Interfaith relationships are a growing area of research. Therefore, this study empirically investigated the links between family connectedness, religiosity, personality traits, and well-being to predict relationship satisfaction within married and cohabitating couples. The study…
Kıbrıs Adası, tarihin farklı dönemlerinde birçok medeniyet ve kültüre ev sahipliği yapmıştır. Bugün adada yaşayan iki büyük topluluk Rumlar ve Türklerdir. Bunun yanında küçük gruplar halinde Ermeniler, Marunîler, Latin Katolikler, Anglikanlar, Yahudiler ve yeni dini oluşumlardan…
The rapid decline of Christianity in the US has occurred at an alarming rate. Politics and religion have influenced each other for decades. Moral superiority of politicized Christianity seeks to condemn fellow Christians who do not subscribe to their political ideology. Politica…
This study explored the relationship between spiritual growth and servant leadership. A total of 152 self-identified Christians, primarily from the Lilly Grove Baptist Church, and other affiliated Baptist churches, participated in this study. Participants completed a self-report…
Christianity and other religions are highly influential. There are very few studies that investigate the associations of Bible knowledge and attitudes toward the Bible among religious groups. The Bible contains violence and misogynistic content. There are links between Bible kno…
Abbasid society in ninth-century Iraq faced the challenge of reconciling the role of its many non-Muslim citizens with Islamic norms and governance, as seen in ¿The Refutation of Christians¿ by al-Jahiz (d. 868/869 [255 A.H.]). Al-Jahiz moved in circles only one step removed fro…
How can the expatriate Christians in the Arabian Peninsula be mobilized as tentmakers to bring the gospel to the Muslims in the region? The Arabian Peninsula is the center of the Islamic world and the strongest barrier in Christian mission. Nevertheless, there are more than two …
This thesis comprises an attempt to re-evaluate the experience and the survival of the indigenous Christian population of al-Andalus. It is a response to two problematic aspects of the historiography, whose authority has only recently begun to be questioned: first, the inordinat…
The notion that early Christianity was a "lower class religion" is surely outdated. Yet the extent to which members of the social elites turned to the new faith remains a matter of intense scholarly dispute. Many researchers argued against the idea that the social elites were al…
The notion that early Christianity was a "lower class religion" is surely outdated. Yet the extent to which members of the social elites turned to the new faith remains a matter of intense scholarly dispute. Many researchers argued against the idea that the social elites were al…
This open access book investigates the transnationally connected history of Arab Christian communities in Palestine during the British Mandate (1918-1948) through the lens of the birth of cultural diplomacy. Relying predominantly on unpublished sources, it examines the relations…
This open access book investigates the transnationally connected history of Arab Christian communities in Palestine during the British Mandate (1918-1948) through the lens of the birth of cultural diplomacy. Relying predominantly on unpublished sources, it examines the relations…
Living in the midst of civil war in Beirut, Lebanon, Zeina and her brother face an evening of apprehension when their parents do not return from a visit to the other side of the city.
The Black church is a staple in the African American community and its history in America. With 79% of African Americans being affiliated to a Christian denomination. When discussing Christianity, the main focus is usually on God and the bible. In my independent study, I want to…