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Flynn, JoAnne Irene. "Religious social support groups: Strengthening leadership with communication competence." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3345.

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This project involved the development of a training manual for religious small group leaders to become competent communicators of support, and to understand the nature and role of crisis groups for the purpose of supporting members in crisis.

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Aboagye, Lauren Lee. "Strengths that contribute towards resilience in the early years of marriage." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1667.

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Divorce is a common phenomenon in South Africa, affecting many families across the country. On the other hand, there are many couples who choose to remain married, despite having endured significant stress. In a review of literature there have been studies conducted exploring enduring marriages (marriages that have lasted twenty years or more), but little on resilience in the early years of marriage. With many couples choosing to divorce within the first ten years of marriage, there is value in exploring the strengths of young marriages that contribute towards resilience. The following questio

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Reddy, Mike Megrove. "Communication in Christian groups from movements to organisations." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/456.

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A dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of D. Litt. In Communication Science University of Zululand, 2004.<br>This dissertation reports the results of a study made of the forms of communication employed by Judaeo-Christian religious groups when they saw themselves as movements, compared to when they had become organisations. Beginning with ancient Israel, the study documents how forms of communication become elaborated during the organisational phase of groups' existence. The forms of communication used in Christian religious groups are documented from the ri

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Beattie, Cora Rebecca. "An exploration of a London Church Congregation's perceptions of homosexuality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1640.

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The following treatise focuses on the ongoing conflict within the church regarding the issue of homosexuality. It is an important issue that has divided both churches and denominations and it continues to cause hurt in both the lives of Christians and non-Christians alike, both straight and gay. The popular position seems to be that the church, and Christians in general, are homophobic and believe that Christianity and homosexuality are not compatible. This research is a case study and focuses on a church in London. The research was carried out to discover whether this position, often portraye

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Van, der Westhuyzen Albertus. "Die gemeente as interpreterende gemeenskap in die preekmaakproses." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1430.

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Lai, Karyn 1964. "Morality and the care ethic : relationships in the classical Confucian and Pauline Christian traditions." Phd thesis, Faculty of Arts, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8617.

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Arnette, Jeffrey S. "Christian maturity, epistemic style, and marital satisfaction." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1073731.

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This study was designed to investigate two hypotheses. The first was to determine if either an individual's epistemic style or Christian maturity were capable of predicting marital satisfaction among couples where at least one spouse was a church attender. The second was to determine if a matching score between spouses on epistemic style and Christian maturity would be able to predict marital satisfaction among couples where at least one spouse was a church attender. The Global Distress Scale (GDS) of the Marital Satisfaction Inventory was used as the dependent variable. The Psycho-Epistemolog

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Kotzé, Judith Johanna 1969. "Interreligieuse dialoog as model vir die intra-geloofsgesprek rondom seksuele oriëntasie." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52309.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2001<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Dialogue between Christians of different sexual orientations is not taking place in the church. From a missiological perspective this lack of dialogue damages the unity of the church and therefore its credibility to the outside world. There is a diversity of opinions and experiences in terms of sexual orientation in the church. Dialogue with each other from an arrived and positioned attitude, where judgement and rejection dominates, does not model reconciliation and the experience of unity. This research aims to further the

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Higgs, Michael John. "The impact of the Western conceptualization of the Christian gospel on its communication in a non-Western environment, with particular reference to the AmaXhosa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/356.

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This thesis examines the extent and nature of the impact of the contextualization of Christianity upon the amaXhosa from the missionary irruption in the nineteenth century to the present day, and proceeds to examine the implications of this impact for the presentation of the Christian gospel in the contemporary Eastern Cape. Chapter One describes the problem, offers definitions of key concepts and outlines the procedural method for the rest of the thesis. Chapter Two deals with the question of the cross-cultural communication of the Christian gospel in theory. Doctrinal questions such as the n

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Mee, Richard. "Community pastoral care : a critical empirical study of the role of the pastor in the community." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19916.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Pastors and congregations need to communicate the faithfulness and care of God within the real life contexts of the communities that they are a part of. The problem is that pastoral theology has been predominantly linked to individual psychology rather than to theory that facilitates a specifically Christian care for whole communities. This study asks how pastors can engage with the concrete realities of their communities, caring for real and practical needs, within the context of the specifically Christian focus of the Gospe

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Huffman, David M. "The promise of righteousness : a fantasy theme analysis of the Promise Keepers." Scholarly Commons, 1999. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/522.

