Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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A Comprehensive Ordinance: A Biblical, Theological, and Formational Case for Threefold Communion
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-15)The night before Jesus died, the Lord presided over three important aspects in the upper room with his disciples. The Gospel accounts tell that Jesus ate a meal with the disciples, washed their feet, and shared the bread ... -
The concept and practice of Christian fellowship: the connectional and inter-denominational aspects thereof, among seventeenth century English Baptists
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The concept of holiness in the Pauline epistles
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004-06-18)This dissertation has attempted to define Paul's concept of holiness and how he develops and applies the concept in his letters. This task has focused on Pauline theology, conducting an in-depth exegetical study on various ... -
The Concept of the Kinsman in the Biblical Doctrine of Redemption
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Condemning rejection: the basis of God's condemnation of humanity
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-10-27)The purpose of this research was to look at what sin or sins was human condemnation based on primarily. This study takes a look at the words or concepts, passages, and interpretations of the text and doctrines associated ... -
Confessionalism and Cooperation in the Baptist Movement, 1609–1925
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)Baptists came confessing and Baptists came cooperating. But historically, what is the relationship between the two? For more than four hundred years of the Baptist movement across two continents, confession and cooperation ... -
"Confident of Better Things": Assurance of Salvation in the Letter to the Hebrews
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)This dissertation contends that interpreters have underestimated assurance of salvation in the Letter to the Hebrews and the author's confidence in his recipients' salvation. Chapter 1 considers the history of research, ... -
The conflict between faith and experience and the editing of Psalms 73–83
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-04-29)This study evaluates Psalms 73–83 from an editorial-critical standpoint. Chapter 1 focuses on methodology. Chapter 2 highlights aspects of precedent research that demonstrate this study’s need: (1) lack of consensus over ... -
Conflict Management Among Church Elders: A Delphi Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-11-30)This Delphi study was conducted in an effort to enhance church elders’ ability to manage conflict amongst themselves in ways that honor God and benefit the church. With a firm commitment to building upon the biblical ... -
Conflict Management Styles of Pastors and Organizational Servant Leadership: A Descriptive Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-04-26)The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to examine the relationship between the conflict management styles among senior pastors and the perceived organizational servant leadership tendencies in their churches. ... -
Conflict, Change, and Conversion: Four Decades of Conversion Among Baptists in Croatia 1970-2010
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)CONFLICT, CHANGE, AND CONVERSION: FOUR DECADES OF CONVERSION AMONG BAPTISTS IN CROATIA 1970-2010 Eric Kane Maroney, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: Dr. M. David Sills Evangelicals ... -
Conformity to Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Analysis of Paul's Perspective on Humiliation and Exaltation in Philippians 2:5-11
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)This dissertation presents a threefold thesis. First, Paul is presenting a parallel in Philippians 3:7-11 from his own life by echoing back to Christ’s life and ministry in Philippians 2:5-11. Second, the theme of conformity ... -
Connecting With the Heart of God in Grief: Employing Narrative in Christian Bereavement Care
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This thesis argues that Christian bereavement care needs to proceed from a solid biblical foundation in determining the goal (receiving comfort from God), model (by focusing on communion with God), and method of care ... -
Consilia: Catholic Inroads at the Puritan Anti-Catholic Westminster Assembly
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-15)While historians disagree about many different aspects of the Westminster Assembly (1643–1653), the current historiography is united in seeing the gathering and its members as staunchly anti-Catholic. However, a largely ... -
Contest of Civility: Conformity, Dissent, and the Struggle for Religious Liberty
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-05-03)By the early 1660s, two bordering jurisdictions in colonial America enacted fundamentally divergent political communities. Massachusetts perpetuated civility of conformity, a political formulation that fastened society ... -
The Contribution of Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson to Classical Pentecostalism
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-05)The historiography of Pentecostalism customarily identifies Charles Parham and William Seymour as first-generation founders. Parham and Seymour are unquestionably central to the debut of Pentecostalism in North America in ... -
The Contribution of Karl Barth toward the Formulation of an Evangelical Theology of Religions
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-05)The dissertation focuses on Karl Barth's theology as it relates to present issue in Evangelical thought. Chapter 1 states that an Evangelical theology of religions can affirm and apply particular aspects of Barth's ... -
The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics: An assessment of its fitness for use in Christian theology and apologetics
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-10-20)This dissertation examines the suitability of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics for use in Christian theological and apologetic endeavors. Chapter 1 introduces basic issues in quantum physics in non-technical ... -
The core assemblage of the Iron Age cult in Palestine
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-08-11)This dissertation examines the relationship between selected Iron Age cultic sites found in the land of Canaan and their material cultures. The resulting data allows the creation of tentative paradigms reflecting the ... -
The correlation between church leaders' understanding of the issue of child sexual abuse and preventive steps taken within their churches
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-05-13)The research examined the relationship between knowledge of faith-based church leaders regarding the facts of child sexual abuse and the practice of child sexual abuse prevention steps utilized within the church. It examined ...