Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"'The Glory'"”.
-
To whom the glory
To Whom the Glory is a two-act play set in the Virginia jail cell of John Brown after his failed raid on the Harpers Ferry armoury in 1859. Brown shared his cell with one of the other raiders, Aaron Stevens. Brown was 59, and Stevens was 28. This play suggests what could have happened in that cell. …
-
Worship as Witness: The Subject and the Glory of God
… in worship practices and song lyrics. The difficulty in reconciling the individual spirituality of each believer with the communal identity of ekklesia has become acute, and as a result, many have rejected subjectivity in worship in pursuit of a “pure” and objective view of God. Rather …
-
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory : A Definition of Woman by Julia Ward Howe
… much more to American civilization than the words of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." She was one of the founders of women's clubs and a prominent member of the women suffrage movement. At the turn of the century, Mrs. Howe was nearly a household name. She was eulogized at her death in …
-
"""Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory"": The Citizen-Soldier and the Construction of Identity in Northern Civil War Literature"
I analyze the army as an example of the transformation of local symbols into an abstract ideology that takes place in the formation of the modern nation-state, and I focus on literary representations of the citizen-soldier. Rather than a static convention, this figure served as a site of conflict …
-
The Work and the Glory: Historical Fiction and Cultural Narrative in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
… Governor Lilburn Boggs of Missouri sanctioned the extermination of the “Mormon” settlers who had been pouring into the state beginning in 1831. His infamous “Extermination Order” quickly put an end to the Mormon War and successfully expelled all Mormons from Missouri. Although the Mormon War …
-
Working for the Glory of God: The Distinction Between Greed and Self-Interest in the Life and Letters of the Apostle Paul
This dissertation demonstrates that the Pauline corpus is sufficient to discern a distinction between self-interest and greed. The review of literature in chapter 1 reveals that definitions of greed often rely on such terms as “excessive” and “inordinate,” without defining the terms. Chapter 2 …
-
The Spaniard in Elizabethian Drama 1560-1610
<p>The history of Europe during the sixteenth century, a marked ; 1 era from a military and diplomatic point of view, is concerned: in no small degree with the rivalry between Spain and England. Spain, because of her political significances, played the leading role until 1588 when England defeated …
-
Dorothy Scarborough : biography and criticism.
In the classroom of Dr. A. Joseph Armstrong in Pat Neff Hall, Baylor University named for Dorothy Scarborough is her portrait. In her countenance one sees love, sympathy, understanding, and a keen sense of humor. Her countenance is not misleading for she was richly endowed with these qualities, and …
-
From L.A. to Breakfast
<p>Jasper Wallace left the small town of Stark, South Carolina years ago under less-than-ideal conditions. Now, he has returned in attempt to reclaim the glory, legend and love he once had. He enters the race for mayor and tries to woo the townspeople whom, he believes, once loved him dearly. From …
-
The soteriological significance of the cross of Jesus : metaphor, meaning and salvation
The Nicene Creed (AD 325), expressly states that Jesus Christ "for our salvation came down from heaven" and that He "was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried and the third day He rose again, according to the scriptures." Here the structure and sequence of …
-
Glory and Glorification in the Gospel of John: The Granting of Δόξα to Believers in John 17:22
The glory given by Jesus to the disciples in John 17:22 has received little attention in Johannine scholarship. Often interpreters gloss over glory in 17:22 and direct their attention to Jesus’s prayer for unity. Others may acknowledge that glory is given as a provision for this unity but neither …
-
The Spirit of Sonship in the Johannine Corpus
The high Christology and unique pneumatology of John’s gospel has often eclipsed the apostle’s teaching on the relationship of the believer to Christ and the Father through the Spirit in Johannine studies. This dissertation seeks to fill this gap by providing an exegetically-focused treatment of …
-
Greek Influence is Shelley
Shelley is deeply Indebted to Greece for his theory of art and philosophy of life. | As light, speeding from a distant planet, was once intercepted by a sufficiently delicate instrument and made to illuminate one of earth's cities, so the brilliancy of Greek culture, gleaming through the ages was …
-
Bernard Shaw's Conception of the "Womanly" Woman
Although the problem of woman's legal emancipation has long since been solved, the question of woman's place in society today is still open to many interpretations. Even contemporary feminine authors have mixed opinions about woman's role. Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, and Sidney Callahan have …
-
The King-Father: A Biblical Theology of God as Both King and Father Over His Kingdom Children
In this project, I argue that the dual-themed royal-family image of God as the King and Father over his kingdom-children is the consistent witness of Scripture and a necessary foundation for teaching and applying biblical theology. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction to this study. In chapter 2, I …
-
Glory Through Suffering: The Telos of Humanity in the Humanity of Christ
What is the precise function of suffering in the actualization of the telos of the image of God? I argue that suffering as an instrumental context is the connecting link between the intended glory-function of the imago Dei and the actualized telos of humanity in Christ. Suffering is contextual …
-
Reclaiming Monergism: The Case for Sovereign Grace in Effectual Calling and Regeneration
This dissertation examines the doctrines of effectual calling and regeneration and argues that the biblical view is that God's saving grace is monergistic - meaning that God acts alone to effectually call and monergistically regenerate the depraved sinner from death to new life - and therefore …
-
The body and the blood: Graham Greene’s incarnational imagination
<p>The Christian doctrine of the Incarnation is central to the “Catholic novels” of modern British author Graham Greene, as can be seen through a close reading of how he ties the physical nature of experience to a spiritual understanding of God. Indeed, Greene writes of a God who not only exists, …
-
Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar: a critical engagement
This thesis examines the relationship between two major twentieth century theologians, Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar. It seeks to show how their meeting, resulting in von Balthasar’s seminal study The Theology of Karl Barth, goes on to influence von Balthasar’s theological development …
Page 1 of 3