School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses
Submissions from 1996
(Graduate Paper) The Priesthood of the Faithful and the Priesthood of the Ordained, Michael R. Panicola
(Graduate Paper) The Question of Personhood and the Moral Status of the Preembryo, Michael R. Panicola
(Graduate Paper) The Monasticism of Heloise: Faithful Disciple of Benedict, Carmel Posa SGS
(Graduate Paper) The Liturgical Relevance of Sirach 24, Sharon M. Reilly
(Graduate Paper) Deadly Necessity: An Exegesis of Luke 24:13-27, Andrew P. Ricci
(Graduate Paper) The Hermeneutic of the Liturgy, Andrew P. Ricci
(Graduate Paper) Karl Rahner's Theological Perspectives on Freedom, Guilt, and Redemption, J. Erich Rutten
(Graduate Paper) The Ideals of the Carthusian Order, Savio Maria Siccuan OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Idea of Asceticism among the Desert Monastics, Savio Maria Siccuan OSB
(Graduate Paper) Cur Deus Homo? A Brief Exposition and Critique, Paul D. Simpson
(Graduate Paper) Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) A Man for Others, Paul D. Simpson
(Graduate Paper) Mary and the Role of Women in the Church, Elizabeth M. Sittenauer
(Graduate Paper) Sirach 24: The Figure of Wisdom, Elizabeth M. Sittenauer
(Graduate Paper) The Exaltation of the Cross, Mark Alan Strobel
(Graduate Paper) Adaptation of the Catechumenate among North American Lutherans, Mark Allan Strobel
(Graduate Paper) From Maidservant to Matriarch a Study of Genesis 16:1-16 and 21:8-21, Marianne Supan OP
(Graduate Paper) Reclaiming the Treasures of the Tradition: New Testament Women of Word and Deed, Marianne Supan OP
(Graduate Paper) John of the Cross: Marginalized Spaniard, Marginalized Carmelite, Evelyn Toft
(Graduate Paper) A Counter Reformation Commentary on the 'Cantico espiritual': Agustin Antolinez's Amores de Dios y el alma, Evelyn M. Toft
(Graduate Paper) The Presence of Evil and Its Implications for the Rite of Christian Initiation, Daniel L. Torson CPPS
(Graduate Paper) The Roman Canon, David K. Wood
Submissions from 1995
(Graduate Paper) Compassion Aflame: The Life, Prophetic Mission, and Mysticism of Simone Weil (1909-1943), Sarah N. Bertsch
(Graduate Paper) To Remain as You Were Called: Divine Balance and Spirit-Filled Ministry in 1 Corinthains 7:25-40, Sarah N. Bertsch
(Graduate Paper) Mary Mother of the Lord in Contemporary Protestant Liturgy, Christopher D.A. Bowen
(Graduate Paper) Jesus as "Son of God", Christoph Franz Dobrowolski
(Graduate Paper) Diocesan Priestly Spirituality and Its Implications for Formation, Thomas Fryar
(Graduate Paper) The Song of Songs: Sanctifying Sexuality, Thomas Fryar
(Graduate Paper) Advent Today: Its Meaning and Its Place, Cynthia Ann Goerig
(Graduate Paper) Roman Eucharistic Prayers of Reconciliation, Barbara Guenther
(Graduate Paper) Liberation Theology, Gregory Hamernik
(Graduate Paper) "Every Fourth of July": The Individual-Communal Dialectic in American Culture and the Reception and Inculturation of the Reforms of Vatican II, Scott W. Hoffman
(Master's Thesis) The Gift of Tears in Teresa of Avila, Elizabeth T. Knuth
(Graduate Paper) A Critique of Universality and the Particularity of Gender in the Descriptive Theology of Rosemary Radford Ruether, Donna J. Malum
(Graduate Paper) Mentoring in Spiritual Direction, Donna J. Malum
(Graduate Paper) A Proposal for the Liturgical Renewal of Our Lady of Spring Bank Cistercian Abbey, Bernard McCoy O.Cist.
