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Orality as the Key to Understanding Apostolic Proclamation in the Epistles
Redaction criticism and its modern successors in the literary field, while they give more credit to the text and the author, have at the same…
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Integrity and Integration in Ecclesiastical Historiography: The Perspective of Mosheim and Neander
This investigation attempts to apply the motif of integrity and integration in an examination of Lutheran ecclesiastical historiography. This is not a comprehensive survey involving…
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A Proposed Prolegomenon for Normative Theological Ethics with a Special Emphasis on the Usus Didacticus of God’s Law
The purpose of this study is to examine and organize some of the current contrasting methodologies of theological ethics in an attempt to determine the…
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Reading 2 Corinthians 3:4-18: An Exercise in Exegesis
Paul’s letters have a reading history of almost two millennia. It is a history of readings and misreadings, of grasping the general drift of the…
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The Theology of Spiritual Gifts in Luther and Calvin: A Comparison
This dissertation compares and contrasts Luther’s and Calvin’s theology of ministry because spiritual gifts are in some sense ministry gifts (using the broad definition of…
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Theology of the Pain of God: An Analysis and Evaluation of Kazoh Kitamori’s (1916- ) Work in Japanese Protestantism
The overall negative appraisal of Kitamori must be considered as a critical reaction to various aspects of his own theology. Perhaps not one or two…
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Propter Absolutionem: Holy Absolution in the Theology of Martin Luther and Philipp Jacob Spener A Comparative Study
The approach to Luther’s theological development which will be taken here is a chronological one. This is in no small part due to the character…
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The Home Mission Work of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference: A Description and Evaluation
The scope of this dissertation is to describe, analyze, and evaluate the home mission work5of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference, which was a mission toAfro-Americans.6…