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This thesis investigates the seven promises of the Promise Keepers movement using the rhetorical criticism method of fantasy theme analysis. In order to understand this movement, four research questions guided the study: ( 1) What common themes are embedded in the rhetoric of the Promise Keepers? (2) What is the rhetorical vision promoted by the Promise Keepers movement? (3) What makes the vision of the Promise Keepers movement so persuasive to so many Christian men in America? (4) Based on an examination of the rhetoric of the Promise Keepers movement, what can be ascertained about the motive

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Kwon, Hyo-Sang. "Shifting ideas about ancestors in the construction of identities : an intercultural theological evaluation of Korean witnesses in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19538.

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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Interculturation theology as a way of communication in religious cultural arenas is the most recent and remarkable methodology that can be used to open space for mutual witness and dialogue with regard to ideas about and the praxes of ancestral rituals between South Korean and South African Christians. The purpose of this research is to overcome some dichotomised problems that are inherent in exclusive, inclusive, and religious pluralistic approaches in dialogue with other religious cultures. In this regard, we examined som

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Akers, Mary Elizabeth. "A cultural studies analysis of the Christian women vocalists movement from the 1980's to 2000: Influences, stars and lyrical meaning making." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3266.

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This study examines popular female Christian vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s, their images and their contemporary Christian music (CCM) lyrics. This literature illustrates how music becomes popular, and also how it becomes a powerful source of communication, which prompts popular culture and society to buy into its style and lyrics. The implications of this study illustrates the importance of image and lyrics and how certain female CCM vocalists had greater influences, impact and had the ability to make changes within their female audiences towards Christianity.

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Parker, Alan. "Towards heterogeneous faith communities : understanding transitional processes in Seventh-day Adventist Churches in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5493.

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Thesis (DTh (Practical Theology and Missiology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2004.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines racial transition toward heterogeneity in three Seventh-day Adventist congregations in South Africa. This dissertation aims to uncover social factors involved in this change as well as to set forth a theological direction with application to the local faith community. The first section examines recent studies and literature on multiracial congregations, indicating a possible breakdown between theory and practice. Using insights from Kuhn, Gadamer, Habermas, and G

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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 mess

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Foster, Hiram S. "Functions of Mentoring as Christian Discipleship." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1402510631.

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Vander, Wiele Matthew Alan. "AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF BIBLICAL COMMUNITY WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENT OF DIGITAL MEDIA: A MIXED METHODS STUDY." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/4875.

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ABSTRACT AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF BIBLICAL COMMUNITY WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENT OF DIGITAL MEDIA: A MIXED METHODS STUDY Matthew Alan Vander Wiele, Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014 Chair: Dr. Troy W. Temple This study is an examination of teen perception regarding their understanding of biblical community within the environment of digital media. The study also examines the principles, essentials, or characteristics of biblical community regardless of environment. The researcher surveyed a sample of teens that attend classical, open enrollment, and closed

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Slabbert, Anna. "'n Verkenning van die begrip religieuse kommunikasie en die daarstel van 'n religieuse kommunikasiemodel." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12471.

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De, Bruyn Jacob Philippus Johannes. "'n Missiologiese evaluering van 'n aantal musiekvideos." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17951.

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Text in Afrikaans<br>Musiekvideos is 'n integrerende deel van die (rock)-musiekbedryf, hoofsaaklik as reklame vir die kunstenaars en hul musiekopnames. Musiekvideos is verder 'n wesenlike deel van die massamedia, in so 'n mate dat daar verskeie spesialismusiektelevisiekanale is wat 24 uur per dag op al die kontinente uitsaai, wat 'n aanduiding gee van die omvang van musiekvideos. Hierdie videos speel veral 'n vemame rol by die jeug as sub-kultuurgroep. Ook christenmusikante gebruik musiekvideos, en hul videos word gereeld as deel van christelike programme uitgesaai. Dit is gewoonlik een van d

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Hendrix, Jeffrey D. "Material beliefs in a virtual church : a heuristic study of the limitations of virtual religion." 2012. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1670051.

