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Taylor, Kurt. "Christ's commission and Lutheran schools." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0265.
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McAlister, Robert Morrison. "Mobilizing local churches in the Great Commission Association in cross-cultural church planting." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com.
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Otto, Rodney D. "Staffing to fulfill the Great Commission paraprofessionals in the church /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.
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Guenther, James M. "Leading Trinity Baptist Church to be a Great Commission church through the personalization of missions." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Groth, John H. "A historical study of the Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Martin, J. Greg. "A program for orienting the new adult members of the Commission Road Baptist Church of Long Beach, Mississippi." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.
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Linden, Gerson Luis. "The role of the ministry and of the church in the mission of God according to Matthew 28:16-20." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.
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Lloyd, Edward Gareth. "The revision of the Eucharist in the Church of England : a study of liturgical change in the twentieth century." Thesis, Durham University, 1997. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1049/.
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The Church of England has experienced two substantial periods of liturgical revisior during this century, spanning between them almost 50 years. The reforms came in response to pressures for change within Church and society, and also reflectec doctrinal, missiological and scholarly tensions within the Church itself. The significance of the first period of revision, 1906-1928, is frequently underestimated The literature emphasizes the 1928 Prayer Book's role as a disciplinary standard, bu1 neglects the liturgical debate and discussion which lay behind it. While the Book itself was a conservative revision of the 1662 Prayer Book, the background to its compilatior reveals two important and vigorous strands of debate. Firstly, the Church was struggling to find an identity and character as a catholic, as well as a reformed, body and secondly, there were impassioned pleas for a more accessible liturgy to meet the needs of unchurched people. The second period of revision, 1955-1980, culminating in the publication of the Alternative Service Book, was more obviously successful in translating pressures fOr change into a living liturgy. The most significant influence was the widespread adoption of 'parish communion' ideals, which the new eucharistic rites are designed to serve. However, liturgical scholarship has also been hugely influential on new rites, and the extent of this has not been fully recognised. While changes in the understanding of eucharistic sacrifice and prayer for the dead were well debated, other reforms, particularly the adoption of Dix's four-action shape and implicit changes ir the doctrine of consecration, have received less attention than they deserve. This thesis attempts to remedy these deficiencies, and offers a fresh account of the work of revision. Attention is concentrated on the eucharist. The thesis is rooted in primary sources, particularly the papers of the Liturgical Commission and the Church's synods.
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Whitehouse, John D. "Calvinism and Arminian theology and obedience to the Great Commission." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.
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Conway, Catrina M. "Some Secrets You Keep: Reconsidering the Rockefeller Commission." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461264101.
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Tam, Yik Fai. "Strategy and identity of a social movement organization : a case study of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese." HKBU Institutional Repository, 1993. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/10.
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Danhof, James M. "Training network process for developing Olivet Evangelical Free Church of Muskegon, Michigan as a disciple-making church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
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Kobe, Sindiswa Lerato. "The Relationship between remorse and offering forgiveness: selected case studies from the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4119.
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Magister Theologiae - MThThis study investigates three case studies, namely, the “Pepco Three”, the “St James Church incident”, and the “Gugulethu Seven incident” from the perspective of ongoing reflections on the nature of reconciliation in the sub-discipline of Systematic Theology. The research problem that is investigated in this project is: What role did visible signs of remorse (or its absence) play in the willingness or unwillingness of victims (or their close relatives) to offer forgiveness to the perpetrators of gross violations of human rights related to the three cases studies mentioned from the amnesty hearings of the South African Truth and Reconciliation commission, namely the “Pepco Three” the “St James Church massacre incident”, the “Gugulethu Seven”. In each case study, the crucial question that will be asked is whether the victims or their relatives understand forgiveness as something that is conditional and part of a longer process of reconciliation, or whether they understand forgiveness as something that can be offered unconditionally. The research draws on some standard theological literature with specific reference to literature on the concepts of reconciliation, forgiveness and remorse emerging in the aftermath of the South African TRC. This is followed by a description and critical analysis of the three identified case studies. In each case, I listened to the recordings, read the transcriptions, and considered the available secondary material on the case studies.
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Melville, William Ian. "An historical analysis of the structures established for the provision of Anglican schools in the diocese of Perth, Western Australia between 1917 and 1992." University of Western Australia. Graduate School of Education, 2006. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2006.0032.
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[Truncated abstract] Within the State of Western Australia, from its early years, education has been provided not only by the State, but also by religious denominations, particularly the Catholic Church, the Anglican Church and other Christian groups. This thesis is concerned with Anglican education in the State from the years 1917-92. The particular focus is on the structures established for the provision of Anglican education in the Diocese of Perth throughout the period. The central argument of the thesis is as follows. During the period 1917-92, the structures established for the provision of Anglican education in the Diocese of Perth changed across four subperiods: 1917-50, 1951-60, 1961-80 and 1981-92. During the first subperiod, provision was made under structures which allow for the schools which existed to be classified according to three ‘types’: ‘religious-order schools’, ‘parish schools’, and ‘schools of the Council for Church of England Schools’. The first two types continued during the second subperiod and were joined by two new types, namely, ‘Perth Diocesan Trustees’ schools’ and ‘synod schools’, while ‘schools of the Council for Church of England Schools’ceased as a type. During the third subperiod ‘synod schools’ continued as a type, but the other three types ceased to exist. At the same time, one new type emerged, namely, ‘schools of the Church of England Schools’ Trust’. During the fourth subperiod there were also two types of schools within the Diocese, but the situation was not the same as in the previous subperiod because while ‘synod schools’ continued as a type, ‘Perth Diocesan Trustees’ schools’ ceased to exist. Furthermore, a new type was established, namely ‘schools of the Anglican Schools Commission’. This two-type structure for provision which was established during the sub-period 1981-92, is still that which exists to the present day for the provision of Anglican education within the Diocese of Perth.
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Butler, Daniel L. ""Go into all the world" a study of the Great Commission texts and the church's response in Acts /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Morrison, Ruth Helen Bell. "A study of the Special Commission on Baptism (1953-63) and developments in baptismal doctrine and practice in the Church of Scotland since 1963." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2016. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7276/.
