<div> <p>This dissertation examines the transnational networks of Gospel of the Kingdom megachurch (the Indonesian Mennonite Synod) with Pentecostal/Charismatic institutions in the United States. It begins by asking what can American Studies as a discipline learn about the United States from examining a story of an Indonesian megachurch, far away from U.S. geographical borders? The dissertation specifically asks: 1) How is the growth of Gospel megachurch closely related to its partnerships with Pentecostal/Charismatic (P/c) institutions in the United States? (2) How does Gospel church apply teachings and values from their American partners?</p> <p>Through archival work, fieldwork, and interviews, this dissertation finds that, first, Gospel church under the leadership of Pastor Petrus Agung, partners with the JKI (Jemaat Kristen Indonesia) or Indonesian Christian Congregation synod, located in both Orange County, California and Central Java, Indonesia under the leadership of Pastor Sutanto Adi. The transnational Indonesian/American synod highlighted the contribution of Indonesian immigrants. Second, Pastor Petrus Agung, the leader of Gospel church, partners with other non-immigrant Pentecostal/Charismatic leaders such as John Avanzini, Morris Cerullo, Harold Gingerich, and Bill Wilson. In their direst needs to get out of debt, Gospel church found an affirmation in teaching on “Biblical economy” with emphases on financial independence, concerns for the marginalized poor, and giving as key to church growth. Gospel church had consistently applied the teachings from transnational partnerships in the contexts of local struggles against poverty and religious marginalization in Indonesia. Third, from 2005 until 2016, as the teaching was confirmed by continuous growth in finances and numbers of congregations, Gospel church sought collaborations with five other P/c institutions in Indonesia to form a <i>Bahtera</i> (translation: Ark) movement. Gospel church and <i>Bahtera</i> predicted their institutions and Indonesia would be the center of the world’s economy and spiritual movement. Bahtera sought to bring the movement abroad to many different countries, especially through the worship dance performances. </p> <p>My work contributes a transnational understanding of American cultural histories, particularly the diversity and networks of Pentecostal/Charismatic and Mennonite movements. It is a conversation with the field of Asian American Studies to fill the gap of literature on Indonesian immigration and the lives of Indonesian immigrants in particular, and Southeast Asian immigrants in the United States in general. This research will be of interests for scholars particularly in Sociocultural Anthropology and Sociology that continue to examine the issue of “structure and agency” especially in religious spaces. Lastly, In portraying Gospel church’s story and struggles as part of “archives of America,” this dissertation joined scholarship in American Studies, Asian American Studies, and Anthropology that challenged the one-directional narrative of American influences. Gospel church is one example of a community that lives “against America.” In both their periods of struggles and high prosperity, Gospel church did gaze at America for inspiration and affirmation, to eventually prophesy for an agentive ability of an Indonesian Pentecostal/Charismatic, Mennonite institution to play a central role in the prosperity of the world and thus hint at the fight against America’s hegemonic power and influence. Analyzing Gospel church’s transnational partnerships with Christian institutions in the United States, therefore, is moving to the center a narrative from of an “empire striking back.”</p> </div> <br>

Ce travail propose une présentation de l’icône orthodoxe à partir de la notion d’« Évangile ». En analysant la portée détenue par l’Écriture Sainte en théologie occidentale, il a été possible de présenter l’Évangile comme la Bonne Nouvelle du salut réalisé par le Christ. L’Évangile se donne aux humains dans leur existence terrestre par diverses médiations prises du monde et qui deviennent porteuses de grâce dans leur corporéité même. L’icône est décrite comme porteuse d’Évangile en analogie avec le rôle et la place accordés à l’Écriture Sainte dans différentes traditions chrétiennes. L’icône et l’Écriture sont des formes de parole et peuvent être reconnues, dans la foi, comme des formes de la Parole de Dieu. Outre le fait d’être vecteurs de grâce, d’autres traits rapprochent l’icône et l’Écriture : la corporéité, une note de relativité, l’annonce correcte seulement dans un contexte ecclésial, le témoignage de l’événement de l’Incarnation auquel elles renvoient et dont elles dépendent. / This work provides an approach to the icon starting from the notion of « Gospel ». An analysis of the importance of the Holy Scripture in the western theology allows us to present the Gospel as the Good News of the salvation accomplished by Christ for the humankind. The Gospel is conveyed to the human being in his daily life through various means. These means are mediations taken from the creation and they become grace bearers through their very corporeity. Following an analogy with the role and the importance given to the Holy Scripture throughout different Christian traditions, the icon is described as a « Gospel bearer ». The icon and the Scripture are both a form of the word and they can both be recognized, through faith, as a form of the Word of God. Besides being vectors of grace, the icon and the Scripture share other common characteristics: the corporeity, some amount of relativity, the correct proclamation in the church only, and the witness of the event of the Incarnation.

