and are forced to compete with both public institutions as well as private for-profit colleges and universities to maintain student enrollment levels. Some faith-based institutions have adopted strategic enrollment management policies and procedures that emulate the best practices used by aggressive for-profit colleges. In many institutions, the point person for this marketing and recruiting strategy is the enrollment manager/admission director. The roles and titles vary across institutions, but using the descriptions of Presswood (2011) and Higher Education Publications (2016), the job functions are interchangeable. This study will therefor refer to the enrollment manager/admission director throughout.
The Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) is a coalition of 118 faith-based institutions founded in 1976 “to advance the cause of Christ-centered higher education…” (Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, 2013). Between 1990 and 2004, CCCU institutions enjoyed growth rates that were considerably higher than those experienced by public institutions and other independent colleges.
This study asked four research questions. First, is there a relationship between the reported level of shared governance in decision making by CCCU enrollment managers/admission directors and the organizational commitment they claim to their institutions? Second, are the respondent characteristics of age, gender, and tenure related to the organizational commitment of CCCU enrollment managers/admission directors? Third, is the faith-based mission of the institution related to the degree of organizational commitment claimed by CCCU enrollment managers/admission directors? Forth, is institution size (student enrollment) related to the degree of organizational commitment claimed by CCCU enrollment managers/admission directors?
Enrollment managers/admission directors from all 118 CCCU institutions were invited to participate in this study. Surveys were collected via SurveyMonkey and data analysis was compiled using SPSS 23.0 software. Results indicated that CCCU enrollment managers/admission directors report high levels of organizational commitment and positive levels of shared governance in decision making. Respondents also reported that their commitment to their respective organizations was related to the historic faith-based mission of their institutions. Statistical analysis found no correlation between reported levels of organizational commitment and shared governance, demographic characteristics, institution size, or the historic faith-based mission of the university.
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Ziegenfuss, Robin D. "A strategic worship transition plan to assist First Christian Church of Council Bluffs, Iowa, in moving from a 450 to a 1000 seat worship space." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Kittleman, Shaw E. "An analysis of the roles performed by public relations practitioners of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and how they correlate with Grunig's four models of public relations." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1379436.
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An ongoing concern within the young field of public relations is the profession's lack of acceptance. In general, the literature agrees that public relations practitioners should have a "seat at the table" within top management though many scholars and professionals feel this has not yet occurred, especially within higher education. This would tend to suggest that practitioners are not yet in the managerial role or not following the two-way models of public relations. However, public relations roles and models within education have not been researched as heavily, especially in institutions of higher education or Christian higher education.This study attempts to gauge the readiness of public relations practitioners within Christian higher education for a seat at the decision table, through the use of role theory and the application of Grunig's four public relations models. Twenty-seven senior public relations practitioners from member institutions of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universitiesformed the sample for this study. Q methodology was used to elicit practitioner perceptions of Grunig's four models of public relations. A survey was employed to determine which of Broom and Smith's four public relations roles they perform. Correlation was used to compare model perceptions with role performance.Two factors, the Cooperators and the Protectors, emerged from this study's Q sort, indicating general agreement with Grunig's two-way models of public relations. Additionally, the sample of senior CCCU public relations practitioners indicated performing tasks most related to the expert prescriber and communications technician roles. However, there was no significant relationship between the Q factors and role performance.Department of Journalism
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Melson, Richard J. "The X factors for presidential leadership of member institutions of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities| A comparative study." Thesis, Dallas Baptist University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3634585.
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Recent empirical research and literature in higher educational leadership posited a sharp increase in the vacancies of college and university presidencies in the near future. To complicate this problem further, the literature also indicated a significant shortfall in the number of qualified candidates to fill this leadership vacuum. The purpose of this research study was to consider the X factors for presidential leadership of member institutions of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) compared to the presidents of public universities and other private colleges in the U.S. The primary research question sought to understand the characteristics and differences of the presidents of CCCU member institutions compared to the presidents of public universities and other private colleges, and focused on seven facets of college and university presidents including: (a) demographics; (b) career paths; (c) educational background; (d) search and hiring processes; (e) duties; (f) characteristics of long-serving presidents; and (g) job satisfaction. The dataset provided by the American Council on Education's The American College President 2012 research study was used to determine if statistically significant differences exist between the presidents of CCCU member institutions and the presidents of public and other private colleges and universities. The results from this research study indicated there were statistically significant differences between the presidents of CCCU member institutions compared to the presidents of public universities and other private colleges with regard to demographics, career paths, search and hiring processes, duties and characteristics of long-serving presidents.
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Nwaigbo, Ferdinand. "Church as a communion : an african christian perspective : theology of the local Church in the light of the Second Vatican council /." Frankfurt am Main ; New York ; Paris [etc] : P. Lang, 1996. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37047190x.
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Tuduks, Oholiabs D. "Dysfunctional exclusion within Christian/Muslim relationships in Gombe state, Nigeria : a co-pathic approach." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96483.
