Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Subject "Pastoral counseling"
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Developing an Awareness of the Demonic in Biblical Counseling, in Conversation With William Perkins
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-05)William Perkins, the father of Puritanism and the great popularizer of Reformed and Puritan theology from the sixteenth century onward, articulated a robust situational demonology further developed by Puritan writers ... -
Devil’s Devices: William Perkins and the Integration of Spiritual Warfare and Pastoral Counseling
(School of Theology, 2023-12)This thesis argues that William Perkins integrates an understanding of the realities of spiritual warfare into his understanding of pastoral counseling. The first chapter provides a survey of sources relevant to understanding ... -
The Essential Morality of Identity: The Role of the Conscience in Identity Formation
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-03-25)Every individual possesses a conscience that testifies to both the moral framework of this world along with the way an individual relates to the moral framework and understands him- or herself.Considering the dearth of ... -
The Meaning of Being: the Challenges of Existential Psychology for Biblical Counseling
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)ABSTRACT The Meaning of Being: The Challenges of Existential Psychology for Biblical Counseling Frederick Nobuya Rodeheaver In fulfillment for the degree Doctor of Philosophy The Southern Baptist ... -
The Pastor as a Biblical Counselor and Equipper of Biblical Counselors within the Local Church
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2024-05)This dissertation examines the theological foundations of the Biblical Counseling Movement (BCM), focusing on the claim that “pastors should biblically counsel their congregants and equip them to do likewise.” Through a ... -
Reforming Counseling: The Adaptation of Van Tilian Concepts by Jay Adams
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-05)In his groundbreaking work, Competent to Counsel, Jay Adams references the influence of Dutch philosopher Cornelius Van Til upon his new approach to counseling. This dissertation will analyze Adams’s adaptation of three ... -
The Theological Development of the Biblical Counseling Movement from 1988
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-12-01)This dissertation examines how the thought uder girding the biblical counseling movement as founded by Jay Adams has developed since 1988 Chapter 1 examines the historical and theological context for that development. This ...