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Submissions from 2022 2022.

(Graduate Paper) The Role and Characteristic of Love in 1 Corinthians 13 , Ninh Van Nguyen

(Master's Thesis) Synodality as the Listening Church: Pope Francis Continues and Expands Vatican II's Teaching on Collegiality , Toan Van Phan O.Cist

Submissions from 2021 2021

(Graduate Paper) Pauline Theology: The Interdependently Called Body of Christ , Katryna Bertucci

(Master's Thesis) The Glory of the Lord Whose Likeness is as the Appearance of a Human Being/Adam: A Study of Ezekiel’s Son of Man/Adam Anthropology , Timothy R. Schmeling

(Graduate Paper) The Power, (Problem), and Potential of Prayer , Meghan E. Stretar

Submissions from 2020 2020

(Graduate Paper) How Can Catholic Youth Programs Improve the Youth’s Connection To the Mass? , Elizabeth Cook

(Graduate Paper) Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: A Glimpse Into the Theme of Righteousness Through the Anthropology, Theology, and Spirituality of the Psalms , Elizabeth Cook

(Graduate Paper) Introducing Queer Theology , Cole Epping

(Graduate Paper) Taking Care of the Forgotten: A Pastoral Response to the Hospice Care Professional , Constance Friebohle

(Graduate Paper) A Global Church in the Local Parish: Fostering Intercultural Competency for Indonesian Catholic Ministry in the United States , Janice Kristanti

(Graduate Paper) The Indispensability of Inculturation For Effective Evangelization: Revisiting The Evangelization of Sub-Saharan Africa , Mark Obeten

(Graduate Paper) Seeking a New Paradigm for Youth Ministry of Waegwan Abbey, South Korea , Cyprian Ji-Eung Ryu

(Graduate Paper) The Catholic Church and the Turn of the 20th Century: An Anthropology of Human Flourishing and a Church for Peace , Maria Siebels

(Graduate Paper) The Wounded Body of Christ: Social Trauma in Pastoral Care , Kelsi Watters

Submissions from 2019 2019

(Graduate Paper) A Non-Dualistic Reading of Body and Soul in the Gospel of Matthew: Focusing on Matthew 10:39 in the Context of Discipleship , Alexander Blechle

Submissions from 2018 2018

(Graduate Paper) Catholic Social Teaching and the Christian Responsibility to the Poor , Rose Aspholm

(Master's Thesis) Not Quite Calvinist: Cyril Lucaris a Reconsideration of His Life and Beliefs , Stephanie Falkowski

(Graduate Paper) Life or Death and Other False Dichotomies: A Theology of Hospice , Kayla Stock

Submissions from 2017 2017

(Master's Thesis) On Dionysian Theological Methodology , Joseph Arrendale

(Graduate Paper) The Transcendence of the Apprehension of Beauty , Mary Abigail Coleman

(Graduate Paper) The Paradox of Remarkable/Unremarkable Julian of Norwich , John P. Fitzgibbons

(Book Chapter) Agape Unbound in Silence and Deep River , Elizabeth Cameron Galbraith

(Graduate Paper) Formed for Diverse Communion: Toward Developing An Ecumenical Formation Process for New Members of Holy Wisdom Monastery’s Sunday Assembly , Rosy Kandathil OSB

(Graduate Paper) A Garden Enclosed, A Fountain Sealed Up: Paradoxical and Generative Metaphors of Enclosure in Medieval Female Anchoritism , Cody Maynus Obl.S.B.

(Graduate Paper) The Gospel of Mark , Nancy McCabe

(Master's Thesis) A Theological Retrieval of Communal Parenting as a Moral Response to Baby Stealing and Childlessness in Nigeria , Henry U. Omeike

(Graduate Paper) Do This, in Memory of Me! , Joseph Qiu-Lin Zhang

Submissions from 2016 2016

(Master's Thesis) A Church Built on Charity: Augustine's Ecclesiology , Michael J. Clinger Jr

(Graduate Paper) A Story of Identity in the Christian East , Manya Gustafson

(Graduate Paper) Jude's Enochian Apocalypse , Lucian López OSB

(Graduate Paper) Matthew's Least Brothers and It's Application in the Catholic Church , Runbao Zhang

Submissions from 2015 2015

(Electronic Book) Illuminating Christ , Jessie Bazan

(Master's Thesis) Gifting Freedom to the Samaritan: Considerations on access to both the sacramental event and salvation for those who, for whatever reason, find themselves outside the Church, and the consequences of identity for the Church in gifting such access , C. A. Chase

(Graduate Paper) My Brother's a Jerk and Dad's Gonna Spank Him: Roles and Relations in Obadiah , Aletta Stumo

Submissions from 2014 2014

(Graduate Paper) Christology, Theology, & Evolution in Celia Deane-Drummond's Christ and Evolution , Trevor Beach SJ

(Graduate Paper) Joy as Illumination: Participation in God's Life-giving Trinitarian Love , Trevor Beach SJ

(Graduate Paper) Consideration of the Church's Identity and Mission, Predicated on the Church Be-ing 'Ligamen' (Bond) , C. A. Chase

(Graduate Paper) Observations on the Performative Force of the Qyama and the Ihidaye, and its Pertinancy Today , C. A. Chase

(Graduate Paper) Christ, the Meeting Point of Sacramental and Trinitarian Theology , Nathan Peter Chase

(Graduate Paper) The Christological Remnants within Eucharistic Prayers , Nathan Peter Chase

(Master's Thesis) With Eyes That See: The Role of Spiritual Vision in the Ascent of Nyssen Noetic Theology , Benjamin Rush

(Master's Thesis) St. John of the Cross and the Denudation of the Soul , Wesley Sutermeister

Submissions from 2013 2013

(Graduate Paper) A History and Analysis of the Missel Romain pour les Diocese du Zaire , Nathan Peter Chase

(Graduate Paper) The Development of the Epiclesis: Alexandrian or Syrian? , Nathan Peter Chase

Submissions from 2011 2011

(Graduate Paper) Short-Term Solution, Long-Term Problem: The Rite of Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest and its Use in the United States of America , Christopher Angel

(Graduate Paper) Welcome (Back): The Use of Initiatory Elements in the Reconciliation of Heretics to the Early Church , Christopher Angel

(Graduate Paper) The Gospel of Matthew: The Temple Cleansing in 21:12-17 , Kasey Devine

(Graduate Paper) The "Ladder" of the Lord's Plagues , Kasey DeVine

Submissions from 2010 2010

(Graduate Paper) St. John Chrysostom and His Message of Social Justice Today , Joel Cassady

(Graduate Paper) Trinitarian Christology: The Grammar of The Christian Faith and the Foundation for a Theology of Religious Pluralism , Eric Christensen

(Graduate Paper) Entering into the Profound Mystery: Yves Congar’s Via Media on the Salvation of People of Non-Christian Religions , Elizabeth M. Cunneen

Submissions from 2009 2009

(Graduate Paper) Ego Eimi Formula and a Sense of Continuity in John’s Gospel Chapter Sixth (Jn 6: v.20, vss.35-58) , John Changjin Bai

(Graduate Paper) Jesus the Christ as a Jun-Zi in Confucian Perspectives , John Changjin Bai

(Graduate Paper) An Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 12:31 - 13:1-3 , Gregory Congote OSB

(Graduate Paper) Gregory Palamas and Hesychasm , Gregory Congote OSB

(Graduate Paper) Modern Usury: The Moral Challenge of Credit Cards in Light of Catholic Teaching and Practice in the Past and the Present , David R. Smoker

Submissions from 2008 2008

(Graduate Paper) Community in the Theology of Søren Aabye Kierkegaard , Nicholas Coffman

(Graduate Paper) Jean-Luc Marion’s Theology of Eucharistic Presence , Nicholas Coffman

(Graduate Paper) Proclaiming the Truth of Beauty , Larry Fraher

(Graduate Paper) Augustine of Hippo and Elizabeth de la Trinite: A Conversation across the Centuries , Vernon W. Goodin

(Graduate Paper) "Who Do You Say That I Am?" The Role of Story in Christology , Vernon W. Goodin

(Graduate Paper) Sufficere, “It Is Enough”: Avarice vs. Simplicity and Detachment in the Rule of Saint Benedict , Arlen M. Hanson

(Graduate Paper) Stories in Stained Glass: An Analysis of the Stained-Glass Windows at Saint Norbert Abbey in De Pere, Wisconsin , Timothy A. Johnston

(Master's Thesis) Wittgenstein and Worship: Investigations of Liturgical Language-Games and Their Formative Role in Christian Identity , Michelle Kathleen Weber

Submissions from 2007 2007

(Graduate Paper) Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Prophet & Martyr , Fr. Michael Calhoun OSB

(Graduate Paper) Saint Basil: Monastic Reformer , Fr. Michael Calhoun OSB

(Graduate Paper) Looking at Conflict Diamonds Through the Lens of Catholic Social Teaching , Heather Cherpelis

(Graduate Paper) “Allegorical Typologies” of the Eucharist: An Analysis of Some Eastern Liturgical Commentaries , Nathaniel G. Costa

(Graduate Paper) “For All the Saints”: A Feast for All People and All Time , Nathaniel G. Costa

(Graduate Paper) Eternal Hope: The Story of Sr. Mary Luke Tobin and Other Women who Participated in Vatican Council II , Megan S. Enninga

(Graduate Paper) Vulgar and Ascetic Christians: the Myth of a Higher Spirituality The rhetoric of monastic profession as a second baptism , August L. Gothman

(Graduate Paper) Active Participation and the Song of the Assembly , William Griffiths

(Graduate Paper) Transforming both the gifts and the people: Eucharistic presence , William Griffiths

(Graduate Paper) “You Can Become All Flame”: Do the Desert Fathers Have Anything to Say to Us Today? , Arlen M. Hanson

(Graduate Paper) Toward a Domestic Ecclesiology: The "Domestic Church" Finds Articulation in Pope John Paul II's "Theology of the Body" , Craig James St. Clair

(Graduate Paper) Celebrating the Communion Rite , Jay Stimac

(Graduate Paper) Karl Rahner: On Grace and Salvation , Nicole Streit

(Graduate Paper) One Body, One Spirit, One Priesthood; Many Members, Many Charisms, Many Ministries: Reflections Anglican and Catholic , Cody C. Unterseher

(Graduate Paper) Arianism, Athanasius, and the Effect on Trinitarian Thought , Andy Witchger

(Graduate Paper) How the Parish and School of St. Agnes Creates Vocations , Andy Witchger

Submissions from 2006 2006

(Graduate Paper) How Paul and the Jerusalem Council Might Speak to Division in the Twenty-First Century Church , Mary Birmingham

(Master's Thesis) Becoming One Spirit: Origen and Evagrius Ponticus on Prayer , Hilary Case OSB

(Graduate Paper) Syncletica: Urban Ascetic and Desert Mother , Susan Dreyer OSB

(Graduate Paper) The Education of Heloise in Twelfth-Century France , Susan Dreyer OSB

(Graduate Paper) A Woman of the Reformation , Megan S. Enninga

(Graduate Paper) A Key and Classic Text: Ephesians 5:21-33 , Katinka Nadine Ellen Evers

(Graduate Paper) Concealing to Reveal: Modesty in Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body , Katinka Nadine Ellen Evers

(Graduate Paper) Sex in the City of God , Diana Macalintal

(Graduate Paper) The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ecclesial Discipleship and Redemption , Diane Draxler Pederson

(Graduate Paper) The Spiritual Potential of Poetry , Carl Schlueter

(Graduate Paper) Complicating the Poor Widow’s Gift: Exegesis on Mk. 12:41-44 , Timothy Traynor

(Graduate Paper) "We Should Glory in the Cross:" The Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross and its Contemporary Liturgical Significance , Cody C. Unterseher

Submissions from 2005 2005

(Graduate Paper) Hermeneutics and Liturgical Space: Interpreting the Domus Ecclesiae - Domus Dei , Gregory Reed Beath

(Graduate Paper) Eros: Human and Divine , Denae M. Fielder

(Graduate Paper) And the Question Became Flesh: Jesus the Catechist in the Gospel of John , Diana Macalintal

(Graduate Paper) Hesychast Prayer: Attending the Cosmic Banquet of the Heart , Tamara Ann Moore

(Graduate Paper) A Study in Spiritual Lineage: The "Influence and Noninfluence" of Pseudo-Dionysius on The Cloud of Unknowing , David M. Odorisio

(Graduate Paper) The Cistercian Spirit in Stone , David M. Odorisio

(Graduate Paper) Architectural Reforms of Eucharistic Reservation , Diane Draxler Pederson

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Doctor of Theology Dissertation

Theses/dissertations from 1998 1998.

