‘Every Wife has a Church in her Home’: The Family and the Church in the American ‘Quiverfull’ Movement

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-157
Author(s):  
Emily Hunter McGowin
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Formation ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Lived Religion ◽  
Evangelical Christians ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Early Argument ◽  
The Church

‘Quiverfull’ is shorthand for a religious phenomenon that emerged within the networks of the Christian homeschooling movement in America over the past forty years. Quiverfull names a subculture of evangelical Christians whose lived religion includes three central practices: prolific childbirth, homeschooling, and patriarchy. Based upon two years of ethnographic research among Quiverfull families, the following essay explores the interplay between the family and the church within the subculture. Building on an early argument of Colleen McDannell, it is argued that within the context of the Quiverfull subculture and their particular construction of the family, the constitutive practice of homeschooling results in a transformed ecclesiology. The family functions as a ‘mini-church,’ headed by the father and mother who carry out the work of worship, spiritual formation, and evangelism on their own terms through the practice of homeschooling.

The Church and The Family: An Ethical Task

Horizons ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-71
Author(s):  
Margaret A. Farley
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
The Past ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Church

There has been a kind of “turn to the family” on the part of the Christian churches in the past decade, manifesting a concern for what is judged to be the western family in “crisis.” Unfortunately, the voices of religion have had little more effect than the voices of psychology or sociology in either healing or empowering the family, and they have had perhaps less success in interpreting the difficulties which beset the contemporary family as an institution. This failure may represent simply the intractability of the problems which individuals and families face. It may also, however, represent an almost tragic perception on the part of many persons that the Christian tradition regarding family life is today too oppressive to yield a prophetic, a healing or a freeing word.

Modern Pentecostalism as an Urban Phenomenon: The Case of the Family of God Church in Zimbabwe

Exchange ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lovemore Togarasei
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
The Past ◽  
Pentecostal Movement ◽  
Family Of God ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Church

AbstractThe past twenty to thirty years in the history of Zimbabwean Christianity have witnessed the emergence of a new breed of Pentecostalism that tends to attract the middle and upper classes urban residents. This paper presentsfindings from a case study of one such movement, the Family of God church. It describes and analyses the origins, growth and development of this church as an urban modern Pentecostal movement. Thefirst section of the paper discusses the origins and development of the church focusing on the life of the founder. The second section focuses on the teaching and practices of the church. The church's doctrines and practices are here analysed tofind out the extent to which these have been influenced by the socio-political and economic challenges in the urban areas. The paper concludes that the modern Pentecostal movement is meant to address urban needs.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Pembinaan Rohani Keluarga Terhadap Karakter Pemuda Berdasarkan Kolose 2: 6-10 Di GBAP Surakarta

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-39
Author(s):  
Santy Sahartian
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Spiritual Formation ◽  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Relationship With God ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Church

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meniliti pengaruh pembinaan rohani dalam keluarga terhadap pembentukan karakter pemuda berdasarkan Kolose 2: 6-10 di GBAP Bunga Bakung Surakarta. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk membuktikan kebenaran hipotesis yang diajukan, yang berbunyi: Pertama, diduga pembinaan rohani dalam keluarga berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap pembentukan karakter pemuda berdasarkan Kolose 2:6-10 di GBAP Surakarta.Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian survey, dengan menggunakan pendekatan analisis deskriptif. Populasi sekaligus sampel dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 87 responden yang melibatkan pemuda – pemudi GBAP Surakarta. Instrumen dalam penelitian ini menggunakan angket, dokumentasi, pedoman observasi, studi pustaka, dan pedoman wawancara. Analisis data menggunakan aplikasi dan rumus “SPSS 23”.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 1) Pengaruh pembinaan rohani dalam keluarga terhadap pembentukan karakter pemuda, adalah 0,403 atau 40,3% , sedangkan pengaruh antar variabel pembinaan rohani dalam gereja terhadap pembentukan karakter pemuda, menunjukkan pada kategori pengaruh sedang, Berdasarkan temuan tersebut maka perlu dikembangkan progam workshop atau seminar rutin untuk peningkatan pemahaman tentang pembinaan berdasarkan Kolose 2:6-10, mengadakan rereat secara berkala bagi pemuda –pemudi dan warga gereja, mengadakan persekutuan yang rutin antar anggota keluarga, dan membangun mesbah doa di rumah untuk mempererat persekutuan antar anggota keluarga dan hubungan dengan Tuhan. Kata Kunci: Pembinaan Rohani, Keluarga, Pembentukan Karakter, Pemuda AbstractThis study aims to assess the effect of spiritual coaching in the family on the formation of youth character based on Colossians 2: 6-10 at the GBAP of Surakarta Bakung. This research was conducted to prove the truth of the proposed hypothesis, which reads: First, it is alleged that spiritual formation in the family significantly influences the formation of youth character based on Colossians 2: 6-10 in GBAP Surakarta.This type of research is survey research, using a descriptive analysis approach. The population as well as the sample in this study amounted to 87 respondents involving GBAP Surakarta youth. The instruments in this study used questionnaires, documentation, observation guidelines, literature studies, and interview guidelines. Data analysis using the application and formula "SPSS 23".The results showed that 1) The effect of spiritual formation in the family on the formation of youth character was 0.403 or 40.3%, while the influence between the variables of spiritual formation in the church on the formation of youth character showed in the category of moderate influence. regular workshops or seminars to increase understanding of coaching based on Colossians 2: 6-10, hold regular rituals for youth - drivers and citizens of the church, hold regular fellowships between family members, and build prayer rooms at home to strengthen fellowship between family members and relationship with God. Keywords: Spiritual Development, Family, Character Formation, Youth

