This dissertation deals with the study of metaphors, allegories and personifications which appear in great number in the book of Habakkuk. In our opinion these rhetorical figures which are associated with military images, play an important role in the message of the prophet Haba…
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This dissertation is a study of the cosmic drama of salvation which Paul unfolds in his writings. Utilizing the two pivots of Paul's theology—cosmology and anthropology, my study aims to understand how God's salvific drama develops in Paul's narrative world against the intellect…
Focussing on the specific category of Law, this dissertation steps into the current conversation of postholocaust Christian theology. Methodologically, it is a constructive Christian theology of the Mosaic Law and—secondarily—of the people Israel, proceeding with close attention…
The word androgyny is a combination of the Greek words [Special characters omitted.] , meaning male, and [Special characters omitted.] , meaning female. Strictly speaking, an androgynous person is one with both male and female natures and characteristics. In the ancient world, t…
Since about 1960, historians of Early Christianity have been building something approaching a consensus view of that religion's first few centuries of development. This view is based on the (much older) assumption that the dichotomy between what pertains to "spirit" ( spiritus ,…
This dissertation was written to discover the views of salvation of two of the Apostolic Fathers, i.e. Barnabas and Clement of Rome. It required philological, linguistic and exegetical work. The political and social context within which each writer wrote, as well as the intellec…
This dissertation seeks to explain why there is such an ethical emphasis in Jesus' gospel proclamation in the Synoptic Gospels. The premise underlying the investigation is that a diachronic hermeneutic should be employed, allowing for a progression of revelation. Due to his audi…
This study compares the concepts of salvation in African Traditional Religion and Christianity. It traces the predicament of man in the two traditions. The work gathers data from selected theologians and draws views from other writers as well, to present what each tradition iden…
What is the position of Islamic Scripture and theology regarding the fate of 'Others'? This is an oft-asked question that has frequently evoked one-dimensional responses. In the present study, I examine the writings of eminent Muslim figures, namely, Abu H[dotbelow] amid al-Ghaz…
This dissertation suggests that the Patristic conceptualization of salvation as theosis (deification, divinization) can provide Evangelical missionaries with a paradigm useful for the explanation of the gospel to Muslims. Two major questions are addressed. The first concerns the…
This research project explores Biblical, Qur'anic, Hindu, and historical perspectives of the Christian Churches including the Bengali Christians on the assurance of salvation in order to equip the Bengali Christians with the assurance of salvation for evangelism by the Bengali C…