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Addressing the weight of caring for souls and the troubled heart of the pastor through biblical counseling , a biblical analysis of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (emdr) therapy and its use in biblical counseling , male and female he created them: the implications of a paradigmatic reading of genesis 1–3 for the complementarian-egalitarian debate , death will die: finding eternal life from a johannine ars moriendi , the evolution of homiletic instruction at the southern baptist theological seminary from john broadus to charles gardner , how penal substitution addresses our shame: the bible’s shame dynamics and their relationships to evangelical doctrine , “a golden mine opened”: the role of christ-centered preaching in the sermons of benjamin keach , the pastor as a biblical counselor and equipper of biblical counselors within the local church , missionary sending and the moravian brethren , the imago dei, transhumanism, and the future glory of humanity: a critical interaction with ray kurzweil's technological singularity , a critique of the early islamic charge that paul corrupted christ’s original religion , the virtues of discipleship: faith and mercy as righteousness in matthew's gospel , biblical meditation and the visual arts: a method of biblical meditation for a post- christian, visually-saturated age , developing an awareness of the demonic in biblical counseling, in conversation with william perkins , foreign language acquisition among children with down syndrome: a precedent study for christian schools , the pastoral theology of the apostolic fathers , the contribution of ambrose jessup tomlinson to classical pentecostalism , rediscovering and applying god's holiness in isaiah 6 and revelation 4 through the lens of abraham kuruvilla's hermeneutical and homiletical approach , he makes her desert like the garden of yhwh: a typological understanding of the birth of isaac as resurrection from death , jesus as god's delight in the gospel of matthew: an overlooked aspect of matthew's christology .

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Submissions from 2022 2022.

(Graduate Paper) The Role and Characteristic of Love in 1 Corinthians 13 , Ninh Van Nguyen

(Master's Thesis) Synodality as the Listening Church: Pope Francis Continues and Expands Vatican II's Teaching on Collegiality , Toan Van Phan O.Cist

Submissions from 2021 2021

(Graduate Paper) Pauline Theology: The Interdependently Called Body of Christ , Katryna Bertucci

(Master's Thesis) The Glory of the Lord Whose Likeness is as the Appearance of a Human Being/Adam: A Study of Ezekiel’s Son of Man/Adam Anthropology , Timothy R. Schmeling

(Graduate Paper) The Power, (Problem), and Potential of Prayer , Meghan E. Stretar

Submissions from 2020 2020

(Graduate Paper) How Can Catholic Youth Programs Improve the Youth’s Connection To the Mass? , Elizabeth Cook

(Graduate Paper) Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: A Glimpse Into the Theme of Righteousness Through the Anthropology, Theology, and Spirituality of the Psalms , Elizabeth Cook

(Graduate Paper) Introducing Queer Theology , Cole Epping

(Graduate Paper) Taking Care of the Forgotten: A Pastoral Response to the Hospice Care Professional , Constance Friebohle

(Graduate Paper) A Global Church in the Local Parish: Fostering Intercultural Competency for Indonesian Catholic Ministry in the United States , Janice Kristanti

(Graduate Paper) The Indispensability of Inculturation For Effective Evangelization: Revisiting The Evangelization of Sub-Saharan Africa , Mark Obeten

(Graduate Paper) Seeking a New Paradigm for Youth Ministry of Waegwan Abbey, South Korea , Cyprian Ji-Eung Ryu

(Graduate Paper) The Catholic Church and the Turn of the 20th Century: An Anthropology of Human Flourishing and a Church for Peace , Maria Siebels

(Graduate Paper) The Wounded Body of Christ: Social Trauma in Pastoral Care , Kelsi Watters

Submissions from 2019 2019

(Graduate Paper) A Non-Dualistic Reading of Body and Soul in the Gospel of Matthew: Focusing on Matthew 10:39 in the Context of Discipleship , Alexander Blechle

Submissions from 2018 2018

(Graduate Paper) Catholic Social Teaching and the Christian Responsibility to the Poor , Rose Aspholm

(Master's Thesis) Not Quite Calvinist: Cyril Lucaris a Reconsideration of His Life and Beliefs , Stephanie Falkowski

(Graduate Paper) Life or Death and Other False Dichotomies: A Theology of Hospice , Kayla Stock

Submissions from 2017 2017

(Master's Thesis) On Dionysian Theological Methodology , Joseph Arrendale

(Graduate Paper) The Transcendence of the Apprehension of Beauty , Mary Abigail Coleman

(Graduate Paper) The Paradox of Remarkable/Unremarkable Julian of Norwich , John P. Fitzgibbons

(Book Chapter) Agape Unbound in Silence and Deep River , Elizabeth Cameron Galbraith

(Graduate Paper) Formed for Diverse Communion: Toward Developing An Ecumenical Formation Process for New Members of Holy Wisdom Monastery’s Sunday Assembly , Rosy Kandathil OSB

(Graduate Paper) A Garden Enclosed, A Fountain Sealed Up: Paradoxical and Generative Metaphors of Enclosure in Medieval Female Anchoritism , Cody Maynus Obl.S.B.

(Graduate Paper) The Gospel of Mark , Nancy McCabe

(Master's Thesis) A Theological Retrieval of Communal Parenting as a Moral Response to Baby Stealing and Childlessness in Nigeria , Henry U. Omeike

(Graduate Paper) Do This, in Memory of Me! , Joseph Qiu-Lin Zhang

Submissions from 2016 2016

(Master's Thesis) A Church Built on Charity: Augustine's Ecclesiology , Michael J. Clinger Jr

(Graduate Paper) A Story of Identity in the Christian East , Manya Gustafson

(Graduate Paper) Jude's Enochian Apocalypse , Lucian López OSB

(Graduate Paper) Matthew's Least Brothers and It's Application in the Catholic Church , Runbao Zhang

Submissions from 2015 2015

(Electronic Book) Illuminating Christ , Jessie Bazan

(Master's Thesis) Gifting Freedom to the Samaritan: Considerations on access to both the sacramental event and salvation for those who, for whatever reason, find themselves outside the Church, and the consequences of identity for the Church in gifting such access , C. A. Chase

(Graduate Paper) My Brother's a Jerk and Dad's Gonna Spank Him: Roles and Relations in Obadiah , Aletta Stumo

Submissions from 2014 2014

(Graduate Paper) Christology, Theology, & Evolution in Celia Deane-Drummond's Christ and Evolution , Trevor Beach SJ

(Graduate Paper) Joy as Illumination: Participation in God's Life-giving Trinitarian Love , Trevor Beach SJ

(Graduate Paper) Consideration of the Church's Identity and Mission, Predicated on the Church Be-ing 'Ligamen' (Bond) , C. A. Chase

(Graduate Paper) Observations on the Performative Force of the Qyama and the Ihidaye, and its Pertinancy Today , C. A. Chase

(Graduate Paper) Christ, the Meeting Point of Sacramental and Trinitarian Theology , Nathan Peter Chase

(Graduate Paper) The Christological Remnants within Eucharistic Prayers , Nathan Peter Chase

(Master's Thesis) With Eyes That See: The Role of Spiritual Vision in the Ascent of Nyssen Noetic Theology , Benjamin Rush

(Master's Thesis) St. John of the Cross and the Denudation of the Soul , Wesley Sutermeister

Submissions from 2013 2013

(Graduate Paper) A History and Analysis of the Missel Romain pour les Diocese du Zaire , Nathan Peter Chase

(Graduate Paper) The Development of the Epiclesis: Alexandrian or Syrian? , Nathan Peter Chase

Submissions from 2011 2011

(Graduate Paper) Short-Term Solution, Long-Term Problem: The Rite of Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest and its Use in the United States of America , Christopher Angel

(Graduate Paper) Welcome (Back): The Use of Initiatory Elements in the Reconciliation of Heretics to the Early Church , Christopher Angel

(Graduate Paper) The Gospel of Matthew: The Temple Cleansing in 21:12-17 , Kasey Devine

(Graduate Paper) The "Ladder" of the Lord's Plagues , Kasey DeVine

Submissions from 2010 2010

(Graduate Paper) St. John Chrysostom and His Message of Social Justice Today , Joel Cassady

(Graduate Paper) Trinitarian Christology: The Grammar of The Christian Faith and the Foundation for a Theology of Religious Pluralism , Eric Christensen

(Graduate Paper) Entering into the Profound Mystery: Yves Congar’s Via Media on the Salvation of People of Non-Christian Religions , Elizabeth M. Cunneen

