Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Subject "Love--Religious aspects--Christianity"
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“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 Pauline Doctrine of Love
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Towards an explicitly theocentric model of forgiveness based on God's two-fold commandment to love
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-11-30)This dissertation develops a God-centered understanding of forgiveness based on the context of God's redemptive history and derived from His two great commandments. Chapter 1 surveys the forgiveness literature, points out ...