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Taylor, David. "The Salvation Army, the Church and the Churches." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.606698.

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This study examines the Salvation Army's emerging ecclesiological conviction and practice in an ecumenical context, and principally assesses the theological credibility of its dominant metaphor, the church as an army. The metaphor emerged in London, at the heart of the British Empire, amidst the popular jingoism of nineteenth century Victorian culture. It was directly inspired by a trans-Atlantic movement of holiness revivalism - a synthesis of Wesleyan perfectionism and American New Divinity revivalism - and was the logical outcome of the movement's emphasis upon aggressive Christianity. It was primarily chosen, not to theologically express the nature of the church, but to pragmatically organise the aggressive task of efficiently and effectively 'saving souls'. This decision stemmed from a subjective and individualistic understanding of salvation, illustrated by the abandonment of baptism and the Lord's Supper. The development of a secular model of military ranks and hierarchical governance, without theological rationale, established the movement as a disciplined and highly regulated army of 'crack troops', an autonomous denomination and yet a quasi-missionary religious order with in the church. Under pressure from a growing ecumenical consensus, it has re-articulated its identity from 'permanent mission to the unconverted' to a church, in effect the church as an army, a transition limited in ecumenical ecciesiological engagement and adequate theological reflection. In view of this, Karl Barth is chosen as a dialogue partner, for his ecumenical theology and coherent ecclesiology, which stem from a theological anthropology that rejects both individualism and subjectivism. In particular his Christological ecclesiology assists the Army in untangling confusing ecclesial strands of mission, army and church. As a result he enables the Army to reflect upon and potentially reform troubling aspects of its identity; in particular hierarchy, bureaucracy, uniformity, legalism and the replacement of the sacraments by its own sacralised practices.

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Hurlbutt, Bryan F. "William Tyndale and the Epistle to the Romans his polemic against the soteriology and ecclesiology of the Roman Catholic Church /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Wakim, Rami. "Literary analysis of St. Maximos the Confessor's mystagogy of the church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p015-0472.

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Saur, Daniel Ray. "A study of the efficacy of the Roman Catholic gospel for salvation in light of specific Pauline passages." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.

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BRAGA, FELIPE DA SILVA. "CHURCH, SACRAMENT OF SALVATION: THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AS WITNESS AND CONTINUATOR OF THE SALVATION OF CHRIST IN THE WORLD." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2008. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=12217@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO
Toda Revelação cristã é essencialmente sacramental. A sacramentalidade constitui uma importante realidade sem a qual a humanidade não poderia compreender e muito menos aderir à proposta divina. Na História da Salvação Deus sempre se manifestou por meio de sinais, denominados sacramentos. Estes são os instrumentos por meio dos quais Deus comunica a sua Graça e salvação, entre os quais está a Igreja. Após o seu retorno para junto do Pai, a Igreja se tornou o grande sinal comunicador e continuador da salvação operada na cruz, símbolo da pessoa de Cristo no meio da humanidade.
All Christian Revelation is essentially sacramental. The sacramentalidad constitutes an important reality without which the humanity could not understand much less to adhere to the proposal divine. In the History of the Salvation God always it was disclosed by means of signals, called sacraments. These are the instruments by means of which God communicates its Favour and salvation, between which it is the Church. After his return for next to the Father, the Church if it became the great signal communicator and continuator of the salvation operated in the cross, symbol of the person of Christ in the way of the humanity.

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Hiatt, R. Jeffrey. "Salvation as healing John Wesley's missional theology /." PDF version available through ProQuest, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1539489531&SrchMode=1&sid=5&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1249055898&clientId=10355.

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Funk, David Dietrich. "A critique of John Sanders' inclusivism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Zulker, Timothy S. C. "The destiny of the unevangelized evaluating the usage of biblical texts as justification for inclusivism and exclusivism /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.

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Everard, Matt. "What of those extra ecclesiam? a New Testament investigation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Seabaugh, Michael. "Assisting adult Sunday school members at the First Baptist Church of Camden, Arkansas to evaluate their salvation experiences for assurance of salvation." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Pagano, Kenneth B. "Helping New Bethel Church evaluate evangelist decisions." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Leedy, Todd Holzgrefe. "The soil of salvation African agriculture and American methodism in colonial Zimbabwe, 1939-1962 /." Gainesville, FL, 2000. http://www.archive.org/details/soilofsalvation00leed.

