Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Title
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Maccabean martyr traditions in Paul's theology of atonement
(2007-10-10)This dissertation endeavors to answer the question whether Maccabean martyr traditions informed Paul's theology of atonement? The thesis of this dissertation answers the question in the affirmative: Maccabean martyr ... -
The making of a battle royal: The rise of religious liberalism in Northern Baptist life, 1870-1920
(2004-05-07)This dissertation traces the development of the liberal hegemony in Northern Baptist seminaries between 1870 and 1920. Chapter 1 surveys the 1920s to ascertain particular issues and individuals identified by the fundamentalists ... -
The making of the 1963 Baptist Faith and Message
(2004-12-09)Questions regarding the orthodoxy of Dale Moody and Ralph Elliott propelled the SBC toward a re-evaluation of its doctrinal statement, the Baptist Faith and Message. The SBC adopted this document in 1925 under the leadership ... -
Making Providence Church in Duluth, Georgia, a More Welcoming Place to Persons with Disabilities
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-04-27)The aim of this project is to equip church members to be more welcoming to persons with disabilities. Chapter 1 shows how the church has unwittingly become an unwelcoming place to persons with disabilities. Statistics and ... -
Male and Female He Created Them: The Implications of a Paradigmatic Reading of Genesis 1–3 for the Complementarian-Egalitarian Debate
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-05)This DMin thesis argues that Genesis 1–3 contains, in seed form, the essence of maleness and femaleness as seen in patterned relationships that are upheld, expounded, and applied by biblical authors across the canon. Chapter ... -
Male and Female, He Created Them: Gender in the Context of Human Embodiment
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-04-22)In this dissertation, I develop a conception of gender that (1) holds that men and women share a common humanity that is grounded in their mutual creation in the image of God and results in the expression of common human ... -
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 ... -
Marriage in the Life and Theology of John Gill, Samuel Stennett, and Andrew Fuller
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)This study examines marriage in the life and writings of three eminent Particular Baptists: John Gill (1697‒1771), Samuel Stennett (1727‒1795), and Andrew Fuller (1754‒1815). Eighteenth-century England was a time of great ... -
Marriage Mentoring with Couples in Marital Crisis: A Qualitative Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-12-14)The current study sought to examine the marriage mentoring model as a method to restore marriages among Christian believers. This thesis first assessed the dissolution of marriages through divorce in order to understand ... -
Marriage, sexuality, and Christian parental instruction: a descriptive analysis of perspectives and practices
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-10-27)ABSTRACT MARRIAGE, SEXUALITY, AND CHRISTIAN PARENTAL INSTRUCTION: A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES Jennifer Rose Garrison, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Chair: ... -
Martyrdom as an impetus for divine retribution in the book of Revelation
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008-03-25)This dissertation examines the relationship between martyrdom and divine retribution against the martyr's persecutors in the book of Revelation. The argument is made that Revelation portrays martyrdom as an impetus of ... -
Mass evangelism and its effect on church planting: A Filipino case study
(2003-04-17)This dissertation examines the relationship between mass evangelism and church planting in completing the task of the Great Commission. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis with a brief examination of both mass evangelism and ... -
"The Matter and the Manner of Preaching": The Influence of Jean Claude on the Preaching of Andrew Fuller
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-05)The dissertation argues that Jean Claude’s (1619–1687) influential Essay on the Composition of a Sermon supplied Andrew Fuller (1754–1815) with a coherent homiletical method that he modified to fit his own theological ... -
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. ... -
"May I Again Taste the Sweets of Social Religion": The Ecclesiological Devotion of William Carey
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-11-15)William Carey has served as an example for over two hundred years of how to effectively fulfill the Great Commission. One of the primary sources of Carey’s success as a missionary was his devotion to the local church. ... -
The Meaning of [Th]anato[s] and Nekpo[s] in the Epistles of Paul
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The Meaning of Being: the Challenges of Existential Psychology for Biblical Counseling
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)ABSTRACT The Meaning of Being: The Challenges of Existential Psychology for Biblical Counseling Frederick Nobuya Rodeheaver In fulfillment for the degree Doctor of Philosophy The Southern Baptist ... -
The Meaning of Foreknowledge in Romans 8:29 and Its Ecclesiastical Implications
(2015-06-18)ABSTRACT THE MEANING OF FOREKNOWLEDGE IN ROMANS 8:29 AND ITS ECCLESIASTICAL IMPLICATIONS Steven Kyle Rader, D.Min. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. William F. Cook, III This ... -
The Meaning of ὁ νομος του χριστου in Galatians 6:2
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)Chapter 1 introduces the problem in terms of multifarious views regarding the phrase ὁ νόμος τοῦ Χριστοῦ in Galatians 6:2. I place my work within broader scholarship’s trajectory by explaining my thesis–that the νόμος in ... -
Measuring the Usefulness of the Discipleship Pathway Assessment in the Local Church
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-04-30)This ministry project was designed to measure the usefulness of Lifeway’s Discipleship Pathway Assessment in local churches. The chapters show why there is a need for an assessment tool that measures spiritual growth while ...