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In 1953 a Special Commission on Baptism was appointed by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, under the convenorship of The Very Rev Dr Thomas F. Torrance, to carry out a fresh examination of the Doctrine of Baptism, in order to lead the Church to theological agreement and uniform practice. The Commission had emerged after years of disagreement related to the meaning of baptism and its administration, especially in light of infant baptism. What followed was seven years of Interim Reports and the production of a Biblical Doctrine of Baptism. Since then, Act XVII (1963) pertaining to Baptism has been revisited on several occasions. It is the contention of this thesis that Torrance greatly influenced the work of the Commission and shaped substantially the doctrine that emerged. The result was an understanding of baptism that whilst rooted in the Reformed tradition, departed from it. By suggesting that baptisma was closely aligned to Christ’s vicarious death, and that the sanctifying nature of the incarnation was the primary justification for the baptism of infants, a different trajectory was proposed. This created a tension between two differing paradigms, one that led to discriminate baptism and another, that could have led to indiscriminate baptism. The result was confusion in the General Assembly, and failure to unify doctrine and practice. In light of this, this thesis will explore the baptismal theology of Thomas F. Torrance. It will then examine the reports of the Special Commission, the minutes of their meetings, and the verbatim minutes of the General Assembly during that period, in order to establish Torrance’s influence upon the Commission and the reception of the reports within the church. Identifying that the main areas of tension lay in sacramental and covenantal theology, it will then offer an overview of both the Reformed tradition and the Special Commission to see points of agreement and disagreement, in order to assess the extent to which the Special Commission departed from Reformed principles. Finally, it will explore the influence of the Special Commission’s work on the Church of Scotland since 1963, highlighting the watershed in baptismal theology that occurred in 2003, with the acknowledgement that believers’ baptism, and not infant baptism, was the theological norm.
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Rundle, Margaret. "Accommodation or confrontation? Some responses to the Eiselen commission report and the Bantu education act with special reference to the Methodist church of South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19520.
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This study was undertaken at a time when South African politicians and educators are facing the challenge of a major restructuring of the education system, and at a time when the the Methodist Church of South Africa is being encouraged, by some, to become more involved in the provision of education again. It focusses on the three events - the appointment of the 'Commission of Inquiry into Native Education' (usually referred to as the Eiselen Commission), the Report of that Commission, and the Bantu Education Act of 1954 which led to the introduction of the system of Bantu Education in 1955. Consideration is given to the responses of various 'liberal' and 'radical' groups to those events.
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Els, Cornelius Wilhelmus. "Reconciliation in Southern Africa the role of the Afrikaans Churches : a historical and analytical study of the contributions of the Afrikaans Churches to the process of reconciliation in Southern Africa, with special reference to their response to the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission /." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10232008-173602/.
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Cloud, Stephen M. "Developing a strategy to help fulfill the Great Commission through the Baptist churches in Moldova a study of what strategies are preferred by Moldovan Baptist church leaders in order for western participants to help in winning Moldova for Jesus Christ /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Griffiths, Casey Paul. "Joseph F.Merrill: Latter-day Saint Commissioner of Education, 1928-1933." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2007. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1060.
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Joseph F. Merrill served as Church Commissioner of Education from 1928 to 1933, an era critical in the development of Latter-day Saint Education. During his tenure as commissioner several key developments occurred in Church education, among them the closing of most of the remaining Church academies, transfer of nearly all of Church junior colleges to State control, rapid expansion of the Church seminary system, and establishment of the first LDS Institutes of Religion. Merrill also initiated new efforts to encourage LDS educators to seek graduate-level education outside of Utah, and to bring religious scholarship to the teachers of the Church. In addition, during this time attempts were made by forces outside the Church to seriously curtail the continuation of the seminary program, if not to eliminate it entirely. Merrill's efforts were crucial in ensuring the survival and ultimate acceptance of this form of religious education. This study is intended to answer the following research questions: 1. What were the contributions of Joseph F. Merrill as Church Commissioner of Education? 2. How can the lessons from Merrill's administration be applied to the challenges facing Church education today? The first chapter of this thesis is intended to provide the necessary historical back to understand the events which took place during the Merrill tenure. Particular attention is paid to the work of Merrill's predecessor, Adam S. Bennion. Chapter two provides the historical background to understand Merrill's background before he was called as commissioner. The “Beginning of Institute" chapter explores the creation of the Latter-day Saint Institutes of religion. Next, the “Continuing the Transformation of Church Education" explores the decision to close or attempt to transfer to state control the junior colleges owned by the Church during this time. With the transfer of most of the Church colleges underway by the early 1930s, Church education found itself dependent on the work of seminaries and institutes. “The Released Time Seminary Crisis of 1930-31" chapter details the effects made by the report of the state high school inspector, I. L. Williamson, on seminary and Merrill's work to defend the legality of the seminary system. Next, “Joseph F. Merrill and Religious Educators" will document Merrill's dealings with the teachers who served under him as commissioner. Attention is devoted here to the effects of the Depression on Church education, as well as an account of the LDS educational venture with the University of Chicago Divinity school in the 1930s. Finally, the “Conclusions" chapter explains Merrill's departure from the office to serve as president of the European Mission. This chapter will also offer summary answers to the major research questions, and suggestions for future study The overall intent of this study is to shed light on the contributions of Joseph F. Merrill to Latter-day Saint education. It is not intended as a full biographical work, but simply focuses on his service as commissioner, with occasional ventures into other periods as necessary. It is hoped the reader will emerge with a greater understanding of this important era in Church history, as well as an improved vision of the divine hand guiding the fate of the Church.
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Patterson, Randy Earl. "Career workshop curriculum for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Employment Resource Services." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2451.
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The purpose of this project was to develop a career workshop curriculum for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Welfare Services in the Inland Empire Area. The major steps involved in job search will be covered including: goal setting, networking, resumes and cover letters, interviewing, salary negotiations, and follow-up.
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Saint-Surin, Sandra. "Community Services by Haitian Churches in New York City as a Means of Fulfilling the Great Commission| A Qualitative Investigation." Thesis, Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10271737.
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The respective research focuses on Haitian Christian leaders’, particularly Millennials’, perception of commitment to community service in the metro New York City area in their churches’ neighborhood. Prior to this present study, Haitian Christian leaders’ perception commitment to community service in their churches’ neighborhoods were unknown. Therefore, this present research created a measuring tool – “Rubric for Evaluating Commitment to Community Service” (RECCS) to assess Haitian Christian leaders’ perception commitment to community service. The present research author interviewed three leaders (senior pastors and two youth leaders) from five different churches totaling fifteen participants to determine their level of commitment to community service. Afterward, the present research author did a second interview with senior pastors of each church and searched for indicators of common traits/factors that three highest and the two lowest scoring churches had in common. The present research author discovered that the level of commitment to community service differ among the five churches and between senior pastors and their youth leaders. In addition, the research found that there were no common trait/factors among the highest scoring churches, but there was one trait in common among the lowest scoring churches. Despite this, that trait/factor could not yield a conclusion making the research results be inconclusive. Lastly, the present research author offered ministry recommendations to future research and the Haitian church community.