scholarly journals Recent and subrecent diet of the barn owl (Tyto alba) in Slovakia

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ján Obuch ◽  
Štefan Danko ◽  
Michal Noga
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Common Vole ◽  
Passer Domesticus ◽  
Barn Owl ◽  
Tyto Alba ◽  
Recent Period ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Church

Abstract We completed data on the diet of the barn owl (Tyto alba) predominately from pellets for the period of the last 50 years from Slovakia. We analyzed material from 251 locations and 16 territorial units. The aggregate represents 119,231 pieces of prey from 47 species of mammals (Mammalia, 95.7%) and 58 species of birds (Aves, 3.9%), with a small representation of amphibians, reptiles (Amphibia and Reptilia, 0.2%) and invertebrates (Invertebrata, 0.2%). The obtaining of food among the owls is limited to synanthropic environments and the surrounding agricultural landscape, and the centre of its distribution in the recent period (i.e. the past 50 years: 1965-201 5) has been concentrated mainly on the southern parts of Slovakia. In this environment the common vole (Microtus arvalis, 59.6%) is the primary prey. Additional prey are rodents of the family Muridae: Mus musculus (5.6%), Micromys minutus (2.2%), Apodemus microps (2.2%), A. flavicollis (2.0%), A. sylvaticus (1 .6%) and A. agrarius (1 .5%); insectivores of the family Soricidae: Sorex araneus (6.2%), S. minutus (2.4%), Crocidura leucodon (4.8%) and C. suaveolens (2.8%); and the house sparrow Passer domesticus (2.9%). In the higher situated Turcianska kotlina Basin the species M. arvalis (74.3%) has higher domination, and instead of the white-toothed shrews the water shrews Neomys anomalus (2.8%) and N. fodiens (1 .3%) are more abundantly represented. In 3 localities owls focused on hunting bats; for example, in the church in Ratková the order Chiroptera made up 35.2% of prey. From the subrecent period (i.e. from before more than 50 years ago) we evaluate 4 samples from the territory of Slovakia with 15,601 pieces of prey ofT. alba. Before more than 50 years ago owls were also more abundantly represented at higher elevations in Slovakia, evidence of which is Weisz’s collection of pellets from 1 6 localities in the Ondavská vrchovina Upland in the years 1945 to 1963, but also a registry of data from the 19th and 20th centuries from higher located basins. In 4 samples of food from the subrecent period diversity in the representation of owl prey is higher, accompanied by low domination ofM. arvalis and a more abundant representation of murids from the genera Mus and Apodemus. The oldest sample, dated to the 16th century, is from a church in Žilina-Rudiny

Baptism, Conversion, and Grace: Reflections on the "Underlying Realities" Between Pentecostals, Methodists, and Catholics

Pneuma ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale Coulter
Keyword(s):  
Conversion Process ◽  
Specific Point ◽  
Infant Baptism ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Church

AbstractThe past four decades of dialogue between Methodists and Catholics as well as Pentecostals and Catholics reveal a shared soteriological substructure between each communion that is grounded in pneumatology. This article explores the shared substructure in order to point out the inherent tensions it raises with respect to baptism and conversion and then offer a possible solution as a way to advance the dialogues. The initial claim being made is that a tension exists in each communion between their commitment to the prevenient activity of the Spirit and their commitment to the sanctifying activity of the Spirit. This tension points toward a need for greater clarity on the modalities of the Spirit's presence in conversion. By reflecting on these modalities, a second claim is made that Pentecostals, Catholics, and Methodists may find agreement on the bestowal of the Spirit in infant baptism or infant dedication as part of the conversion process for those whose physical birth places them within the family of believers. The specific point of agreement would center on the Spirit's bestowal of the "will for faith" as a particular manifestation of sanctifying grace that serves to separate infants within the church from those outside the church who, nevertheless, still benefit from the Spirit's prevenient activity.

