School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses
Submissions from 2007
(Graduate Paper) Eternal Hope: The Story of Sr. Mary Luke Tobin and Other Women who Participated in Vatican Council II, Megan S. Enninga
(Graduate Paper) Vulgar and Ascetic Christians: the Myth of a Higher Spirituality The rhetoric of monastic profession as a second baptism, August L. Gothman
(Graduate Paper) Active Participation and the Song of the Assembly, William Griffiths
(Graduate Paper) Transforming both the gifts and the people: Eucharistic presence, William Griffiths
(Graduate Paper) “You Can Become All Flame”: Do the Desert Fathers Have Anything to Say to Us Today?, Arlen M. Hanson
(Graduate Paper) Toward a Domestic Ecclesiology: The "Domestic Church" Finds Articulation in Pope John Paul II's "Theology of the Body", Craig James St. Clair
(Graduate Paper) Celebrating the Communion Rite, Jay Stimac
(Graduate Paper) Catholic Social Teaching on Immigration, Nicole Streit
(Graduate Paper) Karl Rahner: On Grace and Salvation, Nicole Streit
(Graduate Paper) One Body, One Spirit, One Priesthood; Many Members, Many Charisms, Many Ministries: Reflections Anglican and Catholic, Cody C. Unterseher
(Graduate Paper) Arianism, Athanasius, and the Effect on Trinitarian Thought, Andy Witchger
(Graduate Paper) How the Parish and School of St. Agnes Creates Vocations, Andy Witchger
(Master's Thesis) Belief and Prayer in Tension: The 1962 Missal in Today's Church, Michael B. Wurtz CSC
Submissions from 2006
(Graduate Paper) How Paul and the Jerusalem Council Might Speak to Division in the Twenty-First Century Church, Mary Birmingham
(Graduate Paper) How Paul and the Jerusalem Council Might Speak to Division in the Twenty-First Century Church, Mary Birmingham
(Graduate Paper) Is Communing From the Cup an Endangered Species?, Mary Birmingham
(Master's Thesis) Becoming One Spirit: Origen and Evagrius Ponticus on Prayer, Hilary Case OSB
(Graduate Paper) Syncletica: Urban Ascetic and Desert Mother, Susan Dreyer OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Education of Heloise in Twelfth-Century France, Susan Dreyer OSB
(Graduate Paper) A Woman of the Reformation, Megan S. Enninga
(Graduate Paper) A Key and Classic Text: Ephesians 5:21-33, Katinka Nadine Ellen Evers
(Graduate Paper) Concealing to Reveal: Modesty in Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, Katinka Nadine Ellen Evers
(Graduate Paper) By the Hand of God: The Christological Framework of St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Larry Fraher
(Graduate Paper) The Assembly and Altar: Role and Placement in the Liturgy, Daniel E. Garcia
(Graduate Paper) Sex in the City of God, Diana Macalintal
(Graduate Paper) The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ecclesial Discipleship and Redemption, Diane Draxler Pederson
(Master's Thesis) Paul's Cultic Culinary Concerns: An Exegetical Study of 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1, 17-34, Gerardo Rodriguez-Galarza
(Graduate Paper) The Spiritual Potential of Poetry, Carl Schlueter
(Graduate Paper) Complicating the Poor Widow’s Gift: Exegesis on Mk. 12:41-44, Timothy Traynor
(Graduate Paper) "We Should Glory in the Cross:" The Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross and its Contemporary Liturgical Significance, Cody C. Unterseher
Submissions from 2005
(Master's Thesis) Towards a Ritual Ontology: Reassessing Origen of Alexandria's Eucharistic Writings, Sophia Avants
(Graduate Paper) Hermeneutics and Liturgical Space: Interpreting the Domus Ecclesiae - Domus Dei, Gregory Reed Beath
(Graduate Paper) An Exegetical Reflection on the Rule of Benedict Chapter 27.1-4, Austin (Vincent) P. Cadiz OSB
