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Johnson, Kenneth R. Chitty Derwas J. "The Christian ideal in the seven letters of St. Anthony the Great." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.

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Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 1992.<br>Includes "The Seven letters of St. Anthony the Great," translated by Derwas J. Chitty, 1975. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-80).

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White, John B. "Wisdom and the formation of the moral life in Proverbs." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Dickson, Karolyn Louise. "A comparison of the Imitation of Christ and Life on the vine." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Pryce-Davies, John. "Theological Significances of I Corinthians 15:29 in the Life of the Christian Community." Thesis, Griffith University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367643.

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This thesis explores the theological significances of I Cor 15:29 in the life of the Christian community. The methodology for this exploration requires a literature review mainly over the past half century with some historical trajectories from previous eras. Various issues and debates arise from this review, which are critiqued along with the Mormon position. An exegesis of the original Greek text and its immediate and wider context allows for an exploration of the relevant comparisons of I Cor 15:29 with other Pauline and Petrine literature as well as Credal formulae. Concluding reflections finally distil some theological significances within the Christian Community’s life.<br>Thesis (Masters)<br>Master of Philosophy (MPhil)<br>School of Theology<br>Faculty of Arts<br>Full Text

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Vaughan, Amie H. "Reading and spiritual formation : toward a place for literature within parent-child, domestic church and body of Christ relationships for raising children in Christian faith." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2010. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=158574.

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This thesis explores how and why literature and reading, as a practice within Christian families, can play an influential role in the spiritual formation of children. The first part presents a picture of Christian parenting, drawn from three theologians: Karl Barth on parents and children, based in the doctrines of creation and Christology, and the I/Thou relationship; the Roman Catholic doctrine of family as ‘domestic church’, as discussed by Florence Caffrey Bourg; and Stanley Hauweras, largely concerning his emphases of a Christian ethic, the narrative structure of life, and the Body of Christ as essential for raising children. The second part moves to investigate philosophy and literary theory, in order to show how literature is formative, from three philosophers: Richard Eldridge sees it as intellectually educational as one moves between autonomy and embeddedness in moral personhood; Martha Nussbaum argues that it is emotionally experiential, returning emotions, imagination and particulars to a central part of the search for a good life; and Wayne C. Booth presents it as an educating experience, in which one should fully engage with the work, reflect upon it, and share one’s assessments in discussion. In the last chapter and conclusion, four major themes are discussed—individuals in community, narrativity, the good life of faith, and open closure—in order to bring into clearer focus the ways literature and its formative nature can enhance the raising of children in faith, the task of Christian parents.

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Sobeckis, Dainius. "Leonardas Andriekus' Life and Creation: Personality and Christina Universalism." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20131009_160822-12073.