Submissions from 2009 2009

(Graduate Paper) Ego Eimi Formula and a Sense of Continuity in John’s Gospel Chapter Sixth (Jn 6: v.20, vss.35-58) , John Changjin Bai

(Graduate Paper) Jesus the Christ as a Jun-Zi in Confucian Perspectives , John Changjin Bai

(Graduate Paper) An Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 12:31 - 13:1-3 , Gregory Congote OSB

(Graduate Paper) Gregory Palamas and Hesychasm , Gregory Congote OSB

(Graduate Paper) Modern Usury: The Moral Challenge of Credit Cards in Light of Catholic Teaching and Practice in the Past and the Present , David R. Smoker

Submissions from 2008 2008

(Graduate Paper) Community in the Theology of Søren Aabye Kierkegaard , Nicholas Coffman

(Graduate Paper) Jean-Luc Marion’s Theology of Eucharistic Presence , Nicholas Coffman

(Graduate Paper) Proclaiming the Truth of Beauty , Larry Fraher

(Graduate Paper) Augustine of Hippo and Elizabeth de la Trinite: A Conversation across the Centuries , Vernon W. Goodin

(Graduate Paper) "Who Do You Say That I Am?" The Role of Story in Christology , Vernon W. Goodin

(Graduate Paper) Sufficere, “It Is Enough”: Avarice vs. Simplicity and Detachment in the Rule of Saint Benedict , Arlen M. Hanson

(Graduate Paper) Stories in Stained Glass: An Analysis of the Stained-Glass Windows at Saint Norbert Abbey in De Pere, Wisconsin , Timothy A. Johnston

(Master's Thesis) Wittgenstein and Worship: Investigations of Liturgical Language-Games and Their Formative Role in Christian Identity , Michelle Kathleen Weber

Submissions from 2007 2007

(Graduate Paper) Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Prophet & Martyr , Fr. Michael Calhoun OSB

(Graduate Paper) Saint Basil: Monastic Reformer , Fr. Michael Calhoun OSB

(Graduate Paper) Looking at Conflict Diamonds Through the Lens of Catholic Social Teaching , Heather Cherpelis

(Graduate Paper) “Allegorical Typologies” of the Eucharist: An Analysis of Some Eastern Liturgical Commentaries , Nathaniel G. Costa

(Graduate Paper) “For All the Saints”: A Feast for All People and All Time , Nathaniel G. Costa

(Graduate Paper) Eternal Hope: The Story of Sr. Mary Luke Tobin and Other Women who Participated in Vatican Council II , Megan S. Enninga

(Graduate Paper) Vulgar and Ascetic Christians: the Myth of a Higher Spirituality The rhetoric of monastic profession as a second baptism , August L. Gothman

(Graduate Paper) Active Participation and the Song of the Assembly , William Griffiths

(Graduate Paper) Transforming both the gifts and the people: Eucharistic presence , William Griffiths

(Graduate Paper) “You Can Become All Flame”: Do the Desert Fathers Have Anything to Say to Us Today? , Arlen M. Hanson

(Graduate Paper) Toward a Domestic Ecclesiology: The "Domestic Church" Finds Articulation in Pope John Paul II's "Theology of the Body" , Craig James St. Clair

(Graduate Paper) Celebrating the Communion Rite , Jay Stimac

(Graduate Paper) Karl Rahner: On Grace and Salvation , Nicole Streit

(Graduate Paper) One Body, One Spirit, One Priesthood; Many Members, Many Charisms, Many Ministries: Reflections Anglican and Catholic , Cody C. Unterseher

(Graduate Paper) Arianism, Athanasius, and the Effect on Trinitarian Thought , Andy Witchger

(Graduate Paper) How the Parish and School of St. Agnes Creates Vocations , Andy Witchger

Submissions from 2006 2006

(Graduate Paper) How Paul and the Jerusalem Council Might Speak to Division in the Twenty-First Century Church , Mary Birmingham

(Master's Thesis) Becoming One Spirit: Origen and Evagrius Ponticus on Prayer , Hilary Case OSB

(Graduate Paper) Syncletica: Urban Ascetic and Desert Mother , Susan Dreyer OSB

(Graduate Paper) The Education of Heloise in Twelfth-Century France , Susan Dreyer OSB

(Graduate Paper) A Woman of the Reformation , Megan S. Enninga

(Graduate Paper) A Key and Classic Text: Ephesians 5:21-33 , Katinka Nadine Ellen Evers

(Graduate Paper) Concealing to Reveal: Modesty in Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body , Katinka Nadine Ellen Evers

(Graduate Paper) Sex in the City of God , Diana Macalintal

(Graduate Paper) The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ecclesial Discipleship and Redemption , Diane Draxler Pederson

(Graduate Paper) The Spiritual Potential of Poetry , Carl Schlueter

(Graduate Paper) Complicating the Poor Widow’s Gift: Exegesis on Mk. 12:41-44 , Timothy Traynor

(Graduate Paper) "We Should Glory in the Cross:" The Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross and its Contemporary Liturgical Significance , Cody C. Unterseher

Submissions from 2005 2005

(Graduate Paper) Hermeneutics and Liturgical Space: Interpreting the Domus Ecclesiae - Domus Dei , Gregory Reed Beath

(Graduate Paper) Eros: Human and Divine , Denae M. Fielder

(Graduate Paper) And the Question Became Flesh: Jesus the Catechist in the Gospel of John , Diana Macalintal

(Graduate Paper) Hesychast Prayer: Attending the Cosmic Banquet of the Heart , Tamara Ann Moore

(Graduate Paper) A Study in Spiritual Lineage: The "Influence and Noninfluence" of Pseudo-Dionysius on The Cloud of Unknowing , David M. Odorisio

(Graduate Paper) The Cistercian Spirit in Stone , David M. Odorisio

(Graduate Paper) Architectural Reforms of Eucharistic Reservation , Diane Draxler Pederson

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Master's theses from 2016 2016.

The Relationship of the Old Covenant to the Everlasting Covenant , Kumar Ashwani

Master's Theses from 2015 2015

Rita Nakashima Brock, Rebecca Ann Parker, and Governmental Atonement Theology , Andrew John Blosser

Master's Theses from 2014 2014

The Ethical Viability of Church Support of Moral Legislation , Jason Alexander Hines

Master's Theses from 2013 2013

Toward a Biblical View of Collective Responsibility for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Twenty-first Century , Miroslav Danihel

Master's Theses from 2012 2012

Protology and Eschatology in the Writings of John C. Polkinghorne: a Study of Contrastive Roles of Scripture , H. Nicholas De Lima

Socially Constructing God: Gender, Culture, and a Stratified Trinity , Landon P. Schnabel

Master's Theses from 2009 2009

The Doctrine of Sin in the Thought of George R. Knight: Its Context and Implications , Jamie Kiley

Master's Theses from 2008 2008

Reason in Theology: a Comparison of Fernando Canale and Wolfhart Pannenberg , Sven Fockner

Master's Theses from 1993 1993

Quantum Reality: Some Implications for Christian Theology , Charles Chinyoung Choo

Master's Theses from 1990 1990

Inerrancy and Sovereignty: a Case Study on Carl F. H. Henry , Joseph Karanja

Master's Theses from 1989 1989

The Final Generation: a Descriptive Account of the Development of a Significant Aspect of M.l. Andreasen's Eschatology as Related to His Treatment of the Sanctuary Doctrine Between 1924-1937 , Dwight Eric Haynes

Master's Theses from 1958 1958

An Investigation of the Concept of Perfectionism as Target in the Writings of Ellen G. White , F. W. Bieber

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The Theology Dissertations Series is comprised of dissertations authored by Marquette University's Theology Department doctoral students.

