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Doctoral Dissertations
The doctoral dissertation, written under faculty supervision for both the Ph.D. and Th.D. degrees, constitutes the basis upon which the student is able to claim "an original contribution to the field of study," the fundamental criterion for the earning of either of these academic doctorates. The following roster is a listing of dissertations successfully defended before our faculty in Indiana, Oxford, and Rome. Anyone wishing to contact the author of any dissertation should communicate with the Office of Student Services at the Foundation. The Foundation, in turn, will contact the author with the inquirer's email address for direct communication.
NOTE: Since 2004, the Foundation has maintained a library of Dissertations on Disc, an innovative effort to make complete electronic copies of all successfully defended academic doctoral dissertations internationally available. An asterisk (*) indicates availability through the Dissertations on Disc Library.
Additionally, those Dissertations that have been published by The Victoria Press are linked to the appropriate page on The Victoria Press web site.
The full list is below. Or, you may click on a category:
Church History |
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| Student Name | Dissertation Title | Year of defense | Degree |
| Allen, J. Timothy | A Man of Some Means: Ambitous Values, Evangelical Theology, and Reverend James O'Kelly | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Bush, Josephine R. | * Eucharist: The Continuity of Catholic Teaching Between the Early Church Fathers and Early 21st Century Magisterium | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| Daubert, David Dennison | The Historic Episcopate for North American Lutherans: Lessons from Tanzania in a Historical Context | 2000 | Ph.D. |
| Duffy, Edward F. | * The Toura Papyrus of Didymus the Blind's Commentary on Job: An Original Translation with Introduction and Commentary | 2002 | Ph.D. |
| Leong, Francis J. | The Mission Vision of Father Bernard Francis Meyer: The Promotion of the Laity | 2000 | Ph.D. |
| MacDonald, David R. | The Transit of the Anglican Mind to the Maryland Colony: Thomas Bray and the Bray Libraries of Christ Church Durham | 2006 | Ph.D. |
| Mathew, John Theckekolathu | Messianic Sannithyam of Malankara Mar Thoma Ezharappallikal: A Paradigmatic Pre-Christendom Christus Praesens | 2007 | Th.D. |
| Raab, Klaus W. | A Study of Leichenpredigten in Jena, Germany, During the Period from 1580 to 1630 | 1996 | |
| Staggs, John H. | St. Francis of Assisi and his Understanding of the Cross | 2003 | Ph.D. |
Hispanic Studies |
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| Student Name | Dissertation Title | Year of Defense | Degree |
| Acevedo Nieves, Juan A. | El Piloto y el Neomaltusianismo en Puerto Rico | 2002 | Ph.D. |
| Andueza Jaunsaras, Alfred | Teologi a Del Cuerpo y de la Sexualidad en las Catequesis de Juan Pablo II | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Casanova-Ramos, Fernando | Pneumatology of Liberation: Attention to the Risk of Immanentism in the Latin American Theology of Liberation | 2002 | Ph.D. |
| Garces Torres, Gilberto Goen | La Mision Ad-Gentes de la Iglesia y el Anuncio del Kerygma a la Cultura Bambara de Mali-Africa Occidental | 2006 | Th.D. |
| Hansen, Barbara Sweet | * Hacia una Conceptualizacion Interdisciplinar de Parabolas Escogidas de Jesus de Nazaret Como Instrumentos Pedagogicos | 2006 | Th.D. |
| Hernandez, Ana Ivette | Evangelizacion de las Americas Exito O Fracaso | 2003 | Ph.D. |
| Rodas, Mauro | Mary in the Modern Church: Her Human Condition Changing the Life of a Hispanic Community in Indianapolis, Indiana | 1999 | Ph.D. |