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In accordance with cultural and literary theology the purpose of the study is to research Leonardas Andriekus’ (1914-2003) personality, his cultural and literary activities. In this work there are used biographical, cultural theology, literary theology and correlation methods. Searching for an appropriate theoretical base it was chosen Lev Karsavin’s (1992) a theory of a personality, philosopher Maceina’s considerations and theoretical insights while analysing Christian universalism and theology of culture (1991, 1993), Joseph Ratzinger's (1999) concept of death and eschatology as well Paul Tillich’s (1995) theology of culture. In the study there has been examined the formation of Christian universalism and concept of a universal personality in Lithuania, a paradigm of theology of culture, concepts of the theologies of art and literature. Andriekus’ life since his birth till the magazine “Aidai “ was moved into Lithuania also has been analysed. There has been disclosed Andriekus’ personality formation and his determination to the priesthood, which later was leading him towards the cleric path. There also have been highlighted Andriekus’ cultural ties with compatriots. In the work there is also being analysed his relationship with Lithuanian artists, writers and other representatives of culture. There have been presented his activities as a leadership of Lithuanian Writers' Society. There has been analysed his relationship with the magazine “Aidai” where he was working... [to full text]<br>Tyrimo tikslas remiantis kultūros teologija ir literatūros teologija ištirti Leonardo Andriekaus (1914-2003) asmenybę, jo kultūrinę veiklą bei literatūrinę kūrybą. Darbe naudojamasi biografiniu, kultūros teologijos, literatūros teologijos ir koreliacijos metodais. Ieškant tinkamo teorinio pagrindo, buvo pasirinktos Levo Karsavino (1992) asmenybės teorija, filosofo Maceinos svarstymai bei teorinės įžvalgos analizuojant krikščioniškąjį universalizmą ir kultūros teologiją (1991; 1993), Josepho Ratzingerio (1999) mirties ir eschatologijos samprata bei Paulo Tillicho (1995) kultūros teologija. Tyrime išnagrinėtas krikščioniškojo universalizmo formavimasis ir universalios asmenybės samprata Lietuvoje; išanalizuota kultūros teologijos paradigma, meno teologijos ir literatūros teologijos samprata. Ištirtas Andriekaus gyvenimas nuo jo gimimo iki žurnalo „Aidai“ perkėlimo į Lietuvą. Atskleistas asmenybės susiformavimas ir apsisprendimas kunigystei, kuris vėliau vedė link dvasininko kelio. Išryškinti Andriekaus kultūriniai ryšiai su tėvynainiais. Analizuoti jo santykiai su lietuvių menininkais, rašytojais, kultūrinininkais. Pristatyta jo veikla vadovaujant Lietuvių rašytojų draugijai. Analizuoti jo santykiai su žurnalu „Aidai“, kuomet jis buvo bendradarbis ir vyr. redaktorius. Išnagrinėta Andriekaus publikuota ir nepublikuota poezija. Analizuotas universalus laikas per kairos ir chronos prizmę; sakralios erdvės, kur įvairūs Palestinos vietovardžiai siejami su Lietuvos vietovardžiais... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

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Yarbrough, Mark M. "Paul's hymnic call to godliness in 1 Timothy 3:16." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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O'Donnell, Thomas Joseph. "Monastic literary culture and communities in England, 1066-1250." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1905660951&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Mejias, Sarah J. "Sense and Sensibility: A Sermon on Living the Examined Life." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2017. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2387.

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Jane Austen’s novels remain an essential component of the literary canon, but her first published novel, Sense and Sensibility, is frequently neglected. However, in Sense and Sensibility is the genesis of Austen’s technique through which her major characters cultivate and reveal a strong inner life, demonstrated through the character of Elinor Dashwood. This technique is a characteristic she incorporates in each of her succeeding novels. Her approach to literature centers on the interiority of her characters and their ability to change, but it her first novel Austen takes a unique approach. Following the structure of an eighteenth-century sermon, Austen creates a sermon for lay people that centers on the cultivation of a strong interior life.

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Falsberg, Elizabeth Laurie. "Ancrene wisse in its ethical and sociolinguistic setting /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9396.

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Cifo, González Manuel. "Rodrigo Rubio: vida y obra literaria." Doctoral thesis, Universidad de Murcia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/10759.

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Rodrigo Rubio es un escritor al que la mayoría de los críticos lo sitúan dentro del denominado realismo social y, más concretamente, dentro de un realismo existencial de fuertes raíces cristianas. Además, su literatura posee un alto contenido autobiográfico -desde el principio hasta el final de la misma-,con una fuerte reflexión individual y unas motivaciones psicológicas bastante profundas.El propio rubio siempre se manifestó como un firme defensor de la literatura comprometida, marcada por una fuerte vocación realista y por un irrenunciable carácter testimonial. De ahí su permanente defensa de la literatura como testimonio de la vida del ser humano y de su lucha diaria, muchas veces infructuosa, por encontrar la felicidad. Porque, para Rodrigo Rubio, literatura y vida son inseparables, tal y como siempre mostró a lo largo de su obra y como se ha pretendido poner de manifiesto incluso con el mismo título de esta Tesis Doctoral.<br>Rodrigo Rubio is a writer whom most critics have placed within the so-called social realism, and more precisely within an existential realism, with strong christian roots.Furthermore, his literature, has, from beginning to end, a high autobiographical content, together with a strong individual reflection and deep psychological motivations.Rubio himself always stood for committed literature with a strong realistic vocation and testimonial character. Hence, his permanent defence of literature as a testimony of the life of human beings and their daily, and so often fruitless, struggle for happiness. Because, for Rodrigo Rubio, literature an life cannot be separated, as he has showed all throughout his works, and the title of this Tesis Doctoral has intended to state.