The Mission and Ministry to German-Speaking Lutherans in Western Canada 1879 - 1914 , Richard Kraemer

Theses/Dissertations from 1997 1997

Postliberal Approaches to the Theology of Religions: Presentation, Assessment, and Critical Appropriation , Joel Okamoto

Orality as the Key to Understanding Apostolic Proclamation in the Epistles , Thomas Winger

Theses/Dissertations from 1996 1996

Isaiah's Damascus Oracle: Responding to International Threats , Harald Schoubye

Genre and Outline: The Key to the Literary Structure of Hebrews , Harald Tomesch

Theses/Dissertations from 1995 1995

The Lord's Prayer-Its Interpretation and a Reassessment of an Eschatological Orientation, Favoring the Prayer's Primary Application as Being for the Present Gospel Age , David Fielding

Law and Gospel in Luther's Antinomian Disputations, with Special Reference to Faith's Use of the Law , Jeffrey Silcock

Theses/Dissertations from 1994 1994

Marriage and the Image of God as it is Reflected in Paul's Understanding of Women and the Ministry in Four Passages: 1 Cor. 11:2-16; 14:33b-36; Eph. 5:22-33; 1 Tim. 2:11-15 , Lane Burgland

Integrity and Integration in Ecclesiastical Historiography: The Perspective of Mosheim and Neander , Paulo Buss

When God Becomes Your Enemy- The Theology of the Complaint Psalms , Ingvar Floysvik

The Missiological Significance of the Doctrine of Justification in the Lutheran Confessions , Klaus Schulz

Theses/Dissertations from 1993 1993

Reading 2 Corinthians 3:4-18: An Exercise in Exegesis , Vilson Scholz

A Proposed Prolegomenon for Normative Theological Ethics with a Special Emphasis on the Usus Didacticus of God's Law , John Tape

Theses/Dissertations from 1992 1992

The Arminian Libertarian Doctrines of Freedom and Responsibility Evaluated According to Biblical-Reformed Doctrine of Sin , Carlos Heber de Campos

Theology of the Pain of God: An Analysis and Evaluation of Kazoh Kitamori's (1916- ) Work in Japanese Protestantism , Akio Hashimoto

The Bestowal of the Benefits of the Real Presence the Early Eucharistic Works of Martin Chemnitz as a Contribution Toward the Formula of Concord Article VII , Brynjulf Hoaas

Jesus and the Gentiles in the Gospel of Matthew: A Historical Study of the Redemption Motif , Young Jin Kim

Propter Absolutionem: Holy Absolution in the Theology of Martin Luther and Philipp Jacob Spener A Comparative Study , Gerald Krispin

The Theology of Spiritual Gifts in Luther and Calvin: A Comparison , Robert Wetmore

Theses/Dissertations from 1991 1991

Mystical Aspects of Pentecostal-Charismatic Soteriology , James Breckenridge

The Home Mission Work of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference: A Description and Evaluation , George Gude

The ΛΟΓΟΣ-Christology in the Prologue of the Gospel of John as a Bridge Concept Between the Old Testament Shekinah Events and Johannine Christology , Chul Hae Kim

Theological Nuance in the Synoptic Nature Miracles , Mark Schuler

Theses/Dissertations from 1990 1990

Presbyterian Missions to Indians in Western Canada , James Codling

The Theology of Israel's Sea Crossing , Rodger Dalman

Gadara of the Decapolis , Lee Maxwell

The "I" in the Storm: Paul's Use of the First Person Singular in Romans 7 , Michael Middendorf

Theses/Dissertations from 1989 1989

The Nature and Function of the Lutheran Confessions in Twentieth Century American Lutheranism , Charles Arand

Current Models in Roman, Lutheran, and Reformed Prolegomena: Exposition, Analysis, and Programmatic Assessment , David Lumpp

Theses/Dissertations from 1988 1988

The Apostolic Tradition- A Study of the Texts and Origins, and its Eucharistic Teachings with a Special Exploration of the Ethiopic Version , Eshetu Abate

A Theological Assessment of Minjung Theology, Systematically and Biblically , Yong Wha Na

Theses/Dissertations from 1987 1987

Biblical Authority in the Westminster Confession and its Twentieth Century Contextualization in the Reformed Presbyterian Testimony Of 1980 , John Delivuk

An Historical Analysis of the Doctrine of the Ministry in the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Until 1962 , John Wohlrabe

Theses/Dissertations from 1986 1986

An Examination and Evaluation of A. H. Strong's Doctrine of Holy Scripture , Myron Houghton

Jesus' Teaching on "Entering the Kingdom Of Heaven" in the Gospel According to Matthew (Interpretation of Selected Matthean Texts and Parables) , Caleb Huang

Millennialism in American Lutheranism in Light of Augsburg Confession, Article XVII , Francis Monseth

Watchman Nee and the Priesthood of all Believers , Wai Man Ng

Imputatio Iustitiae Christi, Liberum Arbitrium in Renatis, and Tertius Usus Legis in Melanchthon's Later Loci , Richard Osslund

A Scriptural Stance Toward Undocumented Hispanics and Selected Methodologies for Reaching them with the Gospel , Fred Pankow

The Hermeneutics of Liberation Theology: A Lutheran Confessional Response to the Theological Methodology of Leonardo Boff , Jacob Preus

Theses/Dissertations from 1985 1985

The Hermeneutical Principles of Theodore Laetsch with a Focus on the Relationship Between the Old and the New Testaments , James Bollhagen

An Investigation of Contemporary Feminist Arguments on Paul's Teaching on the Role of Women in the Church , Hershel House Wayne

The Nature and Significance of Christ's Death as Reflected in Selected General and Pauline Epistles , Masao Shimodate

Theses/Dissertations from 1984 1984

The Last Testaments of Jacob and Moses , Joel Heck

The Theological Argument of Hebrews 11 in Light of its Literary Form , Merland Miller

Dr. H. C. J. Leupold, The Man and his Work --Especially His Exegesis , David Schreiber

Theses/Dissertations from 1983 1983

Judgment and Grace in the Wilderness Narratives , Martin Buerger

The Preaching of Clovis G Chappell- A Study of the Published Sermons in Light of the Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel as Articulated by C. F. W. Walther , William Carpenter

The Conflict of Krishna and Yahweh as Warrior: A Comparison of the Conflicts of Krishna in the Puranas and of Yahweh as Warrior in the Old Testament, with Special Emphasis on the Themes of History, and Salvation, and their Relevance to Human Life , Arockiam Rajaian

A Search for the Archetype of the Greek Gospel Lectionary , Karl Rutz

Theses/Dissertations from 1982 1982

The Historical-Critical Method- Dividing Wall Between Moderates and Conservatives in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Controversy , Jose Fuliga

Uemura Masahisa (1857-1925) First Generation Pastor, Christian Leader and Instinctive Proponent of Indigenized Christianity in Japan , Addison Soltau

Theses/Dissertations from 1981 1981

Predestination: A Comparative Analysis of the Theology of A. W. Pink in Relation to the Westminster Confession of Faith , Richard Belcher

Was Jesus the Priestly Messiah A Study of the New Testament's Teaching of Jesus' Priestly Office Against the Background of Jewish Hopes for a Priestly Messiah , Jonathan Grothe

The Cosmic Christ of Colossians , Victor Raj

Theses/Dissertations from 1980 1980

The Preservation and Restoration of Creation with a Special Reference to Romans 8:18-23 , Robert Neff

Theses/Dissertations from 1979 1979

Covenant and Kingdom as Fulfilled in the Synoptics , Marvin Middendorf

A Critical and Exegetical Analysis of Exodus Twenty-Four with Special Attention to Covenant Ratification , Peter Talia

The Role of Psalm 89:6-19 in Israel's Cult , Ronald Vahl

Theses/Dissertations from 1978 1978

The Doctrine of God in African Traditional Religion , Tokunboh Adeyemo

The Doctrine of the Church in the Writings of Dr. C. F. W. Walther , John Martin Drickamer

Theses/Dissertations from 1975 1975

The Passion Predictions in the Light of Hebrews 2:5-9 , E Clark Copeland

Theses/Dissertations from 1973 1973

A History of the Research of Exodus 18:1-12 with a Critical Evaluation and Suggestions for Further Progress , Andrew Chiu

The Theology of Justus Menius , Alvin H. Horst

The Return-to-Origins Motif in Pauline Theology and its Significance for a Theological Interpretation of Messianic and Millenarian Movements in Melanesia , John Gerhard Strelan

Public Doctrine in the Lutheran Church --Missouri Synod , Waldemar Wehmeier

Theses/Dissertations from 1972 1972

The History of the Attitudes within the Missouri Synod Toward Life Insurance , James W. Albers

A Study of Some Lucan Parables in the Light of Oriental Life and Poetic Style , Kenneth Ewing Bailey

The Theology of Divine Anger in the Psalms of Lament , Thomas Dixon Hanks

An Analysis of the Structure and Traditions of Zechariah 7 and 8 , John Henry Miller

The Relation of the Servant Songs to Their Contexts in Isaiah 40 to 55 , Gyoji Nabetani

Theses/Dissertations from 1971 1971

The Significance of 1 Chronicles 22, 28, 29 for the Structure and Theology of the Work of the Chronicler , Roddy L. Braun

The Pauline Understanding of "The Law of Christ" , Keith Arnold Gerberding

A Case Study in Exegetical Methodology George Stoeckhardt and Johann Philip Koehler on Ephesians , William John Hassold

A Study of the Hermeneutical Principles Involved in the Interpretation and Use of Psalm 22 in Biblical and Extra-Biblical Sources , Harvey Donald Lange

The Implications for Christology of the Idenity of the Poor Man in the Teaching of Jesus , Adrian Max Leske

A Systematic-Historical Study of the Policy of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod with Respect to Fraternal Organizations in the Past Fifty Years , George F. Lobien

