The Habits and Hermeneutics of Digital Bible Readers: Comparing Print and Screen Engagement, Comprehension, and Behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Dyer
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Reading Progress ◽  
Devotional Reading ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Regular Reading

Christians in general and American evangelicals in particular are increasingly using digital media to access Scripture, but it is unclear how this shift is influencing the behaviors they value most: regular reading and in-depth study. Using survey data, assessments of comprehension, and daily reading progress, this study examines how engagement with the Bible varies between print and screens. Results indicated that American evangelicals use a combination of print and digital forms of Scripture based on the kind of engagement they want to carry out (devotional reading, in-depth study, prayer, etc.). The data also suggest readers have lower comprehension when reading the Bible on screens compared to print. Readers using mobile devices are more likely to engage scripture daily than those using printed Bibles, and these effects are more pronounced in male readers than female readers.

The Bible and Behavior: A Psychiatrist’s Diagnosis

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
The Bible ◽  
And Behavior

Presbyterian Preaching

2019 ◽  
pp. 506-523
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Long
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
New School ◽  
Intellectual Content ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Korean Presbyterian ◽  
Early Expression ◽  
History Of ◽  
School Conflict

Presbyterian preaching grew from roots in the Reformation, particularly the Calvinist wing. The fullest early expression of the character of Presbyterian preaching is in the Westminster Standards, documents produced in England by an assembly of Calvinist clergy and laymen in the mid-seventeenth century. These documents described the key qualities of Reformed, and thus Presbyterian, preaching: sermons grounded in the Bible, containing significant doctrinal content, and aimed at teaching and edifying congregants.The authors of the Westminster Standards prescribed preaching that was substantive and lively, filled with biblical and doctrinal content, and touched the hearts of hearers. Throughout the history of Presbyterian preaching, however, these twin goals were often difficult to attain. This tension between intellectual, content-centered preaching and more emotional, experience-centered preaching among Presbyterian is evident in such events as the Old Side–New Side controversy in the mid-1700s and the Old School–New School conflict from 1837 to 1869 (both in America), in Scottish Presbyterian preaching in the early nineteenth century, and in Korean Presbyterian preaching during the end of the twentieth and the beginning of the twentieth century.Today as many Presbyterian preachers use digital media and conversational-style sermons, a strong desire continues for preaching that is clear, deeply theological and biblical, impassioned, and relevant.

Pole's Piety? The Devotional Reading of Reginald Pole and his Friends

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 458-474
Author(s):  
M. ANNE OVERELL
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identities ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Imitation Of Christ ◽  
Devotional Reading

In this examination of the piety and devotional books of Reginald Pole and his friends, three booklists are compared: Pole's own, and those of Marcantonio Flaminio and Michael Throckmorton. The article also probes their comments and choices about reading and prayer, sacrament and preaching, as well as the observations of contemporaries. Piety in Pole's household was nourished principally by the Bible, the Fathers and the Imitation of Christ, but scriptural commentaries by suspect reformers also became part of their devotional reading, moulding religious identities which were unusual and became dangerous.

God and Behavior Mod: Some Thoughts concerning the Relationships between Biblical Principles and Behavior Modification

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodger K. Bufford
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Modification ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Positive Behavior ◽  
Negative Behavior ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Behavioral Technology ◽  
Biblical Principles ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Substantial Degree

Similarities and contrasts between various biblical principles and behavioral approaches related to establishing positive behavior and eliminating negative behavior are discussed. Examination of the Bible reveals that it is to a substantial degree a behavior-oriented book. Similarities between biblical principle and behavior technology are shown. Although precautions must be taken in adopting a particular behavioral approach to ascertain whether it is consistent with the Bible in terms of its methods and goals, behavioral technology is concluded to be broadly consistent with the biblical view of man.