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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Dysfunctional exclusion between Christians and Muslims in Northern Nigeria in general, and Gombe State in particular, is understood to be a trigger of religious crises in Northern Nigeria. History has shown that Northern Nigeria has been experiencing religious crises from 1980 to the present. The crises have grossly affected the relationship between these two religious groups, despite the fact that they all live in the same community and in some cases in the same family. The reoccurrence of religious crises has created fear and suspicion of one another between the adherents of the two religions, thus giving more ground to the practice of dysfunctional exclusion. In 1999, the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) formed a forum, called the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), for the purpose of tackling the problems of dysfunctional exclusion and religious crises between Christians and Muslims. Dialogue is one of the most relied approaches adopted by NIREC in addressing the challenges. Unfortunately the application of dialogue among the Christians and Muslims in Gombe state has not been effective as the problem of dysfunctional exclusion persist. This calls for reconsideration of the application of dialogue or to consider an alternative approach which will effectively deal with the dysfunctional exclusion among the two religious adherents in Gombe state. As a contribution to the fight against dysfunctional exclusion, I suggests a co-pathic approach. The research question is can co-pathy effectively contribute in addressing the challenge of dysfunctional exclusion within Christian/Muslim relationships? This will be answered with a focus on the outlined goals of the research following the methodology of Richard Osmer (2008) – the four tasks of practical theology. First, the descriptive-empirical task; this task answers the question what is going on? It examines the practice of dysfunctional exclusion among the Christians and Muslims. Second, the interpretive task, which answers the question why is this going on? This will discuss the concept of co-pathy, and its relevant application to the Christian/Muslim relationship. Third, the normative task; this task answers the question what ought to be going on? It explores a co-pathic theological foundation for interreligious understanding. And lastly, the pragmatic task answers the question how might we respond? This presents, in the concluding chapter, the contribution of the research to the fight against dysfunctional exclusion. The research will create an awareness of a pluralistic religious society and the need for interreligious understanding and consciousness. Co-pathy will be used as a point of convergence between Muslims and Christians and will stand at the centre of their relationships, as both religions recognise and value the virtue of co-pathy. This will motivate the life of togetherness in passion, thus paving the way for the recognition of each other‘s religion with regard, tolerating religious practices, and considering one another as members of the same community without religious segregation. The research is significant, as the issue of dysfunctional exclusion dehumanises and triggers religious crises, which have claimed many lives in the northern states of Nigeria.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Wanfunksionele uitsluiting onder Christene en Moslems in Noord-Nigerië in die algemeen, en in Gombe Staat spesifiek, gee aanleiding tot godsdienstige krisisse in Noord-Nigerië. Die geskiedenis toon dat Noord-Nigerië sedert 1980 godsdienstige krisisse ervaar. Hierdie krisisse het 'n groot effek op die verhouding tussen hierdie twee godsdienstige groepe, ten spyte daarvan dat hulle almal in dieselfde gemeenskap, en soms in dieselfde gesin, woon. Die herhaling van godsdienstige krisisse het gelei tot vrees en agterdog tussen die navolgers van die twee godsdienste, wat nog meer gronde gee vir die praktyk van wanfunksionele uitsluiting. In 1999 het die Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) en die Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) 'n forum gevorm met die naam Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) om probleme met betrekking tot wanfunksionele uitsluiting en godsdienstige krisisse tussen Christene en Moslems te hanteer. Dialoog is die benadering wat die meeste deur NIREC gebruik word om die uitdagings aan te spreek. Ongelukkig was die toepassing van dialoog tussen Christene en Moslems in Gombe Staat nie effektief nie, aangesien die probleem van wanfunksionele uitsluiting voortduur. Dit vereis dus 'n heroorweging van die toepassing van dialoog, of om 'n alternatiewe benadering te oorweeg wat doeltreffend met die wanfunksionele uitsluiting onder die twee godsdienstige groeperinge in Gombe Staat sal kan handel. As 'n bydrae tot die stryd teen wanfunksionele uitsluiting, stel ek 'n ko-patiese (copathic) benadering voor. My navorsingsvraag is kan ko-patie doeltreffend bydra tot die aanspreek van die uitdaging van wanfunksionele uitsluiting in Christen/Moslemverhoudings. Dit sal beantwoord word deur te fokus op die doelwitte van die navorsing volgens die metodologie van Richard Osmer (2008) – die vier take van praktiese teologie. Eerstens, die beskrywende-empiriese taak; dit antwoord die vraag, wat gaan aan? Dit ondersoek die praktyk van wanfunksionele uitsluiting onder Christene en Moslems. Tweede, die verklarende taak, wat die vraag beantwoord – hoekom gaan dit aan? Hier sal ek die konsep van ko-patie en die relevante toepassing daarvan op die Christen/Moslem-verhouding bespreek. Derdens, die normatiewe taak; hierdie taak antwoord die vraag, wat behoort aan te gaan? Dit verken 'n ko-patiese teologiese fondament vir intergodsdienstige verstandhouding. En laastens, die pragmatiese taak, wat die vraag, hoe kan ons reageer? beantwoord. In die finale hoofstuk stel ek die bydrae van hierdie navorsing voor in die stryd teen wanfunksionele uitsluiting. Hierdie navorsing sal bewussyn skep van 'n pluralistiese godsdienstige samelewing en die behoefte aan intergodsdienstige begrip en bewussyn. Ko-patie sal gebruik word as 'n punt van konvergensie tussen Moslems en Christene en sentraal in hulle verhoudings staan, aangesien beide godsdienste die deug van ko-patie erken en waarde daaraan heg. Dit sal die lewe van samesyn in passie motiveer en dus die weg berei vir die erkenning van mekaar se godsdiens met agting, die verdra van godsdienstige praktyke en 'n beskouing van mekaar as lede van dieselfde gemeenskap sonder godsdienstige afsondering. Die navorsing is betekenisvol omdat die kwessie van wanfunksionele uitsluiting mense ontmens en godsdienstige krisisse veroorsaak, wat al baie lewens in die noordelike state van Nigerië geëis het.
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Collins, Dane Andrew. "The Christian theology of religions reconsidered : Alan Race's theology of religions, Hans Frei's theological typology and 20th century ecumenical movements on Christian engagement with other faiths." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/278698.
