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Theses/Dissertations from 2007
St. John Chrysostom's theology of Christian transformation, Pak-Wah Lai
"Lord, teach us to pray" : using the Myers-Briggs type indicator as a spiritual tool to enrich prayer life, Maryjo Landuyt
The Ecclesiology of St. Cyprian in Historical Context, Robert Clark Leake Jr
Exegetical and Theological Investigation of James 2:14-26 in Light of the New Perspective on Paul, Kerry Lee Lewis
Barriers to the Utilization of Mental Health Services in African American Church Communities: A Qualitative and Descriptive Study of Pastor's Perceptions, Vickey L. Maclin
A manual for a local church in Philadelphia on how to develop economic holistic ministry for community transformation, Brodie R. Mathis
Communities of reconciliation : the base ecclesial community as minister of reconciliation to the gangs of El Salvador, Timothy B. McConville
"Except you ravish me": the images of Christ as courtly knight, bridegroom, and mother of the soul as woven through the religious love lyric In a valey of this resles mynde, Eleanor G. McCullough
Chronic Childhood Trauma: Mean Differences in Diagnostic Certainty for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Christine M. McGrath
A mission-based evaluation of a summer camping program for low-income youths: an examination of spiritual, personal and social outcomes, Jennifer L. McKay
An Emerging Ecclesiology: the Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement, Brian McLaughlin
To what end medicine?: an examination of Christian bioethics and the nature of medicine, Jennie Anderson McLaurin
Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Soren Kierkegaard and the Desert Fathers, Ian Christopher Michie
The Seed of Abraham, the Law, and Circumcision: Preserving Self-Differentiation of Jew and Gentile in Table Fellowship, Jeff D. Michler
Hebrews 10:29: The Holy Spirit Which Produces Enabling Grace, J Scott Morris
The Place of Rationality and Revelation in Blaise Pascal's Apologetics, Jeremiah Mutie
Dependence in the wilderness: learning to glorify God in life's wilderness from the King of Israel and the King of Kings, Jeffery G. Newman
Catholic responses to the liberal pluralist position : Karl Rahner's and Jacques Dupuis's theology of religions situated within the Church's teachings about Christian relations with other religions, Stephen Kha Manh Nguyen
The power of the silenced : women, agency and conscientization in the Igbo church, Angela Ngozi Obu-Anukam
An African reading of the prologue of the Fourth Gospel, Ferdinand Okorie
Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Paul's Use of Sibling Language, Alisha Nicole Paddock
An Examination and Analysis of North American Short-Term Missions to Mexico from the Perspective of the Mexican Pastor, Aaron Palmatier
'Common Ground:' An Evaluation of Authentic Ministry to Military Personnel Between 18-26 Years of Age, Jason E. Peters
Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: Reflections on the Process of Disillusionment in Marriage, Brian T. Post
The Kingdom's Deluge: An Overview of the Development of Baptismal Rites in Early Christianity, R J. Powell
Shalom : the role of truth telling in creating communities of racial reconciliation within institutions of Christian higher education, James J. Puglisi
Is there still not three gods?: a critical analysis of Catherine Mowry Lacugna's appropriation of the trinitarian theology of the Cappadocian fathers, Charles David Raith
Life in Death: An Orthodox Pastoral Approach to Death and Dying, Philip Rogers
Rural Communities and Mental Health Care, Natalie J. Sandbulte
Determining duty: the fate of Anglo-Protestant Indian missions after the Great Awakening, E Randall Sanders
Empowering senior adults through the role of grandparenting, Leon B. Sanderson
The integration of psychology and theology: exploring attitudes, training, and interdisciplinary collaboration within the academic setting, Graeme A. Saruk
Unveiling God's Face, Christopher J. Schoon
Preaching Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit from the Old Testament prophetic books for the Korean church, Jong Keun Seong
Establishing a training program to prepare families with teenagers who are going into international missions for the first time, Jeffrey J. Seume
The globalization of Christian missions : a historical study of CBInternational's response during the period of 1989-2004, Martin C. Shaw
Paul's use of the Old Testament in Romans 9:6-29: God's judgment upon Israel's idolatry, Aaron Sherwood
The Contemplative Tradition: Living Authentically in a Complex World, Cara Rochelle Smith Richards
He dwells with us: a neocharismatic soteriology, Jon Christian Stovell
For Teaching and for Training in Righteousness: Foundations for a Doctrine of Scripture, Peter George Tierney III
Program design of an educational seminar for pastors and church leaders: a socio-structural model for domestic violence prevention, Karla Annette Torres
Exploring Facets of Classroom Management to Promote Student Learning: Routine, Procedure, and Teachers' Belief Systems, Lindsey L. Ward
Defender of divine revelation: Timothy Dwight's arguments for the Bible's authenticity and divine inspiration, Aaron John Werner
Marital Satisfaction, Spiritually Based Resources, and Attachment to God, Lora Wiens
Love In Augustine's Eudaemonistic Ethics, Byeong Woon Youn
Oral Communication and the Psyche of an Aural Community, as Seen in Acts 2:14 - 41, John Thomas Zizz
The metaphysical narrative of creation in the theology of Jürgen Moltmann, Bob Zurinsky