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Bonar, Ronald. "Starting growing churches starting churches growing /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Mbandi, Paul M. "Biblical evaluation of inclusivism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Kerr, Nicholas Brabazon. "Saved or not? speaker meaning attributed to salvation and Ukusindiswa in a church context." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2742.

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Thesis (MPhil (General Linguistics))—University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
Members of churches commonly use the English terms salvation/saved and their isiZulu equivalents insindiso/ukusindiswa. Implied meanings seem to have become attached to these terms, especially in isiZulu, which could cause miscommunication due to the attitudes of superiority of the so-called “saved ones” (abasindisiwe) and consequent antagonism amongst certain ecclesiastical groupings. The question addressed by this study was whether or not the meaning of the term to be saved and its isiZulu translation ukusindiswa, as understood by a selection of isiZulu-speaking Christians, is unambiguous. A further question was whether – should it be the case that these terms are found to be ambiguous – to be saved and its isiZulu translation ukusindiswa could be rehabilitated. Nine people from various denominational backgrounds, both lay and ordained, were interviewed in order to discover how they understood the terms in question. The interviewees were asked ten question, including questions on the influence of cultural practices on the meaning of the terms. These cultural practices were in connection with ancestors, as experienced in Zulu culture, and the influence of their understanding of the terms on the permissibility of ancestral practices. The answers given by the interviewees revealed certain trends. One of them was that, for some isiZulu speakers, the meaning of the terms included the aspect of laying aside of all contact with the ancestors. Those who understood the terms in this manner were seen by the interviewees as having an attitude of superiority and as condemning members of more traditional churches for their adherence to Zulu culture. A sociolinguistic analysis of the terms salvation/insindiso and to be saved/ukusindiswa is presented based on the interviewees’ responses. A conclusion is that the terms are often used in a biased and/or “loaded” way, which is a principal cause of miscommunication and misunderstanding. Ways of reducing this misunderstanding are proposed, including the “rehabilitation” of the terms linguistically and theologically. Greater sensitivity to different ecclesiastical cultures should be shown, involving the use of inclusive language and the exercising of the skills of intercultural communicative competence. This study reveals that the church needs to work at the issues surrounding the terms in question, the use of which can cause a breakdown in intercultural communication.

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Su, Hsin-Chang (Daniel). "Teaching the doctrine of salvation to seekers in the Taiwanese Church in Columbus, Ohio as a means of evangelism." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Escott, Phillip. "Church growth theories and the Salvation Army in the United Kingdom : an examination of the theories of Donald McGavran and C Peter Wagner in relation to Salvation Army experience and practice (1982-1991)." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/12117.

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The Church Growth movement, originating with Donald McGavran in 1955 and popularised principally by C Peter Wagner since 1971, has influenced evangelical mission internationally. Though originating in the context of cross-cultural `missionary' work, it is perhaps now identified as a typically American approach, apparently relying on method and technique to accomplish its objective, which as the name implies, is the growth of the church, both locally and world-wide, since this is understood as the requirement of the `Great Commission' (Matthew 28: 18-20). The Salvation Army (founded 1865) has been in decline in Britain certainly since the Second World War, and probably since the 1930s. In 1986 the Army formally Espoused the Church Growth approach to mission. There has been little published research into the effectiveness of Church Growth methods, especially in the UK, despite voluminous outpourings of inspirational and motivational literature. Virtually the only test of the principles (Turning the Tide) was produced in 1981 by Paul Beasley-Murray and Alan Wilkinson, investigating the reliability of Wagner's` Vital Signs' in larger Baptist churches in England. This thesis follows Beasley-Murray and Wilkinson by testing the principles in the specific context of The Salvation Army in the UK. The approach adopted, a questionnaire survey with reference to statistical trends, follows the pragmatism of Church Growth itself, asking whether the approach works, rather than whether it is theologically sound, though such issues are considered where relevant. The opportunity has also been taken to consider specific Salvation Anny issues (uniform, music etc. ) and their effect on growth and decline. The work falls into four sections: - The Salvation Army; - The Church Growth Movement; - The Questionnaire Survey; - Conclusions and Recommendations.

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Piper, Gregory M. "A critical comparison of three contemporary philosophies of salvation through Jesus Christ." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Kallimel, Josh P. "A strategy to promote church growth by developing indigenous churches in the resistant areas of India." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.

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Kim, Daniel J. "A critical analysis of soteriological inclusivism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Trupia, Robert C. "The inclusion of the clause "in re vel saltem in voto ad salutem necessarius" in canon 849." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.

