Divinity Theses: Recent submissions
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Forgiveness & atonement : a sacrificial account of divine-human reconciliation
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisIn this thesis, I construct a sacrificial explanation of atonement, the expanded version of which explains how the work of Christ addresses in various ways every component of the problem of sin. The first two chapters of ... -
God's sons and the logic of the Covenant : divine sonship in 'Jubilees' and Romans
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisThis thesis attempts to understand Paul’s deployment of divine sonship language with respect to the community of believers by bringing Romans into sustained conversation with one text from the Jewish tradition, namely, ... -
George Matheson and mysticism : a biographical study
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisGeorge Matheson, a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Church of Scotland in the late Victorian period, was a mystic. Mysticism is not commonly associated with Scottish Presbyterian ministers who stand in the Calvinist ... -
Wounds yet visible above : constructing a theology of remembrance through the divine and human embodiment of scars
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisMiroslav Volf argues traumatic memories are a temporal and eschatological stain on divine-human relations, making non-remembrance a mandatory component of reconciliation. Yet I contend the ‘problem of traumatic memories’ ... -
The law of nature and the Letter to the Romans : rethinking Paul's descriptions of the Gentiles in Romans 2:14-15
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisIn contemporary scholarship on Rom 2:14-15, there is a divide between those who find language associated with natural law and those who understand the Gentiles to be believers in Christ. This study aims to help bridge this ...