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Young, Wendy Warren. "A North American human potential group in Britain : Werner Erhard and Associates, 1981-1991." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.294179.
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Hinze, Wesley Martin Tolbert Charles M. "Social trust, trust in Muslims, and American religion." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5131.
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Coles, Ryan Scott. "Religious Institutions and Entrepreneurship Among Marginalized Groups." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4143.
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The phenomenon of entrepreneurship has become increasingly important to civic and private leaders all over the world. In response to calls by scholars to develop theory on entrepreneurship by conducting systematic analyses of how specific institutions shape the entrepreneurial process, the current study explores how Muslim and Mormon religious institutions shape entrepreneurship for their adherents. Through observation and in-depth interviews with Muslim and Mormon entrepreneurs, the study found that religious institutions from both faiths shaped several important entrepreneurial phenomena: decision making, confidence and support, opportunity creation, and opportunity recognition, as well as management and other entrepreneurial skills. The study shows the contribution of institutional theory to understanding entrepreneurship, and proposes several contributions to theory on entrepreneurship. First, the study contributes to theory on the relationship between religion and entrepreneurship by proposing additional theoretical logic for the relationship. Second, the study contributes to understanding why certain individuals are able to bypass the shame inherent in the social deviance that can accompany entrepreneurship by proposing the concept of extra-social legitimacy.
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Francis, Matthew David. "Mapping the sacred : understanding the move to violence in religious and non-religious groups." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2011. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9272/.
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This research explores how groups make the transition from having strongly held beliefs, to having strongly held beliefs that legitimate violent action: the move to violence. Working from a number of case studies, I have produced a matrix of markers that helps us theorise about the causes of violent potentialities within groups. The case studies include Aum Shiru·ikyo, al Qaeda, the Red Army Faction as well as some non·violent counter·examples; Agonshu, Hizb ut·Tahrir in Uzbekistan and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Through analysis of their statements, I have coded data into a numbe1· of market's that aim to capture information about the sacred boundaries of these groups. These boundaries refer to the non·negotiable beliefs and values of the groups, which they use to define themselves and their 'Other', and are developed out of a neo· Durkheimian discussion of society and the sacred. Mapping these sacred boundaries helps us to understand the nature of beliefs that groups will fight to defend. Concentrating on the sacred, which I argue can be located in secular as well as religious groups, ensures that the exploration of the move to violence in 1·eligious groups is not trapped in essentialised or dismissive accounts of definitions of religion and the causative role it plays within modernity. Together, the operationalisation of the sacred and the use of markers to locate it in the statements of groups form the model- the matrix - that I have constructed for this study. There are. then. two principal outcomes from this research. The first is a set of findings coming out of the exploration of the move to violence. The second is a model which I have demonstrated in use and which I suggest can be used in future research exploring the role of the sacred in modern society.
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Ravindran, Rajan. "Religious desecration and ethnic violence." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/06Dec%5FRavindran.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2006.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Anna Simons. "December 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-66). Also available in print.
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Lockler, Tori Chambers. "Radical Religious Groups and Government Policy: A Critical Evaluation." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000447.
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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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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 rime of the eady Christian Church, through the Reformation period, through the 17* century to present-day Christian groups. The dissertation also reports as a case study an empirical analysis of the forms of communication used by the Cell Church and churches with cell groups, both of which are inter-denominational and host regular informal gatherings. It is found that these gatherings display the onset phase characteristics of Christian movements.
From a theoretical point of view the research reported here provides evidence in support for the following Christian Religious Communications Hypothesis: Christian religious groups will use a limited number offorms of communication when they perceive themselves as movements and they will expand their forms of communication, as they become organisations, which forms special instance of Klopper (2003)'s general Theory of the Optimisation of Human Communication: Humans optimise a variety of forms of communication within a culture, to ensure immediate direct personal survival and to maintain their culture as a fongterm indirect survival strategy. By confirming the validity of the Christian Religious Communications Hypothesis, the research findings also provide indirect validation for Klopper's general Theory of the Optimisation of Human Communication.
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Dreher, Kevin Clark. "College Student Vulnerability to Harmful Religious Groups Based on Perceptions." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1957.
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This study was conducted in an attempt to understand which, if any, groups of college students are susceptible to cult influence based on false perceptions. Religion is a powerful practice that, if used for the wrong reasons, can influence a person to dissolve social and financial relationships with family, friends, and the surrounding community. Surveys were given to randomly selected cluster samples of students currently enrolled at the university. These surveys consisted of demographic questions and a scale designed to measure perceptions. Also devised was a scale to measure traits of depression. Both bivariate and multivariate analysis showed that the depression scale was more significant than the perceptions scale in measuring vulnerability.
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Grossman, Rachel. "Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults’ Experiences with Supportive Religious Groups." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1614716918607381.
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Taynen, Jennifer Emily. "Minority and religious groups in China : explaining discrepancies in state response." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32265.
