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Ethics and Practical Theology Name Thesis title Supervisors Alicia Mendonca-Richards Mystical approaches to economics in the Anthropocene Professor Rachel Muers and Dr David Grummett Andreas Bernberg Theopolitical discernment in ecclesial practice Dr Ulrich Schmiedel and Dr Joshua Ralston Carolina Sanz de la Fuente The Transhumanist Dilemma and the 21st-century Human-Machine Pathos Dr David Grumett and Rev Dr Michael Fuller Elisa Koch Fragile Bodies, Fragile Boundaries: Towards a Comparative Theology of Vulnerability Dr Ulrich Schmiedel and Dr Hannah Holtschneider James Gaston Saturating a Disenchanted World: De Lubac, Balthasar, Marion and the Call for a Theological Aesthetic Dr David Grumett and Professor Rachel Muers Johnny Lai Reading Oliver O’Donovan’s Theology of ‘The Common Good’ in the Context of Hong Kong Professor Rachel Muers and Dr David Grumett Josie Gwin Faith, Resilience and Mitigating Symptoms of Trauma in Individuals and Communities Impacted by Crisis and Disaster through the Development of Resilience Dr Bethany Sollereder and Professor Liz Grant Justin Eller Acompañamiento: The Significance of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Accompaniment Model on Church Leadership and Mission in a Contemporary Context Professor Rachel Muers and Dr Ulrich Schmiedel Ryan Bennett The Rise of the Christian Socialist Movement in the 20th Century with attention on William Temple and Dorothy Day Dr David Grumett and Dr Ulrich Schmiedel Stephen Dolan Hungarian Political Theology: The Fundamental Law as the foundation of Christian Democracy in Orbán's Hungary Dr Ulrich Schmiedel and Dr David Grumett Stephen Noon Scotland's 'new politics' as a politics of love Dr Ulrich Schmiedel and Dr David Grumett Tiffany Butler Pre-Nicene and Post-Bolshevik Theologies of Movement Dr Ulrich Schmiedel and Dr Alexandra Smith Hebrew and Old Testament Studies Name Thesis title Supervisors Connor Boyd A New Take on the New Covenant: The Reception of Jeremiah 31:31–34 in the Septuagint and Dead Sea Scrolls Dr Anja Klein, Professor Matthew Novenson, and Professor Timothy Lim Emily Allsopp A Feminist-Literary Critical Analysis of the Female Body in the Reproductive Metaphors of Isaiah Dr Anja Klein and Professor Timothy Lim Karen E Preston Spatiality in the Book of Ruth Dr Anja Klein and Dr Suzanna Millar Luis A. Quiñones Roman Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A Reading of The Cuneiform and Biblical Laws in Narratives Materials (Genesis, Judges, and 2 Samuel) Dr Anja Klein and Dr Suzanna Millar Rae Fujimori Dr Suzanna Millar History of Christianity Name Thesis title Supervisors Barbara F Bradley The Possibilities of the Immaculate Conception Dogma in the Catholic Feminist Imagination Dr Sara Parvis and Dr David Grumett Caroline Collins The Devil in The Brothers Karamazov Professor Alison Jack, Dr Felicity Loughlin and Dr Alexandra Smith David Truschel Honoring the Emperor: Reception of Conciliar and Imperial Themes in the Lutheran Reformation Dr Simon Burton and Dr Felicity Loughlin Emily Baylor The Hydra: Social Purity in Britain, 1870-1914 Professor Alison Jack and Dr Felicity Loughlin Emma Mavin The Wound of Love: Erotic and Kenotic Pain in the Theology of John of the Cross Dr Simon Burton, Dr Sara Parvis, and Dr PJ Lennon Kent Peters Categorizing Christian and Roman Identities in Ancient Latin Apologetic Tradition Dr Philippa Townsend and Dr Sara Parvis Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations Name Thesis title Supervisors Ahmad Hakam Christian and Islamic Religious Education Teacher Training Institutions: Case Studies of Perceiving Religious Others Professor Mona Siddiqui and Dr Shadaab Rahemtulla Ade Mursyidi Islam and Science in Indonesia: Islamic Reconciliation of Darwinian Evolution in Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah Dr Shadaab Rahemtulla and Professor Mark Harris Anna Birawi The journey to God - an exploration of the cultivation of faith in the Christian and Islamic traditions Dr Joshua Ralston Caleb Gilleland Roadblocks and Possibilities in Muslim and Baha’i Dialogue with Christianity Dr Joshua Ralston and Professor Matthew Novenson Emmanuel Kwame Tettey Theological and Developmental Implications of Church-based Financial Institutions in Ghana in the Light of Islamic Finance