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Wendt, Candice Dee. "Interpreting the Sacred in As You Like It: Reading the "Book of Nature" from a Christian, Ecocritical Perspective." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2325.

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Since the advent of the environmental crisis, some writers have raised concerns with the moral influence of Christian scripture and interpretive traditions, such as the medieval book of nature, a hermeneutic in which nature and scripture are "read" in reference to one another. Scripture, they argue, has tended to stifle sacred relationships with nature as a non-human other. This thesis argues that such perspectives are reductive of the sacred quality of scripture. Environmental perspectives should be concerned with the desacralization of religious texts in addition to nature. Chapter one suggests that two questions surrounding the medieval book of nature's history can help us address ways that such perspectives reduce religious interpretation of sacred texts. The first question is the tension between manifestation and proclamation, or the question of how scripture and nature reveal sacred meanings. The second is the problem of evil, or the question of where evil and suffering come from. It also proposes that Shakespeare's As You Like It and religious philosophy, particularly Paul Ricoeur's writings, can help us address these problems and provide a contemporary religious perspective of the "book of nature." Drawing on scenes in the play in which nature is "read" as a book and Ricoeur's essay on "Manifestation and Proclamation," chapter two argues how manifestation often works interdependently with proclamation. Chapter three discusses how anthropocentric worldviews in which natural entities are exploited also distort interpretive relationships with scripture. Overcoming desacralization requires giving up desires to suppress contingencies, particularly suffering, in nature and in interpreting religious texts. Only as the characters in As You Like It accept contingencies are they able to engage hidden sources of hope, which is comparable to the need to let go of mastery in interpretation Ricoeur describes. Chapter four discusses problems with attempts to uncover the origins of the environmental crisis by discussing what Ricoeur writes about the problems with theodicy and Jean-Luc Marion's phenomenology of evil. Assumptions that specific human origins for evil can be blamed confirm deceptively human-centered worldviews and can mask valuable messages about how to morally respond to suffering that are taught in Judeo-Christian narratives.

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Shirock, Robert J. "The Bible and the Christian life." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Johnston, John G. "Discipleship stepping stones to developing your church's strategy /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2009. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Williams, Lydia. "Good Christian." restricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11172008-162748/.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2008.<br>Title from file title page. Josh Russell, committee chair; John Holman, Sheri Joseph, committee members. Description based on contents viewed June 8, 2009.

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Lowe, Shannon Edythe. "Madness, life and literature." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.527153.

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Coats, David A. "Life touches life : the discipleship ministry of Northland Baptist Bible College /." Northland Baptist Bible College, 2005. http://www.nbbc.edu.

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Thesis (D.Min.)--Central Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005.<br>Computer printout. At time of cataloging, Dr. Coats is Dean of Men at Northland Baptist Bible College. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-158).

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Plant, Andrew Martin. "The life and music of Philip Christian Darnton." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.490316.

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Johnson, Robert Steven. "Life development at Central Christian Church, Mesa, Arizona." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Arnold, Jonathan W. "The doctrines of sin and human freedom in best-selling evangelical non-fiction from 1994-2004." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Caldwell, John William. "A program for the encouragement of Christian disciplines for spiritual growth at Kingsway Christian Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.

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Djurslev, Christian Thrue Djurslev. "The Christian Alexander : the use of Alexander the Great in early Christian literature." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/20140.

