Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title

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    • A Socio-narratological Approach to Johannine Christology through Characterization of Women in the Gospel of John 

      Kim (Kang), Mi Sug (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 

      Claunch, Kyle David (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 

      Batdorf, Aaron David (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 

      Stokes, William B. (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 

      Roach, David Christopher (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 

      Reid, Kelly William (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 

      Dobbins, Gaines S. (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1914)

    • Speaking on the brink of sheol: Form and theology of Old Testament death stories 

      Cribb, Bryan Howard (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 

      McMillian, Jacob Allen (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 

      Asuma, Samuel Onchonga (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 

      Newton, Samuel Joseph Roy (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 

      Hovis, Jacob
      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 

      Beazley, JohnMark Bennett (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 

      Pack, Andrew (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 

      Reynolds, Matthew Marvin (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 

      Yoakum, Stuart Trevor (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 

      Song, Baiyu Andrew (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 ...

    • “Strangers and Exiles”: Christian Identity as the Foundation for Counseling Korean Americans 

      Moon, Jeemin (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-20)
      This thesis (1) examines the experience of Korean Americans, both sociologically and generationally and (2) establishes that Christian identity is an essential element for Korean Americans to endure challenging life ...

    • Strengthen What Remains: The Rhetorical Situation of James Montgomery Boice 

      Fisher, Evan (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2018-11-26)
      This dissertation argues that James Montgomery Boice, upon becoming pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, remained in the liberal United Presbyterian Church USA for the first twelve years of his pastorate ...

    • Strengthening Missionary Families Through Member Care By The Sending Church 

      Clark, Christopher Thomas (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-09-28)
      The purpose of this dissertation is to help sending churches of all sizes confidently reclaim their biblical role of member care to the missionary families they send. Chapter 1 introduces the concept of member care and ...