Experience Dr Joshua Ralston and Dr Barbara Bompani Lujain Beruwien Navigating Libyan Isms: Between Islamism, Secularism and Feminism Dr Shadaab Rahemtulla and Professor Mona Siddiqui Michael A. Harris The Orphan and Adoption Practices among Catholic Christians and Sunni Muslims: Scripture, Tradition, and Experience Professor Mona Siddiqui and Dr David Grumett Nathan Dever Spiritual Expats: Missions and the Evangelical Church in the Modern United Arab Emirates Dr Joshua Ralston and Professor Brian Stanley Olly Davies The Role and Function of Mosque Space: A Comparative Study of Edinburgh and Glasgow Dr Shadaab Rahemtulla and Dr Steven Sutcliffe Philip Duncan Peters Monotheism and Christology: Constructing a Contextual Christology for Christian Muslim Dialogue from Luke-Acts Dr Joshua Ralston and Dr Matthew Novenson Sharaiz Chaudhry Islamic Liberation Theology in Practice: A Comparative Analysis of British Muslims’ Activism Against Class Inequality Dr Shadaab Rahemtulla and Dr Joshua Ralston Whitney Buchanan Muslim Women Leaders in the United States and Germany Dr Ulrich Schmiedel and Dr Joshua Ralston New Testament and Christian Origins Name Thesis title Supervisors Axolile N. M. Qina The Dilemma of Jesus’ Sacrifice: Towards a Xhosa Christian Hermeneutic for Animal Sacrifice Professor Helen Bond and Professor Emma Wild-Wood Corinne Samuelson Humble in a Proud World: A Sociorhetorical Comparative Study of Power in Mark, Paul, and Cicero Professor Paul Foster and Professor Helen Bond Daisy Andoh Liberating Jesus: Messianism and Racial Justice in the Book of Revelation Professor Matthew Novenson and Dr Philippa Townsend Daniel Lam Metamorphosis in Ancient Judaism Professor Matthew Novenson Daniel Mikkelsen What is the specific material of the resurrection body in Paul and how does it affect salvation? Professor Matthew Novenson David Z Blackwell The Gospel of Matthew's Use of the Psalms Professor Paul Foster Edward Wong Representations of Trauma in the Fourth Gospel Professor Helen Bond and Professor Alison Jack Fangzhou (Christine) Song The Christology of the Epistle of Barnabas Professor Paul Foster and Dr Matthew Novenson Hyun Bo Sim Professor Paul Foster Julia Mayo The Women of Acts: Studies in Ancient Characterization Professor Helen Bond and Professor Alison Jack Kendall A. Davis Messianic Christology according to Luke: "Christos" in Luke and Acts Professor Matthew Novenson and Professor Alison Jack Manse Rim Messiah and Righteousness In Paul and His Context Professor Matthew Novenson and Professor Paul Foster Mireia (Mia) Vidal i Quintero The Empty Tomb Tradition. Its Origins and Early Development in Light of Ritual Lamentation and Cultural Trauma Theory Professor Helen Bond and Dr Suzanna Millar Naomi Reiss Prisoners of Christ: Incarceration in Early Christian Literature Professor Matthew Novenson and Dr Philippa Townsend Paul Wilson Migration in the Book of Acts Professor Helen Bond and Dr Philippa Townsend Zachary L. McNeal Paul in Nag Hammadi Professor Matthew Novenson Religious Studies/ Study of Religions Name Thesis title Supervisors Anand Ranjan Onlife Hinduism: Pilgrimage and Everyday Experiences in Gaya, India Dr Arkotong Longkumer and Dr Christopher Barrie Carlos Garcia-Jane Iconicity, embodiment, and textualisation in Buddhist textual practices Dr Naomi Appleton and Dr Halle O'Neal Ishita Mahajan Narratives and Nationalism: the village-deities of Kullu, India Dr Arkotong Longkumer and Dr Naomi Appleton James Carrigy Use of Cinema in Jewish Decontextualization 1945-1960 Professor Hannah Holtschneider Joseph Sedgwick The relationship between online and in person activity in the formation of contemporary Scottish Pagans’ religious identities Dr Steven Sutcliffe Marissa Clarke Sensing Yoga Bodies Dr Steven Sutcliffe, Dr Linda O Keeffe and Dr Arkotong Longkumer Mary Briggs Opaque Citizens: An Exploration of How the Shincheonji Church of Jesus Unsettles the South Korean State Dr Steven Sutcliffe and Dr Arkotong Longkumer Rusha Jin Zhanran's Citations in the Zhiguan fuxing chuanhongjue 止觀輔行傳弘決 Dr Naomi Appleton and Professor Joachim Gentz Samuel Horsley Through the body of the teacher: the pedagogy of religious knowledge in modern postural yoga Dr Steven Sutcliffe and Dr Arkotong Longkumer Téa Nicolae The Goddess's Descent to Earth: In Dialogue with the Reimaginations of the Mahābhārata's