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Foster, John J. M. "Diocesan commissions for liturgy, music, and art from Pius X to the 1983 Code of canon law an historical and canonical examination /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
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Fitzgerald, Georgina. "Ordained ministry in the United Church of Canada: An analysis of documents on the ordained ministry commissioned by the General Council of the United Church of Canada between 1925 and 1980." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6796.
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All of the United Church's studies on ministry acknowledge the role of the laity in the church's ministry. The Ministry in the Twentieth Century (1968), however, is the first document to question the necessity for an ordained ministry in the church or to suggest that this ministry may be detrimental to the church's welfare if, because of its focal position, it impedes the ministry of the laity. The Ministry in the Twentieth Century recommends that the church continue to "ordain" those who play an enabling function in the church but the understanding of ordination it presents is far removed from ordination's traditional meaning in the United Church or in the Reformed tradition generally. While On a Functional Ministry (1954) recommended that the church consider changes in the way it exercised its ministry so that the church could be more responsive to the heavily industrialized and technological context of the 1950's, the kind of changes which the Commission on The Ministry in the Twentieth Century advocate are more basic. The Commission on Ordination (1962) admits that the abolition of that ministry was one of the changes it had considered. The 1977 Task Force Report expresses many of the same sentiments found in The Ministry in the Twentieth Century. It presents a mainly functional understanding of this ministry, and creates opposition between clergy and laity via the suggestion that the laity have been prevented from realizing their ministry because of the status accorded the ordained ministry and the focal role this ministry plays in the church. Project: Ministry, in contrast, affirms the distinctiveness of the ordained ministry and its essential role in the church while at the same time emphasizing that there is only one ministry in the church "the ministry of Jesus Christ" in which both lay and ordained participate. What is noticeable in an examination of the United Church's two most controversial reports, The Ministry in the 20th Century and the 1977 Task Force on Ministry is that, other than a belief in the "servanthood" model of the ordained ministry and in the fact that this ministry must be carried out in mutuality with the ministry of the laity, nothing, including the existence of the ordained ministry itself, is considered normative. These two reports, in particular, indicate that there is a group of significant size in the United Church which distrusts the ordained ministry, and a smaller but equally vocal group which would like to do away with it altogether. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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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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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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Rowe, Peter Anthony. "The roles of the cathedral in the modern English Church." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1859.
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A cathedral of the Church of England is the seat of the bishop and a centre of worship and mission. The history of this institution is followed from the English Reformation, which it survived, through to the Commonwealth, which it did not. Restored on the return of the monarchy, it then survived with little further trouble until the nineteenth century, when a lot of its income was diverted to the provision of churches and ministers for the populous urban and industrialised areas, which the Church could not fund in any other way. It was the subject of investigation by two Royal Commissions in the nineteenth century and three church-inspired commissions in the twentieth. These commissions stressed the links that should exist between cathedral, bishop and diocese, which the nineteenth century diocesan revival also encouraged, and suggested changes in instruments of governance to achieve this. Some proposals came to nothing, but others were brought into law. Unlike the Roman Catholic cathedral, the Anglican one never lost its autonomy. The religious situation in Britain today is considered in the light of some contemporary sociology and psychology, and it is recognised that the continued decline in the fortunes of the Church is tied up with the massive subjective turn which characterises contemporary culture. The cathedral has not shared the mistrust which faces the Church, and its various roles are discussed in the light of its continued hold on public affection. The conclusions reached are that, although the cathedral now has strong links with bishop and diocese, it should retain its independence within relationships of interdependence with them, to enable it to harness the popularity which it enjoys to remain a centre of worship, but primarily to concentrate on being a centre of mission. Appropriate ways of achieving that are discussed.
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Pedro, Lutiniko Landu Miguel. "The ministry of reconciliation a comparative study of the role of the churches in promoting reconciliation in South Africa and Angola /." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05262008-131944/.
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Cole, John Joseph. "The concept of unity in the documents of the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches, 1927-1983: A historical-analytical study." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/7769.
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Matham, Samuel Wilfred. "The evangelical alliance mission : an evaluative study of its discipling ministry among the coloured people of Swaziland and South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53116.
