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Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 352-357).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 352-357).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Bethel Theological Seminary, 1994. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 314-322).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 352-357).

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John Wesley was a well educated son of a cleric, who chose to be a theologian and a minister in the Church of England. His theological distinctive was his insistence on the possibility of entire sanctification in this lifetime. In response to their position on sanctification, Wesley and the Methodists sought to save souls and cure the ills in society because they believed it was divinely mandated. Their love and work for the less fortunate was a response to their love for God and in obedience to His commandments. This is the great success of their work. They were able to serve God and their generation in a balanced yet inseparable way. The result of Wesley's life, direct and indirect, was that the social and spiritual plight of thousands of individuals and families was improved and dozens of church groups, missionary societies and benevolent organisations have emerged / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / Th.M. (Church History)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:19:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JonadabAlmeida .pdf: 1582320 bytes, checksum: 45058bd9847a0d7ce159f63b835ec964 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-07 / This work studies the participation of the Methodist Church in the "Street Boys and Girls Project" (PMMR) in São Bernardo do Campo, since its founding in 1983 until 1993, when it established distance from that religious institution. It analyzes the contribution of the Methodist Church, its institutions and its pastoral agents in the care of children and adolescents in their social vulnerability. The work takes also into account the social and political context experienced nationally, in the wider ABC Region and in the city of São Bernardo do Campo as well as in the Methodist Church in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The study is based on documental research and interviews with religious leaders, pastoral workers and people who have been attended by the PMMR. / Este trabalho estuda a participação da Igreja Metodista no Projeto Meninos e Meninas de Rua da cidade de São Bernardo do Campo, desde a sua fundação em 1983, até 1993, quando este experimentou o distanciamento daquela instituição religiosa. Analisa a contribuição da Igreja Metodista, de suas instituições e seus agentes pastorais no cuidado das crianças e adolescentes em situação de vulnerabilidade social. Leva em consideração o contexto social e político vivenciado em nível nacional, na Região do Grande ABC e na cidade de São Bernardo do Campo, bem como na Igreja Metodista, no final da década de 1970 e início da década de 1980. O estudo apoia-se em pesquisa documental e em entrevistas com lideranças religiosas, agentes de pastoral e pessoas que foram atendidas pelo PMMR.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:20:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dina da Silva.pdf: 1161128 bytes, checksum: 4c9cda9229af72323333def1c27e50e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-06-09 / This study deals with the relational dynamics of religious and ethnic-racial identities with regard to black persons on Methodist Churches in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The empirical points of reference are Methodist Churches in: Suzano, Itaquaquecetuba Monte Belo, and Central Santo Andre. It analyses the sociocultural construction of religious identities, circumscribed by material, economic and political contingencies of the society in which the research subjects are inserted. It proposes that collective black identity is a mixture of associations, on the one hand negative due to segregationist socioeconomic conditions linked to the institutionalized racism in society and in religious spaces; on the other hand, positively, because of the enriching cultural influences of Brazilian culture, beyond that marked by resistance, developed by black movements. The research demonstrates the role of the Methodist institution that imposes white middle class cultural patterns and control over black manifestations of identity.(AU) / Este estudo trata da dinâmica relacional das identidades religiosas e etno-raciais em torno de pessoas negras de igrejas metodistas da Região Metropolitana de São Paulo. Toma como referência empírica as Igrejas Metodistas em: Suzano, Itaquaquecetuba - Monte Belo - e Central em Santo André. Analisa as implicações identitárias do sujeito negro metodista e aponta contradições entre parâmetros socioculturais das identidades negras construídas ao longo da história e o modelo religioso metodista. Analisa a construção sociocultural das identidades religiosas, circunscritas às contingências materiais, econômicas e políticas da sociedade onde estão inseridos os sujeitos da pesquisa. Propõe que a identidade negra coletiva é uma mescla de associações, por um lado negativas resultantes tanto das condições socioeconômicas segregacionistas vinculadas ao racismo institucionalizado na sociedade e nos espaços religiosos, por outro, positivas, de um protagonismo cultural enriquecedor da cultura brasileira, além daquele marcado pela resistência, desenvolvido pelos movimentos negros. Demonstra o papel da instituição metodista que impõe uma padronização cultural de classe média branca e controle sobre as manifestações identitárias negras.(AU)