Draupadī Professor Naomi Appleton and Dr. Hephzibah Israel Science and Religion Name Thesis title Supervisors Allan Furic Varieties of theories of the whole in Quantum mechanics and Buddhist philosophy: An intuitive convergence of the interconnectedness of reality? Professor Mark Harris and Rev Dr Michael Fuller Edward DeLaquil God, science, and truth: A signpost theory of truth for science and religion Professor Mark Harris and Dr Bethany Sollereder Esgrid Sikahall A Gadamerian Approach to Science and Religion Historiographies Professor Mark Harris and Rev Dr Michael Fuller Marie Prins The Role of Religion In Post- and Metamodern Fantasy Literature in Relation to the Disenchantment of the World Rev Dr Michael Fuller and Dr Linden Bicket Paul E. Johnson, Sr. Talking with God: Prayer and Inspiration in the Golden Age of Neuroscience Professor Mark Harris and Rev Dr Michael Fuller Systematic Theology Name Thesis title Supervisors Arthur Rankin John Calvin's Use of the Book of Hebrews Dr James Eglinton and Dr Simon Burton David Meinberg God and the Public World: How Bavinck’s Doctrine of God Shaped his Public Theology Dr James Eglinton and Dr Ulrich Schmiedel Hunter Nicholson The Doctrine of Divine Passibility in the Work of Donald Macleod (1940-) Dr James Eglinton and Dr Simon Burton Israel Guerrero Leiva Herman Bavinck’s Reformed piety: covenantal, experiential and holistic Dr James Eglinton and Dr Simon Burton Ragaai Atia Religion Reconsidered: A Contemporary Exploration of Abraham Kuyper’s Calvinist Concept of Religion and Reflections on Islam Dr James Eglinton and Dr Joshua Ralston Rev Matthew Baines Gisbertus Voetius's (1589-1676) Doctrine of Participation: Its Scholastic and Mystical Sources Dr Simon Burton and Dr James Eglinton Samuel Jacobs The post-war political theology of the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum Professor Hannah Holtschneider and Dr Joshua Ralston Sebastian Bjernegård Participation and Covenant: Man’s Relation with God in the Theology of Herman Bavinck Dr James Eglinton and Dr Simon Burton World Christianity Name Thesis title Supervisors Agana-Nsiire Agana A Digital Theological Investigation of Identity Among Ghana's Christian Youth Dr Alexander Chow and Professor Emma Wild-Wood Alison Zilversmit The Development of "Development"-in-Mission: Christian Transnational Aid in USPG from 1947 to 2020 Professor Emma Wild-Wood and Dr Alex Chow David Munro Lewis Theology and Ecology in Chryssavgis, Maathai and Johnsen: A World Christianity Perspective Dr Alexander Chow and Professor Emma Wild-Wood Dingjian Xie Jingjiao Theology: Translation, Doctrine and Religious Practice in Tang China (618-907) Dr Alexander Chow and Dr Sara Parvis Dongjun Seo The Search for Interdenominational Co-operation and Unity among Korean Evangelicals, 1945-1997 Professor Brian Stanley and Dr Alexander Chow Elilo Ezung The Holy Spirit among the Nagas: COntouring Pneumatology in Context Dr Alexander Chow and Dr Arkotong Longkumer G. Ray Burbank II The Cross-Cultural Transmission of Evangelical Conversion Theology in Nineteenth-Century Western India Dr Alexander Chow and Dr Felicity Loughlin Jackie Jia Chyi Hwang Migration, Multiple Belonging, and Transnational Chinese Christianity: An Ethnographic Study of Mainland Chinese Students’ Shifting Conception of “Family” as Religious and Cultural Negotiations within Singapore’s Christian Communities Professor Emma Wild-Wood and Dr Alexander Chow John S. Munayer Palestinian Religion: Rethinking Methods and Sources for Palestinian Theology Dr Joshua Ralston and Dr Alex Chow Nuam Hatzaw An Asian Feminist Theology of In-betweenness from the Perspective of Zomi Migrant Women Professor Emma Wild-Wood and Dr Alexander Chow Rathiulung Elias KC Jisu Krista in the Land of the Rongmei Nagas in Manipur, Northeast India Dr Alexander Chow and Dr Arkotong Longkumer Victoria Turner Overcoming Colonialism and Classism: Exploring Shifting Theologies and Practices of Mission in the Iona Community and Council for World Mission Professor Brian Stanley and Professor Emma Wild-Wood Zihao He Heavenly Mandate, Demons, and the Killing for the Great Peace: How was the anti-Manchu Violence Constructed in the theology of the Taiping Rebellionn and translated into Practice? Dr Alexander Chow and Professor Jolyon Mitchell This article was published on 2024-03-19