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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2002ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation seeks an answer to the following question: To what extent has the discipling ministry of The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) in Southern Africa produced disciples with a holistic perspective of the Christian mission. The specific group studied is the Coloured community found in Swaziland and South Africa. The specific period covered is from 1921-1999. After an introductory chapter which provides orientation to the subject and also gives a brief history of the founding of TEAM and of the Coloured Church called EBC (Evangelical Bible Church), TEAM's understanding of the Great Commission is evaluated in the light ofan exegetical and theological study of the Great Commission. The study shows that what is called the Great Commission cannot be arbitrarily derived from one key text such as Matthew 28: 18-20, but needs to be grasped in its total significance from the entire Bible. Matthew 28: 18-20 is treated in this study as a pivotal text which turns towards the Old Testament and the New Testament, including the context of the Gospel of Matthew itself. The conclusion of the theological study of the Great Commission, is that TEAM drastically reduced the focus to one main task - church planting, with primary emphasis on evangelism and personal salvation. In this way, the horizontal implications of the Christian mission were relegated to "support ministries" which were aimed at supporting the main task of evangelism and church planting. Thus, TEAM lacked a comprehensive theology of mission which would have connected both the vertical and horizontal aspects of its work in Southern Africa. Chapter 3 of the dissertation, describes TEAM's pioneering efforts among the Coloured people of Southern Africa. WIth the exception of their work in Swaziland, the TEAM missionaries concentrated almost exclusively on leading people to faith in Christ and establishing local churches which would function according to the principles of self propagating, self-supporting, self-governing, and self-instructing. This pioneer stage proved then that TEAM basically executed its own narrowed understanding of the task ofrnaking disciples. Added to the narrow practice of mission, was the homogeneous approach to church planting, which accommodated itself to the segregationist policies of the government, and produced three segregated denominations - all the offspring of TEAM. Chapter 4 of this study shows that TEAM missionaries and other key missionaries from what was called South Africa General Mission (SAGM), entrenched the onesided approach to the Christian mission in three Bible colleges which played a leading role in training Coloured leaders for the ministry. It was simply a matter of time before the nationals themselves reproduced what they had learned at TEAM-related colleges in their own efforts of church planting which were viewed as the fulfilment of the Christian mission. This national effort by key nationals in EBC, forms the substance of chapter 5 of the dissertation. Chapter 6 of this study discusses the road ahead for both TEAM and EBC. It focuses on six crucial matters: The need for thanksgiving for the good which has been done; the need for confession for failures in theology and practice; the need to formulate a holistic theology of mission; the need for practice consistent with a holistic theology which would assist TEAM and EBC in reconciling both the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the Great Commission; the need to practise the principles of unity and mission, and finally, the need for evaluation of TEAM's Relational Reconfiguration in order to determine what can be done to promote better relationships between TEAM and the TEAM-related churches.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie proefskrif is om die volgende vraag te beantwoord: Tot watter mate het die dissipelskap bediening van "The Evangelical Alliance Mission" (TEAM) in Suider Afrika, volgelinge met 'n omvattende perspektief van die Christelike sending voortgebring? Die spesifieke groep wat bestudeer word, is die Kleurling gemeenskap van Swaziland en Suid Afrika. Die spesifieke tydperk wat gedek word, is vanaf 1921 tot 1999. Hoofstukl beskryfkortliks die geskiedenis van die stigting van TEAM, deur die werk van Fredrik Franson in 1890. Sy motiveering tot sending, is duidelik, deur sy geloof in die naderende wederkorns van Christus. Die werk van TEAM in Suid Afrika het gelei tot die ontstaan van die Evangelical Bible Church (EBC) en het drie afsonderlike verbonde of kerke tot gevolg. Hulle staan bekend as Kerk 1 (Swartes), Kerk 2 (Kleurlinge) en Kerk 3 (Indiers). Die fokus van hierdie studie is gemik op die Kleurling denominasie, alhoewel die ander groepe ook bespreek word, vanwee hulle betrokkenheid by die Kleurling kerk. Hoofstuk 2 evalueer TEAM se begrip van die Groot Opdrag in die lig van 'n breedvoerige studie van die Christelike sending, gebaseer op die totale boodskap van die Bybel. Die hoofteks aangaande die Groot Opdrag (Mt. 28: 18-20), word beskou as 'n sentrale teks wat beide die Ou Testament sowel as die Nuwe Testament betrek. Op hierdie wyse is dit duidelik dat die volle Missio Dei, wat ook die fokus van die Christelike sending insluit, in die visier kOID.Die slotsom van hierdie teologiese studie, is dat TEAM as sending van 'n gebrekkige Bybelse teologie van sending, die hooftaak van die Groot Opdrag beperk het tot Kerk stigting. Sodoende was TEAM in staat om die vertikale aspek van sending te beklemtoon met die klem op evangelisasie en kerk stigting, maar kon nie aan die horisontale dimensie omvat, wat volgens die Skrif 'n wesenlike aspek van die Groot Opdrag is, reg laat geskied nie. Inteendeel, bedienings wat nie direk verband hou met kerkstigting nie, was beskou as "ondersteunende bedienings", nie as wesenlike bedienings nie. Hoofstuk 3 beskryfTEAM se vroegste pogings onder die Kleurling gemeenskap van Suid Afrika. Klaarblyklik, met die uitsondering van die werk in Swaziland, het TEAM sendelinge daarop gekonsentreer om mense tot geloof in Christus te lei en om plaaslike kerke te stig. Dus in die baanbreker stadium, is TEAM se beperking van die Evangelie tot persoonlike saligheid en lidmaatskap duidelik. Die enger fokus van die Groot Opdrag is ook sigbaar in die tipe opleiding, wat die lidmate by TEAM - verwante Bybel kolleges ontvang het. Hierdie verhaal word vertel in Hoofstuk 4 van hierdie proefskrif Hoofstuk 5 beskryf die werk van die inheemse lidmate en bewys dat hierdie werk basies kerk stigting was, ooreenkomstig die benadering van TEAM. Die horisontale omvang van sending was afwesig, behalwe vir individuele pogings, byvoorbeeld kleuterskool bediening. Hooofstuk 6 van hierdie studie bespreek die pad vorentoe vir beide TEAM en EBC. Die fokus is gerig op ses kardinale aspekte. Die behoefte aan danksegging vir al die goeie dinge wat gedoen was; die behoefte aan belydenis vir die route in teologie en die uitvoering daarvan; die behoefte om 'n alles omvattende teologie van sending te omskryf, die behoefte om daardie teologie op 'n holistiese wyse te beoefen en wat beide TEAM en EBC sal help om beide die horisontale en vertikale dimensies van Die Groot Opdrag, met mekaar te versoen; die behoefte om die beginsels van eenheid en sending uit te oefen, en laastens die behoefte aan evaluering van TEAM se "Relational Reconfiguration" om vas te stel hoe om beter verhoudings tussen TEAM en TEAM-verwante kerke te bewerkstellig.
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Turner, Garth. "Cathedrals and change in the twentieth century : aspects of the life of the cathedrals of the Church of England with special reference to the Cathedral Commissions of 1925, 1958, 1992." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2011. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/cathedrals-and-change-in-the-twentieth-centuryaspects-of-the-life-of-the-cathedrals-of-the-church-of-englandwith-special-reference-to-the-cathedral-commissions-of-1925-1958-1992(673f7471-6b58-4d05-9cda-1b64f8240bd0).html.
