Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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A Diachronic Analysis of Southern Baptist Missions Among Hispanics in Kentucky
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-05-30)ABSTRACT A DIACHRONIC ANALYSIS OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSIONS AMONG HISPANICS IN KENTUCKY Jonathan Paul Young, D.Miss. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013 Chair: Dr. M. David Sills Chapter 1 examines the ... -
Diaspora Missions Among Asian Americans in Rural Counties in Tennessee
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-11-14)The field of diaspora missiology has erupted over the past fifteen years as a legitimate subfield of missiology. Diaspora missiology studies occur at the intersection of missiology and migration theory with an emphasis on ... -
Digital Media Use and Adolescent Christian Formation: A Correlation Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)Many schools, classrooms, and homes naively embrace the frequent use technology assuming its newness and apparent helpfulness must be utilized to live in the modern age. However, many fail to ask what effect the frequency ... -
The Discourse Function of Koine Greek Verb Forms in Narrative: Testing Current Proposals in the Book of Judith
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-11-09)The objective of this dissertation is to test some major theories on the discourse function of the Greek indicative verb-forms in narrative. Since the publication of Stanley Porter and Buist Fanning’s doctoral dissertations, ... -
Divine and Human Agency by Means of the Covenant: The Anti-Pelagian Theology of John Owen
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-30)Chapter 1 presented the thesis and purpose of this research. Throughout his life, John Owen vindicated an anti-Pelagian soteriology through divine and human agencies in the covenant. Owen was anti-Pelagian despite his ... -
Divine Deliberation: Possible-Worlds Modality and the Divine Will-To-Create
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-26)Contemporary Christian theology regularly employs a key tool of contemporary philosophy’s turn towards modal metaphysics. Philosophy’s possible worlds modality has become the basis on which theologians regularly discuss ... -
The divine design of Christian suffering: mortification, maturation, and glorification
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-10-27)Chapter 1 introduces the dissertation’s thesis and highlights its methodology. This dissertation argues that the divine design for suffering in Christ-followers is to decrease self-rule through mortification, increase God’s ... -
Divine Grace in the Gospel of Matthew
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-15)Divine grace is a perennial topic in New Testament studies, but little work has been done on grace in the gospels. This work examines the theme of divine grace in the Gospel of Matthew by using John Barclay’s taxonomy of ... -
"The Divine Life in the Soul Considered": Theology and Spirituality in the Works of Samuel Davies
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)This dissertation argues that Samuel Davies' theology of and vision for the Christian life were inseparable. Although his contribution to American Evangelicalism was not as original nor as widely remembered as that of his ... -
Divorce, Banking, and War in Islam: Evaluating the Reliability and Coverage of Common World Religion Research Tools
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2018-11-27)This dissertation is a study of Google’s ability to function as an expert in the field of world religions. Employing three case studies within the area of Islamic ethics, this study determines Google’s ability to function ... -
Do Good to All People as You Have the Opportunity: A Biblical Theology of the Good Deeds Mission of the New Covenant Community
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)This dissertation provides a biblical theology of the good deeds mission of the New Covenant community, with a particular focus on how one’s conception of the overall covenantal structure of Scripture affects one’s conclusions ... -
“Do Not Covet”: The Tenth Commandment In Pauline Ethics
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-07)This dissertation argues that the Tenth Commandment plays a formative role in Paul’s ethical instruction in the following ways: (1) Paul describes and defines sin using the Tenth Commandment (Rom 7:7; 1 Cor 10:6); (2) he ... -
The Doctor of Ministry: The Impact of Martyn Lloyd-Jones' Medical Training on His Homiletical Methodology
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)This dissertation examines the impact of Martyn Lloyd-Jones' medical training upon his homiletical methodology. Chapter 1 sets forth the thesis and charts the course forward. Chapter 2 reconstructs the intellectual culture ... -
The Doctrine of Indulgences to the Reformation
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Does the style of the apocalypse forbid its unity of authorship with the fourth gospel?
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Doing justice to the Unjust Steward: An exegetical examination of Luke 16:1-13 and its context
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-11-17)This dissertation ascertains the meaning of the Unjust Steward parable (Luke 16:1-13) by examining its language, historical background, and literary context. Chapter 1 introduces the parable's interpretive problems, ... -
Domestic Piety in the Ministry of John Angell James
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-05-30)ABSTRACT DOMESTIC PIETY IN THE MINISTRY OF JOHN ANGELL JAMES Jeffery Steven Wright, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013 Chair: Dr. Timothy Paul Jones Chapter 1 introduces John Angell James as a ... -
Double Renderings in the Septuagint of Proverbs 1–9
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-12-10)This thesis investigates the doubly rendered lines in Greek Proverbs 1–9 in light of the translation technique in the rest of the book. Chapter 1 provides background to the study of Greek Proverbs by introducing the ... -
The duty of love to God: the spiritual theology of John Leadley Dagg
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-10-27)ABSTRACT THE DUTY OF LOVE TO GOD: THE SPIRITUAL THEOLOGY OF JOHN LEADLEY DAGG (1794-1884) Jared Richard Longshore, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Chair: Dr. Tom Nettles This dissertation ...