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Theses/Dissertations from 2005
The Lord's supper in the theology of John Wesley, Charles Finney, and Stanley Horton: a Wesleyan, Holiness, and Classical perspective, Roy D. Kindelberger II
In Search of the Unknown God: A Guide for Teaching the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit to Teenagers in the Stone Campbell Movement, Sarah Jean Korell
"Flesh that needs to be loved": a Christian dialogue with Toni Morrison's Beloved and Paradise, Joy-Elizabeth Fledderjohann Lawrence
Impassible Suffering of God According to Cyril of Alexandria, Chang-Woo Lee
Church, culture, and the Kingdom: a critique of dispensational ecclesiology in consideration of missional church theology, David Paul Leong
The [TELEIOS] as a goal of Pauline spiritual formation, Tony Lin
Christ's mediatorial function in God's giving of verbal revelation to man throughout all ages, Troy Manning
The religious syncretism in The Matrix: a dialogue and critique with logos theology, Daniel McGregor
The Gentile mission in Old Testament citations in Acts: text, hermeneutic, and purpose, James A. Meek
Mission and Charism of the Congregation of Holy Cross: Toward a Spirituality for Today's Needs, Paul Kofi Mensah
Beyond conversion : developing church leaders for holistic evangelism in the community of evangelical churches in Rwanda, Pauline Mukeshimana
Evangelical and feminist?: an evaluation of Nancy Hardesty's assessment of the relationship between Evangelicalism and the Woman's Rights Movement in nineteenth-century America, Bethany Wade Murphy
Jesus the healer : a basis for inculturation in Africa, Singini I. Nacidze
From Bystander to Standing By: Reviewing the Church's Response to Spouse Abuse, Ruth T. Nyambura Kariuki
The Impact of Training in Inner Healing for Sexual Brokenness Upon Attitudes Toward Homosexuals, Mark L. Ongley
Towards a Robust Primacy: A Contemporary Reflection on Church Order, Disorder, and the Canonical Tradition in Light of the Roman Papacy, Justin J. Patterson
Language as Metaphor: An Orthodox Critique of Gender-Neutral and Gender-Inclusive Language in the Trinitarian Formula, Tamara J. Patterson
St. Teresa of Avila: the manifestation of suffering in prayer, Eureka People
A Little Leaven: The Struggle for the Heavenly Kingdom in Southern Serbia, Barnabas Powell
Saint Basil the Great's use of Scripture in On the Holy Spirit, Kenneth James Reid
An Evangelical Woman's Dialogue with Mary Daly, Linda A. Rich
Yeshua-Messiah For B'Nai Noac: A Study In Resurrection Typology, Charles G. Rogers MD and Byron Longino PhD
A biblically-based charismatic theology : an outline, Jon Ruthven
Witnessing the Truth in Love, Crystal Sophia Sokolov
Joining to Expand Faith-Based Mental Health Resources: Bi-Directional Referral and Collaboration Between Psychologists and the Church, Nicole L. Steiner-Pappalardo
An assessment of the effects of empowerment in the Mexican charismatic movement, Armida Belmonte Stephens
Characteristics of church leadership that mobilizes lay people: a case study of ECWA churches in Nigeria, Philip Tait
Peter's use of Joel 2:28-32 in Acts 2:16-21, Stephen Go Tan
Preaching to Hong Kong immigrants in America, Cuong (Calvin) Tran
Intimacy with God, James Welch
The Language of Sacrifice in Early Eucharistic Theology, Timothy Scott Williams
The religious contribution of CH Mason and the Church of God in Christ toward racial unity, John Wilson III
The contributions of Oliver O'Donovan and William Werpehowski to the current debate over the personhood of the early human embryo, Benny Phang Khong Wing
Pathways to passibility: the emergence of the 'suffering God' in twentieth century theology, Carolyn Jane Winter
The righteousness of God in the Old Testament and its implication on justification, Terry T. Wong
Dostoevsky as theologian in The idiot, Lisa Elaine Woodson
An exegetical and theological study of Ezekiel 37:1-14, Mark Yelderman
Hold on to the Good--A Qualitative Research on the Discernment of Prophecies in the Bewegung Plus, Switzerland, Franziska Zúñiga
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Integral pastoral care in Ghana : proposals for healing in the Asante context, Grabriel Amoateng-Boahen
"The triumphal entry" in Mark: reading Mark's presentation of the triumphal entry of Jesus in the light of Greco-Roman and Jewish entry customs, Brian George Burtchett
The healing ministry of the word : a critique of Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos' therapeutic ecclesiology based on St. John Chrysostom's homily on the Good Samaritan, Noah Forest Bushelli
An examination and evaluation of Bernard of Clairvaux's use of Scripture in the development of his theology of desire, Ser-Choon Chong
Racism and One Minister's Strategy of Dealing With Its Reality in a Small Southern Town, Brian Eugene Clark
Models, metaphors, and multivalent contextualizations : religious language and the nature of contextual theology, Marc Cortez
A Manual for Equipping Leaders of Small Groups to Empower Local Church People for the Ministry of Work, Ronald N. Cousineau
Giving sorrow words: turning mourning into dancing: improving the quality of life of terminally ill children, adolescents, and adults through the use of therapeutic videography, Timothy D. Cranfill