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Four commissions considered cathedrals during the nineteenth century. The first two gave them their modern structure: a dean, a small number of stipendiary, residentiary, canons, a larger honorary body. But the principal achievement of these commissions was negative; their emphasis was on the removal of wealth. The second two sought to give new corporate and diocesan life to these ancient bodies. Their aspirations, however, never achieved parliamentary enactment. Thus in the early twentieth century there was will for the reform; the establishment of the Church Assembly presented more auspicious circumstances in which to attempt it. The thesis falls into two related parts. The first traces institutional change across the twentieth-century - change which can be measured by the statutory outcome of the proposals of the three commissions which sat during the century. It will be argued that all three were clearly products of their times, showing the influence of context: of social (and technological) change and of the mind-set of the Church: the first two, reflecting that Church, were conservative and respectful of inheritance and tradition. The last, in an age socially, politically, administratively, ecclesiastically, much changed, was radical. It showed less respect for tradition and a greater susceptibility to external factors: markedly to contemporary management theory. Constitutions regulate a life. The second part explores aspects of that life. All the aspects reviewed helped to form, and were in turn re-formed by, the Commissions and the consequent Measures. First among the subjects examined is the fundamental, defining, relationship, that with the bishop and the diocese. Other chapters discuss the force of external, social, change in shaping and moulding the work and witness of cathedrals, and their methods and standards of pastoral care. The ecumenical movement, though scarcely noticed by the first Commission, was already a factor in the work of a few cathedrals. The 1990s commission assumed, and its Measure provided for, ecumenical involvement. The first commission noted the fact of dissension within cathedrals and between them and their bishops; such troubles were the immediate cause of the last commission; the final chapter examines publicly prominent episodes of dissension. Throughout the century, in their witness the cathedrals responded, sometimes profoundly, to a context of change; their historic constitutions and the independence they conferred enabled the cathedrals to conduct a richly varied public ministry The, frequently decisive, force of personalities, especially of deans and provosts, in producing that ministry, is emphasised. The progress of the parish church cathedrals from, early in the century, scant institutional life to, by its end, parity with their ancient counterparts, is traced. The main text is supported by appendices, including two respectively providing biographical notes on those mentioned in the text, and definitions of specialist terms.
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Dluzak, Catherine M. "An investigation into the influence of the Tiffany Studios in the ecclesiastical stained glass windows commissioned in Indianapolis, Indiana between 1880-1930." Virtual Press, 1999. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1118169.
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This thesis investigates the influence of the Tiffany Studios in ecclesiastical stained glass windows of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Tiffany Studios was a leading stained glass manufacturer at the turn of the century and popularized the use of opalescent glass in stained glass commissions. The following study will briefly look at the history of stained glass, discuss the life of Louis Comfort Tiffany, characterize the work of the Tiffany Studios, and evaluate the ecclesiastical stained glass windows located in Center Township commissioned between 1880-1930. The evidence contained within the stained glass summaries suggests that Tiffany Studios did influence the commission of stained glass windows in Indianapolis during the period under review.Department of Architecture
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Van, Helden Sophia. "'n Hermeneuties-empiriese strategie rakende die verskynsel van kerkkrimping in tradisioneel Afrikaanse susterkerke in Suid-Afrika : 'n prakties-teologiese studie / Sophia van Helden." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4478.
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The phenomenon of the decline in numbers in traditionally Afrikaans “sister
churches” - in the midst of the complex South African society of the first decade of
the 21st century - was researched in the light of the command that Jesus himself gave
to his church (Math 28:18-20 and Acts 1:8). The Great Commission directed the aim
of the research to evaluate this phenomenon hermeneutically and empirically in order
to develop a reformed strategy in a practical theological way. The grounding of the
investigation was the communicative action theory, which simultaneously integrates
with a basic theoretical model developed from a combination of basic theoretical
models as suggested by Dingemans, Heitink en Zerfass. To reinforce the
exegetical/hermeneutical perspective of the basic theory, a historical study was
conducted regarding the growth and decline of power basises since the Jesus
movement until now. The interaction between perspectives was subsequently
extended by metatheoretical perspectives, based on the research regarding the
influence of schools of thought, as well as the influence of circumstances in the
country, which determine the “sister church” praxis of the 21st century. The
traditionally Afrikaans “sister churches” as a problematic ecclesiastical community of
practice was further examined as part of the empirical perspective. On this basis an
attempt was made to gauge the thinking of the “sister churches” in the intricate and
problematic ecclesiastical praxis. The gauging was executed by means of a random
test in one of the “sister churches”, namely the Reformed Church of South Africa
(GKSA). It was found that this problematic church praxis is directed by strong
institutional thinking. An adjusted practice theory, as well as a supporting practical
theoretical model, were formulated in order to realise a reformed strategy for church
growth as opposed to the decline in numbers. Considering the above mentioned
interactive perspectives, the conclusion was reached that the praxis in the “sister
churches” at the beginning of the 21st century, functions in an ecclesiastically
imbalanced way. The imbalance lies in the fact that Christ-centred thinking, and thus
also Christ-centred ecclesiology (as balancing thinking and balancing ecclesiology),
does not manifest in “sister church” thinking. The unbalanced thinking as an all-encompassing factor in the church praxis, confirms and promotes the tendency of the
decline in numbers. The proposed strategic perspective as the adjusted practice theory
is thus a contribution to formulating an obedient, covenant-centred and reformed
answer to declining numbers. This adjusted strategy can bring about the wonder of
revival and growth in the “sister churches” by means of the basic theoretical truth
elements, which were pointed out in this research.Thesis (Ph.D. (Pastoral))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Dumont-Lefrand, Marie-Pierre. "L'opération de commission." Montpellier 1, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999MON10004.
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L'étude de la spécificité de l'opération de commission - déterminée à l'article 94 C. Com. - consiste à découvrir si derrière la formule de la commission révélée par la jurisprudence soit un agissement du commissionnaire en son propre nom, pour le compte d'autrui, existe une réalité spécifique distincte de l'opération de mandat auquel l'article 94 al. 2 C. Com. Fait expressément référence. Afin de le découvrir, il convenait de détailler les effets de l'opération de commission formée d'un contrat de commission suivi d'un ou plusieurs contrat commissionnés, en recherchant leur spécificité par rapport au droit commun du mandat en particulier, et au droit commun des contrats, en général. Alors que la première composante de l'opération de commission, soit l'agissement pour compte, rapproche les effets obligatoires ordinaires du contrat de commission - soit les obligations respectives du commettant et du commissionnaire - et les effets réels du contrat commissionné du droit commun du mandat, lui-même conforme au droit commun des contrats, la deuxième composante, soit l'agissement en propre nom, révèle des effet; obligatoires spécifiques au contrat commissionne, distincts des règles du mandat, mais conformes à la théorie générale des contrats, à l'origine d'effets particuliers du contrat de commission, dont le privilège du commissionnaire de l'article 95 C. Com. Dès lors, l'originalité de l'opération de commission liée à la double influence de l'agissement du commissionnaire, réside moins dans la spécificité des effets obligatoires du contrat commissionné que dans l'absence de spécificité des effets réels du contrat commissionné, ainsi que dans la présence de l'effet induit par la représentation réduite aux seuls effets réels du contrat commissionne au détriment de la représentation personnelle, soit l'existence du privilège du commissionnaire.
