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Digital Research Young People

How Technology is Changing Millennial Faith

The Millennial generation of young people are known as "digital natives". According to recent research carried out by the Barna Group in the USA: "the most common way Millennials are blending their faith and technology is through digital reading of…

RichardOctober 21, 2013

Research

Umuhimu wa Biblia: An investigation into how Tanzanian Christians perceive and engage with God’s Word

MA dissertation: Bible & Mission, Redcliffe College. Abstract: This study examines both what Tanzanian Christians think about the Bible and the way they engage with it, through a review of the literature on Bible use in Africa and primary research…

RichardSeptember 10, 2013

Language Issues Research

Contextualised Language Choice in the Church in Kenya

Fuller Graduate Schools, School of Intercultural Studies Doctor of Intercultural Studies dissertation Abstract: This dissertation explores the missiological opportunities, challenges and implications of growing multilingualism among people who are fluent in two or more languages. I look at the cognitive…

RichardAugust 7, 2013

Children Research

For the Bible tells me so?

Abstract: The flat narratives presented in Children’s Bibles typify the assumption that children are incapable of engaging theologically and critically with the Biblical texts. The manner in which Biblical stories are told to children during their formative years can have…

RichardJuly 24, 2013

Research

Local Ownership in a Language Development Program: Will it Lead to Sustainable Use of Scripture?

"Bible Translation organizations for too long operated under the false assumption that if the Bible was translated, people would be changed by its message. This theory, while rightly acknowledging the power of the Holy Spirit, neglected a full understanding of…

RichardJuly 23, 2013

Bible Translation Research

Bible Translation in Christian Mission

Abstract: After participants had been told of the processes of Bible translation during a prayer partners meeting of Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT), one of them asked, "After the people have been given the Scriptures, what…

RichardJune 10, 2013

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Patronage and Usage of the Mother-Tongue Bibles in Kumasi, Ghana

Abstract: "The need for the translation of the Scriptures into the vernacular to enable people read the Bible in their mother-tongues started in the third century BC in the ancient city of Alexandria in Egypt. Since the first mother-tongue translation…

RichardApril 15, 2013

Research

Are Vernacular Scriptures Being Used? Kabiye Research Results

"Much effort and funding is invested every year by many organizations to provide vernacular Scriptures to minority peoples. Are these Scriptures being used? What factors affect their use? We have anecdotes and rumors, but very little real research. "Over the…

RichardApril 10, 2013

Research

State of the Bible 2013

The State of the Bible 2013 report contains the findings from a nationwide study commissioned by American Bible Society and conducted by Barna Research. From the report: "Americans overwhelming (77%) believe morals and values are declining in the U.S. The…

RichardApril 8, 2013

Advocacy Research

Taylor University – Center for Scripture Engagement

Taylor University (a Christian university in Indiana, USA) has created a Center for Scripture Engagement. The reasons given are: (1) because Scripture Engagement is on the cutting edge of evangelism, (2) because engaging with Scripture is the catalyst for transformational…

RichardAugust 9, 2012

Research

How Technology is Changing Millennial Faith

Umuhimu wa Biblia: An investigation into how Tanzanian Christians perceive and engage with God’s Word

Contextualised Language Choice in the Church in Kenya

For the Bible tells me so?

Local Ownership in a Language Development Program: Will it Lead to Sustainable Use of Scripture?

Bible Translation in Christian Mission

Patronage and Usage of the Mother-Tongue Bibles in Kumasi, Ghana

Are Vernacular Scriptures Being Used? Kabiye Research Results

State of the Bible 2013

Taylor University – Center for Scripture Engagement

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