IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE FAMILY MINISTRY IN YOUR CHURCH A RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF RELIGION IN CANDIDACY FOR COMPLETION OF THE FAMILY THEOLOGY 330 COURSE BY JOSH MERRITT CAPE CORAL‚ FL AUGUST‚ 2013 Family Theology. The term itself sparks a certain curiosity‚ enthusiasm‚ and fear in so many of us. In fact‚ our post modernistic culture nearly proscribes the family in lieu of individualism and the "earned"
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Reflection Paper (Chapter 5) 1. Consider the rich spiritual suggestion in Genesis 1:3‚ where light was the first thing created by God. Reflect to the importance given to light in this account. How important is light in your life today? Personally‚ I think the main reason why light was the first thing ever created because it what brings beauty to all other creations because without Light‚ there is only darkness. Light‚ for me‚ also symbolizes the Word of God that is what made everything‚ including
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Jaterica Shotwell May 5‚ 2012 Final Paper Womanist Theology Womanist theologians see the “Female Christ” as themselves. They see Christ as an African American female‚ because Christ was oppressed the most just like African American women. The ideology of a womanist is for them to have equality. They want their voice to be heard. They do not want to be the doormat or the surrogate because Christ was the surrogate for them. He died for their sins so they did not have to
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Bibliography: Elwell‚Walter A. Evangelical Dictionary of Theology Towns‚Elmer L. Theology for Today
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Theology Review Sheet Identifications Tillich- Faith is the ultimate concern Tilley- irreducible source of meaning and center of energy. Four Misunderstands of faith according to Tilley Reduces faith to believing things Equates having faith with behaving morally Reduces faith into something that we feel “deep in our souls” Equates faith as being religious Buddha- The Awakened one/ the enlightened one Pascal’s Wager- It posits that humans all bet with their lives either that God exists or does
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very strict boundaries. Before taking the Prayer and Spirituality class at Mercy‚ this was me. I often found myself bored during morning prayer and even day dreaming during mass. Through the concepts and topics of this course I have learned that there are many different ways to pray. This class has broadened my horizons and open doors to a whole new prayerful experience. To begin‚ in the third unit we discussed the images of God. As a christian‚ I had already obtained the knowledge of the trinity
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Black Liberation Theology can be defined as the relationship that blacks have with god in their struggle to end oppression. It sees god as a god of history and the liberator of the oppressed from bondage. Black Liberation theology views God and Christianity as a gospel relevant to blacks who struggle daily under the oppression of whites. Because of slavery‚ blacks concept of God was totally different from the masters who enslaved them. White Christians saw god as more of a spiritual savior‚ the
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Cognitive Dissonance in Religion Cognitive Dissonance in Religion and Spirituality Chew Hock Kee Student ID: B1102483 Department of Psychology MC-502 Dr. Goh Chee Leong 27 Feb 2012 1 Cognitive Dissonance in Religion Cognitive dissonance theory was developed by Leon Festinger more than fifty years ago as the most influential consistency theory of attitudes (Fanzoi‚ 2009). This theory argues that we often justify and rationalise our behavior in order to maintain cognitive consistency (Franzoi)
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of support many choose is spirituality and religion. Laudet‚ Morgan‚ and White (2006) suggest that there has not been an abundance of scientific investigation into interventions that utilize spirituality in the treatment plan until recently. In order to gather data pertaining to spirituality and the part that it plays in recovery‚ there is a need to have an appropriate and accurate definition of what spirituality is. This will largely depend on the individual. Spirituality and religiosity can be viewed
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during the early development of a religion remain relevant in today’s world? Hypothesis: The land is the basis for all Australian Aboriginal Spirituality. Without their reverence for the land there would be little spirituality or enduring method of communicating their way of life. For some 40‚000 years the framework for Australian Aboriginal spirituality is their belief that all objects are living and share the same soul or spirit that Aboriginals share. The basic Aboriginal spiritual belief is
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