Thesis (D. Min.)--Erskine Theological Seminary, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-205).

Thesis (M.A.)--Southern California College, 1990. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-88).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Erskine Theological Seminary, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-205).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Erskine Theological Seminary, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-205).

Submitted by Verena Bastos (verena@uefs.br) on 2015-09-28T12:34:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 LucasGomesSantana.pdf: 1192043 bytes, checksum: 925ff931110e32f44c09e1c9a4f804c8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-28T12:34:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LucasGomesSantana.pdf: 1192043 bytes, checksum: 925ff931110e32f44c09e1c9a4f804c8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-29 / The Assemblies of God in Brazil keep the image a traditional Pentecostal Denomination.This traditionalism is evidenced in rigid patterns of practices and customs advocated by the group with the aim of indoctrination of the faithful and in order to maintain cohesion and also maintaining an image of morality and detachment from sin, according to the understanding of the same. These standards relate to prohibitions, especially the clothes, the haircut, the consumption of alcoholic beverages and the use and ownership of television. This dissertation examines how the leaders of the Assembly God in Brazil and the Bahia created representations about television, in the period from 1960 to 2000, and which mechanisms of meaning construction did with that the denomination, which had an attitude refractory to the use and ownership of television, becomes tenant schedules in TV networks and andcompasse his own TV network, "Rede Boas Novas". / A Assembl?ia de Deus no Brasil resguarda a imagem de Denomina??o Pentecostal tradicional. Este tradicionalismo ? evidenciado nos r?gidos padr?es de usos e costumes defendidos pelo grupo com o objetivo de doutrinamento dos fi?is e no intuito de manter a coes?o e tamb?m a manuten??o de uma imagem de moralidade e distanciamento do pecado, segundo o entendimento dos mesmos. Esses padr?es se referem a proibi??es, principalmente ? indument?ria, ao corte de cabelo, ao consumo de bebidas alco?licas e ao uso e propriedade do aparelho de televis?o. Este trabalho analisa como os l?deres da Assembl?ia Deus no Brasil e na Bahia constroem representa??es sobre a televis?o, no per?odo de 1960 a 2000, e quais mecanismos de constru??o de sentidos fez com que a denomina??o, que tinha uma atitude refrat?ria ao uso e propriedade da televis?o, passasse a locat?ria de hor?rios em redes comerciais de televis?o e propriet?ria de sua pr?pria rede de emissoras, a ?Rede Boas Novas?.

Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2006. / Includes abstract and vita. Translated from Korean. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 199-208).

Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2006. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-178).

Os estudos relacionados aos aspectos culturais da sociedade e a forma como estes influenciam na organização espacial vêm ganhando campo no Brasil nas últimas décadas. O aprofundamento nestas questões e o conhecimento de diferentes áreas do nosso país por vieses diferenciados enriquece o trabalho do geógrafo e cria nuanças diversas para a compreensão da sociedade brasileira. Neste sentido, um conceito que vem ganhando importância dentro do campo científico da Geografia é o de lugar, visto como o espaço das vivências, das relações afetivas e, portanto, do desenvolvimento das identidades espaciais. Assim, o estudo buscará compreender o sentido dos lugares a partir de uma Geografia Eleitoral dos candidatos ligados a Igreja Assembléia de Deus no município de Cabo Frio-RJ, buscando apresentar um estudo inserido no campo da Geografia Cultural que relacione as dimensões política e do lugar com vistas a compreender o(s) fato(s) culturais religiosos como fatores de influência direta e indireta na organização espacial da sociedade. / Studies related to cultural aspects of society and how they influence the spatial organization are gaining ground in Brazil in recent decades. Deepening these issues and knowledge of different areas of our country by different biases enriches the work of the geographer and creates various nuances to the understanding of Brazilian society. In this sense, a concept that is gaining importance in the scientific field of Geography is to place, as seen from space experiences, from emotional relationships, and therefore the development of spatial identities. Thus, the study will seek to understand the meaning of places from one Electoral Geography of candidates linked to Assembly of God Church in the city of Cabo Frio-RJ, seeking to present a study included in the field of cultural geography that links the political and place in order to understand (s) fact (s) religious and cultural factors of direct and indirect influence on the spatial organization of society.

