Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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The Church's Role in a Pandemic: Reflection, Response, and Revival
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-05-03)In this thesis, I argue that the church should commit to its essential role as “the people of God,” “the body of Christ,” and “the temple of the Holy Spirit” to serve the community and world while facing a global pandemic, ... -
Classical Christian Education and Racial Representation: A Mixed Method Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-11-22)ABSTRACT CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND RACIAL REPRESENTATION: A MIXED METHOD STUDY Miranda Renea Webster, Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Chair: Dr. Jeffrey Michael Horner This ... -
The Cohesive Rhetoric of Jesus: The Role of Matthew 6:19–7:11 in the Sermon on the Mount
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-12-02)For centuries, the Sermon on the Mount has received particular attention as a discrete unit of Christ’s teaching, yet disagreement reigns among its interpreters. A central concern among the Sermon’s interpreters is the ... -
The Command from His Father: Begotten not Made, Submissive not Subservient, Assigned not Subjected
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-05-05)While a majority of contemporary theologians conceptualize the Trinity as ordered relations with unstructured authority (ORUA), other theologians view the Trinity as possessing eternal relations of authority and submission ... -
A Communion of Love: The Animating Principle Behind the Christocentric Spirituality of Robert Murray M’Cheyne
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This study’s main contribution is its aim to reorient the common perception surrounding M’Cheyne’s pursuit of holiness. It argues that rightly understanding M’Cheyne’s spirituality must begin with the fundamental issue of ... -
Communion with God and Comfortable Dependence on Him: Anne Dutton's Trinitarian Spirituality
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This dissertation seeks to retrieve a crucial aspect of the spiritual heritage of Anne Dutton, her Trinitarian spirituality as it was developed in the historical context of eighteenth-century Trinitarian controversies in ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Divine Action Methodologies in the Works of Robert John Russell and Alvin Plantinga
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)ABSTRACT A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIVINE ACTION METHODOLOGIES IN THE WORKS OF ROBERT JOHN RUSSELL AND ALVIN PLANTINGA John Paul Wilkinson, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, ... -
A comparative analysis of leadership competencies and characteristics for vocational ministry leaders as identified by ministry professionals
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004-05-14)Leaders in Christian ministry, in many instances, are in a crisis of competence. This research was a comparative analysis of select ministry professionals for the purpose of determining their perceptions as to the necessary ... -
A comparative analysis of leadership development models in post-baccalaureate theological education
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-05-15)This research study was concerned with higher education, leadership development, and understanding and examining the training models that are employed to prepare men and women for Christian ministry. The study combines ... -
A comparative analysis of role priorities of educational ministers serving in purpose driven model churches and classical programmatic model churches
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-05-13)This dissertation compared the role priorities and curricular values identified by educational staff ministers serving in purpose driven model churches as compared to those serving in classical programmatic model churches ... -
A comparative analysis of selected pastors' personality profiles and their conflict management styles
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-05-01)This dissertation is a comparative analysis of selected pastors' personality profiles and their conflict management styles. As pastors understand their personalities, this will decrease conflict within themselves and with ... -
A Comparative Analysis of the Church Retention Rate of Christian High School Graduates
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)The purpose of this study was to examine the claim that 70 to 90% of youth ministry participants abandon the church after high school graduation. Chapter 1 examines the current statistics related to the church retention ... -
A Comparative Analysis of the Integration of Faith and Learning Between ACSI and ACCS Accredited Schools
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)The purpose of this descriptive quantitative study was to analyze and compare the integration of faith and learning occurring in Christian schools accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Theological Anthropologies in Selected Christian Counseling Models
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)Chapter 1 introduces the significance of theological anthropology in counseling for theological coherency. Specifically, I discuss the anthropological issues of the spiritual nature and sin and their implications for what ... -
A comparative analysis of younger and older pastors' perceptions of leadership
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006-12-15)This dissertation is a comparative analysis of the leadership perceptions of older and younger pastors. The research concern is introduced in chapter one with a question raised by critics of the evangelical church within ... -
A Comparative Content Analysis of Worship Leader Job Descriptions and Undergraduate Worship Leader Curricula in the Southern Baptist Convention
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2019-05-01)The purpose of this research was to determine the characteristics described in worship leader job descriptions in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and examine the correspondence of these characteristics with worship ... -
A Comparative Critique of the Moral Philosophies of Alasdair MacIntyre and John Hare
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)This dissertation argues that the Aristotelianism of Alasdair MacIntyre is more cogent than the prescriptive realism of John Hare. Chapter 1 introduces the relationship between moral philosophy and apologetics and presents ... -
A comparative study of apokaluptō and phaneroō in the Greek New Testament : a word study
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A Comparative Study of Deutero Isaiah and Job
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A comparative study of the religious epistemology of Carl F. H. Henry and Alvin Plantiga
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007-05-21)This dissertation compares the religious epistemology of Carl F. H. Henry and of Alvin Plantinga. Chapter 1 briefly examines the impact of the Enlightenment and its subsequent developments upon religious epistemology and ...