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The contemporary debate concerning the Christian theology of religions has been profoundly shaped by Alan Race’s three-fold typology of exclusivism, inclusivism and pluralism. Although the insufficiency of this typology’s descriptive and critical capacity has become increasingly acknowledged within the field, widespread agreement about its replacement remains elusive. This thesis argues that a replacement can be found in Hans Frei’s five-fold typology of Christian theology, which differentiates between a range of approaches to theology, from theology as philosophical discourse (Type 1) to theology as quarantined, Christian self-description (Type 5). It is suggested that the more basic question posed by Frei’s typology of how Christian theology is understood in relation to philosophy and other external discourses, provides a better means of accounting for the different positions in the Christian theology of religions within 20th century ecumenical movements. It is shown how Frei’s typology emerges from his emphasis on both the limitations and the significance of external discourses for Christian theology, an emphasis which results from his construal of the mystery of Christ’s universal presence as a function of the particular incarnation in Jesus of Nazareth. Chapter one considers the philosophical foundations upon which Race’s typology is constructed, with particular emphasis on Troeltsch’s historicism, Hick’s epistemology of religious experience and WC Smith’s phenomenological hermeneutic, concluding that they determine the typology’s apologetic approach. It is shown how these commitments lead Race’s typology to differentiate between types of Christian theology primarily in relation to the philosophical viability, as Race understands it, of their Christology. Chapter two focuses first on the theology of Hans Frei and his analysis of the relationship between Christology and historicism, epistemology, and hermeneutics. It is suggested that Frei’s focus on the ordering of the relationship between Christian theology and external discourses, while undermining Race’s approach, affirms the possibility of a theologically valuable relationship between Christian theology and external discourses. Moreover, unlike Race, Frei’s emphasis on the significance of external discourses for Christian theology is derived in light of, and not in spite of, a faith in the incarnation and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Chapter three looks at Frei’s fivefold typology as a better means of accounting for the differences Race posits between exclusivists, inclusivists and pluralists. It is argued that in following Frei’s typological logic and the historical, epistemological and hermeneutical considerations characteristic of a Christian theology between types three and four, an approach to the theology of religions emerges which addresses the question of the universality of divine revelation – the central concern of Race’s typology – while also showing the inadequacy of Race’s typology and its prioritisation of philosophy. This will be shown by applying Frei’s typology to 20th century ecumenical movements and the positions on the theological significance of non-Christian religions that have emerged therein. Though Frei did not directly take up the issue of the Christian theology of religions, chapter three will demonstrate how his typology of Christian theology is of particular importance for this discussion. For his typology highlights the central question driving the theology of religions – how the ‘internal’ discourse of Christian self-description in reference to the gospels’ history-like witness to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ relates to the historically contingent, public world outside the church. The conclusion will point toward a constructive proposal for a theology of evangelism and interfaith dialogue in pluralist societies of the 21st century, drawing on the ecumenical discussion viewed in relation to the theological and typological insights of Hans Frei.
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Pessia, Wayne J. "Millennial Learners and the Missions of the Members of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities and the Association of Biblical Higher Education." Ashland University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1393426628.
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Rajagukguk, Nimrot. "A critical analysis of Stanley J Samartha's concept of Christian dialogue with people of other living faiths, and its relevance to the Indonesian context." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1712.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhDThis study will investigate the WCC concept of 'Dialogue between Christianity and other Living Faith', and its contributions in Asia, more specifically its impact on the relationship between Christians and Muslims in Indonesia. The study will focus on an Indian theologian, Stanley J Samartha, one of the most influential figures in the promotion of this concept within the WCC. The research will entail an analysis of Samartha's views on Christian dialogue with other faiths, and a critical assessment of his work in the field of 'mission', through his publications and various WCC documents. The contextual relevance of the study is highlighted by several spheres of tensions and conflicts: a) in the global context: the clash of cultures; b) in the ecumenical world: the divide between evangelicals and ecumenical; c) in the Asian context: the tension between dialogue and mission, between gospel and context; and d) in the Indonesian context: the ongoing tension between Muslims and Christians, and the tension between 'local gospel' and the Biblical gospel.
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Heaney, Michael John. "Beyers Naude, Ekumeniese baanbreker in Suid-Afrika : 1960-1994 (Afrikaans)." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09292004-101012/.
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Kilps, Jennifer. "Hospitality to the stranger : the experience of Christian Churches in the resettlement of African refugees to the United States." Thesis, St Andrews, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/707.
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Müller, Christian Olaf [Verfasser], Wilfried [Akademischer Betreuer] [Gutachter] Jokat, and Cornelia [Gutachter] Spiegel. "The Central Mozambique continental margin : Its tectonic evolution as the centrepiece of the initial Gondwana break-up / Christian Olaf Müller ; Gutachter: Wilfried Jokat, Cornelia Spiegel ; Betreuer: Wilfried Jokat." Bremen : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1138759511/34.
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Chun, Sang Wook. "Survey of ministers' attitudes toward the union of Jesus Korea Sungkyul Church and Korea Evangelical Holiness Church /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/oru/fullcit?p3112959.
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Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2003.Includes abstract and vita. Translated from Korean. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-150).
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McGeoch, Graham Gerald. "Liberating Ecumenism : an ecclesiological dialogue with the Final Report of the Special Commission on Orthodox participation in the World Council of Churches." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6466/.
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The thesis attempts to address Orthodox Church concerns about the Protestant nature and ethos of the ecumenical movement, as it is encountered in the World Council of Churches, by examining Orthodox theological contributions to ecclesiology. This preliminary work is undertaken, as a first step, to establish points of dialogue with the theology of liberation and wider critical theories, in the search for a liberating ecumenism. At the same time, and in a second step (to follow the epistemology of the theology of liberation), this Orthodox theology is placed in a critical dialogue with the theology of liberation in the search for liberating ecclesiological perspectives that can contribute to the movement in ecumenism. This uneasy dialogue helps to recover absent epistemologies from ongoing ecumenical dialogues by re-reading orthodoxies, both ecumenical and ecclesiological, from a liberationist paradigm, and sets ecclesiology within the wider framework of contributions from critical theory. This dialogue between Orthodox theology and the theology of liberation helps to construct an ecclesiology that liberates ecumenism by setting ecclesiology and the ecumenical movement in the wider context of social movements. This thesis calls the ecumenical movement to ‘another possible world’ influenced by people-centred ecclesiologies, which transgresses the canonical boundaries in the ecumenical movement. To be ecumenical implies an Orthodox content to ecclesiology, otherwise the ecumenical movement is open to charges of pan-Protestantism. It is by embracing Orthodoxy that the ecumenical movement can move beyond hegemonic colonial projects and find a liberating praxis. This thesis proposes a dialogue that reflects the structure of the Final Report of the Special Commission on Orthodox Participation in the World Council of Churches. However, it engages with Orthodox ecclesiology and ecumenical histories from the perspective of the theology of liberation in the search for a liberating ecumenism and proposes a praxis that develops movement in the ecumenical and the ecclesiological through developing an ecclesiology from different peripheries of the Church.