(Graduate Paper) To Love as Christ Loves, Bernard McCoy O.Cist.
(Graduate Paper) Agape and Apatheia in Early Christian Asceticism, Mark J. Norris
(Graduate Paper) Contemplative Prayer: Journey of a Soul, Mark J. Norris
(Graduate Paper) Poetry as an Expression of Spirituality, Benedicta Thokozlle Gladys Nzimande OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Importance of Language, Culture, and Evangelization in the Process of Inculturation: An African Example, Benedicta Thokozlle Gladys Nzimande OSB
(Graduate Paper) Intimate Conversation: The Heart of Spiritual Friendship, Carmel Posa SGS
(Graduate Paper) No Trivial Domestic Virtue: Patience in the Rule of Benedict, Susan Quaintance OSB
(Graduate Paper) Peter and the Rock: An Exposition of Matthew 16:17-19, Bret Reuter
(Graduate Paper) The Monarchy and Monotheism: The Contributions of the Monarchy Toward the Development of Monotheistic Yahwism in Ancient Israel, Bret Reuter
(Graduate Paper) Human Freedom in the Face of Sin and Grace, Mark W. Sturtevant
(Graduate Paper) The Theologies of Liberation and Paul's Freedom: Do These Work in Harmony or Disparity?, Mark W. Sturtevant
(Graduate Paper) Radical Poverty, Radical Love: The Spirituality of Clare of Assisi, Karen Thomas Smith
(Graduate Paper) An Investigation of Possible Metaphysical and Theological Ramifications of the Discoveries of Particle Physics and Evolutionary Biology, Edward Theodore Ulrich
Submissions from 1994
(Graduate Paper) Abstract Liturgical Art, Adam Begnaud OSB
(Graduate Paper) An Antidote to Contemporary Racism: The Life of Martin de Porres, Dymphna Davis
(Graduate Paper) Black Spirituality, Dymphna Davis
(Graduate Paper) Fear of the Lord in the Psalms, Lisa-Judene Erazmus OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Sinai Covenant Ratification: An Exegetical Study of Exodus 24, Lisa-Judene Erazmus OSB
(Graduate Paper) John the Baptist as Elijah in the Synoptic Gospels, Kathleen T. Garry
(Graduate Paper) Leonardo Boff's Use of the Body of Christ Model, Kathleen T. Garry
(Graduate Paper) Ritual: Taking Ownership of Liturgical Rites, Barbara Guenther
(Graduate Paper) Fundamental Moral Theology, Rich Hamsa
(Graduate Paper) "I Am the Light of the World": A Comparison of the Use of Light in Quaker and Orthodox Theology, Noreen L. Herzfeld
(Graduate Paper) "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?": St. Maria Goretti in the Post-Counter-Cultural World, Scott W. Hoffman
(Graduate Paper) The Context of the Church's Ongoing Ministry of Reconciliation, Thomas E. Hoffman
(Graduate Paper) The Feast of Corpus Christi: An Historical and Theological Essay, Thomas E. Hoffman
(Graduate Paper) Of Marshes and Hedge-hogs: Paul's Use of [Dikaiosyne] in Romans 10:3-4, Maureen T. Houlihan
(Graduate Paper) To Learn a Certain Truth: The Revelation of Divine Forgiveness in Exodus 32-34, Maureen T. Houlihan
(Graduate Paper) Faith Well Expressed, Sharon Kassing SL
(Graduate Paper) A Symbol for the Church: Cross or Crucifix?, Zita Maier
(Graduate Paper) Genesis 22:1-18: Its Significance for the Paschal Vigil, Anna A. Otto
(Master's Thesis) The Image of God and the Devaluation of the Female, Kim Ricke
(Graduate Paper) Conversions: A Study of Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain and St. Augustine's Confessions, Angelo Lino Rulli
(Graduate Paper) Theodore of Mopsuestia: Heretic or Hero?, Angelo Lino Rulli
