The notion of a family church could be taken to unhealthy levels in a faith community where the membership is comprised of people who share the same racial/ethnic and socio-cultural identities. Moreover, this sameness may not reflect the reality of the surrounding community. The…
The study investigates how museum and gallery buildings can be designed to give functional longevity and appeal. It considers this in terms of their design and relation to their surroundings and use in the context of changing social, cultural, political and economic factors. Pos…
Communities are powerful, not just as physical or social gathering places, but as idiographs and rhetorical creations; they can bring together many diverse populations. Historically, communities were physically defined; today they can be designated as sites where local rhetoric,…
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,…
This study explores the potential impact the woman in the Mark 5 biblical text weighs on Jesus’s ministry. The research gives texture to a character that is often used as an object lesson of faith in the scope of biblical exegesis. Using redaction criticism and a Womanist discou…
This thesis project will answer the question, how has the work of millennial Womanist preachers demonstrated the expansion of Womanist preaching from the foundations laid by the foremothers of Womanist preaching? Broken down to be further explored and developed by the following …