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Vilanculos, Carlos Miguel. "O Papel das Organizações Não-Governamentais Cristãs No Desenvolvimento de Moçambique : O Caso do Sul do Save, 1992 - 2010." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4284.
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Mestrado em Desenvolvimento e Cooperação InternacionalA questão do Desenvolvimento tem um registo histórico marcado por uma evolução e alargamento da sua abordagem para questões sociais, económicas e políticas, que complementam-se na melhoria das condições de vida dos indivíduos. A abordagem actual do desenvolvimento, conduzida pelo modelo de desenvolvimento alternativo, valoriza o processo de "empowerment" dos indivíduos para maior participação e apropriação dos processos de desenvolvimento. Neste quadro, os vários actores da cooperação para o desenvolvimento, onde destacamos as ONGs Cristãs, desempenham um papel fundamental na promoção do bem-estar dos indivíduos bem como torna-los auto-confiantes na condução do seu desenvolvimento. Deste modo, através do presente estudo realizado nas províncias de Inhambane, Gaza, Maputo e Cidade de Maputo, em Moçambique, pretendemos contribuir para um maior conhecimento do papel das Organizações Não-Governamentais Cristãs, em representação das igrejas católica e protestante, no processo de desenvolvimento do país, destacando a intervenção no período pós guerra civil, terminada em 1992.
The issue of Development has been historically marked by an evolution and extension of its approach to social, economic and political matters, which are complementary in improving the living conditions of individuals. The current approach on development, led by the alternative development model, values the process of individuals "empowerment" to achieve great participation and ownership of development processes. In this context, various development cooperation agents, among them we highlight Christian NGOs, play a key role on the promotion of the welfare of individuals and make them self - confident to lead their development. Thus, through this study developed in the Mozambican provinces of Inhambane, Gaza, Maputo and Maputo City, we intend to contribute to a better understanding of the role of Christian Non Governmental Organizations, representing the Catholic and Protestant churches, on the process of development of the country, mainly highlighting the interventions held after the civil war, which ended in 1992.
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Jack, Andrew S. "Tassel flipping a portrait of the well-trained youth-ministry graduate /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p088-0188.
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Webb, Kerry S. "Presidents' Leadership Behaviors Associated with Followers' Job Satisfaction, Motivation Toward Extra Effort, and Presidential Effecitveness at Evangelical Colleges and Universities." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4377/.
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Transformational leaders have tendencies that include: 1) projecting confidence and optimism about goals and followers' ability, 2) providing a clear vision, 3) encouraging creativity through empowerment and rewarding experimentation, 4) setting high expectations and creating a supportive environment, and 5) establishing personal relationships with followers. Transactional leadership as a process in which leaders and followers decide on goals and how to achieve them through a mutual exchange. The leader provides followers with resources, rewards, and punishment in order to achieve motivation, productivity, and effective task accomplishment. Laissez-faire leadership is the process of letting followers work without direction or guidance from the leader. The laissez-faire leader avoids providing direction and support, shows a lack of active involvement in follower activity, and abdicates responsibilities by maintaining a line of separation between the leader and the followers. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the assumption that a combination of transformational and transactional leadership factors is more predictive of greater followers' job satisfaction, motivation toward extra effort, and perceived presidential effectiveness than either leadership style alone. The study investigated perceptions of the degree to which transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and laissez-faire leadership were practiced by presidents of member colleges and universities in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). In addition, the study considered whether some combination of transformational and transactional behaviors is more predictive of job satisfaction, motivation toward extra effort, and perceived presidential effectiveness than either transformational or transactional leadership alone. The independent variables in the study included the transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership behaviors of the college and university presidents and the dependent variables were job satisfaction, motivation toward extra effort, and perceived presidential effectiveness. This study points to specific behaviors that are predictive of job satisfaction, motivation toward extra effort, and perceived presidential effectiveness. By combining the behaviors identified as transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership behaviors, this study determines specifically which behaviors are predictive of the three dependent variables. By combining the transformational leadership behaviors of Attributed Charisma and Individual Consideration with the transactional leadership behavior of Contingent Reward, leaders may develop leadership styles that are more satisfying, motivating, and effective for followers than solely using the transformational model of leadership. Followers indicate that they are more satisfied and motivated by leaders who possess great energy, high levels of self-confidence, strong beliefs and ideals, are assertive, have the ability to make followers feel more confident, who create greater personal confidence within their followers, and who use positive reward systems to affirm desired behavior. This information provides empirical data to support the concept that a combination of charisma, personal consideration, and a reward system may increase follower's job satisfaction, motivation toward extra effort, and perceptions of leaders' effectiveness better than transformational leadership behaviors alone.
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Siber, Elizabeth G. (Elizabeth Gaye). "The Visual Arts Philosophy of Roman Catholicism as Manifested in the Works of Four Commissioned Artists Completed for the 1987 Sanctuary of St. Rita's Catholic Church." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500454/.