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The People's Republic of China has long demonstrated significant variation in its treatment of the diverse ethnic and religious minority groups that exist within its borders. Specialists in Chinese Regional Studies, especially those whose research focuses on Chinese ethnic minorities, tend to attribute this discrepancy in policy to ingrained racism or Han-chauvinism within the state apparatus. In contrast, Political Scientists tend to hypothesize that the state varies its policies to respond to groups that show the potential to mobilize and pose a threat to state authority. Here, anticipated observations for each explanation are used to create two models that trace how 1) state racism and 2) perceived mobilization potential would result in the state instituting more repressive controls over a minority group. The critical distinction between the two explanations requires that state attacks (literal or figurative) be identified as either primarily symbolic or primarily strategic. Five cases from the Chinese Communist context are examined with reference to these models. Religious minority status is held as a constant among all the cases selected. Within the cases, variability is found in the levels of ethnic distinctiveness from the Han Chinese majority. While there are many minority groups that could have fit these criteria, the cases highlighted here are the Tibetan Buddhists, the Chinese Buddhists, the Uighur Muslims, the Hui (Chinese) Muslims, and the Falungong. It is concluded that in the first four cases, the strong correlation between levels of ethnic distinctiveness and levels of state repression suggests that state racism plays a significant role in informing state policy, the same does not hold true for the Falungong case, and once state attacks are further broken down into symbolic and strategic actions, there is strong evidence that both state racism and state fear of minority mobilization play a role in informing the Chinese state's actions.<br>Arts, Faculty of<br>Political Science, Department of<br>Graduate
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Gramstrup, Louise Koelner. "Jewish, Christian, and Muslim women searching for common ground : exploring religious identities in the American interfaith book groups, the Daughters of Abraham." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25937.
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This thesis examines how women negotiate their identification within and as a group when engaging in interreligious dialogue. It is an in-depth case study of the women’s interfaith book groups, the Daughters of Abraham, located in the Greater Boston Area. This focus facilitates an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of relationships within one group, between different groups, and as situated in the American sociocultural context. I explore the tensions arising from religious diversity, and the consequences of participating in an interreligious dialogue group for understandings of religious self and others. Categories such as boundary, power, sameness, difference, self and other serve to explore the complexities and fluidity of identity constructions. I answer the following questions: How do members of the Daughters of Abraham engage with the group’s religious diversity? How does their participation in the Daughters of Abraham affect their self-understanding and understanding of the “other?” What can we learn about power dynamics and boundary drawing from the women’s accounts of their participation in the Daughters of Abraham and from their group interactions? Two interrelated arguments guide this thesis. One, I show that Daughters members arrive at complex and fluid understandings of what it means to identify as an American Jewish, Christian, and Muslim woman by negotiating various power dynamics arising from ideas of sameness and difference of religion, gender, and sociopolitical values. Two, I contend that the collective emphasis on commonalities in the Daughters of Abraham is a double-edged sword. Explicitly, this stress intends to encourage engagement with the group’s religious diversity by excluding those deemed too different. However, whilst this emphasis can generate nuanced understandings of religious identity categories, at times it highlights differences detrimental to facilitating such understanding. Moreover, this stress on commonalities illuminates the power dynamics and tensions characterizing this women’s interfaith book group. Scholarship has by and large overlooked women’s interreligious engagements with explicit ethnographic studies of such being virtually non-existent. This thesis addresses this gap by using ethnographic methods to advance knowledge about women’s interreligious dialogue. Furthermore, it pushes disciplinary discourses by speaking to the following interlinked areas: Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations, formalized interreligious dialogue, interreligious encounters on the grassroots level, women’s interreligious dialogue, a book group approach to engaging with religious diversity, and interreligious encounters in the American context post-September 11th 2001.
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Blanke, Svenja. "Civic foreign policy U.S. religious interest groups and Central America, 1973-1990 /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2001. http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/2003/122/index.html.
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Thompson, Ashland C. "Mothers’ Religious Influence on Children Experiencing Trauma: Haiti Community Clinic Focus Groups." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1545222668376661.
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Swann, Johnnie Faye. "The Impact on Congregational Leaders in the Use of Lay Speakers inPulpit Ministry." Ashland Theological Seminary / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=atssem1610544625722524.
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Mavor, Kenneth Ian. "Religious orientation, social identity and attitudes to homosexuality /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17894.pdf.
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Segrest, Krist B. "Equipping a selected group of potential adult teachers of Northpark Baptist Church in Trussville, Alabama to lead an empact Bible study group." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.053-0300.
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Knutas, Frida. "Religion and Recruitment : A quantitative study on the effects of religious motivations for conflict on rebel recruitment." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-314703.
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Potancoková, Michaela, Sandra Jurasszovich, and Anne Goujon. "Consequences of International Migration on the Size and Composition of Religious Groups in Austria." Springer Netherlands, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12134-018-0575-z.
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Scientific knowledge on a population's religious composition is essential to
understand the challenges faced by societies today. It arises in opposition to speculations
about the actual size of religious groups that have been increasingly present in the
public discourse in Europe for many years. This is particularly the case in Austria
where the flows of refugees and migrants coming from the Middle East and Afghanistan
have intensified since 2011 and culminated in 2015. These sparked a debate on
the actual size of the Muslim population in Austria. This study fills the gap by
presenting estimates of the religious composition for 2016 and projections until 2046
based on several scenarios related to the three major forces affecting the religious
composition: migration (including asylum seekers), differential fertility and
secularisation. The projections demonstrate that religious diversity is bound to increase,
mostly through immigration and fertility. We further focus on the role and implications
of international migration on the age and sex composition within the six religious
groups: Roman Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Muslims, other religions and unaffiliated.
We find that the volume and composition of international migrants can maintain
youthful age compositions in minority religions - Muslims and Orthodox. Sustained
immigration leads to slower ageing but does not stop or reverse the process. The
disparity between older majority and younger minority religious groups will further
increase the cultural generation gap.
