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Masters Theses

This is a freely-accessible collection of masters degree theses written by Liberty University students.

Submissions from 2009 2009

Hesitation: An Analysis of Candide, Jared T. Mink

An Examination of William Faulkner's Use of Biblical Symbolism in Three Early Novels: The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Light in August, Richard North

John Damascene in Context: An Examination of "The Heresy of the Ishmaelites" with special consideration given to the Religious, Political, and Social Contexts during the Seventh and Eighth Century Arab Conquests, D. Bryan Rhodes

"Dragging Themselves Through the Negro Streets at Dawn": The Influence of African American Culture on the Beats, Christopher Robinson

Symptomatic of Excess: Apocalypse in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut, Katie Elizabeth Robinson

An Apologetic to the Neo-Pagans as Represented by Dr. Gus DiZerega, William Tennison Smitherman II

Bewilderment and Illumination: Catch-22 and the Dark Humor of the 1960s, Kirsten Staaby

"Life Wants Padding": Food, Eating, and Bodies in George Eliot's Novels, Tess Rebecca Stockslager

Virginia’s Steward: A Re-Examination of the Life and Work of Thornton Stringfellow 1788-1869, Justin Stowe

On Earth as it is in Heaven: The Social Gospel as a "Theology of Liberation", Joseph Francis Super

Expunging Father Time: The Search for Temporal Transcendence in the Novels of Aldous Huxley and Tom Robbins, Stephanie Abigail Taylor

Thai Buddhism and Women with a Christian Response, Alice K. Terrell

The Proper Candidate: An Examination of the 1525 Debate Between Ulrich Zwingli and Balthasar Hubmaier Concerning Baptism, Kurt J. Thompson

Towards Understanding: The Study of Hughes' Poetry as the Epitome of the Expressive, Cultural, and Political Elements of African American Literature, Brianne Nicole Trudeau

Christ the Redeemer and the Best of All Possibly Created Worlds: Using Alvin Plantinga's 'O Felix Culpa' Theodicy as a Response to William Rowe's 'Can God be Free?' and the Underlying Evidential Argument From Evil, P. Roger Turner

Hauntings in the Church: Counterfeit Christianity through the Fin de Siècle Gothic Novel, Melissa Ann West

Submissions from 2008 2008

The Power of ‘When I Was Your Age’: Research on Parental Narratives and Their Influence on Cognitive Dissonance in Children, Darci C. Adams

The Aesthetic Visage of Nature: A Teleological Argument from Beauty in the Natural World, Derek Bartlow

The Eternality of the Immutable God in the Thought of Paul Helm: a Critical Analysis, Ronnie P. Campbell

The Day We All became Hokies: An Exploratory Uses and Gratifications Study of Facebook Use After the Virginia Tech Shootings, Sabrena Michelle Carter

Gleishcshaltung and the Confessing Church during the German Church Struggle, Emily Jane Darnell

Designed for Play: A Case Study of Uses and Gratifications as Design Elements in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, Timothy Patrick Gibson

Through the Eyes of the Accused: Applying William L. Benoit’s Image Restoration Theory to Saint Patrick’s Confession, Brad Jackson

It Was and It Isn't: A Rhetorical Exploration of Simulacra in Emerging Church Vintage Worship, Kevin Paul Mahan

The Integrity of the New Testament Canon, Michael A. Ocealis