Music is a sacred language that facilitates divine encounter. The church has developed a unique musical language which is distinct from other contemporary genres. This thesis explores the efficacy of liturgies that use ...

This thesis describes the creative arts therapies being implemented throughout Canada and in two major areas in the United States. Creative art therapies include art, music, poetry, dance and movement therapy, improvisation ...

This thesis explores faithful expressions of singleness for divorced United Church clergy as defined by those clergy members, and how these expressions are perceived by the church. Using the qualitative research method of ...

This thesis is an exploration of how Christian communities ought to imagine themselves vis a vis their inhabited landscapes, as well as how the Biblical text (especially the Old Testament) can serve to root communities in ...

The objective of this research is to describe how the experience of working for social justice in the context of occupied Palestine, from the point of view of a sample of international volunteers, is aligned with the ...

Despite growing interest in the past two decades, animal ethics remains a relatively minute area of theology. Some writings have emerged in theological circles arguing for animal rights or even for how to conceive of animals ...

This thesis explores the essential role of proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ in Blessed Pope John Paul II’s New Evangelization. The process of evangelization is defined in terms of proclamation, followed by the ...

This thesis examines how the teachings of John Paul II could have an impact on social justice and economical systems. I demonstrate that the current crisis is more a humanistic than an economic crisis. Through what I have ...