Divinity thesis and dissertation collection
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Possibility and role of supererogation in Protestant ethics
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)In 1958, J.O. Urmson’s landmark article “Saints and Heroes” resulted in a renewed interest in supererogation in moral philosophy. However, religious engagement with supererogation has remained relatively low. Further ... -
Shape of imagination in the theology of John McIntyre
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis will offer a survey of John McIntyre’s major theological works, argue for the presence of a single systematic project, identify the key components of that proposed theological system, and conclude by offering ... -
Person, personhood and the humanity of Christ: Christocentric anthropology and ethics in Thomas F. Torrance
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis explores and presents Torrance’s Christocentric view of anthropology and ethics in an integrated and systematic way. It reveals and argues, contrary to most scholarship, that Torrance does in fact address and ... -
Touch in contemporary Tantra: transgression, healing, and ecstasy in women's constructions of selfhood
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis argues that women in contemporary Tantra engage with tactile practices in an ongoing effort to create an autonomous, empowered, and healthy sense of self. Focusing specifically on the sense of touch and how it ... -
'Associating' with God in Islamic thought: a comparative study of Muslim interpretations of shirk
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis explores the meaning of shirk or ‘association’ with God in Islamic thought. The concept of shirk is integral to Islam. The Qur’an specifies shirk or ‘associating’ partners to God as the ultimate doctrinal sin ... -
Science-religion-and-literature: literary approaches to the field of science-and-religion with Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy as a case study
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis proposes and maps a nascent subfield of scholarship within the science-and-religion field that examines the intersection of science, religion, and literature; simultaneously, it draws out and argues for the ... -
Ex humano templo loquitur: the eloquent god and Holy Scripture in the theology of John Webster
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis explores John Webster’s doctrine of Scripture in context. The contexts considered relate, first, to Webster himself in his personal, ecclesial, and institutional settings. Second, Webster’s theological project ... -
Conceptions of responsibility and visions of the common life: a comparative study of Karl Barth and Mou Zongsan
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis is a comparative study of the practical theories of responsibility across different traditions. The two thinkers under comparison are the Christian theologian Karl Barth and the Confucian philosopher Mou Zongsan. ... -
Evolution of evangelical socio-political approaches in contemporary China (1980s-2010s)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis explores the evolution of Evangelical socio-political approaches in contemporary China, arguing that Evangelicals in both the Three-Self church and the house churches have moved towards an increasing sense ... -
How Mark wrote: scripturalization in the Gospel of Mark and the Second Temple Period
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)Devorah Dimant distinguishes between an ‘expositional use’ and a ‘compositional use’ of the Jewish scriptures in the Second Temple period. The former refers to marked citations or allusions which seek to interpret the ... -
SIM – strengthened through diversity? An examination of the origins and effects of cultural diversity within a multi-national Christian mission agency 1975-2015
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)Through a historical analysis of the mission theology and practice of SIM, an evangelical mission organisation that was originally dominated by North Americans but is now increasingly multi-national, this thesis seeks ... -
Suddenness and signs: the eschatologies of 1 and 2 Thessalonians
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)Eschatology is generally and rightly regarded as the most significant topic of both 1 and 2 Thessalonians. However, the nature of the eschatologies in these two epistles—and particularly their relationship with each ... -
Identifying the primary purpose of Ephesians and the role of Ephesians 4:7-16: a linguistic-literary approach to Ephesians
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-01-27)“What is the primary purpose of Paul’s writing of Ephesians?” “Which paragraph plays the most decisive role in identifying the primary purpose of writing Ephesians?” Motivated by complicated issues such as the difficulty ... -
End of John: a literary-historical reading of John 21
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-12-13)The history of scholarship on John 21 is characterized by a routine set of general conclusions about its relationship to the rest of John. The following thesis begins with a survey of these longstanding historical and ... -
YHWH of hosts rules on Mount Zion: literary cohesion in Isaiah 24-27
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-12-13)Isaiah 24–27, the so-called "Isaiah Apocalypse," is a striking section in the book of Isaiah––from its opening depiction of cosmic upheaval, to the death of Mot, to the summoning blast of the shofar. Its heightened, ... -
Toward a Chinese American evangelical theology: the promise of neo-Calvinism
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-01-27)Recent evangelical scholarship increasingly calls for ethnic theological perspectives in the American context; for just as the center of World Christianity has shifted from the West to the Majority World, the ethnic and ... -
From sayings to texts: the literary contextualisation of Jesus’s words in the writings of Tertullian and Origen
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-10-25)This thesis addresses the subject of the early Christian re-use and interpretation of the words of Jesus. Unlike previous studies, which focus predominantly on the text of, and sources for, citations of Jesus’s sayings ... -
New light on the Inner Light: an assessment of how Rufus Jones attempted to synthesize Quakerism and modern thought in Social Law in the Spiritual World
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-29)Concerned by the threat that psychology seemed to pose to Christian belief, Rufus Jones wrote Social Law in the Spiritual World in 1904 to show how this new science would actually lead to a deeper understanding of God. ... -
Sustainability and the sacred: a comparative study of Indian religious environmentalism with special reference to Christian and indigenous communities in the State of Kerala
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-29)This thesis is a study of Indian religious environmentalism with particular reference to Christian and indigenous religions in the state of Kerala, South India. Ethnographic investigations of church communities were carried ... -
The relation of the festivals of the Jewish calendar year to the structure of the fourth gospel
(The University of Edinburgh, 1955)In this study It has been concluded that in the Fourth Gospel, the following sections of the text are related to the feasts of the Jewish calendar year: 2:13 - 25 The introductory Passover 6:1 - 15; 25 - 65 ...
