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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Restorative Worship For Combat Traumatized Soldiers, Craig Michael Johnson
Closing the gap : best practices of selected Nazarene churches using Gallup Faith strengths training to increase member engagement in serving, Daryl E. Johnson
Transforming Communities, Inspiring Hearts: A Call for Eco-Centric Episcopal Congregations, Stephanie McDyre Johnson
A discipleship-driven church planting manual: beginning with the end in mind, Troy Johnson
Preaching to a multi-ethnic audience to build unity, Edward A. Jones
A tale of two 'Scripture pilgrims': a selective comparison of John Bunyan's The Pilgrims Progress and Wu Cheng'En's The Journey to the West, Robert D. Jones
Damaged goods?: healing the relational damage of divorce, Timothy R. Jordan II
Transforming believers into eschatological prophets: John and Paul's common view on the Spirit and mission, Michael Kares
Spiritual fathering, Mark Kiekhaeffer
The World As Host: A Retrieval Of Irenaeus's Anthropology In Conversation With Cyril O'Regan, Wendy Farley, N.T. Wright, And Hans Urs von Balthasar, David Wesley Kiger
Our wounds, God's healing : a journey from brokenness to reconciliation, Ericka Parkinson Kilbourne
An examination of prayer styles: in search of bringing vitality to contemporary Christian prayer, Jeung Hee Kim
Caring for our own: a ministry of doing restorative justice, Sonia Lynette King
Jeremiah, exegesis, and the rule of faith: theological interpretation in practice, David Jeffrey Klein
The Semantics of Hebrew in the Pentateuch and Former Prophets, Stephen Kline
Jeremiah and Feelings: A Non-Identity Crisis, Brenda Kronemeijer-Heyink
An ethnography of the contextual approach of community projects among the Yunnanese Chinese community in Lashio, Myanmar, James Mook Sum Lai
An (enduring) ecclesiology: beyond the cultural captivity of the church, Chad D. Lakies
Where two or three are gathered: renewing the small church in rural America, David A. Langer
"Clothed with power from on high" : a biblical theology of spiritual empowerment, Stephen Leckvold
The Lamb of War : the divine warrior theme in the Gospel of John, Jonathan Lee
Divine madness: the psychological and spiritual sufferings of Christopher Smart, William Cowper and Samuel Johnson in their eighteenth century English context, Mark William Lee
A missiological study of Vietnamese diaspora, Thanh Trung Le
Stewardship of the body: a weight loss ministry addressing gluttony in South Hills residents, Hilary Livingston
In other words : παράφρασις and the intertextuality of Jude and 2 Peter, Jacob A. Lollar
The Adam-Christ comparison in Romans 5:12-21, Kent T. Maitland
The role of the Holy Spirit in local church leadership, Wilson Mugambi M'Arimi
A proposed dismissal process for PCUSA congregations seeking relief of conscience, Patrick H. McElroy
Embodied integrity: realizing the Holy Spirit via the social field in ecumenical conversation, Russell L. Meyer
A missional church: assessing and developing a missional climate in an established church, Matthew W. Morine
Single Hmong mothers raising boys in an American urban culture, Pheng Moua
The ugliness of truth and the search for meaning: an exploration of art in Friedrich Nietzsche and Gerard Manley Hopkins, Daniel L. Nelson
A Holistic And Contextualized Mission Training Program: Equipping Lay Leaders For Local Mission In Vietnam, Tin Van Nguyen
Developing successful African-American female leaders in the Mount Calvary Holy Church of America, Susie C. Owens
Growing from Dragon to Man: A Parish Resource for Reintegrating Orthodox Soldiers and Veterans Returning from War, James Parnell
The resurrection power of prayer, spiritual direction and soul care from an African American perspective, Barbara Lewis Peacock
All we need is within us now: leading positive transformation in the church through our strengths, Dustin Don Petz
The ethical worldview of St. John Climacus, Brandon Pierce
The missiological implications of the religious itinerary of a West African people: the case of the Anyii in Ghana, Joseph Quainoo
Alien, orphan, enemy: religious accommodation for non-theists in the United States Navy, Jeffrey C. Quinn
Disciplemaking practices of small African American churches, Herbert L. Rhedrick Jr
Pilgrimage: place and remembrance in spiritual formation, John Richter
The Iconology of Father Sergius Bulgakov, Harrison Basil Russin
A "cross culture" for the Christian community: the importance of biblical interpretations of the cross of Jesus Christ for relationships in the Church, Thomas Salamoni
Developing a manual for church planting in an Arabic context, Yousef Sarkes
After the book: faith formation in a transmedia culture, Clint Schnekloth
Synergistic use of multiple translations within inductive Bible study, John D. Schwandt
Developing an organizational environment to enhance and multiply effective ministry at Wallenstein Bible Chapel, Ontario: lessons learned from a pond, Ronald Alan Seabrooke
Examination Of The Major Views Of The Debt Reductions In The Parable Of The Unjust Steward In Luke 16:1-13, Changping Shangguan
