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This thesis is an examination of Lancelot Andrewes' (1555-1626) Eucharistic theology which is explored in order to see how far he might act as a catalyst for ecumenism with Rome on the topic of Eucharistic sacrifice. The purpose of the thesis is to develop a fuller exposition of…

This is the first full length study of Paulos Mar Gregorios, an Indian Orthodox theologian who offers a creative approach to current issues in the church and theology. It explores the relationship of Christian tradition to context and change. Most tradition minded theologians ma…

How did a California dairy man change modern global Christianity? This dissertation focuses on the life of Demos Shakarian and his contribution to the modern Christian Charismatic movement. As such, this document serves as a narrative biography that analyzes the history and cont…

This dissertation, “Grassroots Ecumenism: Christianity and Decolonization in France and Algeria, 1940-1965” is the first major study of how French Protestant and Catholic engagement in the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962) reshaped Christianity in the modern world and inf…

The discussions regarding denominational full communion between The Episcopal Church (TEC) and the United Methodist Church (UMC) in the 21st century caused this author to question the fullness of the ecumenical policy and practice of TEC, in particular its relation to and reflec…

For Torrance, Trinitarian theology is an ecumenical endeavor. This thesis examines T. F. Torrance’s Trinitarian theology as it relates to his efforts toward ecumenical rapprochement across the East-West divide. More specifically, Torrance’s Trinitarianism must be understood in l…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the African Indigenous Churches (AIGs) as represented by the “white garment churches” (WGCs) were syncretistic by determining the influence of African Traditional Religion (ATR) and Judaism on their beliefs and practices, and by…

This dissertation discusses the nineteenth-century Oxford Movement in the Church of England and its three leaders, John Henry Newman, John Keble, and Edward Bouverie Pusey as to why Newman became Catholic and why Keble and Pusey remained Anglican. The methodology reviewed their …

Yves Congar was quite possibly the greatest Catholic ecclesiologist of the twentieth century. His lifelong passion for ecumenism and ecclesiology were contained in his prodigious work on the sources of revelation, Scripture and Tradition. Congar explained the frequently misinter…