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Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 1957- (Including pre 1957 Kansas City Baptist Theological Seminary) Dissertations

Kansas City Baptist Theological Seminary Dissertations (D.Th. & Ph.D. and Doctoral level degrees)

A.W. Wolfe, The Neo- Platonism of Hegel
Alphin Carl Conrad, The Theological Basis of Christian Stewardship
Bruce Everett Mills, Conceptions of God in Modern Thinking
Carl A. Clark, The Social Background of the New Testament
Carol Jean Phipps, Fools in the Service of God: A Biblical and Historical Inquiry
Charles H. Reed, The Deity of Jesus
Christian Lichty Fike, A Treatise on the Conception of Sacrifice in the Atonement
Clarence Eugene Colton, Theology in the Perfect Tense in the Epistle to the Hebrews
Conley J. Scott, The Plan of Salvation in the Synoptic Gospels
Conrad Raymond Willard, The Sermon on the Mount in the Writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers from New Testament Times to Origen
Darrell Duane Gwaltney, Beauty and Imagination: “Seeing the form” in the Thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Wallace Stevens
David Emmanuel Goatley, Antebellum African American Godforsakenness: A Hermeneutic for Interpreting Jesus’ Cry of Dereliction
Donald Adrian Claybrook Sr., The Emerging Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the Writings of Jurgen Moltmann
Earl L. Riley, Koinonia κοινωνία in the Corinthian Church
Francis Barton Dodson, The God of the Bible is not the God of Christian Science
G. William Schweer, Aoristic Revelations in the Prison Epistles
Geoffrey Steward Swadley, The Doctrine of the Second Coming of Christ
Gregory Dale Jackson, Creation and reconciliation in the Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg
Harry A. Bolle, The Key to Family Life
Harry Edmund Livermore, A Conservative Evaluation of the Form Historical Criticism of the Psalms
Hartwig Dierke, The Social teachings of Moses and of the Prophets: Religion in Action
Harvey McKenzie Throop, The Pauline Doctrine of the Atonement
Henry Richard Moeller, A Textual Lexicon of Mark With Vocabulary Statistics
Hy. H. Martin, Effectual Prayer in the Teaching of Jesus
Jacquelyn Michelle Tooley, The Struggle of Women for Justice and Human Rights in Guatemala:Voices of the Voiceless
James Leroy McNett, Study of Public Relations in Fund Raising for American Baptist Theological Institutions Based Upon A Study of Eighteen Institutions
John Frederick Ball II, Eucharist as Remembrance The Concept of Anamnesis and its Theological Function in Selected Faith Communities
John Thomas Curd, The Pedagogy of the Old Testament
John W. Harbaugh, The Revelation of Christianity
John William Parten, The Christology of Christian Experience
Joni Margill Paterson, Imaging God as Evocative Love: The Concept of Interdependent Agency
Joseph Wesley Schmidt, The Judges Joshua Chronology.
Lando Nathan Hiebert, The Foreigner in Israel
Laurence William Cleland, Teaching Paul’s Life and Letters to Non-Technical Students
Leonard Noyes Kent,Great Religious Leaders and The Atonement (1934)
Linda McKinnish Bridges, The Aphorisms in the Gospel of John: A Transactional Literary and Sociological Analysis of Selected Sayings.
Lynn O’Neal Traylor, The Contributions of the Theology of Jurgen Moltmann to North American Jewish Christian Dialogue
Mark Herbert Richards, The Mission of Jesus as Revealed in the Gospel of Matthew
Mary Jane High, A Visual Hermeneutic : The Contribution of Sign Language Studies to Biblical Interpretation
Max G. Stanfield, The Doctrine of Adoption
Maynard Philip Turner Jr., The Samaritan Pentateuch
Ozie Douthett Pruett Jr., The Theological Import of Ergon έργων in the New Testament Epistles
Ralph Newton Plummer, The Doctrine of Sanctification as Taught by Martin Luther and John Calvin The Reformer
Ray H. Baker, The Concept of Immortality in Contemporary American Religious Ideologies
Richard Francis Wilson, Human Liberation and Theology: An Examination of the Theology of Gustavo Gutierrez, James H. Cone, and Mary Daly
Robert K. Songer, The Bearing of Semitic Thought Forms on Isaiah in Old testament Interpretation
Robert L. Sawyer Sr. A History of the Criticism of Isaiah From 1750-1950
Robert O. Ferm, The Evangelical Crisis
Robert Preston Sellers, Power and MInistry in Indonesia: Christian Models and Cultural Myths in Conflict
Robert Smith Jr., The Christological Preaching of Helmut Thielicke: The Theocratic Offices as a Paradigm for Preaching
Robert Victor Unmack, The Value of a Knowledge of Greek Tense Illustrated by the Use of the Greek Perfect in the Two Corinthian Epistles.
Rufus R. Crozier, The Kenosis in a Christology
Silas P. Bittner, A Comparative Study of the Ethics of Aristotle and Paul
Stanley Monroe Horton, A Defense on Historical Grounds of the Isaian Authorship of the Passages in Isaiah Referring to Babylon
Stanley Monroe Horton, A Defense on Historical Grounds of the Isaian Authorship of the Passages in Isaiah referring to Babylon
Taylor Forsyth, The Cross as the Hermeneutical Norm for Scriptural Interpretation in the Theology of Peter
Theodore W. Thompson, Deuteronomy in Relation to the Reform of Josiah
Theodore W. Thompson, Deuteronomy in Relation to the Reform of Josiah
V.L. McKee, The Priestly Office of Christ
Virgil V. Hinds, The Mission of Christ According to the Fourth Gospel
W.H. Dickinson, The Hereafter Through New Testament Channels

