Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons^™

A Study Of The Practice Of Intercessory Prayer By Short-Term Mission Participants Of The Hong Kong Evangelical Church, Yuet San Kwan

ATS Dissertations

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Without A Parallel: Reasons For The Expansion Of Early American Methodism (1767 Through 1812), William Price Payne

ATS Dissertations

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Developing A Contextual Theology In Melanesia With Reference To Death, Witchcraft, And The Spirit World, Neville R. Bartle

ATS Dissertations

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Editorial, Laurence W. Wood

The Asbury Journal

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Loyal Opposition And The Law In The Teaching Of Jesus: The Ethics Of A Restorative And Utopian Eschatology, Frederick W. Schmidt

The Asbury Journal

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Charismatic Prophecy As Loyal Opposition In The Second-Century Church, Ted A. Campbell

The Asbury Journal

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The Ethics Of Jerusalem And The Morals Of Anthens: Assessing Hans Kung's Theological Ethics, Ken Brewer

The Asbury Journal

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"Many Lamps Are Lightened From The One": Paradigms Of The Transformational Vision In Macarian Homilies, Andrei Orlov

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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Autonomy: Towards The Social Self-Governance Of Reason, Philip J. Rossi

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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Overshadowed By Enoch's Greatness: "Two Tablets" Traditions From The Book Of Giants To Palaea Historica, Andrei Orlov

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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Review Of "Kant’S Critical Religion" By Stephen R. Palmquist, Philip J. Rossi

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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Creation In Isaiah, Wann M. Fanwar

Dissertations

This study investigates the role of creation thought in Isaiah in order to determine its relationship to Isaiah's concept of God as creator, especially as it pertains to his salvific work for and through Israel. This investigation is carried out in three steps. First, Isaiah's use of creation language, which involves specific explicit creation terms and implicit references (metaphors), is investigated. Second, selected creation texts, namely, 4:2-6; 43:1-7; 44:24-45:25; and 65:17-25, are exegeted. Third, Isaiah's creation thought is studied in relationship to other significant concepts in the book, such as salvation theology and redemption history, and God's salvific intention for …

Tradition As A Viable Option For Protestant Theology : The Vincentian Method Of Thomas C. Oden, Kwabena Donkor

Dissertations

This dissertation analyzes Thomas Oden's theological method in order to understand its structural elements, and thereby, to facilitate a clearer comprehension of his commitment to the classic Christian tradition in the context of the increasing contemporary emphasis on postmodernism in Protestant theology. Given Oden's affirmation of the Christian tradition and his simultaneous commitment to postmodern sensitivities, the dissertation strives to examine how Oden is able to harmonize what essentially appears to be a dialectical situation. Thus, although the emphasis on tradition in Oden raises the perennial issue of Scripture versus Tradition, the postmodern question raises the issue beyond the usual …

The Evolving Face Of God As Creator: Early Ninteenth-Century Traditionalist And Accommodationist Theological Responses In British Religious Thought To Paleonatural Evil In The Fossil Record, Thane Hutcherson Ury

Dissertations

The Topic

From the early Reformation through the early 1800s, Gen 1-11 was consensually understood as providing a perspicacious, historical account of how God brought the world into being. Tenets of belief included six literal 24-hour days of creation and a catastrophic global Flood, and most often the conviction that Gen 1:31 implies that no evil of any type existed prior to the Fall. New geological interpretations in the early nineteenth century, however, pointed toward an earth history that seemed anything but very good, instead suggesting a harsh concatenation of deep-time prelapsarian pain, struggle, destruction of the weak, predation, diseases, …

Compassion As A Global Programme For Christianity, Hille Haker

Theology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Church Renewal For Kentucky United Methodism?: Evaluating The Purpose-Driven Church® Network Pilot, James Cole Wofford

ATS Dissertations

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Increasing Assimilation And Decreasing Attrition Through The Development Of A Lay Ministry And Congregational Care Program, Robin B. Scott

ATS Dissertations

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The Impact Of A Wesleyan Model Of Spiritual Formation On The Lay Leadership Activity Of A United Methodist Congregation, Daniel Frederick Slagle

ATS Dissertations

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The Use Of Support Systems By Pastors Of The International Pentecostal Holiness Church As A Means Of Maintaining Spiritual Well-Being And Coping With Burnout, Ervin L. Shirey Jr.

ATS Dissertations

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They Will Cast Out Demons: How Christian Exorcism Is Practiced In North America, Michael David Mohr

ATS Dissertations

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Let Ralph Do It: A Bridge To The Unchurched, Joel P. Catlin

ATS Dissertations

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Developing A Model To Motivate And Teach New Members To Do Relational Evangelism, Joseph R. Maclaren Jr.

ATS Dissertations

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Gathering A Crowd For A First Service Launch, Edwin Dale Locke

ATS Dissertations

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Celtic Spirituality : A Means Toward Experiencing God's Presence, William Sidney Parks

ATS Dissertations

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Ablaze With Love: A Video Documentary To Sensitize The Church Of The Nazarene To Its Heritage Of Gender Mutuality In Ministry, Janine T. Metcalf

ATS Dissertations

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Cultivating Transformed Leaders : An Examination Of Optimum Components Of Leadership Development Methodology Displayed In Current Training Programs For Evangelical Ministers In North America, Daniel Herbert Reinhardt

ATS Dissertations

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Christian Postmodernism : A Constructive Proposal For An Incarnational Theology For Contemporary America, Scott Hardaway

ATS Dissertations

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Pickett's Fire: The Life, Contribution, Thought, And Legacy Of J. Waskom Pickett, Methodist Missionary To India, Arthur Gene Mcphee

ATS Dissertations

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The Doctrine Of Divine Immutability As God's Constancy, Tersur Akuma Aben

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

A central claim of orthodox Christian theology is that God is immutable. That is, God exists and he is unchangeable. But there are two major problems with this claim: Can a coherent account be given of what it means to say that God is immutable, which affirms God's intimate relatedness to us in our space-time world of change? And, if it can, are there good reasons or arguments to show that God is not immutable? In response to the second problem, I deny that there are good reasons or arguments to show that God is not immutable. I maintain that …

An Analysis And Critique Of Leonardo Boff's Theology And Social Ethics, Luiz Roberto França De Mattos

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Leonardo Boff wrestles seriously with two challenging questions, namely, the reality of poverty in today's world and the contemporary ecological crisis. His overall project is to offer a Christian response to them. This project has three cornerstones: first, some Marxist axioms underlying his social analysis; second, an ontology appropriated from Teilhard de Chardin and strongly emphasizing the evolution of the universe; third, an epistemological suspicion of the human ability to know reality in itself. While the importance of Boff's work cannot be denied, the theological price Hoff pays for putting his priority on social ethics is considerable. His dismissal of …