Integration Of Christianity Research Articles

Walking in “Masses and Elites”: Investigation into Donald MacGillivray’s Missionary Strategies in China (1888–1930)

From his arrival in China in 1888 to his departure in 1930, Canadian missionary, Donald MacGillivray (季理斐), was in China for more than 40 years. According to changes in the Chinese missionary situation, the key target of his mission was frequently adjusted. From his initial work in the early days in North Honan, to his work with officials and intellectuals in Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty, then to students, women, and children in the Republic of China, Donald MacGillivray continued to preach to both the masses and the elites. His approach was flexible, ranging from oral preaching to academic publications. Relying on his interpersonal network, MacGillivray paid close attention to the social changes occurring in modern China. An evaluation of his activities in China can not only reveal the impact of individual missionaries in the process of Western learning and the transformation of Chinese knowledge in modern times, but also provide insight into the integration of Christianity into the indigenization process of China.

Inheritance and Innovation of Corporate Culture: The Integration of Confucianism and Christianity by Modern East Asia Company

Confucianism has a far-reaching influence on all aspects of politics, economy and culture of China, and it is also the ideological foundation of corporate culture construction. The introduction of foreign religions into China in modern times also had an important impact on modern Chinese enterprises and their culture. East Asia Company have successfully created a corporate culture of harmony, service, humanism and win-win by absorbing the excellent ideas of Confucianism and the spirit of Christianity, which is a successful example of the perfect connection between Chinese and Western spirits, and their excellent ideas and valuable experience still have a very important role in shaping contemporary corporate culture.

Training Integrated Clinicians by Example: A Practical Call for Ongoing Spiritual Formation and Mentoring amongst Christian Integrative Counseling Faculty

The body of literature on the integration of Christianity and psychology and/or counseling indicates that integration is best learned and taught through spiritual formation and mentoring relationships. More specifically, the ongoing spiritual formation of counseling or psychology faculty in Christian, integrative programs and their ability to mentor students well are significant in shaping the integrative development of those they educate and train, and for ensuring integrative practice. However, what is underexplored in the literature is how faculty members in integrative programs might personally grow and develop in these areas if they are not already in existence or are underemphasized. This article seeks to address this need by providing an overview of practical ways for strengthening the spiritual formation and mentoring opportunities for Christian, integrative faculty, ultimately with the aim of encouraging greater integrative activity in counselors entering the field. Through a review of the pertinent counseling literature, as well as scholarship on spiritual formation, and spiritual formation and mentoring in educational contexts, a summative list of practical strategies is presented. Implications for broader use and application are also discussed, along with potential opportunities for future research.

Christian Philosophy and Christian Philosophers: Response to Gutowski

The essay is a response to Piotr Gutowski’s Creative Thinking about God and Respect for Christian Identity. The author clarifies his understanding of the Christian integrity and responds to some criticisms formulated by Gutowski.

Toward Integrity and Integration of the Church(es) Relating to the State in the Secularized Cultural Context of Estonian Society

Classical paradigms of the church-state relations may be reflected in how the church has tried to work and live out her integrity in different cultural-political contexts. The churches in Estonia have envisioned Christian integrity in relation to the state differently in different times and stages of societal and cultural development. One could distinguish the following four types of relationships: the conflict, the harmony, the two kingdoms, and the social servanthood. This article will focus on the characteristics of these relationship paradigms along with some personal, communal, and ecumenical examples in the sense of integrity of Estonian church-life from the last century to the present day when social servanthood seems to be most relevant.

The Integration of Psychology & Christianity: A Domain-Based Approach

The Integration of Psychology & Christianity: A Domain-Based Approach

THE INTEGRATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND CHRISTIANITY: A DOMAIN‐BASED APPROACH. By William L.Hathaway & Mark A.Yarhouse. Downers Grove, IL: Inter Varsity Press, 2021, Pp. 199. Paper, $28.00.

Religious Studies ReviewVolume 48, Issue 3 p. 386-386 Short Reviews of Recent Publications: Theology THE INTEGRATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND CHRISTIANITY: A DOMAIN-BASED APPROACH. By William L. Hathaway & Mark A. Yarhouse. Downers Grove, IL: Inter Varsity Press, 2021, Pp. 199. Paper, $28.00. First published: 16 November 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/rsr.15978Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume48, Issue3September 2022Pages 386-386 RelatedInformation

DAMPAK KEPEMIMPINAN BERINTEGRITAS KRISTIANI DAN MOTIVASI TERHADAP KUALITAS PELAYANAN KEPADA NASABAH PERMATA BANK BATAM

The purpose of this research is to describe the impact of leadership with Christian integrity and work motivation as employees on the quality of service to customers at Permata Bank Batam. The scope of this research are motivation and leadership variable where in an organization the impact of a leader greatly affects the work that is the target of the achievement of the business process. This research method uses library analysis to explore some of the lives of Christian integrity characters and a quantitative approach using multiple regression analysis to measure the influence between variables partially and the Anova test to measure the percentage of impact strength between variables, while the data analysis instrument uses SPSS. The results of this study from the R coefficient that the independent variables of Christian integration and work motivation contribute to the improvement of service quality to customers at Permata Bank Batam by 43.1%. The role of leadership with Christian integrity and motivation is proven to be able to improve staff services to customers at Permata Bank. A successful leader must have real Integrity in every leadership he carries out. Leaders with Christian integrity have proven to be needed and able to motivate the running of qualified operational activities and improve services to customers at Bank Permata Batam.

