The primary question which this study endeavors to answer is: How are achievement, intelligence and personality tests results used in the elementary schools of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod? This study will investigate only the use of standardized tests. As each school and each teacher would use different types of teacher-made tests for different purposes, it was felt that no general conclusions could be reached in the use of that type of instrument were included in this study. Limiting the study to standardized tests provides for a common basis on which to evaluate all schools. Another reason for selecting standardized tests is that the publishers of such instruments generally outline the uses for which the test is to be employed. By utilizing the most commonly suggested uses of these tests, standards can be set up. The success of a testing program can then be measured against this standard.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 337-440).

Using the framework set up by rhetorical critic Thomas M. Lessl in his article "Heresy, Orthodoxy, And The Politics Of Science", this study examines the ways in which heretical discourse defines community boundaries and shapes perceptions of right belief. Specifically, this study analyzes the historic conflict in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod which produced the doctrinal statement "A Statement of Scriptural and Confessional Principles". Comparison is made between this event and other "heretical" conflicts in other discourse communities. This study concludes that community boundaries must be drawn, and that a doctrinal or policy statement is a useful rhetorical tool to accomplish such a task. Rhetorical critics may assist in this by examining heretical conflicts as historical trends, rather than emotional dissonance.

Thesis (Ph. D. in Missiology)--Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, 2005. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 350-360).

Thesis (Ph. D. in Missiology)--Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, 2005. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 350-360).

Thesis (S.T.M.)--Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 159-169).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, 1997. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 290-292).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-91).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, OH, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 249-252).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, 2006. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 203).