"Love is the measure" : the lives of Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton as counter-cultural models of the church, Thérèse A. Cullen
Physical and Spiritual Procreation in the Symposium on Chastity by Methodius of Olympus, Jeremy Davis
The significance of [PROTOTOKOS] in the Colossian Hymn, Ryan J. Doyle
Christian friendship and adelphopoiesis, Peter Drobac
Training Lay Counselors Utilizing a Compendium of Scripture With Commentary from Church Fathers and the Puritans, Charles R.H Everett
The Influence of Organizational Factors on Small Group Ministries in Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Churches, David Fortune
Bonhoeffer for the missional church: an exposition and critique of the missional church movement's ecclesiology in light of the ecclesiology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Patrick S. Franklin
Luke-Acts and Ancient Historiography: The Role of Genre in Hermeneutics, Brent Douglas Gilbert
Improving teaching effectiveness in a bible college class by implementing a theology of pedagogy, John A. Greenlee
Believers' demonization, a doctrinal evaluation, Bruce William Guckelberg
Antislavery clergy in antebellum Kentucky, 1830-1860, Luke E. Harlow
Leadership and the life of God: distribution of ministerial gifts and leadership practices at the Quail Springs Church of Christ, Robert Mark Henderson
Searching for Pentecost: the origins and development of modern doctrines of spirit baptism, Jason A. Johansen
Contextual teaching of soteriology amongst the Central Bantu of Kenya, Paul M. Kamunge
Towards a spirituality of healing and reconciliation in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Kamanzi Kasanziki
Domestic violence: a pastoral response guide, Margaret M. Leddy
Prophetic symbolism, or purifying zeal?: an assessment of N.T. Wright's view of the temple incident in the ministry of Jesus, Chang Woo Lee
The Christological and ecclesial pacifism of Stanley Hauerwas: Lutheran analysis and appraisal, Joel D. Lehenbauer
Christian Missions Overseas : 38 years of cross-culture missionary work, an evaluation = Zhong hua hai wai xuan dao xie hui yi wen hua xuan jiao de tan tao, Cheng-Hwei Liang Hu
The Church as the family of God in the praxis and ethics of reconciliation and peacemaking in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lievin Engbanda Lingonge
Tamar's Righteousness: A Model of Christian Righteousness to Reconsider the Debate on Contraception, Xenios Christopher Marckx
A biblical pastoral approach to the problem of suffering in India, Fiorello Mascarenhas
Training mid-career missionaries for team ministries: evaluation of an international mission board program in Southern Africa, Robert E. Morris
The role of women in the Church of East Africa : focus on women empowerment, Leocreatia L. Muganda
The Sanctity of Chastity: An Orthodox Approach to Homosexuality, John Edgar Parker III
Christology in the four Gospels: a biblical response to the teaching of open theism, Tae Soo Park
Feeding upon the Word of God : the exegesis of John 6:31-58 in the writings of Origen, Vitalijs Permjakovs
The Beatitudes in moral theology: the contribution of Servais-Th[eodore] Pinckaers, O.P., Hung Pham
The attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad toward non-Orthodox Christians and the ecumenical movement (1920-1964) : an historical evaluation, Andrei V. Psarev
The essential role of wonder in theological reflection, Janis B. Saville
The Body and Transcendence in Athanasius, Rachel Elizabeth Schroeder
The role of prayer houses in Korean immigrant church growth, Wah Rang Shin
The use of the Old Testament in the book of Acts, Mark Shiraki
An examination of the relationship between religiosity and depression and suicide for low-income, urban African American adolescents, Christopher A. Summers
The Holy Spirit and the Will of God: A Literary Reading of the Holy Spirit in the Gospel of Luke, Michael C. Thompson
The role of faith and reason in Thomas Aquinas's epistemology, Jonathan M. Waita
Sacred space : God's architectural design for God-centered worship, Malachy Marie Williams
Servant discipleship in the gospel of Matthew, Thomas G. Yoakum
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Preparing your heart for marriage, Ernest H. Baker
Contextualizing the Gospel: comparing Paul's methods in Athens and Corinth, David M. Ballast
From the beginning : gender and the theology of the body, Fred L. Bittle
When time shall be no more : the happy conjunction of theoretical physics and biblical cosmology, Anthony L. Blair
An analysis of the Church of God Theological Seminary's role in developing leaders for the Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee, David C. Blair
Toward an Integrated Pentecostal Public Theology in Christian Formation Praxis, James B. Bolds
Sacramental elements of creativity in the work of Dorothy L. Sayers, S. Burtis Bradley
Welcome to the Brave New World: Inquiries on the Gains and Losses of Modernity from a Post-Byzantine Orthodox Perspective, Cristian Buchiu
The Influence of Plato's Phaedo on Gregory of Nyssa's on the Soul and Resurrection, Adam Cook