Hippolytus' Perspective on Christian Integrity During the Persecution

Hippolytus' Perspective on Christian Integrity During the Persecution

From the Religious Disenchantment of Christian Integrity to the Modern and Post-Modern Religious Re-enchantment. A few Considerations from the Orthodox Point of View.

From the Religious Disenchantment of Christian Integrity to the Modern and Post-Modern Religious Re-enchantment. A few Considerations from the Orthodox Point of View.

Contribution of Education, Employment, and Ethnicity Level to The Integration of Islam and Christian Religions in Central Lampung Regency

The study explores data on the contribution of education, employment, and ethnicity to the integration of Muslims and Christians in Central Lampung Regency by looking at the sociological dynamics of integration between Muslims and Christians. The integration group is divided into two, majority-minority and balanced group, based on religious affiliation. Data is collected using observation, interviews, and questionnaires consisting of favorable and unfavorable. The data collected is analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Quantitative analysis is carried out using one-way analysis of variance using the SPSS computer program while qualitative analysis is carried out using logical thinking including induction, deduction, analogy and comparison. The results of the study indicate that there are differences in integration between villages with a majority-minority and balanced religious composition, that the majority-minority community group has a higher quality of integration than the balanced group. The education variable shows that the level of education has a positive relationship with the level of integration. The higher the education is, the higher the quality of integration is. The job variable has no significant effect, but the overall mean is above the hypothetical mean. Ethnicity variables indicate variations in the quality of integration, in which the Batak and Javanese ethnicities have high integration quality, Palembang ethnicity is moderate, and Lampung ethnicity has low integration quality.

Localisation of Christianity in China: difficulties in and possibilities of achieving harmonious cultural integration

ABSTRACT The Sinicization of religions has been a hot topic in China’s religious communities for several years; from the perspective of Christianity, Sinicization, especially the fusion of Christianity and Chinese culture, has also been a key point of discussion between Chinese churchmen recently. Cultural integration under local conditions is a relatively easy starting point for considering the issues, while political identity and social adaptation are usually based on cultural integration which remains an urgent issue that needs to be solved in the Christian community in China today. This paper discusses cultural integration during the localisation of religion, the integration of Christianity with Chinese traditional culture and the contemporary socialist context, to provide some advice and ideas about the promotion of the localisation of Christianity in China.

“Piercing the veil into Beliefs”: Christians Metaphysical Realities vis-à-vis Realities on African Traditional Medicine

This paper centres on the contentions between the use of African Traditional medicine and convoluted beliefs among some Christianity groups. It is argued that most Pentecostal churches in Africa vilify African cultural practices and deter their converts from using African traditional medicine. Feelings of disgrace and trepidation when asked about traditional healing frequently make it difficult, particularly for the individuals who have become Christians and have acknowledged western medicine, to reveal their insight into non-western treatments. Against this backdrop, the primary aim of this paper is to unveil the conflict between Christianity and the use of African traditional medicine. The broad aim is to create a platform for a conjectural dialogue towards appreciation for a ‘new world order’ that necessitates an integration of African Traditional Religion and Christianity through adopting a comprehension of cultural differences. The paper draws in the existing scholarly literature on the contention that Pentecostalism do not acclimatize with cultural practices of the African indigenous people preceding persuading them about switching to God who is introduced in the Bible. It has been established that as per the Bible and Christian teachings, the use of traditional medicine is a cursed thing. The authors recommend a confrontation of the healing crisis in Africa through fostering cordial cooperation and of biomedicine, African traditional practitioners and Christian groups.

Professional counseling from a Christian worldview

ABSTRACT As the counseling profession has increased focus on spiritual integration into counseling sessions, such integration brings necessary attention to professional ethics. While ethical guidelines mandate that counselors not impose values on clients, this has oftentimes been confused with the false idea that counselors who are Christian may not or cannot practice ethically due to potential conflicts between ethical practice and religious beliefs. This study helps explore professional counselors’ understanding of the integration of Christianity into professional counseling. Such an understanding may help correct biases regarding ethical use of Christianity in professional mental health counseling.