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The aim of the present study is to examine how the legacy of Alexander was appropriated, altered and used in arguments in early Christian discourse (c. 200-600). There is an inventory of all the early Christian references to Alexander in Appendix 1. The structure of the thesis is conceived as an unequal triptych: it is divided into three parts with subdivisions into three chapters of varying lengths (Part III contains two chapters and the thesis conclusion). Each part is prefaced with a short description of its contents. Each chapter within those parts have a preliminary remark to introduce the principal subject area with a brief conclusion in the back of it. Part I explores the Alexander traditions of three geographical centres of the Christian world: Alexandria (Ch. 1), Jerusalem (Ch. 2) and Rome (Ch. 3). It shows how the Jewish tales from these cities, such as the Josephan tale about Alexander’s visit to Jerusalem, were used in a variety of diverging, often contradictory, ways. Part II turns to the writings of the apologists in the second and third centuries. It discusses three prevalent themes associated with Alexander: historiography (Ch. 4), divine honours (Ch. 5) and Greek philosophy (Ch. 6). Part III moves on to the central texts and Alexander themes in the fourth to sixth centuries. It focuses on his role in Christian chronicles, church histories and representations of their world (Ch. 7), and also the rhetorical use of the figure in Christian preaching and public speaking (Ch. 8). Taken together, these three parts form the overarching argument that Alexander did not only fill many diverse roles in Christian representations of the remote past, but also featured in contemporary discourse on Christian culture, identities and societies, as well as in arguments made on behalf of the Christian religion itself. Indeed, the Christians frequently juxtapose the figure with distinctively Christian features, such as the life of Jesus, the Apostles, the church, sacred cities and holy spaces. They incorporate him into discourses on peace, mercy, generosity and abstinence. In other words, they repeatedly made Alexander relevant for what they considered important and, thus, created their own distinct discourse on the figure.

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Kelly, Gregory P. "The Christian aesthetic of Oscar Wilde." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.293690.

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Higgins, Kyle Patrick. "The life of the historic Patrick." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Economou, Mark Allin. "Establishing balance in Christian living." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Hasselbach, Craig Gunther. "Managing life to the glory of God." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Ferretter, Luke. "Towards a Christian literary theory." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15232.

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Most contemporary literary theories are either explicitly or implicitly atheistic. This thesis describes a literary theory whose principles are derived from or consistent with Christian theology. It argues against modern objections to such a theory that this is a rationally and ethically legitimate mode of contemporary literary theory. The first half of the thesis constitutes an analysis of deconstruction, of Marxism and of psychoanalysis. These are three of the most influential discourses in modern literary theory, each of which constitutes a significant argument against the existence of God, as this has traditionally been understood in Christian theology. In a chapter devoted to each theory, I examine its relation to Christian theology, and argue that it does not constitute a conclusive argument against the truth-content of such theology. I go on to assess which of its principles can be used in modem Christian literary theory, and which cannot. The second half of the thesis constitutes an analysis of a Christian tradition of thought that pertains to literary theory. In the fourth chapter, I examine the concepts of language and of art expressed or implied in the Bible, St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, and assess which of these concepts could be used in Christian literary theory today. In the fifth chapter, I examine certain twentieth-century Christian philosophers and literary critics, and assess how their thought could be used in contemporary Christian literary theory. In the final chapter, I synthesize the conclusions to these arguments into the outline of a literary theory that both derives from Christian theology and takes account of the objections to such theology posed by contemporary literary theory.

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Loomis, Michael J. "A framework for defining Christian character and the process of character development particularly as it pertains to the contemporary college student." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Higle, David A. "Private faith and public practice a study of spirituality and social responsibility in recent ministerial graduates /." PDF version available through ProQuest, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1605134091&SrchMode=1&sid=16&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1249060737&clientId=10355.

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Koch, Gerry Conrad. "Evaluating the effectiveness of a discipleship seminar program at Valley Community Baptist Church." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Cheney, Craig Stephen. "The authority and power of Satan in the life of the believer." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.

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Lynskey, Angela Cartwright. "Christian Literature and Social Justice: A Literary Analysis." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366018839.

