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Rakotsoane, Francis Lobiane Clement. "The Southern Sotho's ultimate object of worship : sky-divinity or water-divinity?" Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10889.
Full textThis thesis is an attempt to find out how much justified the missionaries and some local authors are in identifying Molimo with their Christian God (Sky-Divinity). A critical analysis of various Basotho cultural elements and what the early Basotho told the missionaries reveal that Molimo as an ultimate object of worship in the traditional religion of the Southern Sotho, is Water-Divinity, namely, Water Snake and not a celestial being or Sky-Divinity.
Hill, Daniel James. "Divinity and maximal greatness." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251913.
Full textMolony, Scott. "Finding Divinity in Fortran." Thesis, Boston College, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1980.
Full textThesis advisor: Stephen Pope
The information revolution is the single most important change in society since the printing press. At no other time has our society benefited from nearly limitless access to information and communication, and the changes brought on by this access have changed, and are changing, society in fundamental ways. Our homes, our workplaces, and our democracy have all been transformed by information and communication technologies.However, our ethics have not kept pace with our technological progress, and the immense changes brought by this this revolution have posed some equally immense moral questions. Indeed, there has been an almost total lack of religious discourse regarding the problems which have arisen out of the information revolution. This thesis is an attempt to change that.The thesis itself is structured as a series of essays on four key problems:1. Intellectual Property, as it relates to Scripture2. Information Ethics, the novel moral theory arising from Computer Ethics3. Robotic Ethics, especially the ethics of robotic warfare4. Hacker Culture, and its implicit spiritualityEach of these essays attempts to tackle one of these key problems, and demonstrate how a religious perspective illuminates some aspect of it. As befits a thesis from a Jesuit, Catholic university, most of the essays are drawn from a Catholic, Christian perspective
Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2011
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Theology Honors Program
Discipline: Philosophy Honors Program
Discipline: Theology
Salgård, Cunha Emma Claire. "Methodist literary culture : John Wesley's practical divinity." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648510.
Full textHarrison, Thomas. "Divinity and history : the religion of Herodotus /." Oxford : Clarendon press, 2002. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38875055s.
Full textTremaglio, Cynthia Ann. "Joseph Bellamy : from Calvinism to New Divinity /." Abstract available, 2009. http://149.152.10.1/record=b3077867~S16.
Full textThesis advisor: Katherine A. Hermes. "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-80). Abstract available via the World Wide Web.
Guerra, Valeschka Martins. "Community, autonomy and divinity : studying morality across cultures." Thesis, University of Kent, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.498832.
Full textLanigan, Tim. "Transformational Coaching and Evangelism at the Calumet Halfway House in Manchester, New Hampshire." Thesis, Regent University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13427399.
Full textChristian volunteers throughout the United States serve in prison ministry in differing capacities. Some preach during services in chapels; some mentor individuals; others are part of a team which provides transitional programs. One such program is called “The Authentic Christian Man,” which is a Christian discipleship initiative staffed by volunteers at the men’s prison in Concord, New Hampshire in collaboration with the Calumet Halfway House in Manchester, New Hampshire. This inmate program involves a weekly meeting series for three months in the spring and fall, involving teaching and small group conversation. Increasingly, there have been former inmates being released into the Calumet Halfway House. Many former inmates help out at Makeover Ministry and attend 1269 Café, both ministries of Manchester. These men are challenged with the hurdles of adjusting to reconnecting with families, finding work, and establishing homes. In the course of many conversations with these men, the need for a coaching process and Christian evangelism became apparent, which was very timely in these transitional circumstances, reflecting an existing deep need.
The purpose of this ministry project is to draw upon prison ministry experience and to apply transformational, lifeforming coaching with former inmates at the Calumet Halfway House. This ministry project will emphasize the importance of a relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ and the advantages of fellowship in a church body. The approach to evangelism will be encouraging, not arm-twisting. This ministry project will determine the effectiveness of applying a coaching experience with newly released inmates through the use of a coaching and case study method. The overall aim is that former inmate will become proactive and have a fighting chance to embrace a fulfilling life according to their dreams.
Beardsley, Christopher. "The humanity of divinity : the theology of F.W. Robertson." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.624982.
Full textJanse, van Rensburg Dené. "The Lamb's Wrath : Cannibalism, Divinity, and Apocalypse in Hannibal." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/81922.
Full textDissertation (MA (Drama and Film Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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Aitken, Philip. "The primacy of meaning: consumption, divinity and the machine." Thesis, Griffith University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/384274.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Queensland College of Art
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Oster, Malcolm. "Nature, ethics and divinity : the early thought of Robert Boyle." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.305255.
