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Atchison, Liam Jess. "The English interpret St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans chapter thirteen: from God save the king to God help the king, 1532 – 1649." Diss., Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/306.
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Robert D. Linder
In England, 1532‐1649 was an era during which questions about obedience to rulers dominated ethical discussions. Most English people also respected biblical authority for governing certain behaviors. Obedience was central to the monarchy’s survival and the Bible was central to reformation of an English Church laden with medieval accretions. St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans 13:1‐7 was the most important biblical passage for understanding the Christian’s relationship to civil authority during this period, and interpreters had such high regard for biblical authority that the backing of this passage was crucial to the acceptance of any political theory that involved ideas about obedience or disobedience. Though eisegesis was not out of the question as a technique among these interpreters, societal and political circumstances motivated most exegetes to examine the text more closely than they might have if St. Paul’s meaning had been irrelevant. These conditions led to creative handling of the text that permitted the exegetes to continue to submit to biblical authority while advocating their varied opinions on obedience to civil authority. Some interpreters moved outside the constraints of traditional views of monarchy and obedience to develop a theory that God mediated his call to rulers through those who elected them. Acceptance of this theory finally brought about rejection of divine right monarchy, as symbolized by the execution of Charles I in 1649. By too quickly concluding that these English expositors merely sought biblical justification for their views after the fact, scholars have failed to appreciate how Romans 13 positively shaped Reformation views of the Christian’s relationship to the state. As the title suggests, this study will examine the discernable shift from seeing Romans 13:1‐7 as a text that commands non‐resistance to rulers to one that not only permits disobedience, but requires it. Thus, Romans 13 is not simply an influential political text, but stands as the most important political text of the period under consideration. This dissertation supplies a needed analysis of representative exegesis of Romans 13:1‐7 during this critical period of English history and considers the influence of these expositions on the development of republian ideals.
Learmonth, Nicola K., and n/a. "Definitions of obedience in Paradise regained." University of Otago. Department of English, 2007. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20071108.162331.
Full textCahill, Helen E. "Power and vowed obedience explorations toward authentic praxis /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
Full textAtchison, Liam Jess. "The English interpret St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans chapter thirteen : from God save the king to God help the king, 1532 -- 1649." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/306.
Full textWhitehouse, John D. "Calvinism and Arminian theology and obedience to the Great Commission." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.
Full textZhang, Qiu Li. "Cult of the Dragon King as a rain god in China." Thesis, University of Macau, 2015. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3325758.
Full textPacciolla, Paolo. "Drumming auspiciousness : the pakhāvaj of Nathdwara and the cult of the king-god." Thesis, Durham University, 2017. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12276/.
Full textNewman, Jeffery G. "Dependence in the wilderness learning to glorify God in life's wilderness from the King of Israel and the King of Kings /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p036-0379.
Full textIlle, Gheorghe. "Between vision and obedience : hermeneutical explorations of agency as prolegomena for a theological epistemology with special reference to Paul Ricoeur and G.W.F. Hegel." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325636.
Full textCezula, Ntozakhe Simon. "Theocracy : reflections of the relationship between God and King in Samuel-Kings and Chronicles." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3479.
Full textOne of the challenging questions for the religious people is whether theocracy is still relevant in a pluralistic society like the South African society. In this assignment I argue that theocracy is relevant for all times. It can just change form as the context changes to adapt to new circumstances. To test this assertion, this study concentrates on the study of Old Testament views regarding theocracy in different contexts. This is done by comparing the narratives of kings Saul, David, Solomon and Rehoboam as told by the Deuteronomist and the Chronicler. The focus is on how contextual influences are reflected in their telling of the stories of these kings and thereby also purport a certain form of theocracy befitting their particular contexts. The study then concludes that theocracy is relevant for all times but the change in context should be taken into consideration.
Miller, Eric P. "For God, then king reflections on the controversies and teachings of Saint John Chrysostom /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
Full textDavidson, Melissa. "For God, King, and Country: The Canadian Churches and the Great War, 1914-1918." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38718.
Full textDaley, Mercedes Chen. "Colonial political culture in eighteenth-century Panama : the Urriolas, servants of God, king, and state /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full textHeilpern, Anya Elizabeth. "See God face to face : pray for the King : the painted glass of Winchester Cathedral, c1495-c1515." Thesis, University of York, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19538/.
Full textChochinov, Lauren Jessie. ""The graciouseste gome that vndir God lyffede" : a reconsideration of Sir Gawain in the Late Medieval Middle English and Middle Scots romance tradition." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/11689.