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Perina, Hugo. "L’orgue italien de la Renaissance (1400-1550). Commandes artistiques, savoirs pratiques et usages liturgiques." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PSLEH054.
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Cette thèse propose une approche de l’orgue italien de la Renaissance qui croise les aspects sociaux, techniques et culturels de l’orgue afin de déterminer les spécificités des pratiques liées à l’orgue, des années 1430 jusqu’à la moitié du XVIe siècle. L’aménagement de deux tribunes d’orgues par Brunelleschi dans la cathédrale de Florence dans les années 1430 renouvelle radicalement la façon de concevoir la place de l’orgue au sens le plus concret (dans l’espace liturgique), mais aussi dans le champ symbolique. Ce changement de position demande aux facteurs d’adapter leurs techniques. Ces innovations sont autant de critères constitutifs de l’orgue dit a la moderna. Il est possible de suivre la diffusion des nouveaux canons esthétiques en Italie grâce aux déplacements des individus liés à l’orgue (artisans et commanditaires), à partir de trois centres principaux : la Toscane, la Vénétie et la Lombardie. La compilation de contrats de commande ou d’embauche prend la forme d’une base de données d’environ six cent cinquante entrées. En plus de fournir des informations techniques, ce corpus documentaire permet d’étudier le processus de professionnalisation des organistes et des facteurs, en rapport constant avec leurs employeurs et mécènes. L’aspect communautaire qui ressort des commandes est resitué dans le contexte plus large des relations économiques et diplomatiques entre les différents États italiens. La figure du commanditaire apparaît alors comme centrale dans la diffusion de l’orgue a la moderna et des pratiques professionnelles qui l’accompagnentThis thesis offers a social, technical and cultural study of the Renaissance Italian organ. It aims to determine the specificities of practices related to the organ from the 1430s to the mid XVIth century. Brunelleschi’s building of two organ galleries in the cathedral of Florence marks a profound shift in the conception of the organ’s place—a shift that is both spatial (it affects the space of the liturgy) and symbolic. Such a displacement made it necessary for organ builders to adapt their craft. Those innovations are essential characteristics of the organ a la moderna. The diffusion of new aesthetic criteria by craftsmen and their employers can be traced back to three main regions: Tuscany, Veneto and Lombardy. A compilation of buying and hiring agreements is structured as a database of around six hundred and fifty entries. In addition to providing technical data, this corpus makes it possible to study the progressive professionalization of organists and organ builders, in relation to their employers and patrons. The community involved in the process of building the organs is also put back in the broader context of the economic and diplomatic relations between Italian states. The employer therefore becomes a key figure in the diffusion of the organ a la moderna and the professional skills and habits that it involves
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Goodman, Andrew M. "Modernizing Oregon's Liquor Control Commission." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/549.
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Oregon is now one of only eighteen states that regulate alcohol as a monopoly. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) imposes and enforces rules regulating the sale and distribution of alcohol within the state. The regulations were designed to restrict the availability of alcohols. Beer and wine avoided many restrictions imposed on liquor reflecting an incentive to alter consumption rates in favor of beer and wine over liquor.
Many of the reasons to favor beer and wine over liquor were based on scientific claims or beliefs that we now know to be untrue. Updating our regulatory environment to recalibrate the laws based on our current understanding of the effects of liquor consumption depends on the Oregon’s ability to overcome the social stigma associated with liquor and the negative externalities it produces when abused. At stake is the future of an industry that has given Oregon global prominence as a mecca of homegrown beer, wine, and spirits, contributing to business opportunities and jobs in the hospitality and retail sectors.
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Jardine, Varushka. "The Truth and Reconciliation Commission." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2010. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03112010-141422.
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Moncho, Reatile Moagi. "The Aim and Legacy of the Commission of Inquiry into Labour Legislation (Wiehahn Commission), 1977-1980." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78360.
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The South African economy experienced slowing economic growth in the late 1970s, as a result
of the international economic recession and the oil crisis of the early 1970s, and the system of
apartheid was declared a crime against humanity in 1973. The 1970s saw the country experiencing
renewed industrial and collective mass action, most notably the Durban strikes of 1973 and the
student uprisings of 1976. The Wiehahn Commission was established in 1977 to respond to
African labour militancy through a reconstruction of the then dual labour relations framework.
The Commission’s stated goals were the stabilisation of labour relations and the facilitation of
economic growth. This reform process led to the liberalisation of labour legislation in South Africa
and additionally to the inclusion of African trade unions into the state collective bargaining
system, provided these unions registered. By positioning itself within the ‘School of Continuity’,
the paper disputes the notion of the discontinuation of colonialism as a result of the ‘Democratic
transition’ of 1994, by proposing that this transition was but a logical progression of colonial social
engineering achieved through the co‐optation of African labour in the 1970s. The research
proposes that the Wiehahn Commission succeeded in creating a Black middle class that continues
to act as a buffer from the rest of the African population. In addition, the long‐term objectives of
the apartheid state were fulfilled with the institutionalisation of the Growth, Employment and
Redistribution macroeconomic policy of 1996.Mini Dissertation (MSocSci (History))--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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Anderson, Amber L. "Rhetorical vision and the great commission." Virtual Press, 1998. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1115761.
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This study analyzed representative works of John Mott and Bill Bright using Ernest Bormann's method of fantasy theme analysis. The analysis confirmed that Mott and Bright, as leaders of two organizations that encourage college students to engage in evangelism, share an identical rhetorical vision. This vision can be labeled the Great Commission and is identical in thought and content to the words of Christ found in Matthew 28. The shared rhetorical vision encourages members of the rhetorical community to acknowledge the needs of the world and seek to meet those needs by sharing the gospel message of Christ.In addition to a shared rhetorical visions, the works considered in this study also share identical fantasy types: "Fetching Good Out of Evil," and the quest. The fantasy type of the quest has received little interest in other studies. This study suggests that the type might provide rhetorical critics with a useful form for future studies. Several fantasy themes also were found to exist within each artifact. The presence of shared fantasy types and the commonalties that exist between the fantasy themes verifies the presence of the shared rhetorical vision, the Great Commission.Department of Speech Communication
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King, Lyn Carol. "Public service commission grievance recommendation process." Thesis, Nelson Mandela University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/18002.
