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Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Christian Identity and Presence in Contemporary Society and Culture: With Emphasis on the Naga Context, Kedo Peseyie
Sing unto the Lord: the story of the revitalization of an old United Methodist church thrugh the introduction of gospel music ministry, Thomas Risager
Should Christians Fear Death? Reflections on the Office at the Parting of the Soul from the Body, Vasilios Roditis
Holier Brethren: A Biblical Analysis Of The Implications Of Charismatic Doctrine In Brazil, Pierre G. Rosa
Free will in Clement of Alexandria, Origen of Alexandria, Methodius of Olympus and Athanasius of Alexandria, Luis Joshua Salés
An evangelical comparison of biblical demonology and Mayan spiritism practice, Jonathan Seabourn
Impacting the spiritual well-being of recovering addicts from the Greater Piedmont Teen Challenge through inner healing prayer, Robert B. Shaw
A missed paradim of Jesus' mission to the Gentiles in John 2-4, Edmond Ernest Shepard
The Primitive Advance of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the First and Second Century Church, Andrew David Shurson
A cultural interpretation of Matthew 8:22, Tarsisius Sigho
Shattered dreams and shattered vows: the lived experience of healing marital sexual betrayal in North American missionary women, Lisa M. Sinclair
An evaluation of David Bebbington's thesis that evangelicalism's doctrines of faith and assurance are marked by discontinuity with Puritanism, James Edward Skidmore
Spiritual formation in Uganda: a study of how Christians in Kisoro are being transformed in Christ's image, Kirk Slater
The baptism in the Holy Spirit: understanding evangelical, non-Pentecostal perspectives on the issues of subsequence and initial evidence at Emmanuel College, Ashley Neil Smith
Tomorrow's Worship: Corporate Christian Worship Practices for an Emerging Generation, Matthew Edward Sweeney
Foundations of faith: television, the Ten commandments, and the Apostles' Creed, James Ray Teasdale
Miraculous accommodation, otherworldly holiness: Gregory the Great's adaptation for medieval conversion, Gregory Lawrence Thiessen
Reclaiming Fundamentalism: Harold Lindsell, Inerrancy, and the Fragmentation of Postwar Evangelicalism, 1935 - 1982, Amber R. Thomas
Lessons from the Little Engine that Could: How Breakthroughs in Neuroscience and Epigenetics Are Confirming the Need for Teachers to Have and Maintain High Expectations of Students, Kirsty Rouse Thompson
Koinonia Ton Hagion / Communio Sanctorum: Harry Potter and the Communion of Saints, Mary T. Tickel
Understanding the will of God for the gentiles through the metaphorical language in the book of Isaiah, Luong Hao Tran
Ministering to the minister's wife: preparation for life in the pastorate, Sheryl D. Trefsgar
Ministering to the minister's wife: preparation for life in the pastorate, Sheryl D. Tresfgar
Serving the Poor of Brasilia through REPARE: A Para-Church Organization Project, Vitor Dantas Valenya Silveira
Towards a recontextualization of the logos theology in Justin Martyr : a Hispanic/Latino perspective, Jose Martinez Valenzuela
Made in each other: John Scottus Eriugena's conception of the human person as a unifying vocabulary for trinitarian metanarrative and Anti-Cartesian phenomenology, Carey B. Vinzant
Contemplation of the Things Lying in Darkness: Cosmogony and Cosmology in the Early Church, Stephen Edward Waers
The abiding guide: a study guide for Andrew Murray's Abide in Christ, Carlo Walth
Healing the dualistic divide : towards an eschatological redemption of body and soul, J. Lena Horst Warren
After pistis Christou: the faith of Jesus Christ in the Apostolic fathers, Michael Ray Whitenton
The death of Christ in Lukan Christology and soteriology, Benjamin R. Wilson
Biblical counseling and premarital education, Byung Guk You
Towards a glocal faith: engaging in contextualization that is grounded in the gospel of Jesus Christ according to the Scriptures, Elaine Marie Yu
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
The use of Yala proverbs (paremia) in communicating the gospel : a model for communicating the gospel in Africa, Michael Adoga
Christian ecological responsibility : intimations of prophetic witness for the Church in the new millennium, Noreen Allossery-Walsh
Jonathan Edwards's doctrine of imputed sin : 19th century southern Presbyterian accusations considered, Austin Todd Ariail
Towards a comprehensive approach to Islam in the United States, Berhanu D. Arsse
Pain, pathos, and pedagogy : the positive value of suffering in St. Basil the Great's Hom. quod Deus non est auctor malorum, Michelle Mary Bahumian
The Message and Praxis of Jesus, Dustin William Barrington
Origen's role in the formation of the New Testament canon, C. G. Bateman
Rays of the Sun: The Holy Spirit's Mediation of Union with Christ in the Theology of John Calvin, T Robert Baylor
The thinking teen: an exploration, evaluation, and application of three apologetic strategies in commending the Bible to contemporary western adolescents, David Matthew Benson
The elements that lead to a habitus of spirituality in the life of the deacon, Frank Berning
George MacDonald's life and writing: a framework for the growing Christian life, Sarah Blasing
The characterisation of Judas Iscariot: a study of his formation and interpretation by pre-modernist and modernist readers, Wayne Brighton
Holy fire: a congregational training manual on the Holy Spirit in the preaching moment, Byron Lambert Brown
Contours of a local theology in the Himalayas: contextualizing Christian theology to the circumstance of Tibetan Buddhism, Daniel Burgi
