Open Access Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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The Meaning of [Th]anato[s] and Nekpo[s] in the Epistles of Paul
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Religious Liberty in Contemporary Evangelical Social Ethics: An Assessment and Framework for Socio-political Challenges
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)Based on a review of the academic literature, evangelical public theology often lacks a systematic, theologically grounded social ethic concerning religious liberty. The resulting impasse is one where religious liberty ... -
The Imago Dei and Blaise Pascal's Abductive Anthropological Argument
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)Endeavoring to invigorate a Pascalian approach to Christian persuasion, this dissertation asks: How might the doctrine of the imago Dei strengthen Pascal’s anthropological argument? The central claim is that the doctrine ... -
George Whitefield's Preaching: An Evangelical Response to the Enlightenment
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This dissertation examines the preaching ministry of George Whitefield as a precursor to presuppositional apologetics in relation to the cultural shift of the Enlightenment. The presupposition of the authority of the Word ... -
A Quantitative Analysis of God Attachment and the Christian Faith and Life Among Evangelical Christians
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This pilot study explored the possible relationships between attachment to God and the Christian faith and life among a small sample of evangelical Christians. A quantitative analysis was performed on Christian adults ... -
The Crusade of Ramon Llull
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)ABSTRACT THE CRUSADE OF RAMON LLULL: APOLOGETICS AND EVANGELISM TO MUSLIMS DURING THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY Numa Ulisses Gomez, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. James A. ... -
Virtuous Disagreement in Apologetics: Virtue Responsibilism as an Apologetical Response to the Epistemology of Disagreement
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)The two traditional views in the epistemology of disagreement have offered distinct responses to the challenge of epistemic conflict. The purpose of this dissertation is to challenge these responses and offer a satisfactory ... -
Christian Self-Knowledge: A Christological Framework for Undermining Dissociation through Reconciliation
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)Self-knowledge unavoidably implicates and, in the end, it must presume correspondence. How, indeed, can a self even be posited in the absence of a corresponding other? While the triunity of God reveals a dialectic of unity ... -
"There Remains a Sabbath Rest for the People of God": A Biblical, Theological, and Historical Defense of Sabbath Rest as a Creation Ordinance
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This dissertation argues that weekly Sabbath rest is a creation ordinance supported by both biblical-theological and historical evidence, and has ecclesial and personal implications. Furthermore, this dissertation is ... -
A Leadership Profile of the Successful Transitional Pastor: A Delphi Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)A LEADERSHIP PROFILE OF THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONAL PASTOR: A DELPHI STUDY Michael Austin Kramer, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. Michael S. Wilder Over the last fifteen years ... -
Senior Pastor Succession in Multisite Churches: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)With its growing popularity, most church leaders believe the multisite church is not going anywhere. Regardless of one’s belief about whether a multisite church meets the definition of “one church” or “multiple churches,” ... -
Communion with God and Comfortable Dependence on Him: Anne Dutton's Trinitarian Spirituality
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This dissertation seeks to retrieve a crucial aspect of the spiritual heritage of Anne Dutton, her Trinitarian spirituality as it was developed in the historical context of eighteenth-century Trinitarian controversies in ... -
A Communion of Love: The Animating Principle Behind the Christocentric Spirituality of Robert Murray M’Cheyne
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This study’s main contribution is its aim to reorient the common perception surrounding M’Cheyne’s pursuit of holiness. It argues that rightly understanding M’Cheyne’s spirituality must begin with the fundamental issue of ... -
Psalm 108’s Canonical Placement and Use of Earlier Psalms
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This dissertation argues that Psalm 108 introduces the eschatological notions of the king and of the kingdom into its canonical group (Pss 108–110) through its inclusion of a non-historically specific superscription, its ... -
A Man "Mighty in the Scriptures": The Hermeneutic of John A. Broadus and Its Impact on His Preaching
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)Abstract A MAN “MIGHTY IN THE SCRIPTURES”: THE HERMENEUTIC OF JOHN A. BROADUS AND ITS IMPACT ON HIS PREACHING Howard Jared Bumpers, PhD The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. Hershael ... -
God's Everlasting Covenant With Phinehas
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)One may easily have the impression that the promise of “everlasting covenant” with Phinehas has been reached under the Sinai covenant. On closer examination of the question, however, general agreement in fact counts for ... -
An Evangelistic Strategy for the Men's Missionary Union in Southeastern Nigeria
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)Abstract This thesis examines the evangelical strategy for the Men’s Missionary Union in Southeastern Nigeria. Chapter 1 gives the introduction to the study, which also comprises the background, the statement of the ... -
The Reformed and Celibate Pastor: Richard Baxter's Argument for Clerical Celibacy
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)ABSTRACT THE REFORMED AND CELIBATE PASTOR: RICHARD BAXTER’S ARGUMENT FOR CLERICAL CELIBACY Seth DeShields Osborne, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. David L. Puckett This ... -
She Knows Truth: Toward a Redemptive Model of Women's Epistemological Development
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)Gilligan, Perry, Belenky et al., and Baxter Magolda have spoken the loudest on epistemological development in past decades with numerous follow-up studies that sought to confirm and add to their ideas. Christian higher ... -
In Your Mouth and in Your Heart: A Study of Deuteronomy 30:12–14 in Paul’s Letter to the Romans in Canonical Context
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)By quoting Deuteronomy 30:12–14 as the content of the message of the righteousness of faith over against Leviticus 18:5 and the righteousness of the law in Romans 10:5–8, Paul proclaims a promise fulfilled in accord with ...