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Ontological Subordination in Novatian of Rome's Theology of the Son , Daniel Lloyd

Dominus Mortis: Martin Luther on the Incorruptibility of God in Christ , David Luy

The Church and the Mediation of Grace: A Reformed Perspective on Ordained Ministry and the Threefold Office of Christ , Michael Joe Matossian

From Cleansed Lepers to Cleansed Hearts: The Developing Meaning of Katharizo in Luke-Acts , Pamela Shellberg

Lonergan on the Historical Causality of Christ: An Interpretation of 'The Redemption: A Supplement to De Verbo Incarnato' , John Volk

The Christology of Theodoret of Cyrrhus: The Question of Its Development , Vasilije Vranic

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

"Poor Maggot-Sack that I Am": The Human Body in the Theology of Martin Luther , Charles Lloyd Cortright

Intersex and Imago: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Postmodern Theological Anthropology , Megan K. DeFranza

Qoheleth: An Anti-apocalyptic Genre for a Message of Joy , Jerome Douglas

Renaming Abraham's Children: Election, Ethnicity and the Interpretation of Scripture in Romans 9 , Robert Bruce Foster

Lex Orandi, Lex Legendi: A Correlation of the Roman Canon and the Fourfold Sense of Scripture , Matthew Thomas Gerlach

The Way to God or God's Way to Us: The Theologies of Edward Farley and James McClendon in Critical Dialogue , Thomas W. Harrington

Early Christian Sex Change. The Ascetical Context of "Being Made Male" in Early Christianity , Jennifer Lynne Henery

The Trinitarian Theology of Irenaeus of Lyons , Jackson Jay Lashier

Renewing a Catholic Theology of Marriage through a Common Way of Life: Consonance with Vowed Religious Life-in-Community , Kent Lasnoski

Mercy, Justice, and Politics: John Paul II on Capital Punishment , Kevin E. Miller

The Assumption of All Humanity in Saint Hilary of Poitiers' Tractatus super Psalmos , Ellen Scully

Full, Conscious, and Active Participation: The Laity as Ecclesial Subjects in an Ecclesiology Informed by Bernard Lonergan , Mary Utzerath

The Metaphysics and Intellective Psychology in the Natural Desire for Seeing God: Henri de Lubac and Neo-Scholasticism , Christine Wood

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

Chosen Nation: Biblical Theopolitics and the Problem of American Christian Nationalism , Braden P. Anderson

The Church's Unity and Authority: Augustine's Effort to Convert the Donatists , Gavril Andreicut

Word and Faith in the Formation of Christian Existence: A Study in Gerhard Ebeling's Rejection of the Joint Declaration , Scott A. Celsor

The Noetic Paschal Anthropos: Genesis 1:27 and the Theology of the Divine Image in Early Paschal Literature , Dragos Andrei Giulea

"The People Believe That He Has Risen from the Dead": The Gospel of Peter and Early Christian Apologetics , Timothy Henderson

The Septuagintal Isaian Use of Nomos in the Lukan Presentation Narrative , Mark Walter Koehne

The Body as Symbol: Bringing Together Theories of Sex/Gender and Race for Theological Discourse , Patricia Lewis

An Ecclesiology of Charisms in the Theology of Francis A. Sullivan , Michael Anthony Novak

The Enochic Watchers' Template and the Gospel of Matthew , Amy Elizabeth Richter

Visionary Ascents of Moses in Pseudo-Philo's Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum: Apocalyptic Motifs and the Growth of Visionary Moses Tradition , Kristine Johnson Ruffatto

Isaac of Stella, the Cistercians and the Thomas Becket Controversy: A Bibliographical and Contextual Study , Travis D. Stolz

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

The Theology of the Holy Spirit According to Irenaeus of Lyons , Anthony A. Briggman

Wisdom Editing in the Book of Psalms: Vocabulary, Themes, and Structures , Steven Dunn

The Self-Donation of God: Gerhard Forde and the Question of Atonement in the Lutheran Tradition , Jack Kilcrease

Theological Hermeneutics in the Classical Pentecostal Tradition: A Typological Account , Louis William Oliverio Jr.

Inverberation - The Idiom of "God Among Us:" Karl Barth's Filial-Pneumatology as the Basic Structure of Theology , Aaron T. Smith

Pentecostal Theology According to the Theologians: An Introduction to the Theological Methods of Pentecostal Systematic Theologians , Christopher Adam Stephenson

"It seems good to the Holy Spirit and to us": Toward a Feminist Pneumatological Argument for Women in Ministry , Lisa P. Stephenson

Using "Chaos" in Articulating the Relationship of God and Creation in God's Creative Activity , Eric Michael Vail

Beyond Stewardship: Toward an Agapeic Environmental Ethic , Christopher J. Vena

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

John Courtney Murray, S.J., and Incarnational Humanism , Richard S. Arndt

What the Law Cannot Do: Samuel DeWitt Proctor's Theological Response to An American Crisis, 1945-1997 , Adam L. Bond

A Great High Priest Who has Passed through the Heavens: In Quest of the Apocalyptic Roots of the Epistle to the Hebrews , James M. Carlson

The Breaking of the Tablets: A Comparison of the Egyptian Execration Ritual to Exodus 32:19 and Jeremiah 19 , Michael S. Donahou

The Mother of Christ As a Symbol of Christian Unity: A Case Study for Ecumenical Dialogue , Maura E. Hearden

Re-reading Yoder in Order to Conscientiously Engage Technology through the Practices of the Church , Paul C. Heidebrecht

The Catholic Church in Dialogue with Non-Christian Faith Traditions: Engaging Jacques Dupuis's Model of Religious Pluralism with Walter Ong's Concept of Dialogic Openness in Media Society , Marinus Chijioke Iwuchukwu

"Broken Nets": Augustine, Schisms and Rejuvenating Councils in North Africa , Fortunate Ojiako

The Sources of Ecclesiastes: The "Epic of Gilgamesh" as a Source Document for Ecclesiastes , Timothy Nalin Senapatiratne

The Sources of Ecclesiastes: The Epic of Gilgamesh As a Source Document for Ecclesiastes , Timothy Nalin Senapatiratne

A More thorough Trinitarian: Reconsidering Moses Stuart's Role in the Trinitarian Debate in New England, 1819-1850 , Jeffrey A. Wilcox

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Composition and Redaction in the Coptic Gospel of Mary , Ardyth L. Bass

The Angelomorphic Spirit in Early Christianity: Scripture and theology in Clement of Alexandria's Eclogae Propheticae and Adumbrationes , Bogdan G. Bucur

Roman Catholic social bioethics critiques secular bioethics: Fetal tissue research and vulnerable populations , Shawnee M Daniels-Sykes

Roman Catholic Social Bioethics Critiques Secular Bioethics: Fetal Tissue Research and Vulnerable Populations , Shawnee M. Daniels-Sykes

The Role of Human Creativity in the Theological Anthropology of Centesimus Annus and Its Implications for Christian Economic Practices , Kari-Shane Davis

The Mission Theology of the Irish Holy Ghost Fathers in Igboland, 1905-1970, in the Light of the Changing Face of Mission Today: Toward a Mission Theology for the Igbo Church , Charles Achunike Ebelebe

Matthew's Vision: The Unity of the Formula Citations in Matt 1:1-4:16 , Jeremy R. Holmes

Prophetic Catholicism: Appropriating John Courtney Murray, S.J., in Postmodern America , Jennifer Laske

Encounter - call - mission: Conversion in the writings of Hans Urs von Balthasar , Daniel W McGuire

The Harmony between the Right to Private Property and the Call to Solidarity in Modern Catholic Social Teaching , Constance J. Nielsen

Intersecting Narratives: The Quest for Identity in a Post-Traditional World and the Prophetic Message of Franz Kafka , Matthew T. Powell

ruah YHWH, ruah 'elohim: A case for literary and theological distinction in the Deuteronomistic History , John M Ragsdale

The Heart of Rahner: An Analysis of Karl Rahner's Theology Using Andrew Tallon's Theory of Triune Consciousness , Heidi Russell

Yahweh Will be My God "if": The Vow of Jacob and His Relationship to the God of His Fathers (Genesis 25-35) , Nathanael E. Schmiedicke

The Gate of Heaven Opens to the Trinity: The Trinitarian Mysticism of Adrienne von Speyr , Matthew Lewis Sutton

Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006

The Trinitarian Ecclesiology of Dumitru Staniloae and Its Significance for Contemporary Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue , Radu Bordeianu

A Critical Assessment of Sacrament and Ethics in the Thought of Louis-Marie Chauvet , Timothy M. Brunk

Who Are the Wise? : A Critical Analysis of Film and Papal Social Teaching for Those Who Can Reclaim and Revitalize the Vision of a More Just America , Alejandro Crosthwaite

Tradition in Transformation: The Celebration of the Lord's Supper in the Reformed Church in America , Christopher Dorn

The Costly Witness of the Church: The World Council of Churches' Study on Ecclesiology and Ethics , John A. Jones

When Faith Judges History: The Anglo-American Religious and Political Experience, and Public Theology, As Missing Elements in Political and Liberation Theology , Ramón Luzárraga III

"Let Us Sing to the Lord": The Biblical Odes in the Codex Alexandrinus , James A. Miller