Richard Taverner (1505?--1575) and the English Reformation , James Herbert Pragman

The Role of the Old Testament in High School Level Curricula of the American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church in America, and the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 1964-1970 , Harold W. Rast

Theses/Dissertations from 1970 1970

The Diakonis Function of the Church in Hong Kong , Manfred Helmuth Berndt

The Doctrine of the Church in American Presbyterian Theology in the Mid-Nineteeth Century , David Clyde Jones

The Fear of God as Ethical Motivation in Pauline Theology , Walter A. Maier

Movements in the Church of England as Reflected in English Prose Fiction of the Eighteenth Century , William H. Traugott

Theses/Dissertations from 1969 1969

The Role of the Symbols in Australian Lutheranism , Elvin Janetzki

A Comparative Study of the Prolegomena in Karl Barth's Christliche Dogmatik of 1927 and the Kirchliche Dogmatik of 1932-1938 , Heino Olavi Kadai

Division and Reunion in the Presbyterian Church in Korea 1959-1968 , Bong Rin Ro

The Controversy Provoked by William Perkins Reformed Catholike- A Study in Protestant--Catholic Relations in the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century in England , Robert E. Webber

Theses/Dissertations from 1968 1968

Relations Between the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia 1846-1965 , John Koch

The Origin and Meaning of the Axiom- Nothing has the Character of a Sacrament Outside of the Use, in Sixteenth-Century and Seventeenth-Century Lutheran Theology , Edward Peters

Jesus as the True Israel According to the Passion Narrative of Saint Mark , Roy Schroeder

Theses/Dissertations from 1967 1967

Paul's Source and Use of Tradition as Reflected in his Writings to the Corinthians , Paul Andrews

Psalms 2 and 110: A Comparison of Exegetical Methods , Herbert Hohenstein

A Study of Applications Used in the Sermons of the Concordia Pulpit of the Years 1955-1964 , Erwin Kolb

Characteristics of Southeast Asian Islam as Factors in A Theology of the Christian Mission to Philippine Muslims , Robert McAmis

Via Propria and Via Mystica in the Theology of Jean Le Charlier De Gerson , David Schmiel

Ezekiel 40-48 , Gerald White

Theses/Dissertations from 1966 1966

The Temptation of Jesus in Matthew , Paul Bretscher

The Voice in the Wilderness and the Coming One-- The Old Testament as the Link Between John the Baptist and Jesus Christ , Walter Rosin

Theses/Dissertations from 1965 1965

The Meaning of DIKAIOŌ , William Beck

Lutheran Theology in the Tranoscius with Special Attention to the Doctrine of the Church , Samuel Boda

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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

African Spirituality for Ecological Conversion: The Case of Mining in the Western Region of Ghana , Nana Kofi Agyapong

La Oración Contemplativa Cristiana a la Luz de la Psicología y Neurociencia: Propuesta de un Enfoque Interdisciplinar Desde la Terapia Sistemas de Familia , Manuel Santamaría Belda

The Nigerian Tiv Concept of Ya Na Angbian as a Corrective to the misinterpretation of Subdue and have Dominion in Genesis 1:26 , Christopher Terhemen Bologo

Expanding Catholic Social Teaching on Wealth, Money, and Entrepreneurship , Jean Claude Havyarimana

Life and the Renewal of the Christian Community: Infant Baptism and Inculturation in the Context of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Héritier Ofabwe Kinzamba

Towards a Holistic Reconciliation in Africa , N’Guessan Kouacou Augustin Koffi

Biblical and African Proverbs as a Framework for Studying Spirituality: Exploring the Role of Proverbs Among the Gῖkữyữ People of Kenya , Patrick M. Ng'ang'a

Theological Foundations of Nonviolent Communication in the Christian Lived Experience , Edward Khoa Ngô

Cultivating Social Media Technomoral Virtues: Toward a Moral-Character Education for African Youth , Tégawindé Basile Ouedraogo

The Role of Women Religious (1882-1974) in the Work of Evangelization Among the Fijian People , John Pickering

Reading Matt 14:13-21 in the Roman Empire First-Century Context as a Counternarrative , Wossoyam Elie Yoda

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

“A New Face of Loreto”: Mission and Transformation in the Post-Vatican II Church , Sudha Arul

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Contemporary Youth Ministers in Korea , Han Hyun Bai

Dust to Dust: Ritualization of an Ongoing Relationship with the Land in Shona Christian Burial Practice , Emmanuel Banda

Chaplaincy and Expansive Spiritual Care , Brianna Deutsch

Ubuntu Ethics: A Frame for an Ethical Analysis of Environmental Migration of Unaccompanied Minors Through the Mediterranean Sea , Deogratias K. Fikiri

The Not So Minor Character in the Book of Judith Judith’s Maid in the Spotlight , Lisa Hui

Christian – Muslim Dialogue on Hospitality: A Case of Somali Refugees at the Dadaab Refugee Complex in Kenya , Oscar Angaga Nduri

The Son of Man Film as a Cry for Justice: A Cross-Cultural Convergence of Film and the African Theological Struggle for Liberation , Mark Ngwenya

Responding to "Eucharistic Deprivation" in Rural Western Nigeria: Toward an Inculturated Theology and Celebration of the Eucharist , Michael Abiodun Oluwadare

Eucharistic Communion in a Time of Pandemic: Insights From Ubuntu in an Extended African Family , Peter Linus Omondi

The Resilient Apostle: Paul’s Sufferings in 2 Corinthians Through the Lens of Resilience , Marko Pavlič

Reframing Reproductive Rights: Pope Francis’ Genius of Women as a Paradigm of Conversation Between Filipina Women and Church Leadership , Alfonso P. Suico Jr

Integral Ecological Education: Exploring Intercultural Bilingual Education for Indigenous Students in Guyana , Joel D. Thompson

Ignatian Spiritual Conversation and Digital Communication Culture , Park Soo Young Theodore

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Is Cyrus of Persia, My Shepherd, His Anointed, an Anticonqueror of Judah? Toward a Postcolonial Reading of the Cyrus Oracle in Isaiah 44:24-45:13 , Ablam Atsikin

Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30): Resistance and Critique of Wealth Accumulation , Gabriel Kunonga Biatiakana

Restlessly Seeking for God: Towards an Integration of Contemplation and Practice as Proposed by Henri Nouwen for a Spirituality of Priesthood in a Contemporary Korean Church Context , Hong-Rak Chae

Jeremiah and the Conflicting Interpretations of the Exile: Religious Identity in the Context of Religious Diversity , Sijo George Chirayath

Reframing Liturgical-Pastoral Discourse: Exploring Parish Online Programs in a Time of Pandemic , James P. Ferus S.J.

The (Im)Possibility of Forgiveness: Just Peace and Reconciliation in a Culture of Sexual Violence , Ellen Jewett

Exploring the Insights of Science Within the Context of Asian Christianity Through the Work of William R. Stoeger, S.J. , Lawrence Ng Yew Kim

When Worship Becomes ‘Mission:‘ A Living Witness to the Vulnerable Santo Niño and the Broken Nazareno in Filipino Catholic Devotions , Aris Pilapil Martin

A Rereading Of Σταυρώστε Αυτον In John19:1-16: An Exegetical Study on Power and Powerlessness In Jesus’ Death Sentence from a Nigerian Praxis , Modestus Osinachi Mgbaramuko

Healing of Violence and Violence of Healing: Mark’s Hybrid Jesus in Mark 5:1-20 , Pierre Célestin Musoni S.J.

Jon Sobrino and Aloysius Pieris in Dialogue: Towards a Christological Model for Praxis of Liberation , Thang N. Nguyen

A Sacred Story to Tell: Missiological Insights for the Continued Contemporary Discussion on Inculturation Based on a Theological Investigation of Muirchú’s Vita Patricii , Sara Postlethwaite

In Search of an Integral Ecology: Engaging Liberationist Concepts and Methodology as Tools for the Construction of a Pastoral Response to the Global Environmental Crisis , Lluís Salvador Salinas Roca S.J.

Reading the Book of Daniel as a Storytelling Community’s Response to Trauma , Tae Eun Taelor Kim

A Spirituality of Struggle for Dismantling Cameroonian Tribal Hostilities. Isa 54: 11-17 as a Grounding Text , Fabrice Nazaire Kameni Tcheumaga S.J.

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

The Oracle Against Israel (Amos 2:6-8): In the Context of the Oracles Against The Nation (Amos 1:3--2:8) , Alfred Emeka Amos

Discovering the Role of Desire in Ignatian Spirituality for Discernment of Vocation in the Jesuit Candidate House of Vietnam , Pham Dinh Cu

A Tale of Two Stories: Defamiliarization of the Acts 6:1-7 Hellenist—Hebrew Squabble in View of Reframing the Anglophone Problem in Cameroon , Ngema Wilson Enow

Towards a Pastoral, Apologetic Approach to La Santa Muerte Devotion , Henrry Christopher Mendez Fajardo

A Fearful Warning: J.B. Metz’s Memoria Passionis in response to Western Culture’s Discomfort with Dying, Death and Grief , David R. Ford

Latin American Biblical Hermeneutics & Popular and Community Reading of the Bible: Some Inputs from Race and Ethnicity Criticism within the Hellenistic and Jewish Culture of the First Century , Diego Salazar Galvis

Education, Religious Experience, and Conversion : on Pedagogy and the Possibility of Critical Communities of Religious Praxis , Yu-Ming Stanley Goh

The Contribution of the Catholic Church to Post-Civil War Conflict Resolution in Chad , Rimasbé Dionbo Jean Claude

Rethinking Healing and Reconciliation Process in the Postgenocide Rwanda: A Response from Ignatian Spirituality , Innocent Kamanzi

De Dios Habita a Dios Labora A Mission of Caring for Our Common Home in the Ecological Crisis of India , Anthony Louis Lava S.J.

Thomas Aquinas’ Notion of Natural Theology and the Challenge of Religious Experience: The Beginnings of a Conversation , Quang Quoc Le

Jesuit Priesthood and the Ministry of Reconciliation: A Theological Examination of U.S. Jesuits in the Public Square , Alex Anthony C. Llanera S. J.