Doing the good: Paul's means of virtue contrasted with his Jewish background, Benjamin Jeffrey Burkholder
Wait for me: appreciating the curious juxtaposition of Zephaniah 3:8 and 9, Bob Caldwell
Water as a metaphor for the Holy Spirit in Johannine pneumatology, Andrew Albert Carr
The Incarnation: As Expressed in Colossians 1:15-20 and by Three Church Fathers, Susan R. Chau
A Process of Conflict Resolution Among the Christian Churches/Churches of Christ in Zambia, Patrick Chellah
The Text Critical Problem of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and the Evidences of Its Origin, Julio Cesar Piffero de Siqueira
The Virgin Mary in Two Anglican Sermons of John Henry Newman, Jan Dolny
Dialectics of identity : African initiated churches in African pentecostal rhetoric, Augustine O. Duru
"But you are all adelphoi": the Old Testament and Second Temple background for fictive sibling language in the New Testament, Benjamin Andrew Edsall
Distinction Without Separation: the Milieu of John Calvin's Doctrine of Union with Christ and the Duplex Gratia of Justification and Sanctification, Gretchen N. Ellis
A Theological Study of Lament and a Discussion toward Its Recovery in the Life of the Church, Luke David Erickson
"Faith credited as righteousness" : an evaluation of N.T. Wright's perspectives on justificaiton [sic] through Paul's use of Psalms 32 in Romans 4, Michael E. Erickson
Discovering the relationship between short-term cross-cultural mission experiences and a long-term commitment to cross-cultural mission service, Timothy P. Evans
Working through faith : understanding faith and works through the use of Genesis 15:6 by Paul and James, Jesse H. Everett
Jesus as a healer : investigating the healing miracles of the Gospel of John and their background, Brittany Ann Flowers
The Legacy Church Model of Church Planting, Thomas Anthony Fodi
The impact of inner healing prayer on the upward journey, Benjamin Franklin
Applying the Tools of Family Systems Theory and Clinical Pastoral Education to Lay Leadership in Portugal, Seth Hamilton Frank
Redefining the icon : the problem of innovation in the writings of Florensky, Ouspensky, and Kontoglou, Evan Freeman
The Topology and Topography of Tyre and Sidon, Troy Hamilton
Evaluating the whirlwind: the American Lutheran theological interpretations of pre-war Nazi Germany, John P. Hellwege
Through the Waters of Baptism: A Confirmation Curriculum, Paul Robert Helphinstine
"One alone cannot be excellent": the theology and spirituality of beauty in the thought of Jonathan Edwards, Leslie Allison Herrmann
King Mongkut's interactions with Christianity and the failure of early Protestant missionary efforts to convert the Siamese, Douglas Martin Hills
The Genesis Creation Narratives: Through the Lenses of a Historical-Critical Perspective and the Creation Evolution Debate, Ryan Michael Jackson
Hermeneutics of Hope, Adoration, and Consent: Toward Interpreting the Bible for Christian Living, Frederick Norman Johnson
Divine grace and the human will in St. John Cassian's thirteenth Conference, Ian C. Jones
The iconology of visual representations of the relationship between apostles Peter and Paul : how and why is conflict changed to harmony?, Ana Karličić
Elucidating the image of God: an analysis of the imago Dei in the theology of Colin E. Gunton and John (Jean) D. Zizioulas, Jeremy Hunt Kidwell
The Relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church in North America and the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad from 1920 - 1950, Nikolaj L. Kostur
The Church is the Ship: Tertullian's Imagery and the Collective Identity of the Second Century Church, Erin Christine Layton
The black civil rights movement and the Korean democratization movement : a comparative study of the two social movements, Byonsgung Lee
Introducing urban missions to ethnic immigrant churches, James Jinseok Lee
Toward the Fullness of God: A Story Journey through the Islamic Consciousness to the God of the Bible, R Anthony Leo
Baptism in the Syrian tradition : the first three centuries, Stephen R. Lilley
Faith formation of children in the Malaysian Baptist English-speaking congregations : a Vygotskian approach, Rosalind Yeet-Wah Lim
Reversion and syncretism among the Wimbum Baptists of Cameroon, West Africa: a missiological problem, Gabriel N. Massa
Theme and structure in Isaiah 28-33 a unified and coherent reading centered on chapter 30, G. Vincent Medina
Facilitating a biblical healing response to combat operational stress for selected sailors who have deployed to combat, Steven D. Mills
Discerning an Uphill Calling : Women's Journeys to Ministry, Jennifer Moe
Reversing trust and suspicion, integrating Ontology and Epistemology: a dialogue with Paul Ricoeur, Evangelicals, and outsiders, T. Greggory Monteith
Participating in the priestly ministry of Jesus: an ontological and pneumatological approach, Timothy F. Moore
'These are written': toward a cruciform theology of Scripture, Peter H. Nafzger
The very heart of prayer: reclaiming John Bunyan's spirituality, Brian G. Najapfour
Model of a Missionary Parish in Relation to the Society of Divine Word Identity and Charism, Tam Nguyen
The development of Pentecostalism in Ghana and its effect on Churches of Christ, Albert Douglas Ofori
The Role of Critical Theological Reflection in Training Lay Leaders, Chuah Seong Peng
The Psalmist's covenantal appeal for justice: an exegetical study of Psalm 109 with suggestions about its liturgical function in the church's crucial response to injustice, Aran J. E Persaud