Nicholas of Lyra's Use of St. Thomas Aquinas' Expositio Super Iob Ad Litteram in His Postilla on Job , Troy P. Pflibsen

Rethinking Christian Salvation in the Light of Ghandi's Satyagraha , Terrence J. Rynne

The trinitarian theology of Marius Victorinus: Polemic and exegesis , John T Voelker

Modern Mormon Use of Patristic Sources to Validate the Utah-Mormon Church , Chris Welborn

The Challenge of Modern Inter-Orthodox Rapprochement and Reconciliation , Kenneth F. Yossa

Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

The Relevance of Bernard Lonergan's Notion of Self-Appropriation to a Mystical-Political Theology , Ian Bell

Moses, Adam and the Glory of the Lord in Ezekiel the Tragedian: On the Roots of a Merkabah Text , Silviu N. Bunta

Catholic Theology As a Means of Evangelization: The Witness of Francis Joseph Sheed , Christopher M. Carr

Aphrahat the Persian Sage and the Temple of God: A Study of Early Syriac Theological Anthropology , Stephanie K. Skoyles Jarkins

God so Loved the World: The Experience of Salvation in the Theological Project of Edward Schillebeeckx , Michael J. Marigliano

Narrating self, Narrating Other: A Pneumatological Approach to Apophatic Anthropology , Matthew John McKinnon

The Significance of Bernard Lonergan's Work on Bias for the Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa , Cyril Orji

The Subjective Dimension of Human Work: the Conversion of the Acting Person According to Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II and Bernard Lonergan , Deborah Savage

Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004

Christine de Pizan and Biblical Wisdom: A Feminist-Theological Point of View , Bonnie A. Birk

A Reexamination of Nathan Scott's Literary Criticism in the Context of David Tracy's Fundamental Theology , William Donald Buhrman

Personal being: Polanyi, ontology, and Christian theology , Andrew Thomas Grosso

Solidarity in a Global Age: Bringing Forward the Vision of Populorum Progressio , Mari Rapela Heidt

The Human Son of God and the Holy Spirit: Toward a Pentecostal Incarnational Spirit Christology , S. D. L. Jenkins

Job As Proto-Apocalypse: Proposing a Unifying Genre , Timothy Jay Johnson

The Private World As Alienated: Economic Justice in a Culture of Privatized Individualism , Michael D. Lopez-kaley

Acting (Economic) Persons: Adam Smith and Karol Wojtyła/John Paul II As Sources for Economic Personalism , Megan Maloney

From Patriarch to the Youth: The Metatron Tradition in 2 Enoch , Andrei A. Orlov

The Question of the Church in North American Lutheranism: Toward An Ecclesiology of the Third Article , Cheryl M. Peterson

"Truly This is the Savior of the World": Christ and Caesar in the Gospel of John , Lance Bryon Richey

The Vow of Obedience As Decision-Making in Communion: Contributions from Ecclesiology and Psychology , Judith Katherine Schaefer

The Polemical Context and Background of Hilary's Trinitarian Theology , Mark Weedman

Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003

The Lukan Kingship Parable: Luke 19:11-27 in Literary Perspective , Garwood P. Anderson

The Theological Ethics of Contemporary Prophetic Acts , Randall K. Bush

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Theses/dissertations from 2024 2024.

Using the Methodology of Liberation Theology, “See, Judge, And Act,” to Analyze the Effects of Domestic Violence on Women in India, Recognize the Holy Spirit's Presence in Victims, and Use Liturgy to Enable the Holy Spirit to Stir the Hearts of the Faithful, Prompting them to Respond to the Domestic Abuse Crisis. , Velenson Gomes

Augustine on the Religious Foundation of Citizenship , Jesús E. Muñoz

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

African Spirituality for Ecological Conversion: The Case of Mining in the Western Region of Ghana , Nana Kofi Agyapong

La Oración Contemplativa Cristiana a la Luz de la Psicología y Neurociencia: Propuesta de un Enfoque Interdisciplinar Desde la Terapia Sistemas de Familia , Manuel Santamaría Belda

The Nigerian Tiv Concept of Ya Na Angbian as a Corrective to the misinterpretation of Subdue and have Dominion in Genesis 1:26 , Christopher Terhemen Bologo

Expanding Catholic Social Teaching on Wealth, Money, and Entrepreneurship , Jean Claude Havyarimana

(Re)Claiming Unci Maka and Indigenous Women: Healing Embodied Acts of Colonialism Through an Ecowomanist Praxis of Resistance and Storytelling , Maika Hefflefinger

Life and the Renewal of the Christian Community: Infant Baptism and Inculturation in the Context of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Héritier Ofabwe Kinzamba

Towards a Holistic Reconciliation in Africa , N’Guessan Kouacou Augustin Koffi

Biblical and African Proverbs as a Framework for Studying Spirituality: Exploring the Role of Proverbs Among the Gῖkữyữ People of Kenya , Patrick M. Ng'ang'a

Theological Foundations of Nonviolent Communication in the Christian Lived Experience , Edward Khoa Ngô

Cultivating Social Media Technomoral Virtues: Toward a Moral-Character Education for African Youth , Tégawindé Basile Ouedraogo

The Role of Women Religious (1882-1974) in the Work of Evangelization Among the Fijian People , John Pickering

Reading Matt 14:13-21 in the Roman Empire First-Century Context as a Counternarrative , Wossoyam Elie Yoda

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

“A New Face of Loreto”: Mission and Transformation in the Post-Vatican II Church , Sudha Arul

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Contemporary Youth Ministers in Korea , Han Hyun Bai

Dust to Dust: Ritualization of an Ongoing Relationship with the Land in Shona Christian Burial Practice , Emmanuel Banda

Chaplaincy and Expansive Spiritual Care , Brianna Deutsch

Ubuntu Ethics: A Frame for an Ethical Analysis of Environmental Migration of Unaccompanied Minors Through the Mediterranean Sea , Deogratias K. Fikiri

The Not So Minor Character in the Book of Judith Judith’s Maid in the Spotlight , Lisa Hui

Christian – Muslim Dialogue on Hospitality: A Case of Somali Refugees at the Dadaab Refugee Complex in Kenya , Oscar Angaga Nduri

The Son of Man Film as a Cry for Justice: A Cross-Cultural Convergence of Film and the African Theological Struggle for Liberation , Mark Ngwenya

Responding to "Eucharistic Deprivation" in Rural Western Nigeria: Toward an Inculturated Theology and Celebration of the Eucharist , Michael Abiodun Oluwadare

Eucharistic Communion in a Time of Pandemic: Insights From Ubuntu in an Extended African Family , Peter Linus Omondi

The Resilient Apostle: Paul’s Sufferings in 2 Corinthians Through the Lens of Resilience , Marko Pavlič

Reframing Reproductive Rights: Pope Francis’ Genius of Women as a Paradigm of Conversation Between Filipina Women and Church Leadership , Alfonso P. Suico Jr

Integral Ecological Education: Exploring Intercultural Bilingual Education for Indigenous Students in Guyana , Joel D. Thompson

Ignatian Spiritual Conversation and Digital Communication Culture , Park Soo Young Theodore

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Is Cyrus of Persia, My Shepherd, His Anointed, an Anticonqueror of Judah? Toward a Postcolonial Reading of the Cyrus Oracle in Isaiah 44:24-45:13 , Ablam Atsikin

Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30): Resistance and Critique of Wealth Accumulation , Gabriel Kunonga Biatiakana

Restlessly Seeking for God: Towards an Integration of Contemplation and Practice as Proposed by Henri Nouwen for a Spirituality of Priesthood in a Contemporary Korean Church Context , Hong-Rak Chae

Jeremiah and the Conflicting Interpretations of the Exile: Religious Identity in the Context of Religious Diversity , Sijo George Chirayath

Reframing Liturgical-Pastoral Discourse: Exploring Parish Online Programs in a Time of Pandemic , James P. Ferus S.J.

The (Im)Possibility of Forgiveness: Just Peace and Reconciliation in a Culture of Sexual Violence , Ellen Jewett

Exploring the Insights of Science Within the Context of Asian Christianity Through the Work of William R. Stoeger, S.J. , Lawrence Ng Yew Kim

When Worship Becomes ‘Mission:‘ A Living Witness to the Vulnerable Santo Niño and the Broken Nazareno in Filipino Catholic Devotions , Aris Pilapil Martin

A Rereading Of Σταυρώστε Αυτον In John19:1-16: An Exegetical Study on Power and Powerlessness In Jesus’ Death Sentence from a Nigerian Praxis , Modestus Osinachi Mgbaramuko

Healing of Violence and Violence of Healing: Mark’s Hybrid Jesus in Mark 5:1-20 , Pierre Célestin Musoni S.J.