Mobility and the mobile: A study of adolescent migrants and their use of the mobile phone

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karmele Mendoza Pérez ◽  
Marta Morgade Salgado
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Ethnographic Methodology ◽  
Unaccompanied Foreign Minors ◽  
Migrant Adolescents

In this article, we explore the day-to-day importance of digital media, specifically the use of mobile phones in the lives of migrant minors—also known as unaccompanied foreign minors—in juvenile residential centres. For this study, we employed a general ethnographic methodology and, in particular, a workshop based on different artistic techniques that encouraged the young people involved to become active participants, committed from the start in the generation of the material to be used for the analysis of their daily practices. This approach emerged from the recognition of the importance for these young people to feel included and connected. Migrant adolescents take refuge in their mobile devices to participate in the youth microculture, both locally and globally. In addition, they are able to access different social networks that allow them to play out the personas they wish to adopt. Finally, we recognise the importance of digital media in allowing them to maintain close and affective relationships with their relatives, fellow citizens, and communities in their country of origin.

scholarly journals Household survey data for research on well-being and behavior in Central Asia

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 819-835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tilman Brück ◽  
Damir Esenaliev ◽  
Antje Kroeger ◽  
Alma Kudebayeva ◽  
Bakhrom Mirkasimov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Household Survey Data ◽  
And Behavior

The Spiritual Home of W. E. Gladstone: Anne Gladstone’s Bible

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 343-353
Author(s):  
David Bebbington
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Secondary Literature ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
Devotional Reading

‘Popery is the religion of Cathedrals’, wrote J.W. Cunningham, the evangelical vicar of Harrow in his novel The Velvet Cushion (1815), ‘– Protestantism of houses’. It is a commonplace in the secondary literature that the household was the citadel of the evangelical version of Protestantism in nineteenth-century England. ‘Evangelicalism’, according to a representative comment by Ian Bradley, ‘was above all else the religion of the home.’ The head of the household conducting family prayers was the embodiment of the evangelical spirit. It is not the purpose of this essay to question that received image, but it does suggest that a clearer picture of the religious atmosphere of the evangelical home can be obtained from sources other than the manuals published for the paterfamilias to read to the assembled household. The books of family prayers tell us what was prescribed; but alternative sources show us what was practised. Spiritual journals, reflective meditations and candid correspondence can often be more revealing. Nowhere, however, is the kernel of household piety more evident than in the Bibles that some zealous believers annotated for their own benefit. The study of the Bible, as Edward Bickersteth, a leading evangelical divine, put it in his book A Scripture Help (1816), was ‘a great and important duty’. When members of evangelical families retired to the privacy of their own rooms, they might spend time in devotional reading of the Scriptures and leave a record of their reflections in the margins. Such Bibles, one of which is to be examined here, are treasuries of authentic domestic spirituality. They show something of the heartbeat of evangelical religion.

scholarly journals Ascending Bloom’s Pyramid: Fostering Student Creativity and Innovation in Academic Library Spaces

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Bieraugel ◽  
Stern Neill
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Statistical Techniques ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
Innovative Behaviors

Our research examined the degree to which behaviors and learning associated with creativity and innovation were supported in five academic library spaces and three other spaces at a mid-sized university. Based on survey data from 226 students, we apply a number of statistical techniques to measure student perceptions of the types of learning and behavior associated with the selected spaces. We found that the on-campus makerspace located outside the library encouraged the most innovative behaviors and exploration of new ideas. Within the library, collaboration rooms were the best spaces for encouraging creativity. There is an opportunity for the academic library to be reconceptualized as a place to foster creativity and innovation in students. We believe that academic libraries should continue to offer a variety of spaces for students, including quiet spaces for reflection, noisy spaces for collaboration and networking, and makerspaces for experimentation.

scholarly journals PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS FOR SENSE OF PLACE AND PERSONAL SPACE IN PUBLIC AREA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
P.Meena Kumari
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Personal Space ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Behavioral Pattern ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The People ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Public Area ◽  
And Behavior

Environmental phycology and behavior in built environment is the field that interests the social scientists and environmental designers for many years. In-depth study and research finding are conducted and have discussed in detail the philosophy and the abstract theories on concept of privacy, personal space, sense of place by the people in a given built environment. As per Roger Barker (1951) statement, the paper proposes that the ecological environment does not demand much but permits some behavioral pattern to take place naturally and elucidate that the built environment tends to act as a catalyst in providing space for the users to perform but also act as a despot in making the users to alter their needs and behavior to the built setting. The paper also touches on the important issues in understanding, and translation of these psychological and behavioral theories and concepts into the real tangible substantial world that the architects and designers can imply upon. The fundamental primal need of people to have personal space and a sense of place in public area is reviewed in this paper and concludes for a cohesive way to achieve this ,by means of participation, cooperation and understanding among designers and environmental psychologists with the people.

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