The shape and message of the Psalter has been of central interest for many Old Testament scholars during the last thirty years. At the core of shape scholarship stands the issue of hope. Often this is related to what is commonly considered a major hope-shift in the Psalter, whic…
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Albert Bandura’s construct of moral disengagement has been recognized as theoretically useful for the study of self-destructive behaviors and moral disengagement, and to provide a unique criterion for empirical investigation of United States combat veterans returning from the wa…
Aims: The aims of this study are three-fold: to review the worldwide literature on monitoring the health, physical activity and fitness of young people; to determine the purpose and prevalence of the monitoring of young people's health, physical activity and fitness within secon…
Four texts from the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah are interpreted to provide guiding images for the office and person of a prophetic Christian educator. They are: Jeremiah 1:1-19, Jeremiah 7:1-15, Jeremiah 15: 10-21, and Jeremiah 32:1-15. Relying upon Walter Brueggemann's work The Pro…
Existing scholarly work on the contemporary Jewish Renewal movement focuses largely on its feminist assertions and the general practices and characteristics of adherents. This investigation examines the underlying theology expressed through the written work and authoritative tex…
The purpose of this descriptive, qualitative study is to examine Kuwaiti parents' experiences with autism, with the goal of capturing the essence of the parents' life with individuals with autism. The research involved interviews with 11 mothers who have children diagnosed with …
This project begins by suggesting that the question posed by the Hebrews in exile—“How could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” (Psalm 137)—is descriptive for individuals who experience loss. In the experience of loss, the securities of a life one has known, even of God…
This dissertation investigates whether there is a theme of future hope in Proverbs. Chapter 1 surveys scholarship on this point. Most scholars who believe Proverbs is only concerned with this present world do not read Proverbs in its canonical context. This dissertation argues t…
This dissertation is about Sudanese refugees in Cairo and is based on ten months fieldwork carried out between August 2003 and June 2004. It highlights the resilience and hope that distinguish refugees' lives despite the odious experience they face on a daily basis. The disserta…
Christ Fellowship Palm Beach Gardens, Florida is experiencing rapid growth. Consequently, its grieving population has also grown. Although Christ Fellowship offers sporadic programs to support the grieving, there is a need to improve its “grief ministry.” It is fundamental to fa…
Mexican American men have the lowest college completion rate of any ethnic group in the United States. Mexican American men lag behind Asian and White students academically and slightly higher than Black and Pacific Islander college graduates. The study attempts to understand th…
This project attempts to provide a model/interpretive grid with what I deem to be an important puzzle attached to traditional Christianity vis-à-vis death and its relationship to the human person. It is my contention that a broadly Thomistic anthropology addresses two seemingly …
Ecojustice and ecotheology call us to take care for creation as a serious responsibility that God has entrusted us towards nature and humans. The intent of this project is to explore the different ways in which some specific churches in Puerto Rico face environmental challenges.…
The vision of New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:1-22:5 communicates hope for all peoples, especially the oppressed and the marginalized. The vision stands in direct contrast to imperial-colonial claims of supremacy, and to imperial-colonial self-satisfaction with wealth, democracy,…
Leadership is a sacred stewardship. Women leaders bring collaboration to this stewardship, and African American women leaders bring a certain savoir faire to their hallowed leadership responsibilities. However, research is needed to appreciate the unique stresses that female Afr…
As students attend their chosen college or university day to day stressors and challenges can become overwhelming. The stressors that come with new collegiate expectations and demands can increase the importance for colleges and universities to foster students’ development. Prog…
In this dissertation I explore sense perception and emotional psychology in Thucydides’ History from several angles. My primary sensory focus throughout is the visual, while the principal emotion I examine is fear. Vision, as W. R. Connor noted, is “the privileged sense” in the …
College students undergo identity development in emerging adulthood, including adjustments in relationships, exploration of occupations, and revisions of spiritual worldviews (Arnett, 2000). Using a modified portion of Lent’s (2004) normative model of life satisfaction, this stu…
The high-school aged demographic of young people in the United States of America, from the ages of approximately fourteen to eighteen, needs hope. Hope is needed to help strengthen them as they face the struggles of life particularly as they go through the adolescent stage of de…