Jon Sobrino and Aloysius Pieris in Dialogue: Towards a Christological Model for Praxis of Liberation , Thang N. Nguyen

A Sacred Story to Tell: Missiological Insights for the Continued Contemporary Discussion on Inculturation Based on a Theological Investigation of Muirchú’s Vita Patricii , Sara Postlethwaite

In Search of an Integral Ecology: Engaging Liberationist Concepts and Methodology as Tools for the Construction of a Pastoral Response to the Global Environmental Crisis , Lluís Salvador Salinas Roca S.J.

Reading the Book of Daniel as a Storytelling Community’s Response to Trauma , Tae Eun Taelor Kim

A Spirituality of Struggle for Dismantling Cameroonian Tribal Hostilities. Isa 54: 11-17 as a Grounding Text , Fabrice Nazaire Kameni Tcheumaga S.J.

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

The Oracle Against Israel (Amos 2:6-8): In the Context of the Oracles Against The Nation (Amos 1:3--2:8) , Alfred Emeka Amos

Discovering the Role of Desire in Ignatian Spirituality for Discernment of Vocation in the Jesuit Candidate House of Vietnam , Pham Dinh Cu

A Tale of Two Stories: Defamiliarization of the Acts 6:1-7 Hellenist—Hebrew Squabble in View of Reframing the Anglophone Problem in Cameroon , Ngema Wilson Enow

Towards a Pastoral, Apologetic Approach to La Santa Muerte Devotion , Henrry Christopher Mendez Fajardo

A Fearful Warning: J.B. Metz’s Memoria Passionis in response to Western Culture’s Discomfort with Dying, Death and Grief , David R. Ford

Latin American Biblical Hermeneutics & Popular and Community Reading of the Bible: Some Inputs from Race and Ethnicity Criticism within the Hellenistic and Jewish Culture of the First Century , Diego Salazar Galvis

Education, Religious Experience, and Conversion : on Pedagogy and the Possibility of Critical Communities of Religious Praxis , Yu-Ming Stanley Goh

The Contribution of the Catholic Church to Post-Civil War Conflict Resolution in Chad , Rimasbé Dionbo Jean Claude

Rethinking Healing and Reconciliation Process in the Postgenocide Rwanda: A Response from Ignatian Spirituality , Innocent Kamanzi

De Dios Habita a Dios Labora A Mission of Caring for Our Common Home in the Ecological Crisis of India , Anthony Louis Lava S.J.

Thomas Aquinas’ Notion of Natural Theology and the Challenge of Religious Experience: The Beginnings of a Conversation , Quang Quoc Le

Jesuit Priesthood and the Ministry of Reconciliation: A Theological Examination of U.S. Jesuits in the Public Square , Alex Anthony C. Llanera S. J.

Remembering Who We Are: Liturgical Memory in the Symbolic Language of Louis-Marie Chauvet to Combat the Bifurcation of the Body of Christ , Keith A. Maczkiewicz

Embodying the Face of the Merciful God: Towards a Christological Discipleship for Vietnamese Catholics , Do Thi Tuyet Nhung Maria

Living a Good Death or Dying for a Life Well Lived: Theological Understanding and Pastoral Applications on Issues Regarding Death and Afterlife Issues Among Vietnamese-American Catholics , Tuan Ngo

The Dynamics of Conversion of Ignatius of Loyola as a Contribution to the Novice Formation in the Context of Vietnam , Tang Van Nguyen

Catholic- Buddhist Encounter at Interfaith Marriage: Strengthening Harmony and Indissolubility of Matrimony in Contemporary Vietnam , Tuan Minh Nguyen

Ecological Crisis in the Light of Laudato Si’: “Everything is Connected”: Toward Friendship as an Ecological Virtue , Toan Ninh

Re-Imagining an African Family Ecclesiology in Dialogue with Ratzinger’s Christo-Pneuma Communion Ecclesiology , Tegha Afuhwi Nji

The Catholic Church and the Zimbabwean Crisis: A Critical Reflection on the Catholic Church’s Response to the Plight of the Oppressed , Nelson Virimayi Nyamayaro

Evolution Science and Imago Dei: A Richer and More Robust Treatment of Theological Anthropology , GANSA Tchétongbé Cathérin Paterne

Reclaiming the Dynamics of Ignatian Spiritual Conversation: Towards Constructing a Spiritual Conversation Paradigm for Ongoing Apostolic Discernment in Bihar, India , Perianayagam Seluvannan

The Question of Method in Theology: An African Response to Bernard Lonergan Using Bantu Theological Anthropology , Andrew Simpasa

kāḇôḏ (Glory) rû a ḥ (Spirit) and yaḏ (Hand) Divine Presence and Activity of Ezekiel (Ezek 1-3; 8-11; 40-48) Thirdspacing the Exile and its Implications to the Theology of Divine Presence , Malachy Udochukwu Theophilus

The Mother or the Baby: Moral Implications of the Treatment Procedures of Tubal Pregnancies in the Philippines in a Catholic Perspective , Christopher P. Villa

Encountering “Joy” in the Consecrated Life in Vietnam Through Ignatian Consolation , Cuong Duy Vu

Jesus as a Healer in the Gospel of Luke: A Paradigm for Malagasy Healing , Jean Fleurys Espérence Zezikà S.J.

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Equity and Justice in health Care: A Critical Ethical Reflection on Healthcare Provision, Distribution, and Accessibility in Nigeria , Chidube Joseph Chukwu

The Virtue of Solidarity Will Save the Environment of Haiti: A Path to Heal the Crisis of Soil Erosion , Germain Clerveau S. J.

Fostering Dialogue and Engagement: The Role of the Catholic Church in Nigeria , Tony Terwase Famave

Depicting the Incarnation: Theodore the Studite and Engelbert Mveng on the Particularity and Universality of Christ , Oke Marien Robert Gbedolo

The Role of the Laity in Exercising Munus Regendi in the Church: A Theology of Co-Responsibility , Michael K. Grace KM

The Inculturation of Taiwanese Catholicism: The Yanshui Holy Spirit Church , Aloysius Ming-Te Hsu

Development-induced Displacement: An Ethical and Theological Reflection on protection of the Rights of the Adivasis of Chhotanagpur, India , Amit Roshan Lakra

Exploring the Impact of an Ethics of Disclosure on Privacy in Computer-Based Communications Technologies , Benedict Ozaveshe Mayaki

Towards A Northern Ugandan Church as "Field Hospital": For A Pastorally Attuned Appropriation of Church Teaching , James Moro

The Church and the Awakening of Faith: Towards a Christian Reconciliation for Peace and Justice in Rwanda , Emile Nsengimana

The Dynamic of Belief and Unbelief as Developed in Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment and its RThe Dynamic of Belief and Unbelief as Developed in Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment and its Relevance for Contemopary Life elevance for Contemopary Life , Santiago García Pintos

College Ethnic Catholic Communities: Ethnoreligious Pathways for an Intercultural Church , Kyle Ko Francisco Shinseki

The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: Its Potential of Revitalizing The Basic Ecclesial Communities of Bontoc-Lagawe , Bento F. Tamang

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Knowing the Transcendent God: Theological Epistemology in Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner , Ala Nadim Hanna Alalamat

Ruth: A Spiritual Role Model for the Religious Women of Southwest China , Xiaoqiong Chen

Promoting a Cosmotheandric Ethic of Virtue in Congo Brazzaville: Resolving Social Conflict Amidst Crises of Ecology and Migration , Cyrano Emde Dimeni

Marriage as a Covenant: Towards an in Culturated Pastoral Approach on Marriage and Family in Mozambique Today , Virgílio Arimateia Domingos

Eucharist as Fruit of the Earth and the Environmental Degradation in the Niger Delta: Implication of Louis Mariechauvet’s Tripartite Cycle of Gift, Reception and Return Gift for an Ecological Conversion , Michael Edomobi

Towards a Contextual Christology: Sub-Saharan African Models and Songs in Dialogue with Patristic Tradition , Benedict B. Ehinack

Spiritual Conversation: An Important Tool for Discernment of One’s Vocation in the Diverse Context of India , Francis Joseph Fernandes

