Search for dissertations about: "Ministry in the Church"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Ministry in the Church.

2. 1. Ordination of Deacons in the Churches of the Porvoo Communion : A Comparative Investigation in Ecclesiology

   Author : Tiit Pädam; Sven-Erik Brodd; Paul Avis; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ecclesiology; Porvoo communion; Porvoo Common Statement; Porvoo Declaration; Anglican churches; Lutheran churches; ecumenical agreements; ordination; diaconate; diaconal ministry; deacon’s ministry; Church studies; Kyrkovetenskap; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

   Abstract : The thesis investigates the rites of ordination to the diaconate in the churches of the Porvoo communion. The research includes, in total, four Anglican churches of the British Isles and six Lutheran churches in the Nordic and Baltic countries – all of the churches which signed the Porvoo Declaration in 1996 and thus founded a new communion: Church in Wales, Church of England, Church of Ireland, Scottish Episcopal Church, Church of Norway, Church of Sweden, Estonian Evangelical-Lutheran Church, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Iceland and Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Lithuania. READ MORE

4. 2. Beyond an instrumental approach to religion and development : Challenges for church-based healthcare in Tanzania

   Author : Josephine Sundqvist; Per Pettersson; Lennart Wohlgemuth; Anders Sjöborg; Ignatius Swart; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; development; church organisations; public private partnerships; healthcare; Sociology of Religion; Religionssociologi;

   Abstract : This dissertation serves as a contribution to the larger ongoing debate on the role of religion in development in an effort to move beyond an instrumental approach. The aim is to study the role of religious agents in development through the prism of contractual partnerships between church organisations and the Tanzanian state in healthcare delivery. READ MORE

5. 3. D. L. Moody and Swedes : Shaping Evangelical Identity among Swedish Mission Friends 1867–1899

   Author : David M. Gustafson; Kjell O. Lejon; Runar Eldebo; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Moody; Dwight; Swedes; Swedish; Mission; Friends; American; revivalism; free; Covenant; church; immigration; evangelical; identity; Chicago; ethnic; Alliance; Franson; Church history; Kyrkohistoria;

   Abstract : The American Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899) was the most famous revivalist of the late 1800s and exercised a wide and lasting influence on the Protestant world, reaching Swedes in Sweden and America. READ MORE

6. 4. Ambivalent Friendship : Anglican Conflict Handling and Education for Peace in Jerusalem 1920-1948

   Author : Maria Småberg; Historia; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; peace education; third party; conflict handling; cultural diplomacy; interfaith dialogue; cultural imperialism; discourse; Edward Said; Orientalism; Church Ministry among Jews; Jerusalem East Mission; Anglican Missions; Anglican Church; Jerusalem; British Mandate period; multiculturalism; friendship; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns a religious actor in the civil society in times of violent conflict. During the British Mandate period in Palestine, Jewish, Muslim and Christian children studied together at Anglican missionary schools. At this time Jerusalem bore all the imprints of ethnic and religious separation and division. READ MORE

7. 5. In Search of the Via Media between Christ and Marx: A Study of Bishop Ding Guangxun's Contextual Theology

   Author : Jieren Li; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Communist state; via media; Socialist society; state-church relationship; inculturation; indigization; accommodation; Anglicanism; Chinese church; Bishop Ding; Fundamentalist-Evangelical; contextual theology; Lux Mundi;

   Abstract : This dissertation is the first academic treatment and systematic analysis on the theology of Bishop Ding Guangxun (K.H. Ding) who is an internationally- renowned Christian leader of the Chinese Protestant Church in contemporary China. READ MORE