Kansas City Baptist Theological Seminary Dissertations (M.Th. M.A. M.R.E. other Masters level degrees)

Alan Jacob Yudt, The Kingdom of God in the Theology of Walter Rauschenbusch
Alexander Wachtel, The Concept of Satan and Demonology in the Apocrypia and Pseudepigraphia
Archibald Lewis Woods, A Study of the Textual Variants of the Dead Sea Isaiah School
Archibald Lewis Woods, A Study of the Textual Variants of the Dead Sea Isaiah Scroll
Christopher Chow, Why Socrates did not try to Escape from Prison
Clell Raymond Buck, The Messianic Confession of the New Testament
Daniel Earl Wonderly, The Purpose and Distinctive Content of the Gospel According to Mark
Darryl E. Bertsch, The Bernian Construct as an Effective Tool for realizing Grace
David T. Bunch, A Textual Lexicon for 1 John
Dayton Muxlow, Inspiration of the Scriptures: Current and Biblical Teachings
Edith Nell DesAutels, An Annotated Translation and Glossary of Habakkuk and Zephaniah
Edward Roustie, Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
Fred W. Thompson, A Linguistic Comparison of The Pastoral Epistles
George Garland Riggan, Christian Conversion: A Study in Dissociation (no degree level or date indicated)
Harold C. Hosler, Paul’s Concept of the Dedicated Life
Harrison H. Pike, The Place of the Sunday School in the growth of a suburban mission Church. Case Study of Ruskin Heights Baptist Chapel, Kansas City Baptist Association, Kansas City Missouri
Henry P. Haynes Jr., II Timothy in the Light of Uncial Studies
James Frederick Rozmus, The Apostle Paul’s Concept of Resurrection in the Corinthian Epistles
James Henry Bitner, A Study of the Prophets to Show that failure to Fulfill the Welfare Law of the Pentateuch Contributed Materially to the Downfall of the Hebrew Nation.
James L McNett, An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works on Church Administration
Jeffrey Wayne Sanders, Whitehead’s Theory of Prehension and The Mystical Journey: The Quest for Unity of Feeling and Purpose (MA in Religious Studies)
John Creel Frantz, An Index to a Chronologico Genealogical Chart of the Old Testament
John David Galloway, The Principles The Church Father Used in Forming the Canon
John Dean Gould, Symbolism in Baptist Worship
John Franklin Havlik, A Stewardship Commentary on the Greek Text of II Corinthians 8 and 9.
June Elizabeth Montague, The Program of the Evening Vacation Church School
Kenneth Edwin Stratton, The Apostle Paul’s Use and Meaning of “Covenant” in His Epistles
Kenneth Roy Wolfe, The Meaning and Usage of Pistis (Πίστις) and Pisteuo (πιστεύω) in the New Testament
Martin Craig Pickup, The Use of the Old Testament in the Argumentation of Hebrews
Marvin L Ediger, A Textual and Manuscript Comparison of the Epistle to the Hebrews
Marvin Lester Hein, An Evaluation of Early New Testament Textual Witnesses
Mrs Roy L Cyr, Index of Religious Education Magazines vols. X -XLIII (vol.1 and 2)
Neil W. Concannon, The Archaeological Findings Substantiating The Biblical History of Judah from the Fall of Samaria to the Restoration
Powell Keeney, Toward Shaping Christian Worship With a Theology of Hope
Richard Claire Milne, Worship in the Rural Church
Robert Arthur Moore, An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works on Public Relations
Robert Lucian Newberry, The Degree to Which Some Churches enable their Youth to Develop an Effective Sex Ethic
Stanley Eldon Upchurch, An HIstorical Perspective of the Verbal Plenary Inspiration of the Bible
Theodore W. Thompson, Lexicon and Translation of Ecclesiastes
Vernon D. Maxted, The Kingdom in the Book of Acts
Victor Leslie Trower, The Book of Nahum and Its Religious Significance
Walter Moore Nickelson, A Textual and Manuscript Comparison of Philippians
Wayne Eugene Caldwell, The Concept of Satan in Biblical Literature
William Adam Lang Jr., A Critique of the Concept of Sin Presented by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
William Alexander Lawson, A Historical and Exegetical Commentary on the Fifteenth Chapter of the First Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians
William Charles MIller, Justification in Process Theology: A Study of John B. Cobb, Jr., and William Norman Pittenger with a Wesleyan Assessment
William Charles Miller, Justification in Process Theology: A STUDY OF JOHN B. COBB, JR., AND WILLIAM NORMAN PITTENGER WITH A WESLEYAN ASSESSMENT

