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Leaning Both Ways at Once: Methodist Evangelistic Mission at the Intersection of Church and World

Conklin-Miller, Jeffrey Alan (2012)

This dissertation suggests that a Methodist theology of evangelistic mission requires placement within an account of ecclesiology and the theological distinction of Church and world. It argues for a vision of the Church ...
Lord, Teach Us How to Grieve: Jesus' Laments and Christian Hope

Eklund, Rebekah Ann (2012)

This dissertation studies the role and function of lament in the New Testament. It addresses the problem that lament does not seem to be a pervasive feature of the New Testament, particularly when viewed in relation to ...
Medicating the Eschatological Body: Psychiatric Technology for Christian Wayfarers

Kinghorn, Warren Anderson (2011)

Biological psychiatry, the mode of psychiatric practice dedicated to the effective application of medication and other somatic technology in the treatment of mental disorders, is an increasingly powerful conceptual lens ...
Powerful Practices: Paul's Principalities and Powers Revisited

Moses, Robert Ewusie (2012)

The concept of principalities and powers is crucial for understanding Paul's theology and ethics, since for Paul the powers pervade all aspects of existence. We contend that Paul's conception of the powers is unintelligible ...
Re-Membering Redemption: Bearing Witness to the Transformation of Suffering

Makant, Mindy (2012)

My subject is the redemption of profound suffering. I begin with the presumption that there is no suffering beyond the redemptive reach of God's grace. Drawing on insights from a number of academic disciplines, as well ...
St. Thomas Aquinas on Disability & Profound Cognitive Impairment

Romero, Miguel J. (2012)

St. Thomas Aquinas on Disability & Profound Cognitive ImpairmentAbstractThis dissertation raises a question regarding the relationship between the condition of the body, moral virtue, and human flourishing. ...
We the People: Israel and the catholicity of Jesus

Givens, George Thomas (2012)

With the rise of the modern nation-state in recent centuries, "the people" has emerged as the most determinative concept of human community, the decisive imaginary for negotiating and producing human difference. It has ...