Thesis (D. Min.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2005. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 168-171).

This dissertation argues that weekly Sabbath rest is a creation ordinance supported by both biblical-theological and historical evidence, and has ecclesial and personal implications. Furthermore, this dissertation is proposing a mediating position between traditional sabbatarian and non-sabbatarian positions. Historically, the sabbatarians have argued for Sabbath rest being a creation ordinance and non-sabbatarians have argued the opposite. This proposal offers a third option that grounds weekly rest in creation (showing some similarities with sabbatarians), but also highlights the radical transformation of rest found in Christ (showing some similarity with non-sabbatarians while avoiding their idea that fulfillment in Christ exhausts the biblical instruction about weekly rest). This mediating position will allow for avoiding both the legalistic tendencies of traditional sabbatarian theology and the antinomian tendencies that can be found in some non-sabbatarian positions. For the purposes of this dissertation, a creation ordinance is defined as a normative, but not uniformly observed, universal pattern, exceptions to which must fulfill and contribute to the pattern’s fulfillment, moreover, the pattern must be confirmed, not negated or abrogated, by later biblical revelation.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Graduate Theological Union, 2004. / Includes bibliography (p. 365-387). Also available in the Internet.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2005. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 168-171).

I challenge the dualistic view of wilderness that has influenced wilderness philosophy, politics and experience in recent years. In its place, I offer an alternative vision that recognizes wilderness areas and working landscapes as complementary elements of a larger, inhabited landscape characterized by a heterogeneous mixture of human-land relational patterns representing various points along an urban-wilderness continuum. In chapters 2 through 4, I explore the philosophical, political and experiential implications of this wilderness-in-context vision. Experienced and understood as part of the landscape we call home, wilderness may engender, renew, and sustain an engaged and integrated wilderness practice involving regular contact with wilderness places, committed activism on behalf of wild lands and their inhabitants, and grounded reflection on the meaning and value of wilderness in our everyday lives.

文希甄. / "2011年6月". / "2011 nian 6 yue". / Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-58). / Abstract in Chinese and English. / Wen Xizhen. / 前言 --- p.3 / 摘要 --- p.4 / Abstract --- p.5 / Chapter 第一章 --- 引言：探討「美好人生」的方法視野 --- p.6 / Chapter I. --- 從閒暇說起 --- p.6 / Chapter II. --- 工具理性思維 --- p.8 / Chapter III. --- 重提意義價値 --- p.11 / Chapter IV. --- 透過宗教靈性去建構意義價値 --- p.14 / Chapter 第二章 --- 閒暇，邁向「美好人生」的基礎 --- p.19 / Chapter I. --- 社會需要閒暇 --- p.19 / Chapter II. --- 閒暇是文化的基礎 --- p.20 / Chapter i. --- 閒暇是探索意義價値的傳統 --- p.21 / Chapter ii. --- 現代理性難以作爲文化的基礎 --- p.24 / Chapter iii. --- 以道家無爲來理解閒暇現象 --- p.25 / Chapter III. --- 閒暇是生活的重心 --- p.27 / Chapter i. --- 閒暇作爲人類的理想生活 --- p.27 / Chapter ii. --- 拒絶將工具理性、經濟效益價値體系神聖 --- p.29 / Chapter iii. --- 閒暇不是茶餘飯後的生活附加品 --- p.33 / Chapter IV --- 閒暇植根於崇拜慶典 --- p.34 / Chapter V --- 小結：閒暇對我們社會文化的提醒 --- p.36 / Chapter 第三章 --- 安息，展現.「美好人生」的另類實踐 --- p.38 / Chapter I --- 對世界的創造及參與 --- p.40 / Chapter II. --- 對世界的救贖及改造 --- p.41 / Chapter III. --- 記念生命的痕跡 --- p.43 / Chapter IV --- 在社群中的慶賀及歡樂 --- p.44 / Chapter V --- 懷有盼望、繼續向前 --- p.46 / Chapter VI. --- 安息所展現靈性 --- p.47 / Chapter VII. --- 小結：安息對閒暇的意義 --- p.48 / Chapter 第四章： --- 總結 --- p.51 / 參考書目及資料： --- p.55

This paper examines the exegetical history of the prohibition against kindling fire on the Sabbath day. Since its biblical inception Ex. 35:3, the prohibition against kindling fire on the Sabbath, has undergone a multiplicity of interpretations. The texts examined in this paper survey the treatment of this verse from its inception through to the twentieth century and the advent of electricity. Over generations exegetes have understood this biblical verse to be a prohibition against kindling, burning, and even cooking. The debates concerning the legal status and implications of the verse have additionally been outlined in this paper. Tracing the history of this verse, therefore, provides insight into the meaning of the verse and its halakhic implications.

Thesis (M.A.)--David Lipscomb University, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-79).

Habilitationsschrift (Teil 2)--Universitat des Saarlandes.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-81).