Theme (narrative)

About: Theme (narrative) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 13050 publications have been published within this topic receiving 159511 citations. The topic is also known as: narrative theme.

Christ the Warrior King: A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Analysis of the Divine Warrior Theme in Christology

Abstract: CHRIST THE WARRIOR KING: A BIBLICAL, HISTORICAL, AND THEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DIVINE WARRIOR THEME IN CHRISTOLOGY Phillip Ross Bethancourt Doctor of Philosophy The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011 Supervisor: Russell D. Moore Chapter 1 introduces the dissertation’s thesis, highlights its methodology and establishes its goals. This dissertation argues that the divine warrior theme is a central Christological feature in both biblical and historical theology, which carries significant implications for contemporary issues in systematic theology. This chapter also sets the argument within the contemporary context of various approaches to theme of warfare in Scripture. Chapter 2 offers a historical analysis of treatments of the divine warrior theme in Christology. It reveals that prominent theologians throughout church history have recognized Christ as warrior king, particularly through their understanding of the atonement as victory. Chapter 3 explores how the divine warrior theme is a central feature in the messianic expectation of the Old Testament. It highlights how a biblical theology of warfare interplays with the Old Testament’s emphasis on the unfolding kingdom of God. Chapter 4 argues that the New Testament presents Christ as a warrior king in its messianic fulfillment. The New Testament’s treatment of the person and work of Christ presents him as a conquering messianic warrior. In addition, both the inaugurated and consummated dimensions of eschatology center on Christ the warrior king’s victory. Chapter 5 demonstrates how the divine warrior theme in biblical theology yields beneficial insights into contemporary issues in systematic theology. It examines how a divine warrior Christology contributes to evangelical theology in the areas of the atonement, salvation, eschatology, and providence. Chapter 6 concludes the dissertation by offering a summary of arguments and considering areas for further research related to the subject. It suggests that evangelical theology could benefit significantly from further exploration of the divine warrior theme in Christology. VITA Phillip Ross Bethancourt PERSONAL Born: January 8, 1982, Freeport, Texas Parents: John and Debbie Bethancourt Married: Cami Lynn Lawhon, January 8, 2005 Children: Nathan Ross, born January 28, 2009 Lawson James, born July 13, 2010 EDUCATIONAL Diploma, Memorial High School, Houston, Texas, 2000 B.B.A., Texas A&M University, 2005 M.S., Texas A&M University, 2005 M.Div., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008 MINISTERIAL Associate College Minister, Central Baptist Church, College Station, Texas, 2004-2006 ACADEMIC Garrett Fellow, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008-2010 Director of Academic Advising – School of Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008 Director of Research Doctoral Studies, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009 Director of Academic Advising and Research Doctoral Studies, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-2011 Adjunct Instructor, Boyce College, 2010 Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President for Academic Administration, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011 Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Instructor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011ORGANIZATIONAL Evangelical Theological Society

Memory-Theater and Postmodern Drama

Abstract: This book examines the theme of memory in a range of plays by contemporary American and European playwrights, including Samuel Beckett, Heiner Muller, Sam Shepard, Adrienne Kennedy, Suzan-Lori Parks, Thomas Bernhard, and Elfriede Jelinek. Jeanette R. Malkin proposes that postmodern drama--that is, drama since the 1970s--can be defined and examined according to the ways it recasts history and engages memories of the past. Details from our cultural and historical past are of course always fundamental elements of literature and theater: the past haunts the stage. But is the past as it is represented on stage actually the true past? In many of the plays examined in Malkin's book, the past is no longer grounded. Instead, it is a past which floats within the collective unconscious, in a place of fragmented collective identity. These plays "remember" in ways parallel to the theories of knowledge that inform them and thus become paradigms for a vision of the world.Malkin's study seeks answers to questions such as: what are the connections between contemporary drama and processes of memory? How do contemporary aesthetics shape these plays and the memories that they enact? What is remembered and how is the audience targeted? Why is memory so central to so many postmodern theater texts? In answering these questions, Malkin compellingly demonstrates how the past is made present within the double walls of memory and of the theater."A very important book that bids to be a 'must have' on the timely topic of history versus memory as it is represented in theater." --John Rouse, University of California, San DiegoJeanette R. Malkin is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theatre Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem."

Henry James: the critical heritage

Abstract: This set comprises 40 volumes covering 19th and 20th century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes. This second set complements the first 68 volume set of Critical Heritage published by Routledge in October 1995.

Research on Teacher Learning: Studying How Teachers' Knowledge Changes

Abstract: (1988). Research on Teacher Learning: Studying How Teachers' Knowledge Changes. Action in Teacher Education: Vol. 10, Open Theme, pp. 17-23.