The subject of this dissertation is "Royal Ancestor Worship in Deir el-Medina during the New Kingdom." This work attempts to increase our understanding of why this form of ancestor worship was adopted by the inhabitants of Deir el-Medina, the status of the royal ancestors relati…
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In response to increased iconoclastic pressure from Byzantine emperors in the early eighth century, John of Damascus wrote a series of treatises defending Christian veneration of icons. He made an important distinction between two Greek terms, latreia and proskunesis , worship a…
In the same manner that the first-century church had to shift from traditional Judaism to a radical spiritual imagination that included Gentiles, the contemporary American church must shift from paradigms of church rooted in medieval and modern forms of Christendom to new ideals…
Theater and the church have been at odds throughout history. This conflict has led to alienation and judgment of artists by the church and limited creative opportunities for the church to be a public witness in culture. Connecting with theater allows the church a chance to engag…
The liturgical event--multi-sensory in the interpersonal formation that occurs--is a meaningful developmental experience for infants. This project explores how the infant's engagement in interpersonal communion, supported by clinical and theoretical findings in developmental psy…
Lucrarea prezentă descrie procesul revitalizării Bisericii „Speranța și Har” din Londra, la nivel individual și comunitar, ca urmare a redescoperirii lui Dumnezeu din Scripturi, a augmentării imaginii lui Dumnezeu din inima credincioșilor și în urma unui proces de ucenicizare as…
Composing music for worship in the twenty-first century is intriguing in that there are so many traditions, styles, genres and forms to draw on for inspiration. Even modern idioms (such as Contemporary Christian Music) have a history and tradition that one may study and emulate.…
This project investigated to broaden Christian stewardship using the method of financial management coaching by analyzing Mines Healing Church in Malaysia. The three objectives of this project firstly aided participants to recognize who God is and identify God as their Lord, Pro…
Since the late 1940s, Praise and Worship has emerged as a new mode of liturgical expression out of North American Pentecostalism. Despite a variety of conflicts that have marked its adoption, it has found a home in a wide swath of global Protestant churches and it is estimated t…
본 연구가 진행되었던 2020년은 코로나19라는 유례없는 전염병의 확산으로 온 세계가 공포로 가득 차 있었다. 본 연구는 인간이 처해 있는 육신의 질병과 마음의 상처, 영적인 갈망에 대한 근원적인 해결로서 치유찬양예배를 제안하고자 한다. 오랫동안 찬양사역자이자 목사로 섬기며 찬양예배를 통한 성도들의 치유와 회복을 목격하였다. 그들은 치유찬양예배를 경험하고 육신의 질병과 마음의 고통과 영적인 갈급함의 문제가 사라졌다고 말한다. 그리고 기쁨과 감격 속에서 제자 된 그리스도인의 삶을 살아가고 있다고 …
This document serves as both an exploration and informal analysis of five published settings of the Evening Canticles (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) written by living American composers. Its main objective is to highlight music which is lesser known among a genre based primarily…
Churches in the twenty-first century come in all types, shapes, and sizes. The church plant movement is bringing many new churches into existence. With many of these church plants, the assumption is that a contemporary worship style comes with it. This could be viewed this way, …
Since the institution of Old Testament-Temple corporate worship, there has been someone assigned the task of leading congregational worship. The Chronicler records King David’s divisions of the sons of Asaph to be “set apart for service…under the direction of their father in the…
Chapter 1 provides an introduction for the project and outlines its goals. This chapter gives the rationale for the project and considers essential background information to understand the unique context of Christ Presbyterian Church (CPC). Chapter 1 communicates that the purpos…
This project seeks to increase the discipleship practices of the worship ministry at Park Place Baptist Church in Pearl, Mississippi. Chapter 1 presents the ministry context, rationale, and the methodology for this project. Chapter 2 provides biblical support for the need of the…
This project will encompass the equipping of Biblical Studies and Christian Ministry students at Blue Mountain College with a biblical theology of corporate worship. Chapter 1 discusses the context, rationale, and research methodology for the project. Chapter 2 deals with the bi…
The current worship experience at First Lynnhaven Baptist Church exhibits a need for improvement and effectiveness because the choir worship team is perceivably disconnected from the congregation and lacking a high spiritual quality of attachment to God. The proposed solution is…
This autoethnography gives voice to my personal experience as it compares to the experiences of the representative sample of interviewees and as it enables an anthropological understanding of some of the issues involved in serving in a cross-cultural pastoral appointment, and pa…
This document explores sacred music by women composers for the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) of the Catholic and Christian churches. The study researches exclusively choral and vocal solo music by women composers for the church season of Lent. Other primary limitations include…