| Ruiz Velez, Norma S. | P. Jose Kentenich: Nuevo Orden Social y Globalizacion | 2005 | Th.D. |
| Trinidad Hernandez, Angel M. | El Monofisismo: Una Constante en la Trandicion Cristiana | 2006 | Ph.D. |
Islamic Studies |
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| Student Name | Dissertation Title | Year of Defense | Degree |
| Abdul-Malik, Ibrahim | Prayer in Islam: A Guide for Beginning Muslims, an Introduction for Non-Muslims | 2006 | Ph.D. |
| Agic, Senad | Immigration, Assimilation and Community Building: The Bosnian Experience in North America | 2006 | Ph.D. |
| Ervondy, Doddy | The Islamic Engineering Science: Past, Present, and Prospect | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| Meneese, Wleed Edress | Methodology of sighting the Crescent Moon in Islamic Jurisprudence | 2007 | Ph.D. |
| Negm, Ibrahim | The Implications of Developing Interfaith Understanding via the Exploration of Christianity and the Study of Abraham in the Qur'an and the Bible as Experienced in one Muslim Congregation | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| Shahin, Omar | The Muslim Family in Western Society | 2006 | Ph.D. |
Music and Liturgy |
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| Student Name | Dissertation Title | Year of Defense | Degree |
| Barber III, Philip E. | * Gifts and Creatures: The Reformation Doctrine of the Eucharistic Presence Exhibited in the Anglican Liturgy of the Lords Supper | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| Basker, Jacqueline Taylor | The Significance of the Cloud as a Symbol in Early Christian Art: A Case Study of the Mosaics of Sts. Cosmas and Damian in Rome | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Bustamante, Francisco R. | Sensing the Sacred: Roots, Rituals, Rhythms, Responses | 1996 | Ph.D. |
| Kirby, Marc Daniel | The Proper Chants of the Paschal Triduum in the Graduale Romanum: A Study in Liturgial Theology | 2002 | Ph.D. |
| MacArthur, Charles Patrick | The Artist as Theologian: A Visual Exploration of Religious Symbolism with a Concluding Chapter on the Work and Thought of Pieter Bruegel the Elder | 2001 | Ph.D. |
| Plummer, John Paul | * The Many Paths of the Independent Sacramental Movement: A National Study of its Liturgy, Doctrine, and Leadership | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| Roussakis, Peter E. | Confessing the Compendium: Praying the Lord's Prayer as Confessing Faith | 1998 | Ph.D. |
| Schwab, Betty Lynn | Is our God too Pale: Contemporary Christian Worship in a Multi-Faith World | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Smith-Criddle, Linda Corcoran | * Ritual, Religion, and Ronald: The Power of the Liturgical in the Church and Marketplace | 2000 | Ph.D. |
| Swiss, Thomas Michael | Sacramental Anointing of the Sick, A Post-Modern Analysis: A Rite/Right of the Laity? | 2001 | Ph.D. |
| Thomas, L. Everett | Listening to Artists: A Source Book on the Creative Process | 1998 | Ph.D. |
Pastoral Care |
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| Student Name | Dissertation Title | Year of Defense | Degree |
| Angus, Joslyn L. | The Impact of Pan-African Immigrants on the Christian Church in the United States of America | 1997 | Ph.D. |
| Ardley, Evan Lloyd | Through the Eye of a Needle | 2001 | Ph.D. |
| Bailey, Emmanuel F. | Caring for Those who Grieve: Practical Dimensions of the Role of Grief Ministry for Pastors and Other Caring Persons | 2006 | Ph.D. |
| Baxer, Joseph J. | Robert Vachon, Humanist: A Journey Toward an Intercultural Way of Life | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Boylan, Martin M. | The Presumption is Love | 1996 | Ph.D. |
| Burriss II, George B. | The Law of Attraction: From the Kingdom and Will of God to Quantum Physics and New Science | 2007 | Ph.D. |
