Divinity: Recent submissions
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Jesus Christ, king of the kingdom of God : royal discourse in Christian literature before 150 CE
(2024-06-11) - ThesisScholarship on the kingdom of God has built different conceptions of the kingdom from the multiple occurrences in the Synoptic Gospels, to which all other occurrences in early Christian literature are compared. This approach ... -
Measuring "a hair's breadth" : determining John Wesley's closeness to Calvinism by a comparison to Jonathan Edwards
(University of St Andrews, 2020-07-30) - ThesisJohn Wesley is recognized as one of the most powerful voices of the 18th century. His work sparked a revival which spread around the world, becoming the basis for multiple Christian denominations which are still present ... -
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 ...