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Elder, Laurel Elizabeth. "Party behavior : the response of American political parties to racial, religious and ethnic groups /." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488191124569611.
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Gencoglu, Halim. "Socio-political challenges of marginal religious groups: the Sabbatean movement as a case study." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29498.
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Minority religious communities, like the Sabbateans, have often been labelled and marginalised by mainstream religions. At times, their leaders have been labelled as ‘false messiahs’ by society or the state. To what extent do states play a role in facilitating the integration of diverse groupings? This question is particularly topical in the 21st century context of cross-border migrations, but also a perennial question facing society, as minority religious movements developed throughout history. The study focuses on one of the minority movements in Abrahamic religions, Sabbateanism. It analyses the development of the Sabbateanism by controversial Jewish Rabbi, Shabbetai Tzvi in the Ottoman Empire. Tvzi attracted many followers, but also received criticism from orthodox Jews and others, especially when he converted to Islam. The thesis analyses how the movement evolved during Tzvi’s life, and after his death, and what may have urged his followers to hide their religious identities. It then compares this movement with other controversial minority movements, such as Crypto-Christianity and the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. This comparison offers insight into the minority groups’ challenges, and into the reasons that they have been labelled as ‘heretical’ in Islamic, Christian and Jewish societies. In terms of methodology, the study draws on unique archival materials from Turkey and Israel, dating back to the 17th century. The thesis traces Turkish-Jewish relations prevailing in Asia from the 7th century onwards, to contextualise the Ottoman state’s approach towards Tzvi and his religious movement. It then analyses the State policies towards Sabbateanism and other minority groups. The study critically examines these instances in world history when minorities have been labelled as heratical and some are still labeled as such, even though “tolerance” and “respect” are considered the hallmark of modernization. The study shows that Ottoman rulers developed an elaborate system to accommodate non-Muslim (Dhimmi) societies within the Islamic state. This is perhaps what inspired Toynbee, who was otherwise critical of the Ottoman Empire, to describe it as close to ‘Plato’s ideal state’. This said, the research findings prompt critical reflections on the role of state policies in Ottoman times and beyond, and the effects of religious and national identities on the assertion and flourishing of minority groups.
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Coney, Judith Margaret. "Sahaja Yoga : a qualitative sociological study of a new religious movement." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.338425.
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Simpson, Richard. "Elements of Transformational Learning in Small Groups of an Evangelical Christian Church." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10843120.
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<p> The purpose of this grounded theory research study was to discover the transformational learning elements of a small group experience at an Evangelical Christian church that fosters personal transformation. Given the lack of Evangelical Christians experiencing personal transformation within small groups, leaders and teachers could learn much from transformational learning theory that continues to be the predominant framework for research in the area of adult education. The source of data for this study was interviews with small group leaders, teachers, and participants who had experienced a personal transformation while attending a small group. Analysis of the data found that participants faced a variety of circumstances that were personal, meaningful, and transformative, revealing 8 elements, mostly relational, within the small group experience that fostered personal transformation. The concluding theory for this study is that the relational elements of small groups, such as love, care, prayer, and connection create a transformative learning environment where personal transformation is likely to take place through the transparency and development of close relationships with others in the group. Implications of this study include pastors and leaders incorporating relational elements into small groups by taking intentional steps to match individuals, set expectations, set an example, be open and honest, know members, focus on the Bible, be ready to learn, and assess throughout. Creating a life-changing small group experience is an essential mission of Evangelical churches and by incorporating these elements churches can make great strides in fostering spiritual growth and personal transformation in individuals’ lives.</p><p>
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Ortiz-Diaz, Sharlaine Marie. "The Impacts of Religious Discrimination Towards Anxiety in Diverse Populations." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4670.
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Previous research has indicated that outcomes of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation could stem from religious discrimination (RLGD). However, there remains an important gap in the current literature regarding RLGD impacts with non-Muslim populations. Further, the moderating effects of sex, race, and national origin (moderating variables [MVs]) have yielded mixed findings concerning anxiety (dependent variable). The intergroup anxiety theory and the integrated threat theory elaborate on perceived threats and potential anxiety of intergroup dynamics. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the role of religious preferences (independent variable), the MVs, and the RLGD-anxiety relationship. The sample consisted of foreign- and nonforeign-born, Christian theist, non-Christian theist, and nontheist participants from 44 countries and 6 racial groups (N = 414). The direct impact of RLGD through religious intergroup contact (Outgroup Contact Measure) and anxiety (Beck Anxiety Inventory) was measured via regression analyses. While controlling for the MV's, results show that (a) Muslims reported the most religious outgroup contact, whereas, Evangelical/ Fundamentalists reported the least. The (b) most severe differences and the highest and (c) anxiety symptoms were reported by agnostics, atheists, and Muslim women respectively. Findings from this research help clarify that the relationship between RLGD, sex, and anxiety, and show the variation among IV and sex moderations are more unique than initially addressed with Muslims. This is an important contribution to the existing literature and enhances social change by better serving understudied and underrepresented religious preference groups.
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Rody, Christine. "Three associate member groups of congregations of women religious as associations of the Christian faithful." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1994. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p029-0324.
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Bendall, L. M. "The economic relations of religious and political organisations and social groups in the Mycenaean world." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.596551.