A presente dissertação tem por objetivo estudar um comentário bíblico do franciscano Pedro de João Olivi (ca.1248-1298), intitulado Lectura super Matthaeum (leitura ou comentário sobre Mateus), capítulo 16, visando compreender os métodos interpretativos de análise adotados por esse franciscano, bem como os assuntos tratados, tais como a visão que nutria a respeito da Igreja de Roma, as críticas que fez sobre os rumos da Ordem Franciscana e a doutrina do pleno poder papal. Nesse sentido, buscamos identificar se essa doutrina aparece, e como aparece, em nossa fonte principal de estudo, discorrendo de que forma suas ideias contribuíram para abalar as estruturas eclesiásticas, além de verificar em que medida as teses por ele desenvolvidas levaram a uma real necessidade de se reformular a plenitudo potestatis papalis. / The goal masters dissertation is the analysis of Franciscan Peter John Olivis biblical comment named Lectura super Matthaeum (comment under Matthew), chapter 16. We propose to understand the method of interpretation and analysis adopted by Olivi, as well as his themes, like his perspectives about the Church of Rome, his criticism about the Franciscan Order, and the absolute papal governments doctrine. For, we search to identify if that doctrine appears and how it happens in our main source of study, and to show by which means his ideas contributed to put in check the ecclesiastical structure. We propose, also, to verify by which manner the thesis developed by Olivi conducted to a real need of reformulation of the plenitudo potestatis papalis.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:46:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JOSE ALVES SANTOS.pdf: 1232940 bytes, checksum: 77192de71f53814cec722c0bea8dfb8c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-11-30 / This thesis presents a study on the Kingdom of God in the light of the Gospel of Mark. Begins, with a contextualization of the political, socio-cultural and economic history of Palestine (first century AD), place and context in which Mark wrote his Gospel, in which there is an account of the situation of the recipients of the message of the Kingdom. The Evangelist heads towards all people, especially those living in Palestine and its, surroundings and facing difficult moments of persecution by the Roman Empire and the current religious power. Then approaches the specific theme of the Kingdom of God engendered by Mark from the axis expression that is used in this paper: After John was arrested, came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God, saying, The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel (Mark 1:14-15). Emphasizes the dynamic character of the proposal from Kingdom in defense of life in all its dimensions expands to a current a reflection, life threatened by climate change / Esta tese contém um estudo sobre o Reino de Deus à luz do Evangelho de Marcos. Ela se inicia com uma contextualização da história política, sociocultural e econômica da Palestina (século I d.C.), lugar e contexto onde Marcos escreveu seu Evangelho, no qual há o relato da situação dos destinatários da mensagem do Reino. O Evangelista se dirige a todos os povos, principalmente àqueles que viviam na Palestina e nos seus arredores, e enfrentavam momentos difíceis de perseguições por parte do Império Romano e do poder religioso vigente. Em seguida, aborda a temática específica sobre o Reino de Deus engendrado por Marcos a partir da expressão-eixo que é utilizada nesse trabalho: Depois que João foi preso, veio para a Galileia proclamando o Evangelho de Deus, dizendo: O tempo está cumprido e o Reino de Deus está próximo. Convertei-vos e crede no Evangelho (Mc 1,14-15). Enfatizando-se o caráter dinâmico da proposta do Reino em defesa da vida em todas as suas dimensões, amplia-se a uma reflexão atual, a vida ameaçada pelas mudanças climáticas.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:48:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MASATOSHI SATO.pdf: 1219777 bytes, checksum: 1353ca68b0064f806d5e5dd1ce84dbcd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-11 / This study aims at researching the scriptural, etymological and missiological meanings of the verb send in John 6,38. The study intends to resort to intelligibility as far as the meanings of each verb goes, through a hermeneutical process and exegetical analysis, as it dissects the why and what for of the submissive and unconditional acceptance of the Son towards the paternal will a matter of obedience. It also considers the importance of the criteria in the sending of the proclaimers of the word, given how, much like the sending of Jesus by the Father, there came about, concomitantly, a duty to the disciples given by Jesus. The writing of the Gospel of John is to be understood, experimented with and experienced by the disciples, who have the duty to take ownership of God s will in