(Graduate Paper) John Cassian: In the Pursuit of Perfect Chastity, Austin (Vincent) P. Cadiz OSB
(Graduate Paper) Eros: Human and Divine, Denae M. Fielder
(Graduate Paper) And the Question Became Flesh: Jesus the Catechist in the Gospel of John, Diana Macalintal
(Graduate Paper) Hesychast Prayer: Attending the Cosmic Banquet of the Heart, Tamara Ann Moore
(Graduate Paper) A Study in Spiritual Lineage: The "Influence and Noninfluence" of Pseudo-Dionysius on The Cloud of Unknowing, David M. Odorisio
(Graduate Paper) The Cistercian Spirit in Stone, David M. Odorisio
(Graduate Paper) Architectural Reforms of Eucharistic Reservation, Diane Draxler Pederson
(Graduate Paper) The Relation of Music and Theology in Bach's St. John Passion, Anne Phillips
(Graduate Paper) We Sing of the Church, Anne Phillips
(Master's Thesis) Sola Scriptura and Episcopal Succession: The Apostolicity Crises of the Sixteenth Century, Jakob Karl Rinderknecht
(Graduate Paper) Philo- Bridge Between the Testaments, Val Jean E. Swanson
(Master's Thesis) GospelDharma: The Seven-fold Sacrament of Generous Interbeing, Paul Joseph Thoemke OblSB
Submissions from 2004
(Graduate Paper) The Rites of the Sick: Ecclesiological and Eschatological Dimensions of the Church's Sacramental Ministry to the Sick and the Dying, Gregory Reed Beath
(Graduate Paper) Martyrs Like Christ: A Brief Look at Passio Perpetuae, Jennifer A. Bushnell
(Graduate Paper) Suburbanization as Congregation Growth: A Case Study of Woodbury United Methodist Church, Jennifer A. Bushnell
(Graduate Paper) Is There Movement in This Event? The Paschal Mystery and the Inner Life of God: Creative Fidelity and the Contribution of Hans Urs von Balthasar to Contemporary Trinitarian Theology, Martin Cain
(Graduate Paper) The Rule of Faith: Trinity, Incarnation and Patristic Cultural Hermeneutics: A Reading of Irenaeus, Tertullian and Origen, Martin Cain
(Graduate Paper) Comparative Analysis of Environment and Art Statements, D. Foy Christopherson
(Graduate Paper) Eucharist Issues in the Protestant and Catholic Reforms through the Lens of Formula Missae et Communionis pro Ecclesia Vuittembergensi, D. Foy Christopherson
(Graduate Paper) Santo Stefano Rotondo: A Fifth-Century Architectural Idiom, Kirsten Erin Cleto
(Master's Thesis) Pretermission of Reprobation in the Theology of Augustine of Hippo, Abraham B. Fisher
(Graduate Paper) The Thread of Paradox in Selected Writings of Thomas Merton, Denise F. Lyon IHM
(Graduate Paper) Beauty and Asceticism, Gerard James McMahon OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Irish Penitentials, Gerard James McMahon OSB
(Graduate Paper) An Exegetical Study of the Rule of Benedict Chapter 64.7-15 Qualities of Ancient Christian Leadership, Tamara Ann Moore
(Graduate Paper) Cristo Negro de Esquipulas in the Liturgical Year in the Guatemala Church, Cristobal Coche Quic OSB
(Graduate Paper) An Introduction to the Desert Sayings, Samuel D. Rahberg
(Graduate Paper) On Cassian and the Need to Uproot Anger, Samuel D. Rahberg
(Graduate Paper) The Parable of the Prodigal Son, Karen P. Sames OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Parable of the Prodigal Son, Karen P. Sames OSB
(Graduate Paper) Fear and the Desert Fathers, Carl Schlueter
(Graduate Paper) Origen on the Healing of the Soul in the War against the Demons, John Solheid
(Graduate Paper) The Ascetic Theology of Thomas Aquinas, John Solheid
(Graduate Paper) A Heretic Reconsidered Pelagius, Augustine, And "Original Sin", Craig St. Clair
(Graduate Paper) The Feast of Corpus Christi: Medieval Innovation and Current Pastoral Implications, Kirsten Erin Swayngim Cleto
