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Studying the relationship between church and state: practical limits of church, state, and society programs in higher education.

Meyer, Catharine Anna.

Over the course of the last half-century, a distinctive category of new degree-granting programs has emerged in American institutions of higher education. These programs, collectively referred to as programs of Church, ...
The dilemma of justice: how religion influences the political environment of post-1948 Israel and Palestine.

Ross, Sasha A.

This thesis examines the historical context, ideological traditions, and structures of power that have animated relations between Israeli Jews and Arab Palestinians during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Cognizant ...
Conceiving coexistence: an exposition on the divergent Western and Islamic conceptualizations of tolerance.

Tyler, Aaron M.

This dissertation provides a brief analysis of select writings and practics of tolerance in Western and Islamic histories to show how an intercultural understanding of tolerance is well within the philosophical, theological, ...
Nicholas Wolterstorff's Reformed epistemology and its challenge to Lockean and Rawlsian liberalism

Coyle, Douglas L.

This dissertation charts the thought of Nicholas Wolterstorff as it regards his epistemology and political philosophy. It seeks to unfold his theory of democracy, which he calls the consocial position. It begins by ...
Patriarchy and politics: a comparative evaluation of the religious, political and social thought of Sir Robert Filmer and Robert Lewis Dabney.

Davenport, R. Dean.

This dissertation examines the religious, political and social thought of Sir Robert Filmer and his influence in early America. Filmer was a seventeenth-century English political theorist whose thought was critiqued by ...
Religious liberty through the lens of textualism and a Living Constitution: the First Amendment Establishment Clause interpretations of Justices William Brennan, Jr. and Antonin Scalia.

Nies, Gregory O.

This paper examines how the jurisprudential visions of United States Supreme Court Justices William Brennan, Jr. and Antonin Scalia guide their interpretations of the First Amendment Establishment Clause. The paper begins ...
The revival of political hesychasm in Greek Orthodox thought: a study of the hesychast basis of the thought of John S. Romanides and Christos Yannaras.

Payne, Daniel P.

In the 1940s Russian émigré theologians rediscovered the ascetic-theology of St. Gregory Palamas. Palamas's theology became the basis for an articulation of an Orthodox theological identity apart from Roman Catholic and ...
Faith seeking understanding: the relationship between noetic and pneumatic differentiation in Eric Voegelin's political philosophy.

Russell, Jeremiah H.

This thesis is a study of the philosophy of Eric Voegelin with particular focus on the relationship between noetic differentiation (particularly Greek philosophy) and pneumatic differentiation (particularly Christianity). ...
The responses of the church in Nigeria to socio-economic, political, and religious problems in Nigeria: a case study of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

Mbachirin, Abraham T.

This dissertation evaluates the activities of the church in Nigeria and its contribution to national development. Christianity came to Nigeria through missionary activities of various parts of the western world and South ...
Kingdom of priests or democracy of competent souls? the 'Baptist Manifesto,' John Howard Yoder, and the question of Baptist identity.

Black, Andrew D.

This thesis examines "Re-envisioning Baptist Identity: A Manifesto for Baptist Christians in North America," a statement published by a group of Baptist theologians in 1997. The "Baptifesto," as it has come to be known, ...
Coexistent inconsistency: the Supreme Court, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the expansion of religious liberties.

Lynn, Nathan R.

During the course of the Twentieth Century, the Jehovah’s Witnesses went before the United States Supreme Court over twenty times in an effort to further their religious liberties. These cases involved the often tumultuous ...
Defying boundaries: the challenge of transnational religion to international relations.

Kent, Jennifer M.

It is my intent to evaluate the ways in which the primary International Relations paradigms analyze, incorporate, or disregard religion, particularly its transnational manifestations. It is my contention that transnational ...
Render unto Caesar, render unto God: Texas denominational colleges and universities and the politics of the Civil War era.

Karppi, Daniel G.

This dissertation is a study of church-state relations. Its overarching goal is to illuminate the manner in which religion and government interact. The setting for this study is the Civil War era, which includes the ...
The Gospel of indifference: rape as a weapon of war and the church in Rwanda and Sudan.

Gafford, Lindsay D.

Over the past two decades the global community has witnessed multiple genocides in which rape was/is used as a primary tactic of war and ethnic cleansing. In response, several organizations have established themselves as ...
All truth is God's truth: the life and ideas of Frank E. Gaebelein.

Beck, Albert R.

Frank Gaebelein (1899-1983) was a key figure in the twentieth-century evangelical movement. His greatest impact was felt in the area of Christian education, but he was active in many other issues of concern to evangelicals, ...
James M. Dunn and soul freedom: a paradigm for Baptist political engagement in the public arena.

Weaver, Aaron Douglas.

In the last half of the twentieth century, James Dunn has been the most aggressive Baptist proponent for religious liberty in the United States. As the leader of the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, Dunn’s ...
Is “social justice” justice? : A Thomistic argument for “social persons” as the proper subjects of the virtue of social justice.

Lee, John R. (Richard), 1981-

The term “social justice,” as it occurs in the Catholic social encyclical tradition, presents a core, definitional problem. According to Catholic social thought, social justice has social institutions as its subjects. ...
An analysis of church social service and partnership following Hurricane Katrina.

Napoli, Amanda Diane.

Historically, churches have been service providers willing to partner with religious, secular, business and government agencies for social services. Theoretical evidence points to how this relationship may look based upon ...
Clare of Assisi : shaping a new paradigm of sainthood.

Sutherland, Gabrielle E.

Separating the historical figure of Saint Clare from the icon handed down from history is a significant part of this study. Part of the complexity of the life of Clare of Assisi rested in the negotiation of her very public ...
The effects of American fundamentalism on educating towards a virtuous citizenry : the case of C. I. Scofield and Philadelphia Biblical University.

Basie, John D.

From the founding of Harvard in 1636 until the end of nineteenth century, the old-time college model of higher education was pervasive throughout the fledgling American republic. Christian morality was foundational to the ...