Full textJones, Cameron D. "In Service of God and King: Conflicts between Bourbon Reformers and the Missionaries of Santa Rosa de Ocopa in Peru, 1709-1824." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1374072518.
Full textLewycky, Nadine. "Serving God and King : Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's patronage networks and early Tudor government, 1514-1529, with special reference to the Archdiocese of York." Thesis, University of York, 2008. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9956/.
Full textJones, Cameron David. "The Will of God and the Will of the King: The Missionaries of Ocopa and Conflicts between Church and State in Mid-Eighteenth Century Colonial Peru." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1236284274.
Full textMeadows, Bethany. "History Versus Film: An Examination of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Rhetoric and Ava DuVernay's Selma." Ashland University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=auhonors1493777011073985.
Full textRyu, Bobby Jang Sun. "Knowledge of God in Philo of Alexandria with special reference to the Allegorical Commentary." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3a849607-f23b-4d0f-b25f-51e084795c83.
Full textArgent, Christopher M. "'For God, king and country' : aspects of patriotic campaigns in Adelaide during the Great War, with special reference to the Cheer-Up Society, the League of Loyal Women and conscription /." Title page and Contents only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09ara6888.pdf.
Full textBaylor, Timothy Robert. "A great king above all gods : dominion and divine government in the theology of John Owen." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/9646.
Full textCousin, Laura. "Babylone, ville du roi au premier millénaire av. J.-C." Thesis, Paris 1, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA01H007.
Full textIn the first millennium BC, Babylon is the bigest city of Mesopotamia. lt is mostly regarded by the Babylonians and by contemporary historiography as the city of the gods, and as the most important sacred city. Facing this predominance of religion, one of the challenges of this work is to question the place left to the temporal king, and more generally, to political power in the city of BabyIon. This dissertation is divided into three points : how the temporal king fit into thecity of the eternal ruIer, city with sacred topography ? ln what BabyIon is on the basis of a sacred kingship ? And finally, what are the concrete manifestations of the temporal royal power in Babylon ? Based on the study of commemorative royal inscriptions, myths and documents issued from private and institutional archives, the aim of this study is to review and reassess the role of BabyIon as political capital, and attempts to achieve a rebalancing of the role of the temporalsovereign within the city of Marduk
Livaniou, Krystallia. "Le Divin et l'Humain dans les chansons populaires grecques : évolution et mythes." Thesis, Paris 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA040003.
Full textGreek folk songs are infused with a profound religiosity that appears both as a framework and as a means of action. The folk poet has a multidimensional relationship with the God of the Bible and of the Old Testament and makes saints and angels active and recurrent personalities in his texts; they evolve in parallel with the heroes, and their destinies intertwine. Charos is a mythical figure that plays a fundamental role throughout the songs. A mythologically and symbolically sophisticated personality, Charos is the pillar of the lament songs. His ambiguous relationship with the divine determines his relationship with man, and makes him a separate being. Both incarnation of evil and agent of death, his rich historical journey reveals his many faces, as well as his links with some heroic and ambiguous figures such as Digenis or Tsamados. Nature and the animals hold a significant role, characterised by a profound sacredness, and they accompany man in all aspects of his personal and social life. Their ability to transform and their role as announcers in the ballads, place the animals on the front of the stage and grant them a major role in the unfolding of the action. The poet attaches particular importance to the social aspect of the sacred by exploring the notion of divine betrayal but also that of obedience of man to his god. Monastic life and the clergy, as well as religious diversity, become objects of social criticism, and a source of humour. Folk songs preserve an important number of myths by adapting them, that have a literary presence in the Hellenic territory: the myths of Tantalus, Calypso and Adonis belong to them. The ancient heritage of the public expression of grief, of the redemption of the dead and of the hero's tomb, forms the basis of folk philosophy and makes death a true crossroads of cultures
Muhesen, Nibal. "Le roi et son image en Syrie au bronze moyen : étude iconographique d’après la glyptique et d’autres documents figurés et écrits." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009LYO20081.