Remembering Who We Are: Liturgical Memory in the Symbolic Language of Louis-Marie Chauvet to Combat the Bifurcation of the Body of Christ , Keith A. Maczkiewicz

Embodying the Face of the Merciful God: Towards a Christological Discipleship for Vietnamese Catholics , Do Thi Tuyet Nhung Maria

Living a Good Death or Dying for a Life Well Lived: Theological Understanding and Pastoral Applications on Issues Regarding Death and Afterlife Issues Among Vietnamese-American Catholics , Tuan Ngo

The Dynamics of Conversion of Ignatius of Loyola as a Contribution to the Novice Formation in the Context of Vietnam , Tang Van Nguyen

Catholic- Buddhist Encounter at Interfaith Marriage: Strengthening Harmony and Indissolubility of Matrimony in Contemporary Vietnam , Tuan Minh Nguyen

Ecological Crisis in the Light of Laudato Si’: “Everything is Connected”: Toward Friendship as an Ecological Virtue , Toan Ninh

Re-Imagining an African Family Ecclesiology in Dialogue with Ratzinger’s Christo-Pneuma Communion Ecclesiology , Tegha Afuhwi Nji

The Catholic Church and the Zimbabwean Crisis: A Critical Reflection on the Catholic Church’s Response to the Plight of the Oppressed , Nelson Virimayi Nyamayaro

Evolution Science and Imago Dei: A Richer and More Robust Treatment of Theological Anthropology , GANSA Tchétongbé Cathérin Paterne

Reclaiming the Dynamics of Ignatian Spiritual Conversation: Towards Constructing a Spiritual Conversation Paradigm for Ongoing Apostolic Discernment in Bihar, India , Perianayagam Seluvannan

The Question of Method in Theology: An African Response to Bernard Lonergan Using Bantu Theological Anthropology , Andrew Simpasa

kāḇôḏ (Glory) rû a ḥ (Spirit) and yaḏ (Hand) Divine Presence and Activity of Ezekiel (Ezek 1-3; 8-11; 40-48) Thirdspacing the Exile and its Implications to the Theology of Divine Presence , Malachy Udochukwu Theophilus

The Mother or the Baby: Moral Implications of the Treatment Procedures of Tubal Pregnancies in the Philippines in a Catholic Perspective , Christopher P. Villa

Encountering “Joy” in the Consecrated Life in Vietnam Through Ignatian Consolation , Cuong Duy Vu

Jesus as a Healer in the Gospel of Luke: A Paradigm for Malagasy Healing , Jean Fleurys Espérence Zezikà S.J.

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Equity and Justice in health Care: A Critical Ethical Reflection on Healthcare Provision, Distribution, and Accessibility in Nigeria , Chidube Joseph Chukwu

The Virtue of Solidarity Will Save the Environment of Haiti: A Path to Heal the Crisis of Soil Erosion , Germain Clerveau S. J.

Fostering Dialogue and Engagement: The Role of the Catholic Church in Nigeria , Tony Terwase Famave

Depicting the Incarnation: Theodore the Studite and Engelbert Mveng on the Particularity and Universality of Christ , Oke Marien Robert Gbedolo

The Role of the Laity in Exercising Munus Regendi in the Church: A Theology of Co-Responsibility , Michael K. Grace KM

The Inculturation of Taiwanese Catholicism: The Yanshui Holy Spirit Church , Aloysius Ming-Te Hsu

Development-induced Displacement: An Ethical and Theological Reflection on protection of the Rights of the Adivasis of Chhotanagpur, India , Amit Roshan Lakra

Exploring the Impact of an Ethics of Disclosure on Privacy in Computer-Based Communications Technologies , Benedict Ozaveshe Mayaki

Towards A Northern Ugandan Church as "Field Hospital": For A Pastorally Attuned Appropriation of Church Teaching , James Moro

The Church and the Awakening of Faith: Towards a Christian Reconciliation for Peace and Justice in Rwanda , Emile Nsengimana

The Dynamic of Belief and Unbelief as Developed in Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment and its RThe Dynamic of Belief and Unbelief as Developed in Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment and its Relevance for Contemopary Life elevance for Contemopary Life , Santiago García Pintos

College Ethnic Catholic Communities: Ethnoreligious Pathways for an Intercultural Church , Kyle Ko Francisco Shinseki

The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: Its Potential of Revitalizing The Basic Ecclesial Communities of Bontoc-Lagawe , Bento F. Tamang

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Knowing the Transcendent God: Theological Epistemology in Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner , Ala Nadim Hanna Alalamat

Ruth: A Spiritual Role Model for the Religious Women of Southwest China , Xiaoqiong Chen

Promoting a Cosmotheandric Ethic of Virtue in Congo Brazzaville: Resolving Social Conflict Amidst Crises of Ecology and Migration , Cyrano Emde Dimeni

Marriage as a Covenant: Towards an in Culturated Pastoral Approach on Marriage and Family in Mozambique Today , Virgílio Arimateia Domingos

Eucharist as Fruit of the Earth and the Environmental Degradation in the Niger Delta: Implication of Louis Mariechauvet’s Tripartite Cycle of Gift, Reception and Return Gift for an Ecological Conversion , Michael Edomobi

Towards a Contextual Christology: Sub-Saharan African Models and Songs in Dialogue with Patristic Tradition , Benedict B. Ehinack

Spiritual Conversation: An Important Tool for Discernment of One’s Vocation in the Diverse Context of India , Francis Joseph Fernandes

The Contemplative-Prophetic Spirituality of Thomas Merton: Its Relevance for the Consecrated Life in India , Fabian Jose

“The Female Face” of Hiv/Aids as an Ethical Challenge to the Catholic Church in Uganda: Lessons of Catholic Social Teaching , Athanasius Kikoba

“Pilgrimage in Service of Mission in the Context of the Contemporary Korean Church” , Min-Hwi Kim

Toward a South Sudanese Church-As-Family: Reflections for a Contextual Ecclesiology for Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace , Oscar Momanyi

Towards a New, Praxis-Oriented Missiology: Rediscovering Paulo Freire's Concept of Conscientização and Enhancing Christian Mission as Prophetic Dialogue , Rosalia Meza Moreno

Dominican Prayer for Young Vietnamese Americans , Phuong Nguyen

Embracing an Ecological Conversion: Addressing the Effects of the Ecological Crisis on the Poor and the Earth Through the Sacrament of Reconciliation , Emmanuel Oyediran Ogundipe

A Pastoral Approach to the Topic of Sexuality in Priestly Formation Programs in Parts of Eastern Europe , Vitaliy Osmolovskyy

Belief in a Secular Age: Charles Taylor, John Henry Newman, and the New Evangelization , David C. Paternostro

Impact Evaluation Under the Banner of the Cross: An Integrated Approach to the Evaluation of Poverty Alleviation Programs , Stephen M. Pitts

Towards a Renewed Theology of Personal Agency: Origen’s Theological Vision and the Challenges of Fatalism and Determinism , Bernard B. Poggi

The Synodal Church: The Significance of Pope Francis’s Ecclesiology for the Indian Church , Th Shantharaj

Virtues/Pāramitās: St. Ignatius Of Loyola and Sāntideva as Companions on the Way of Life , Tomislav Spiranec

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The Theology Dissertations Series is comprised of dissertations authored by Marquette University's Theology Department doctoral students.

Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003

Stanley Hauerwas' Critique of System in Theology in the Interests of the Church's Narrative and Practice , Gale Z. Heide

Deus Caritas Est: Trinitarian Theology and the Humility of the Spirit , David Liberto

The Biblical-Experimental Foundations of Jonathan Edwards' Theology of Religious Experience, 1720-1723 , Karin Spieckeer Stetina

Jonathan Edwards' Social Augustinian Trinitarianism: A Criticism of and An Alternative to Recent Interpretations , Steven M. Studebaker

The Unity of Dulia and Latria: Karl Rahner's Philosophy and Theology As a Resource for a Theology of Intercession , Patricia A. Sullivan

The Apologetic and Dogmatic Dimensions of Twentieth-Century Roman Catholic Ecclesiology: A Critical Assessment , Margaret E. Taylor-Ulizio

Distributive Justice and the Free Market: Toward a Reformed Theological-Economic Approach , Kent A. Van Til

The Theology and Praxis of Heribert Mühlen: A New Profile of the Church , Wolfgang Vondey

The Syriac Acts of Thomas: A Computerized Grammatical Concordance of Acts 1 and 2 , John D. Zemler

Theses/Dissertations from 2002 2002

"Songs for My Joy ... Pleadings for My Shame": Coleridge, Divine Revelation and Confessions of An Inquiring Spirit , Jeffrey W. Barbeau

An evaluation of Alvin Plantinga's religious epistemology: Does it function properly? , James Kenton Beilby

Henri de Lubac and Communio: The Significance of His Theology of the Supernatural for An Interpretation of Gaudium et Spes , Robert F. Gotcher

Bridging the Gap: Bringing Needs Discourse to Theological Discussions of Human Need , DesAnne J. Hippe

Union with God and the Holy Spirit: A New Paradigm of Justification , Thomas L. Holtzen

The Earth is the Lord's: The World Council of Churches' Construction of An Institutional Environmental Ethic, 1966-1998 , Daniel E. McFee

Christian Story, Christian Self: A Journey to the Self through Paul's Story of the Cross , John L. Meech

The Eucharist As the Center of Theology: A Comparative Study , Richard A. Nicholas

The Eucharist as the center of theology: A comparative study , Richard Anthony Nicholas

"Certainty" with "Power to the Contrary": Nathaniel William Taylor (1786-1858) on the Will , Jason A. Nicholls

"One-step" Salvation: The Knowledge of God and Faith in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards , Richard Martin Weber

The Roman Catholic Church and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Voices Yet Unheard in a Listening World , Jozef D. Zalot

Theses/Dissertations from 2001 2001

The Spirit in the Drama: Balthasar's Theo-Drama and the Relationship between the Son and the Spirit , Adrian D. Day

Concrete Encounter with the Poor: Rahner as a Resource for Explaining Gutierrez's Notion of Solidarity , James P. Keane

Concrete Encounter with the Poor: Rahner As a Resource for Explaining Gutiérrez's Notion of Solidarity , James P. Keane

Pneumatology and Asceticism in Basil of Caesarea: Roots and Influence to 381 , Harriet A. Luckman

The Spirit and Suffering in Luke-Acts: Implications for a Pentecostal Pneumatology , Martin William Mittelstadt

The Origins and Development of the Triadic Structure of Faith in H. Richard Niebuhr: A Study of the Kantian and Pragmatic Background of Niebuhr's Thought , Joseph S. Pagano

Thomas and Tatian: The relationship between the "Gospel of Thomas" and the "Diatessaron" , Nicholas Perrin

Human Rights and Ecological Duties in Buddhism and Roman Catholicism: Test Case for a Global Ethic , Keith Soko

Human Rights and Ecological Duties in Buddhism and Roman Catholicism: Test Case for a Global Ethic , Keith James Soko

Martin Luther's Incarnational Theology: The Intentions and Consequences of Martin Luther's Christology in His Late Disputations , Melvin G. Vance

Homo in spe: Towards An Eschatological Anthropology in Conversation with Jürgen Moltmann , James L. Wakefield

Homo in Spe: Towards an Eschatological Anthropology in Conversation with Juergen Moltmann , James Lowell Wakefield

Stephen and the angel: A typological reading of the story of Stephen in the Acts of the Apostles , Stephen R Wiest

Stephen and the Angel: a Typological Reading of the Story of Stephen in the Acts of the Apostles , Stephen R. Wiest

Theses/Dissertations from 2000 2000

"Where the Eagles Are Gathered": The Deliverance of the Elect in Lukan Eschatology , Steven Leonard Bridge

The Public and Political Character of Postliberal Theology , Richard Dean Crane

The Church, for and Against the Nation, in the Thought of William Temple , Wendy Dackson

The Women's Ordination Conference (1975-1994): An Introduction to a Movement , Laurie Wright Gary

Lindbeck on the Catholicity of the Church: The Problem of Foundationalism and Antirealism in George A. Lindbeck's Ecumenical Methodology , Robert Charles Greer

Alexander Campbell's Church-State Separatism As a Defining and Limiting Factor in His Anti-Catholic Activity , Keith Brian Huey

