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Preparing for the Eschaton: A Theology of Work
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-27)Work occupies a significant part of our lives, and yet it is often not given sufficient attention. Certainly there is much consideration given to finding a career, and succeeding in work, but not enough to how our work ... -
The Significance of Place in the Contemporary Theological Discourse of Heaven
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-07)This study will offer a critical assessment of the hearings of heaven in contemporary theological discourse. After engaging with various eschatological perspectives that pertain to the contemporary discussion of heaven, I ... -
Singing with Moses and the Lamb: Social Memory and Radical Discipleship in John’s Apocalypse
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-23)The Apocalypse reads as a kind of “discipleship manual” for the ekklesiai living in Asia Minor under Roman administration. It calls for followers of the Lamb to reject easy compliance with the world of empire, and to embrace ... -
The Spirit of Technology: A Pneumatological Analysis of the Discourse on Technique
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-23)This thesis explores the use of spirit-language in technological discourse in order to show that the category of spirit is viable within technological discourse and that spiritlanguage can be a new way for theology to ... -
A Theological Assessment of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Christological Foundations of Ethics
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)This thesis aims to contribute to an answer to the question, “What would a philosophy, and more specifically, an ethics, based on Christ, look like?” My first contention is that we find, in the ethical thinking of Karl ... -
Unsettling Theology: Decolonizing Western Interpretations of Original Sin
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-28)For Native peoples, becoming Christian in north america has also meant becoming white. That is, the theological beliefs, cultural habits, and political movements that characterized american colonialism are inseparable. ... -
We Have Never Been Secular: The Concept of the Secular and the Dutch Collegiants in the Radical Enlightenment
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-27)The following study examines the history of the seventeenth century Collegiant group in the Dutch Republic, focusing on their blending of Spiritualist and Rationalist influences. By reading Collegiant Rational Religion ... -
The Work of Wealthy Women: Female Discipleship in Luke 8:1-3
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-01)Luke 8:1-3 is the only explicit indicator in scripture that Jesus receives financial provision during his ministry. Interestingly, the donors are wealthy women. From a social historical perspective who are these women who ...