Divinity: Recent submissions
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Like scales from their eyes : visionary experience in Western Europe from Augustine to the eighth century
(University of St Andrews, 1992-07) - ThesisVision narratives provide important evidence for the social and religious concerns of the society which records them, and are important sources for the mentalité of the period in which they are produced. This thesis provides ... -
'Love' as theological concept : changing issues in modern theology with particular reference to 'justice'
(University of St Andrews, 1983-07) - ThesisHow shall we continue to speak of God's love in a world which continues to be flagrantly frustrated by human injustice? The question is not so much concerned with theodicy as with the task of human loving. Loving justly, ... -
The relationship between preaching and other ministerial functions as viewed in the Warrack Lectures on preaching, 1921-1971 : plus a comparison of these views with selected writings by British authors of homiletical and pastoral literature in the fifty years prior to the Warrack Lectureship
(1975)The aim of the thesis is to examine the printed Warrack Lectures on Preaching from 1921 through 1971 to ascertain the relationship between preaching and other ministerial functions. That is, do the men who delivered their ... -
A study of Biblical interpretation in the Warrack Lectures on preaching : from 1940 to 1975
(University of St Andrews, 1988-07) - ThesisThis dissertation is a study of the developments in Biblical interpretation discovered within the Warrack Lectures on preaching from 1940 to 1975. Essentially, the first part presents the information about interpreting the ... -
The christocentric salvation history of Irenaeus and its relationship to the ecclesiastical tradition and Valentinian gnosticism
(University of St Andrews, 1974) - ThesisIrenaeus has a relationship with two different traditions: the tradition of Valentinian Gnosticism and others such as Marcion, a tradition which he opposed vehemently, and the ecclesiastical tradition which he was intent ...