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This thesis compares an online church with a local physical church in terms of communication dimensions of the community, communication dimensions of sacramental practice, and communication dimensions of faith in general. In a local physical church, these have been traditionally conceived, defined, and profoundly understood in phenomenal or physical terms. In this, the objects of faith and the related rituals deal with the “real” and give even the transcendent physical and actual meaning. However, in an online environment, what was previously physical has become virtual, thus causing the trans

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Sibilu, Temesgen Negassa. "The influence of Evangelical Christianity on the development of the Oromo language in Ethiopia." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21018.

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This study investigates the role of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) in the development of the Oromo language. The main aim of the study is to provide an account of the contribution of this particular church to the maintenance and development of Oromo, which is spoken by the largest speech community in Ethiopia. The study draws on theoretical and methodological frameworks from the field of language planning and development. The main source of data was interviews and focus group discussions conducted with church leaders at different organisational levels and other members o

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Pollitt, Russell Edward. "Ignatius Loyola and the internet : insights from Ignatian spirituality on the use of the internet for evangelisation." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/107.

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The internet has brought about a revolution in human communication, unparalleled, because of its ability to communicate instantaneously across the globe. It has transformed our culture and made, what seemed impossible, now achievable with the click of a mouse, from an office in a city or in the comfort of your lounge. The computer networks we use are far more than a means of communication. They are agents of social change. I try to analyse what impact the electronic media have on human worldview and behaviour. I highlight some of the challenges that electronic media pose: we are not sure how t

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Pretorius, Willem Abraham. "Huweliksvoorbereiding : 'n teologiese praktykteorie." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15823.

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Text in Afrikaans, abstract in Afrikaans and English<br>Hierdie proefskrif het ontstaan uit die behoefte aan 'n bruikbare huweliksvoorbereidingsprograrn wat op 'n teologiese praktykteorie gebaseer is. Die proefskrif word in die praktiese teologie gedoen waar die interaksie tussen teorie en praktyk met verwysing na die huwelik bestudeer is. Hieruit is 'n teologiese praktykteorie vir huweliksvoorbereiding opgestel. In die definiering van 'n program vir huweliksvoorbereiding moet die vraag gevra word waarvoor die paartjie voorberei moet word. 'n Ander wyse om die vraag te stel, is bloot dit

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Creason, Joshua Allen. "An empirical exploration of the use of narrative, symbol, and ritual in creating Christian marital memorials." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/404.

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Among other images, Scripture uses marriage as a picture of God's relationship to his people. Scripture also prescribes numerous ways for that people to build their relationship with him. In order to give Christian marriages as many tools as possible for bolstering of the relationship, this dissertation examines narrative, symbol, ritual, and memorials as a selection of Scripture's methods for "heart writing" or relationship building. These methods correspond to various uses of the Hebrew root zakhar, for "remember." Following the examination of Scripture's methods of "heart writing" through

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Lee, Kuem Ju. "Bible storying: A recommended strategy for training church leaders in oral societies." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/359.

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This dissertation identifies three countries where the Bible storying strategy has been utilized for training local church leaders. Chapter 1 introduces and defines chronological Bible storying and the need for it in oral-society leadership training. An acknowledgment of requiring a new methodology for training oral communicators has produced chronological Bible storying. A concise discussion of study's purpose and an explanation of the dissertation's methodology conclude this chapter. Chapter 2 identifies oral communicators. First, the researcher examines oral-society cultures--their learnin

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Weitsz, Gillian Hume. "The communication of Christian principles of sexuality during a family guidance programme." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12924.

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Mashoko, Fannuel. "The need for contextualization in inter-cultural communication of the Gospel." Diss., 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1934.

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This dissertation explores the need for contextualization from a missiological perspective. It seeks to validate the needs for contextualization in the Epworth Community near Harare, Zimbabwe, where a number of cultures are represented. The subject of contextualisation is first explored in a general sense, i.e. relating to how it has been presented in key missiological publications and in different contexts, particularly in Africa and Zimbabwe. The dissertation explores the need for identification in intercultural communication, and also analyses the context of Epworth and the history of th

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Serfontein, Johan. "An Old Testament perspective on imagining in a changing society : Ezekiel as case study." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6540.