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The Mycenaean Linear B documents are exclusively economic and administrative records and tell us little or nothing about the nature of Mycenaean religion. They do, however, yield economic information relating to the religious sphere. Mycenaean palaces provided economic support for cult through the presentation of offerings, state sponsorship of ceremonial feasts and religious festivals, and through typical Mycenaean elite maintenance systems such as the allocation of land tenure and produce from state-controlled industries. These economic aspects of religion are recorded in the Linear B tablets and can be used in conjunction with archaeological data to investigate the place of religion more generally in Mycenaean palace society. References to religion are very frequent in the tablets, creating the impression that cult activities consumed a large proportion of palatial resources. Moreover, some aspects of political structure (such as kingship) and economy (especially industrial manufacture) appear to be specially tied to religion, which has led some scholars to speak in terms of sacral-political syncretism and even a 'temple economy'. Detailed investigation of the Linear B evidence does not bear out such notions. A complete dataset of the relevant Linear B evidence is presented for the first time here. Following this, the study focuses on three main areas: the extent of resources allocated to the religious sphere, the long-standing issue of a special relationship between shrines and workshops, and the social significance of Mycenaean ceremonial banqueting, which had an important religious dimension. The thesis argues that religious activities consumed a very small proportion of the total resources of the palaces and that there was no special connection between religion and industry. Thus, there is no evidence that religion was itself economically significant or was tied to economically significant activities.
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Thornberry, P. "The rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minority groups and their members in international law." Thesis, Keele University, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.376303.
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The thesis concerns itself with the fundamental rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic groups in contemporary international law. The rights outlined are to be found in multilateral treaties and general or customary international law. The first right identified is the right to existence which is principally associated with the Genocide Convention 1948. The second right outlined is the right of individuals belonging to minorities to an identity in cultural, religious and linguistic terms. This right is found in treaties rather than general customary law. The principal vehicle for the right to identity is Article 27 of the United Nations Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The relationship between this right and the right of individuals not to be discriminated against on grounds of race, language or religion is a major focus of the text. The rights of indigenous and tribal populations are also discussed: in addition to being in most cases minorities in their States, these populations have been the subject of specific action mainly in the International Labour Organisation. They are therefore entitled to all the rights of minorities as well as those rights specifically drawn up in their favour. The thesis commences with an outline of the legal and philosophical problems raised by the existence of minorities and indigenous populations and discusses the history of the protection of minority groups by international law, culminating in the League of Nations regime for their protection. A consistent theme running through the work is the relationship between individual and collective rights in international law and the conclusion of the work attempts to characterise international law in this respect, and to forecast the direction which the law will take in the future.
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MacDonald-Dennis, Christopher. "Competing narratives : the interplay between racial and ethno-religious identity among Ashkenazi Jewish undergraduate anti-racist peer educators /." Ann Arbor, MI : University Microfilms, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/dissertations/preview/3193920.
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Coleman, Simon M. "Controversy and the social order : responses to a religious group in Sweden." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314971.
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Schillinger, Thomas. "Bystander Effect and Religious Group Affiliation: Terrorism and the Diffusion of Responsibility." ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/126.
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The collective nature of group affiliation may inhibit an individual from exhibiting prosocial behavior regarding acts of religiously-motivated terror. This study's purpose was to investigate the nature of bystander intervention as it relates to religious group affiliation. Darley and Latane's bystander effect theory provided the theoretical framework for this study. The research questions examined the impact of religious group affiliation and group size on the dependent variables of civic moral disengagement (CMD) and commitment to the war on terror (CWT). Three validated survey instruments were administered to a random participant pool of 206 respondents. An ANCOVA and Spearman's rho correlation were employed to address the research questions. Findings revealed that neither religious group affiliation nor group size significantly predicts either CWT or CMD after controlling for the degree of religious commitment. Further research should test alternative theories associated with leadership and group dynamics. Positive social change is advanced by acknowledging that bystanders to acts of terrorism may not be influenced by factors such as group affiliation or size of religious group affiliations. These findings underscore the complexity of the relationship between behavior and religious affiliation. Policy makers and future researchers may benefit by redirecting their focus for prevention and intervention toward influences such as the motivational dynamic between religious leaders and their followers.
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Almeida, Débora Vasti Colombani Bispo de. "Ensino religioso ou ensino sobre religiões: A concepção de ensino religioso escolar no estado de São Paulo." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2006. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/2000.
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Previous issue date: 2006-10-02<br>The research treat the conceptions of Religious Teaching in the public
school system shows and analyses the explicit and implicit conceptions that
appear in preliminary and subsequent discussions concerning the Law
10783/01 which occurred in the Legislative Assembly in occasion of the process
of the Project of Law 1036/99. Focusing also on the Deliberation CEE 16/2001
and the Indication CEE 07/2001 and the writings produced by the Religious
Teaching mentors for public school of the State of São Paulo, inserted in
Notebooks of Religious Teaching and in the articles published in the electronic
magazine REVER.
As a theoretical presumption for those analyses the main conceptions of
Religious Teaching such as the confession, the transreligious and the
phenomenological were shown.