The Eschatology of Bernard of Clairvaux , James G. Kroemer

Openness As Gift: Subject and Other in Postmodern Context: A Study of Lonergan and Levinas , Michele Saracino

Theses/Dissertations from 1999 1999

Lyman Beecher's (1775-1863) Theological lecture Notes, Volume I Edited with Introduction and Critical Notes , Roy C. Backus

A Framework for Christian Anthropology: A Study of Lonergan's Self-Transcending Subject and Kegan's Evolving Self , Thomas Robert Berchmans

Baptist Social Christianity in Victorian England: The Individual and Society in the Theology of Dr. John Clifford , Matthew E. Brandt

Spirituality As Natural Theology: A Lonerganian Approach , Robert Anthony Condly

Heaven Connected to Earth: Toward A Balance of Personal and Social Eschatology in Wesleyan Theology , Ronald R. Creasman

The Catholic press response to nativism in the 1850s and 1920s , Candace A. Czernicki

The Antithesis of the Ages: Torah and Christ in Paul , Stephan K. Davis

John Hick's Pluralist Philosophy of World Religions: An Exposition and Response , Paul Rhodes Eddy

"Astonished At His Teaching": The Structure and Authority of Jesus' Sayings in the Gospel of Mark , Sara Fletcher Harding

Hans Urs von Balthasar and Protestantism: The Ecumenical Implications of His Theological Style , Rodney A. Howsare

"Life' in Johannine Writings: A Study of the Meaning of 'Life' for the Johannine Community , David Asonye Ihenacho

In Their Own Words: Character Speech in the Gospel of Luke , Karl Allen Kuhn

Essence, Action and Anticipation in Wolfhart Pannenberg's Doctrine of the Trinity , Todd S. LaBute

Luther and Theosis: Deification in the Theology of Martin Luther , Paul Lehninger

The Viability of a Sacrificial Theology of Atonement , Thomas E. Long

The Historical Origins of the Presuppositional Apologetics of Cornelius Van Til , Timothy I. McConnel

Reading John in Delos: The Genres of the Johannine Farewell , Donald J. Rappé

Theses/Dissertations from 1998 1998

St. Bonaventure's Collationes in Hexäemeron and the Joachite Controversy , C. Colt Anderson

From a Broken Covenant to Circumcision of the Heart: Pauline Intertextual Exegesis in Romans 2, 17-29 , Timothy W. Berkley

Wisdom in the Gospels of Thomas and John , Bea Dorsey

The Gospel is Not Shameful: The Argumentative Structure of Romans in the Light of Classical Rhetoric , Steven E. Enderlein

The Spiritual/temporal Distinction within the Campaign for Human Development: A Theological and Philosophical Analysis , Lawrence J. Engel

Theological Anthropology, Self-Interest and Economic Justice in Contemporary Critiques of Capitalism , Richard F. Goetz

That We May Know and Understand: Gospel Tradition in the Apocalypse of Peter , Robert C. Helmer

The Kenosis of God and Reverence for the Particular: A Conversation with Jürgen Moltmann , Jane E. Linahan

The Primacy of Religious Disposition in James M. Gustafson's Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective , Shawn M. McCauley Welch

Rahner, Self, and God: the Question of the Cartesian Ego in the Theology of Karl Rahner , Cheryl Ann Riggs

Retrieving the Importance of Social Justice Themes in the Pastoral Letters of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, 1919-1961 , David P. Schultz

Theses/Dissertations from 1997 1997

"And Scripture Cannot Be Broken": The Form and Function of the Early Christian Testimonia Collections , Martin C. Albl

Blessed Assurance?: Reason and Certainty of Knowledge of God in Karl Barth and Hans Küng , Paul Casner

Conscience and the Holy Spirit: A Theological Anthropology Applied to Mental Health Care Ethics , Mark E. Ginter

Mysticism and Contemplation in the Life and Teaching of Albert Benjamin Simpson , Clyde McLean Glass

Towards a Moral Theology of Christian Humanism: An Inquiry into the Writings of Saint Thomas More , William G. Hansen

The Place of John Wyclif's Eucharistic Theology within the Catholic Tradition: Logicae Scripturae and Sensus Catholicus , Ian Christopher Levy

Walter Rauschenbusch As Preacher: The Development of His Social Thought As Expressed in His Sermons from 1886-1897 , Heinz D. Rossol

The Idea of Christendom in the Writings of Henry Edward Cardinal Manning , Barry H. Sargent

Luke 5:1-11: The Call and Commission of Simon Peter , Daniel John Scholz

The Transcendental Christology of Karl Rahner: A Resource for Catholic Social Teaching? , Paulette Skiba

Life, Movement and Being: William Porcher DuBose's Christology, Soteriology, and Ecclesiology , Robert Boak Slocum

Towards a Theological Assessment of the Third Quest for the Historical Jesus , Gladstone H. Stevens III

Theses/Dissertations from 1996 1996

The Word of God and Social Responsibility in the Lutheran Church in the United States of America , Roger H. Black

Sojourners: Christians in the World in the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar , Richard A. Collins

Moral Character and Moral Certainty: The Subjective State of the Soul and J.G. Machen's Critique of Theological Liberalism , Paul Kjoss Helseth

In Public Defense of the Ministry of Moses: Luther's Enarratio on Psalm 90, 1534-1535 , Gordon L. Isaac

Rhyme and Reason in Erasmus' 1516 Greek Text of Revelation 22:16-21 , Edward F. Maniscalco

The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles (NHC 6.1): Allegory, Ascent and Ministry in the Wake of the Decian Persecution , Andrea Lorenzo Molinari

The Impact of the Historicity Debates Over the Biblical Narratives Upon 20th-Century American Catholic Biblical Scholarship , Patrick J. Russell

In All Senses of the Word: The Authority of Scripture in Contemporary Theology , Charles D. Valenti-Hein

The Source of Justification: Kant's Concept of Radical Evil in Light of Luther's Salvation by Grace through Faith , Mark Frederick Wilms

Theses/Dissertations from 1995 1995

Jonah As Subversive Literature?: The Book of Jonah and Its Biblical Context , Thomas M. Bolin

An Analysis of the Relationship between Personal and Social Sin within the Development of Gregory Baum's Theology , Margaret L. Causey

Paul As Model: The Rhetoric and Old Testament Background of Philippians 3:1-4:1 , Bruce L. Fields

The Particularity of Jesus Christ: An Analysis of Revelation in the Theologies of Karl Barth and Edward Schillebeeckx , Scott D. Geis

Kinship by Covenant: A Biblical Theological Study of Covenant Types and Texts in the Old and New Testaments , Scott Walker Hahn

Jewish and Christian Relations in the Life and Thought of Hugh of St. Victor , Rebecca Moore

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Master's theses from 2016 2016.

The Relationship of the Old Covenant to the Everlasting Covenant , Kumar Ashwani

Master's Theses from 2015 2015

Rita Nakashima Brock, Rebecca Ann Parker, and Governmental Atonement Theology , Andrew John Blosser

Master's Theses from 2014 2014

The Ethical Viability of Church Support of Moral Legislation , Jason Alexander Hines

Master's Theses from 2013 2013

Toward a Biblical View of Collective Responsibility for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Twenty-first Century , Miroslav Danihel

Master's Theses from 2012 2012

Protology and Eschatology in the Writings of John C. Polkinghorne: a Study of Contrastive Roles of Scripture , H. Nicholas De Lima

Socially Constructing God: Gender, Culture, and a Stratified Trinity , Landon P. Schnabel

Master's Theses from 2009 2009

The Doctrine of Sin in the Thought of George R. Knight: Its Context and Implications , Jamie Kiley

Master's Theses from 2008 2008

Reason in Theology: a Comparison of Fernando Canale and Wolfhart Pannenberg , Sven Fockner

Master's Theses from 1993 1993

Quantum Reality: Some Implications for Christian Theology , Charles Chinyoung Choo

Master's Theses from 1990 1990

Inerrancy and Sovereignty: a Case Study on Carl F. H. Henry , Joseph Karanja

Master's Theses from 1989 1989

The Final Generation: a Descriptive Account of the Development of a Significant Aspect of M.l. Andreasen's Eschatology as Related to His Treatment of the Sanctuary Doctrine Between 1924-1937 , Dwight Eric Haynes

Master's Theses from 1958 1958

An Investigation of the Concept of Perfectionism as Target in the Writings of Ellen G. White , F. W. Bieber

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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Equipping Christians with a Post-Christian Evangelism Paradigm at Great Oaks Church of Christ , Tim Alsup

The Impact of Studying Abroad on the Intercultural Spiritual Formation of Harding University Latin America Students , Jeremy Daggett

The Use of Feedforwarding Techniques in Sermon-Crafting: A Collaborative Approach to Preaching , Stephen Rollins

The New Heavens and New Earth: The Interpretive Development of Isaiah 65:17 , Baron Vander Maas

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Transforming Disciples Through a Spiritual Formation Cohort at Washington Street Church Of Christ , Jim Black

Rethinking Sacrifice and Atonement: A Contextual, Exegetical, and Historical Analysis Of Leviticus 16 , Ladye Rachel Howell

An Exploration of the Garden Metaphor in the Poetry of Song of Songs , Kizito Jasper

Establishing Intergenerational Relationships in Youth Ministry , Bryce Kittinger

An Exploration Of Job's Use Of the Psalms , Robert Andrew Montgomery

The Role of Spiritual Formation in Leadership Development , Craig M. Poole

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

A Theological Exploration of Death , Benjamin F. Bruner

"In Christ:" Participation Language in Paul , Sean Cavender

A Mentoring Ministry for the Spiritual Development of Youth in Rural Congregations of North Central and Northeast Arkansas , Glen Knabe

The Discursive Body: a Theological Account of Language and Revelation in Conversation with John Webster and Conceptual Metaphor Theory , Aaron Parker

Avoiding Compassion Fatigue in Hospice Chaplains through Cultivating Sabbath as an Element of Self-Care , A. Milton Stanley

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Deuteronomy And The City: Characteristics Of The Ideal Urban Environment In Deuteronomy , Parker Bullard

The Holy Spirit And Biblical Interpretation: Alexander Campbell And Contemporary Hermeneutics , Ladye Rachel Howell

Assessing the Quality of Proactive Congregational Care for the College Avenue Church of Christ , Kent M. Jobe

Consistent Histories Quantum Divine Action: A Constructive Proposal In Conversation With John Polkinghorne, Robert Russell, and Alvin Plantinga , Derek Preslar

Divine Impassibility: A Definition And Defense , Elisha Randolph

In Controversy Oft: James David Bales And The Sharp Decline Of The Apocalyptic Worldview At Harding University , Cory Spruiell

Divine Suffering And Passibility: Terence Fretheim And Jürgen Moltmann , Alicia Williamson

Astral And Angelic Powers In Romans 8:38-39 , Frederick Christian Wright

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Scripture and Revelation: A Comparison of Alexander Campbell, Kevin Vanhoozer, and William Abraham , Daniel T. Crouch

An Adaptive Change Project in Developing Leaders , Scott A. Laird

The Theological Anthropology of St. Gregory of Nyssa , Marcus McCormick

Exegesis of Romans 8:12-13: The Epitome of Paul’s Response to the Question in Romans 6:1 , Timothy L. Nixon

