This dissertation seeks to establish the Christian, rather than the Jewish, character of the Apocalyptic visions by utilizing a historical-exegetical analysis of [special characters omitted], the Lamb figure, in the core Lamb passages. Chapter one discusses the socio-historical …
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This dissertation studies the more than 1300 Greek and Latin inscriptions referring to divine communications received by individual worshipers in their dreams or waking visions, or else through unspecified divinatory media. Precisely 1300 of these—623 Greek, 677 Latin—are inscri…
This work reconsiders the meanings attached to the concept of public accountability. While formally central to the constitution in the UK, its meaning is a contested one. After reviewing the literature, the work situates the concept of accountability in two case studies, each a …
Experiences of presence are common in bereavement. The bereaved person may see the deceased, hear their familiar voice, or otherwise feel they are close at hand. But although common, they are experiences not without controversy. They have come under a variety of descriptions, fr…
In April 1853 the efforts of a group of Swiss capitalists from Geneva finally came to fruition when they obtained a land grant from the French government in the region of Sétif in Algeria. It marked the beginning of a Swiss involvement in the country that lasted for over one hun…
This dissertation explores the role of extraordinary religious experience in Pauline Christianity through a study of Paul's claim to have been snatched into the third heaven and Paradise only to suffer later from a "thorn in the flesh" (2 Corinthians 12:1-10). Many previous inte…
Current studies about Spirit-inspired visions are largely descriptive or overshadowed as they are part of a larger examination on Spirit baptism, pneumatology, or eschatology. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the discussion of Spirit-inspired visions and to inspire …
This dissertation examines beliefs and practices related to second sight in Scotland, with a particular focus on the period from c. 1600 to c. 1800. An influential strain of historiography has asserted that this period was characterized by “disenchantment,” a process of increasi…
This dissertation examines how Pentecostal-Charismatics in African contexts derive spiritual knowledge from the experience of dreams and visions (D/Vs), and discusses how the experiences and their interpretations manifest a distinctive expression of epistemology. The topic is a …
This study compares two poetic visions from two different literatures, cultures, and traditions, Salih Al-'Alawi's (1902-1976) and Robert Frost's (1874-1963). Al-'Alawi is an Arab modern poet whose vision is romantic mystical. Frost is a modern American poet whose work is inform…