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Theses/Dissertations from 2006
A healing of memories ministry in a local church, William G. Thornton
Photius' Theology of 'From the Father Alone' and Its Influences on Medieval Eastern Pneumatology, Chun Bo Tian
A Critique on the delivery of Pastoral Care to Pastors of the Christian Reformed Church In the Philippines, Julius Umawing
Aggression and Affective Communication in Latino Marriages, Eiko Komuro Venovic
Law and sin: an Edenic nexus?: a study with reference to 1 Corinthians 15:56 and the catalytic operation of the law, Chris Alex Vlachos
In Defense of Sola Fide: A Refutation of N.T. Wright's View of Justification, Paul Yoon
Exploring the Ethical Mindset of Students, Robert D. Young
Dualism and the worldview of second-generation Korean American college students, Young Shik Yun
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Church Discipline: A Case of ATAKTOI: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15, John Tsenzughul Abawua
The Relationship between Faith and Works: A Comparison of James 2:24 and Ephesians 2:8-10, Jeremy T. Alder
The relationship of faith and physical healing in Jesus' miracles, Todd Jason Baker
"That we might be made God": themes of deification in western medieval Catholicism, David Barbee
Preaching God's Word in a Postmodern World, Adrien J, Bausells
Echoes of Scripture in the Letter of Paul to the Colossians, Christopher A. Beetham
Training church planters of Vietnam Christian Mission, John G. Bernard
Adolescent attachments to parents and peers in relation to aspects of psychological well-being and social competence: a meta-analysis, Lucas O. Bossard
The relationship of spirit baptism to union with Christ, Mark D. Brock
A Comparison Between the Missiological thought of Johan Herman Bavinck and Herman Hoeksema Regarding General Revelation and Related First Article Issues, Nathan C. Brummel
Peter Martyr Vermigli: A Reformer Perfecting Aristotle's Virtue Theory, Kelvin S. Budiman
Was Polycarp a Pentecostal? An Examination of the Patristic Evidence Regarding Tongue-Speaking with Subsequent Comparison to Modern Pentecostal Practice, Nathan Albert Busenitz
Training Kenyan church planters for the harvest: a formative evaluation of a training program for the Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Robert L. Carr
Ideology And Interpretation In Luke 1-2: A Critique Of Itumeleng Mosala's Black Materialist Hermeneutics For (South) Africa, Emmanuel Chemengich
A Model of Pastoral Counseling for Suicide Prevention Among Young Soldiers, Young Yoon Choi
Dialogue between Jesus and the Samaritan woman in John 4:1-42 : challenges for interreligious dialogue and proclamation today, Reba Veronica D'Costa
Here, But Not Yet: a Paradigm Toward Understanding the Role of Women in Ministry: existential reality, essential reality and process as applied to the debate between egalitarianism and hierarchicalism, James B. De Young and Sarah L. Hurty
Antisemitism and the Judaistic Paul: a study of I Thessalonians 2:14-16 in light of Paul's social and rhetorical contexts and the contemporary question of antisemitism, Brenton D.G Dickieson
The Realization Of The Resurrection Of The Dead In 1 Corinthians 15, Daniell E. Farrier
Living waters: an invitation to contemplative spirituality for the Quail Springs Church of Christ, Wyatt E. Fenno
An Exegetical Interpretation of Christ's Command to Purchase a Sword in Luke 22:35-38, Jason Alan Garrison
Academic Stress and the Transition from a National School to an English-Speaking School, Julianna Hawkins Gieser
You're in the Army Now...But God Came in Your Ruck Sack: Transitioning Deployed Christian Army National Guardsmen into Their New Role as Full-Time Soldiers, William Bradley Hanna
His spear through my side into Luther: Calvin's relationship to Luther's doctrine of the will, Matthew C. Heckel
Perceptions of the Effects of Prayer on Teachers, Beth Husband
The Kingdom in the Republic: Dealing with French Cultural Elements in Conflict with Kingdom Principles, Lucie Huys
A father's final charge: the projected, ideal son of the regnal charge pericopae, I Kings 2, I Chronicles 22 & 28, Michael J. Ives
The Language of Enemies, John A. Jillions
A curriculum designed to equip leaders in developing church and community-based youth ministries that impact urban communities, Kimberlee A. Johnson
And a Dispute Arose Among Them: A Look at Conflict in the Church, Tad LeVern Johnson
A Critical Appraisal of the Pneumatology of Aiyadurai Jesudasen Appasamy, Pandipeddi Chenchiah and Vengal Chakkarai Chettiar, Palolil V. Joseph
Creation, fall, redemption : a theology with an Asian accent, Yeon-Jeong Kim
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
The Ethical Admonition of Watchfulness and the Timing of the Parousia, Zachary J. King
The Ethical Admonition of Watchfulness and the Timing of the Parousia, Zachary J. King
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
Progressive Dispensationalism: a Paradigm Shiff for Dispensational Theology with Ministry Relevance for Dispensational Churches in Kenya, Joseph Uvai Mutisya
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
Clinging to God in the Night, Mark Stephenson
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
