Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Developing an Awareness of the Demonic in Biblical Counseling, in Conversation With William Perkins
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-05)William Perkins, the father of Puritanism and the great popularizer of Reformed and Puritan theology from the sixteenth century onward, articulated a robust situational demonology further developed by Puritan writers ... -
The Development of Biblical Forgiveness in Redemptive History
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2018-02-10)The purpose of this dissertation is to propose such a comprehensive model of biblical forgiveness by interpreting biblical passages on forgiveness, integrating the various valid interpretations, and diachronically inspecting ... -
The Development of Christian Higher Education Faculty Through Mentoring
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-12-23)A debate surrounds the topic of best practices for faculty development. There are those that hold the position that faculty are more likely to develop as a faculty member when they experience an enhancement program, rather ... -
The development of the evangelistic invitation
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The Development of the Idea of Sacrifice and Atonement in the Old Testament
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Devil’s Devices: William Perkins and the Integration of Spiritual Warfare and Pastoral Counseling
(School of Theology, 2023-12)This thesis argues that William Perkins integrates an understanding of the realities of spiritual warfare into his understanding of pastoral counseling. The first chapter provides a survey of sources relevant to understanding ... -
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 Missiology: Understanding Biblical Hospitality as a Means to Develop Church Planting Strategies Among Unreached Peoples in the United States
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)This thesis develops an understanding of biblical hospitality as it evaluates diaspora missiology in order to help create an effective strategy to reach unreached peoples within the borders of the United States. Chapter 1 ... -
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 ... -
Digital Media Use and the Christian Formation of College Students: A Case Study
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)Digital and social media have become incorporated into daily life as access to the internet has increased. Every invention has the possibility of positive and negative effects and influences. As educators seek to disciple ... -
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, ... -
A Distinguished Blessing of Grace: Abraham Booth’s Doctrine of Sanctification in Confessional Context
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)This dissertation focuses on the life and thought of the eighteenth-century Particular Baptist pastor-theologian Abraham Booth (1734–1806) and offers the first dedicated study of Booth’s doctrine of sanctification and its ... -
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 ...