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This thesis investigates how the visual arts philosophy promulgated in the 1960s by the Second Vatican Council of Roman Catholic Churches is manifested by commissioned artists for a particular parish. The primary data were the new sanctuary and the artworks, which include stained glass by Lyle Novinski, a carved-glass Marian Shrine by Claire Wing, bronze Stations of the Cross by Heri Bartscht, and wooden medallions depicting two saints carved by Don Schol. This paper reviews pertinent ecclesiastical doctrines along with interpretational publications, physically and iconographically describes the sanctuary and artwork, and considers aspects of the relationship between patron churches and the artists they commission.
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Fiorotti, Silas André. "CONHECER PARA CONVERTER OU ALGO MAIS?: LEITURA CRÍTICA DAS ETNOGRAFIAS MISSIONÁRIAS DE HENRI-ALEXANDRE JUNOD E CARLOS ESTERMANN." Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, 2012. http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/236.
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Colonialism produced several speeches about local cultures, and the discourse of the missionaries is one of its variants and, in turn, are included in this speech the missionary ethnographies. We present a critical reading of two missionary ethnographies produced in Portuguese colonies, the territories of Angola and Mozambique. The first, entitled Usos e costumes dos bantos: a vida duma tribo sul-africana [The Life of South African Tribe], by Henri-Alexandre Junod (1863-1934); the second entitled Etnografia do sudoeste de Angola [The Ethnography of Southwestern Angola], by Carlos Estermann (1896-1976). We problematize the relationship between the missionary action, the Portuguese colonialism and local cultures of these territories of Angola and Mozambique, through the analysis of these missionary ethnographies. These ethnographies, besides presenting the richness of life forms of native societies, signal as they conducted the negotiations between the missionaries in their practices and the natives.
Resumo: O colonialismo produziu diversos discursos sobre as culturas locais, sendo que o discurso dos missionários é uma de suas variantes e, por sua vez, neste discurso estão inclusas as etnografias missionárias. Apresentamos uma leitura crítica de duas etnografias missionárias produzidas nas até então colônias portuguesas, os territórios de Angola e Moçambique. A primeira, intitulada Usos e costumes dos bantos: a vida duma tribo sulafricana, cujo autor é o missionário Henri-Alexandre Junod (1863-1934); a segunda, intitulada Etnografia do sudoeste de Angola, cujo autor é o missionário Carlos Estermann (1896- 1976). Problematizamos a relação entre a ação missionária, o colonialismo português e as culturas locais dos territórios de Angola e Moçambique, através da análise destas etnografias missionárias. Destacamos que estas etnografias, além de apresentarem a riqueza das formas de vida das sociedades nativas, sinalizam como se efetivaram as negociações entre estes missionários em suas práticas de missionação e seus interlocutores nativos.
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Ribeiro, Célia Maria. "O espírito do pastor: a espiritualidade inaciana no ministério do Papa Francisco." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21597.
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This work introduces Pope Francis ministry in a different light, an approach which has not been usually adopted, so far: Ignatian spirituality. From the start, it narrates Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s spiritual and intellectual backgrounds, which were firstly incorporated from his own family and further developed when he joined in the Society of Jesus. His trajectory as a clergyman highlights his struggles with his fellow brothers in his religious congregation, where he experienced both setbacks and advancements, especially, when we consider the Latin America historical context at the time, during which Argentina, where he was born and raised, was under a military dictatorship. Nevertheless, in spite of all the political tensions, his decisions always go in the direction of pastoral work and spiritual discernment. Following that, this work highlights the Second Vatican Council major influence over the Church new policies in our contemporary cultural scenario, a context full of challenges which were long felt in the successive Church crisis. This was an important aspect for Pope Benedict XVI resignation, which is also assessed in this work, a resignation that was followed by the conclave ending up in the election of the first Jesuit Pope. The circumstances for his choice and the facts triggered by the new Bishop of Rome, beginning with his decision to be called “Francis” and advancing to the traits of his Petrine ministry, are taken into account, especially in the light of Ignatian spirituality, when references to time, places and people are underlined. Nevertheless, it is a work that introduces Pope Francis inner language in the context of his outspoken life
Este trabalho apresenta o ministério do Papa Francisco sob um enfoque com poucos precedentes, até então: a espiritualidade inaciana. De início, narra a formação espiritual e intelectual de Jorge Mario Bergoglio, obtida a partir de sua própria família e desenvolvimento na Companhia de Jesus. Em sua trajetória, destacam-se as nuances e os reveses da convivência na congregação religiosa, sobretudo, no contexto latino-americano, em decorrência da ditadura militar na Argentina, país de sua origem e crescimento pessoal e eclesial; assim como as tensões para a tomada de decisão, porém sempre baseada no discernimento espiritual e pastoral. A seguir, sinaliza para a influência do Concílio Ecumênico Vaticano II na reorientação da Igreja e na relação com a cultura contemporânea, repleta de desafios, os quais foram sentidos na longa crise da instituição milenar. Este, um aspecto considerado relevante na renúncia do Papa Bento XVI, também abordado na pesquisa, seguido do conclave que culminou na eleição do primeiro Papa jesuíta. As circunstâncias de sua escolha e os fatos desencadeados pelo novo Bispo de Roma, desde a opção por chamar-se “Francisco” às características próprias do seu ministério petrino, são levados em consideração, especialmente à luz da espiritualidade inaciana, quando se assinalam as referências aos tempos, lugares e pessoas. Contudo, trata-se de um trabalho que analisa a linguagem interior do Papa Francisco baseada na exterioridade de sua vida
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Parrend, Yves. "Histoire de la Fédération protestante de France (1905-1991) à travers les Actes des Assemblées générales." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019STRAK010.