In Faith and Practice: How Christian Doctoral Programs Address Religious Diversity Needs

Many Americans identify as religious or spiritual, with a large subset of these individuals identifying as Christian. However, many doctoral training programs neglect to incorporate religion and spirituality into their curricula in an intentional and integrated way. Past national research has documented that many professionals report feeling incompetent, ill-prepared, or reticent to attend to religion and spirituality matters in their teaching and practices. In contrast, Christian doctoral programs address this problem by intentionally hiring qualified faculty who can articulate a clear faith commitment, and through curricular offerings that emphasize the integration of faith and professional practice. By doing so, they offer an approach to doctoral education that incorporates an additional dimension in terms of secular professional diversity standards. Programs like the ones outlined in this article enhance their students’ and trainees’ competency by attending to religion and spirituality as diversity factors. Such programs also attend to religious diversity as an essential personal dimension of life for many clientele. Furthermore, the integration of faith with academic endeavors has the potential to deepen professional identity development and to offer the added layer of integrating occupation and spiritual vocation. Three sample programs are described in this article, highlighting how each doctoral program—one in clinical psychology, one in law, and one in business administration—distinctively practices Christian integration. The benefits of these programs to students and other professional training programs are also discussed.

Christian Religious Education and Integrity: A Case Study of Babock University, Nigeria

The goal of education, especially Christian religious education, is to restore human beings back into the image of God in which they were created. This is achieved by inculcating moral values into students and use education to build their character that it might reflect the character of God. One of the major moral values that is highly needed in Nigeria society is integrity. Babcock University as a Christian institution practices religious education in which Christian faith is integrated into every fabric of her educational practices. Since inception, Babcock has had integrity as part of her core values. This has been promoted, encouraged practiced and coached by the university personnel. This study investigated the level of integrity and the process of its attainment. Since religious universities constituted about two third of private universities that takes about 45% of the total private institutions in Nigeria, there is a high need of building integrity in these universities in order to promote integrity in the nation. The study adopted qualitative research method using interview as means of data collection. The study found that leadership and freedom are essential factors in ensuring integrity.

Measuring Christian Integration in Professional Counseling Practice and the Contributions of Spiritual Formation and Mentoring

This study surveyed counselors who integrate Christian faith to determine the impact of spiritual formation and mentoring relationships on integration satisfaction and activity. A holistic measure of integrative practice is proposed and used. In a convenience sample of 226 counselors who were Christian, a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) found spiritual formation and mentoring relationships significantly contribute to satisfaction ( p < .001, [Formula: see text] = .127) and activity ( p = .001, [Formula: see text] = .041) of integration. A second MANOVA and post hoc tests explore the contribution of spiritual formation and mentoring relationship to 12 integration elements. A T-test found mean satisfaction was significantly higher than activity ( p < .001, d = 0.7) of integration. Counselor development is discussed in light of study findings with specific recommendations including a focus on spiritual formation.

Korean Christian Students' Adaptation and Integration in British Society: Their Identity Formation and Negotiation Processes

1 This paper explores Korean Christian students' adaptation and integration process in Britain, and their identity formation and negotiation, primarily based on ethnographic research. Korean student migrants undergo peculiar types of challenges during their integration process and experience conflicts between previously obtained and newly formed identities. Their attendance of and involvement in either a Korean or a British church helps them to overcome these challenges and influences them to continually (re)form identity/identities. While negotiating between different identities, their Christian identity – as their original identity that transcends cultural boundaries and influences – reminds them of their ontological value and encourages them to continue their life as migrants despite the challenges. Nevertheless, I will examine at the same time the notion that the migrants' Christian identity is a Korean Christian identity with cultural identity markers that define a Korean ethnic identity, which provides them hope in British society not only to survive but even to flourish as migrants.

Vocation and Lifelong Spiritual Formation: A Christian Integrative Perspective on Calling in Mid-career

This qualitative study examined perceptions of calling among 35 U.S. mid-career missionaries. Participants indicated that calling is a lifelong process of listening to God. They also emphasized ongoing personal and spiritual formation as foundational to living a calling. Current theological and theoretical research is discussed and evaluated to develop an integrative Christian perspective on the source(s), nature, means, and enactment of calling. Findings argue for the development of a robust spiritual theology of calling.

Re-imagining Integration: Student and Faculty Perspectives on Integration Training at Christian Doctoral Programs

Several explicitly Christian doctoral psychology programs exist in the United States, providing training in the integration of psychology and Christianity. The purpose of this study was to conduct a program evaluation of student and faculty perspectives on the Christian integration training in six explicitly Christian doctoral psychology programs. A total of 299 students and 51 faculty completed the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale and a questionnaire consisting of quantitative and qualitative questions about various aspects of their program’s Christian-integrative training. Quantitative analysis revealed that faculty tend to perceive their program’s Christian-integrative training as more positive and effective than do students. Qualitative grounded-theory analysis revealed that students desire more contextual, relational, and applied learning to be incorporated into their Christian-integrative training. Training and research implications are discussed, such as moving integration toward a postmodern frame that includes increased emphasis on clinical application, diversity, and contextual learning.