(Graduate Paper) Openness to the Uncontrollable: Karl Rahner's Theology of Hope, Denae White
(Graduate Paper) Saint Clement's Basilica in Rome: History and Liturgical Evaluation, Daniella Zsupan
(Graduate Paper) The Cultural Significance of Olive Oil and its Liturgical Use in Christian Tradition, Daniella Zsupan
Submissions from 2003
(Graduate Paper) Augustine: Spiritual Exegesis of the Book of Psalms and Systematic Theology, Katie L. Boller
(Graduate Paper) Russian Sophiology and its Relevance for Christian Feminist Theology, Katie L. Boller
(Graduate Paper) Art in the Early Church: The Empty Cross and Images of Christ, Catherine Combier-Donovan
(Graduate Paper) The Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis and Its Genius Loci, Catherine Combier-Donovan
(Graduate Paper) Liturgy of the Hours: A Case Study of Marmion Abbey, Sean Cronan OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Barbarians Did It Right: The Mozarabic Rites of Initiation, Sean Cronan OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Possiblity of Resurrection in Isaiah 26:19, Lisa Cullison
(Graduate Paper) A Concept of Monastic Formation in the Context of Indonesian Culture, Pranci G. de'Ornay OCSO
(Graduate Paper) Concepts of Gender: How Male Writers Color Issues of Female Asceticism, Agostino C. Fernandez OSB
(Graduate Paper) Theological Antinomy, Political Violence, and Borderland Leitourgia: A Cultural Geography of the Silenced Ironic Word of God, Gael Fonken
(Graduate Paper) The Valladolid Debate: An Ambivalent-but-Real Tale Situated in between Worlds, Gael Fonken
(Master's Thesis) Small Group Spirituality and the Search for Community in Episcopal Parish Life: A Congregational Study, Julie K. Gilbert
(Graduate Paper) Contemplation: A Form of Christian Prayer, Corin Kraus OSB
(Graduate Paper) Our Treasure in Nothing, Corin Kraus OSB
(Graduate Paper) And We'll Know They Are Christians by Their Love: Reviving the Role of Faith in Sacramental Theology, Mary O'Neill McManus
(Graduate Paper) Rene Girard: A Study in Christian Antrhopology, Mary O'Neill McManus
(Graduate Paper) Ideology and Interpretation - Or, Refusing to Do Exegesis for Caesar An Analysis of Revelation 13, Romans 13:1-7 and 1 Peter 2:13-17, Michael J. McManus
(Graduate Paper) Murdering the Image of God Within Our Souls: How Perpetrating Violence Kills Our Humanity, Michael J. McManus
(Graduate Paper) Luther's Reform of the Canon of the Mass and its Implementation in American Lutheranism, Juan Palm
(Graduate Paper) The Lutheran Reform of the Liturgy of the Hours and its Implementation in American Lutheranism, Juan Palm
(Graduate Paper) A Vision of Vindication and Judgment Exegesis of Revelation 14, Huong Thi My Pham
(Graduate Paper) The Foot-Washing Ritual, Huong Thi My Pham
(Graduate Paper) A Comparison of the Anointing at Bethany John 12:1-8 and John 13:4-15 Jesus washing the disciples' feet, Frowin Reed OSB
(Graduate Paper) Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch in Acts 8:26-40, Frowin Reed OSB
(Graduate Paper) A State of the Question Paper on the Origins, Methods, and Processes of Liturgical Inculturation, Matthew B. Rios OSB
(Graduate Paper) "Lord, Lead Them to a New Life and a Spiritual Birth": Prayers in the Rites of Initiation and Monastic Profession, Matthew B. Rios OSB
(Graduate Paper) Orate Fratres/Worship: the Voice of the American Liturgical Movement, Deborah Saunders
(Graduate Paper) The Role of Bartolome de las Casas in the 16th Century Debate over Slavery in Latin America, F. Tyler Sergent
(Graduate Paper) The Medieval Pelican Symbol and Women's Self-Identification, Elisa St. Clair