Open Access Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Put on the New Man: Embodied Sanctification in Ephesians 4:22-24
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)Academically and popularly, many in the history of the church have tended toward views of human constitution that locate spiritual growth in the realm of the immaterial. In contrast, I argue that progressive sanctification ... -
The Black Church as Context for the Formation of Black Institutions of Higher Education: A Case Study of Simmons College
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)African Americans have long been serious about education. Even when education was denied to black Americans through law, custom, and physical violence, blacks exerted relentless self-determination in the pursuit of literacy. ... -
Salvation as Victory: A Study on Divine Grace and Human Responsibility in Salvation in the Book of Revelation Through the Lens of the Conquering Motif
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)Very little has been written on the themes of divine grace and human responsibility for salvation in the book of Revelation. This dissertation argues that the conquering motif, conveyed by the verb νικάω and grounded in ... -
From This Day Forward: New Covenant Inauguration in Hebrews
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)It is often assumed that Hebrews presents Jesus as having inaugurated the new covenant at the cross. Building on the work of David Moffitt and R. B. Jamieson, I explore this topic, asking when and where the new covenant ... -
Utilizing a Reformed Sanctification Framework to Assess and Evaluate C. Peter Wagner’s Doctrine of Sanctification
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-12)Through the utilization of John David Trentham’s Inverse Consistency Protocol (ICP) as a methodological paradigm to define, reflect on, evaluate, and assess C. Peter Wagner’s philosophy of discipleship, this thesis ... -
How Should We Then Respond? A Christian Philosophical and Theological Response to Transgender Ideology
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)In this dissertation, I argue for the rejection of the core tenets of transgender ideology. At their foundation, transgender identities result from an ideology that affirms (1) the existence of gender identity and (2) that ... -
Paul’s Gospel Approach to the Athenians: A Missional Implication for Contemporary Nepalese Hindu Contexts
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-12)Eastern philosophies, especially Hinduism, are appealing to the Western mind. Hindu adherents can be found in many neighborhoods with Hindu temples in nearby towns and cities. Instead of proclaiming the uncompromised gospel ... -
The Serpent and the Sainte-Chapelle: The Genesis and Iterative Development of a Writing Pedagogy for Christian Colleges and Seminaries
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)The field of composition and rhetoric does not have a pedagogy that reconciles faith and scholarship. The purpose of this Doctor of Philosophy dissertation is twofold: (1) to ignite a conversation among Christian composition ... -
"Their Peculiar Redeemer": Robert Sandeman and the Doctrine of the Atonement
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)Robert Sandeman (1718–1771) was a Scottish minister who begat the Sandemanian movement that carried into the early nineteenth century. Though Sandeman is widely known for his controversial view on the nature of saving ... -
“The Steady Obedience of His Church”: The Ecclesial Spirituality of Joseph Kinghorn and the Communion Controversy, 1814–1827
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)Despite being recognised as one of the most learned English Particular Baptists, Joseph Kinghorn’s (1766–1832) legacy was damaged due to his defence of the close communion position during the more than a decade-long debate ... -
Covenant and Identity Formation in the Second Century
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)This study examines the use of the covenant concept in second-century texts that address three primary social and rhetorical contexts for early Christian identity formation: Judaism, Greco-Roman culture, and heterodoxy. ... -
The Impact of Open Theism on C. Peter Wagner's Philosophy of Discipleship
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-12)This dissertation demonstrates that Wagner’s philosophy of discipleship emerged from a theological basis established in open theism, affirming God’s limited foreknowledge and omnipotence while denying his immutability. ... -
Jefferson's Baptists: Evangelical Partisanship in the Early American Republic, 1800-1830
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)After the Revolution, opportunistic settlers from Virginia began streaming over the Allegheny Mountains to settle frontier lands to the south and west. Numbered among them, Baptists came in droves, spreading not only the ... -
The Integration of Spirituality and Evangelism in the Ministry of Reuben Archer Torrey
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-12)Reuben A. Torrey (1856–1928) was a missions-minded pastor and evangelist whose legacy includes a robust spirituality coupled with the practice of evangelism. In this research, I address the integration of spirituality and ... -
Four Practices Correlated to a Sense of Belonging in a Church
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-12)This dissertation examines the communal practices of mutual support, vulnerability, forgiveness, and accountability as well as their correlation with the sense of belonging that members feel in regard to a church community. ... -
A Theological Analysis of the Educational Method of Maria Montessori Using an Inverse Consistency Protocol
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryBilly Graham School of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-05)The Montessori approach to education has been embraced by a wide variety of educators around the world. Ironically, though, as secular educators have accepted Maria Montessori’s pedagogical methods, little research has ... -
Place and Pedagogy: Sunday School in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)This dissertation explored the development of Sunday School in England as it transitioned from a program that was society-based to a church-based educational ministry. Primary emphasis is given to Sunday School’s placement ... -
A query in Baptist history : the Philadelphia Association, was it in its organization and early history strictly Calvinistic?
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The date and authorship of Zechariah 9-14
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The problem of revelation and reason in the writings of Emil Brunner
(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1947)