Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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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
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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 ... -
Speech Ethics in the Hebrew Psalter
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)SPEECH ETHICS IN THE HEBREW PSALTER Samuel Onchonga Asuma, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012 Chairperson: Duane A. Garrett This dissertation examines the use of speech terminology in the ... -
The Spirit of Sonship in the Johannine Corpus
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)The high Christology and unique pneumatology of John’s gospel has often eclipsed the apostle’s teaching on the relationship of the believer to Christ and the Father through the Spirit in Johannine studies. This dissertation ... -
The Spirit-Led Preaching of Charles H. Spurgeon
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-05)This dissertation centers on the role the Holy Spirit played in the pulpit ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. It argues that Spurgeon was a Spirit-led preacher by examining six criteria of the Holy Spirit’s ministry for ... -
De Spiritu Sancto: Novatian of Rome’s Pneumatology in De Trinitate
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-02-24)ABSTRACT DE SPIRITU SANCTO: NOVATIAN OF ROME’S PNEUMATOLOGY IN DE TRINITATE JohnMark Bennett Beazley, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Chair: Dr. Michael A. G. Haykin This dissertation ... -
Spiritual Formation in the Context of Seminary-Level Distance Competency-Based Theological Education
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-05-01)The seminary endeavor has transitioned from a primarily residential full-time undertaking to a project assumed by individuals in a multiplicity of life-stages and in less traditional and less-residency-oriented formats. ... -
The Spirituality of William Ward
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-15)This dissertation answers the following primary research question: to what degree and to what extent did Ward’s spirituality promote peace within the Serampore Trio and preserve the Mission as a whole? In answering this ... -
The Spoken Word: God, Scripture, and Orality in Missions
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014-05-16)This dissertation contends that the "Orality Movement" in missionary circles has a dearth of theological development and is therefore susceptible to doctrinal error leading to ministry practices that are potentially harmful ... -
“The Steady Obedience of His Church”: The Ecclesial Spirituality of Joseph Kinghorn and the Communion Controversy, 1814–1827
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)Despite being recognised as one of the most learned English Particular Baptists, Joseph Kinghorn’s (1766–1832) legacy was damaged due to his defence of the close communion position during the more than a decade-long debate ...