their own personal lives. The methodology applied is bibliographical research, with the biblical exegesis and hermeneutics being brought forth from the biblical text. In John s Gospel, the verb send is predominantly used to refer to the Son of Man, who came down from Heaven to do God s will. There is an exact correspondence between do the will and do the work. The very bases, the power, and the goal of the life of the Son are to be grounded on a both effective and complete execution of the work assigned by the Sender. The expression by John s Jesus I came from the Father, deals with two theological issues of the utmost importance: Jesus pre-existence and his reincarnation. The sending is a key concept and an indispensable action to the work of revelation hence to the work of salvation, in John s Gospel. / Este trabalho tem como tema pesquisar o significado escriturítico, etimológico e missiológico do verbo enviar em João 6,38. O trabalho intenta recorrer a inteligibilidade quanto ao valor dos significados de cada verbo pesquisado por meio do processo hermenêutico e análise exegética, ao passo que analisa o porquê e para quê da aceitação submissa e incondicional do Filho à vontade paterna, uma questão de obediência. Considera a importância do critério no envio de proclamadores da mensagem bíblica, uma vez que, assim como houve o envio de Jesus pelo Pai, concomitantemente ocorreu o mandato aos discípulos dado por Jesus. O escrito no Evangelho de João deve ser compreendido, experimentado e vivenciado pelos discípulos, que tem o encargo de tomar posse da vontade de Deus nas suas vidas pessoais. A metodologia utilizada é a pesquisa bibliográfica, realizando-se a exegese e hermenêutica bíblica a partir do texto bíblico. Em João, o verbo enviar é usado principalmente para se referir ao Filho do Homem que desceu do céu para realizar vontade de Deus. Há exata correspondência entre fazer a vontade e executar a obra . As bases, o poder e o objetivo da vida do Filho são para serem fundamentados numa efetiva execução completa da obra incumbida pelo Emissor. A expressão do Jesus joanino ( eu vim de Deus ) envolve dois conteúdos teológicos de suma importância, a pré-existência de Jesus e a sua encarnação. O envio é um conceito chave e uma ação imprescindível à obra da revelação, e consequentemente à obra da salvação, no evangelho de João.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T13:32:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Auxiliadora da Silva.pdf: 1317631 bytes, checksum: 848fbc6f9203224db7dc6f8ab6b1df29 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-05-07 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research investigated the relationship between religion, sexuality and power in religious and political leadership of pentecostal Gospel. "Religion, Sexuality and Power - The religious and political leadership of pentecostal Gospel" proposes, in its first part, a theoretical reflection in which it discusses the articulation of sexuality, power and religion in the life of humans. Also discussed the relationship between religion and politics focusing on the group of Gospel in their participation in contemporary Brazilian policy. The second part is of field research taking as representatives of the group Pentecostal Church of the Gospel Square and the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. The methodology used was the case study, having as interviewed eight leaders Pentecostal: four men and four women. The main techniques used in data collection were observations and semi-structured interviews. The data analysis revealed that the sexuality of leaders is controlled by the authorities that they exercise the powers of their roles in religious and political leadership. Verified a huge difference between the leaders in male and female aspects related to sexuality and power. However, in both sexes, the power makes the leader an object much more desired, even unattainable. In turn, as object wished, also wishes, but not may desire. This is the price to be paid involving direct religion, sexuality and power on the experience of each. Religion, power and sexuality are enmeshed forces that permeate the life and the quotidian of leaders and, by extension, the members and participants of pentecostal Churches. This research presents, therefore, as a contribution to studies on group Pentecostal with its significant growth and participation, increasingly, its leadership in politics / Esta pesquisa buscou investigar a relação entre religião, sexualidade e poder na liderança religiosa e política dos Evangélicos pentecostais. Religião, Sexualidade e poder A liderança religiosa e política dos Evangélicos pentecostais propõe, em sua primeira parte, uma reflexão teórica na qual se discute a temática da sexualidade, do poder e da religião analisando-se a articulação destas forças na vida do ser humano. Ainda, nesta parte teórica, discorreu-se