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The Public Service Commission (PSC) is an independent oversight body established in terms of chapter 10 of the Constitution, 1996. Although, its powers and functions were enacted in the Public Service Commission Act, 1997, this institution has been in existence since the early 1900’s. As an institution which was birthed during an era wrought with injustice, inequality upon a labour law framework which barely existed as the concept is understood today, the PSC played a leading role in the management of the public service. The influence of the Treasury, Governor-General and socio-political forces throughout the 1900’s negatively impacted the manner in which the PSC was effectively able to exercise its’ powers and functions. Subsequent thereto, the rise of staff associations and their concerted effort to be party to matters pertaining to the employment relationship, placed the PSC in a precarious situation which created the perception that the PSC was a “toothless organization”. Although the PSC has since transitioned significantly in that many of the functions it performed are now exercised by the Ministry of Public Service and Administration, today, this perception is still as real as it was in the 1970’s. The primary purpose of this treatise is to provide a historical background to present time, depicting the role undertaken by the PSC and whether the perception of being ineffective in the administration of the public service, remains. The researcher will provide a distinction of the nature of grievances dealt with by the PSC and other alternate dispute resolution bodies, with specific attention being drawn to the methodologies applied in the execution of its mandate relating to labour relations and personnel practices, and the overall bearing it this has on the effective administration of the public service. In the conclusion it is submitted that the powers and functions of the PSC may extend to directions, advice and recommendations (unenforceable), however in comparison to other dispute resolution bodies, these powers and functions are centred around the promotion of constitutionally enshrined values and principles. PSC prides itself in the fruits of its labour as it is able to make a far greater impact by investigating root causes of grievances and redressing systemic issues, emanating from yesteryear to date. It is therefore submitted that as a result of different methodologies applied in comparison to other dispute resolution bodies, the highly administrative processes embarked proves far more thorough and effective and as a result cannot be compared or perceived to be ineffective. Lastly, it is submitted that the co-operative rather than adversarial approach embarked upon by the PSC is befitting for a young democratic country where impact-driven bears far reaching results, extending over the public service administration at large. To this end, the researcher refutes the misconception that the PSC is a toothless, ineffective organization which no longer plays a meaningful role within the Public Service Administration.
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Kayali, Hicham. "La commission économique pour l’Asie occidentale." Paris 10, 1985. http://www.theses.fr/1985PA100156.
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Franklin, K. J. (Kirk James). "The Wycliffe global alliance - from a U.S. based international mission to a global movement for Bible translation." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32974.
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This thesis deals with the complex question of how global Christian mission
organizations must learn to function, especially the Wycliffe Global Alliance (WGA). I
summarize how the Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT) began in 1942 as the
resourcing organization for the Summer Institute of Linguistics (now called SIL
International) and how their mutual founder, American William Cameron Townsend,
was influenced by Western mission strategy and conservative evangelical theology.
The changing global context is impacting how the missio Dei takes place and this is
influencing how mission agencies interact with each other and the church worldwide.
This is leading to new paradigms of how mission is conceptualized around the world.
The thesis outlines how the changing global context has forced Wycliffe to reevaluate
its place in the world because, half a century after its formation, the church
has new homes in the global South and East. It follows that as a Western mission,
Western resources have decreased and this has shaped how Wycliffe Bible
Translators (International) has now become Wycliffe Global Alliance (WGA).
However, this goes beyond a mere change of name and has resulted in a type of
structure that enables it to better engage with the church worldwide.
The thesis also examines the complexity of contextualization in the global
environment, noting how different languages and cultures are involved, each with its
own rules and subtleties. I show how the shift of the centre of gravity of the church to
the global South and East presents new theological challenges for the Bible
translation effort and these directly impact WGA.
There are many missiological implications for WGA that come from influences in
church history regarding the importance of language, the translatability of the gospel,
the history of Bible translation and how missional reflection is necessary in various
situations. These merge together to provide new implications which are influenced
by globalization for mission agencies such as WGA.
The thesis also emphasises that WGA is a global mission movement, so I have
identified methods of leadership development and structure, all of which are critical
to WGA’s effectiveness and involvement in the missio Dei. I show that forming global
mission leaders is unique and complex, and how the leaders must embrace a wide
variety of qualities, skills and capabilities, especially in responding to greater cultural
diversity. Since most leadership principles are culturally bound, this creates
obstacles in cross-cultural situations. Therefore, I emphasize that a successful
multicultural organization like WGA must learn to focus on both worldwide and local
objectives.
The thesis outlines how theological, missiological, cultural, contextual and leadership
values converge and therefore reshape a mission movement like WGA. My
conclusion is that none of these influences can be ignored – all are relevant. Each
must be reflected upon in order to provide directions for WGA as it seeks to be
faithful to its vision and serve the global church.Dissertation (MA Theol)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Canecky, Marek. "Reforming the European Commission: A historical institutionalist approach : Why has the reform of the Commission been difficult?" Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5510.
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The reform of the European Commission has been on the EU agenda for more than three decades. The attempts to introduce an overhaul of the Commission’s institutional structure has been motivated predominantly by the fact that the efficiency of the functioning of the European Commission has been in decline. Despite the striking need to restore the Commission's efficiency, which has become even more urgent in the last decade, the attempts to improve its modus operandi have been marked by many obstacles, difficulties and delays.
This thesis aims to analyze and explain why the process of reforming the European Commission has been so problematic. In order to achieve this goal, the theoretical framework of historical institutionalism has been utilized. More precisely, we mainly build on the work of Paul Pierson, whose concepts help us understand the reasons behind the failure of a number of reform plans regarding the Commission and clarify why the institutional structure of the European Commission is characterized by a high degree of stability.
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White, Ben. "Consultation, commissions and context : a comparative study of the Law Commission and the Australian Law Reform Commission." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2004. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3e4ac1be-ae55-40b2-8f2f-4421d0cfa243.