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Cette thèse, en six sections, s’attache à préciser les conditions de la création de la Fédération protestante de France et à en suivre les évolutions durant le vingtième siècle de façon historique et thématique. L’étude s’adosse à un corpus textuel de référence constitué par les Actes des Assemblées générales. Elle s’arrête après l’Assemblée générale de Lille en 1991. Le rôle de la Fédération protestante de France est majeur, à la fois comme acteur de l’unité protestante, mais aussi comme promoteur de l’œcuménisme. Constituée en association, elle n’est cependant pas une Eglise et laisse à chacun de ses membres l’autorité en matière théologique. Ses prises de position sur des thématiques éthiques font de cette structure une institution originale, marquée bien souvent par des orientations d’avant-garde. Toutefois, la Fédération protestante de France s’est trouvée confrontée à d’importants défis : contraintes de gestion, représentation des Eglises et des Œuvres en son sein, pluralité de ses composantes, mutations sociétales, crise des modèles, place des femmes, enjeux théologiques, etc. Cette thèse s’attache à développer et analyser ces différents pointsThe goal of this thesis, in six chapters, is to describe how the Fédération protestante de France was created and to trace its development throughout the twentieth century on historical and thematic modes. This research draws upon all the Acts of the General Meetings during the period ending with the 1991 Assembly in Lille. The Fédération protestante de France plays a major role as a promoter of both Protestant unity and ecumenism. It is an association and not a Church, which means each member retains authority concerning theological matters. Its very often avant-garde statements on ethical issues make it a unique institution. However, the Fédération protestante de France has been confronted by important challenges: managerial constraints, the method of representation of its member Churches and Organizations, the plurality of its components, changes in society, women’s roles, theological issues, and so on… This thesis does a focus on these different points and analyse them
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Chitlango, Andre Jonas. "Ntumbuluko and Christian faith : an evangelical perspective on some aspects of a Tsonga worldview and the implication for Christian mission in southern Mozambique." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2106.
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This thesis consists of a detailed study of ntumbuluko (Tsonga life force or worldview) as it emerges from field research which investigated Tsonga traditionalists, academics, artists, Christian practitioners and Bible translators to establish the meaning and use of ntumbuluko. The aim of the thesis is to uncover the impact of ntumbuluko in Tsonga Christianity by assessing its relationship with the gospel and to discern its influence in the apprehension of
Christian faith among the Tsonga people of Mozambique; and finally to propose an evangelical perspective on the encounter between gospel and culture in Mozambique. The study demonstrates that ntumbuluko is a very pervasive concept or worldview. It has a highly integrated view of life and reality, thus, resisting a dualistic conception of life, the universe and the reality thereof. It is in ntumbuluko that the Tsonga find the essence of life, reality and humanity in harmonious correlation with the cosmos. Thus, ntumbuluko is a heuristic key for interpreting reality, including Christian faith. It provides a system of meaning for everything. It is at this point that ntumbuluko's relationship with the gospel
needs to be examined. Tsonga people see ntumbuluko as the pre-established divine order of things and as a firm foundation of Tsonga existence. Tsonga society can be compared to a house built upon a bridge. Cracking the bridge is labouring towards one's own demise. Therefore, any affront against or disregard for ntumbuluko with modernist or faith argument threatens the centre of gravity of the Tsonga existence. Such an attitude warrants a counter
response to maintain cosmic harmony to ensure a harmonious and balance existence. If Christians attempt to use the gospel to alter or disregard this principle, the gospel is viewed as "bad news." The peaceful encounter between and co-existence of ntumbuluko with the gospel is replaced with an antagonistic one. All in all, ntumbuluko is very ambivalent; it can be either positive, negative or neutral. Regardless of the fact that ntumbuluko is so often used negatively in the Bible and in official Christian discourse, most Christians concur with their traditionalists counterparts in perceiving, describing and using ntumbuluko in a more positive and/or neutral sense rather
than negative sense. Christian practitioners, although indirectly, join the traditionalist attack on modernity (colonialism), Marxism and Christianity (Western missionary Christianity) for having destroyed ntumbuluko, thus weakening the life force therein. The alleged result has been humanitarian, ecological and environmental disasters (wars, droughts, flooding, disease,
infant mortality, short life-span, etc.). Any religion and/or ideology which could be logically acceptable and desirable in Tsonga society would be the one that tunes into the ntumbuluko maintenance system or principle, thus ensuring cosmic harmony and an increase life force, with the subsidiary benefits thereof. This is why Christian faith is either resisted (the Tonga Mission 1560-1562 story) or undermined (as many informants indicated) in its encounter and co-existence (relationship) with ntumbuluko. This researcher argues, therefore, that the depth, complexity and pervasiveness of ntumbuluko
require an approach such as "translation" and "interpretation", historically associated with John the Apostle. The gospel of John is the example par excellence. The author (John, for argument's sake), translated the divine truth, revelation and incarnation into Hellenistic cultural thought forms (Arche and Logos) and interpreted his translation with Christian truth, thus giving these age-old known concepts new meanings, Christian meanings. In that way,
Arche and Logos mediated a deeper understanding and apprehension of the Christian faith to the Greeks. In so doing, the author bypassed the question of the relationship between Jesus and the above concepts in the Greek thought. Dealing with ntumbuluko from an evangelical perspective will also require translating the divine revelation and incarnation into Tsonga categories of ntumbuluko and interpreting it with new meanings, Christian meanings, to
enable or mediate a deeper and profound apprehension and understanding of the Christian faith in the Tsonga cultural milieu, thus producing a vibrant Tsonga evangelical Christianity in Mozambique.Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2004.
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Aleixo, João Domingos. "The alleviation of poverty in Mozambique : a Christian ethical perspective / João Domingos Aleixo." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/11750.
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It is not difficult to prove the extent of poverty in Mozambique, because it does not only
affect this country, but the issue of poverty is debated worldwide in political, scientific,
social, religious and academic circles. Therefore the issue of poverty became a large
interest in human existence attracting much attention.
In Mozambique, poverty is seen as a problem debated by various factions of the society,
provoking the political and religious leaders to concentrate their efforts on this concern
(MPF, 2000:30). The politicians make their influence known through their electoral
manifests, including their political speeches in the campaigns. That is what led the
government of this country to recently declare a struggle against poverty as the priority
project for the next five years. Poverty in itself results in an increase of corruption and the
lowering of ethical standards in all fields of life (ANFP, 2006:24).
