This dissertation evaluates the role played by individual mediators in peace negotiations to determine which factors need to be present for success. Although much has been written about ways to negotiate agreements, little of the literature emphasized the importance of the speci…
Mystical texts often present themselves as possessing a “donative” intent, in which writers aim to share the significance of their own experience. This dissertation will show how a consideration of donative intent and its textual results can enrich the study of medieval and earl…
Estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Statistics point to over 30% of women being victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) yearly. Severity and frequency of violence in childhood have been shown in several studies to predict adult interpersonal violence. Research has shown that emot…
This thesis observes John Calvin’s understanding of the mediatorial office of Jesus Christ, and the mediation theologies of Isaac Ambrose, Thomas Goodwin, John Owen, Francis Turretin, Jonathan Edwards, and Abraham Kuyper. It is an attempt to present a case that the mediatorship …