Luther Theses and Dissertations
This online database contains the full-text of PhD dissertations and Masters’ theses of Wilfrid Laurier University students from 1982 forward. These documents are made available for personal study and research purposes only, in accordance with the Canadian Copyright Act and the Creative Commons license—CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivative Works). Under this license, works must always be attributed to the copyright holder (original author), cannot be used for any commercial purposes, and may not be altered. Any other use would require the permission of the copyright holder. Students can choose to withdraw their dissertation and/or thesis from this database. For additional inquiries, please contact the repository administrator via e-mail or by telephone at 519-884-0710 ext. 2073.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Dual Relationships of Psychotherapeutically Untrained Imams Who Counsel Their Congregants: A Qualitative Study, Muhammad Abuelezz
LEADERSHIP AND EMERGENT FAITH COMMUNITIES IN CANADA: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Anne Anderson
From the Invisible Man to Cozy Closets: Gender Diverse Student Narratives in Ontario Catholic Schools, Yvonne Runstedler
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Exploring Graduated Court Diversion Clients' Experience of Psychotherapy in Their Community Reintegration, Daniel Oduro Sem
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
God's Story, Our Story: Telling, Re-telling, Re-storying, Kara Carter
Exploring the Impact of Social Media on the Religious and Spiritual Beliefs of Emerging Adults, Mark Ehlebracht
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Second Generation Christian Korean Canadians: Exploring their Lived Experiences of Mental Health Issues and Services, Kyoung Jung Kim
The Sower, The Story & Kingdom Space in the Gospel of Mark, Susan Lankowski
Singing Difference Amid Relational Connectedness: A Narrative Study of How Singing Together Shapes Worldview, Debbie Lou Ludolph
Exploring Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy In Clinical Practice, Tim Rieck
Invisible Wounds: Assessing the Awareness of Moral Injury Among Toronto Police, Daniel Saugh
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Blurred lines: A phenomenological study of maternal-child interconnection., Laura MacGregor
What are the Sohbet Experiences of Turkish Canadian Men in Ontario?, Engin Sezen
Beneficial Mourning by Inmates Who have Lost a Significant Person, James Bradley Shoemaker
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Clergy Supportive Spiritual Practices, Gregory Jenkins
NARRATIVES OF BABY BOOMERS: ENVISIONING LATE LIFE SPIRITUAL RESOURCES, Jane A. Kuepfer
SHAME IN THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF GOD IN STEPHEN MINISTRY, Richard Tamas
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Not Sinking with the Titanic: Personal Agency as a Key Factor in Transforming Trauma into Posttraumatic Growth, Alida C. vanDijk
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Benefit Of A Clergy Union To The United Church of Canada, Margaret J. Perry
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Partnerships between Hospitals and Community: A Qualitative Study on Collaboration for Spiritual Care in Healthcare, Angela E. Schmidt
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Effective Islamic Spiritual Care: Foundations and Practices of Imams and Other Muslim Spiritual Caregivers, Nazila Isgandarova
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Living on Breath and Spirit: Spiritual Intelligence and Spiritual Journey in the Christian Faith Tradition, Maria Zinsstag
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Using Scripture in Counselling Evangelicals, A. Tim Span
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
The Impact of the Blackberry on Couple Relationships, Jurgen Dieter Czechowsky
Impact of Diagnostic Labels, Janice E. Dinsmore Czechowsky
Computer Mediated Communication: Providing Pastoral Care to Youth in “A High Tech” World, Tanya L. Ramer
Preaching as Spirit-Directed Witness, Klaus Sonnenberg
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Dying and Behold We Live, Steele Lazerte
The Notion of Healing in the Therapeutic Work of Georeg Freemesser and Steve De Shazer: A Comparison, Mary Marrocco
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Community pastoral care in Faith and Light: A qualitative study of perpetual parenthood from a pastoral care and counselling perspective, Timothy William Dobbin
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Moral agency and faith: A construal of Luther, Donald F. Irvine
Client satisfaction and goal achievement: From a client's view at Cambridge Interfaith Family Counselling Centre, Dawn Diane Yarker