In the religious sphere, especially in the church, the influence on poverty is evident through
preaching, missions and the decision making of the believers. The connection between
poverty and corruption is important to the religious since it is related to human behaviour.
The question on how Christians face this matter, posed a subject of research for the
researcher. Thus, in order to contribute to the actions of alleviating poverty in
Mozambique, this research had to examine aspects in understanding poverty, the real
origin of poverty in Mozambique, and also how to deal with problem.
The history and the causation of poverty in Mozambique are connected. It cannot be seen
as judgment from God, but it could be seen as the result of the sin of people, inside as well
as outside the church. To change the situation, the paradigm and consequently also the
ethical standards that drive human life must be altered.Thesis (M.A. (Ethics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012
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Kwizera, Astere. "The KwaZulu-Natal Christian Council (KZNCC)'s work with men on HIV and AIDS : a critical analysis." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8443.
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Reddick, Donald O. Jr. "An investigation of the music education curriculum at member institutions of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities /." 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3223700.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2389. Adviser: John Grashel. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-108) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.
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Cashen, Paul William Dillon. "From the Sacred Heart to the heart of the sacred The spiritual journey of Australian Catholics since the Second Vatican Council /." 2005. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp93.29052006/index.html.
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Thesis (PhD.) -- Australian Catholic University, 2005.Submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Bibliography: p. 275-287. Also available in an electronic format via the internet.
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Jomon, Kalladanthiyil John. "Analysis of the religious practices of Hindus at Saint Joseph's Oratory : transmission of Christian faith after the Second Vatican Council." Thèse, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/20447.
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"香港婦女神學的歷史回憶: 以香港婦女基督徒協會作為個案研究." 2009. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5896555.
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劉建安."2009年5月".
"2009 nian 5 yue".
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-50).
Abstracts in Chinese and English.
Liu Jian'an.
摘要 ABSTRACT --- p.II
論文綱目 --- p.III
Chapter 1. --- 引言 --- p.1
Chapter 2. --- 回顧：以「香港婦女基督徒協會」作為本土推動婦女神學的典型（年報資料） --- p.3
Chapter 2.1 --- 「女協」的源起 --- p.3
Chapter 2.2 --- 架構 --- p.4
Chapter 2.3 --- 會員情況 --- p.4
Chapter 2.4 --- 其使命與目標 --- p.5
Chapter 2.5 --- 限制與衝突 --- p.5
Chapter 2.6 --- 經濟情況 --- p.7
Chapter 2.7 --- 進或退 --- p.8
Chapter 2.8 --- 「變」與「不變」 --- p.11
Chapter 2.8.1 --- 女協的「不變」-不斷地做婦女神學反省 --- p.12
Chapter 2.8.2 --- 女協的「變」-行動策略 --- p.13
Chapter 2.9 --- 小結 --- p.14
Chapter 3. --- 「女協」與「同行者」在「自耕地」的相遇（女協通訊） --- p.16
Chapter 3.1 --- 進路 --- p.16
Chapter 3.2 --- 接受訪問 --- p.16
Chapter 3.3 --- 對外演講 --- p.18
Chapter 3.4 --- 特別片段 --- p.20
Chapter 3.5 --- 小結 --- p.27
Chapter 4. --- 「女協」羣體的論述 --- p.29
Chapter 4.1 --- 《釋》的源起 --- p.29
Chapter 4.2 --- 《釋》- 香港婦女神學的起點 --- p.30
Chapter 4.2.1 --- 從普世到香港的婦女神學 --- p.31
Chapter 4.3 --- 《釋》的婦女神學 --- p.32
Chapter 4.4 --- 「婦運」與「婦神」 --- p.37
Chapter 4.5 --- 「女協」10年回顧 --- p.39
Chapter 4.6 --- 「女協」十年之後 --- p.41
Chapter 5. --- 總結 --- p.45
附錄 --- p.47
參考書目 --- p.48
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Su, Re-Hwa, and 蘇瑞華. "The political and religiosity of national committee of three-self patriotic movement of the protestant churches in China and China Christian Council." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/pj8ckz.
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Ledbetter, Neal Brian. "Best Practices Of Online Undergraduate Spiritual Formation At Select Institutions Of Christian Higher Education: A Delphi Study." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/5477.
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The purpose of this research project was to establish consensus among experts regarding best practices of online undergraduate spiritual formation with a specific focus on the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). Prior to this project, there was no consensus regarding best practices of online spiritual formation at the undergraduate level. Even less research existed with regard to the practices used among CCCU member institutions. Therefore, this project sought to identify the best practices implemented by CCCU member institutions to provide effective spiritual formation in their online undergraduate programs.
This project was a mixed methods exploratory sequential design utilizing the Delphi Method. Sixteen expert faculty and administrators teaching in or overseeing Christian ministry departments within CCCU member institutions were enlisted to participate as panelists in this study. Round 1 gathered answers to 16 open-ended questions that were developed based on the CCCU definition of spiritual formation. Round 2 utilized a four-point Likert type scale with panelists evaluating the importance of 78 thematic practices that emerged from round 1. Round 3 utilized a simple agree or disagree dichotomous scale evaluating the importance of the remaining practices to online undergraduate spiritual formation. After three rounds of a Delphi Study with experts in the field of online spiritual formation at the undergraduate level, thirty consensus best practices were identified.
Chapter 1 outlines the purpose and driving questions of this project related to best practices of online undergraduate spiritual formation. Chapter 2 reviews the precedent literature regarding the theological and theoretical foundations for Christian education and spiritual formation, as well as reveals a gap in the literature related to undergraduate online spiritual formation among CCCU member institutions. Chapter 3 articulates the design of this project and the use of the Delphi Method. Chapter 4 reveals the findings from each of the three rounds in this Delphi Study. Finally, chapter 5 analyzes and evaluates the findings of this project, including the thirty consensus best practices that were identified and their contribution to precedent literature, educational practice, and advancement of online Christian education.
