Browsing Faculty Dissertations by Issue Date
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The Texts We Teach: A Study of Canon Formation Processes at Christian Secondary Schools
Seattle Pacific University, 2011
200 pagesThe pedagogical canons at Christian schools are formed by the systematic interaction of theoretical and pragmatic factors. And although demographics, finances, and parental pressure do affect text selection, the methods ... -
Replicating Predictors of Spirituality and Happiness in Children
Seattle Pacific University, May 2014
viii, 112 pagesPositive psychology provides the theoretical framework for this replication and extension study of Holder, Coleman, and Wallace (2010). Their results indicated that spirituality (especially the domains of communal and ... -
Characteristics of Higher Education Environments Conducive to Adaptive Change
Azusa Pacific University, November 2016
xii, 345 pagesMultiple factors, including affordability and expected outcomes, have converged to cause unusual pressure on higher education administrators and faculty and prompt the need for change (Kezar, 2009; Selingo, 2013; Zemsky, ... -
A Phenomenological Exploration of the Experiences of Counselor Education Doctoral Student Mothers with Young Children
Oregon State University, August 2017
xii, 195 pagesThe number of women in doctoral programs is increasing each year and women now comprise the majority of doctoral students in America (U.S. Department of Education, 2015). Previous research has shown the high levels of ... -
Jesus in an Ethnically Rich Environment: A Multi-Cultural Study in the Requirements for Effective, Consistent Gospel Communication in Southeast Renton, Washington
Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, May 2019
xiii, 247 pagesThis project arose from the desire to minister in the dominantly multicultural community of Renton, Washington. The project utilized interviews to reveal common factors that would enable gospel communication across several ... -
“Graunted of the Bysshop Honde”: The Meaning and Uses of the Sacrament of Confirmation From its Inception Through the Middle Ages
viii, 345 pagesThis dissertation is a social history of the sacrament of confirmation in western Christianity from its beginnings in the early third century through the Middle Ages. It is an exploration of the meanings attached to the ...