The following research article is divided into two parts. First, a brief synopsis of Vodou (Voodoo) as practiced in Haiti is provided. This is followed by an anthropological analysis of the religion and practical applications ...

This work explores how the Beitz conference paper—delivered in Schofield, Wisconsin in 1926— ultimately affected the Dakota-Montana District of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod decades later. The first half of the ...

Goesswein argues for the continuing practice of private confession, not for form’s sake or to satisfy a legalistic “necessity,” but for the sake of consciences burdened by sin.

In the 2006 WELS Symposium on the Doctrine of Vocation, Professor Ken Cherney offered this paper, explaining the importance of the this doctrine in the life and teachings of Martin Luther. In his battles with monasticism ...

In this essay, Kenneth Cherney makes five points about financial support of ministers: 1) it is not a payment for services rendered; 2) it is provision for needs, since this service precludes them from earning a livelihood ...

The book of Job is replete with hapax legomena, unusual spellings, vexing text-critical questions, and highly compressed and elliptical constructions. Usually the main point is still discernible, but many scholars have ...