| Caron, Judith A. | Euthansia as a Vision of Wellness: An Ethical Reshaping of the Dying and Death Process | 1998 | Ph.D. |
| Carr, Michael Leo | The Psychological Importance of the Spiritual in the Recovery Process of the PTSD Vietnam Veteran | 1996 | Ph.D. |
| Chan, Henry Albert | Leadership | 1994 | Ph.D. |
| Coombs, Marie Theresa | Mystery Hidden Yet Revealed | 1996 | Ph.D. |
| Couturier, David B. | Formation for the Fraternal Economy in the Capuchin-Franciscan Order: A Psychological Analysis | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| DelGado, Michael A. | The Lakota Heart: A Gift for Seven Generations | 2002 | Ph.D. |
| Devereaux, Thomas W. | Discerning the Stages of Moral Development | 2007 | Ph.D. |
| Donlan, Kevin Francis | Possibilities in Reclaiming an Anglican Catechetical Method | 1998 | Ph.D. |
| Dowling, Jerome Paul | The Psychology of Presbyter; The Context of the Presbyter; A Call to Spiritual Direction | 1997 | Ph.D. |
| Dvorscak, James | Organization Development in a Local Catholic Parish | 1999 | Ph.D. |
| Ellerby, Jonathan H. | Indigenous Integrative Phenomenology: Integrating Indigenous Epistemologies in Traditional Healing Reasearch | 2007 | Ph.D. |
| Gargiulo, Gerald J. | Psyche and Soul | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Gilbert, Richard B. | * Healing the Holy Helpers: Healthy Clergy for the Third Millennium | 2003 | Ph.D. |
| Glisson, William | A Dialectic-Humanitarian Discussion on the Transformation on Humanity | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Gorman, William Anthony | Suffering and Relationship: Pastoral Perspectives on Vietnam Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | 2000 | . |
| Graber, Ann V. | Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy: Method of Choice in Ecumenical Pastoral Psychology | 2002 | Ph.D. |
| Hayden, Joanne S. | Are Elders in Residential Care Concerned About how Much They Spend Their Day? | 2001 | Ph.D. |
| Hernandez, Robert C. | An Approach to Couseling Through Pastoral Psychology to Enable a low Self-Concept Individual to Become a High Self-Esteem Person | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| Holton, Anne M. | * A Liberating Spirituality for Religious Educators | 2000 | Ph.D. |
| Hope, Mary Kendall | * Judging Mediation: An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Mediation Programs in North Carolina from the Perspective of Select District Court Judges | 2006 | Ph.D. |
| Jenkins, William Michael | The Fundamentals of Counseling in Micronesia: A Working Model for the Certification of Indigenous Counselors in the Pacific Basin | 2007 | Ph.D. |
| Kallani, Joe | Be Angry but do not Sin | 1995 | Ph.D. |
| Kane, Mary M. | Transference and the Spiritual Journey | 2006 | Ph.D. |
| Kelly, Brian F. | A Return to the Transcendent: Rediscovering an Essential Element in Formulating a Psychology of Human Development Within Systems Theory | 1996 | Ph.D. |
| Kerrigan, Sharon | The Impact of the Asclepius cult on the Christian Healing Tradition | 1997 | Ph.D. |
| LaBonte, Stephen L. | The Relationship of Religion, Religious Symbolism and Religious Professionals to Dissociative Identity Disorder with Implications for Treatment | 1996 | Ph.D. |
| Laha Jr., Robert R. | Leadership: A New Paradigm for Today's Pastor | 2000 | Ph.D. |
| Malone, Frank | Psychoanalysis and the Sacred: Explorations in the Psychoanalysis of Religion | 2005 | Psy.D Foundation House |
| Malone, Janet | The Spirituality of Nonviolence in Transforming the Energies of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Conflict and Anger | 2005 | . |
| Miller, Whitney G. | Psychomysticism: Toward a Method of Contemplative Couseling | 1996 | Ph.D. |