Full textThis doctorate (Ph.D.) research studies the representation of Syrian kingship during the Amorite period (ca. 2000-1600 B.C), essentially through glyptic evidence, supplemented by sculpture, wall paintings, and written sources from the same period.The methodology is anchored in defining a precise iconographic corpus. This step allows revising past conclusions and establishing new identifications for the king’s role in artistic as well as written expressions. A major accomplishment is the identification of objects that derive from clear, stratified archaeological and cultural contexts.After defining the spatial and chronological frame, this study offers a brief review of the twenty-five sites from which the material is assembled. They are located in the Middle-Euphrates valley and divide between those in the northern and southern segments. Characteristics for a “royal figure” are identified and then defended. Iconography permits to distinguish diverse models of the “royal for each of the Syrian regions.The models divide into:1. Main models: the warrior-king, the king-priest, the king of “Syrian” type2. Secondary models: royal officials or the “duplication” of the royal figureIn addition, “miscellaneous figures” are also classified.On the epigraphic level, in this study there is liberal use of information from the archive of Mari as well as of Terqa, discriminating between materials derived from epistolary, religious, political, and administrative documents, as the ruler acts as a priest, dispenser of justice, warrior, or family man. A special chapter is devoted the interrelationship among kings, personal, and state gods. There is also consideration of funerary rituals (kispum) as well as the issue of the deified king.The study takes into consideration the following issues: the royal image of Syrian kings as shown in regional perspective, the connection between glyptic arts and their archeology, and the religious basis of royal ideology during the Amorite period.The dissertation includes a second part in which is catalogued over four hundred iconographic objects or images. Bibliographic references and indexes complete the study
Bacon, Edwin Bruce. "Confronting eternity : strange (im)mortalities, and states of undying in popular fiction." Thesis, University of Canterbury. English, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9680.
Full textFarré, Torras Begoña. "Brotherly love and filial obedience: the commemorative programme of the Avis princes at Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha." Master's thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/13627.
Full textCurrier, Janice Arlee. "True to God and King: Alabaster Heads of St. John in Late Medieval England." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5501.
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Hetzler, Charles Oscar. "Our Savior and King: Theology proper in 1 Timothy." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/480.
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Oh, Seil. "The Man of God : for orchestra : a descriptive analysis /." Thesis, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3118059.
Full textBaleiwaqa, Tevita. "Rerevaka na kalou ka doka na tui = Fear god and honour the king : the influence of the Wesleyan Methodists on the institutions of Fijian identity." Phd thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148458.
Full textTancmanová, Soňa. "Válečnictví ve Starém zákoně." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-332234.
Full textDVOŘÁK, Josef. "Transformace oběti v Písmu. Teologie oběti." Doctoral thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-253429.
Full textMatějka, Miroslav Pacifik. "Analýza biblické důvěry ve světě Pentateuchu." Doctoral thesis, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-311419.
Full textPerumalil, Ranjith Chandy. "Style Transfer For Visual Storytelling A Case Study: The Hindu Mythological Character, Yamah, in the Style of the American Film Director, Tim Burton." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-9879.
Full textGan, Jonathan. "The metaphor of the shepherd in Zechariah 11:4–17." Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4867.
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Vine, Jayne Margaret. "Moses son of Akhenaten? : a study of archaeology and textual perspectives." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19239.
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Tacheche, Nchangfu Florence. "Exploration of the healing ministry in the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC)." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24536.
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D. Th. (Practical Theology)
Gan, Jonathan. "The shepherd metaphor in the Old Testament, and its use in pastoral and leadership models." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27595.
Full textThe shepherd metaphor is a prominent and significant one in the Old Testament. However, it has shifted from an agrarian context, of shepherd and sheep in the literal sense, to a socio-political context, of rulers and people in the political sense: a king is a shepherd to the people. A careful review of the given metaphor raises the question whether the metaphor should be the basis of the pastoral and leadership models that are derived from the image of the shepherd, and whether such models can be enriched by the analysis of the said metaphor as applied to the implementation of the shepherding responsibility described in the Old Testament. This research aims to examine various pastoral and leadership models and their use of the shepherd metaphor in the light of the significance of the said metaphor in the Old Testament. It utilises rhetorical criticism in consultation with metaphorical theory to examine the given metaphor used in the models of pastoral and leadership roles and their relationship with the shepherd metaphor in the New Testament. The objective is threefold: (1) exploring the use of the shepherd metaphor in the Old Testament; (2) examining the use of the shepherd metaphor in pastoral and leadership models, which could include pointing out that some of these models rely heavily on their understanding of New Testament uses of this metaphor; and (3) comparing the Old Testament and pastoral/leadership models’ uses of the shepherd metaphor and drawing conclusions based on this comparison. To achieve that end, the discussion also includes the ancient Near Eastern literature and deuterocanonical texts. The thesis shows that a careful analysis of the uses of the shepherd metaphor in the Old Testament could enrich the literature on Christian leadership as well as pastoral models that use this metaphor as their point of departure.
Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
D. Phil. (Old Testament)
Pehal, Martin. "Staroegyptské mytologické narativy. Strukturalistické interpretace Příběhu o dvou bratrech, Příběhu o princi, kterému byl předurčen osud, Astartina papyru, Usirovského cyklu a Anatina mýtu." Doctoral thesis, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-347446.
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