Bachelor Level Degrees

Alvin W. Pruessner, Barnabas A New Testament Leader
Arthur Maurice Norton, A Handbook of Practical Help for the Adult Sunday School Department
Charles F. Sexton, The History of Baptism Through 660 A.D.
Charles Marshall Renno, A Study of Representative Sermons of Six Tabernacle Preachers
Cletus E. Wilch, Participation in the Lord’s Supper
Clyde Arnold Ross, Faith of Their Father
Darrell Elroy Heidner, The Rural Pastor’s Affiliation with Community Organizations
Dayton Paul Muxlow, Israel and her Relationship to the Universal Gospel
Donald Dean Shoemaker, Financing the Rural Church
George A. Schultz, The Origins of Christian Missions to the Oregon Indians
Harold F. Ott, Rural Women’s Christian Work
Henry Anthony McCanna, Man’s Awareness of God
Henry Powell Haynes Jr., A Glossary and translation of Malachi
Howard O. Remmich, Man, God, and the Soil
J. Holland Maughan, A Study of the Rural MInistry Based upon the Rosa O. Hall
J. Ray Heckert, The Administration of the Worker’s Conference
James Henderson Smith, The American Baptist Convention’s Ministry to Service Personnel
James R. Poland, Conservation of the Human Resource in the Rural Area
John Creel Frantz, An Index to a Chronologico Genealogical Chart of the Old Testament
John Thomas Wildman, Elements of Education and Training found in Kansas City, Missouri, YOUTH FOR CHRIST
Knud Aage Abildgaard Wumpelmann, Promotion of Sunday School Bible Classes for Adults among the Danish Baptists
Leon Clair Nelson, New Testament Baptism Origin and Practice
LeRoy Willard, The Rural Church’s Use of Press and Radio
M. Holt Sodeman, The Purpose of Miracles in the Christian Ministry
Marvin John Hilton, A Textual Evaluation of I Thessalonians
Marvin Lester Hein, A Lexical Study of the Books of Nahum and Obadiah
Owen D. Moody, Eternal Security of the Believer According to the Pauline Epistles
Richard G. Smith, The Applicability of the Larger Parish System to Southern Iowa
Richard Tilman Ware, The Concept of God summed Up in Jesus Christ the Logos
Robert Arthur Moore, The Purpose, Production, and the Use of the Seminary Directory 1952-1953
Robert Franklin Salter, The Gospel and World Hunger
Robert W. Wallace, Christian Center Activities at Bethel Neighborhood Center
Ross Sackman, What Jesus Thought of Himself
Roy Fremont Ray, The Origin and Message of II Thessalonians
Samuel Edward Moore, A Consideration of the Optimum Rural Church Field For a Trained Pastor
Theodore B. Sparks, A Study of Hagiazo ΑΓΙΑΖΩ (lower case = ἁγιάζω) in the New Testament
Truman Leslie Smith, The Missouri River Basin Development Program and Its Effect Upon the People and their Churches
Waldo Hiebert, The Right of the Church to have a Larger Share in Public Education
Wasilij Shachov, An Index to Bibliotheca Sacra Volumes LI-LXX (51-70) 1894-1913
William F. Smith, The Minister’s Stewardship of Life
William R. Robertson, Biblical Authority for Religious Education
William Wendell Mosser, Soil and the Soul
Woodrow H. Moore, The Home Life of Jesus Christ