| Moreland Jr., Raymond Theodore | * The Beloved Journey: A Psychospiritual Study of Persons Living, Struggling and Dying with HIV/AIDS | 1997 | Ph.D. |
| Morse, James H. | Using a Standard Psychological Instrument to Asses Spiritual Growth | 1999 | Ph.D. |
| Ngo, Peter Thang C. | * Tribunal in the New Millennium: Theology, Spirituality, Leadership, Collaboration and Strategies for Effective Pastoral Ministry | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| Norris, Lyddon Kendrick | The Psychological Meaning of Christmas | 2006 | Ph.D. |
| Olisah, Amaka F. | * Reshaping the Vocation of Religious Women in Nigeria | 2006 | Ph.D. |
| Ross, E. Gordon | The Christian Life is a Daily Baptism | 1996 | Ph.D. |
| Schwab, Donald Francis | Therapist as Priest: The Spiritual Dimensions of a Therapeutic Relationship | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Seo, Byeong Chea | Theology of Lay Pastors Ministry | 2006 | Ph.D. |
| Shuster, Steven B. | Reframing Through the Power of Narrative: An Emerging Psychology of Preaching | 2006 | Ph.D. |
| Shyne Jr., O'Neal | A God of Encouragement in the African-American Tradition | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| Stanley, Verdree Blake | Promoting Spiritual and Religious Living in Older African-Americans in the City of Newark: A Descriptive Study | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Tadman-Robins, Christopher | Understanding Suicide-The Creation of a Pastoral Resource for the use of Clergy and Laity Incorporating Further evidence of the Nature of Self Harm Via Critical Personal Narrative (Part 1, 2, and 3) | 2000 | Ph.D. |
| Twomey, Gerald Sean | The Evolution of the Doctrine of the "Preferential Option for the Poor" In Official Catholic Social Teaching from John XXIII to John Paul II | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Uchem, Rose Nkechinyere | Overcoming Women's Subordination in the Igbo African Culture and in the Catholic Church | 2000 | Ph.D. |
| Ullrich, Karl P. | The Relationship of Core Values to Impact of Event Symptoms in Survivors of Sudden Traumatic Loss | 1998 | Ph.D. |
| Wall, Terence E. | Conversion: Psychological Convergence and Christian Integration | 2002 | . |
| Winghong, Charles Chiew | Engaging a Brief Counseling Approach as a Model for Pastoral Ministry in the Congregational Setting | 2007 | Ph.D. |
| Winter-Green, Krysten | HIV/AIDS-Confrontation with Being | 1995 | Ph.D. |
| Wolfe III, James Owen | American Baptist Women in Pastoral Ministry: A Contemporary Survey | 2007 | Ph.D. |
| Young, Doris | The Future of Health Care: A Christian Model | 2000 | Ph.D. |
Scriptures |
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| Student Name | Dissertation Title | Year of Defense | Degree |
| Aaron, Daryl N. | Exhortation and Deity: The Relationship Between God's Saving Work and Human Accountability in Paul's Letter to the Philippians | 2002 | Ph.D. |
| Blumenfeld, Donald E. | Easter Encounters an Examination of the Resurrection Appearances in the Gospels of Luke and John | 1996 | Ph.D. |
| Humphrey, Robert L. | Literary Structure and Message in Mark: A Rhetorical Analysis | 2000 | Ph.D. |
| Smith, Thomas E. | * The Domestication of Transcendece: Paul's Christian Halakha in Corinthians 7 on Celibacy, Marriage, and Divorce | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| Watts, D. Jonathan | The Forensic Reconstruction of a Good Story: Gospel Telling to a Digital Culture | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| Wilson, Franklin Arthur | * Walker Percy's use of the Bible: A Colliberative End | 2006 | Ph.D. |
Theology |
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| Student Name | Dissertation Title | Year of Defense | Degree |
| Anderson, Curt | Authority, Rationality, and Tradition in Karl Barth and Alasdair Macintyre | 2001 | Ph.D. |