Narrated Photography

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-52
Author(s):  
Sarah Dunlop ◽  
Peter Ward
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Lived Religion ◽  
Visual Context ◽  
Textual Material ◽  
Shed Light

This article describes how a recently refined visual ethnographic research method, “narrated photography,” contributes to the study of religion. We argue that this qualitative research method is particularly useful for studies of lived religion and demonstrate this through examples drawn from a study the sacred among young Polish migrants to England. Narrated photography, which entails asking people to photograph what is personally significant to them and then to narrate the image, generates visual and textual material that mediates the subjective. Through using this method we discovered that family was considered to be sacred, both in terms of links to religious practice and a desire for a secure home which family relationships provide. Additionally, narrated photography has the potential to expand our conceptions of lived religion through the inclusion of visual material culture and the visual context of the research participants. In this case the data revealed that the Polish young people view structures within their landscape through a particularly Polish Catholic lens. These findings shed light on the religious tensions that migrants encounter in everyday life.

An Overview on Phytochemical and Pharmacological Profile of Morus alba Linn.

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arpita Paul ◽  
Monami Rajiung ◽  
Kamaruz Zaman ◽  
Sushil Kumar Chaudhary ◽  
Hans Raj Bhat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Morus Alba ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Pharmacological Profile ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
The Past ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
The Family ◽  
White Mulberry

Background: Morus alba Linn. commonly known as white mulberry, belongs to the family Moraceae, is a promising traditional medicine. In Asia, besides its use in the preparation of delicacies, every part of this plant is utilized in traditional medicine. Over the past decade, studies related to identification and isolation of biologically active compounds, with flavonoids as the major class of phytoconstituents, from this plant has been reported. These phytoconstituents are not only found to be beneficial for the maintenance of general health but also are associated with a range of potential pharmacological activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anticancer, hepatoprotective, cardioprotective, neuroprotective to name a few. Objective: This review aims to provide upgraded and comprehensive information regarding the phytochemical, ethnomedicinal use and pharmacological profile of the plant Morus alba Linn. Method: The significant information has been collected through various database viz. PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct based on the recent findings, using different terms of Morus alba. Results: The outcome of the study suggests that Morus alba is a multifunctional plant numerous phytochemicals, and possess a range of pharmacological activities. Conclusion: The data assembled on Morus alba will be beneficial to trigger research in various fields of pharmaceutical and allied science to explore the medicinal importance of this unique plant.

Factor X Deficiency Due to a Compound Heterozygosis Between a New Mutation (Gla72Asp) in Exon 2 and an Already Known one (Gly154Arg) in Exon 5: Factor X Mar Del Plata1)

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-173
Author(s):  
Antonio Girolami ◽  
Diana Noemi Garcia de Paoletti ◽  
Marcelo Leonardo Nenkies ◽  
Silvia Ferrari ◽  
Hugo Guglielmone
Keyword(s):  
Bleeding Tendency ◽  
Bleeding Disorders ◽  
Factor X ◽  
Substitution Therapy ◽  
New Mutation ◽  
Exon 2 ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
Factor X Deficiency ◽  
The Family

Background: Investigation of rare bleeding disorders in Latin-America. Objective: The report of a new case of FX deficiency due to a compound heterozygosis. Methods: Accepted clotting procedures were used. Sequencing of DNA was carried out by means of Applied Biosystems Instruments. Results: A compound heterozygote due to the association of a new mutation (Gla72Asp) with an already known mutation (Gly154Arg) of the FX gene is reported. The proposita is a 38 year old female who had a moderate bleeding tendency (menorrhagia, epistaxis, easy bruising). The proposita has never received substitution therapy but in the occasion of a uterine biopsy. The mother was asymptomatic but was a heterozygote for the new mutation. The father was asymptomatic but had deserted the family and could not be investigated. After this abandonment the mother of the proposita re-married with an asymptomatic man and she gave birth to a son who was asymptomatic but was also heterozygous for the new mutation (Gla72Asp). As a consequence it has to be assumed that the first husband of the mother of the proposita was heterozygous for the known mutation (Gly154Arg). Conclusion: This is the third case of a new mutation in the FX gene reported, during the past few years, in Argentina.

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