Full textThomas, Rachel E. "Sic Itur Ad Astra: Divinity and Dynasty in Ovid's Metamorphoses." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1399402859.
Full textKealy, Thomas Patrick. "Refiguring divinity : literature and natural history in the scientific revolution /." view abstract or download file of text, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9987235.
Full textTypescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 251-271). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
Landfair, Valerie Ranee. ""Trouble in My Way, I Have to Cry Sometimes"| Silent Prayers of Sorrow & Lament." Thesis, Regent University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10680915.
Full textThis dissertation addresses the role and functions of silent prayers of lament and sorrow in light of individual and communal suffering of black women due to their triple oppression of sexism, racism, and classism. Silence is used theologically in two respects: (1) it refers to the rarity of articulated sentences, but not to the absence of sound; and (2) it refers to the various forms of lament from the disenfranchised that historically and contemporarily are silent within the dominant theological discourse. Silence is the intimate communication which may be quietness or the audible sounds and symbolic actions that may not follow normal rules of speech that persons use to convey their deepest thoughts and most intense feelings, including pain and anguish to God. A Pentecostal Womanist methodology utilizes pneumatological transformation of pathos as a theological framework to examine the ways marginalized people deal with oppression. The Holy Spirit effects change in the act of lamenting prayers by turning the expressions of sorrow, anguish, and afflictions toward the triune God, but also serves as the catalyst for imparting glimpses into the fellowship of Christ’s suffering and power of resurrection (Philippians 3:10). Orthopathos is a pneumatological transformation of suffering experienced by marginalized groups. Silent prayers of sorrow and lament have been foundational in empowering African American communities.
McKay, Johnston Reid. "The Kingdom of God and the Presbyterian churches social theology and action c.1880-c.1914." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2617.
Full textLozovyy, Joseph. "Saul, Doeg, Nabal and the 'Son of Jesse' : readings in 1 Samuel 16-25." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2239.
Full textCurtis, Jason M. "Trinity and time : an investigation into God's being and his relationship with the created order, with special reference to Karl Barth and Robert W. Jenson." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2216.
Full textAtkinson, William P. "A theological appraisal of the doctrine that Jesus died spiritually, as taught by Kenyon, Hagin and Copeland." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2231.
Full textNiumeitolu, Heneli T. "The State and the Church : the state of the church in Tonga." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2236.
Full textMcCabe, David R. "How to kill things with words : Ananias and Sapphira under the Apostolic-prophetic speech-act of divine judgment (Acts 4:32-5:11)." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2667.
Full textMoseley, Carys. "Nationhood beyond the state : the development of Karl Barth's theological understanding of nationhood." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2237.
Full textYiannikkou, Jason. "Protestantism, Puritanism and practical divinity in England, c.1570-c.1620." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1999. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251693.
Full textSarbadhikary, Sukanya. "The place of devotion : siting and experiencing divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.607826.
Full textLui, Cheuk-On. "Evaluation of a Master of Divinity Program in a Theological Seminary." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2711/.
Full textAllen, David Mark. "Deuteronomic re-presentation in a word of exhortation : an assessment of the paraenetic function of Deuteronomy in the Letter to the Hebrews." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2232.
Full textLouie, Kin Yip. "The theological aesthetics of Jonathan Edwards." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2240.
Full textBailey, Hunter M. "Via Media Alia : reconsidering the controversial doctrine of universal redemption in the theology of James Fraser of Brea (1639-1699)." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3266.
Full textGay, Douglas C. "A practical theology of church and world : ecclesiology and social vision in 20th century Scotland." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1699.
Full textChandra, Michael A. "Ontological and value incommensuration : Marilyn McCord Adams on medieval and modern approaches to Theodicy." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2592.
Full textLee, Hansang. "Trinitarian theology and piety : the attributes of God in the thought of Stephen Charnock (1628-1680) and William Perkins (1558-1602)." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3295.
Full textTran, Nhiem Thai. "The relationship between second generation leaders' sense of valuation by first generation leaders and their retention in the Vietnamese Church in America." Thesis, Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3707924.