sobre a relação entre a religião e política enfocando o grupo dos Evangélicos na sua participação na política brasileira contemporânea. A segunda parte trata da pesquisa de campo tendo como representantes do grupo pentecostal a Igreja do Evangelho Quadrangular e a Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus. A metodologia utilizada foi o estudo de caso, sendo os entrevistados oito líderes pentecostais: quatro homens e quatro mulheres. As principais técnicas utilizadas na coleta de dados foram observações e entrevistas semi-estruturadas. A análise dos dados revelou que a sexualidade dos líderes é controlada pelo poder que eles exercem nas atribuições de seus papéis na liderança religiosa e política. Verificou-se uma enorme diferença entre as lideranças masculina e feminina nos aspectos relacionados à sexualidade e ao poder. No entanto, em ambos os sexos, o poder faz do líder um objeto mais que desejado, ainda que inatingível. Por sua vez, como objeto desejado, também deseja, mas não pode desejar. Esse é o preço a ser pago envolvendo diretamente a religião, a sexualidade e o poder na experiência de cada um. Religião, poder e sexualidade são emaranhados de forças que permeiam a vida e o cotidiano dos líderes evangélicos e, por extensão, a dos membros e freqüentadores. Esta pesquisa apresenta-se, portanto, como uma contribuição aos estudos sobre o grupo pentecostal com seu significativo crescimento, e participação, cada vez maior, de sua liderança na política brasileira

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:27:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Abimael Francisco do Nascimento.pdf: 1108943 bytes, checksum: d31781f4fefa92202df2c102c8a9fb44 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12-16 / This research was guided by the method of literature review, in order to answer the question put on the problem: Which is the relevance and which are the implications of the image of the lamb, attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of John? - This question raises some considerations, such as: the relevance occurs due to the formation of the community that is the basis of this Gospel, as to say, groups that formed the Johannine community, those of the first hour, knew the cultic life of the Israelite tradition and applied it to Jesus through the typology of the lamb. A second consideration is that the lamb was in the worship, either to Jews or Samaritans, an element very present, kept from thanksgiving to the atonement. However, their presence more fixed in memory was that linked to the night of the Exodus, in which God commanded to sacrifice a paschal lamb. This celebration reminded every year the divine intervention and cherished the hope of a new exodus, in which the people would be released from the judge of the empires. The third consideration is on the figure of the lamb and the prophetic tradition of the Second Isaiah, who had proposed a cultic replacement: now a servant, like a lamb, would be the atoning of the sins of the people ( cf. Is 53:7 ). The servant of Isaiah takes the atoning function, something that was reserved for sacrificial rituals. Now, the servant assumes this function. Given this, the salutation of John the Baptist to Jesus (cf. Jn 1:29 ) gains another dimension, but with the possibility of combining the two ideas, as to say, the greeting of the Batista seems to address both perspective of the Paschal Lamb as well as the Suffering Servant. So that the Johannine Jesus assumes the role of lamb, but no more a lamb only to Israel but to the whole world. With this, the salvation of the Lamb-Servant is universal. He plays the role of forgiving sins and to make passing to eternal life, since He reconciles the mankind to God through his blood. The greeting of John the Baptist in John 1:29, in principle shows somewhat understandable, however, from a theological journey that culminates on Golgotha, in John 19.34-36, it is understandable what John the Baptist had announced in the opening week of Jesus' activity. Now, in the Passion, the final Easter is accomplished, full forgiveness is given, through the voluntary surrender of the Lamb of God / Apresente pesquisa pautou-se pelo método de pesquisa bibliográfica, com o fim de responder à questão lançada sobre o problema: qual a relevância e implicações da imagem do cordeiro, atribuída a Jesus, no Evangelho segundo João?