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Martinelli, Deena A. "Fundamentalist Christian literature and the perception of womanhood /." View abstract, 1999. http://library.ctstateu.edu/ccsu%5Ftheses/1533.html.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Central Connecticut State University, 1999.<br>Thesis advisor: Dr Norton Mezvinsky. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." Includes bibliographical references (leaves [79-82]).

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Sassone, Robert Louis. "Time and Beowulf : the impact on Anglo-Saxon poetry of Christian and non-Christian Germanic traditions regarding time." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312486.

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Ryan, Caitlyn G. "Rubik’s Cube Life." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1343057479.

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McNabb, Jeffrey C. "The stewardship of life a guide to teaching stewardship in the church /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p062-0294.

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Wilcox, David H. "Walk with God a relational model /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Phillips, William L. "Walking as Christ walked the essence of Christian living /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Lane, Cara. "Moments in the life of literature /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9458.

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Pizziuti, Floriana <1983&gt. "G.M.Trevelyan:A life between Literature and History." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/2930.

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Lo scopo del presente lavoro è quello di analizzare le fonti storiche e letterarie che hanno sviluppato la sensibilità di G.M.Trevelyan per la conservazione di una natura incontaminata. Tale condizione ha permesso al paesaggio di rappresentare in maniera univoca i valori spirituali della nazione inglese.

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Pitari, Paolo <1989&gt. "Bummed Out: Literature, Life, and DFW." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/6265.

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Drawing on the tradition of the personal essay, I’m going to try to explore and define my relationship to David Foster Wallace’s writing, how it affected me through the years, changing my perspective on life and changing the story I tell myself about my own life and my place in the world. This is by no means anything new. Personal essays have been around as long as American literature has been and examples of the use of such form for literary discussion can be found among contemporary writers — e.g. Wallace’s own essays on John Updike and Kafka (just to name a couple); Franzen’s Mr. Difficult on William Gaddis; Zadie Smith’s piece on Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. Choosing to adhere to this tradition has to do with a certain level of agreement with the idea – expressed by Michel de Montaigne – that “Every man has within himself the entire human condition.” Or, more broadly but also to the point, the choice of form is an ethical choice. This essay is going to be on myself (and my surroundings) and DFW only because these are what I can be most verbal about, the choice does not imply an avowal of some kind of superior importance attributed by myself to myself and the writer I’m most connected to. In my head we’re just examples in a personal discussion which is bound to touch larger themes than Wallace’s writing, stuff like how one relates to literature and how is a life affected when someone gives books ethical authority, or how literature can affect the individual’s relationship to the community. Literary criticism is constantly striving towards objectivity through scientific approaches, an end that might well be honorable, but that – to me, at least – ends up sounding fake and boring and meaningless a lot of the time. Not to deny that there is self-evident stuff to be found in literature, it’s just that purely analytical approaches – if nothing else – lack certain qualities, qualities that, if less scientific, have a lot to do with literature. The personal essay provides a friendly tone and a conversational approach which I think should be granted more prominence in literary criticism. The form can cure some of the defects and paradoxes currently afflicting the critical practice, its potential has to do with constructing meaning through a dialogic discussion, a principle very dear to Wallace himself. This is what I will be exploring.

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Zandstra, Benjamin. "Standing in grace a relational overview of Christian life /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Maxwell, William James. "Growing in grace learning from the insights of John Calvin /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1995. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p068-0049.

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Sombrio, Murray L. "The Johannine contribution to the doctrine of the spiritual life." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Cornish, Rick. "A study of the effect of practicing spiritual disciplines on the Christian's quality of spiritual being." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Park, Jun Sung. "Paul's concepts of discipleship in his Pastoral Epistles." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Stanford, Shawn L. "Markan discipleship criteria for akoloutheo." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.

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Danker, Adrian A. "A discipleship of beauty and the beauty of discipleship: Re-thinking Christian discipleship with scripture and theology." Thesis, Boston College, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:105017.

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Campese, Gioacchino. "Discipleship and mission in Matthew's Gospel an interpretation of Matt. 15:21-28 /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Fountain, Richard. "The carnal believer in the First epistle to the Corinthians." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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