Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Suffering in the Sunni and Calvinist World Views: Demonstrating the Value of the Comparative Approach in the Study of Religion in Service of Christian Missions
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-12)This dissertation argues that the comparative method in the academic study of religion can be a valuable missiological tool for Christians. Chapter 1 explains the need for Christians to have an in-depth understanding of ... -
Suffering, Soul Care, and Community: The Place of Corporate Lament in Evangelical Worship
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)ABSTRACT SUFFERING, SOUL CARE, AND COMMUNITY: THE PLACE OF CORPORATE LAMENT IN EVANGELICAL WORSHIP Ann Marie Ahrens, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017 Chair: Dr. Esther R. Crookshank This ... -
Supervising Gifted People: A Consideration of the Fivefold Gifts in the Effective Supervision of Missionaries
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)ABSTRACT SUPERVISING GIFTED PEOPLE: A CONSIDERATION OF THE FIVEFOLD GIFTS IN THE EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION OF MISSIONARIES Donald Stanley Meador, Th.M. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017 Supervisor: ... -
"A Supreme Desire to Please Him": The Spirituality of Adoniram Judson
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)This dissertation is an inductive synthesis and study of the spirituality of Adoniram Judson. It argues that the center of Judson's spirituality was a heavenly-minded, self-denying submission to the sovereign will of God, ... -
A Survey and Analysis of Contemporary Evangelical Hermeneutical Approaches to Understanding Messiah in the Old Testament
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)A SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY EVANGELICAL HERMENEUTICAL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING MESSIAH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Jason Alan Motte, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: Dr. ... -
T. T. Eaton and the Politicization of Baptist Ecclesiology
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-12-23)Chapter 1 is the introduction, which proposes that Thomas Treadwell Eaton achieved great influence in the Southern Baptist Convention and utilized that influence to effect political change in the relationship between ... -
Testing the Spirits: A Biblical Assessment of the Islamic Jibril
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-10-21)The purpose of this dissertation is to assess the nature and character of the Islamic representations of Jibril by means of biblically derived criteria for identifying spiritual beings and by comparing the representations ... -
The Text of Habakkuk Examined in the Light of Modern Research and Discovery
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A textually-arranged, genre-sensitive, rhetorically-informed homiletical approach
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)A TEXTUALLY-ARRANGED, GENRE-SENSITIVE, RHETORICALLY-INFORMED HOMILETICAL APPROACH Michael Douglas Williams, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: Dr. Robert A. Vogel Chapter 1 ... -
That God May be All in All: A Paterology Demonstrating that the Father is the Initiator of all Divine Activity
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-12-23)Through a biblical and exegetical study of the Father’s roles and works, this dissertation argues that, among the persons of the Godhead, Father is the initiator of all divine activity. This does not mean that God the Son ... -
"That Which Is Not Assumed Is Not Healed": A Dogmatic Response to Recent Formulations of the Son's Assumption of a Fallen Human Nature
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-03-26)This dissertation contends that those who argue for the Son’s assumption of a fallen human nature are mistaken, because they work with a faulty notion of the nature of the hypostatic union, or revert Trinitarian order, or ... -
The Symbiotic Nature of Spiritual Formation and Missional Context
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2024-12)To engage the postmodern West, the church must capitalize on the symbiotic nature of spiritual formation and missional context. Chapter 1 explores existing literature in the field and identifies the gaps that needed to be ... -
"Their Peculiar Redeemer": Robert Sandeman and the Doctrine of the Atonement
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)Robert Sandeman (1718–1771) was a Scottish minister who begat the Sandemanian movement that carried into the early nineteenth century. Though Sandeman is widely known for his controversial view on the nature of saving ... -
Then They Understood: A Narrative-Critical Analysis of Matthew 16:12 and 17:13
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-13)This thesis is a narrative-critical analysis of the formula τότε συνῆκαν (οἱ μαθηταὶ) ὅτι as it appears in Matthew 16:12 and 17:13. This formula is rarely discussed in scholarly works, and yet it occurs at a pivotal part ... -
Theological Analysis of Church Planter Profiles
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)This dissertation seeks to theologically analyze three prominent church planter profiles. Chapter 1 explains the need for such a study by giving consideration to the place of church planting in the Great Commission and the ... -
A Theological Analysis of the Educational Method of Maria Montessori Using an Inverse Consistency Protocol
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryBilly Graham School of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-05)The Montessori approach to education has been embraced by a wide variety of educators around the world. Ironically, though, as secular educators have accepted Maria Montessori’s pedagogical methods, little research has ... -
A Theological Analysis of the Educational Method of Maria Montessori Using an Inverse Consistency Protocol
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-05)The Montessori approach to education has been embraced by a wide variety of educators around the world. Ironically, though, as secular educators have accepted Maria Montessori’s pedagogical methods, little research has ... -
A Theological and Historical Examination of John Gill's Soteriology in Relation to Eighteenth-Century Hyper-Calvinism
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-12)This dissertation is a theological and historical examination of John Gill's soteriology that argues against classifying him as a Hyper-Calvinist. Gill's complex theology, as well as the difficulty of defining Hyper-Calvinism, ... -
Theological and Practical Ministry Training for Women in Complementarian Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This explanatory sequential mixed methods study reviews the programs and academic courses for women at complementarian schools of Christian higher education. The literature review historically unfolds the egalitarian and ... -
A Theological Comparison Between Social Science Models and a Biblcal Perspective of Servant Leadership
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)This dissertation examines servant leadership and its biblical antecedents with from specific biblical texts and non-biblical literature. Chapter 1 introduces the research concern that the Bible presents a comprehensive ...