- Desta interrogação surgem algumas considerações, tais como: a relevância se dá em virtude da formação da comunidade que está na base deste Evangelho, isto é, os grupos que formaram a comunidade joanina, aqueles da primeira hora, conheciam a vida cultual da tradição israelita e a aplicaram a Jesus por meio da tipologia do cordeiro. Uma segunda consideração é que o cordeiro era no culto, seja para samaritanos ou para judeus, um elemento bastante presente, e cumpria desde a ação de graças até a expiação. No entanto, sua presença mais fixada na memória era aquela ligada à noite da saída do Egito, na qual Deus ordenou a imolação de um cordeiro pascal. Esta celebração lembrava, a cada ano, a intervenção divina e alimentava a esperança de um novo êxodo, que libertasse o povo do julgo dos impérios. A terceira consideração é sobre a figura do cordeiro e a tradição profética do Segundo Isaías, que havia proposto uma substituição cúltica: agora um servo, semelhante a um cordeiro, seria o expiador dos pecados do povo (cf. Is 53,7). O servo de Isaías assume a função expiatória, algo que era reservado a rituais de sacrifício. Agora, o servo assume esta função. Diante disto, a saudação de João Batista a Jesus (cf. Jo 1,29) ganha outra vertente, mas com a possibilidade de aliar as duas ideias, isto é, a saudação Batista parece contemplar, tanto a perspectiva de Cordeiro Pascal, como de Servo Sofredor. De modo que o Jesus joanino assume a função de cordeiro, mas, não mais um cordeiro somente para Israel, e sim para todo o mundo. Com isto, a salvação do Cordeiro-Servo é universal. Ele cumpre a função de perdoar os pecados e de fazer passar para a vida eterna, visto que reconcilia, com o seu sangue, a humanidade com Deus. A saudação de João Batista em Jo 1,29, a princípio se mostra pouco compreensível, no entanto, a partir de um percurso teológico que culmina no Gólgota, em Jo 19,34-36, faz-se compreensível o que João Batista havia anunciado na semana inaugural da atividade de Jesus. Agora, na Paixão, a Páscoa definitiva se realiza, o perdão pleno é dado, por meio da entrega voluntária do Cordeiro de Deus

This dissertation is a study of the loyalist Church of England clergy in the American Revolution. By reconstructing the experience and identity of this largely-misunderstood group, it sheds light on the relationship between church and empire, the role of religious pluralism and toleration in the American Revolution, the dynamics of loyalist politics, and the religious impact of the American Revolution on Britain. It is based primarily on the loyalist clergy’s own correspondence and writings, the records of the American Loyalist Claims Commission, and the archives of the SPG (the Church of England’s missionary arm). This dissertation focuses on the New England and Mid-Atlantic colonies, where Anglicans formed a religious minority and where their clergy were overwhelmingly loyalist. It begins with the founding of the SPG in 1701 and its first forays into America. It then examines the state of religious pluralism and toleration in New England, the polarising contest over the proposed creation of an American bishop after the Seven Years’ War, and the role of the loyalist clergy in the Revolutionary War itself, focusing particularly on conflicts occasioned by the Anglican liturgy and Book of Common Prayer. The dissertation proceeds to follow those loyalist clergy who left the Thirteen Colonies as refugees, tracing their reception in Britain, their influence on conservative churchmen there, and their role in rebuilding the imperial Church of England in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Particular attention is given to the relationship between the loyalist refugees, the English high church movement, and the Scottish Episcopal church. Bridging British, Canadian, and colonial American history, it suggests that the American Revolution galvanised an Anglican religious revival in the British Empire and shaped an emerging alliance between the Church of England and conservative politics. It ends in the 1790s, as this alliance solidified under the influence of the French Revolution. Most scholarship on religion and the American Revolution is ultimately concerned with the politics of the revolution. This dissertation, by contrast, asks how the politics of the revolution affected the religious lives of those who lived through it. It provides a sympathetic account of the loyalist clergy’s religious identities and beliefs, and situates them in the context of early-modern British religious history. In doing so, it reconstructs a distinct spiritual culture which was concerned with the holiness of suffering, persecution, and martyrdom. It locates the clergy’s loyalism in the longer history of political martyrdom, a category that has been overlooked by secular-minded historians of loyalism. The loyalist clergy were also preoccupied with the lack of state support for the colonial Church of England. Together with their allies and sympathizers in Britain, they formulated a powerful critique of the British Empire’s religious pluralism: an important but overlooked contribution to counter-enlightenment and counter-revolutionary thought in Britain. By studying that critique, this dissertation highlights the limits of state support for the colonial Church of England prior to the American Revolution, and identifies a turn towards greater state support in the wake of American independence.

