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Love, Beauty, Holiness, and Happiness: The Narrative of Union in Jonathan Edwards's Theology
(2018-12-18)
Recent Edwards scholarship, particularly the work of Amy Plantinga Pauw and Ross W. Hastings, has firmly established Trinitarian union to be the consistent, driving theme of Edwards’s theology. In this thesis, I aim to ...
End of Life Care among Muslims, Hindus, and Christians in Central Texas
(2019-05-23)
In this study, I attempted to examine how religion, as well as other various social factors, affect end of life care decisions among Central Texas Christians, Hindus, and Muslims. First, interviews were conducted with ...
Effects of the Training and Education of M.Div. Students on the Identification and Treatment of Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
(2013-05-23)
This paper assessed accredited M.Div. seminary programs in the United States, Canada,
and Puerto Rico on the presence and strength of counseling course requirements and
courses discussing mental illness. The researcher ...
Identifying with the Lowly: Jonathan Edwards, Charity, and the Stockbridge Mission.
(2017-05-24)
Jonathan Edwards is commonly thought of as a cold but brilliant theologian, a fire-breathing railer, quick to use his genius with words to reprove, a man bookishly removed from the daily concerns of life. However, recent ...
Too Blessed to be Stressed? Correlations between Prayer, Scripture Readings, and Mental Health Measures
(2019-05-24)
Throughout history, healing has been associated with spirituality. Even today, many believe in the power of prayer for wellness and healing and find it especially relevant to areas of mental health. This thesis gives a ...
"Thy Damnation Slumbereth Not": A Study of the Effects of Shame in Literature from the Industrial Era
(2018-05-21)
This thesis discusses the effect of shame on young women represented in Naturalist literature who have violated the sexual social contract of the late Nineteenth century. The research looks primarily at three works: Tess ...
Liturgical Exegesis: Genesis 1-11 as Sung in the Qur'an
(2016-08-09)
Past efforts of interreligious dialogues can be categorized as relativist, irenicist, and systematic. None of these attempts have led to genuine concord and mutual understanding amongst lay religious populations. This ...
Addressing Racism in the Church: A Historical, Sociological, Theological, and Practical Account
(2020-05-22)
In the past decade, a growing body of literature has examined the pernicious relationship between racism and Christianity, making it an increasingly pressing issue for modern-day ministers to address. However, many are ...
Religion and Relocation: How the Latin American Christian Church Impacts Migrants in Central America
(2021-01-06)
This thesis examines a long history of Christianity in Latin America in conjunction with a more recent phenomenon: the migration crisis in Central America. It builds on a study into the history of religion and social action ...