Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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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?
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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 ... -
Reading With the Masoretes: The Exegetical Utility of Masoretic Accent Patterns
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)Though interpreters commonly neglect the masoretic accents in exegesis, this system clarifies and confirms the sense of the text through highly predictable patterns. This dissertation seeks to establish the presence of ... -
A Reappraisal of Religious Experience in Expository Preaching in Light of Jonathan Edwards's Sense of the Heart
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-30)The primary aim of this dissertation is to demonstrate that Jonathan Edwards's "sense of the heart" as a principle of a new kind of perception or spiritual sensation given by the Spirit of God in regeneration, in which a ... -
Reclaiming Monergism: The Case for Sovereign Grace in Effectual Calling and Regeneration
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-05-16)This dissertation examines the doctrines of effectual calling and regeneration and argues that the biblical view is that God's saving grace is monergistic - meaning that God acts alone to effectually call and monergistically ... -
Reconsidering Eternal Life in the Old Testament: The Idea of Resurrection Rooted in the Torah
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)ABSTRACT RECONSIDERDING ETERNAL LIFE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: THE IDEA OF RESURRECTION ROOTED IN THE TORAH Eun-Jung Kim, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: Dr. Russell T. Fuller This ... -
Reconsidering the Aspect of Fear/Power in Evangelism and Missions
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-11-29)The cultural aspects of guilt/innocence, shame/honor, and fear/power have received much attention since the twentieth century. While theologians in Western contexts have considered the guilt/innocence aspect and missiologists ... -
The Redemptive Function of Theological Anthropology for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Biblical Counseling
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2024-12)Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychological category that aims to describe the condition of a person who regularly experiences unwanted, intense, and distressing ruminations or obsessions that are temporarily ... -
Rediscovering and Applying God's Holiness in Isaiah 6 and Revelation 4 Through the Lens of Abraham Kuruvilla's Hermeneutical and Homiletical Approach
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-05)This dissertation investigates the rich theological concept of God’s holiness in Isaiah 6 and Revelation 4, utilizing Abraham Kuruvilla’s hermeneutical and homiletical method for preaching. This study focuses on elucidating ... -
A Reexamination of Pastoral Theology and Practice Concerning Children and Conversion
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-04-29)This dissertation argues that a pastor can confidently and effectively counsel a child in the matter of conversion. Chapter 1 deals with the formative experiences of the author which led to the study, as well as with an ...