There is writing about how nineteenth-century churchgoers' views of other countries were formed by church periodicals. And there is writing about how opinions of the Cing and Japanese Empires were changed by the 'Cing-Japanese War of 1894-1895' ('First Sino-Japanese War'; 'Jiá-wǔ War'), and the 'Japanese-Táiwanese War of 1895'. But, there are no works making connections between these bodies of writing. This work makes such a connection through a comparison of writing about the wars in two church periodicals, the England-based Monthly Messenger and Gospel in China , and the Táiwan-based 'Dāi-lám Church News' ('Dāi-lám Hu-siá n Gào-ho ê -b e'). It makes the argument that the periodicals' writers and editors were on the side of the Japanese, as it seemed to them that Japanese success against the Cing Empire, and Japanese rule in Tái-wan, would make Western ways commoner in these places, which would be good for the Protestant Churches there. But the writers and editors had to give their opinions differently, as their readers were in different positions with respect to the wars. The Monthly Messenger's readers were in England; nothing the writers said about the war would make them any less safe, and so in both wars the periodical gave its support to the Japanese loudly and frequently. But the Church News' readers and writers were in Tái-wan. Openly supporting an attacking country could put them in danger, so the writers said nothing for or against any side in the first war, and were but quietly against the Táiwanese Republic in the second.

The purpose of this thesis is to assess the extent to which the singular readings of a manuscript reveal the tendencies of the scribe who wrote its text by examining three related Greek manuscripts from the sixth century. The three manuscripts are all luxury copies of the Gospels' purple codices, so named because they are written in silver and gold ink on parchment that has been dyed purple. The manuscripts, Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus (N 022), Codex Sinopensis (O 023) and Codex Rossanensis (Σ 042), were all copied in the sixth century from a common exemplar. Chapter One introduces the three manuscripts. Chapter Two provides a history of research on scribal habits and singular readings, and it describes the method used in this thesis to determine both the validity of the singular readings method and the actual scribal habits of 022, 023 and 042. Chapter Three provides a preliminary assessment of each scribe by comparing scribal features in the passages extant in all three manuscripts. Chapters Four, Five and Six assess the scribal habits of 022, 023 and 042, respectively. In these chapters, perceived scribal habits are measured by a modified singular readings method to replicate the situation for each manuscript if it had no extant close relatives' the situation for most early manuscripts. Actual scribal habits are then determined by the places the scribe changed the text of the exemplar. Chapter Seven offers some concluding thoughts about the scribes, their exemplar and the use of singular readings to determine scribal habits. Appendix One presents for the first time an edition of the reconstructed text of the exemplar of 022, 023 and 042, where at least two of the three manuscripts are extant. Appendices Two, Three and Four are full transcriptions of the Gospel of Matthew in 022, 023 and 042, respectively. Appendix Five provides information on singular readings and corrections in 042 where it alone is extant of the three manuscripts. Appendix Six describes the codicological structures of the three manuscripts. Appendix Seven is a transcription and brief discussion of 080, a fragmentary of a purple codex dating to the sixth century. Finally, both 022 and 042 contain a series of secondary corrections made against a second exemplar, and Appendix Eight argues that the scribe of 042 was responsible for these corrections in both manuscripts.