Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Shared Leadership: Best Practice in a Ministry Context
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-09-08)This qualitative, multiple case study was concerned with the best practice of shared leadership in a ministry context. Four specific churches were considered for this study between September and November 2014. Data ... -
She Knows Truth: Toward a Redemptive Model of Women's Epistemological Development
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)Gilligan, Perry, Belenky et al., and Baxter Magolda have spoken the loudest on epistemological development in past decades with numerous follow-up studies that sought to confirm and add to their ideas. Christian higher ... -
Sheol and Pre-exilic Palestinian Burial Practices
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1965) -
The Shining Face of Moses: The Interpretation of Exodus 34:29-35 and Its Use in the Old and New Testaments
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-31)This dissertation constitutes a fresh interpretation of Exodus 34:29-35 and analyzes how the passage is used in both the Old and New Testaments. Chapter 1 is a historical overview of how this passage has been interpreted ... -
The significance of ḥesed in the Old Testament
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1949) -
The Significance of the Account of the Nazareth Episode in the Gospel of Luke
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1957) -
The Significance of the Work of Sigmund Freud for Christian Faith
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1947) -
The Singing Lion of London: Hymnody as a Pedagogical And Doxological Tool in The Pastoral Ministry of Charles Spurgeon
Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) placed a high priority on hymnody as a pedagogical and doxological tool within the life and public worship of the local church. As pastor of London’s Metropolitan Tabernacle, he quoted hymns ... -
Singing the Self: Exploring the Role of Congregational Song in Identity Formation
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2023-04-30)This dissertation evaluates aspects of identity formation research, drawn fromthe social sciences, and interprets the findings from a Christian theological perspective. I argue that liturgical practices provide believers, ... -
The Sinner's Prayer: An Historical and Theological Analysis
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001)This dissertation is an historical and theological analysis of the Sinner's Prayer. Chapter 1 introduces the topic, provides an example of the Sinner's Prayer, and proposes the importance of this study. The methodology ... -
Social ecological factors in shaping the attitudes and responses of ministers' children toward full-time Christian ministry
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004-05-01)This dissertation examines the social ecological factors in shaping the attitudes and responses of ministers' children (PKs) toward full-time Christian ministry. Data emerging from the descriptive qualitative research ... -
A Socio-narratological Approach to Johannine Christology through Characterization of Women in the Gospel of John
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001)This dissertation examines the role of Johannine women: Mary the mother of Jesus (2:1-11), the Samaritan Woman (4:1-42), Martha and Mary (11:1-44), Mary of Bethany (12:1-8), the Women at the Cross (19:25-27), and Mary ... -
The Son and the Spirit: The Promise of Spirit Christology in Traditional Trinitarian and Christological Perspective
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)This dissertation evaluates various contemporary Spirit-Christology proposals. Herein, Spirit Christology is defined as an approach to Christology that affords paradigmatic prominence to the Holy Spirit for understanding ... -
Sons of God: The New Covenant Reality Of Adoption In Christ
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-27)Adoption as sons is a new covenant reality that is not fully experienced by Old Testament saints as it is merely foreshadowing what is to come in Christ as the mediator of a new covenant. Covenant theology is evaluated, ... -
"A Soul Prepared for Heaven": The Theological Foundation of Isaac Watts' Spirituality
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-23)This dissertation’s thesis is that happiness and holiness (eternal life begun) establish the primary contours of Isaac Watts’ spirituality. His understanding of holiness and happiness is grounded in his formulation of key ... -
The Southern Baptist Convention and civil rights, 1954-1995
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-03-24)Conservative theology was consistent with the advance of racial justice in the Southern Baptist Convention during the second half of the twentieth century. Historians have downplayed the role of conservative theology in ... -
Southern Baptist Convention Missions in Canada: An Indigenous Missiology for a Convention in a Near-Culture Country
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-12-02)This dissertation demonstrates that a more thoroughly indigenized Canadian National Baptist Convention (CNBC) will have a greater impact on lostness throughout Canada by providing an effective denominational structure ready ... -
Southern Baptist Journalism
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1914) -
Speaking on the brink of sheol: Form and theology of Old Testament death stories
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007-10-12)This dissertation argues that a definable and distinct genre of death story does exist in the Old Testament and that form critical analyses of these stories can yield significant theological insights. Chapter 1 establishes ... -
Speech Act Theory and the Theological Convictions of Preaching
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-03-29)This dissertation explains and expresses biblical preaching’s theological convictions, specifically the preaching event, using the linguistic theory, Speech Act Theory (SAT). Chapter 1 introduces and supports preaching as ...