HDS Theses and Dissertations
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A Tale of Two Trees: Unveiling the Sacred Life of Nature in Islamic and Christian Traditions
(2023-03-01)This dissertation compares the ancient ṣaḥābī (“companion”) tree that still stands today in northeastern Jordan and the tree that became the Cross, memorialized where it once stood in Jerusalem. The former, by virtue of ... -
The Place of the King Wherein He Dwelt: Reading Ephrem's Mariology in its Contexts
(2023-03-01)Abstract This dissertation examines a fundamental paradox in Christianity. How can the omnipotent, omnipresent God be said to be present within Mary, mother of Jesus Christ? I pose this question of the poetry of Ephrem the ... -
Sanctuary and Subjectivity: Rethinking Practical Theological Categories in Light of the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s
(2021-11-09)This dissertation utilizes interviews with participants in the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s to situate the movement as an object of practical theological inquiry. Much of the scholarship on the movement focuses on the ...