Open Access Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Regeneration and the Heart Under the Old Covenant: A Study in Deuteronomy and the Major Prophets
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-03-26)Biblical scholars debate whether elect members of the old covenant were regenerate, often tying the discussion to the language of circumcision of heart. Yet an analysis of heart transformation metaphors in the prophets ... -
Double Renderings in the Septuagint of Proverbs 1–9
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-12-10)This thesis investigates the doubly rendered lines in Greek Proverbs 1–9 in light of the translation technique in the rest of the book. Chapter 1 provides background to the study of Greek Proverbs by introducing the ... -
A Reexamination of Pastoral Theology and Practice Concerning Children and Conversion
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-04-29)This dissertation argues that a pastor can confidently and effectively counsel a child in the matter of conversion. Chapter 1 deals with the formative experiences of the author which led to the study, as well as with an ... -
Promissam Vim Spiritus Sancti: The Holy Spirit's Activity in Early Carthaginian Pneumatology
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-26)In 2008, Lewis Ayres and Michel Barnes published several articles in the journal Augustinian Studies proposing a theory of early Christian pneumatology in three stages. They argue that each successive stage marked a downturn ... -
Personalized Learning: A Meta-Analysis
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-04-27)Personalized learning has no agreed upon definition, models, or systemization of how to employ it. There is even variation in concerning its benefits. This research attempts build an understanding of personalized learning ... -
Factors Relating to Diminished Confidence in Core Christian Doctrines Among Students in Public Colleges and Universities: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-03-30)The purpose of this research study was to explore factors relating to diminished confidence in core Christian doctrines among public college students. Research reports thirty to sixty percent of young adults spiritually ... -
Spiritual Formation in the Context of Seminary-Level Distance Competency-Based Theological Education
(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 Salters' Hall Controversy of 1719
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-16)The Salters’ Hall Controversy (1719) was a key event during a transitional period in English Dissent. The controversy has often been viewed as a demonstration of the theological decline of the General Baptists and ... -
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 ... -
Love and Holiness in Reciprocal Entailment: Love as the Implementation of Holiness in Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-02-13)The relationship between love and holiness has been an area of confusion. On one hand, when holiness is understood as separation, it is naturally in conflict with love. Yet others have understood them to be different ... -
The Eternal Spirit as the Superior Hyssop in Hebrews 9:14
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-05-03)What precisely does the author of Hebrews refer to when he states that [Χριστὸς]... διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ? It is the contention of this paper that the New Testament hapax διὰ πνεύματος ... -
To End in Silence or Song: The Original Inclusion of Chapter 3 in the Book of Habakkuk
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-26)This study argues that chapter 3 was an integral part of the book of Habakkuk. Based on synchronic considerations in chapters 1–4, the author argues that chapter 3 must have a seventh-century provenance. The nature of a ... -
A Framework of Local Church Engagement for Business As Mission
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2021-03-11)Business as Mission (BAM) has gained momentum as a methodology for missions over the last three decades. This rise in practice has led to a rise in literature focusing on BAM objectives. This dissertation seeks clarity in ... -
Factors Relating to Diminished Confidence in Core Christian Doctrines among Students in Private Colleges and Universities: a Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2021-03-26)The purpose of this mixed methods study was to determine areas where students attending private colleges or universities found themselves least equipped to defend core Christian doctrines of the faith to define areas that ... -
"A Soul Prepared for Heaven": The Theological Foundation of Isaac Watts' Spirituality
(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 ... -
Divine Grace in the Gospel of Matthew
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-15)Divine grace is a perennial topic in New Testament studies, but little work has been done on grace in the gospels. This work examines the theme of divine grace in the Gospel of Matthew by using John Barclay’s taxonomy of ... -
Sons of God: The New Covenant Reality Of Adoption In Christ
(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, ... -
“Do Not Covet”: The Tenth Commandment In Pauline Ethics
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-07)This dissertation argues that the Tenth Commandment plays a formative role in Paul’s ethical instruction in the following ways: (1) Paul describes and defines sin using the Tenth Commandment (Rom 7:7; 1 Cor 10:6); (2) he ... -
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 ... -
Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus: The Relationship between Ecclesiology and Soteriology for Cyprian of Carthage
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-30)Cyprian wrote his treatise De ecclesiae catholicae unitate to discuss the relationship between the church and salvation. To counter the Novatian schism in Rome, Cyprian virtually equated the spiritual and visible church. ...