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The New Mercersburg Review, no. 47
No full textDigitized copy of the Fall 2012 issue, Journal of the Mercersburg Society. Electronic PDF document. 22 pages.Contents: Mainline Protestantism in a Post-Protestant Time / William McKinney -- A Liturgical Legacy from the Presbyterians: Introducing the Association for Reformed and Liturgical Worship / Christopher Dorn -- Book Review: United and Uniting: An Ecumenical Ecclesiology for a Church in Crisis by Albert J. D. Walsh -- A Very Brief Bibliography on the Heidelberg Catechism, the 450th Anniversary 1563-201
Welcoming All: A Comparison of Church and Familial Expectations in Disability Ministry
No full textA Dissertation by Amy E. Dows, submitted to the Faculty in candidacy for the degree Doctor of Ministry. This project compares the expectations of churches providing intentional disability ministries with the expectations of members affected by disability. Questionnaires were developed for churches with disability ministries and for members or families affected by disability. The comparison of these questionnaires provides a glimpse into the expectations held by families and churches that provide disability ministry. According to the results of this survey, families tend to seek a faith community where their entire family is included and supported. They also believe that the church benefits by welcoming individuals with disabilities. Churches, in general, strive to provide a place that is welcoming to all but with little attention given to issues of assimilation, and churches tend to see little or no benefit to the congregation through including families affected by disability other than in ways that trivialize disability as charitable acts to those in need. Although these churches seek to meet the needs of families affected by disability, issues of assimilation to cultural norms and trivialization of disability continue to impact the practice of disability ministry. Advisor: Greg Carey. Electronic PDF document. 100 pages
Compassion and Passion: The Knowledge of the Mind of Christ
No full textKeynote address by Elizabeth Conde-Frazier from 2012 Convocation at Lancaster Seminary, September 6, 2012. Digital audio recording (mp3). Duration: 35 minutes
The Church's One Body: On Intimacy and the Reality of God
No full textLecture by Willie James Jennings sponsored in part by the Emanuel Vogel Gerhart Fund. Delivered October 25, 2012, 11:00 a.m. in Santee Chapel. Digital video recording (mp4). Duration: 58 minutes
Holy Fun: A Path to Church Consolidation
No full textA dissertation submitted to the Faculty in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Ministry. Anabel Proffitt, advisor. Electronic PDF document. 138 pages.Holy Fun is a playful, lighthearted, not-take-yourself-too-seriously approach to ministry that expresses itself in a rainbow of experiences which bring people together and closer to God. Drawing from Johan Huizinga, James Evans, Henri Nouwen, and Harvey Cox, the element of play is defined and placed firmly within the soul of the church and its people. Hugo Rahner, Edwin Friedman, Martin Marty and Michael Koppel laid the groundwork for the element, to 'not-take-yourself-too-seriously.' This embodied theology is further elucidated by Plato, Jurgen Moltmann, Julia Cameron and Mary Hess. The term Holy Fun seems oxymoronic. How can one have fun in the pursuit of the Holy or conversely, How can one be holy while having fun. But the idea of Holy Fun is counter-intuitive for most folks. Holy Fun does include a Theology of Fun. Although Holy Fun can be applied to all aspects of ministry including conflict management, educational approaches, outreach ministry, staffing, leadership training, mission life, and worship, its potential employment is only limited by the imagination. I have helped to consolidate four United Church of Christ congregations with Holy Fun as the vehicle of change. This path to church consolidation is presented as a case study in Holy Fun. This is not a "how to" program that can be completed step by step, but a philosophy of playful and lighthearted approach to all aspects of ministry that can be learned by pastors, church leaders and pew sitters and will aide congregations in their futuring together. For current information, please visit my website: www.holyfun.org
Religion in the Internet Age
No full textLecture by Paul Raushenbush presented in Santee Chapel, Lancaster Theological Seminary, September 24, 2012. Lecture sponsored by LIPW. Digital audio recording (mp3). Duration: 58 minutes
The New Mercersburg Review, no. 46
No full textDigitized copy of the Spring 2012 issue, Journal of the Mercersburg Society. Electronic PDF document. 23 pages.Contents: Where is Mainline Protestantism Today? / William McKinney -- The Nevin Family / John B. Payne -- Book Review: The Mystical Presence and the Doctrine of the Reformed Church on the Lord's Supper: The Mercersburg Theology Study Series Volume One, edited by Linden J. DeBie -- Book Review: Canon and Creed by Robert W. Jenso
The Gospel in the Key of Jazz
No full textKeynote lecture by Kirk Whalum from 2012 African American Heritage Week at LTS, February 27, 2012. Digital audio recording (mp3). Duration: 57 minutes
Imagining New Relationships: Black Queers and Family
No full textLGBTQAI week lecture by Thelathia Young, November 4, 2011. Digital audio recording (mp3). Duration: 55 minutes.Thelathia “Nikki” Young is Visiting Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Bucknell University. She recently received her doctoral degree in Christian Ethics from Emory University’s Graduate Division of Religion. Her research focuses on ethical issues of race, gender, and sexuality, and particularly emphasizes the ways that black queer communities possess, embody, and enact moral excellence. She is currently at work on her dissertation-to-book manuscript, “Imagining New Relationships: Black Queers and Family,” which investigates the moral norms of kinship and family that foreground the intersection of race, gender and sexuality. Nikki is also Director of Ambassadors for the All My Children Project, a program in which she mentors and teaches college students to reflect critically and organize campus activities designed to raise awareness about the consequences of anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQQ) bias within ethnically diverse families and communities
Mercersburg Theology 101
No full textoai:archive.lancasterseminary.edu:1Workshop presented by Anne Thayer at the 2011 Mercersburg Convocation, Lancaster Theological Seminary, June 6, 2011. A missing segment of a few minutes is indicated within the video. Letter from John Nevin to Henry Harbaugh to which Prof. Thayer makes reference is included. Digital MP4 HD video recording with PDF transcript. Duration: 58 minutes