The Contemplative-Prophetic Spirituality of Thomas Merton: Its Relevance for the Consecrated Life in India , Fabian Jose

“The Female Face” of Hiv/Aids as an Ethical Challenge to the Catholic Church in Uganda: Lessons of Catholic Social Teaching , Athanasius Kikoba

“Pilgrimage in Service of Mission in the Context of the Contemporary Korean Church” , Min-Hwi Kim

Toward a South Sudanese Church-As-Family: Reflections for a Contextual Ecclesiology for Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace , Oscar Momanyi

Towards a New, Praxis-Oriented Missiology: Rediscovering Paulo Freire's Concept of Conscientização and Enhancing Christian Mission as Prophetic Dialogue , Rosalia Meza Moreno

Dominican Prayer for Young Vietnamese Americans , Phuong Nguyen

Embracing an Ecological Conversion: Addressing the Effects of the Ecological Crisis on the Poor and the Earth Through the Sacrament of Reconciliation , Emmanuel Oyediran Ogundipe

A Pastoral Approach to the Topic of Sexuality in Priestly Formation Programs in Parts of Eastern Europe , Vitaliy Osmolovskyy

Belief in a Secular Age: Charles Taylor, John Henry Newman, and the New Evangelization , David C. Paternostro

Impact Evaluation Under the Banner of the Cross: An Integrated Approach to the Evaluation of Poverty Alleviation Programs , Stephen M. Pitts

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Doctor of Ministry Theses

Theses/dissertations from 2021 2021.

Hospitality in the House of God: Deconstructing Habit and Building Missio Dei , Julia A. Carlson

Power Perfected in Weakness: The Effectiveness of Spiritual Practices on Personal Power in the Lives of Men , Steven B. Cauley

Seeking the Wellspring: Exploring Generosity in a Financial Drought , Laurie Ann Johnson

The Episcopal Church of Liberia Gravitating Towards Financial Independence: Strategies and the Way Forward , Slewion P. Lewis

Contextual Leadership Within Chin Immigrant Churches in the United States , Bawi Bik Thawng

Listening to Millennials: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Millennials and the Church , Charles R. Thompson

Defying Expectations: One Female Preacher's Exploration of Preaching Performance, Listener Expectations, and Emotion , Amy Lea Wiles

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Harvesting Hope: Biblical Preaching with People of the Land , Catherine Belles

Proclaiming Jubilee: Preaching that Sets Women Free , Jennifer Michelle Benson Moran

Congregational Exegesis: Toward Shared Proclamation , Tracy Crick-Butler

There is a Word: Using a Queer Hermeneutic Toward Liberative and Prophetic Biblical Preaching , Dewayne L. Davis

Preaching the Witness of Last Words: How Biblical Farewell Speeches Shape Contemporary Listeners' Theological Legacy , Derek J. Engfelt

Invisible Poverty: Awareness, Attitudes, and Action , Joseph W. Johnson

The Reflective Preacher: Effective Habits for Homiletical Self-Assessment , Brenda Froberg Legred

Liberated for Mission: Theology of the Cross Informing a Fresh Missional Imagination , Pamela M. Marolla

Preaching Hope: Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction as Conversation Partners with Scripture , Kathleen Monson Lutes

Preaching the Law with the Gospel , Jonathan Saur

Do You Hear What I Hear? Discernment and Dialogue in a Secular Age , Andrew J. Schlecht

Reaching the Diaspora: Streamed Worship and Preaching in the Lutheran Church of Australia, Cultivating Koinonia and Ecclesia , Timothy Paul Stringer

Missional Leadership in Times of Congregational Transition , Tormod O. Svensson

Cultivating the Practice of Neighborliness: A Missional Practice of Living in a Perichoretic Relationship with Neighbors , Abenda F. Tamba

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow: Innovating, Evaluating, and Improving Worship to Participate in God's Mission , Andrew K. Barnett

Leadership and Faith Formation in Youth Ministry: Explaining the Relationship Between Leadership Experiences and Faith Formation in Middle School Students , Neil A. Christians

Breathing With God: Inhaling God's Spirit, Exhaling God's Reign , Douglas Scott Dent

Practicing Community: Naming, Claiming, and Practicing the Holy Spirit's Sending of a Congregation in the Midst of Change into the Open Future , Meghan K. Gage-Finn

Claiming Colonialism: White Lutherans and Racism in Minnesota, 1850-1960 , Katherine Parent

Unity and Diversity: How a Bilingual-Multicultural Congregation Reflects the Nature of the Trinity in Unity and Diversity , Albert W. Triolo

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Lutheran Higher Education in a Secular Age: Religious Identity and Mission at ELCA Colleges and Universities , Brian A.F. Beckstrom

Preaching to Shape Christian Witness: He Cannot Be the Messiah, Can He? , Christine M. Bellefeuille

Better Together: Leadership that Enhances Ministry Collaboration , Kristine K. Bjorke

God’s Beautiful Mission: Missional Church and Leadership in the Light of Theological Aesthetics , M. Scott Boren

Perichoretic Worship: Cultivating Relationships with the Triune God, with One Another, and with the World , Greg G. Busboom

Seeing Salvation: The Effectiveness of Preaching on the Sacramental Life in a Salvation Army Context , Steven Mark Cameron

Nearer My God to Thee: How Biblical Preaching Fosters Intimacy with God , Warren Lee Domenick Jr

Definitively Lutheran?: An Exploration of Definitive Lutheran Characteristics in Higher Education , John Eggen

Confessional Biblical Preaching in the Face of Whiteness: Challenging the Preacher’s Understanding of White Supremacy , Laurie P. Feille

Real People, Real Faith, Real God: Encountering the Divine in Preaching Biblical Characters , Cynthia Halvorson

Digital and Analog Preaching in a Multi-media World , Ramona Hayes

Great Members, Great Churches: Adaptive Change and Missional Theology in the Local Church , Christopher Jacobsen

(Re)Discovering a Midrashic Biblical Imagination for the Progressive-Liberal Community , Elisabeth R. Jones

Faith Formation for Families in a Post-Programmatic Era , Susan Megrund

The Spirit's Playground: How God Speaks Through Scripture to Develop Contagious Missional Imagination , Sarah Birkedal Nye

Recapture the Call: A Theology of Preaching as Proclamation in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) , Tricia L. Tedrow

Table, Food, Waiter: Preaching the Eucharist to Today’s Popular Food Culture , Richard W. Vevia Jr

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Opening to Revelation: Building Discernment Processes from Practices that Best Inform Communal Decision Making , Chris Alexander

Generous Leaders, Generous Congregations: A Study of the Relationship between the Financial Generosity of Congregational Leaders and the Financial Generosity of Their Congregations , Ryan D. Brodin

Deepening Community: Dispelling the Myth of Small through a Gospel of the Small , Sarah R. Cordray

Walk Me to the Gate: Christian Practices of Accompaniment with People Who Are Dying and Their Families , Yolanda Kali Denson-Byers

Looking Back to Move Forward: Youth Ministry and Its Effect on the Faith and Christian Practices of Today's Adults , Andrew A. Taylor

A Congregation Engaging in Missional Dialogue: Strengthening Discernment amid Diversity through Healthy Congregational Dialogue , Jeffrey M. Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Preparing Transformational Sermons: An Attitudinal Model of Sermonic Application , Donald G. Bryant Jr.

Earth Stewardship and the Missio Dei: Participating in the Care and Redemption of All God Has Made , David M. Carlson

Preaching Effectively to the Unchurched , Rodney Reed Carlson

Cultivating the Holy Callings of Ordinary Saints: The Church at Work for the Life of the World , Jeffrey A. Eisele

The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength: How Your Passions Can Serve God's Mission in the World , Jay Grave

Exploring the Effectiveness of Field Preaching Evangelism in the United Methodist Church , Paul D. Johnsen

Mystagogical Preaching in the Episcopal Church: Connecting Sermon and Liturgy , Daniel John Justin

Preaching More Effectively to Multiple Generations , Lynne Kammeraad

Cultivating Biblical Imagination Through Preaching , Edward N. Kay

Lift Up Your Hearts: Preaching Grace Effectively as a Pastoral Response to Shame , Harold Kenyon

Preaching From a Biblical Anthropology: Sources and Methods for Correlating the Gospel and the Human Condition , Paul N. D. Miller

Telling the Old, Old Stories: Reconnecting With Jesus' Parables Through Biblical Storytelling , Kathryn L. Skoglund

Led to Lead: Vocational Discernment and Emerging Pastoral Leadership in the Reformed Church in America , Tanner Smith

Wesleyan Missional Small Groups: Three Crucial Attributes , David Werner

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

Missional Interim Ministry Processes a Case Study , Christopher Edwin Hagen

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Cross-training Christians for rural servant-leadership : an exploration of the role of a congregation in nurturing leadership in the community of Wessington Springs, South Dakota , John H. Paulson

Reconciling The Believing Nonbelonger: Readiness To Reach and Receive Lost Sheep , Robert E. Sachs Jr.

