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• Rev. Oscar T. Lohr: The Apostle to the Satnami People

  By AATF Admin on May 29, 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  Introduction Christian missionaries have strategically been the vital agents of socio-cultural transformation in most needy places around the world. They have contributed significantly to the development and modernization of societies and communities in particularly remote and backward areas. During the… Read More ›

• A History of Charismatic Influence on the Anglican Church in Nigeria

  By AATF Admin on May 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Introduction Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. It is situated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. Its neighbors are Benin, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. The lower course of the River Niger flows south through the Western… Read More ›

• Daughter Zion Talks Back to the Prophets: A Dialogic Theology of the Book of Lamentations

  By AATF Admin on May 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Mandolfo uses a number of methodologies to construct her theory, dialogic form criticism, including: Mikhail Bakhtin’s dialogism, Martin Buber’s existentialism, Jacques Derrida’s deconstructive criticism, Hilde Lindemann Nelson’s master narrative theory, Max Black’s interaction view of metaphor, Marvin A. Sweeney and… Read More ›

• Everything They Owned Was Held in Common

  By AATF Admin on May 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Everything They Owned Was Held in Common The Gospel of Luke provides a view on wealth that is unique in the Synoptics through a description of the practices of Jesus and his disciples, and extended teachings on wealth that are… Read More ›

• Kazakh Muslim Background Believers’ Response to Ancestor Practices: Contextual Approach

  By AATF Admin on May 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

    Introduction The purpose of this paper is to investigate what Kazakh Muslim[1] background believers (KMBBs) believe about their dead people from their culture and from the church to which they belong. In order to achieve this goal, the study… Read More ›

• McCormick President Frank M. Yamada Accepts position as Executive Director of ATS

  By AATF Admin on March 26, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The original message found at The Presbyterian Outlook. (McCORMICK SEMINARY PRESS RELEASE) McCormick Theological Seminary President Frank M. Yamada has accepted the position of Executive Director of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and will begin in that role on… Read More ›

• Dr. Boyung Lee as New Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Iliff

  By AATF Admin on March 11, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  March 09, 2017 Click for the Original Message A message from Iliff’s president, Rev. Dr. Thomas V. Wolfe: I am pleased to announce that Rev. Dr. Boyung Lee has accepted appointment to the position of Senior Vice President of Academic… Read More ›

• Asian American Theology Colloquium at PTS 2017

  By AATF Admin on March 10, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Colloquium at Princeton Theological Seminary, April 5, 2017 “Asian American Theology: Promise and Challenge” Princeton Theological Seminary is pleased to host a colloquium on Asian American theology. The colloquium places Asian American theologians and ministers in dialogue for the sake of… Read More ›

• Film Review: Silence

  By AATF Admin on February 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Japanese Catholic novelist Shusaku Endo’s novel Silence (Chinmoku) is a profound yet controversial work published in1966. Japanese film director Masahiro Shinoda made it into a film in 1971 under the title 沈黙 (Chinmoku)–SILENCE in Japan. Endo collaborated with Shinoda for… Read More ›

• Kuan-Yin: A Case of Inculturation in Chinese Buddhism

  By AATF Admin on February 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Among the most beloved Buddhist figures in East Asia, none has surpassed Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva. She is known as Kuan-yin in China, Kannon in Japan, and Quan Âm in Vietnam. As the personification of divine benevolence, she displays a unique role… Read More ›

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