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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Radiant as the Sun: An Analysis of the Oration and Canon of the Transfiguration by St. John of Damascus, Dustin M. Lyon
Christ confronts us in Colossians : a preaching and teaching program on the person, titles and work of Christ for the Community Presbyterian Church (USA) of Edison, New Jersey, Kenneth Joseph Macari
Deconstruction, hermeneutics, and the Book of Job : a comparative analysis and critique of two deconstructive readings of the epilogue (42:7-17), Alexander Duncan Maclean
I Clement's use of Isaiah, Isaac Britton Mann
From hospitality to reconciliation: a way to move forward in dialog among Jewish, Muslim, and Christian people, Keith L. Marsden
The initiative to engage listeners for preaching the gospel persuasively in postmodern American Evangelicalism, Jerry J. Marvel
Apologetics in Max L. Stackhouse's Public Theology: A Critique Using Cornelius Van Til's Reformed Apologetic, Tony Mershon
A strategy for building spiritual resilience in Marines using the Twenty-Third Psalm, Steven Randall Moses
Baptism and the perichoresis : an educational retreat for healing prayer ministers, Andrea M. Mueller
Their horses leap like leopards! : the Hebrew and Greek texts of Habakkuk 3:1-7, James A. E. Mulroney
Reclaiming the ministry of teaching in the missional setting, Mary Holder Naegeli
Who's on first? : the relationship between 1 Peter and the Pauline corpus through their common expression en Christo, H. John Nuxoll
Member care needs for missionaries serving in high-risk locales, Nairy A. Ohanian
Epistemic justification in the Pauline kerygma, Joshua A. Pagan
Mentoring for spiritual formation of ministry students at Ohio Valley University, Glenn K. Pennington
An academic strategy for the equipping of undergraduate youth ministry majors at Malone University, William P. Quigley
The sign of glossolalia in 1 Corinthians 14:22, Marc Rose
Senior pastor's mentoring ministry: from el patron to servant heart, Ricky Lynn Sanderford
Popular religiosity among Roman Catholics in northwestern Argentina and the missiological implications for the communication of the Gospel, Sergio Rubén Schelske
Self care for the fifty-plus generation at Immanuel Lutheran Church Puyallup, Washington, Edwin L. Schultze
Developing a Program to Train and Mobilize Aged Church Members to Be Coworkers in the Ministry of Local Churches, Derek M. Smith
Developing a Training Program to Equip Soldiers and Families in the 151st Chemical Battalion for Post Deployment Reintegration, Derek M. Smith
Major components contributing to member care throughout the life cycle of the missionary, James E. Smith
To the ends of the earth: a manual for short-term mission trips, Stephen Sohns
A study on enhancing the life of faith through social ministries for the poor, Chel San Son
Back To The Garden: A Theology Of Productivity And Creativity, John W. Stanko
Corinthians in light of Cassandra : Paul's writings on women and spirit-inspired speech in context, Olivia Stewart
Toward a biblical theology of revival: an examination of Spirit baptism as the possible catalyst for revival, Kenneth Michael Stiles
The role of the female pastor's husband in the House of God Church Pentecostal Holiness denomination, Jaqueline Mae Tuggle Taylor
Multicultural churches: how do they facilitate spiritual growth and health?, Julie Tofilon
Re-visioning local congregations as being the exhibition of the Kingdom of God to the world, James A. Tweedie
The vision of a just king : the ethics of the royal Psalms, Jakob Valsson
Lutheran literary influences on John Wesley's theology of mission, James R. Vermilya
Ethics training for lay and professional church leaders in the American Baptist Churches of Nebraska, Kevin Walden
Resembling the saints: a study on the apologetic significance of hagiography in Mechthild of Magdeburg's The flowing light of the Godhead, Steven Edra Watts
The monergistic theme of participation in the anthropological soteriology of John Calvin: a dialogue with Maximus the Confessor, Clement Yung Wen
Exploring a Pilot Process of Values-Based Planning within a Pentecostal Church Context, Dale Whitson
Two instances of J. I. Packer's appropriation of the thoughts of John Owen and Richard Baxter: Packer's polemics against Keswick teachings and theological liberalism, Audrey Diane Williams
The political theology and ethics of Karl Barth, Brian Alan Williams
Facilitating church growth in central and eastern Uttar Pradesh, Myron Witmore
Diffusing an ethnocentric barrier in Chinese cross-cultural missions, Morgan T.S. Wong
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Homiletic Theology of Preaching on Violence and Reconciliation, Sung Gu Yang
Deep Change: How the Transformational Learning Theories of Mezirow and Loder Apply to Pastoral Ministry, Curtis John Young
A theology of religious change, David J. Zehnder
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Igbo tribal practices of reconciliation and forgiveness as a way of interpreting and sustaining the sacrament of reconciliation in the Nigerian church, Raymond E. Alaneme
A Faith Based Integrated Recovery Program: From Addiction to New Identity, Ross S. Banister
The Babwali and their forgotten journey of peace : a quest for reconciliation in a cross-cultural context, Gabriel L. Basuzwa