Concluding that the Religious Teaching in public school in State of São
Paulo presents itself as a mixture of various conflicting conceptions prevailing
the tendency of characterizing it as the Teaching of Religions, focusing on
history, culture and ethics, instead of on the transreligious conception and
phenomenological which consider fundamental, as fallow, the study and the
experience of the transcendent<br>A pesquisa trata da questão das concepções de Ensino Religioso no
sistema escolar público do Estado de São Paulo. O estudo aponta e analisa as
concepções explícitas e implícitas que aparecem nas discussões preliminares e
posteriores à Lei 10783/01 que ocorreram na Assembléia Legislativa, por
ocasião da tramitação do Projeto de Lei 1036/99. Focaliza também a
Deliberação CEE 16/2001 e a Indicação CEE 07/2001 e os escritos produzidos
pelos mentores do Ensino Religioso escolar público para o Estado de São
Paulo, contidos nos Cadernos de Ensino Religioso e nos artigos publicados na
revista eletrônica REVER.
Como pressuposto teórico para essas análises foram expostas as
principais concepções de Ensino Religioso, a confessional, a transreligiosa e a
fenomenológica.
Conclui-se que o Ensino Religioso escolar público do Estado de São
Paulo se apresenta como uma mescla de várias concepções conflitantes,
prevalecendo a tendência de caracterizá-lo como Ensino de Religiões,
privilegiando o enfoque da história, da cultura e da ética, preterindo o que a
concepção transreligiosa e fenomenológica consideram fundamental, a saber,
o estudo e a experiência do Transcendente
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Lind, Trude. "Tibetanisering : religiøs og etnisk utdanning av tibetanske flyktningbarn i Nord-India /." Oslo : Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages, Universitetet i Oslo, 2007. http://www.duo.uio.no/publ/IKOS/2007/58251/Hovedfagsoppgave.pdf.
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Mikaelian, Mariet. "The transformative learning experiences of Southern California church-based small group members." Thesis, Biola University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10243650.
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<p> The main purpose of this research was to explore the ways the members of church-based small groups of various denominations in Southern California have experienced transformative learning, and to identify the factors that contribute to that experience. </p><p> A qualitative research was conducted. Purposeful sampling was used, and the data was collected by semi structured interviews between May to September 2015. The interviewees had at least two years of experience in a church-based small group and had experienced a major change in their worldviews and values. A total of 22 people from six different churches were selected. Data was analyzed using the program NVivo 10. </p><p> The data analysis was done in two main sections. In the first section the transformative learning experiences of the participants were discussed. Some of the transformative learning experiences of the participants had started outside the small group, but the small group supported the person during the hard time of transformation. In the second section factors that fostered transformative learning were discussed. Ten major themes came up: relationships, Bible, God, good examples, problems, ministry, Christian literature, willingness, preaching of the church and church retreats. The most prominent theme was relationship, which had two main subcategories: Small group and one on one relationships. Small group in itself had nine subcategories: praying, discussion, love, sharing, accountability, transparency, support, fellowship and safe environment. </p><p> Implications of the study were presented: the church should faithfully teach the Bible; the church should provide opportunities for the members to get connected and develop relationships; to foster transformation within the small group, besides studying the Bible, the leader should provide room for discussions, sharing and fellowship; to support the members during transformation the group should be a safe haven, the Bible should be taught, but also relationships should be nurtured by sharing, praying for each other and holding each other accountable; role models should be available; serving should be encouraged; the members should be exposed to Christian literature; joining sermon-based small groups should be encouraged ; the group leaders should be attentive to the Spirit’s works and flexible to adapt their plans.</p>
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Kerrin, Jonathan D. "Religious Trends within the Syrian Civil War : an Analysis of Religion as a Dynamic and Integral Part of the Conflict." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46157.
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The civil war that started in Syria in 2011 began as a series of political disputes between
government forces and opposition groups. Tension mounted when citizens of Syria called for
their president, Bashar al-Assad, to step down from power. When government forces resisted
the will of the people, and instead used force against them, the country descended into all-out
war.
Two distinct groups surfaced in opposition to one another, with opposition rebels fighting
against the Syrian regime. But as the war progressed these two groups began to display
religious characteristics. Opposition groups began to represent a Sunnī Muslim rebel force,
while regime forces where represented by the Alawite sect, and as the war continued
elements of jihādism began to surface within the fighting.
Syria’s sectarian rifts began to reveal themselves as religious factions became more involved
in the fighting. These rifts are a result of centuries of violence and tension between Sunnī
Muslim and Alawites in the country. Their theological beliefs differ extensively from one
another, and over the course of history these differences have led to clashes between the two
groups.
The study looks at the historical interactions between Sunnī Muslims and the Alawites in
Syria, and identifies the theological differences between the two groups. The study then uses
these two elements to understand the religious violence that Syria is experiencing, and why
such intolerance is happening between the religious factions of the country.<br>Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014.<br>tm2015<br>Science of Religion and Missiology<br>MA<br>Unrestricted
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Green, Michael Paul. "The Relationship Between Faculty-Led Small Groups and Character Development of Seminarians in an Evangelical Seminary." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503846/.