God's Sabbath-Keepers: The Sabbatistai Inscription at Catioren , Robert Ogden

Generating Trust in a Multiethnic "Church of Christ/ Iglesia de Cristo," in Santa Paula, California , Robert G. Perez

The לֵב†of the Lectures: Human Embodiment, Rhetoric, and Adolescent Spiritual Formation in Proverbs 1–9 , Logan T. Thompson

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Spiritual Gifts or Ministry Roles? Helping Church Members Embrace Their Places in God's Kingdom , Matthew R. Carter

Establishing Ethical Processes for Church Finances , Carl A. Williamson

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Theology Theses and Dissertations

Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Islamic Ethical Considerations on Medical Decision-Making in Adolescence , Nuray Catic

Lighting the Way of the Learner: Towards a Social Virtue Epistemology in Aḥmad al-Ṣaghīr’s The Faqīh’s Lantern , Amani Khelifa

The Experiences of Transgender Anglicans in the Eucharistic Liturgy , Jordan D. Sandrock

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Christian Mass Movements in South India and Some of The Critical Factors that Changed the Face of Christianity in India , Philip Joseph Mathew

Exploring the Relational Center of the Individualist/Collectivist Spectrum: A Literature Survey of Direct and Indirect Perichoretic Works , Steven Latta

Women and Western Mission: A Case Study on the Christian Khasi and Garo Tribal Women , Rosemary Philip

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

The Notion of Evil in the Qur'an and Islamic Mystical Thought , Irfan Asghar

Personhood, Particularity, and Perichoresis: The Doctrine of the Trinity in Identity and Faith Formation , Tabitha Petrova Edgar

Monks Praise the Female Saints of Anglo-Saxon England: Hild of Whitby and Edith of Wilton , Lori Ferguson

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

ʿAbdulḥalīm Abū Shuqqa’s The Liberation of Women in the Age of Revelation: A Translation and Critical Commentary , Ibtehal Noorwali

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Atheist Controversy in the United Church of Canada: A Review of Gretta Vosper , Jacob A. Shaw

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Pragmatic Holiness in the Early Salvation Army: A Theology of Holiness as Action , Terence Hale

The Spirituality of Watchman Nee from a Neo-Confucian Perspective , Jin Meng

Two Paths to Illumination in Islamic Mysticism: Self-Annihilation versus Higher Self , Mahdieh Mirmohammadi

Sunday, Bloody Sunday: Martyrial Theology in the Eucharistic Liturgies of the Anglican Church of Canada , Andrew M. Rampton

Science and Theology in Religious Education and Faith Formation with Children and Youth: Towards a Post-Foundationalist Approach , Judy S. Steers

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

'Empire without end': John Finch, Orientalism, and Early Modern Empire, 1674-1681 , Remi Alie

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Christian Kitsch: A Preliminary Examination of Christian Materialism through Theological Aesthetics and Cultural Politics , Michael A. Bodkin

Rethinking Resurrection: Choosing Interdisciplinary Dialogue Over Dualism , Jesse Dymond

The Euthanasia Debate: International Experience and Canadian Policy Proposals , Lorna M. Fratschko

The German Christians’ Influence on Barth’s Hamartiology of Pride , Tom Linden

Irruption: Placing Theology at the Centre of the Discourse on Church Amalgamation , John MacKenzie

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

New Paradigm for South Sudan: The Christian Contribution to the South African TRC , Malith J. Kur

Spirituality and Autonomous Religion in Southern Ontario: A Sociological and Theological Study , Christopher J. Medland

The Anointing That Teaches: A Socio-Historical and Rhetorical Study of Chrisma in 1 John 2:20 and 27 , Jenny Meggison

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

The Promise and Problematic of the Virtual Eucharist Mass According To The Roman Catholic Church’s Position in “The Church and the Internet” , Andrew W. Labenek

Political Theology Versus Public Theology: Reclaiming the Heart of Christian Mission , Martin R. Levesque

Between Mercersburg and Oxford: The Ecclesiology of John Williamson Nevin , Kevin H. Steeper

The Christian as Witness in View of the True Witness , Emily Patricia Wilton

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Torah in the Diaspora: A Comparative Study of Philo and 4 Maccabees , Christopher J. Cornthwaite

The Religion of Success: The Religious and Theological Roots of the American Success Industry of Self-Help, Personal Growth, and Wealth , Sharon M. Lindenburger

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Toward a Dialogical Hermeneutic of a Hindu-Christian: A Socio-scientific Study of Nepali Immigrants in Toronto , Surya Prasad Acharya

The Prevalence of the Magistrate in the Political Theology of Heinrich Bullinger , Brent J. Brodie

Rowan Williams and Mikhail Bakhtin: The Appeal of Polyphony , Antony N. Gremaud

The Sacramental Theology of John Owen and John Calvin , David van Eyk

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Follow the prompts in ProQuest to fill in keywords and subject tags, and to make important decisions like whether to embargo your work. 

2. Use DocuSign to submit your signed approval pages electronically to the STH Library.

NEW! Please use DocuSign to submit signed approval pages electronically:   https://www.bu.edu/library/sth-dissertations-docusign . As of Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the approval pages for all STH doctoral dissertations (PhD) and thesis projects (DMin) can be signed and submitted electronically using DocuSign. Instructions are available on the DocuSign log-in page listed in the first sentence of this paragraph. 

[Please note that in the full dissertation file that you upload for ProQuest to publish, the approval pages should remain unsigned to protect your readers’ signatures from online identity theft, per ProQuest’s and BU’s policies.]

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Please submit the dissertation processing fee in the form of a check or money order for $115 (made payable to “Boston University”). This can be dropped off in person with Stacey Duran at the library or mailed to: BU School of Theology Library, re: dissertations, 745 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA, 02215. Unfortunately, there is currently no way for STH students to pay dissertation fees online.

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An embargo letter is required only if you request in ProQuest ETD that your work not be displayed (in ProQuest or OpenBU) for any period of time (usually two years). This is usually done to pursue commercial publishing, although it is not always necessary. More information on embargoes can be found at BU’s main library page here : https://www.bu.edu/library/files/2011/05/EmbargoesETDFAQ.pdf. A sample embargo letter template can be found here : http://www.bu.edu/cas/files/2020/03/Embargo-Letter-Template.doc.

The embargo letter must be submitted as a physical paper with ink signatures, signed by both yourself and your advisor (no photocopies or scans.) It can be submitted to Stacey Duran, either in-person at the STH Library or via mail to: Boston University School of Theology Library, 745 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA, 02215. After the first 2-year embargo, you will be able to renew your embargo (without a letter) via email or phone, for two years at a time.

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1. upload your final thesis project draft to  proquest etd here . , 2. use docusign to submit your signed approval pages electronically to the sth library..

NEW!   Please use DocuSign to submit signed approval pages electronically:    https://www.bu.edu/library/sth-dissertations-docusign . As of Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the approval pages for all STH doctoral dissertations (PhD) and thesis projects (DMin) can be signed and submitted electronically using DocuSign. Instructions are available on the DocuSign log-in page listed in the first sentence of this paragraph. 

[Please note that in the full dissertation file that you uploaded for ProQuest to publish, the approval pages should remain unsigned to protect your readers’ signatures from online identity theft, per ProQuest’s and BU’s policies.]

3. Submit your thesis project/dissertation fee: $115.

For the thesis project fee, you will need to mail a check or money order for $115 (made payable to “Boston University”) to: Boston University School of Theology Library, 745 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA, 02215. Unfortunately, there is currently no way for STH students to pay dissertation fees online.

4. OPTIONAL: Embargo Letters

Embargo letters are required only if you request in ProQuest ETD that your work not be displayed (in ProQuest or OpenBU) for any period of time (usually two years). This is usually done to pursue commercial publishing, although it is not always necessary. More information on embargoes can be found at BU’s main library page here : https://www.bu.edu/library/files/2011/05/EmbargoesETDFAQ.pdf. A sample embargo letter template can be found here : http://www.bu.edu/cas/files/2020/03/Embargo-Letter-Template.doc .

The embargo letter, like the approval pages, must be submitted as a physical paper with ink signatures, signed by both yourself and your advisor. It can be submitted to Stacey Duran, either in-person at the STH Library or via mail to: Boston University School of Theology Library, 745 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA, 02215. After the first 2-year embargo, you will be able to renew your embargo (without a letter) via email or phone, for two years at a time.

For more information, please contact the STH Library thesis coordinator, Stacey Duran, at  [email protected] . 

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When you upload to ProQuest, you will be prompted to respond whether you’d like to request an embargo . 

An embargo simply means that you ask ProQuest and/or OpenBU to refrain from publishing your work for a specific period of time. This embargo is possible for 2 years, and can be renewed at the end of 2 years.

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Here is a sample embargo letter from BU’s Mugar Memorial Library: http://www.bu.edu/cas/files/2020/03/Embargo-Letter-Template.doc .

Frequently asked questions about embargoes can be found at: https://www.bu.edu/library/files/2011/05/EmbargoesETDFAQ.pdf .

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Senior Honors Thesis

The option of writing an honors thesis is offered to qualifying majors in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies who wish to conduct in-depth research under the guidance of a faculty member.  To qualify, the students must have achieved, by the end of their fifth semester, a 3.5 grade-point average or better, both in Theology/Religious Studies courses and as a general GPA.

Students pursue the thesis project during their final three semesters, usually but not always the spring of the student’s third year and the fall and spring of their fourth year.  Students who plan to graduate early or whose education extends beyond four semesters should adjust the text below to match the three semesters that will culminate in their graduation.  Students who are studying abroad during the spring semester of their third year should consult the information in the associated FAQ sheet.

In the first semester, the student seeks an adviser, develops a prospectus (general description of the project), and secures the requisite permissions; no academic credit is earned for this preliminary work.  In the second semester enrolls in a 3-credit tutorial reading course, carries out research, and writes a preliminary draft of the thesis.  In the third semester, the student enrolls in a 1.5 credit thesis completion tutorial, during which the student revises, completes, submits, and defends the thesis.  After the thesis is accepted and defended, an honors thesis notation is placed on the student’s transcript.  To facilitate depth of inquiry, students are encouraged to choose topics that will enable them to draw upon established skills and previous coursework.

    Semester #1 (normally the spring of the student’s third year)

Responsibilities of the student:

• The student initiates conversation with one or more faculty in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies about the possibility of writing an honors thesis. In order for a thesis proposal to be approved, the student must secure the full support of one faculty member who agrees to act as a mentor for the project. This faculty member will oversee the research tutorial (THEO 4998), as well as the thesis completion tutorial (THEO 4999), and will read and evaluate the thesis that is submitted.
• In consultation with this faculty member, the student develops a prospectus or general description of the project. This will normally include (a) the question or thesis to be investigated, (b) the significance of the issue, (c) a general research plan, and (d) a preliminary bibliography.
• Once the faculty mentor has approved the prospectus, the student submits the prospectus to the student’s concentration advisor and to the Director of Undergraduate Studies to notify them of the student’s intent to compose an honors thesis. No formal departmental approval of the project is required beyond that of the faculty mentor, but notice of intent does need to be given to the concentration advisor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
• The student registers for a three-credit tutorial reading course (THEO 4998) to be taken with their mentor in the following semester.
• As soon after registration as possible, the student files a “Tutorial Registration Form” with the dean’s office. Normally, this form will be filed no later than the end of spring semester finals; where there are extenuating circumstances, it can be filed later, but in all cases must be on record before the start of fall classes. The course description and bibliography can be drawn from the prospectus; the student will work out answers to questions about the structure of the tutorial with the faculty mentor.  Note that the Dean’s office requires the signature of both the faculty mentor and the department chair.  The Tutorial Registration form can be obtained here.