Theses/Dissertations from 2002 2002

Holistic Approach to Mental Illnesses at the Toby of Ambohibao Madagascar , Daniel A. Rakotojoelinandrasana

Theses/Dissertations from 1979 1979

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Community and Discipleship, As Emphasized and Applied in the Life and Mission of a Covenant Church , Ronald F. Christian

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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Equipping Christians with a Post-Christian Evangelism Paradigm at Great Oaks Church of Christ , Tim Alsup

The Impact of Studying Abroad on the Intercultural Spiritual Formation of Harding University Latin America Students , Jeremy Daggett

The Use of Feedforwarding Techniques in Sermon-Crafting: A Collaborative Approach to Preaching , Stephen Rollins

The New Heavens and New Earth: The Interpretive Development of Isaiah 65:17 , Baron Vander Maas

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Transforming Disciples Through a Spiritual Formation Cohort at Washington Street Church Of Christ , Jim Black

Rethinking Sacrifice and Atonement: A Contextual, Exegetical, and Historical Analysis Of Leviticus 16 , Ladye Rachel Howell

An Exploration of the Garden Metaphor in the Poetry of Song of Songs , Kizito Jasper

Establishing Intergenerational Relationships in Youth Ministry , Bryce Kittinger

An Exploration Of Job's Use Of the Psalms , Robert Andrew Montgomery

The Role of Spiritual Formation in Leadership Development , Craig M. Poole

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

A Theological Exploration of Death , Benjamin F. Bruner

"In Christ:" Participation Language in Paul , Sean Cavender

A Mentoring Ministry for the Spiritual Development of Youth in Rural Congregations of North Central and Northeast Arkansas , Glen Knabe

The Discursive Body: a Theological Account of Language and Revelation in Conversation with John Webster and Conceptual Metaphor Theory , Aaron Parker

Avoiding Compassion Fatigue in Hospice Chaplains through Cultivating Sabbath as an Element of Self-Care , A. Milton Stanley

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Deuteronomy And The City: Characteristics Of The Ideal Urban Environment In Deuteronomy , Parker Bullard

The Holy Spirit And Biblical Interpretation: Alexander Campbell And Contemporary Hermeneutics , Ladye Rachel Howell

Assessing the Quality of Proactive Congregational Care for the College Avenue Church of Christ , Kent M. Jobe

Consistent Histories Quantum Divine Action: A Constructive Proposal In Conversation With John Polkinghorne, Robert Russell, and Alvin Plantinga , Derek Preslar

Divine Impassibility: A Definition And Defense , Elisha Randolph

In Controversy Oft: James David Bales And The Sharp Decline Of The Apocalyptic Worldview At Harding University , Cory Spruiell

Divine Suffering And Passibility: Terence Fretheim And Jürgen Moltmann , Alicia Williamson

Astral And Angelic Powers In Romans 8:38-39 , Frederick Christian Wright

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Scripture and Revelation: A Comparison of Alexander Campbell, Kevin Vanhoozer, and William Abraham , Daniel T. Crouch

An Adaptive Change Project in Developing Leaders , Scott A. Laird

The Theological Anthropology of St. Gregory of Nyssa , Marcus McCormick

Exegesis of Romans 8:12-13: The Epitome of Paul’s Response to the Question in Romans 6:1 , Timothy L. Nixon

God's Sabbath-Keepers: The Sabbatistai Inscription at Catioren , Robert Ogden

Generating Trust in a Multiethnic "Church of Christ/ Iglesia de Cristo," in Santa Paula, California , Robert G. Perez

The לֵב†of the Lectures: Human Embodiment, Rhetoric, and Adolescent Spiritual Formation in Proverbs 1–9 , Logan T. Thompson

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Spiritual Gifts or Ministry Roles? Helping Church Members Embrace Their Places in God's Kingdom , Matthew R. Carter

Establishing Ethical Processes for Church Finances , Carl A. Williamson

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Theses/dissertations from 1998 1998.

The Mission and Ministry to German-Speaking Lutherans in Western Canada 1879 - 1914 , Richard Kraemer

Theses/Dissertations from 1997 1997

Postliberal Approaches to the Theology of Religions: Presentation, Assessment, and Critical Appropriation , Joel Okamoto

Orality as the Key to Understanding Apostolic Proclamation in the Epistles , Thomas Winger

Theses/Dissertations from 1996 1996

Isaiah's Damascus Oracle: Responding to International Threats , Harald Schoubye

Genre and Outline: The Key to the Literary Structure of Hebrews , Harald Tomesch

Theses/Dissertations from 1995 1995

The Lord's Prayer-Its Interpretation and a Reassessment of an Eschatological Orientation, Favoring the Prayer's Primary Application as Being for the Present Gospel Age , David Fielding

Law and Gospel in Luther's Antinomian Disputations, with Special Reference to Faith's Use of the Law , Jeffrey Silcock

Theses/Dissertations from 1994 1994

Marriage and the Image of God as it is Reflected in Paul's Understanding of Women and the Ministry in Four Passages: 1 Cor. 11:2-16; 14:33b-36; Eph. 5:22-33; 1 Tim. 2:11-15 , Lane Burgland

Integrity and Integration in Ecclesiastical Historiography: The Perspective of Mosheim and Neander , Paulo Buss

When God Becomes Your Enemy- The Theology of the Complaint Psalms , Ingvar Floysvik

The Missiological Significance of the Doctrine of Justification in the Lutheran Confessions , Klaus Schulz

Theses/Dissertations from 1993 1993

Reading 2 Corinthians 3:4-18: An Exercise in Exegesis , Vilson Scholz

A Proposed Prolegomenon for Normative Theological Ethics with a Special Emphasis on the Usus Didacticus of God's Law , John Tape

Theses/Dissertations from 1992 1992

The Arminian Libertarian Doctrines of Freedom and Responsibility Evaluated According to Biblical-Reformed Doctrine of Sin , Carlos Heber de Campos

Theology of the Pain of God: An Analysis and Evaluation of Kazoh Kitamori's (1916- ) Work in Japanese Protestantism , Akio Hashimoto

The Bestowal of the Benefits of the Real Presence the Early Eucharistic Works of Martin Chemnitz as a Contribution Toward the Formula of Concord Article VII , Brynjulf Hoaas

Jesus and the Gentiles in the Gospel of Matthew: A Historical Study of the Redemption Motif , Young Jin Kim

Propter Absolutionem: Holy Absolution in the Theology of Martin Luther and Philipp Jacob Spener A Comparative Study , Gerald Krispin

The Theology of Spiritual Gifts in Luther and Calvin: A Comparison , Robert Wetmore

Theses/Dissertations from 1991 1991

Mystical Aspects of Pentecostal-Charismatic Soteriology , James Breckenridge

The Home Mission Work of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference: A Description and Evaluation , George Gude

The ΛΟΓΟΣ-Christology in the Prologue of the Gospel of John as a Bridge Concept Between the Old Testament Shekinah Events and Johannine Christology , Chul Hae Kim

Theological Nuance in the Synoptic Nature Miracles , Mark Schuler

Theses/Dissertations from 1990 1990

Presbyterian Missions to Indians in Western Canada , James Codling

The Theology of Israel's Sea Crossing , Rodger Dalman

Gadara of the Decapolis , Lee Maxwell

The "I" in the Storm: Paul's Use of the First Person Singular in Romans 7 , Michael Middendorf

Theses/Dissertations from 1989 1989

The Nature and Function of the Lutheran Confessions in Twentieth Century American Lutheranism , Charles Arand

Current Models in Roman, Lutheran, and Reformed Prolegomena: Exposition, Analysis, and Programmatic Assessment , David Lumpp

Theses/Dissertations from 1988 1988

The Apostolic Tradition- A Study of the Texts and Origins, and its Eucharistic Teachings with a Special Exploration of the Ethiopic Version , Eshetu Abate

A Theological Assessment of Minjung Theology, Systematically and Biblically , Yong Wha Na