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Schutte, Christopher Michael. "Justin Martyr's use of logos spermatikos and the 21st century theological task." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Nicholls, Timothy James. "Jonathan Edwards and the inclusivist debate cultural contexts, Stockbridge, and Prisca theologia /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Johnson, Pearson L. "The work of God among the unevangelized a defense of the exclusivist position /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Hart, Trevor Andrew. "Two models of salvation in relation to christological understanding in the patristic East." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1989. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=189463.

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The thesis aims to demonstrate the existence of two distinct strands of development within the soteriological thinking of the eastern fathers, strands which have sometimes been identified due to their use of similar terminology. It is argued that one tradition, represented in the thesis by the so-called catechetical 'school' of third century Alexandria, frames its understanding of salvation within the conceptuality provided by contemporary philosophical thought in an effort to accomodate the Christian gospel to the ears of its hearers. Here salvation is presented as the liberation of the human soul to participate through contemplation and disciplined ascent in the realm of ideas and reason. The christology inherent within this tradition is, we argue, unable to affirm either the full divinity or the full human integrity of the Saviour. The theme of a proper incarnation or inhomination of the divine Logos is not vital to the essentially subject-centred model of salvation adhered to. A contrast is drawn between this view of salvation as the deification of man on the one hand, and another model which, whilst employing the language of deification to describe what takes place in the salvation of man, nevertheless views the matter wholly differently. The theology of Irenaeus of Lyons and Athanasius of Alexandria is examined with a view to showing that for them salvation is inseparable from a proper inhomination of the divine Logos or Son, consisting, as they believe it does, in the assumption of human nature to participate in the life of God in the mediatory person of the Son. This radical involvement of God himself in the life of man is confessed unashamedly, notwithstanding its offensiveness to the sensibilities of greek thought. It is considered to be the irreducible heart of the Christian gospel, and the dogmatic starting point for a truly Christian theology. It is concluded that there are indeed two very different soteriological traditions here, and that they are bound up with two different christologies, and ultimately with two different methodologies. Hence the not infrequent bracketing together of these various theologians as common exponents of a 'greek' interpretation of salvation is a dangerous oversimplification which does little justice to the reality of the situation.

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Madsen, Craig. "A study of the decline of evangelical social involvement in the 20th century as exemplified in the Salvation Army." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Kimmel, Thomas Stuart. "Clarifying distinctions between Roman Catholicism and evangelicalism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1996.
Includes abstract and vita. "Annotated bibliography ... consulted to determine what are the major differences between Catholicism and biblical Christianity": (leaves 84-100). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 236-238).

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Jin, Sung Yong. "Developing a delayed-response invitation program with evangelistic preaching aimed at the salvation of unregenerate church members." Fort Worth, TX : Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.049-0497.

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Tuemler, Lisa Kay. "Developing a Wesleyan theology in the context of Latin American liberation theology." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Goodyer, Edward Arthur. "Baptism in the scheme of salvation as understood by St. Luke with special reference to Acts 2:37-3:21." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018219.

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The aim of this thesis is to investigate what can be discovered from Luke-Acts about early Christian baptism, recognising that the environment in which Luke's tradition developed was both Jewish and Gentile. The thesis begins with a brief survey of the Jewish practice of ritual washings. The ideas and practices which encouraged the formal rite of John the Baptist and the early church are identified and evaluated. The second chapter focuses attention on Acts 2:37-3:21. Baptism is defined in this passage (Ac. 2:38) in the context of the proclamation by Peter (Ac. 2:14-36) and the life of the community, which includes koinonia (Ac. 2:42-47), the performance of a miracle (Ac. 3:1-1 0), and a further proclamation (Ac. 3:12-26). Using the methods of redaktiongeschichte and narratological analyses, the literary unity of Luke-Acts will be shown in the light of the elements of baptism. In the third chapter the different accounts of baptism recorded in Luke-Acts will be analysed and compared in order to determine how the church tradition which Luke represents understood baptism, and what was the significance of the rite and the practice of baptism in the early church. Finally, in order to emphasise the importance in the Greek world of the ideas and example of the moral philosophers, the meaning of terms related to baptism, such as akouo, metanoeo and pisteuo, is examined in the light of both Jewish and Greek concepts. The community life of the baptised expressed also practices and ideas which appear to owe more to the Greek world than the Jewish. These concepts include parrhesia, koinonia, and the way in which Christianity is described by its members and outsiders- Christianoi, hairesis, hodos. Finally the setting of the Christian meetings in the Gentile context is discussed. The conclusion indicated by the evidence is that Christianity was organised in a form which was scarcely distinguishable from a school under a kathegetes. Baptism initiated the believer into a relationship with a teacher. It was the nature of the teacher as well as the content of the teaching which gave to Christianity its uniqueness.

