Browsing by Subject "Religious education"
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A Matter of the Heart: Developing Empathic Skills in Church Teachers
(2020)Christian teachers lead godly change in the lives of people whom they influence. The preparation of people to lead as teachers in the church requires the development of inner character that is consistent with Christian purposes. ... -
A Matter of the Heart: Developing Empathic Skills in Church Teachers
(2020)Christian teachers lead godly change in the lives of people whom they influence. The preparation of people to lead as teachers in the church requires the development of inner character that is consistent with Christian purposes. ... -
Adaptive Church: A Practical Theology of Adaptive Work in the Pacific Northwest
(2020)This dissertation explores the conceptual frameworks, social structures, and practices that organize communities of faith during periods of adaptive change. Combining methods and theories from qualitative research, practical ... -
Building a New Aesthetic for the Black Church Funeral: “Hello Black Church, I Am the Green Funeral”
(2022)The care of creation is the responsibility of all Christians. Consequently, the Black Church has a role to play and must attend to its responsibilities seriously. In this thesis, I take a comprehensive look into rituals ... -
Common Bound: The Small Groups of Methodism
(2016)The system of small groups John Wesley established to promote a proper life of discipleship in early Methodist converts was, in many respects, the strength of the Methodist movement. Those who responded to Wesley’s initial ... -
Fumbling With Love: The First Step Toward Cultivating A Beloved Community A Bible Study Addressing Four Psychological Barriers to Racial Reconciliation
(2022)This thesis explores some key reasons why it is often very difficult for Christians to love “racially” different Christians. Examining over eighty years of neuroscience and psychological research reveals key understandings ... -
Investigating Contemplative Christian Spirituality as Christian Formation through a Process Hermeneutic: an analysis of History, Evolution, and Neuroscience in Christian Meditation
(2020)“Investigating Contemplative Christian Spirituality as Christian Formation through a Process Hermeneutic: an analysis of History, Evolution, and Neuroscience in Christian Meditation” argues that a contemplative approach ... -
Investigating Contemplative Christian Spirituality as Christian Formation through a Process Hermeneutic: an analysis of History, Evolution, and Neuroscience in Christian Meditation
(2020)“Investigating Contemplative Christian Spirituality as Christian Formation through a Process Hermeneutic: an analysis of History, Evolution, and Neuroscience in Christian Meditation” argues that a contemplative approach ... -
Kenotic Leadership: A Model for Clergy
(2021)Leadership in the church today must be able to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances and availability of resources in order to allow for the thriving of congregations. In order to serve as Christ served, church leaders ... -
Kenotic Leadership: A Model for Clergy
(2021)Leadership in the church today must be able to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances and availability of resources in order to allow for the thriving of congregations. In order to serve as Christ served, church leaders ... -
Knowing The Way: Scriptural Imagination and the Acts of the Apostles
(2016)In this dissertation, I offer a pedagogical proposal for learning the Christian Scriptures guided by respect for the nature of the reader and the integrity of the biblical text. Christian educators have profitably developed ... -
Learning (Re)formation: An Ethnographic Study of Theological Vision and Educational Praxis at Grand Rapids Christian Schools
(2015)The West Michigan Dutch enclave of the Christian Reformed Church has made private, Christian education a centerpoint of its tradition. While Horace Mann was advocating for national common schools, forming youth into civil ... -
Playing Incarnation: A Playful Pedagogy of Incarnate Imagination
(2019)Playing Incarnation recognizes that the imagination is at the center holistic learning, and seeks to present a pedagogical model that focuses on inspiring and training the imagination through models of play. The model arose ... -
Present Reality and Future Possibilities for the Rural United Methodist Church
(2021)This thesis examines the distinctive nature, specific struggles, and ultimately hopeful future of rural congregations in the United Methodist Church. Drawing from my experience pastoring various rural churches, I address ... -
Present Reality and Future Possibilities for the Rural United Methodist Church
(2021)This thesis examines the distinctive nature, specific struggles, and ultimately hopeful future of rural congregations in the United Methodist Church. Drawing from my experience pastoring various rural churches, I address ... -
The Direction for Small Groups in the United Methodist Church
(2018)Today the United Methodist Church faces a sharp decline of spirituality in general, and of church attendance in particular. Attendance at Sunday worship service has steadily decreased. In addition, those who consider themselves ... -
The Work of the Holy Spirit in Christian Practices: A Constructive Proposal
(2020)There continues to be strong interest in the arena of Christian formation, which isprimarily concerned with developing mature Christians in light of shifts in contemporaryviews on religion and its relationship to ethics. ... -
We Are One Body: The Challenge of Envisioning and Sustaining Catholic Identity in Catholic Schools of the Twenty-First Century
(2018)More than four centuries ago, Christian explorers and missionaries brought the Catholic faith to the New World of the Americas and opened the door for what would become one of the strongest, most successful and most respected ... -
"Whatever Happened to Grace?: Reclaiming Grace in the 21st Century Church"
(2017)Membership in white mainline Protestant churches in the United States has declined over the past fifty years, particularly in recent years as an increasing number of people choose to define themselves as “nones” (meaning ...