Responsibilities of the faculty mentor:

• To notify the Director of Undergraduate Studies that they are willing to supervise the student’s tutorial, receive and evaluate the thesis, and appear at the thesis defense meeting.
• To assist the student in developing the thesis prospectus and to approve the prospectus as an adequate research plan for developing and composing an honors thesis.
• To work out the structure of the tutorial (THEO 4998) with the student.
• To review and sign the Tutorial Registration Form and follow up with the student to ensure that it has been signed by the Department Chair and submitted to the Dean’s office.
• At the discretion of the faculty mentor, a second reader may be secured for the thesis.  This second reader must be a faculty member but may be from another department.  If there is to be a second reader, that individual would normally receive a copy of the prospectus for comment, prior to approval

    Semester #2 (normally the fall semester of the student’s fourth year)

Although the student conducts independent research during this semester, close collaboration between student and mentor is expected.

• In the first week, the student meets with the faculty mentor to review (and, if necessary, adjust) the prospectus and the structure set out in the Tutorial Registration Form. 
• Throughout the semester, the student and mentor will hold regular meetings to discuss the readings and research that the student is conducting independently.  Mentors may, at their discretion, require periodic submission of written work.  At or before the end of fall semester finals, the student should submit a coherent and comprehensive first draft.
• The mentor will offer detailed comments and suggestions concerning this draft.  This assessment and guidance will provide the framework within which the student will revise and complete the thesis the following semester.
• The mentor will usually enter a grade of incomplete at the end of the fall term, replacing that incomplete with a letter grade when the thesis has been submitted in the spring.  (For the rare case in which a student decides not to complete the thesis, consult the FAQ sheet.)
• If the mentor regards the student’s progress as satisfactory when registration period opens in November, the student will enroll, for the spring semester, in a 1.5-credit thesis completion tutorial (THEO 4999), which will also be under the direction of the mentor.

    Semester #3 (normally the spring semester of the student’s fourth year)

Research for the thesis having been completed in the fall, the thesis completion tutorial (THEO 4999) provides the context for reviewing and refining the argument, developing appropriately supportive documentation, and revising the text in light of continuing dialogue and critique. The student normally submits three drafts as the thesis project moves to completion. The decision to accept or not to accept the final draft is made by the mentor, though the mentor may consult as needed with the Director of Undergraduate Studies, the Department Chair, and/or a second reader.

• As indicated above, the first draft is submitted to the mentor at the end of the fall semester and receives a detailed response that provides the basis for revision and for any additional research that may be required. If for any reason the student is not able to submit a full draft by the end of the fall semester, such a draft must be supplied to the faculty mentor no later than January 15 so that the mentor can provide timely comments to guide the final stages of the project.
• The second (and potentially final) full draft of the thesis is due to the mentor no later than February 28. This draft is normally expected to be 40 to 55 double-spaced pages (or between 10,000 and 14,000 words), including notes, bibliography, and an abstract. The mentor may either accept this draft or return it to the student for further revision. In the latter case, the mentor will state specific reservations or concerns and will provide clear expectations for the final revision.
• If the manuscript is returned for further revision, a third and final draft is due no later than March 31. Normally, no further changes to the text can be made after this submission. Extensions of this deadline are not feasible and should not be requested.
• In April (or earlier, if an acceptable draft is submitted before March 31), the manuscript will be circulated to a second reader (if one has been identified), the Director of Undergraduate Studies, the Department Chair, and any other interested faculty members. The mentor, in consultation with any other readers, will determine whether or not to accept the manuscript as a completed honors thesis.  In rare cases, at the discretion of the mentor, further specific revisions may be required in order for the thesis to be accepted by graduation.
• When the faculty mentor formally accepts the final draft of the thesis, the mentor, in consultation with the student and the Director of Undergraduate Studies, will schedule a thesis defense at which the student will present their findings to other majors and faculty who are able to attend. If more than one student completes a thesis in a given term, the usual practice is to coordinate the defenses in one assembly.
• Upon acceptance of the thesis, the mentor will submit a grade change form substituting a letter grade for the incomplete earlier submitted for THEO 4998. This will normally be the same grade that the mentor records at the end of the spring semester for the thesis completion tutorial (THEO 4999), although it lies within the discretion of the mentor to record different final marks for the two tutorials if there are persuasive reasons for doing so.

Upon being notified by the mentor of acceptance of the thesis and of a successful thesis defense, the Director of Undergraduate Studies will notify the College Dean’s office that a notation of “Honors Thesis” is to be added to the student’s transcript.

Frequently Asked Questions regarding the Senior Honors Thesis in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies

    can someone who does not major in theology and religious studies write an honors thesis in this department for example, are students who have completed a minor in theology and religious studies eligible.

No. Only those who are majoring in Theology and Religious Studies and have achieved the requisite GPA are eligible to write an honors thesis in this department.

    Does the concentration a student has chosen within the department have any effect on thesis eligibility?

No. Students in all the concentrations, if they have a qualifying GPA, are eligible to write an honors thesis, and the procedures are the same in all concentrations.

    If a faculty member from a different department or program (for example, JUPS, Catholic Studies, or the Berkley Center) is willing to supervise a thesis in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, is that permissible?

Some faculty with primary appointments in other units of the university have a secondary or affiliate appointment in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. A faculty member who has affiliate status would be eligible to supervise a senior honors thesis. To determine the eligibility of a faculty member, consult with the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

    If a student does not have a 3.5 at the end of the fifth semester but does have the requisite 3.5 by the end of the 6th semester, would the student be eligible to write an honors thesis?

In such a case, the student may petition the Director of Undergraduate Studies for consideration in the 30 days after final grades for that semester are released. If the DUS determines the student to be eligible to write an honors thesis, all of the arrangements that normally happen during Semester #1 would need to be completed before the beginning of the semester in which the student registers for THEO 4999.

    What are the procedures for students who are studying abroad or are otherwise away from the campus during the spring semester of their third year?

Ideally, students who will be away from the campus during the spring semester of their third year would make all of the necessary arrangements in the fall semester before they depart. This is especially true if they will be studying abroad, since working out the prospectus early would allow the student to discuss with their mentor how they might use opportunities abroad to enrich their research. However, it is also possible for students who are away during the spring semester, to have the consultations and make the arrangements remotely—or to do so during the summer after they return. In any case, the mentor must be identified and the requisite permissions must be secured before the beginning of the fall semester of the year in which the student plans to graduate.

    If for any reason a student finds that they cannot complete the thesis or if the thesis submitted is not accepted, what happens?

If the student comes to this realization while the fall semester research tutorial (THEO 4998) is in progress, the student and the mentor should discuss whether the student should withdraw from THEO 4998 or whether the tutorial should simply be converted to a reading course with an appropriate finishing written assignment for an earned grade. If the student comes to this realization in the final semester while enrolled in the thesis completion tutorial (THEO 4999), after the research tutorial has been taken and still carries a grade of incomplete, the student will withdraw from the thesis completion tutorial. The mentor will then determine an appropriate retrospective grade for THEO 4998 which will accordingly appear on the transcript as a three-credit reading tutorial. If no written work was submitted during the research tutorial, the mentor may determine a grade that reflects the absence of written work or may provide the student the opportunity to submit the equivalent of a seminar paper based on the student’s independent research. No notation of any kind is made on the student’s transcript regarding an honors thesis.

If the student submits a manuscript by March 31 that is not acceptable as a senior honors thesis, the mentor will determine an appropriate letter grade for each of the two tutorials on the basis of the work that has been submitted. No notation of any kind is made on the student’s transcript (apart from the record of the two tutorials taken for credit) regarding an honors thesis.

    Can the thesis tutorials be counted toward the required number of courses (9 in addition to the 2 courses satisfying the core requirement) that the student must take to complete the major?

At the discretion of the concentration advisor, the thesis research tutorial (THEO 4998) can be incorporated into the student’s major program as an advanced course. Because the thesis completion tutorial (THEO 4999) carries only 1.5 credits, it cannot be counted as one of the students nine required courses toward the major.

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An Authentic Development of Doctrine? The Sacrament of Reconciliation in the Patristic Writings , Sister Mary Barbara Keiser O.P.

The ‘Temple of the Holy Spirit’ & Christian Identity: Old Testament Echoes in 1 Corinthians , Sr. Amata Christi Lippert O.P.

Gementes et Flentes in hac Lacrimarum Valle: The Gift of Tears in the Dominican Tradition , Sr. Immaculata Marie Policare O.P.

Mary's Conception of the Word , Valerie M. Uhlig

Submissions from 2022 2022

Hell, and the Savior of the World , Michael Anthony Bahry

‘He hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows’: Thomas Aquinas on Christ’s Suffering in His Descent to Hell , Stephen Beale

Excluded from Our City: Clement of Alexandria and the Porous Frontier of Early Christian Identity , Jordan C. Goneau-Goncalves

Active Participation in the Two Direct Points of Contact with God within the Thomistic Metaphysics of Human Nature , Richard. R. Palin Jr.

Submissions from 2021 2021

Deification and Creation: A Comparative, Historical and Systematic View , Cole DeSantis

Offering Our Lives: Liturgical Participation and the Reception of Grace , Betty-Ann Medeiros Hickey

Submissions from 2020 2020

The Development of a Theology of Tradition: Basil's On The Holy Spirit and Yves Congar's Tradition and Traditions , Sister Dominica Bickerton O.P.

Participation, Image and Likeness: A Comparative Demonstration of the Scriptural and Philosophical Basis of Origen’s Theology of Deification , Matthew J. Doeing

The Rationality of Motherhood , Genevieve Kineke

Submissions from 2018 2018

On How the Infused Virtues Differentiate Christian Friendship from Natural Friendship , Maureen McNeill

Submissions from 2017 2017

Women as Agents of Salvation in the Old Testament: An Appraisal of Hannah and Abigail in Israel's Early Monarchy (1 Samuel 1-3, 25) , Lazarus Ejike Onuh

Submissions from 2016 2016

The Theological Virtue of Faith as the Foundation of the Christian Moral Life , Sr. Mary Jacinta Li O.P.

