This thesis explores the locust imagery in the book of Joel to suggest a more helpful way to classify the text. Scholars classify Joel as either prophetic, proto-apocalyptic, or apocalyptic literature based on different approaches to the text. This thesis will argue that Joel sh…
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This study presents a rhetorical analysis of selected texts from Hebrew prophetic literature, particularly Isa 62:1–5 and 66:7–14, to establish a nonviolent and life-affirming model of redemption for Asian women. The preliminary study of Zion imagery in earlier prophetic literat…
This dissertation seeks to define the proper role for religious discourse in the American public square. I contend that religious viewpoints should be welcomed in public discourse, though this is often not the case. This project examines the background of current conceptions of …
This study is a commentary on the shepherd and sheep metaphor in the prophetic (exilic and post-exilic) and Synoptic Gospel literature. It discusses the cognitive dimension of the metaphor and what is revealed about God and his relation to his people through the presence of this…
This project is designed to gain clarity about the identity and the relevancy of prophetic preaching for our time and to provide an appropriate theology of preaching for the renewal of the pulpit today. It is the thesis of this project that the renewal of the pulpit and the reco…
The foundational element of the educational enterprise is the basic relationship of two human beings working collaboratively to accomplish something together that neither could accomplish alone. Faculty want to teach and students want to learn within thriving academic communitie…
The book of Psalms, which contains prayers and songs, is one of the most frequently cited books in the New Testament The Synoptic evangelists seem to read the Psalms not primarily as prayers but as prophecies of the future. They discovered in its language prophecies concerning t…
The work of preparing a sermon is a daunting task that includes the preacher (or giver)exegeting both scripture and audience. However, the role of the congregation (‘receiver’) in sermon communication is often missing in academic research. Historically, Pentecostal preachers hav…
Over the past few decades, the focus of the black church in America has shifted from a communal pursuit of justice and liberation for marginalized people toward a personal pursuit of piety and prosperity. This project offers a theo-political discipleship model that seeks to recl…
Mainline Protestant congregations are struggling to adapt to the rapidly changing culture. Grounding congregants in the biblical narrative, theological reflection, and ethical practices have long been a function of local congregations. However, as American culture has become mor…