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Exploration of the healing ministry in the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC)Tacheche, Nchangfu Florence 12 1900 (has links)
The renewal of interest in religious healing methods in the past few decades, in response to various perspectives of illnesses, is ‘blowing’ through the PCC-one of the reformed churches in Africa. There are two underlying assumptions in this project: the first is that sickness constitutes a major threat to good health and the second is that the ministry of healing in the PCC is not contextual in view of respecting and incorporating the cultural, social, religious beliefs and values of its people in the formation of meaningful healing ministry. The healing ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon is lacking in efficacy and essence because it does not make much meaning in the lives of the sick and their relatives.
This project gives an overview of some of the causes of tensions that exist in the
PCC concerning its ministry of healing. It critically analysis, interprets and discusses the
empirical results of 26 (20 laity and six clergy) members of the Musang congregation alongside some theological reflections. The project explored and highlighted the importance of the traditional worldview regarding health, illness, healing and defines healing as the work of God and that it is imperative for the Church to focus on a more meaningful healing ministry that includes physical, spiritual, social and psychological aspects, thus healing needs to be holistic.
Putting together the results of the literature review, the empirical research and the critical and theological reflections, the project suggests and affirms that there are theological, practical and socio-cultural reasons for the PCC to rethink, reformulate and reshape its healing ministry in the light of Jesus’ healing ministry. The project points out the theological, practical and cultural basis for a more meaningful ministry of healing within the PCC.
These results reveal that the PCC has no choice but to embrace this emerging biblical healing ministry if it truly wants to remain faithful and in obedience to Jesus’ three but inseparable ministries of preaching, teaching and healing.
Finally, the project proposes an integrated healing service as one of the ways towards a more practical and meaningful ministry of healing in the PCC at home and in the diaspora. Some objective comments and recommendations are also made. / Practical Theology / D. Th. (Practical Theology)
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Zwischen Anpassung, Affinität und Resistenz : eine historische Studie zu evangelischen Glaubens- und Gemeinschaftsmissionen in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus / Between accommodation, affinity and resistance : a historical investigation of German faith missions during the period of National SocialismSpohn, Elmar, 1967- 10 1900 (has links)
German text / Gegenstand dieser Studie ist die historische Erforschung der deutschen Glaubens- und
Gemeinschaftsmissionen, modern ausgedrückt der evangelikalen Missionen in der Zeit des
Nationalsozialismus. Die bisherige Forschung hatte diesen Themenkomplex vernachlässigt.
Diese Studie beschreibt, wie sich diese Missionsgesellschaften im Umfeld des
nationalsozialistischen Unrechtsregimes verhielten. Da die Quellenlage problematisch ist,
wird anhand der Missionsblätter aufgezeigt, wie die Glaubens- und Gemeinschaftsmissionen
zur Machtergreifung Hitlers standen. Dabei kristallisierte sich heraus, dass man sich
überwiegend abseits von Nationalsozialismus, Rassismus und Antisemitismus positionierte.
Allerdings blieb man in den Missionsblättern zur Bekennenden Kirche distanziert.
Im Hauptteil dieser Studie kommt ein aus dem Quellenmaterial eruiertes Positionenspektrum
zum Vorschein, welches von NS-Affinität bis Verfolgung reicht. Dieses ist an acht
biographischen Einzelstudien nachgezeichnet. Schließlich hat sich gezeigt, dass die
Schuldfrage in der Nachkriegzeit kaum eine Rolle spielte. Als Ergebnis kann konstatiert
werden, dass die politische Ethik der Glaubens- und Gemeinschaftsmissionen nur rudimentär
vorhanden war und sich lediglich in Obrigkeitsgehorsam und apolitischer Grundhaltung zeigt. / The subject of this study is a historical examination of the German faith-missions (in
contemporary terms: evangelical missions) during the period of National Socialism. This
topic has been neglected in scholarly research to date. This study describes how these mission
agencies acted in the context of the unlawful regime of National Socialism. Due to a
problematic source basis, the attitude the faith missions took towards the ursupation of power
by Hitler is demonstrated based on their own periodical publications. It emerges that they
largely positioned themselves at a distance to National Socialism, racism and anti-semitism.
However these publications also demonstrate a distance to the “Confessing Church”. In the
main body the examination of eight exemplary biographies based on detailed sources portrays
an array of different positions which range from affinity to the NS-system to persecution.
Furthermore the study shows that the issue of failure or guilt hardly played any role in the
postwar period. This study leads to the conclusion the political ethics of the German faith
missions were only rudimentarily developed, and only evinced themselves in an obedience to
the powers that be and in a basically apolitical attitude. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th. (Missiology)
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By any means necessary : an interpretive phenomenological analysis study of post 9/11 American abusive violence in IraqTsukayama, John K. January 2014 (has links)
This study examines the phenomenon of abusive violence (AV) in the context of the American Post-9/11 Counter-terrorism and Counter-insurgency campaigns. Previous research into atrocities by states and their agents has largely come from examinations of totalitarian regimes with well-developed torture and assassination institutions. The mechanisms influencing willingness to do harm have been examined in experimental studies of obedience to authority and the influences of deindividuation, dehumanization, context and system. This study used Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to examine the lived experience of AV reported by fourteen American military and intelligence veterans. Participants were AV observers, objectors, or abusers. Subjects described why AV appeared sensible at the time, how methods of violence were selected, and what sense they made of their experiences after the fact. Accounts revealed the roles that frustration, fear, anger and mission pressure played to prompt acts of AV that ranged from the petty to heinous. Much of the AV was tied to a shift in mission view from macro strategic aims of CT and COIN to individual and small group survival. Routine hazing punishment soldiers received involving forced exercise and stress positions made similar acts inflicted on detainees unrecognizable as abusive. Overt and implied permissiveness from military superiors enabled AV extending to torture, and extra-judicial killings. Attempting to overcome feelings of vulnerability, powerlessness and rage, subjects enacted communal punishment through indiscriminate beatings and shooting. Participants committed AV to amuse themselves and humiliate their enemies; some killed detainees to force confessions from others, conceal misdeeds, and avoid routine paperwork. Participants realized that AV practices were unnecessary, counter-productive, and self-damaging. Several reduced or halted their AV as a result. The lived experience of AV left most respondents feeling guilt, shame, and inadequacy, whether they committed abuse or failed to stop it.
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