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The problem for this study was the relationship between faculty-led small groups and the development in seminary students of the character traits biblically mandated of those who occupy spiritual leadership positions in the church (1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9). This experimental study developed and assessed a program which combined involvement in a small group of peers with a faculty mentor. The discipleship groups met weekly for two semesters for either thirty or seventy-five minutes. The research instrument used was the Biblical Leadership Qualities Inventory, a revision of the Spiritual Leadership Qualities Inventory. The longer treatment length groups were not found to differ significantly from the shorter treatment length groups for change in trait score (p = .281), although means were generally lower for the longer groups. A MANOVA showed that both treatment groups differed significantly from the control group for the traits observed (p < .001) with the general direction of change being to a lower trait score. Five post-hoc hypotheses were investigated. An education effect, as measured by number of traits studied in the group, was not found to be related to outcome. A fatigue or stress effect, as measured by academic load, work load, and marital status, was not found to be related to outcome. Instrument weakness, peer effect, and mentor effect were suggested as possible explanations for the outcome. Peer and mentor relationships may have resulted in the subjects developing higher standards and thus a decrease on the posttest. Demographic factors of marital status, Christian age, academic load, work load, and absences did not prove to be effective predictors of outcome. Neither faculty trait scores nor faculty fidelity to the topics for discussion in the treatment groups proved to be an effective predictor of student outcome. Previous research by Parker showing factors for the SLQI was not replicable and thus the factors were not found to be reliable.
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Roe, Jasper. "A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis of the representation of the Rohingya minority group in Myanmar." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-322531.
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This paper explores the representation of the Rohingya minority group in Rakhine State, Myanmar, through the methods of corpus-assisted discourse studies. The research is based on the NOW Corpus, curated and designed by Mark Davies at Brigham Young University. On the basis of concordance and collocation analysis, this paper draws several important conclusions, arguing that online media have in general depicted the Rohingya people as a homogenous, passive group of victims, while minimizing agency of the Myanmar Security Forces and Government of Myanmar, their persecutors. In addition, the data reveals that the representation of the Rohingya people focuses heavily on depicting them as Muslims and creating a sharp dichotomy between Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar. This in turn neglects opportunities for Buddhist and non-minority supporters of the Rohingya people to be heard. This suggests that more should be done to counteract the homogenous representation of the Rohingya people, and provide more well-balanced online journalism which accepts the divisiveness of creating such religious dichotomies.
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Sheely, Stephen R. "Intimacy in the early church and pagan groups." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.
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Hoefs, Phillip. "Andalusi Muslims: A Bourdieuian Analysis of Ethnic Group Identity, (881-1110 C.E.)." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2014. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/244247.
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Religion<br>Ph.D.<br>This work examines ethnic group identities among the Muslim population in the Iberian Peninsula, or al-Andalus, between 881 and 1110 C.E. It specifically addresses three moments in Andalusi history in which ethnic conflict erupted into the political sphere: 1) The revolt of Ibn Hafsun in the late Ninth/early Tenth Century C.E. 2) The collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate in the late Tenth/early Eleventh Century C.E. 3) The arrival of the North African Almoravid dynasty in the late Eleventh/early Twelfth Century C.E. Through an investigation of each period it argues that ethnic categorization in al-Andalus has been under-theorized. The work addresses the complications of religious conversion and the resultant ramifications on religious identity, which, over time, significantly influenced deployable ethnic identities among the Muslim population. It utilizes the theoretical tools of the French social theorist Pierre Bourdieu in order to re-conceptualize the understanding of Andalusi Muslim ethnic group identities. It considers how the role of women and systems of clientage have been underappreciated in the understanding of these identities and through attention to these dynamics argues that Andalusi Muslims created an Andalusi Arab Muslim identity that increasingly unified and strengthened this social group as the political structure around it disintegrated.<br>Temple University--Theses
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Sinacore-Guinn, David. "Religious pluralism and the theory of deep diversity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ44586.pdf.
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Nieto, Isabel Delfina Isabel. "Communities of Dissent. Social Network Analysis of Religious Dissident Groups in Languedoc in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/666284.
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This dissertation focuses on the application of the methods of Social Network Analysis to the study of religious dissident movements in late medieval Languedoc. The aim of the project is to analyse the community performance of late Cathars, and Beguins of Languedoc in order to identify and compare organizational patterns and to reassess the participation of women in late medieval heresy. The study is based on a relational reading of inquisitorial sources, mainly registers and books of sentences. I argue that the relational nature of inquisitorial records makes them the ideal source not only for the study of social relationships within dissident religious movements but also for the application of formal network analysis methods. This approach stresses the need to consider the dissident community as encompassing both priestlike elites traditionally identified as the leadership of heretical groups and the social basis that shaped them and made them possible. Furthermore, as will be discussed, despite the current acknowledgement of the importance of female involvement in religious dissent, the fact that women were soon excluded from sacerdotal functions within some of these non- orthodox communities has fostered the underestimation of their contribution as brokers and, therefore, as key players within spiritual networks.