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Fisher, Todd. "Training selected members of Highland Hills Baptist Church in hermeneutical principles and their use in key biblical texts to defend the exclusivity of Christ in salvation." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Tunberg, Allen C. "The destiny of those who are uninformed about Christ an identification of contemporary views with reference to the doctrinal standards of the Evangelical Free Church of America /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.

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Flores, Michael D. "An analysis of works that do and do not justify in Robert Sungenis' doctrine of justification." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Hager, Alan R. "Gospel-based sermon applications that teach and transform." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com.

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Lund, Paul R. "The missiological impact of whether the heathen are lost without Christ." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.

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Eilers, Linda. "When Calvinist and Arminian beliefs collide facilitating communication between North American professors and Russian Bible students /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Beaumont, N. Hunter. ""Constantly fed by Christ" : John Calvin's eucharistic theology as an application of his soteriology /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Lauer, Laura Elizabeth. "Women in British Nonconformity, circa 1880-1920, with special reference to the Society of Friends, Baptist Union and Salvation Army." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1997. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ff846f2b-fe1f-4cb5-a38f-d0844d1b45df.

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The reclamation and analysis of women's experiences within three Nonconformist denominations is the focus of this thesis. The first chapter places each denomination in its social and theological context, and describes its governing structures. The bulk of the thesis is devoted to situating women within this context and examining the ways in which women sought representation within male-dominated governing structures. Chapter two examines the conflict between Friends' egalitarian theology and women's lack of governing power. Although women Friends gained access to the governing body of the Society, the issue of equality remained problematic. The chapter finishes with a discussion of the Society's split over women's suffrage. The Baptist Zenana Mission is the focus of the third chapter. Zenana missionaries claimed spiritual and imperial authority over "native" women and used the languages of separate spheres to carve out a vocation for single women in keeping with denominational norms. In so doing, they marginalised the work done by missionary wives. The fourth chapter begins with an examination of the life and theology of Catherine Booth, whose contribution to the Salvation Army is often neglected. Catherine advocated women's ministry in terms that validated both "women's work for women" and public preaching. This chapter looks at the appeal of officership for women, especially the empowering experiences of salvation and holiness, and charts the growth of the Women's Social Work. Despite the Army's egalitarian theology, conflict was felt by women officers who struggled to combine corps and family duties. The final chapter briefly examines idealised representations of women to conclude that their defining power, while significant, was by no means hegemonic.

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Heggelund, Ida Maria. "“The Devil is a Deceiver in your Living Room”: Damnation and Salvation in a Fundamentalist Christian Church in Cape Town." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32357.

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The growth of independent churches has long been a source for social and religious research in Southern African countries. The swell of such churches is said to be equal to the spread of fire across dry grassland. Lately, Pentecostalism in Africa has reached proportions that inevitably lead to questions about why there is such a need for conservative fundamentalist congregations, where the members tend to identify with subordination to a strong and powerful leader. This study explores the link between submission and supremacy in the “ingroup”versus “out-group” controversy. The study examines how a particular Pentecostal church in Cape Town is creating a space for their members to belong and to relate. My questions pivot around how dynamics play out between the leaders and the members of this group, and how crucial aspects of their identity, personal and collective, are formed within the community and their particular faith. This project shows how African Pentecostals are negotiating a way to resist the modern world and invent a way to live lives where spirituality is the starting point for everything and for everyone. Further, the study demonstrates how the embodiment of servant hood and godliness serves as an important reference point for these people in their attempt to bridge the dissonance between the secular and the sacred. It is argued that the opposition of good and evil is the common ground for negotiating their theology and that all aspects of their lives are centred on this dualistic worldview. The study also examines the importance of ritualised group activity and interaction, as well as demonstrating how the motifs of salvation, as opposed to damnation, are used to unify the group. It further shows how ideology is reproduced through a militant language that pushes people into a battle between dark and light forces in everything that is happening and everything they do in life.

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Asue, Daniel Ude. "Baptism and Original Sin in the Early Church : contributions of Tertullian." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41375.