Imagining the Future of Youth Ministry, James Curtis Booher
Case Studies of the Relationship of Selected Military Father / Husband Leadership Styles to the Quality of Family Life, Alex C. Brown
Power, Greatness, And Glory In Mark 8:22-10:52, Nathan L. Brown
Show Don't Tell: The Eucharist as an Act of Proclamation and Embodied Apologetic, Shaun Christopher Brown
Scripture, Abba, Hearer: The Inspired Word in the Apophthegmata, Adrian Budica
"The Meek Shall Inherit the Land" (Psalm 37:11): A Theological Essay on Morality and Land Tenure Economics, Donald Quentin Peter Carmichael
The Development of the Redemptive Role of the Holy Spirit in the Reformed Trinitarian Theology of Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin T. Carver
Their lives and their blood cry how long?: a pastoral manual for the persecuted church in northern Nigeria, Ray C. Chukwura
Oikonomiae Sacramentum: The Mystery of the Economy in Tertullian's against Praxeas, James Loxley Compton
Healing songs : understanding and creating powerful music for the American church, Daniel Colin Creech
The pastoral implications of the eucharistic ecclesiologies of Nicholas Afanasiev and John Zizioulas, Vitaly Dudkin
Problems in a movement: towards a mutual hierarchy social model of the Trinity, Jeffrey Aron Dukeman
The life-giving water : an environmental education approach as platform for teaching Christology in the context of Africa, Jeanne Linzenge Eloa
Essentials of Preparation: A Handbook on Preparing Expository Sermons for Pentecostal Students, Bobby Floyd
Re-imagining the world through Christian discourse: reading Jacques Ellul's Ethics in the technological society, Kevin Carey Flynn
Our hearts were burning within us : a shared Christian praxis approach to the teaching of homiletics, Camillus M. Foley
The Viability and Applicability of Small Group Models for Effective Youth Ministry, Michael James Giering
The lament of a Davidic king: Jesus in Gethsemane (Mark 14:32-42), Jennifer Melena Gilbertson
Dwelling place of the soul and mind : the role of the heart in the Macarian Homilies, Dean Gjorcheski
The waves of the deluge breaking on Jonah: the intertextual use of the noachic narrative in Jonah, Kevin S. Golden
Insight, Hindsight, and Foresight: The Biblical Understanding of Prophetic Power, Nathaniel Edward Greene
Filled with his own glory: reclaiming the christological foundation of theosis, Kirsten Laurel Guidero
Forming leaders through spiritual disciplines, Tim Gunnells
Mary of Bethany: Her Narrative Function, Mary A. Hanson
Toward a full diachronic approach to New Testament lexicography, David Scott Hasselbrook
Cut off from (one's) people: punitive expulsion in the Torah, G. Thomas Hobson
Recapitulation and salvation in Irenaeus of Lyon, Jonathan Hoglund
The Eternal Procession of the Holy Spirit as Supported by John 15:26, Joseph F. Howard
Qi and the Holy Spirit : a comparative study, Baozhu Hu
Strategies and methods for evangelism among first- and second-generation Hindu diaspora in America, Anush John
Preaching the Narratives in Light of Literary Rhetorical Devices: Special Emphasis on the Book of Esther, Sung-Kug Jung
Dobson and democratization: extending Nathan Hatch's populist thesis in The democratization of American Christianity by comparison with contemporary evangelical authority James C. Dobson, Brett Ralph Klassen
An exploration and comparison of the critical factors that have influenced Native North Americans on journeys into leadership, William Victor Kraske
The TITIP program in Papua, Indonesia: an assessment, Margreet Harms Kroneman
Eyes from the outside : Christian mission in zones of violent conflict, Kim Lamberty
A Training Manual for Developing Practical Hermeneutical Skills within the Jamaican Pentecostal Culture, Michael Ross Lanier
Paul's Gospel and Christ's Kingdom: The Role of the Love of Neighbor in the Good News, Sean A. Levine
Reading 2 Timothy 1:1-18 devotionally in Greek, Weilun Liu
Theology and Culture: The Written and Unwritten Codes of Paul on Women and Church Ministry in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, Eunice Soek-Peng Low
A study of the effect of the practice of the presence of God on the growth of transformation in Christ-followers, Paul C. Lucks
A literary-theological study of the nations in Isaiah 56-66, Matthew Jeremy Lynch
Constructing a theology of mission in Cameroon, Hubert Valery Tchetche Mabou
The spiritual vitality of indigenous monocultural missionaries in India associated with Missionary Upholders Trust, Rebecca K. Magnuson
Understanding salvation: a canonical-theistic approach to soteriological theories applied to the work of Athanasius and Anselm, David Mahfood
Still Not Satisfied: Orthodox Theology and Anselm's Cur Deus Homo, Christopher Evan McGarvey
Soul cloaking: a strategy for Navy chaplaincy utilizing its religious ministry tasks as pre-evangelism, George James Mendes
Angels Falling: The Triumph of Democracy and the Rise in Religious Violence, 1776 - 1967, Chris Meserole
I love to tell the story : congregational narrative evangelism, Timothy Jacob Morrison
Gregory of Nyssa's hermeneutic of virtue, David Paul Aikins Ney
The death of sympathy: the rhetorical and ethical progression in Uncle Tom's cabin, Kristin Joy Niehof