Full textThe purpose of this study is to analyze the sense of valuation that members of the younger Vietnamese generation receive from church leadership and the effect of this perception of valuation on the church’s retention of the younger generation. The motivation for this study arose out of an intergenerational conflict which has existed for some years between the first and second generations of Vietnamese church leaders and members. The researcher proposed that merging potential leaders of the younger Vietnamese generation into church leadership would increase retention of the younger generation in the Vietnamese churches. In order to test this hypothesis, a survey was created and filled out by three groups of second generation Vietnamese: Group A consisted of those who have remained in the Vietnamese Church; Group B included those who had once attended a Vietnamese Church, but have left and are now attending a non-Vietnamese Church; and Group C was comprised of those who once attended a Vietnamese Church, but now are not attending any church. Thus, the participant groups included one “retained” group and two “un-retained” groups. The seven-question survey was designed to evaluate seven possible issues related to retention, each touching in some way upon the Second Generation’s sense of valuation by the First Generation. The researcher tabulated and analyzed the differences in the responses between the three groups. The results of the study show that valuation of the younger Vietnamese by the first generation is an essential component for making disciples and retaining and developing future leaders within the immigrant Vietnamese church community.
Wahlberg, Nina May. "Goddess cults in Egypt between 1070 BC and 332 BC." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.289446.
Full textKwon, Moon Sang. "A study of Scottish kenoticism : the interpretation of the self-emptying of Christ in ethical categories with particular reference to A.B. Bruce and H.R. Mackintosh." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327399.
Full textBurdge, Nicole. "DIVINED." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1574361770133523.
Full textMueller, Kurt A. "Raising U.S. Army Spiritual Fitness Inventory Scores Through Chaplain Review of CRU Evangelism Materials." Thesis, Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10281631.
Full textThe purpose of writing this paper was to raise awareness about spiritual fitness within the Hawaii Army National Guard. A training program was developed to assist soldiers with increasing their spiritual fitness, thereby making them more resilient.
Chapter 1 outlines the current trends and ministry problem facing the Hawaii Army National Guard soldiers. A review of the US Army Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program is addressed, and it is shown how spiritual fitness is developed and increased.
Chapter 2 provides a review of literature relating to the topic of spiritual fitness, and the importance and place it has in our society. The development of the Four Spiritual Laws is addressed, and shown how the use of the booklet can very simply and directly help individuals grow their faith personally.
Chapter 3 sets forth the research methodology utilized in approaching the project, including the use of readily available training materials and resources. The purpose of the spiritual fitness inventory is discussed and the goals of each research area are defined.
Chapter 4 presents an analysis of the method used to gather supporting data. The methodology for the chaplain led intervention is outlined, so that others can use the program to engage their military units in the future replication of this program.
Chapter 5 assesses the data and points to the strategy for areas of further research across the Hawaii Army National Guard. The benefits of the program are discussed and shown to be applicable for implementation by other chaplains across the state.
Walker, John L. E. "At home within the divinity of nature, transforming our relationship with creation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ55447.pdf.
Full textTrujillo, D. Morgan. "Christ Pantocrator the unsettled debate over the humanity and divinity of Jesus /." Connect to online version, 2008. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2008/275.pdf.
Full textXinyue, B. "The divinity of Augustus in the poetry of Vergil, Horace, and Propertius." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2015. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1461318/.
Full textWilliams, Janet Patricia. "Denying divinity : apophasis in the patristic Christian and Soto Zen Buddhist traditions." Thesis, University of Winchester, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245372.
Full textZiegler, Alexandra. "Divinity & Destiny: Marian Imagery in Rubens' Life of Marie de' Medici." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19332.
Full textCOELHO, PAULO HENRIQUE DE GOUVEA. "THE STUDY OF THE THEOLOGICAL STATEMENT OF THE DIVINITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ST ATHANASIUS DIVINITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AS A PRINCIPLE OF DIVINE LIFE IN HUMAN LIFE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2014. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=28587@1.
Full textCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
Este trabalho visa analisar a ação do Espírito Santo sobre o ser humano. Agindo no homem todo, corpo e alma, abrangendo as suas duas faculdades, a inteligência e a vontade, o Espírito Santo santifica, ilumina, vivifica, cura, e finalmente diviniza o homem. Para que ele possa realizar estas funções, faz-se mister que o Espírito Santo esteja acima do homem, é preciso que seja divino, ele não pode ser uma criatura, tal como o homem, como imaginavam alguns cristãos. Para tanto, esta pesquisa pretende estudar algumas questões referentes à terceira pessoa da Santíssima Trindade, mais especificamente, às relações do Espírito Santo com o Pai e o Filho e a sua natureza divina. Partindo de um estudo da pneumatologia dos primeiros séculos do cristianismo e, principalmente do século IV, quando ocorreram os grandes debates em torno da divindade do Espírito Santo que culminaram nas decisões do Concilio em 381, quando foi declarada a divindade do Espírito Santo. O fundamento dessa pesquisa são as cartas de Atanásio a Serapião, que analisam diretamente este tema. E uma vez fundamentada a questão da divindade do Espírito Santo, torna-se exequível esta pesquisa.