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The rapid changes in society today have caused many a leader in different environments to admit that they feel overwhelmed by, and inadequate to face the reality that this brings along. Our society is, according to many, in a transition, or as Roxburgh (2010) calls it, in an “in-between time”. This “in-between time” can be labelled as post-modern, post-colonial, post-democratic, or whatever language seems fitting; the fact of the matter is that studies are starting to show that leaders are struggling to lead in this changing landscape. This has also become particularly true in church leadershi

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Roux, Anton. "Die implikasies van Pierre Babin se boek The new era in religious communication vir 'n kontemporêre jeugbedieningsmodel." Diss., 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17643.

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Text in Afrikaans<br>Die Jeugbediening binne die Nederduitse Gereforrneerde Kerk verkeer tans in 'n stroomversnelling, en roep om vemuwing en verandering. Onderliggend aan bierdie krisis wat ontstaan het, le die tydsgees van die postmodemisme. Laasgenoemde het 'n beslissende invloed op die wyse waarop die jongmense vandag die evangelie hoor en leer. Dit het ook 'n deurslaggewende invloed op geloofskommunikasie. Pierre Babin beredeneer in sy boek The New Era in Religious Communication vyf konsepte wat lig werp op die nuwe era wat aangebreek het in geloofskommunikasie en spreek daarrnee die kr

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Odewole, Israel Oluwagbemiga Omoniyi. "Missional character of music in worship : a study of select churches in the metropolitan city of Abeokuta, Nigeria." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22012.

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In this thesis, the researcher engages in emerging work in music in worship to deepen contemporary conversations about musical styles in worship. This thesis critically examines the missional character of music in worship in seven selected evangelical churches in the metropolitan city of Abeokuta, Nigeria in order to propose a sustainable model for promoting God’s missions. . The selected churches are The Assemblies of God Church, Four Square Church, The Baptist Church, The Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, The Redeemed Christian Church of God, The Apostolic Faith, and The Gosp

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Appollis, Edward Adrian. "Towards the intercultural communication of the Gospel: a response to change in the St Helenian culture." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1900.

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St Helena Island in the South Atlantic Ocean has been changing for over a decade. The way the people on the Island respond to the change affects the way in which the Gospel is communicated, and this has missiological implications. This raises the question; what influence does change have on the way the Gospel is communicated? If people are resistant to social change, will they be open to change required by the Gospel? How will good intercultural skills help? To fully address the Island's response to change, one needs to look at the interplay of change, culture and communication. It also impo

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Gourdet, Sandra. "Intercultural communication between African-American and Zimbabwean women: focussing on identity and survival/liberation." Diss., 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1028.

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African-American and Zimbabwean women live and do theology from different cultural and contextual worldviews, although they share the same skin colour. The narrative stories of three Zimbabwean and one African-American Christian women and how they share inter culturally the struggle of identity, identity-formation and survival/liberation while maintaining their cultural uniqueness form die basis of this research project. These shared experiences can offer significant contributions to the broader feminist liberation theology. The Christian faith has served as a shared source of sustenance

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Staub, David. "Soziale Trinität für soziale online Netzwerke : ein Beitrag zur Bedeutung des Glaubens an die soziale Trinität als Inspiration und Ressource für ein erfüllendes zwischenmenschliches Zusammenleben im Kontext sozialer Online-netzwerke." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10564.

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German text<br>Diese Forschungsarbeit versucht aufzuzeigen, inwiefern der Glaube an die Trinität als Gemeinschaft von Vater, Sohn und Heiligem Geist zu einem erfüllenden zwischenmenschlichen Zusammenleben in sozialen Online-Netzwerken beitragen kann. Im Gespräch mit den drei Theologen Jürgen Moltmann, Leonardo Boff und Gisbert Greshake wird das Konzept der Sozialen Trinität mit seinen Implikationen für das zwischenmenschliche Zusammenleben erarbeitet. In einem zweiten Teil werden die neuen Möglichkeiten von sozialen Online- Netzwerken und die deutlichsten damit verbundenen Mängel für das

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Kizito, Joseph. "The importance of dress in Christian worship: some missiological implications." Diss., 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/968.