The following pages will describe the different kinds of relations between actors that can be retrieved from the sources, as well as the role played by women in such relational structures. Acquaintanceship, family, and friendship ties are the most common, but the flows of information, beliefs, money, victuals, and relics have also been considered. In the case of women, the application of this methodology shows that they were central in sustaining dissident networks, but that this function was neither exclusive to them nor their sole purpose. Finally, I will propose that understanding the relational mechanisms that led new members to join the network—that is, to convert— contributes to the ongoing debate on the so-called “invention of heresy.” Thus, the social dimension of the flow of beliefs and spiritual practices leads to the conclusion that the networks that can be extracted from inquisitorial records were indeed social networks and not inquisitorial constructs, and that they provided the basis for the transmission of alternative religious cultures.<br>Esta tesis se centra en la aplicación de los métodos de Análisis de Redes Sociales al estudio de los movimientos religiosos disidentes en el Languedoc tardomedieval. El objetivo del proyecto es analizar la performance comunitaria de los grupos cátaros tardíos y de los beguinos del Languedoc con el fin de identificar y comparar patrones organizativos y reevaluar la participación de las mujeres en la disidencia espiritual de este período. El estudio se basa en una lectura relacional de las fuentes inquisitoriales, principalmente registros y libros de sentencias. Sostengo que la naturaleza relacional de los registros inquisitoriales los convierte en la fuente ideal no sólo para el estudio de las relaciones sociales dentro de los movimientos religiosos disidentes, sino también para la aplicación de métodos formales de análisis en redes. Este enfoque enfatiza la necesidad de considerar que el concepto de comunidad disidente abarca tanto a las élites sacerdotales, tradicionalmente identificadas como líderes de grupos heréticos, como a la base social que los formaba y los hizo posibles. Además, como se discutirá más adelante, a pesar del reconocimiento actual de la importancia de la participación femenina en la disidencia religiosa, el hecho de que las mujeres fueran pronto excluidas de las funciones sacerdotales dentro de algunas de estas comunidades no ortodoxas ha
fomentado la subestimación de su contribución como intermediarias y, por lo tanto, como actores clave dentro de las redes espirituales.
En las páginas siguientes se describen los diferentes tipos de relaciones entre los actores que se pueden obtener de las fuentes, así como el papel desempeñado por las mujeres en dichas estructuras relacionales. Los lazos de amistad, familia y amistad son los más comunes, pero también se han considerado los flujos de información, creencias, dinero, suministros y reliquias. En el caso de las mujeres, la aplicación de esta metodología muestra que fueron centrales para el apoyo material de las redes disidentes, pero que esta función no era exclusiva de ellas ni era su único propósito. Finalmente, propondré que la comprensión de los mecanismos relacionales que llevaban a los nuevos miembros a unirse a la red -es decir, a convertirse- contribuirá al debate en curso sobre la llamada “invención de la herejía”. Así, la dimensión social del flujo de creencias y prácticas espirituales lleva a la conclusión de que las redes que se pueden extraer de los registros inquisitoriales eran en realidad redes sociales y no constructos inquisitoriales, y que proporcionaron la base para la transmisión de culturas religiosas alternativas.<br>Aquesta tesi se centra en l'aplicació dels mètodes d'Anàlisi de Xarxes Socials a l'estudi dels moviments religiosos dissidents al Llenguadoc tardomedieval. L'objectiu del projecte és analitzar la performance comunitària dels grups càtars tardans i dels beguins del Llenguadoc per tal d'identificar i comparar patrons organitzatius i reavaluar la participació de les dones a la dissidència espiritual d'aquest període. L'estudi es basa en una lectura relacional de les fonts inquisitorials, principalment registres i llibres de sentències. Mantinc que la naturalesa relacional dels registres inquisitorials els converteix en la font ideal no només per a l'estudi de les relacions socials dins dels moviments religiosos dissidents, sinó també per a l'aplicació de mètodes formals d'anàlisi en xarxes. Aquest enfocament emfatitza la necessitat de considerar que el concepte de comunitat dissident abasta tant a les elits sacerdotals, tradicionalment identificades com a líders de grups herètics, com a la base social que els formava i els va fer possibles. A més, com es discutirà més endavant, tot i el reconeixement actual de la importància de la participació femenina a la dissidència religiosa, el fet que les dones fossin aviat excloses de les funcions sacerdotals dins d'algunes d'aquestes comunitats no ortodoxes ha fomentat que se subestimi la seva contribució com a intermediàries i, per tant, com a actors clau dins de les xarxes espirituals.
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Gale, Richard T. "The Impact of Urban Planning Law and Procedure upon Religious Groups amongst the South Asian Diapora in Britain." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.508735.
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Grigoropoulou, Nikolitsa. "Religious Identity and Interreligious Communications: Predicting In-Group and Outgroup Bias with Topic-Sentiment Analysis." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248424/.
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Intergroup relations and the factors affecting them constitute a subject of recurring interest within the academic community. Social identity theory suggests that group membership and the value we assign to it drives the expression of in-group favoritism and outgroup prejudice, among other intergroup phenomena. The present study examines how (ir)religious identities are related to topic-sentiment polarization in the form of positive in-group and negative outgroup bias during interreligious debates in YouTube commentaries. Drawing from the propositions of social identity theory, six hypotheses were tested. The data for the study, a product of a natural experiment, are comments posted on YouTube commentary sections featuring videos of interreligious debates between (a) Christian and atheist or (b) Christian and Muslim speakers. Using topic-sentiment analysis, a multistage method of topic modeling with latent semantic analysis (LSA) and sentiment analysis, 52,607 comments, for the Christian - atheist debates, and 24,179 comments, for the Christian - Muslim debates, were analyzed. The results offer support (or partial support) to the hypotheses demonstrating identity-specific instances of topic-sentiment polarization to the predicted direction. The study offers valuable insights for the relevance of social identity theory in real-world interreligious interactions, while the successful application of topic-sentiment analysis lends support for the more systematic utilization of this method in the context of social identity theory.
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Evans, Erin Michelle. "Books of Jeu and the Pistis Sophia : system, practice, and development of a religious group." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9438.
