Open Access Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Assessing and Developing Pre-Field Missionaries in the Context of the Local Church
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)Nathaniel Garth Sloan, D.Miss. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. Jeff K. Walters Pre-field assessment and development are proven tools to help missionary candidates better prepare for life ... -
The Implications of an Evangelical Theology of the Body for Christocentric Spiritual Formation
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)Christocentric spiritual formation approaches that incorporate the physical body are lacking in the literature base. The physical body plays a crucial role in spiritual formation; failure to recognize the significance of ... -
Selective Missiological Implications of Bunkhun for Ministry Among the Khon Muang
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)ABSTRACT SELECTIVE MISSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BUNKHUN FOR MINISTRY AMONG THE KHON MUANG Thomas Lowell Bohnert, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. George H. Martin The purpose ... -
Assessing Epistemological Development among Women in Evangelical Seminaries
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)Building on the foundation laid by John David Trentham and his colleagues in researching the epistemological development among pre-ministry students, this phenomenological study used the Perry scheme as a lens to examine ... -
Persecution and Cosmic Conflict in Galatians
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This dissertation argues that persecution in Galatians manifests the cosmic conflict between God and the present evil age. Chapter 1 introduces the reader to the topic of persecution in Galatians and the history of research. ... -
Moving Towards Definitional Consensus in Contemporary Family Ministry: A Delphi Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-03-27)The purpose of this study is to seek a consensus definition of family ministry, including the aspects of desired outcome, necessary activities, and perceived locus of responsibility. The three-round Delphi study utilized ... -
A. W. Tozer: A Mystical and Confessional Evangelical
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-02-19)One of the most intriguing aspects of Tozer’s ministry is the extent to which he drew from the writings of medieval Catholic mystics. In fact, twenty-eight of the thirty-five books on his recommended reading list were ... -
“One of Life and One of Death”: A Critical Assessment of Apocalypticism in the Didache’s Two Ways
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-02-19)This dissertation seeks to answer the following question: If ancient Jewish and Christian Two Ways texts have a common literary structure and reoccurring apocalyptic dualisms, how and why does the Didache neglect to frame ... -
An Examination of Richard Owen Roberts’s Theology of Revival
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This dissertation examines Richard Owen Roberts’s (1931-) life and ministry to present his theology of revival. Chapter 1 examines the need for clarity in the topic of revival for the church today. It discusses my background ... -
An Analysis of the Transition of Sunday School from Society-Based to Church-Based in the Nineteenth Century
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This thesis is an examination of Sunday School and the transition of the institution from a society-based program to a church-based program. Primary emphasis is given to Sunday School’s placement under church leadership ... -
"Filled with the Gifts of God": The Holy Spirit as Agent of Virtue Formation in the Participatory Pneumatology of Didymus the Blind
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This thesis analyzes the pneumatology of Didymus the Blind as expressed in three of his writings: the Commentary on Genesis, the Commentary on Zechariah, and On the Holy Spirit. It attends specifically to the ... -
Best Practices Of Online Undergraduate Spiritual Formation At Select Institutions Of Christian Higher Education: A Delphi Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)The purpose of this research project was to establish consensus among experts regarding best practices of online undergraduate spiritual formation with a specific focus on the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities ... -
A Biblical and Theological Vision for the Revitalization of Churches
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)With thousands of churches dying every year in North America, many pastors have started exploring the concept of church revitalization. Methodology books are beginning to fill the shelves of Christian bookstores, and as ... -
Assessing the Impact of Student Involvement in Campus Ministry on Retention and Academic Success: A Mixed Method Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)ABSTRACT ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN CAMPUS MINISTRY ON RETENTION AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS: A MIXED METHOD STUDY Robert Mark Rasor, Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017 Chair: Dr. John ... -
Exploring the Impact of Secondary Educational Contexts on College Student Formation and Development
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)The intent of this study was to explore the impact of secondary educational contexts on college student formation and development. Semi-structured interviews were employed in order to elicit information from participants ... -
Atonement in John: The Death of Jesus in Light of Exodus Typology
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)Although many in Johannine critical scholarship have argued against viewing Jesus' death as a vicarious atonement (e.g., Bultmann), their arguments have failed to adequately deal with the text of the Fourth Gospel (FG). ... -
Zechariah: Select Problems and Allusive Solutions
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This dissertation interprets four particularly perplexing Zecharian texts (1:3, 1:11, 5:5-11, and 11) in light of allusions to other texts in order to exhibit the usefulness of an allusive approach to the interpretation ... -
A New Freshman Composition Pedagogy for Christian Colleges and Universities
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)Freshman composition instructors at Christian institutions face a disturbing predicament: competing pedagogies, administrative pressure to prove freshman composition’s merit, public clamoring for greater return on the ... -
Connecting With the Heart of God in Grief: Employing Narrative in Christian Bereavement Care
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This thesis argues that Christian bereavement care needs to proceed from a solid biblical foundation in determining the goal (receiving comfort from God), model (by focusing on communion with God), and method of care ... -
Theological and Practical Ministry Training for Women in Complementarian Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This explanatory sequential mixed methods study reviews the programs and academic courses for women at complementarian schools of Christian higher education. The literature review historically unfolds the egalitarian and ...