Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Best Practices Of Online Undergraduate Spiritual Formation At Select Institutions Of Christian Higher Education: A Delphi Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)The purpose of this research project was to establish consensus among experts regarding best practices of online undergraduate spiritual formation with a specific focus on the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities ... -
Between rule and responsibility: The role of the 'AB as agent of righteousness in Deuteronomy's domestic ideology
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007-11-05)This dissertation explores the relationship between the ancient Israelite HOH and the members of his family as portrayed in the prescriptive texts of Deuteronomy. In choosing the prescriptive texts, this study distinguishes ... -
Bible storying: A recommended strategy for training church leaders in oral societies
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-05-04)This dissertation identifies three countries where the Bible storying strategy has been utilized for training local church leaders. Chapter 1 introduces and defines chronological Bible storying and the need for it in ... -
Bible Women: Evangelism and Cultural Transformation in the Early Korean Church
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)When Protestant missionaries first arrived on the Korean peninsula in the 1880s they encountered religious syncretism being practiced in a socio-cultural environment which prohibited all interaction between the predominantly ... -
A biblical analysis of Donald A. McGavran's harvest theology principle
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008-10-24)This dissertation provides a biblical analysis of McGavran's harvest theology principle as it relates to the relationship between faithfulness in the evangelistic task and actual numerical church growth. Chapter 1 introduces ... -
A Biblical Analysis of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy and Its Use in Biblical Counseling
(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2024-05)This thesis argues that Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is incompatible with Scripture and the precepts of biblical counseling.” The first chapter is an introduction to the topic of EMDR therapy ... -
A Biblical and Historical Appraisal of Concupiscence with Special Attention to Same-Sex Attraction
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-12-13)This dissertation contends that same-sex attraction, since it is a form of concupiscence, is always sinful, morally culpable. Chapter 1 defines concupiscence and summarizes the historical and contemporary debate between ... -
A biblical and theological defense of a multi-intentioned view of the extent of the atonement
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008-12)The purpose of this dissertation is to develop, explain, and defend, both biblically and theologically, a multi-intentioned view of the extent of the atonement. A multi-intentioned view holds that God had general intentions ... -
A Biblical and Theological Vision for the Revitalization of Churches
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)With thousands of churches dying every year in North America, many pastors have started exploring the concept of church revitalization. Methodology books are beginning to fill the shelves of Christian bookstores, and as ... -
Biblical Meditation and the Visual Arts: A Method of Biblical Meditation for a Post- Christian, Visually-Saturated Age
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-05)In this post-Christian, visually-saturated age, Scripture-guided meditation on the visual arts can serve as a helpful method of biblical meditation. This dissertation argues that a method of biblical meditation—as outlined ... -
A Biblical Portrait of Death as the Qualifier of Both the Ethic and Value of Human Life
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)This dissertation posits that the sin that might be termed "biolatry"--i.e., the worship of (human) life--contradicts the biblical articulation of the value of human life and results in an ethic of honoring that life above ... -
A Biblical-Theological Investigation of Christ's Priesthood and Covenant Mediation with Respect to the Extent of the Atonement
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-05-30)This dissertation argues that a biblical theology of the priestly mediation of the new covenant is necessary for understanding the extent of the atonement and that such a study will result in a clear affirmation of definite ... -
A Biblical-Theological Model of Cognitive Dissonance Theory: Relevance for Christian Educators
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)The purpose of this content analysis research was to develop a biblical-theological model of Cognitive Dissonance Theory applicable to pedagogy. Evidence of cognitive dissonance found in Scripture was used to infer a purpose ... -
Bishop George Bull's Doctrine of Justification
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-05-16)George Bull was a key figure in the vanguard of the High Church party who was a staunch defender of trinitarian orthodoxy within the Restoration Church of England; yet, the doctrine of justification described in his earliest ... -
The Black Church as Context for the Formation of Black Institutions of Higher Education: A Case Study of Simmons College
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)African Americans have long been serious about education. Even when education was denied to black Americans through law, custom, and physical violence, blacks exerted relentless self-determination in the pursuit of literacy. ... -
"The Blessed Spirit": An Analysis of the Pneumatology of Benjamin Beddome as an Early Evangelical
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)ABSTRACT “THE BLESSED SPIRIT”: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PNEUMATOLOGY OF BENJAMIN BEDDOME AS AN EARLY EVANGELICAL Daniel Scott Ramsey, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017 Chair: Dr. Michael A. G. ... -
“A Bond Between Souls”: Understanding Spiritual Friendship in Augustine of Hippo with Special Reference to His Letters
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-07)This dissertation argues that especially in his letters, Augustine conceived of spiritual friendship as an outflow of Christian love, integral to the Christian life for the purpose of building Christ-like virtue and ... -
"The Bond of Union": Yankee Protestantism, National Ambition, and the Erie Canal, 1817–1851
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-12-02)New York Protestants modified their faith to address the social conditions wrought by the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal was a triumph of early republic engineering, and New Yorkers interpreted the process of organizing, ... -
Born Human Again: A Christian Response to Transhumanism Based on the Apologetic Approach of Francis Schaeffer
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-14)Transhumanism, as explained by its proponents, is a philosophical and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of improving the human condition by modifying what it means to be human using science ... -
Bound for the Kingdom: The Land Promise in God's Redemptive Plan
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-05-30)Oren Rhea Martin, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013 Chair: Dr. Bruce A. Ware Chapter 1 introduces the thesis, states the purpose, and defines the dissertation's specific goals. Attention is ...