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This thesis compares the consultation conducted by the Law Commission ('LC') and the Australian Law Reform Commission ('ALRC'). Its first goal is to describe the process in detail, which begins with the purposes of consultation. Next, the process of consultation is described with a discussion of each of the techniques employed by the Commissions. Although there is much overlap in how the LC and the ALRC consult, they do approach the exercise differently and these differences are discussed. The description of the Commissions' consultation concludes by examining its impact. A second goal is to compare the two Commissions' approach to consultation and this comparison is aided by the development of two models: the English Commission's expert model of consultation and the Australian Commission's more inclusive model. Underpinning the comparison between the two Commissions and these different models is the intended target of the consultation exercise. It is argued that the LC's decisions are motivated by the goal of securing expertise, more than is the case at the ALRC. By contrast, the Australian Commission is influenced more than is its English counterpart by a desire to include as many consultees as possible. An important part of this comparative study is to explain why the two Commissions consult differently. The most significant reasons are the history of two Commissions, especially the role of the founding Chairmen, and the types of projects that the Commissions undertake. A third goal, albeit only a tentative one, is to suggest ways in which the Commissions could improve their consultation. These comments are scattered throughout the thesis, but one theme that emerged was that there seems to be insufficient thought given to a number of important stages in the consultation process.
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Kutay, Riza Acar. "A Critical Assessment Of The European Commission." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613727/index.pdf.
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The dissertation engages in a critical analysis of the involvement of the Brusselsbased European NGOs in European governance. It conducts a survey on the European Commission&rsquos relevant initiatives after the 1990s and interrogates the implications of these initiatives on one of the prominent European NGO network, the Social Platform of European NGOs. The common understanding conceives of these organizations as conducive to democratization of EU governance within the scope of participatory democracy. However, I endeavour to argue that the Commission has had an aim to make use of the civil society discourse for its institutional interests, while intentionally and unintentionally shaping (and reshaping) civic action in Europe. Participatory democracy project, which is promoted by the Commission, can be seen as a deliberate venture of shaping civic action and state-society relationships in Europe. With respect to this goal, it has encouraged the Social Platform to act like its interlocutor vis-à
-vis the NGO community organised both at national and European level. Deriving from the Foucaultian concept of governmentality, I inquiry into the effects of this discourse on the Social Platform, which has been particularly created by the Commission to disperse the participatory democracy and good governance discourse in Europe.
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McLean, Graham Alwin, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "The History of the Geelong Regional Commission." Deakin University. School of History, Heritage and Society, 2005. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051110.105014.
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This thesis is the first systematic history of the Geelong Regional Commission (GRC), and only the second history of a regional development organisation formed as a result of the growth centres policy of the Commonwealth Labor Government in the first half of the 1970s. In particular, the thesis examines the historical performance of the GRC from the time of its establishment in August 1977 to its abolition in May 1993.
The GRC Commissioners were subject to ongoing criticism by some elements of the region's political, business, rural and local government sectors. This criticism focused on the Commissioners' policies on land-use planning, their interventionist stance on industrial land development, major projects and industry protection and their activities in revitalising the Geelong central business district. This thesis examines these criticisms in the light of the Commission's overall performance.
This thesis found that, as a statutory authority of the Victorian Government, the GRC was successful over its lifetime, when measured against the requirements of the Geelong Regional Commission Act, the Commission's corporate planning objectives and performance indicators, the corporate performance standards of private enterprise in the late 1990s, and the performance indicator standards of today's regional economic development organisations in the United States of America, parts of the United Kingdom and Australia.
With the change of Government in Victoria in October 1992 came a new approach to regional development. The new Government enacted legislation to amalgamate six of the nine local government councils of the Geelong region and returned regional planning responsibilities to the newly formed City of Greater Geelong Council. The new Government also made economic development a major objective of local government. As a result, the raison d'etre for the GRC came to an end and the organisation was abolished.
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Wagnon, Nathan Critz. "Discipleship the heart of the great commission /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Garcia, Raoul-Jourde Ana-Martina. "The European Commission in agricultural policy choice." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286347.
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Holbrook, Rosalind. "How The Truth Commission got its reconciliation." Thesis, University of Kent, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.544063.
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Daou, Ali Ousmane. "La politique fiscale de la Commission européenne." Paris 2, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996PA020084.
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Une politique fiscale ne pouvait etre absente d'un ensemble economique aussi vaste que l'union europeenne. Pourtant les dispositions du traite de rome qui la definissent sont des plus modestes. Elles se limitent essentiellement aux mesures enoncees dans les articles 95 a 99. Cela s'explique par le fait que la politique fiscale initiale correspondait a une conception de la communaute limitee a une union douaniere. Ce n'est qu'apres l'entree en vigueur de la communaute que celle-ci a developpe sa politique fiscale. Celle-ci a du s'adapter a l'evolution d'une communaute qui, d'union douaniere est devenue union economique et monetaire en effet, la fiscalite apparait comme un moyen privilegie de l'action gouvernementale sur les comportements des agents economiques. Les dirigeants politiques accroissent leurs interventions dans les rapports de production et d'echange des individus et des collectivites en multipliant les mesures fiscales selectives. Etant donne que les responsables politiques prennent chaque annee plus de mesures nouvelles qu'ils n'abolissent de mesures anciennes, le systeme fiscal tend a ressembler a un labyrinthe ou le citoyen ordinaire s'egare vite. Cette situation est commune a tous les etats membres de l'union europeenne. La politique fiscale commune a pour objectif donc de resoudre dans une perspective communautaire deux categories de problemes : des problemes fiscaux interetatiques ; des problemes specifiquement communautaires. Mais la politique fiscale doit poursuivre des ambitions plus larges que la seule solution des problemes fiscaux entre etats membres. Elle doit aboutir a une europe fiscale unifiee. Cet objectif requiert d'autres methodes dont l'union europeenne trouve les moyens dans son systeme communautaire et sa structure. C'est, ainsi que la commission s'est vue confiee la tache essentielle de l'ebauche d'un systeme fiscal federalA fiscal policy couldn't be implemented of an economic area as large as the european union. Nevertheless, the conditions of the rome conncil rules of 1956 had barely issued a fiscal framework for the overconning european economic union. They are essentially limiting in the measures told in the articles 95 to 99. This is explained by the way that the first fiscal policy corresponded to a community conception limited. This is after begining of the community that it has developped its fiscal policy. It has to the evolution of a community which, from framework for economic union, became an economical and monetary union. In fact, fiscality appears like a priviliged meaning of the governmental action on the economics behavior. Political leaders raise their interventions in production and exchange relations of people and collectivities in multiplying selective fiscal measures. By the way that politics take every year more new measures than they abolish old ones, the fiscal system tends to look like a aera where the ordinary citizen is lost. This situation is common for all the state - members of the european union