Divinity (School of): Recent submissions
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God in the eyes of a refugee : emic perspectives on religion and resettlement of Syrian Muslims in North East Scotland
(2024-06-11) - ThesisThis ethnographic study prioritises the emic perspectives of Syrian Muslim refugees resettled to North East Scotland by means of conversations about God. Beginning with a model borrowed from the monastic tradition that has ... -
Contextualising Zia-ul-Haq's Islamisation of Pakistan (1977-88) and its impact on 'non-Muslims' in the thought of Maududi and British colonialism
(2024-06-11) - ThesisThis thesis explores Zia-ul-Haq’s Islamisation of Pakistan (1977-88) and its lasting impact on those perceived to be ‘non-Muslims’ by his regime. Zia’s Islamisation, to be defined as a top-down process of bringing the laws ... -
John, divine locality and the Book of Revelation
(University of St Andrews, 2021-07-01) - ThesisThis thesis argues that John, the author of Revelation, depended upon two traditions or cultural models for the development of his theology: the corporeality of God and the heavenly temple. 'Cultural model' is a term used ... -
Life with God - human participation in eternal communion : the status of the theological anthropology of John D. Zizioulas
(University of St Andrews, 2021-12-01) - ThesisThis thesis considers the high theological anthropology of John Zizioulas and offers the first through examination of his doctrine of humanity. He grounds his theology with pneumatological Christology, so to hear him ... -
Forsaking the fall : an inquiry into the possibility of a nonlapsarian Christianity
(University of St Andrews, 2021-12-01) - ThesisIn this thesis, I argue that the orthodox Christian faith does not require commitment to the doctrines of the Fall and Original Sin. To yield this conclusion, I first outline what precisely is meant by Original Sin; ...