Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Title
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Shared Leadership: Best Practice in a Ministry Context
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-09-08)This qualitative, multiple case study was concerned with the best practice of shared leadership in a ministry context. Four specific churches were considered for this study between September and November 2014. Data ... -
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 ... -
Sheol and Pre-exilic Palestinian Burial Practices
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Shepherding the Saints in the Face of Disease and Death: Pastoral Ministry During the Great Plague of London (1665-66)
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-12)This thesis is an examination of pastoral ministry in seventeenth century London during the Great Plague of 1665-66. Chapter 1 introduces the difficulty of pastoral ministry during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the need for ... -
The Shepherds Institute: A Training Process for Aspiring Elders at Christ Community Church in Gridley, Illinois
(2018-03-27)In order for an elder to be qualified for pastoral ministry, he must be able to teach sound doctrine not only through verbal instruction but also through his example of modeling godliness in his manner of life. Elders ... -
The Shining Face of Moses: The Interpretation of Exodus 34:29-35 and Its Use in the Old and New Testaments
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-31)This dissertation constitutes a fresh interpretation of Exodus 34:29-35 and analyzes how the passage is used in both the Old and New Testaments. Chapter 1 is a historical overview of how this passage has been interpreted ... -
The significance of ḥesed in the Old Testament
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The Significance of the Account of the Nazareth Episode in the Gospel of Luke
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The Significance of the Work of Sigmund Freud for Christian Faith
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The Singing Lion of London: Hymnody as a Pedagogical And Doxological Tool in The Pastoral Ministry of Charles Spurgeon
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2020-05)Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) placed a high priority on hymnody as a pedagogical and doxological tool within the life and public worship of the local church. As pastor of London’s Metropolitan Tabernacle, he quoted hymns ... -
Singing the Self: Exploring the Role of Congregational Song in Identity Formation
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2023-04-30)This dissertation evaluates aspects of identity formation research, drawn fromthe social sciences, and interprets the findings from a Christian theological perspective. I argue that liturgical practices provide believers, ... -
Single young adult attitudes toward Protestant churches and church attendance: A descriptive-correlation study
(2009-12-11)This dissertation is a descriptive and correlational study whose purpose is to understand single young adults by investigating their attitudes toward Protestant churches, and examining relationships between those attitudes ... -
The Sinner's Prayer: An Historical and Theological Analysis
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001)This dissertation is an historical and theological analysis of the Sinner's Prayer. Chapter 1 introduces the topic, provides an example of the Sinner's Prayer, and proposes the importance of this study. The methodology ... -
Slavery, women, and the gender debate
(2009-10-20)This dissertation examines the exegetical and hermeneutical questions related to the issues of slavery and women in the New Testament. In response to a redemptive movement hermeneutic (or trajectory hermeneutic), I seek ... -
Social ecological factors in shaping the attitudes and responses of ministers' children toward full-time Christian ministry
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004-05-01)This dissertation examines the social ecological factors in shaping the attitudes and responses of ministers' children (PKs) toward full-time Christian ministry. Data emerging from the descriptive qualitative research ... -
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 ... -
A sociological study of the relationship between religious violence and economic globalization
(2004-12-02)This dissertation sociologically examines the relationship between religious violence and economic globalization. Chapter 2 begins with an analysis of the theories of religious violence in general. This chapter presents ... -
The Son and the Spirit: The Promise of Spirit Christology in Traditional Trinitarian and Christological Perspective
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)This dissertation evaluates various contemporary Spirit-Christology proposals. Herein, Spirit Christology is defined as an approach to Christology that affords paradigmatic prominence to the Holy Spirit for understanding ... -
Sons of God: The New Covenant Reality Of Adoption In Christ
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-27)Adoption as sons is a new covenant reality that is not fully experienced by Old Testament saints as it is merely foreshadowing what is to come in Christ as the mediator of a new covenant. Covenant theology is evaluated, ... -
A soteriological analysis of evangelism training programs of the Home Mission Board and the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention
(2009-05-15)Chapter 1 introduces the project, research problem, purpose, and methodologies. It includes an introduction to selected evangelism training programs produced by the Home and North American Mission Boards of the Southern ...