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This study examines the baptismal practices of the early Christian community using Tertullian’s ethical text on baptism in relation to his other writings to dialogue with the Roman Catholic understanding of baptism, original sin and grace. Tertullian referring to the sacramental form of baptism that is done with water, held that baptism is indispensable for salvation because it imparts the grace that washes away original sin and makes someone a Christian; and capable of attaining a matured Christian life. At the moment, the Roman Catholic Church does not confer baptism of water on polygamists, and subsequently fails to admit them to her sacramental life because of their polygamous relations. This raises a question regarding the salvation of these polygamous families. How do they receive baptismal grace and become part of the church? This study argues that church and baptism were inseparable right from the beginning of Christianity in the New Testament. People became members of the church by the fact of their baptism. This study does a hermeneutical retrieval of the early church’s teaching on baptism and original sin in the light of Tertullian as the pillar of western theology. The study concludes by invoking pastoral consideration to baptize polygamous families (husband and wives) who married before converting to the faith. They are not to enter into any new marriage after baptism since they have received Christ in their state. “Go and sin no more,” says Christ.
Dissertation (MA Theol)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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Church History and Church Policy
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Murton, Stoehr Catherine. "Salvation from empire : the roots of Anishinabe Christianity in Upper Canada." Thesis, Kingston, Ont. : [s.n.], 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/1324.

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This thesis examine the cultural interaction between Anishinabe people, who lived in what is now southern Ontario, and the Loyalists, Euroamerican settlers who moved north from the United States during and after the American Revolution. Starting with an analysis of Anishinabe cultural history before the settlement era the thesis argues that Anishinabe spirituality was not traditionalist. Rather it inclined its practitioners to search for new knowledge. Further, Anishinabe ethics in this period were determined corporately based on the immediate needs and expectations of individual communities. As such, Anishinabe ethics were quite separate from Anishinabe spiritual teachings. Between 1760 and 1815, the Anishinabe living north of the Great Lakes participated in pan-Native resistance movements to the south. The spiritual leaders of these movements, sometimes called nativists, taught that tradition was an important religious virtue and that cultural integration was dangerous and often immoral. These nativist teachings entered the northern Anishinabe cultural matrix and lived alongside earlier hierarchies of virtue that identified integration and change as virtues. When Loyalist Methodists presented their teachings to the Anishinabeg in the early nineteenth century their words filtered through both sets of teachings and found purchase in the minds of many influential leaders. Such leaders quickly convinced members of their communities to take up the Methodist practices and move to agricultural villages. For a few brief years in the 1830s these villages achieved financial success and the Anishinabe Methodist leaders achieved real social status in both Anishinabe and Euroamerican colonial society. By examining the first generation of Anishinabe Methodists who practiced between 1823 and 1840, I argue that many Anishinabe people adopted Christianity as new wisdom suitable for refitting their existing cultural traditions to a changed cultural environment. Chiefs such as Peter Jones (Kahkewahquonaby), and their followers, found that Methodist teachings cohered with major tenets of their own traditions, and also promoted bimadziwin, or health and long life, for their communities. Finally, many Anishinabe people believed that the basic moral injunctions of their own tradition compelled them to adopt Methodism because of its potential to promote bimadziwin.
Thesis (Ph.D, History) -- Queen's University, 2008-07-17 13:59:23.833

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Bouchelle, Dan. "Presenting the gospel to the poor in a multi-social-class congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Manson, Ian McKay. "Fighting the good fight, salvation, social reform, and service in the United Church of Canada's Board of Evangelism and Social Service, 1925-1945." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0001/NQ42816.pdf.

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Wall, Philip Roger. "Salvation and the School of Christ : a theological-ethnographic exploration of the relationship between soteriology, missiology and pedagogy in fresh expressions of church." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2015. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/salvation-and-the-school-of-christ-a-theologicalethnographic-exploration-of-the-relationship-between-soteriology-missiology-and-pedagogy-in-fresh-expressions-of-church(c2dd7c30-f304-428b-8310-7363909be1ae).html.

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This thesis considers the relationship between soteriology, missiology and pedagogy in fresh expressions of church. Having identified the key theological and pedagogical challenges for the fresh expressions of church movement, three heuristic models of the dominant contemporary approaches to Christian education are identified, positing a direct relationship between soteriological and missiological beliefs and the consequential pedagogical praxis of Christian communities. The methodology of the qualitative research is shown to be grounded within the field of practical theology and utilizes a critical realist framework for the ethnographic approach undertaken in the participant observation of three fresh expressions of church. The pedagogical praxis, soteriological and missiological beliefs of the three communities are thus outlined and analysed, allowing the ethnographic data to critique, and be critiqued by, the heuristic models put forward. The three models are shown to be in part upheld by the praxis of the three communities whilst the data analysis challenges the integrity of the theological diversity of the fresh expressions of church movement and calls for further research to be undertaken on identifying the nature and purpose of Christian education with, and for, the unchurched.