The Soul of the Drone Operator: The Place of the Cardinal Virtues in Drone Warfare , Lazarus Ejike Onuh

Submissions from 2015 2015

Deification In Cassian’s Conferences : Analysis of John Cassian’s writings on unceasing prayer in Conferences Nine and Ten as a description of deification , Christina Beu

Navigating the Use of Biblical Numerology in Nauigatio Sancti Brendani , Darcy E. Ireland

Submissions from 2014 2014

Overcoming the Division: The Relationship between the Eucharist and Social Justice , Lauren S. Murphy

Submissions from 2013 2013

The Female Ancestors of Jesus, according to the Gospel of Matthew , Erin Baldanzi Costigliola

The Wounded Warrior: A Christological Perspective , Margaret Y. Wakelee

Submissions from 2012 2012

Mary is the Model of Christian Discipleship , Sr. Jolly Joseph

Submissions from 2011 2011

Tertullian’s Adversus Judaeos: a Tale of Two Treatises , John P. Fulton

What Are They Saying About the Jonah Psalm? An Analysis of the Current Trends in its Interpretation , Daniel A. Neal

Loving in the Present: The Theological and Pastoral Influences of St. Bonaventure's Critical Retrieval of Joachim of Fiore on Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI , William L. Patenaude

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EBSCO Open Dissertations now includes the content from American Doctoral Dissertations. It is a free database index with records for more than 800,000 electronic theses and dissertations from around the world. Coverage is multi-disciplinary and ranges from 1933 to the present. Database holds bibliographic records only. Alumni Dissertations & Theses Health & Medicine Multidisciplinary / Other  Abstracts & Indices

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Dissertations & Theses Global by ProQuest provides access to more than 1.2 million full-text theses and dissertations, including those from Fuller Theological Seminary, available for download in PDF format, together with 2.7 million searchable citations to theses from around the world from 1861 to the present. Most of these theses were written to fulfill doctoral degrees. The database offers full-text for most of the theses added from 1997 onwards and some retrospective full-text coverage for older theses. Approximately 70,000 new full-text theses are added to the database each year. Provided by ProQuest, formerly known as UMI (University Microfilm Inc.)  Dissertations & Theses  eBooks  Health & Medicine  History, Texts, & Biography  Multidisciplinary / Other  Psychology  Theology & Religion

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According to the transliterations of the ancient literary corpus of the Near Eastern and Western Civilizations, evil has been extant since the beginning of time: it arguably reared its head in the first book of the Old Testament (Gen. 3.1, 4.8, 6.1-4); Mesopotamian literature, antedating the Pentateuch by at least several centuries, describes wars, the wraths of the gods, and a tyrannical king; and, originating millennia earlier, Sumerian poems depict spiritual anguish in the afterworld and tribal warfare. The primary focus in this essay will be on “The most significant biblical passage for the ‘fallen angels’ tradition . . . the notoriously difficult Gen. 6:1-4” (Stuckenbruck 355). I will examine, of course, the passage itself, the terminology used therein, and the various translations. Furthermore, I will attempt to explicate theories on the origin of evil and provide the verses that were utilized to support these theories. The views of select philosophers and theologians on the implications of the Mesopotamian and apocryphal texts in the testaments will be explored. Finally, Judaic and Christian mindsets will be considered to discern the differing views on the etiology of evil (angels, demons, Nephilim, giants), their interpretations of canonical and apocryphal documents, and the basis of their theological tenets.

James Zheng

This paper explores the exegetical methods used by premodern theologians and scholars to interpret Genesis 3:15. Through this analysis, a Quadruple Enmity hypothesis is formulated based on eight theological propositions related to the verse. The paper seeks out scriptural texts that support each proposition and the hypothesis and argues that the verified hypothesis highlights that Genesis 3:15 has a chiasmatic structure that reveals the functions of the Trine God.

Darius-Andrei ȘCHIOPU-CONSTANTIN

This paper analyzes Gen. 3:14-15 and proves that the fall was instigated by the acts of the serpent: Satan was the one that used the look of the snake to deceive Eve. But the first family was not left without hope in a sinful world: a special offspring was promised. Strong textual evidence highlights that a masculine descendent was waited for: this is the protoevanghelium.

Ingrid Faro

The goal of this study is to contribute to a biblical understanding of the meaning and use of evil through a contextual analysis of the lexemes for evil (רע, רעה, רעע) in the received Hebrew text of Genesis (MT BHS). In regards to its meaning, evil is found to be a hypernym, referring to a wide semantic range: from unpleasant, displeasing, deficient, to harmful, sinful, or wicked. Good and evil play a role in developing the plot conflict woven throughout the structure of Genesis. Through collocations, exegetical, and literary analysis evil contrasts with the broad use of good, which encompasses the domains of pleasant, delicious, abundant, flourishing, harmonious, blessed, peaceable, and righteous. The foundation is established for the Deuteronomic triads of good-blessed-life versus evil-cursed-death, embodied through human choice between following God or not. In regard to the use and agency of evil, Genesis shows many wills at work. Humanity was created as God’s image-bearer, to represent him well in the physical universe. Humanity has not done well in their co-regency. Genesis portrays evil as a reality with human and non-human agents culpable. Humans are capable of both good and evil, and they can change. Evil is never called good. Experiencing evil in this world is a given. Nevertheless, Genesis weaves and bookends the twisting of divine good intentions into human evils through willful disregard for God, and the untwisting of human evils into divine good through the faithful. Genesis provides stories of how to live as divine representatives and be a blessing in the midst of the broad swath of evils perpetuated through a wide variety of agents and intentions. Support is not found for a theme of sin and punishment, or for a theme of retribution, rather, complex paradigms of action-consequence, mercy to the repentant, and grace to the faithful.

A history of interpretation followed by a biblico-theological study of the development of the verse's meaning in both Testaments.

Greg Peterson

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The need for peace and security continues to be the clarion call concerning Africa and the rest of the world. Africa has been worst hit with all forms of conflict over the centuries. How can Africa find peace? How does the understanding of Genesis 3:14-19 contribute to the quest for peace in this continent? This article seeks to open up a peace dialogue from the proper exegesis of this text. The first use of the term “enmity” in the Bible occurs in this text and it seems to impact the understanding of conflicts all through the Bible. This article creates better understanding of peaceful coexistence from a better understanding of the biblical text.

Anna Anderson

This paper, submitted for a class at Greystone Institute, investigates Genesis 3:16cd, the "desire" of the woman and the "rule" of the man, in light of the biblical-theological unfolding of man and woman.

Hulisani Ramantswana

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LATROBE, PA — Elizabeth Elin, C’23, won the 2024 Albert Clark Award from Theta Alpha Kappa national honors society for religious studies and theology.

Elin won the top undergraduate award for a selection from her senior theology thesis, “’In You, O Lord, I Have Hoped’: Disability, Identity, and Dialogic Relationship in Psalm 38." The essay combined Elin’s love of the book of Psalms and her interest in disability studies. She offered a fresh perspective on the intersecting themes of sin, suffering and disability in Psalm 38, one of the penitential psalms, and argued that Psalm 38 offers a positive vision of disability as the locus of the sufferer's encounter with God rather than a punishment for sin.

“Elizabeth's paper demonstrates her ability to read ancient texts closely, harness a wide array of scholarly interlocuters and use contemporary biblical methodologies to draw out fresh meanings from the text,” said Dr. Catherine Petrany, associate professor of theology in the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. “Her academic work stems from a true love of the text. She is a Biblicist at heart.”

Elin lives in Collegeville, MN, where she works as an editor at Liturgical Press, a publishing house affiliated with St. John’s College and St. John’s Abbey. In May 2023, she presented a thesis at the National Undergraduate Literature Conference at Weber State University in Ogden, UT. As a Saint Vincent student, Elin was a recipient of a 2023 A.J. Palumbo Student Research Endowment Fund Award.

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Faculty of Theology celebrates Dean’s Awards for 2022-2023

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The ceremony of the Dean’s Awards for academic year 2022-23 at the Faculty of Theology was a highlight occasion held on Friday 10 May 2024 , at which were present His Grace Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna and other distinguished guests, including Pro-Rectors Prof. Joseph Cacciottolo , Prof. Frank Bezzina , Prof. Valerie Sollars , Prof. Ing. Simon Fabri and HRMD Deputy Director Mr Robert Abdilla .

Hosted at the Aula Magna, Valletta Campus , the event celebrated the academic achievements of outstanding students and the faculty’s commitment to excellence.

Rev. Dr Stefan Attard , the Dean of the Faculty of Theology , set the tone with his heartfelt congratulations to all students, particularly those receiving awards. He emphasised the pivotal role of academic pursuit and research within the Faculty, shedding light on its recent milestones such as the introduction of new programmes, namely, the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Scripture Studies , the restructuring of the Certificate in Safeguarding of Children and Young People to a post-graduate degree, as well as the restructuring of the MA in Environmental Ethics which will be offered in a synchronous and asynchronous mode.

Noteworthy initiatives through the past year include the conference "Making Connections" and THExpO, both meticulously organised by the proactive Għaqda Studenti tat-Teoloġija. Rev. Dr Attard also underscored initiatives such as the Aquinas Lecture in which His Eminence Luis Antonio Tagle , Pro-Prefect for the Section of First Evangelisation of the Dicastery for Evangelisation, delivered a heart-warming speech, titled, “Proclaiming the Good News by a Church whic h ‘goes forth’ ."

The ceremony gained international perspective with Prof. Barbara Strzałkowska from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland, who shared biblical and theological insights with the esteemed assembly. She spoke about how theological discourse was born when Judaism encountered Greek thought through Christianity.

The Dean’s List features three kinds of awards: First in Class for students who excelled overall and placed first in their cohort; Special Awards sponsored by different entities to students who contributed to Maltese society through their research; and Certificates in Academic Excellence for high standards achieved in the respective dissertation of their course.

A further Special Award in Applied Theology was given to Brother Edward Galea f.s.c . Ms Mariella Scicluna , a close collaborator of Brother Galea, highlighted the commitment of the Lasallian Brother to the promotion of Christian education and evangelisation.

Finally, a recipient of the First in Class Award , Tian Ci Shawn Dominic Wong , delivered a speech highlighting the practical and concrete concept of theology as service.

At the end of the ceremony, the Dean thanked the Faculty administrative staff for organising the event and the sponsors whose generous support made the event possible: Agenda Bookshop, Foster Clark Products, Kite Group, The Metropolitan Cathedral Chapter, St John Co-Cathedral Foundation, the Archdiocese of Malta, the Foundation for Theological Studies, the Malta Catholic Youth Network, Prof. Richard England, together with the Seminary Vocations Centre of the Archdiocese as stakeholder.

Dr Francesca Briffa Polidano compèred the evening, that included musical interludes by Ms Fiorella Camilleri (flute) and Mr Karl Galea (guitar) .

Award Winners for the Dean's List

First in Class Awards were presented to students who placed first in class with distinction.

These were:

• Carla Borg (Diploma in Religious Studies)
• Daphne Marie Fenech (Diploma in the Archival and Cultural Appreciation of Ecclesiastical Patrimony)
• Ryan Dalli (Bachelor of Arts [Honours] in Theology with Philosophy)
• Ritienne Debono (Master of Arts in Spirituality)
• Gabriel Cassar Tabone (Master of Arts in Spiritual Companionship)
• Malcolm John Saliba (Master in Theology)
• Jean Claude Attard (Licentiate in Sacred Theology)

The following Special Awards were awarded in recognition of outstanding performance in research:

• Special Award for Contextualising Theology, sponsored by the Episcopal Vicar for the Clergy: Luke Cutajar (Master of Arts in Spiritual Companionship).
• Special Award in Youth Ministry, sponsored by the Malta Catholic Youth Network: Kenneth Micallef
• Special Award for Vocations Promotion: Jean Claude Schembri (Stakeholder: The Seminary Vocations Centre) .

Certificates in Academic Excellence in recognition of high standards achieved in the dissertation were presented to Mary Anne Agius , Tian Ci Shawn Dominic Wong , and Miriam Mallia . 

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