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Pastoral ministry is a selfless, yet rewarding field, requiring spiritual and mental insight, strong commitment, and emotional intelligence to operate effectively. Emotional intelligence is an essential aspect of pastoral effectiveness, and it directly impacts job satisfaction (…

This dissertation is an exploration into the continued significance of the call in the Black ministry. In the African-American Christian tradition, the call is considered a personal encounter with God that compels an ethical and spiritual responsibility to enter ministry. Contem…

The question that motivates the present study is this: what theological and historical factors led the Christian Church of the third century to begin calling its leaders "priests"? The goal of this project is to present an explanation for the rise of a Christian priesthood by ca…

Forgiveness and reconciliation as acts to be experienced and practiced by Catholic parents in their daily personal and familial relationships where alienation and conflicts happen was the focus of this project. Research on the historical development of practices of forgiveness a…