This work aims to analyze the role played by the Holy Spirit over the human being regard his intelligence and will. His action sanctifies, enlightens, cure, brings life and deifies men and women. His sanctifying action bears his efficiency and reality over the creature as once conceived by former Christians. In order to clearly define the divine nature and role of the Blessed Trinity s Third Person, this work aims to answer some of the questions especially concerned to the relations between the Holy Spirit, the Father and the Son. From the pneumatology study of the first centuries of Christian era, especially the IV century, characterized by the importance of debates which culminated on the decisions taken by the Council of 381 AD stating the divinity of the Holy Spirit. Its documental references are the letters written by Athanasius and Serapion over the subject, which gives basis for divinity of the Holy Spirit and possibility of its present research.
Ammerman, James D. "An Evaluation of the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course at Community Alliance Church, Butler, Pennsylvania." Thesis, Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10746848.
Full textThe purpose of writing An Evaluation of the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course at Community Alliance Church, Butler, Pennsylvania was to measure the efficacy of the course to improve emotional maturity on participants.
Quinn, Linda. "The poetics of soul| Mythic narrative as creative elegy." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3556957.
Full textThis dissertation explores the analogical complexity of the soul's unfolding mythos within human consciousness as it mediates and constellates creative psychic impulses into the form of mythic narrative. This study argues how, through its fundamentally poetic, narrative action, the epical soul reciprocally seeks its own development as it raises human consciousness to the larger ground of its being, with its consequent healing of the human soul.
Depth psychotherapy accords to a mimetic pattern of soul that contains an epic sensibility in its power to differentiate, then integrate, the full dimensions of psychic life. The purpose of this essentially poetic journey is to amplify human awareness of the imaginal soul and its guiding principals in reviewing one's personal and ancestral past. It conveys how literalized stories of human life can be deconstructed and re-mythologized through the eyes of the soul.
The complexity of the soul's mythopoetic impulse constructs a world of personal meaning based in divine purpose for the individual; it also bridges one to a larger sense of communal order. Such an expansive mythic vision unleashes a flow of healing energy. With such healing, compassionate energy spirals out, enriching communal life and connecting us to the world.
Throughout the dissertation, an image of the giant sequoia tree is used as a symbol of an expanded form of consciousness and that carries the narrative essential to the human soul. It serves as a guiding metaphor to demonstrate the transformation of one's painful past into a fictional, healing narrative. Deeply rooted in the soul's soil of significance, every ring of one's personal history carries the ghostly stories of ancestors and cultural history that, when deeply explored and explicated, impart meaning to one's journey and the aspirations of an ensouled spirit.
This theoretically-informed dissertation employs a phenomenological hermeneutic as its methodological approach. As an interdisciplinary study, the work weaves together literary criticism, depth psychology, and mythological studies in support of its argument. Clinical material is used to illustrate the depth psychotherapeutic dynamics and how the soul heals through that process.
Henderson, Donna. "Liturgy| A common ground for ecumenism." Thesis, Regent University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1522759.
Full textThis work explores the ecumenical aspects of liturgy and how it can provide a common ground by which ecumenism can develop. Though different denominations may have varying characteristics to their liturgy the commonalities are striking. Liturgy can cross denominational and doctrinal boundaries. Whether a group adheres to transubstantiation or to representation, when the believer partakes in the bread and wine there is no question that it is Jesus Christ whom they remember. The Scriptures also cross denominational lines and does not depend upon one particular doctrinal viewpoint from which it must be read or heard. Baptism, whether by immersion or sprinkling, has been debated throughout the centuries yet is still a sacrament for most. Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs of worship are equally as trans-denominational. Liturgy not only transcends denominations but links the contemporary church with the Church throughout the ages.
Macdonald, Fergus A. J. "The Psalms and spirituality : a study of meditative engagement with selected psalms amongst Edinburgh students." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2615.
Full textDiehl, Judith A. "The puzzle of the prayer : a study of John 17." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2206.
Full textBrown, Elijah M. "The road to peace : the role of the Southern Sudanese church in communal stabilisation and national resolution." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3260.
Full textMacDonald, Alan R. "Ecclesiastical politics in Scotland, 1586-1610." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1797.
Full textBlyth, Caroline. "Terrible silence, eternal silence : a consideration of Dinah's voicelessness in the text and interpretive traditions of Genesis 34." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2593.
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