| Blair, Barbara Templeton | The Divine Matrix: Organism as Metaphor of the Cosmos and its Spiritual Significance for the Human Community | 2000 | Ph.D. |
| Buehler, David A. | Conflict, Convivencia, and Conversion in Medieval Minds: Al-Ghazal, Maimonides, and Llull | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| Colon, Jorge R. | Teologia de la Redencion | 2007 | Ph.D. |
| Corcoran, John Anthony | Augustinus Contra Donatistas | 1996 | Ph.D. |
| Cox, R. David | Priesthood in a New Millennium: Towards an Understanding of Anglican Presbyterate for the Twenty-First Century | 2001 | Ph.D. |
| Culbertson, Thomas Leon | Personal Salvation and Humanity's Redemption: A Vision of Redeemed History | 2000 | Ph.D. |
| Dannals, Robert Samuel | * Aspects of Imitatio Christi in the Moral Christology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer | 2005 | Ph.D. |
| Dufresne, Edward R. | The Joyful Exchange: A Christian Spirituality from the Writings of Martin Luther | 1998 | Ph.D. |
| Ethridge, Carrine | The Biology of Belief: Evolving Spiritual Dimensions in the Human Species | 2001 | Ph.D. |
| Fowler, Susan Isabella | Community Leadership: Spiritual Foundations For Social Transformation | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Grace, Gerard A. | Death-A Celebration in Omega: Towards a Christian Spirituality of Death | 2006 | Ph.D. |
| Torres, Irma Hernandez | Cosmocardia: The Heart of the Cosmic Christ, the Universal Sacrament | 1999 | Ph.D. |
| Hunt, C. Anthony | The Search For Peaceful Community: A Comparative Analysis of the Thinking of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr. | 2001 | Ph.D. |
| Khan, Mohammed A.S. | * Application of Knowledge Management in Library Settings | 2007 | Ph.D. |
| Kirbas, Paul J. | Navigating Through a Stipulated Freedom: Discovering a Guiding Biblical Compass for the Journey of Biotechnology | 2007 | Ph.D. |
| Lewis, James | Paths of Exile: Columbian Narrative and the Praxis of Iona | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Lind, Douglass Theodore | The Relationship of the Work of Discernment to the Exercise of Authority in the Life of the Benedictines and the Church of England | 2007 | Th.D. |
| Massart, James D. | The Dynamic Quest for Openness, Freedom and Creativity Through Self-Transcendence: Psychology Meets Spirituality in Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" and John Macquarries Search for Full Humanity | 1997 | Ph.D. |
| Moffett-Moore, David | Peregrine: Life as Pilgrimage, A view from Celtic Spirituality | 2007 | Ph.D. |
| Murasso, Jeremiah N. | Entelechy in the Second Millennium: Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas Revisited | 2000 | Ph.D. |
| Nicholas, Joseph Emanuel | God's Chosen People: Example or Exception? | 1998 | Ph.D. |
| O'Neill, John P. | * Theological Questions Regarding the Ministry of Deacons: What Makes this Ministry Unique | 2006 | Ph.D. |
| Panotes, Wilfrido | Salvation of Non-Christians: Significance of the Man Jesus, the Church and Sacraments | 2004 | Ph.D. |
| Perez Doglio, Walter Eduardo | Issues of the Reformation in the Light of Church and Society Today | 1999 | Ph.D. |
| Seybold-Clegg, Jane | Toward a Theology of Work: A Model of Theology and Spirituality in Relation to the Corporate Community | 2001 | Ph.D. |
| Southwick, Jay S. | From Whom All Blessings Flow | 1996 | Ph.D. |
| Suh, Ignatius | The Confucian-Christian Dialogue: A Comparative Theology from the YI Dynasty in Korea | 2007 | Th.D. |
| Taylor, Raymond G. | The Validity of Religious Experience | 1994 | Ph.D. |
| Thomas, Michael O. | The Stem Cell Debate: A Comparison Between the Ethical Ideologies of the Religious and the Medical Communitites | 2007 | Ph.D. |