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Come Back To Me My People: Amos' Message Of Reconciliation, Donna Renee Anderson
The Church of Small Groups: Restoring Biblical Community Through Cell Groups, Thomas Stephen Baird
Homer Goes to Hollywood: Subverting Popular Media as a Discipleship Paradigm, Brian R. Baldwin
Examining the Construct of Sexual Addiction: Implications for Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment, David Beil-Adaskin
A synthesis of Jonathan Edwards's thoughts on theodicy and its pastoral implications, M. Jay Bennett
Learning-Oriented Learners: Who they Are and How the Church Can Help, Debra Lee Brewer
Identifying Protective and Risk Factors in Mothers of Developmentally Disabled Children: An Assessment of Their Coping Ability and Strategies, Kimberly L. Cline
The Interpretation of the Yiqtol Verbs In Psalm 47.4-5, Wilson De Angelo Cunha
Tuesday's Child: The Effectiveness of a Relationship-Focused Early Intervention Program on Promoting Parental Responsiveness, Stacy Templeton Davis
Kerygma in the Promised Land: A Handbook for Preaching Among Brazilian Immigrants in the Northeast of the United States, Sergio Elias de Faria
Moral Action in the Midst of Havoc: Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Divine Command, Daryl Ellis
Addressing Sin and Divisiveness Corporately: How the Community of God Could Be Involved in Reconciliation and Restoration, Michael Charles Gerhardt
Faith and reason as a missiological problem in a postmodern world, Sandra Gintere
Outpourings of the divine : holy oils and anointings in The ecclesiastical hierarchy of Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite, Douglas Joel Hadley
Blessing and sending the church into the world for the sake of the world, using congregational blessings as a missional enterprise, Michael Harbour
The "commander's" message in Joshua 5:13-15: its narrative purpose and theological significance for Israel, John M. Harman
She must and shall go free: Paul's Isaianic gospel in Galatians, Matthew S. Harmon
The gifts of healing : one way God sanctifies us toward spiritual wholeness, Susan Harrington
The New Manifestation of Mammon: A Biblical and Theological Critique of Western Consumerism, Christopher Michael Hays
A critique of Colin Gunton's appraisal of Augustine's trinitarianism, Steven J. Heinrichs
The two hands of God: implications of the filioque for theology of religions, Michelle Janée Howard
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Chronic Pain Management Intervention with Older Adults, Erin A. Jenkins Baker
A study of the Adaptability of Family Systems Theory to the Korean Presbyterian Church Context, Ji Hoon Jin
Paul, apocalypticism, and the law: the impact of the Christ-event upon adherence to the Jewish law in Galatians, Jeffrey Ryan Jones
Iconoclasm and Aesthetics: From Fear to Celebration, Focusing on Contemporary Cases in Korea, Myung Won Jung
A study on the effect of counseling preaching in relation to the pastoral context in the twenty first century, Hyung Joon Jun
Women's issues: counseling middle-aged women, James J. Juvinall
A call to spiritual formation: learning spiritually formative practices for the leaders of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Kelvin J. Kelley
Following Jesus as Public Witness: Discipleship in the Thought of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Peter Kline
Marital Status and Change Outcomes Among Participants in Exodus Ministries, Alex W. Kwee
Intervention Program for Hispanic Couples: An Adaptation Study of PREP, Dennise Damaris Lawry
Oneness Pentecostalism: The Historical and Theological Roots of a Worldwide Restoration Movement Within Classical Pentecostalism, Anthony David Lawson
A manual for developing a healthy multiethnic leadership team for urban church planting, Kyuboem Lee
'My Eros Has Been Crucified' - Reading Origen, Joshua Lollar
Spirit and Truth: A Handbook on Expository Preaching for Pentecostal Students, Jeff C. MacGruder
Clergy Stress and Coping: Spiritual Maturity, Marital Satisfaction, Social Support, and Burnout Among Evangelical Protestant Pastors, Christopher R. Mazzarella
The Rise of Universal Infant Baptism at the Dawn of Christendom, Robert McEachnie
Contextual and behavioral factors in disciple-making, Robert C. McNabb
You Are What You Eat: Exploring the Eucharist as a Social Practice that Morally Forms the Church, Herbert Dean Miller
Eighth-Day Creators: A Christian Environmental Stewardship Ethic Based on the 'Image of God' in the Doctrine of Creation, Vincent E. Morris
A biblical theology of prayer: the language of sonship in the light of the gospel, Joseph A. Mullen
Towards a Pentecostal European Urban Church-Planting Missiology: Defining the Role of Assemblies of God World Missions in Conjunction with Its Partners, Gregory Michael Mundis
A Study of E. Stanley Jones' Mission Approach to Affirm the Christ of the Indian Road, Seoung Hyun Nam
Two Wisdoms, Two Spirits, and Church Unity: An Exegetical Analysis of 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Steven L. Page
A Study of Reformed Spiritual Formation for Korean Christian Education, Yong Duck Park
The Influence of John Chrysostom and Cyril of Alexandria on Calvin's Institutes, Noel Pretila
Preaching to the Postmodern Congregation: An Exploration of the Sermon Process Among Ten Postmodern Preachers, James Andrew Prette
Developing a 'Presence' View of Communion at Lawson Heights Pentecostal Assembly, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, David William Puls
The New Jerusalem as God's palace-temple: an exegetical study of the Eden-temple and escalation motifs in Rev 21.1-22.5, Tze-Ming Quek