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Taylor, Curtis J. "A study of the characteristics, satisfaction, and organizational commitment of faculty members at ten colleges affiliated with the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities /." 2005.
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Rajagukguk, Nimrot. "A critical analysis of Stanley J Samarthaâs concept of Christian dialogue with people of other living faiths, and its relevance to the Indonesian context." Thesis, 2011. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_8373_1343657577.
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This study will investigate the WCC concept of &bdquoDialogue between Christianity and other Living Faithsâ, and its contributions in Asia, more specifically its impact on the relationship between Christians and Muslims in Indonesia. The study will focus on an Indian theologian, Stanley J Samartha, one of the most influential figures in the promotion of this concept within the WCC. The research will entail an analysis of Samarthaâs views on Christian dialogue with other faiths, and a critical assessment of his work in the field of &bdquo
missionâ, through his publications and various WCC documents. The contextual relevance of the study is highlighted by several spheres of tensions and conflicts: a) in the global context: the clash of cultures
b) in the ecumenical world: the divide between evangelicals and ecumenical
c) in the Asian context: the tension between dialogue and mission, between gospel and context
and d) in the Indonesian context: the ongoing tension between Muslims and Christians, and the tension between &bdquo
local gospelâ and the Biblical gospel.
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Saurombe, Nampombe Pearson. "Public programming of public archives in the East and Southern Africa regional branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA):." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20084.
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Public programming initiatives are considered as an integral part of archival operations because they support greater use of archival records. This study investigated public programming practises in the ESARBICA region. The findings of the study were determined after applying methodological triangulation, within a quantitative research context. This included the use of self-administered questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and the analysis of documents and websites. Participants in this study were ESARBICA board members, Directors of the National Archives and archivists from the ESARBICA region. Nine (69.2%) national directors representing different member states completed the questionnaire and eight archivists from the same region were interviewed. Furthermore, three ESARBICA board members were also interviwed. Legislation and country reports from ESARBICA member states were reviewed, together with websites of institutions within the ESARBICA region that offered archival education and training.
Findings of the study indicated that public programming initiatives were not a priority. Reasons for this included lack of public programming policies, budgetary constraints, shortage of staff and lack of transport. Furthermore, the national archives were reluctant to rope in technology to promote their archives. Collaboration efforts with regard to promoting archives were shallow. Moreover, the investigation of user needs was restricted to existing users of the archives. In addition to all this, the archivists felt that they needed to improve their public programming skills.
The study therefore suggests that the national archives of ESARBICA should focus on: legislation, public programming policies, advocacy, users, partnerships and skills. Taking these factors into consideration, an inclusive and integrated public programming framework was developed and proposed as a possible measure for improving public programming efforts in the ESARBICA region.Information Science
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WU, SING-TA, and 吳信達. "An attempt to construct an appropriate youth mission strategy through theological analysis and exploration on the "Shine Youth Camp" hosted by the Christian Council of Tainan City." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4m45w8.
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For the past few years, there were annually more than 1,000 youth attended in "Shine Youth Camp" which has been holding 10 years. For the facts of its consistency, participatory and stability that motivated this researcher to explore this theme, and to search for a suitable key idea for today's youth mission. Through in-depth interview, sociological analysis and theological interpretations this thesis has following findings: 1. First, the mysticism within Shine's worship is one of the effective reason for youth mission. Second, a youth affects by his subgroup to decide to attend in Shine or not. 2. Leaders in administration groups need to aware volunteers' psychic state to avoid them burn out and give suitable resource when they need it. If a volunteer has a harsh experience in Shine, perhaps he/she may quit the voluntary jobs. 3. If local churches could establish the subjectivity with Shine, they may have fewer tensions and participate in Shine. An unexpected result is found in this dissertation. Every shorter era in church history of Taiwan had its own motivation and consideration doing youth missions. This appearance is called 'Paradigm Shift of Youth Mission' by this researcher. However, about the particulars, impact and improvement require more scholarly research.
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Cadri, Diego. "The development of small Christian communities in the Catholic Church and among the Lugbara people of Uganda after the Second Vatican Council a historical, theological and pastoral investigation /." 2007. http://etd1.library.duq.edu/theses/available/etd-09252006-150338/.
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Veenkamp, Carol-Ann, Clifford C. Pitt, Carolyn Viser, Ee Kathleen Van, and Janet Catherina Wesselius. "Perspective vol. 23 no. 5 (Oct 1989)." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/251236.
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Veenkamp, Carol-Ann, Clifford C. Pitt, Carolyn Viser, Ee Kathleen Van, and Janet Catherina Wesselius. "Perspective vol. 23 no. 5 (Oct 1989)." 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/277566.
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Matisovská, Zuzana. "Svátost biřmování - její teologické pochopení v partikulárních dokumentech a směrnicích (v ČR a SR) ve srovnání s jejím teologickým pojetím ve všeobecných dokumentech magisteria od II. vatikánského koncilu po současnost." Master's thesis, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-408865.
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The thesis "The Sacrament of Confirmation - the theological understanding in the particular documents and regulations of the dioceses (in Slovak Republic and Czech Republic) and its comparison with the theological concept in the universal magisterial documents from the second Vatican council until now" deals with the sacrament of confirmation as the essential part of Christian initiation which constitutes the heart of sacramental organism and shapes being of every Christian. First two chapters analyze presence of the seven aspects of confirmation in universal and particular magisterial documents (history of salvation; sacramental sign; relationship to the rest of initiation, common priesthood and apostolate; effects; recipient and catechesis; minister; ecumenical perspective). Then in the third chapter, the two approaches are compared and critically considered.