Browsing Theological Studies by Type "Master Thesis"
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Balthasar Hubmaier's Sword: A Circumstantial Development
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-29)The sixteenth century Bavarian Anabaptist, Balthasar Hubmaier (ca. 1480-1528), has had a disputed role in Anabaptist historiography ever since his martyrdom in March, 1528. On the one hand he is known as the most erudite ... -
The Doctrine of the Imago Dei in the Soteriology of Julian of Norwich
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-26)The soteriology of the English 14th century mystic Julian of Norwich moves in the direction of a hope for universal salvation. The ground for this hope is established through Julian’s appropriation of the doctrine of the ... -
"Even with Nature": Disability and Divine Perfection in Gregory of Nyssa's Theology of Epektasis
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-10)This thesis seeks to explore Gregory of Nyssa’s theology of epektasis, his view of the body as vessel of the mind/soul and medium for interpersonal communication and the implications for contemporary theological discussions ... -
From Mt. Moriah to Mom’s Basement: Playing The Binding of Isaac Video Game through the Reception History of the Aqedah
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-12)In 2011, Edmund McMillen released The Binding of Isaac (TBOI) video game that retells the story of Abraham’s attempt to sacrifice Isaac on Mt. Moriah. However, the game departs significantly from the biblical account in ... -
Fundraising and Theology: How does current Mennonite praxis compare to Paul's collection for Jerusalem?
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-08)This paper compares the theology and praxis of Canadian Mennonite giving to the biblical texts of Paul’s collection for Jerusalem, particularly 1 and 2 Corinthians. It is based on interviewing Mennonite donors and ... -
"If You Believed Moses, You Would Believe Me": The Portrayal of Jesus as Interpreter of Scripture in John's Gospel
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-17)The use of scripture in John’s Gospel has been explored extensively by scholars. Less scholarly attention has been paid to the features and significance of the Fourth Gospel’s narrative depiction of Jesus himself as ... -
Integrating Youth into Worship Leadership
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-06)This thesis explores significant theological and pastoral questions associated with the integration of youth into worship leadership in Anabaptist-Mennonite congregations. Chapter 1 develops an Anabaptist-Mennonite ... -
Jesus Christ as Woman Wisdom: Feminist Wisdom Christology, Mystery, and Christ's Body
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-30)This thesis explores Wisdom Christology, the association of Jesus Christ and the mysterious and neglected biblical figure of Woman Wisdom. Because the descriptions of her bear a striking resemblance to the portrayal of ... -
The Jewish Mother of the Gentiles: Paul and Maternal Imagery in Galatians 4
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-25)In Gal 4:19, Paul likens himself to a mother who is “again in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed” within the Galatian congregation. Paul then follows this maternal self-declaration with an extended allegory ... -
A Jewish Repair For A Free Church Vision: Repairing Restitutionist Hermeneutics With Peter Ochs
(University of Waterloo, 2015-07-13)Over the course of his research on the New Testament and early Christianity, the late Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder developed a provocative thesis that the historic Jewish-Christian schism was not historically ... -
Judgment and Forgiveness: Restorative Justice Practice and the Recovery of Theological Memory
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-16)This study explores the connections between justice understood biblically, and restorative justice. Restorative justice theory has argued that its foundational principles and its forms of practice draw directly from the ... -
LETTY M. RUSSELL: INSIGHTS AND CHALLENGES OF CHRISTIAN FEMINISM
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-28)This study offers a critical assessment of Letty Mandeville Russell’s contributions to feminist theology with a view to gleaning wisdom for Muslim women who also wrestle with the issue of justice for women. As a liberation ... -
Mary's Honour in The Protoevangelium of James
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-26)This thesis will argue that the Protoevangelium of James was an apologetic text written to demonstrate Mary’s ascribed and acquired honour. By establishing Mary’s honour the text also defends the honour of Jesus and early ... -
More Than Atonement: Anabaptist-Mennonite Discipleship Ecclesiology and the Work of Christ
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-31)This thesis focuses on seven authors writing in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition who have made the argument that traditional atonement theologies have not only failed to adequately integrate the church and the kingdom ... -
Preparing for the Eschaton: A Theology of Work
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-27)Work occupies a significant part of our lives, and yet it is often not given sufficient attention. Certainly there is much consideration given to finding a career, and succeeding in work, but not enough to how our work ... -
The Significance of Place in the Contemporary Theological Discourse of Heaven
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-07)This study will offer a critical assessment of the hearings of heaven in contemporary theological discourse. After engaging with various eschatological perspectives that pertain to the contemporary discussion of heaven, I ... -
Singing with Moses and the Lamb: Social Memory and Radical Discipleship in John’s Apocalypse
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-23)The Apocalypse reads as a kind of “discipleship manual” for the ekklesiai living in Asia Minor under Roman administration. It calls for followers of the Lamb to reject easy compliance with the world of empire, and to embrace ... -
The Spirit of Technology: A Pneumatological Analysis of the Discourse on Technique
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-23)This thesis explores the use of spirit-language in technological discourse in order to show that the category of spirit is viable within technological discourse and that spiritlanguage can be a new way for theology to ... -
A Theological Assessment of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Christological Foundations of Ethics
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)This thesis aims to contribute to an answer to the question, “What would a philosophy, and more specifically, an ethics, based on Christ, look like?” My first contention is that we find, in the ethical thinking of Karl ... -
Unsettling Theology: Decolonizing Western Interpretations of Original Sin
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-28)For Native peoples, becoming Christian in north america has also meant becoming white. That is, the theological beliefs, cultural habits, and political movements that characterized american colonialism are inseparable. ...