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Dress plays an important role in Christian worship. The aim of this study is to describe the importance of dress in the South African Christian context. particularly within the Black Christian society. Two main ideas are covered: firstly. the emphasis on the use of unifonn as a factor influencing worship attendance and secondly, how a uniform affects the quality of worship. Personal investigations into various church groups in the Eastern Cape, particularly the St Anna Sodality, have indicated that specific uniforms are an essential sign of belonging to a particular church. Dress or uni

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Wall, John K. "A Study of the Rhetoric of the Early Sermons of St. Augustine." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2794.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)<br>This examination of the first five years of his preaching identifies key ways in which Augustine of Hippo transformed classical rhetoric into the pattern he would later outline in De doctrina christiana. This thesis argues that Augustine began his career as a priest giving sermons in line with the sophistic speeches he had taught before his conversion, but that by 396 he had "redeemed" his rhetoric to fit the new purposes of the Christian church. During these early years, Augustine reduced or removed the classical exordia and perorat

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Hanßmann, Matthias 1968. "Christliche musikkatechetik im vorschulalter : katechetik und musikpadagogik im duett." Diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5106.

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Text in German<br>The study at hand proceeds from the assumption that there is a catechetical as well as a music pedagogical teaching tradition for young children. The touch points of the two disciplines emerge rather by chance than by design because one discipline uses the other as an approach. This study raises the key question if a music catechetics is possible. The term music catechetics is used to describe a learning process based on an equal balance of both music pedagogy and catechetics. The debate of this question requires interdisciplinary conversations. The answers can be found

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Naylor, Mark 1959. "Mapping theological trajectories that emerge in response to a Bible translation." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13472.

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This study identifies a theological trajectory of first generation “believers” – those who allow the biblical text to speak authoritatively into their lives – within the Sindhi community of Pakistan. A passage from a contemporary translation of the New Testament in the Sindhi language – Luke 15:11-32, Jesus’ Parable of the Two Lost Sons – was presented in interview settings to discover how Sindhis express their faith as they consider the message of the parable. Culture texts generated by believers are compared to those generated by “traditional” Muslim Sindhis who do not accept the Bible

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Booysen, Willem Matheus. "Inductive elements in pulpit communication of pentecostal churches." 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15502.

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Discontent with preaching as mode of communication is the problem statement of this study. The authoritative nature of deductive preaching is mirrored by the exploratory, "discovery nature" of inductive models, emphasizing how dialogical preaching is enhanced by incorporating inductive elements into preaching. Meaning production and levels of meaning were studied, and a hermeneutical model for Pentecostal churches were proposed. Dialogical preaching as attitude and principle as well as method was looked at, and the role of interactive participative communication in the dialogic process was

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Harrington, Michelle. "The stories women tell: living with cancer and care." Diss., 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/958.

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This research was aimed at listening to the care stories of people living with cancer in remission. The participants spoke about relationships with their families, medical professionals and their spirituality, thereby giving a voice to personal experiences of cancer as part of family life. Postmodern social construction discourse guided the explaining of how cancer invades and affects people's Jives and relationships. This participatory action research was situated in a contextual practical theology. Narrative conversations with the participants spoke about experiences of both care and comm

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Van, Wyk Richard Peter. "Prediking aan die jeug in 'n eietydse situasie." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/810.

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Text in Afrikaans<br>Preaching is the proclamation of God's Word. This proclamation has an aim - the listeners of the Word. There was a dynamic change in the study field of the homilectics in the sense of a shifting from an one-sided kerugmatic approach to a dialogical approach. According to this approach the preacher no longer preaches without studying the recipients of the message. This model puts the emphasis on the preacher trying his utmost to get to know the contexts of his listeners. In the case of this thesis the contexts of the youth have been studied through the empirical research.

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Mtuze, Peter Tshobiso. "Bishop Dr S. Dwane and the rise of Xhosa spirituality in the Ethiopian Episcopal Church (formerly the Order of Ethiopia)." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2420.