(Graduate Paper) The Relationship between the Sunday Gospel and the Communion Antiphon (Sundays Selected for Study: those after Pentecost and Epiphany in the Missal of Pius V and their Corresponding Sundays in the 1985 Sacramentary), Adrienne Saybolt IHM
(Graduate Paper) Benedicite: The Role of Blessings in the Rule of St. Benedict, Karen Thomas Smith
(Graduate Paper) Water of Life: Christ, The New and Eternal Spring, John Manuel Torrez
(Graduate Paper) Dom Virgil Michel, OSB "The Priest and Liturgy" Continuing the Vision Today, Daniel L. Torson CPPS
(Graduate Paper) The Divine Names of "Being" and "Goodness" as an Approach to Advaita Vedanta, Edward Theodore Ulrich
(Graduate Paper) The Anaphora of Saint James: Structure and Theology, Stefanie Weisgram OSB
(Graduate Paper) Contemporary Perspectives on the Orthodox Trinity and its Relation to Roman Catholic Theology, Ted Wood
(Graduate Paper) The Concept of Person in Recent Orthodox Theology: Being in Communion and Subject?, Ted Wood
Submissions from 1993
(Graduate Paper) The Essentials of Faith for Catechesis: Thinking Out Loud, David J. Baumgartner
(Master's Thesis) British Society and Christian Community: The Role of Monasticism Today, Patrick Fludder OSB
(Graduate Paper) Concelebration in the Roman Rite: Source of Unity or Source of Division?, Maurice C. Haefling OSB
(Graduate Paper) Here I Sit: Martin Luther on Bernard of Clairvaux's Shoulders, Michael R. Hagstrom
(Graduate Paper) The Locus of the Divine Presence in Worship: A Quaker Reading of John 1-10, Noreen L. Herzfeld
(Graduate Paper) The Novelty of the Love Command in John's Gospel, Jeffrey P. Horejsi
(Graduate Paper) Lent, the Community's Time for Reconciliation, Timothy C. Hurd
(Graduate Paper) Liturgical Spirituality, Patricia A. Kennedy
(Graduate Paper) The Eucharist Cup: A Difficult Cup to Swallow, Patricia A. Kennedy
(Graduate Paper) Confirmation: Its Past and Future, Mary Agnes Kinee IHM
(Graduate Paper) The Origins of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread in Exodus 12:1-13:16, Kenneth Kroeker OSB
(Master's Thesis) Toleration and Repression in England and Colonial America: The Legacy of William Penn, Daniel J. Kuntz
(Graduate Paper) Standing at Eucharist: A Posture of Reverence, Zita Maier
(Graduate Paper) The 1984 Lutheran Worship Agenda Rite for Ordination: Comments on Its Structure, Form, and Theological Significance, Robert R. Andrew Mueller
(Graduate Paper) Decline in Initiation and the Rise of Violence among American Male Youth, Adrienne Saybolt IHM
(Master's Thesis) Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: The Influence of the Frontier Tradition on Lutheran Worship in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Rhoda Grever Schuler
(Graduate Paper) Anamnesis and the Sacrament of Penance: Remembering God's Mercy, John G. Tapp
(Graduate Paper) Infant Baptism: History, Models and Future, John G. Tapp
(Master's Thesis) Thomas Aquinas and Jurgen Moltmann: Towards a Single Grammar of Christian Hope, Lou Anne M. Tighe
Submissions from 1992
(Graduate Paper) The Parable of "Who Is My Neighbor?" Luke 10:25-37, or, Compassion Is not a Spectator Sport, Mary Katherine Birge SSJ
(Graduate Paper) Mending the Broken Threads of a Wounded Creation: The Challenge of Living the Eucharist, Sandy Bot-Miller
(Graduate Paper) The Development of Monasticism in East-Central Europe, 800-1000: An Historical Study, Michael Paul Brunovsky OSB
(Graduate Paper) The Preparation of the Gifts or "Offertory" Rite in the Roman Tradition, Jane Burton