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Babík, Milan. "In pursuit of salvation : Woodrow Wilson and American liberal internationalism as secularized eschatology." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:0ba3fcd9-ecbc-4789-83c9-3fdb1c290aea.

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This work reinterprets the idea of progress at the heart of Woodrow Wilson’s liberal internationalism through the lens of secularization theory, which holds that modern philosophies of progress stand on religious foundations and represent secularized vestiges of biblical eschatology. Previous applications of this insight reveal a selective pattern: Whereas totalitarian and illiberal narratives of progress such as Nazism and Marxism-Leninism have received lavish attention and spawned extensive political religions literature, liberal progressivism has been ignored. This dissertation rectifies this neglect. Initial chapters present the biblical conception of history as the myth of salvation, introduce secularization through the writings of Karl Löwith and Hans Blumenberg, respectively its principal proponent and main critic, and test the limits of the concept to confirm its applicability to liberal progressivism. The main part aims secularization theory at Wilson’s idea of progress in the broader context of American liberal thought. From the 17th-century Puritan vision of a “city upon a hill” to the 19th-century doctrine of “manifest destiny”, biblical eschatology defined the way Americans envisioned history and their role in it, giving rise to a sort of liberal-republican millennialism. Wilson was no exception: Considering faith essential to authentic knowledge, he regarded history as a providential process, the United States as a divinely appointed redeemer nation, and himself as a Christian statesman performing God’s work in a fallen world. His foreign policy was fundamentally a religious mission to transform international relations according to the Bible, thereby fulfilling the prophecy of salvation. The dissertation demonstrates the eschatological foundations of his statecraft through specific examples and draws attention to their illiberal and totalizing implications. Final passages note the enduring relevance of Wilson’s principles and, based on their reinterpretation in this work, reflect critically on their suitability as a guide for future American foreign policy.

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Ahn, Kukwhan. "An analytical study of saving faith among Korean church members in San Diego, California a diagnosis of the situation and a prescription for improvement /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Elliott, Mark V. "Writing the third draft of a primer of the Christian faith." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p100-0122.

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Thesis (D. Min.)--Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, 2005.
Abstract and vita. Includes the 3rd draft of: "Wake up and smell the coffee, you are standing on holy grounds" (leaves 123-164). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-167).

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Garrington, Jim. "Practicum, apprenticeship a training proposal for the European School for Officers Training, Basel, Switzerland /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.

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Donoho, Stephen Halley. ""[A] humbled China will be more open to receive the salvation of Jesus Christ!" : two church periodicals' views on the Cing-Japanese war and Japanese-Táiwanese war." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31432.

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There is writing about how nineteenth-century churchgoers' views of other countries were formed by church periodicals. And there is writing about how opinions of the Cing and Japanese Empires were changed by the 'Cing-Japanese War of 1894-1895' ('First Sino-Japanese War'; 'Jiá-wǔ War'), and the 'Japanese-Táiwanese War of 1895'. But, there are no works making connections between these bodies of writing. This work makes such a connection through a comparison of writing about the wars in two church periodicals, the England-based Monthly Messenger and Gospel in China , and the Táiwan-based 'Dāi-lám Church News' ('Dāi-lám Hu-siá n Gào-ho ê -b e'). It makes the argument that the periodicals' writers and editors were on the side of the Japanese, as it seemed to them that Japanese success against the Cing Empire, and Japanese rule in Tái-wan, would make Western ways commoner in these places, which would be good for the Protestant Churches there. But the writers and editors had to give their opinions differently, as their readers were in different positions with respect to the wars. The Monthly Messenger's readers were in England; nothing the writers said about the war would make them any less safe, and so in both wars the periodical gave its support to the Japanese loudly and frequently. But the Church News' readers and writers were in Tái-wan. Openly supporting an attacking country could put them in danger, so the writers said nothing for or against any side in the first war, and were but quietly against the Táiwanese Republic in the second.

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Okorie, George Maduakolam. "The integral salvation of the human person in Ecclesia in Africa a case study of the theological implications among the Igbo in Nigeria." Frankfurt, M. Berlin Bern Bruxelles New York, NY Oxford Wien Lang, 2007. http://d-nb.info/988863839/04.

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