Open Access Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Missional Competencies of Christian Teachers Engaged in Public Education: A Quantitative Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-12)The intent of this descriptive quantitative study was to examine the missional competencies that Christian teachers in public education exhibit as they seek to leverage their Christian witness in the workplace. The research ... -
By the Same Spirit: Edwardsean Pneumatology in the Younger Edwards
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-11-20)Jonathan Edwards Jr. (1745–1801) is often portrayed as a spiritless preacher who drove away his congregation with metaphysical abstractions. Accordingly, this received caricature describes Edwards Jr. as distorting the ... -
Establishing a Framework for Female-Gendered Embodiment in a Redemptive Context
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-13)This study establishes an ontological framework for defining female-gendered embodiment, proposing a definition which is scripturally grounded and ontologically-based. If a woman does not comprehend her essential purpose ... -
Chalcedonian Anthropology: A Proposal for the Extension of Christ’s Person-Nature Constitution
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-12-01)This dissertation argues for the extension of Christ’s ontological constitution as the man to define the constitution of all mankind. In contrast to the predominant body-soul/mind models, this dissertation presents a ... -
American Individualism's Effect on Discipleship in Church Revitalization: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-07)As the over-arching culture of North America becomes ever more post-Christian, the church in North America continues to decline. Nearly 75 percent of Southern Baptist Churches are plateaued or are in decline. Some have ... -
The Theology of Evangelism in the Ministry of Lewis Addison Drummond
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-12)This dissertation examines the theology and practice of evangelism of Lewis A. Drummond to show that effective evangelism does not happen apart from a commitment to biblical inerrancy. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis by ... -
My Blood of the Covenant: Reverberation of the New Covenant in Matthew’s Gospel
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-10-04)When the OT prophets looked ahead to the future redemption, they anticipated a string of redemptive-historical events to be recapitulated in the future. Such recapitulation involves a new deliverance in a new Passover, new ... -
When Does Personhood Begin?
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-11-28)Chapter 1 introduces the main research question to be answered: when does personhood begin? The chapter outlines the context of the debate, explains the importance of this issue and its relevance to Christian life, and ... -
The Holy Spirit and the Practice of Evangelism Among Nigerian Neo-Pentecostals
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-30)Jesus Christ, in part of his send-forth message to his disciples just before his ascension, emphatically stressed, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses . . .” (Acts ... -
The Role of the Unpaid Elder in Southern Baptist Churches: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-24)Scripture teaches that leadership was created by God, a concept illustrated by the creation mandate to man to subdue the earth (Gen 1:28-29). As Michael Wilder and Timothy Paul Jones point out, leadership was not something ... -
Gay Christian? A Progressive Covenantal Response to David Gushee, James Brownson, and Matthew Vines
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2018-11-05)This dissertation addresses the debate over the Bible’s prohibition of same-sex monogamy from a progressive covenantalist approach. This dissertation examines the work of three men who affirm same-sex relationships—David ... -
The New Exodus in Hebrews
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2018-11-13)This dissertation argues that four prominent exodus categories serve the author of Hebrews in his explication of Christ’s redemptive accomplishment. Attending to the author’s use of exodus language it analyzes relevant ... -
A Study of the Education, Morals, Salary and Controversial Movements of the Frontier Baptist Preacher in Kentucky from Its Settlement until 1830
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A History of Old Landmarkism
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The significance of ḥesed in the Old Testament
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A Socio-narratological Approach to Johannine Christology through Characterization of Women in the Gospel of John
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001)This dissertation examines the role of Johannine women: Mary the mother of Jesus (2:1-11), the Samaritan Woman (4:1-42), Martha and Mary (11:1-44), Mary of Bethany (12:1-8), the Women at the Cross (19:25-27), and Mary ... -
Evaluating the Legacy Program of the Mighty Oaks Foundation: A Mixed-Method Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-05)Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a serious diagnosis that plagues many men and women who have served in the United States military. With high veteran suicide rates, an overwhelmed VA system, and a host of treatments that ... -
Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, . . . and C. S. Lewis? Two Revolutionary Philosophical, Moral, and Cultural Critiques
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-05)This dissertation is a critical comparative analysis of two twentieth-century works of profound philosophical, moral, and cultural criticism: C. S. Lewis’ The Abolition of Man (1944) and Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. ... -
Issues of Historiography Concerning the Tower of Babel
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05)The historicity of the Tower of Babel (Gen 11:1–9) has raised considerable debate among Old Testament scholars. Several scholars believe that there are some reasonable arguments to support the possibility of its ... -
“The Grand Encouragement”: Andrew Fuller’s Pneumatology as a Reception of and Advancement on Orthodox, Puritan, and Evangelical Perspectives on the Holy Spirit
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2018-05-09)This dissertation argues that Andrew Fuller’s doctrine of the Holy Spirit combined traditional Puritan teaching on the sovereign work of the Spirit in the conversion of sinners with an evangelical emphasis on mission. ...