HDS Theses and Dissertations
Recent Submissions
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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 ... -
The Rhetoric of Dress and Adornment and the Construction of Identity in Early Christianity
(2021-11-09)In the cultural landscape of the ancient Mediterranean, clothing was not only a covering for the body but also functioned as an ideological system that worked to construct and stratify categories of identity and social ... -
Forgeries of Desire: The Erotics of Authenticity in New Testament Historiography
(2021-10-29)Situated at the intersection of the study of the New Testament, the theorizing of Christian origins, and queer historiography, this dissertation examines the ways in which biblical scholarship’s pursuit of historical ...