Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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A Quantitative Analysis of God Attachment and the Christian Faith and Life Among Evangelical Christians
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This pilot study explored the possible relationships between attachment to God and the Christian faith and life among a small sample of evangelical Christians. A quantitative analysis was performed on Christian adults ... -
A Quantitative Study of Adolescent Aggressive Behavior in a Church-Based Context: Bully in the Pew
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-30)This dissertation examines aggressive behavior (bullying) among adolescents in a church-based context. Chapter 1 introduces the research concern that adolescent aggression is a challenge, not only in schools and work ... -
A query in Baptist history : the Philadelphia Association, was it in its organization and early history strictly Calvinistic?
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R.B.C. Howell and the theological foundation for Baptist participation in the benevolent empire
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007-11-05)This dissertation examines the theological writing and preaching of Robert Boyte Crawford Howell, Southern Baptist pastor, editor, author, and denominational leader in the mid-nineteenth century. It argues that Howell ... -
Reaching the Secular City: A Practical Model for Brazilian Urban Missionaries Through the Lens of Lesslie Newbigin
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-05)ABSTRACT REACHING THE SECULAR CITY: A PRACTICAL MODEL FOR BRAZILIAN URBAN MISSIONARIES THROUGH THE LENS OF LESSLIE NEWBIGIN Wendal Mark Johnson, PhD The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2020 Chair: ... -
Reading the Pausal Forms Together with the Accents in the Masoretic Text
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-05-04)Contrary to E. J. Revell’s diachronic view that the pausal forms and accents in the Masoretic Text reflect two different reading traditions, this dissertation contends that reading the pausal forms and accents together is ... -
Reading With the Masoretes: The Exegetical Utility of Masoretic Accent Patterns
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)Though interpreters commonly neglect the masoretic accents in exegesis, this system clarifies and confirms the sense of the text through highly predictable patterns. This dissertation seeks to establish the presence of ... -
A Reappraisal of Religious Experience in Expository Preaching in Light of Jonathan Edwards's Sense of the Heart
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-30)The primary aim of this dissertation is to demonstrate that Jonathan Edwards's "sense of the heart" as a principle of a new kind of perception or spiritual sensation given by the Spirit of God in regeneration, in which a ... -
Reclaiming Monergism: The Case for Sovereign Grace in Effectual Calling and Regeneration
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-05-16)This dissertation examines the doctrines of effectual calling and regeneration and argues that the biblical view is that God's saving grace is monergistic - meaning that God acts alone to effectually call and monergistically ... -
Reconsidering Eternal Life in the Old Testament: The Idea of Resurrection Rooted in the Torah
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)ABSTRACT RECONSIDERDING ETERNAL LIFE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: THE IDEA OF RESURRECTION ROOTED IN THE TORAH Eun-Jung Kim, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: Dr. Russell T. Fuller This ... -
Reconsidering the Aspect of Fear/Power in Evangelism and Missions
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-11-29)The cultural aspects of guilt/innocence, shame/honor, and fear/power have received much attention since the twentieth century. While theologians in Western contexts have considered the guilt/innocence aspect and missiologists ... -
Rediscovering and Applying God's Holiness in Isaiah 6 and Revelation 4 Through the Lens of Abraham Kuruvilla's Hermeneutical and Homiletical Approach
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-05)This dissertation investigates the rich theological concept of God’s holiness in Isaiah 6 and Revelation 4, utilizing Abraham Kuruvilla’s hermeneutical and homiletical method for preaching. This study focuses on elucidating ... -
A Reexamination of Pastoral Theology and Practice Concerning Children and Conversion
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-04-29)This dissertation argues that a pastor can confidently and effectively counsel a child in the matter of conversion. Chapter 1 deals with the formative experiences of the author which led to the study, as well as with an ... -
The Reformed and Celibate Pastor: Richard Baxter's Argument for Clerical Celibacy
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)ABSTRACT THE REFORMED AND CELIBATE PASTOR: RICHARD BAXTER’S ARGUMENT FOR CLERICAL CELIBACY Seth DeShields Osborne, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. David L. Puckett This ... -
Reforming Counseling: The Adaptation of Van Tilian Concepts by Jay Adams
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-05)In his groundbreaking work, Competent to Counsel, Jay Adams references the influence of Dutch philosopher Cornelius Van Til upon his new approach to counseling. This dissertation will analyze Adams’s adaptation of three ... -
Reforming Virtue: Bavinck's Method of Engaging with Virtue Ethics from a Reformed Perspective
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-11-30)There is a distinct reluctance in the Reformed tradition to engage with natural theology and scholarship in the study of, among other things, virtue ethics. This thesis attempts to demonstrate that Herman Bavinck’s four ... -
The Refutation of Bird Evolution by a Study of Feathered Dromaeosaurs as a Created Kind
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2022-03-01)Secular science seeks to use a group of feathered dinosaurs known as dromaeosaurs as proof of the evolution of birds. Species evolution is not true and feathered dromaeosaurs are misclassified as dinosaurs when they are ... -
Regeneration and the Heart Under the Old Covenant: A Study in Deuteronomy and the Major Prophets
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-03-26)Biblical scholars debate whether elect members of the old covenant were regenerate, often tying the discussion to the language of circumcision of heart. Yet an analysis of heart transformation metaphors in the prophets ... -
Regionalism in selected musical works of Charles Faulkner Bryan (1911-1955)
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008-04-29)The dissertation examines regionalism in selected musical works of Charles Faulkner Bryan (1911-1955). The composer's upbringing and cultural heritage are examined within the context of the history and traditions of the ... -
"Reiding Rawls": A critical assessment of Thomas Reid's Common Sense Philosophy as a response to John Rawls's doctrine of public reason
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-12-23)This dissertation examines John Rawls’s doctrine of public reason in light of Thomas Reid’s Common Sense philosophy. Chapter 1 introduces the topics of public reason and common sense in order to suggest that Thomas Reid’s ...