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The thesis consists of seven chapters with each chapter focusing on a particular aspect of the research topic. Chapter One deals with conventional preliminaries such as aim of study, method of approach, literature overview and other introductory material. Chapter Two is an an overview of the foundations of Bishop Dwane's spirituality and his church's struggle for autonomy. It also covers the origins, the nature and the purpose of Ethiopianism as the central thread in Dwane's theologizing and family history. Chapter Three reflects the attitude of the Anglican Church to African traditio

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Ori, Konye Obaji. "Conceptualizing Boko Haram : victimage ritual and the construction of Islamic fundamentalism." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/4079.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)<br>In this study, rhetorical analysis through the framework of victimage ritual is employed to analyze four Boko Haram messages on You Tube, five e-mail messages sent to journalists from leaders of Boko Haram, and a BlogSpot web page devoted to Boko Haram. The aim of this analysis is to understand the persuasive devices by which Boko Haram leaders create, express, and sustain their jurisprudence on acts of violence. The goal of this study is to understand how leaders of Boko Haram construct and express the group’s values, sway belief,

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Akunda, Athanasius Amos M. "Orthodox Christian dialogue with Bayore culture." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6428.

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Orthodox Christianity came to the Banyore people of western Kenya in 1942. The Banyore are Bantu speaking people whose language belongs to the Luhya group of languages. The Banyore live near the Uganda border; they are thought to be related to the famous Uganda Kingdom of Bunyoro Kitara. The first Christian missionaries among the Banyore were Protestants who came from South Africa in 1905. . The Orthodox faith reached Bunyore in 1942, through a Kenyan missionary from central Kenya, Bishop George (Arthur) Gathuna, and Fr Obadiah from Uganda. The point of note here is that the first Or

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Naylor, Mark 1959. "Towards contextualized Bible storying: cultural factors which influence impact in a Sindhi context." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2060.

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Chronological Bible storying generally assumes a universality of the story teller's theological perspective in selecting and shaping Bible stories interculturally. This paper argues against this approach and proposes a method of crafting contextualized Bible stories which resonate with the worldview of a receptor culture. The influence of the theological and cultural presuppositions of the story teller is reduced through the utilization of the receptor culture's worldview assumptions - those values and beliefs through which the impact of scripture is experienced. The empirical research cons

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Masengwe, Gift. "The Church of Christ in Zimbabwe Identity- and Mission-Continuity (in Diversity)." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27661.

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The study of the Church of Christ’s ‘Identity- and Mission-Continuity’ in the Zimbabwean context explores how the Christian faith should be interpreted and contextualised in Africa. The Church of Christ in Zimbabe (COCZ) is a Christian movement claiming to be representative of the ethos of the Church that was founded by Jesus Christ on the day of Pentcost. The thesis raises critical questions of Christian identity and transformation in missionary founded churches like the COCZ in an attempt to contribute towards a locally based study of the Church. Consciousness to being a Church founded by Je

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Els, Melette. "Alternatiewe realiteite oor "gestremdheid": 'n pastoraal-narratiewe studie saam met ouers van meervoudig-"gestremde" kinders." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2394.

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Text in Afrikaans<br>This pastoral-narrative study pans the stories of multi disabled children's parents for story elements and account resources that lead to the development of alternative realities on the dominant reality of "disability". With a postmodern epistemology and postmodern theological background this study was performed with a qualitative narrative research approach. In this study the stories of eight multi "disabled children's parents are utilized. Story elements and account resources from social structures and existence are highlighted and discussed. Examples of this are fa

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Menn, Gerhard. "Die Begleitung von Schwerkranken und Sterbenden unter Berücksichtigung des Copingmodells von Richard S. Lazarus und dessen Bedeutung für die Seelsorgearbeit = Pastoral counselling of seriously ill and dying humans with regard to the "coping model" by Richard S. Lazarus and its significance for spiritual guidance." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1626.

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Text in German<br>Forschungsgegenstand dieser Arbeit ist das Bewältigungsverhalten von schwer kranken und sterbenden Menschen, die in einer Gesellschaft ihren bevorstehenden Tod bewältigen müssen, die ambivalent mit dieser Thematik umgeht. Die unterschiedlichen menschlichen Bewältigungsformen können mit den bisher gängigen Zugangswegen über Phasenmodelle nicht immer befriedigend erklärt werden. Hilfreich erscheint hier das aus der Stressforschung stammende Copingmodell von Richard S. Lazarus und seiner Forschungsgruppe, um Menschen verstehen zu lernen. In wieweit dieses Verstehensmodell

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