Thesis (M.A.)--Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-137).

Thesis (M.A. Rel.)--Anderson School of Theology, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-103).

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2007. Graduate Programme in Music. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 219-222). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR31991

PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / Thesis (D.M.A.)--Boston University, 1953. PLEASE NOTE: pages 51 and 52 were missing in the physical thesis. / 2031-01-02

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:21:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Joao Marcos da Silva.pdf: 3705791 bytes, checksum: fa0a02c9a478722c5d37cbbd1333075c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-04 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This paper analyzes sociologically in contemporary times the imagery field in gospel music and how it influences the changes of imagery-esthetic paradigms used by phonogram producers in their religious marketing to the commercialization of gospel music in the Brazilian evangelical music market, making it possible in this current model to enable a qualitative and quantitative increase of products aimed at the evangelical public. The research identifies in the dissemination of visual production and marketing of CDs, DVDs, websites of phonogram producers, fairs and music awards, the mechanisms used for the construction of a new imagery paradigm that provides, in the religious field, the emergence of a new evangelical imaginariness mimetically constructed to feed a gospel market supported by the social triad: spectacle, consumption and entertainment. Thus, the analysis has its cut in the paradigmatic changes that arise from the first singers of the 1950s culminating in the explosion of gospel music in the early 1990s. / Este trabalho analisa sociologicamente na contemporaneidade o campo imagético na música gospel e de que forma, este influencia na mudança dos paradigmas imagético - estéticos utilizados pelas produtoras fonográficas em seu marketing religioso para a comercialização da música gospel no mercado da música evangélica brasileira, proporcionando neste modelo atual um crescimento qualitativo e quantitativo dos produtos destinados ao público evangélico. A pesquisa identifica nas produções visuais de divulgação e comercialização de CDs, DVDs, sites das produtoras fonográficas, feiras e premiações musicais, os mecanismos utilizados para a construção de um novo paradigma imagético que proporciona no campo religioso, o surgimento de um novo imaginário evangélico mimeticamente construído para alimentar um mercado gospel fomentado pela tríade social: espetáculo, consumo e entretenimento. Desta forma, a analise tem o seu recorte nas mudanças paradigmáticas que surgem a partir dos primeiros cantores e cantoras da década de 1950 até culminar na explosão da música gospel no início da década de 1990.(AU)

This thesis explores Karl Barth's use of John's Gospel in the Church Dogmatics. It seeks to read John with Barth, tracing the roles which the Fourth Gospel plays in his theology, while identifying gaps and distortions in Barth's use of John. Another interpreter of John, Rudolph Bultmann, is also significant: despite early parallels, much of Barth's theology is shaped by his deep disagreement with Bultmann. The first two chapters therefore discuss the beginnings of dialectical theology. Bultmann and Barth retreat from systems of thought which have overwhelmed theology and have changed its subject matter. They look to the scriptures in seeking to develop theology which is genuinely about God, but hold different assumptions about the place and form of revelation. Chapter 3 considers Bultmann's existentialist interpretation of John. Chapters 4 to 9 examine a series of different aspects of Barth's use of the story of Jesus in John's Gospel. Although Barth emphasises the picture of Jesus Christ shown through his actions, he is more of a strategist than a story-teller. He presents the Word made flesh in a way which allows him to restructure the whole of theology so that it looks towards Jesus Christ rather than fitting in with human systems of ideas. His emphasis on divine decision and his exploration of the content of theology contrast with Bultmann's focus on individual human decisions. The role of other characters is diminished, and the narrative sequence of the story is compressed and distorted by Barth's emphasis on the paramount significance of God's decision to be incarnate. The dualism of John's Gospel, which becomes a dualism of human decision in Bultmann's theology, becomes a dualism of knowledge and falsehood in the Church Dogmatics, in which the real drama of the story is not the interactions between the characters but the struggle to proclaim the truth. Chapter 10 contains some concluding reflections on the wider implications of John's Gospel, showing how Barth's retreat and restructuring could be followed by a process of reengagement with all areas of truth and experience.

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Missionary work is one of the most important tasks undertaken by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Spreading the gospel is at the heart of the Savior's message to his apostles shortly before his ascension into heaven, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost," (Matt. 28:19). Full time missionaries of the Church are charged with teaching Christ's message. The questions of what to teach and how to teach it have led to four sets of formal missionary discussions published by the Church beginning in 1952 and continuing on to 1961, 1973 and 1986. This thesis will document the timeline of decisions that lead to the creation of the missionary manual Preach My Gospel introduced in 2004 which contains the fifth set of missionary lessons published by the Church.

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This thesis examines how the Fourth Gospel and the Synoptic Gospels depict exchanges between Jesus and certain of his fellow Jews, with the goal being to further our understanding of the relationship between them. Halliday's concept of register is applied to analyze a certain portion oftheir conversations, including independent clause analysis, Subject analysis, and dependent clause analysis. This research illustrates that the relevant exchanges in John and the Synoptic Gospels are similar in terms of interpersonal meaning, are different in terms of experiential meaning, and are different in terms of clause complexing. Some possible explanations are also discussed at the end of the thesis. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)