Os estudos relacionados aos aspectos culturais da sociedade e a forma como estes influenciam na organização espacial vêm ganhando campo no Brasil nas últimas décadas. O aprofundamento nestas questões e o conhecimento de diferentes áreas do nosso país por vieses diferenciados enriquece o trabalho do geógrafo e cria nuanças diversas para a compreensão da sociedade brasileira. Neste sentido, um conceito que vem ganhando importância dentro do campo científico da Geografia é o de lugar, visto como o espaço das vivências, das relações afetivas e, portanto, do desenvolvimento das identidades espaciais. Assim, o estudo buscará compreender o sentido dos lugares a partir de uma Geografia Eleitoral dos candidatos ligados a Igreja Assembléia de Deus no município de Cabo Frio-RJ, buscando apresentar um estudo inserido no campo da Geografia Cultural que relacione as dimensões política e do lugar com vistas a compreender o(s) fato(s) culturais religiosos como fatores de influência direta e indireta na organização espacial da sociedade. / Studies related to cultural aspects of society and how they influence the spatial organization are gaining ground in Brazil in recent decades. Deepening these issues and knowledge of different areas of our country by different biases enriches the work of the geographer and creates various nuances to the understanding of Brazilian society. In this sense, a concept that is gaining importance in the scientific field of Geography is to place, as seen from space experiences, from emotional relationships, and therefore the development of spatial identities. Thus, the study will seek to understand the meaning of places from one Electoral Geography of candidates linked to Assembly of God Church in the city of Cabo Frio-RJ, seeking to present a study included in the field of cultural geography that links the political and place in order to understand (s) fact (s) religious and cultural factors of direct and indirect influence on the spatial organization of society.

The 2011 Indian Census indicates that children under the age of 18 constitute more than 400 million, and most of them are Children at Risk (CAR). This study suggests that the care and protection of children at risk is not a twentieth- or twenty-first-century secular enterprise but has precedents in Protestant missions in India from the late eighteenth century. In the first section, the study focuses on evaluating contemporary Protestant mission contexts in India and a brief historical survey of Protestant missions to CAR in India through case studies. The evaluation concentrates on the implications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) for the predominant Protestant models of mission in contemporary India - which may be summarised as child evangelism, child compassion and child advocacy. The thesis argues that child care and protection is increasingly becoming secularised and professionalised. Moreover, with the emergence of new laws and with increasing, vigilance from international and national agencies, and from Hindu fundamentalists, Christian mission to CAR is itself at risk. Under these circumstances, the study also investigates whether there is a transition from ideas of 'saving' CAR to ideas of protecting the human rights of CAR. In the second section, this hypothesis is further substantiated by case studies of select Protestant churches and Christian NGOs engaging with CAR in the cities of Bangalore and Chennai. Using empirical data, it then claims that the predominant Protestant approaches of evangelism, compassion, and advocacy are still underdeveloped and inadequate primarily because the majority of caregivers working with children still perceive CAR as objects of their mission - an assumption that may be contrary to UNCRC (Articles 14 and 30). Further, it argues that the churches and agencies most active among CAR are from a 'conservative' background, who are often exclusively 'spiritual' and otherworldly in their concerns. The final and most constructive section, based on the evaluations of the empirical data, seeks to recommend a preliminary theology of mission in and through the idea of 'childness' based on Matthew 18: 2-5, an idea developed by Adrian Thatcher in the context of a theology of child participation. Based on these foundations, it suggests that UNCRC can be integrated as a set of principles for contemporary Christian missions with CAR in South India through a missiological process called 'dialogue,' emerging from a pluralistic Indian context. It further proposes that adults and children are to be perceived not as either independent (liberational) or dependent (paternalistic) agencies, but as interdependent agencies working together in God's mission. This thesis finally proposes basic principles for Christian mission to/for/with CAR - a multi-dimensional approach integrating CAR as subjects of God's mission and not just as objects.