Theses/Dissertations from 1987 1987

Biblical Authority in the Westminster Confession and its Twentieth Century Contextualization in the Reformed Presbyterian Testimony Of 1980 , John Delivuk

An Historical Analysis of the Doctrine of the Ministry in the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Until 1962 , John Wohlrabe

Theses/Dissertations from 1986 1986

An Examination and Evaluation of A. H. Strong's Doctrine of Holy Scripture , Myron Houghton

Jesus' Teaching on "Entering the Kingdom Of Heaven" in the Gospel According to Matthew (Interpretation of Selected Matthean Texts and Parables) , Caleb Huang

Millennialism in American Lutheranism in Light of Augsburg Confession, Article XVII , Francis Monseth

Watchman Nee and the Priesthood of all Believers , Wai Man Ng

Imputatio Iustitiae Christi, Liberum Arbitrium in Renatis, and Tertius Usus Legis in Melanchthon's Later Loci , Richard Osslund

A Scriptural Stance Toward Undocumented Hispanics and Selected Methodologies for Reaching them with the Gospel , Fred Pankow

The Hermeneutics of Liberation Theology: A Lutheran Confessional Response to the Theological Methodology of Leonardo Boff , Jacob Preus

Theses/Dissertations from 1985 1985

The Hermeneutical Principles of Theodore Laetsch with a Focus on the Relationship Between the Old and the New Testaments , James Bollhagen

An Investigation of Contemporary Feminist Arguments on Paul's Teaching on the Role of Women in the Church , Hershel House Wayne

The Nature and Significance of Christ's Death as Reflected in Selected General and Pauline Epistles , Masao Shimodate

Theses/Dissertations from 1984 1984

The Last Testaments of Jacob and Moses , Joel Heck

The Theological Argument of Hebrews 11 in Light of its Literary Form , Merland Miller

Dr. H. C. J. Leupold, The Man and his Work --Especially His Exegesis , David Schreiber

Theses/Dissertations from 1983 1983

Judgment and Grace in the Wilderness Narratives , Martin Buerger

The Preaching of Clovis G Chappell- A Study of the Published Sermons in Light of the Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel as Articulated by C. F. W. Walther , William Carpenter

The Conflict of Krishna and Yahweh as Warrior: A Comparison of the Conflicts of Krishna in the Puranas and of Yahweh as Warrior in the Old Testament, with Special Emphasis on the Themes of History, and Salvation, and their Relevance to Human Life , Arockiam Rajaian

A Search for the Archetype of the Greek Gospel Lectionary , Karl Rutz

Theses/Dissertations from 1982 1982

The Historical-Critical Method- Dividing Wall Between Moderates and Conservatives in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Controversy , Jose Fuliga

Uemura Masahisa (1857-1925) First Generation Pastor, Christian Leader and Instinctive Proponent of Indigenized Christianity in Japan , Addison Soltau

Theses/Dissertations from 1981 1981

Predestination: A Comparative Analysis of the Theology of A. W. Pink in Relation to the Westminster Confession of Faith , Richard Belcher

Was Jesus the Priestly Messiah A Study of the New Testament's Teaching of Jesus' Priestly Office Against the Background of Jewish Hopes for a Priestly Messiah , Jonathan Grothe

The Cosmic Christ of Colossians , Victor Raj

Theses/Dissertations from 1980 1980

The Preservation and Restoration of Creation with a Special Reference to Romans 8:18-23 , Robert Neff

Theses/Dissertations from 1979 1979

Covenant and Kingdom as Fulfilled in the Synoptics , Marvin Middendorf

A Critical and Exegetical Analysis of Exodus Twenty-Four with Special Attention to Covenant Ratification , Peter Talia

The Role of Psalm 89:6-19 in Israel's Cult , Ronald Vahl

Theses/Dissertations from 1978 1978

The Doctrine of God in African Traditional Religion , Tokunboh Adeyemo

The Doctrine of the Church in the Writings of Dr. C. F. W. Walther , John Martin Drickamer

Theses/Dissertations from 1975 1975

The Passion Predictions in the Light of Hebrews 2:5-9 , E Clark Copeland

Theses/Dissertations from 1973 1973

A History of the Research of Exodus 18:1-12 with a Critical Evaluation and Suggestions for Further Progress , Andrew Chiu

The Theology of Justus Menius , Alvin H. Horst

The Return-to-Origins Motif in Pauline Theology and its Significance for a Theological Interpretation of Messianic and Millenarian Movements in Melanesia , John Gerhard Strelan

Public Doctrine in the Lutheran Church --Missouri Synod , Waldemar Wehmeier

Theses/Dissertations from 1972 1972

The History of the Attitudes within the Missouri Synod Toward Life Insurance , James W. Albers

A Study of Some Lucan Parables in the Light of Oriental Life and Poetic Style , Kenneth Ewing Bailey

The Theology of Divine Anger in the Psalms of Lament , Thomas Dixon Hanks

An Analysis of the Structure and Traditions of Zechariah 7 and 8 , John Henry Miller

The Relation of the Servant Songs to Their Contexts in Isaiah 40 to 55 , Gyoji Nabetani

Theses/Dissertations from 1971 1971

The Significance of 1 Chronicles 22, 28, 29 for the Structure and Theology of the Work of the Chronicler , Roddy L. Braun

The Pauline Understanding of "The Law of Christ" , Keith Arnold Gerberding

A Case Study in Exegetical Methodology George Stoeckhardt and Johann Philip Koehler on Ephesians , William John Hassold

A Study of the Hermeneutical Principles Involved in the Interpretation and Use of Psalm 22 in Biblical and Extra-Biblical Sources , Harvey Donald Lange

The Implications for Christology of the Idenity of the Poor Man in the Teaching of Jesus , Adrian Max Leske

A Systematic-Historical Study of the Policy of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod with Respect to Fraternal Organizations in the Past Fifty Years , George F. Lobien

Richard Taverner (1505?--1575) and the English Reformation , James Herbert Pragman

The Role of the Old Testament in High School Level Curricula of the American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church in America, and the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 1964-1970 , Harold W. Rast

Theses/Dissertations from 1970 1970

The Diakonis Function of the Church in Hong Kong , Manfred Helmuth Berndt

The Doctrine of the Church in American Presbyterian Theology in the Mid-Nineteeth Century , David Clyde Jones

The Fear of God as Ethical Motivation in Pauline Theology , Walter A. Maier

Movements in the Church of England as Reflected in English Prose Fiction of the Eighteenth Century , William H. Traugott

Theses/Dissertations from 1969 1969

The Role of the Symbols in Australian Lutheranism , Elvin Janetzki

A Comparative Study of the Prolegomena in Karl Barth's Christliche Dogmatik of 1927 and the Kirchliche Dogmatik of 1932-1938 , Heino Olavi Kadai

Division and Reunion in the Presbyterian Church in Korea 1959-1968 , Bong Rin Ro

The Controversy Provoked by William Perkins Reformed Catholike- A Study in Protestant--Catholic Relations in the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century in England , Robert E. Webber

Theses/Dissertations from 1968 1968

Relations Between the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia 1846-1965 , John Koch

The Origin and Meaning of the Axiom- Nothing has the Character of a Sacrament Outside of the Use, in Sixteenth-Century and Seventeenth-Century Lutheran Theology , Edward Peters

Jesus as the True Israel According to the Passion Narrative of Saint Mark , Roy Schroeder

Theses/Dissertations from 1967 1967

Paul's Source and Use of Tradition as Reflected in his Writings to the Corinthians , Paul Andrews

Psalms 2 and 110: A Comparison of Exegetical Methods , Herbert Hohenstein

A Study of Applications Used in the Sermons of the Concordia Pulpit of the Years 1955-1964 , Erwin Kolb

Characteristics of Southeast Asian Islam as Factors in A Theology of the Christian Mission to Philippine Muslims , Robert McAmis

Via Propria and Via Mystica in the Theology of Jean Le Charlier De Gerson , David Schmiel

Ezekiel 40-48 , Gerald White

Theses/Dissertations from 1966 1966

The Temptation of Jesus in Matthew , Paul Bretscher

The Voice in the Wilderness and the Coming One-- The Old Testament as the Link Between John the Baptist and Jesus Christ , Walter Rosin

Theses/Dissertations from 1965 1965

The Meaning of DIKAIOŌ , William Beck

Lutheran Theology in the Tranoscius with Special Attention to the Doctrine of the Church , Samuel Boda

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