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For your review and enjoyment are university papers and memoirs staff and colleagues have written related to the work of the Institutes since the 1960s.

 

University Papers

Bergdall, Thomas W., A Bare Bones Outline of Secular Christianity (2022)

 

Bingham, Annette Patton. An Analysis of Participatory Development Programs Which Could Lead to Empowerment of People. MA Thesis (1993)

 

Clements, Mollie, The New Humanity and An Indicator: As exemplified in the Global Council of the Order: Ecumenical, an independent study with Rosemary R. Ruether, December 6, 1984

 

Crocker, Marilyn, Teacher Burnout: The Price of Chronic Imbalance in The Quality of Worklife Imbalance: A Systems Analysis of the Problem, 1991

 

Epps, John. The Concept of the Church in the Theology of H. Richard Niebuhr,  Doctoral Thesis, Southern Methodist University (1971)

 

Elliott, David D., “The Soul of Man and the Radical Religious: St. Francis and the 20th Century“, dissertation for Master of Divinity at the Chicago Theological Seminary (1971)

 

Gilbert, Amara, Rites of Passage: An ethnographic exploration (May 19, 1998)

 

Hanson, Greta, Intentional Community: An Exploration in Maintenance, Thesis for Bachelor of Arts program, Department of Sociology, 1989

 

Hefte, Rachel M., Co-Motion: Empowering youth through skill training and community-based projects(April 2002), Masters at Hamline University, St. Paul, MN

 

 

Hess, G. Alfred, Jr.,  Epistemological Basis of Imaginal Education (2005); Global Development Training for Village Residents: The Maharashtra Village Development Project, Doctoral Thesis (1980)

 

Jones, Mary Laura. Uptown Then and Now, April 2004

 

Kloepfer, John. The Art of Formative Questioning: A Way to Foster Self-disclosure.Thesis (1990)

 

Kroeger, Brooke Weinstin, “The Ecumenical Institute“, Master’s Project, May 1972

 

Marsh, Catherine, Business Executives’ Perceptions of Ethical Leadership and Its Development, published in the Journal of ‘Business Ethics, 2013

 

Mathews, Joseph Wesley, John Wesley:  Chapter 1:  The Human Constitution; Chapter 2:  The Life of Love; Chapter 3:  The Knowledge of Faith; Conclusion Concluding Remarks, Doctoral Thesis (1947)

 

Mathews, Joseph Wesley, Selected Talks, November 1978

 

Mathews, Joseph Wesley Jr. Fifth City: A case study in community development, MA Thesis (1975)

 

McGuire, Jann. Dark Passage: Illness as Initiation. Doctoral Thesis. University of Creation Spirituality (2001)

 

Newkirk, Karen, TRADING PLACES: Integrating Indigenous Australian knowledge into the modern economy (2020)

 

Packard, K. Elise, The Effect of the Learning Basket Approach on Teen Mothers’ Perception of the Role of Play in Infant Development and Their Own Confidence as Learners, Doctoral Thesis (2003)

 

Salmon, William E., The Development and Application of a Curriculum by which United Methodist Pastor-Parish Relations Committees and Pastors May Move to Mutual Ministry, Doctoral Thesis (1997)

 

Scott, Patricia Porter, ICA as a Learning Organization, 1995

 

Shinn, Ed, Parts of Shinn’s doctoral program:  The Village Earth Model for Sustainable Village Development, and A Brief History of Village Earth.

 

Slotta, OliveAnn Davis, Roles and Perceptions of Five Stakeholder Groups in a High School Program that Exemplified Second-Order Change,Doctoral Thesis (1999)

 

Tupe, Bhimrao, “A Study of Parenting Education“, Masters Thesis (2020)

 

Valdes, Kristine A. An Historical and Philosophical Context for Adopting a Project Approach to Teaching and Learning, MA Thesis (1998)

 

Wilkinson, Conna, The Oklahoma City Central City Jets:  Imaginal Religious Education in an Urban Setting (1994)

 

 

Colleague Memoirs