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The primary objective of this thesis is to argue that the Books of Jeu (in the Bruce Codex) and the Pistis Sophia (the Askew Codex) are the product of a hitherto largely unrecognized religious group or community emerging from the dynamic religious climate of the first four centuries of the Common Era. It presents evidence that they have their own coherent system of theology, cosmology and soteriology, and demonstrates the strong ties that bind the individual tractates contained within these texts to one another. Chapter One provides a brief introduction to the history of the manuscripts, discusses methodology, presents definitions and a short thesis outline, and delivers a review of literature on the subject. Chapter Two examines each of the texts under consideration, giving a brief overview of their contents; arguments are presented for their chronological order, the exclusion of certain texts and fragments from the wider codices, and reasons these texts should be considered products of a religious group as opposed to being pure literary products of individual thinkers. Chapter Three traces the cosmology from the earliest to the latest of the texts, outlining shifts that take place and proposing explanations for these changes within an overall developmental framework. Chapter Four examines the roles of individual figures from the earliest to the latest texts; it demonstrates that although on the surface these roles may seem to change, their underlying nature remains constant, supporting the notion that they are the products of a group with a consistent underlying system. Chapter Five analyses the profusion of diagrams found in the two Books of Jeu, breaking them down into categories based on their nature and use as expressed by the texts. It further demonstrates that such images had a precedent in the religious and cultural atmosphere of Greco-Roman society. Chapter Six discusses potential outside religious influences present in these texts, and shows that while they are highly syncretistic, outside ideas are always incorporated within the existing framework of the group’s system: conflicting notions are subordinated to the existing theology and soteriology. The thesis concludes that these texts represent evidence of a practicing religious group that remained active over a period of time, producing multiple texts by multiple authors, adapting to a changing religious climate but maintaining the ideas that remained central to their underlying theological and soteriological system.
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Lewis, Gregory G. "The correlations among ambivalence, one's concept of God, and spiritual well-being as measured on two diverse religious groups." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.
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Kumar, Rati. "Islam & Christianity a qualitative analysis of the online communication strategies used by religious groups to promote their ideologies /." [Gainesville, Fla.? : s.n.], 2008. http://understandingreligion.vndv.com/finalsite/pages/homepage/.
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Knowles, Douglas R. "Evaluating the use of cultural transposition in making discipleship materials understandable to a multicultural group." Thesis, Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3687877.
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<p> As people groups have immigrated to the United States, churches have struggled to keep up with the demands of discipleship. Culture, language, and communication have proved to be formidable challenges, particularly when the written materials used to disciple people are construed with an inherent American bias. This research project sought to address this ministry problem by utilizing the concept of cultural transposition. By having a multicultural work group transpose a portion of American-based discipleship materials, this project attempted to determine whether the transposed materials are more understandable to a multicultural church congregation than the original. The study also analyzed the interactions among the transposition group to identify common problems that culture groups experience in understanding American-based materials. </p>
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Keiran, Alan Nichols. "Reaching out a strategy for increasing command religious program participation within Marine Forces Pacific /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1997. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p068-0104.
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Legault, Laberge Raphaël Mathieu. "Éducation et reconstruction de l’identité dans les groupes anabaptistes." Thèse, Université de Sherbrooke, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/6066.
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Cette recherche se penche sur la réception et la transmission des exigences scolaires canadiennes (l’éducation démocratique), d’une part, et des normes religieuses (l’éducation communautaire), d’autre part, dans les communautés anabaptistes situées au Québec, en Ontario et au Manitoba. La question suivante se pose, laquelle indique la teneur de la problématique : comment l’éducation démocratique trouve-t-elle un point de balance avec l’éducation communautaire dans les groupes anabaptistes? L’hypothèse de cette recherche postule que selon le niveau social sur lequel nous portons notre attention, la pondération de l’éducation démocratique et de l’éducation communautaire sera différente, et ce, dans chacun des groupes à l’étude. Trois niveaux sociaux différents, constituant le cadre interprétatif de la thèse, ont été pris en compte afin d’étayer cette hypothèse : l’individu, le groupe et la société globale. Au niveau de l’individu, la part d’éducation communautaire est prépondérante, laissant une place marginale à l’éducation démocratique, ce qui s’observe par la décision des individus de demeurer dans le groupe et de perpétuer une tradition. Au niveau du groupe, l’éducation communautaire et l’éducation démocratique se voient partagées en parts à peu près égales, ce qui s’observe par l’acceptation par les groupes anabaptistes de certaines contraintes étatiques : professeurs attitrés dans les écoles, normes provinciales concernant les cursus scolaires et les bâtiments. Au niveau de la société globale, l’éducation démocratique est prépondérante sur l’éducation communautaire, ce qui s’observe par la participation et la contribution des groupes anabaptistes à la vie démocratique canadienne. C’est par une étude multi-cas que nous avons vérifié la portée de l’hypothèse présentée précédemment. La première étape de l’étude de cas est la construction d’un cadre théorique, ici constitué de l’analyse de la dialectique qui s’établit entre l’éducation démocratique et l’éducation communautaire. Cette étape méthodologique est essentiellement théorique. Par la suite, des entretiens avec des membres des groupes anabaptistes du Québec, de l’Ontario et du Manitoba ont été menés afin d’amasser les données primaires de la recherche. Chacune des questions des entretiens nous informe sur un thème particulier associé soit avec l’éducation démocratique, soit avec l’éducation communautaire.
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Freeburg, Darin S. "Information Culture and Belief Formation in Religious Congregations." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1383573397.
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Welsh, Thomas G. Jr. "Cross Purposes: Catholic Disunity and the Decline of Youngstown's Parochial Elementary Schools, 1964-2006." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1240423452.
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