Home groups with purpose: bringing church renewal and strengthening spiritual relationships at First Presbyterian Church, Milton, Pennsylvania, Stephen G. Shirk
Nurturing adolescent lifelong discipleship: implementing a hermeneutic of "adoption" at St. Paul United Methodist Church, David S. Showalter
Systemic abandonment of Latino mid-adolescents residing in less ethnically populated urban communities of the midwest, Nelson Silva
Understanding the power of relationships in the healing of trauma : a guide for caregivers of adolescent children, Martha J. Smith
Life in the spirit: a post-Constantinian and Trinitarian account of the Christian life, Andreá De Von Snavely
Transformational leadership in developing collaborative prison ministry in metropolitan Memphis, Thomas Snow
The gift of dread: the pre-faith experience of existential angst, Albert D. Spalding Jr
The biblical text of Pelagius in his commentary on 2 Corinthians: a new reconstruction, Wilbert P. Stelzer
Toward hermeneutical integrity in preaching the literary forms of the Bible, Russell St. John
Sex trafficking within the Washington, DC, Metropolitan area Black church community: a call and response, Lauri Ann Swann
Paradise Unknown: Bodily Resurrection in American Evangelicalism and Origen's De Principiis, M Adryael Tong
Reading Exodus 12:1-13:16 with the church: the implications of Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics for Biblical interpretation, Rachel Sarah Toombs
Optimizing translation training at Canada Institute of Linguistics, Edgar Douglas Trick
Raising and multiplying leaders for the Vietnamese Ministries in Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference-U.S., Tu Anh Truong
Kenosis and Metanoia: The Acquisition and Actualization of Knowledge in Origen's Homilies on Jeremiah, Gregory Tucker
The implicit made explicit: Kingdom doctrine in Pauline pneumatology and ethics, Brian Hsin-Cheng Tung
Becoming a more effective missions mobilization movement: District practices in the Christian and Missionary Alliance, Dennis M. Turner
Enhancing Christian presence with Christian influence in Uganda : a quest for transformative spirituality, Julius Danstun Twongyeirwe
Making disciples: reclaiming the heart and soul of the church at the cross through transformational accountability, John A. Vacchiano
Mending broken people : the healing and transforming power of forgiveness emulating Jesus Christ in words and in deeds, Frantzo Saint Val
Developing a ministry model that addresses the needs of Liberian refugees suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, Samuel Vansiea
The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Episcopal Church: hope for unity and fruitful mission, Kent R. Walley
From legalism to grace: bringing change to a congregation, Robert E. Walter
A strategy to change people's attitudes toward disabled persons and their families, Yea-Hui Wang
The reconciling community: the missional mending of spiritual and social relationships through local church ministry, Charles H. Warnock III
Navigating the waters in a cross-racial-cross-cultural appointment, Dale M. Weatherspoon
Physicians and grief: spiritual, emotional, ethical, organizational and pastoral care implications, Jonathan S. Webster
Conversion and transformation in the contemporary Chinese context, Eirene Khean-Cheng Wee
First Samuel Fifteen and the Code of Love: A Literary Critical and Christ Centered Appropriation of a Genocide Text, James B. Wiegel
Cultivating godly leadership: a project to enrich leadership at a rural Black Baptist church, Alonza B. Williams
Echoes Of Exodus In Luke-Acts: A Retold Story Of Freedom Of God's People, Dawit Woldeyohannes
Discipleship implications of the use of passive imperatives in First Peter, Andrew Christopher Yee
Maximizing pilgrimage experiences as a tool to increase spiritual maturity within Saint Joseph's Church participants, Martin Zlatic
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The influence of indigenous Akan religious beliefs and practices on Pentecostal Christianity in Ghana : historical and theological analyses in the context of world Christianity, Aidan Kwame Ahaligah
Christianity and Islam During the First Three Centuries after the Rise of Islam, Kamal Elias AI-Rahil
Similarities and differences between Pentecostal and non-Pentecostal leaders in understanding the anointing of the Holy Spirit, Astrid Aiyadurai
An uncertain sound?: religion and politics in Tractarian thought (1833-1841), Benjamin Daniel Amundgaard
Reformed epistemology and Christian apologetics: a critical study in the epistemology of religious belief, Anthony Bakerdjian
Attachment Wounds: A Resource Introducing Attachment To Inner Healing Ministers, Valerie Ann Balius
Stimulating emotional, spiritual, and systemic leadership awareness: an urgent priority for Australian Church leaders, Andrew P. Ball
A strategy for building Christlike character at The Way Christian Fellowship through lectionary preaching, Stephen Anthony Baron
When two become one: preparing for grace-based marriage, Jason W. Barrie
