Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Prior Pastoral Leadership Experience and Post-Seminary Effectiveness: A Mixed Method Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)This research was a descriptive mixed method study of pastoral leadership effectiveness of Southern Baptist pastors in the first ten years after graduating with the Master of Divinity degree from accredited seminaries. ... -
The problem of revelation and reason in the writings of Emil Brunner
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Promise and Freedom, Flesh and Slavery: Paul's Hermeneutical Key in Galatians 4:21-5:1 in Light of the Themes and the Structure of Galatians
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)The story of Sarah and Hagar has been treated as one of the foundational stories for the nation of Israel. Yet, Paul, in one deft allegory, will attempt to overturn centuries of theological and historical interpretation. ... -
The Promise of the Father, the Spirit of the Son: A Framework for a Trinitarian Christological Pneumatology
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-11-28)In this dissertation, I argue that a biblically faithful, theologically robust, and historically grounded pneumatology should be founded upon a classical trinitarian framework as well as maintain a distinct Christological ... -
The promised helper: a commentary on the pneumatology of Novatian's De Trinitate
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-10-27)This thesis is a detailed commentary on Novatian’s chapter 29, where he discusses the Holy Spirit in his work on the Trinity. Chapter 1 of this thesis briefly introduces the reader to the early fathers’ understanding on ... -
Promissam Vim Spiritus Sancti: The Holy Spirit's Activity in Early Carthaginian Pneumatology
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-26)In 2008, Lewis Ayres and Michel Barnes published several articles in the journal Augustinian Studies proposing a theory of early Christian pneumatology in three stages. They argue that each successive stage marked a downturn ... -
"Promoting Pure and Undefiled Religion": John Ryland, Jr. (1753–1825) and Edwardsean Evangelical Biography
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2017-12-12)In the preface to the 1749 publication of The Life of David Brainerd, Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) explains the benefit of recounting exemplary lives: “There are two ways of representing and recommending true religion and ... -
A Proposal for a Typological Reading of Daniel 11
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-30)This dissertation argues that Daniel 11 is a typological prophecy and, thus, it should be read typologically. While agreeing that Daniel 11:36–45 does not fit the life of Antiochus IV in a strictly literal way, contra the ... -
The Proposal for Darwinian Morality Offered by Michael Ruse: A Critical Assessment
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-31)ABSTRACT This dissertation describes and critiques the Darwinian proposal for morality constructed by Professor Michael Ruse. Chapter 1 outlines Ruse's background and Darwinian worldview while also depicting some inherent ... -
A proposal for the training of indigenous youth workers for the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-04-16)This dissertation examines the current state of global youth ministry leadership, with a focus on the training of indigenous youth workers. The goal of this work is to encourage the International Mission Board and other ... -
A proposed strategy for training indigenous youth ministers in Baptist churches in Singapore
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004-04-07)This dissertation proposes a strategy for training indigenous youth ministers in Singapore as a means to reach and disciple Singaporean youth. Chapter 1 defines the problem of Singaporean Baptist youth ministry and argues ... -
Psalm 108’s Canonical Placement and Use of Earlier Psalms
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This dissertation argues that Psalm 108 introduces the eschatological notions of the king and of the kingdom into its canonical group (Pss 108–110) through its inclusion of a non-historically specific superscription, its ... -
Purging God's People and Place: Levitical Sacrifice as a Prolegomenon to Hebrews
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014-05-16)Chapter 1 first establishes the study's methodology, then explores Hebrews' interest(s) in Leviticus as a pathway into Leviticus itself, sketching Hebrews' appropriation of the Day of Atonement, the high priest as sacrificial ... -
Put on the New Man: Embodied Sanctification in Ephesians 4:22-24
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)Academically and popularly, many in the history of the church have tended toward views of human constitution that locate spiritual growth in the realm of the immaterial. In contrast, I argue that progressive sanctification ... -
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?
(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1894) -
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 ...