Browsing Sewanee: School of Theology Theses 2013 by Title
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The Colonial Church and its Legacy and Impact on Colonial Dioceses, Focusing on the Diocese of Southern Virginia: A Family Systems Perspective
(2014-01-20)Edwin Friedman writes, “I have been struck by how families, corporations, [churches, synagogues] and other kinds of institutions are constantly trying to cure their own ills through amputations . As a priest ordained in ... -
The Gift of Silence: A Renewed Call to Contemporary Pentecostals to the Spiritual Discipline of Silence
(2014-01-20)Pentecostals are known for being vociferous and boisterous in worship, and generally eschew silence. The thesis of this project, The Gift of Silence: a renewed call to contemporary Pentecostals to the spiritual discipline ... -
The Holy Spirit in the Ontogeny of the Body of Christ
(2014-01-20)This is a proposal to enrich a tried-and-true spiritual gifts workshop typically offered by Episcopal parish clergy for discerning New Testament spiritual gifts that may be seeking expression in parishioners' lives. They ... -
Making Meaning of Sexual Violence Against Women in Ancient Christian Sacred Literature
(2014-01-20)Sexual violence against women appears in many genres of literature sacred to ancient Christianity, from foundational myths in Genesis through apocalyptic symbolism in the Revelation, and on into the martyr stories used ... -
Mental Illness and Belonging: A Pastor's Inquiry
(2014-01-20)This project consists of qualitative research and analysis that started with the following question: What, from the perspective of people with mental illness makes a church feel welcoming and safe or otherwise? The primary ... -
Preaching in the Digital Era: Options, Choices, and Methods of Feedback
(2014-01-20)In an era of rapidly changing and expanding media options, the way we communicate in the United States is going through. Meanwhile, in the midst of this digital age preaching remains largely an exclusively oral medium. ... -
Spirit of Water, Spirit of Aloha: An Experiential Program of Reflection and Formation
(2014-01-20)Christian communities are in need of connecting personal experience of God in Creation with traditional teachings of the church. By developing an experiential course of formation and reflection using three unique areas of ...