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Models of pastoral counselling: An ethnographic study, Peter William McIntyre
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
The Welcoming Congregation Movement and the experiences of lesbian women in the Christian church, Kathryn Lynn Dykeman
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
How does a female clergy's personal experience of divorce affect her religious faith?, Darlene Verna Gidge
Is tolerance enough? One Christian's perspective, Mario Daniel Sassi
Pastoral visitation of the sick: Reflections of a Japanese pastor, Kazuhito Yamada
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Christian counselling: Toward a transformation model, Robert W. Babcock
The Passover of Christ: 'Do [you] this in remembrance of me.' A systematic description of Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anabaptist, and Lutheran theology and ethics, Oscar Carvajal Romero
'Queerscapes': Lesbian women's experience of bias in Supervised Pastoral Education (SPE) in the Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education (CAPPE), Margaret Arlene Eby
A homiletical hermeneutic for the re-writing of hymn texts, J. Daniel Gibson
A qualitative study of the experience of God by palliative care patients in the context of innocent suffering, Colleen Patricia Lashmar
Toward an alternate mode of discourse for the pastoral counselling relationship in light of the process pastoral theology of Larry Kent Graham and the narrative therapy of Michael White, William Lorne Mitchell
A survey of feeling as motivation in volunteerism and ethics, Sung Taek Shim
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
A healing story: A family systems view of the intertwining of family stories with the biblical narrative, John Frederick Nunns
One chaplain's exploration of a spiritual healing model for the grief experience of aging women, H. Lorene Joy Schmidt
The odd couple: A developmental perspective in pastoral relationship dynamics, Paul Donald Scuse
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
What is the unique and direct effect of an uninvolved father on his son's self-concept as an adult man? A dialogue between Samuel Osherson's 'finding our fathers,' social scientists and Christian theology, Christopher Stephen Beausoleil
Never call them 'jerks': An approach to responsible pastoral leadership in the face of difficult behaviour in the congregation, Arthur Paul Boers
A question of integrity: A theological exercise in relating process thought with object relations psychology in pastoral counselling, Cindy Schnasa Jacobsen
Humour as a narrative of difference in responding to crisis events in marital relationships, George Paul Stemp
Chinese congregations of Ontario in the context of the history of pastoral care practice, Chun-An Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
The search for meaning in grief: A comparison of Victor Frankl's Search for Meaning with Douglas Hall's Theology of the Cross, and their implications for grief ministry, Byron Ross Gilmore
A study of Biblical families from the perspective of family systems therapy, Gunar John Kravalis
Being there: A qualitative study of how fathers overcome obstacles to intimacy with their children, Bradley Thomas Morrison
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
In mom and dad's shadows: An exploration of family of origin influence on parenting styles, Gregory Allan Bassett
The family system grief process as a communicated process: Understanding grief through Virginia Satir's growth model, Glenn Vincent Breen
The impact of early Presbyterian missionary preaching (1884-1920) on the preaching of the Korean church, Sang-Hwan Kim
Motivations and the manner in which residents of Trinity Village Care Centre help one another (Ontario), Martin Siganda Chitente Mugala
The emotional appeal of television and its implications for preaching, Michael John Rattee
Toward developing a model of responsive pastoral care for adult children of divorce, Betty Joanne Scott
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Women's experience of CAPPE review committees: Lions' den or circle dance, Elizabeth Jean Bower
Resources for the church in the prevention of suicide, Robert Ian Cuthbertson
Some motivations and expectations of rural men regarding professional counselling services: 'You can't just go to town and get counselling', Neil Stanley Lackey
Rituals of engagement and disclosure: The assessment of male batterers in clinical and pastoral perspective, Kelvin Frederick Mutter
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Families and job loss in rural Newfoundland and urban Ontario: A systems approach to identifying stress and coping strategies for pastoral care, Christina Marguerite Emmaus Edwards
Engaging denial through spirituality: An ethnographic study of caregivers of the elderly and implications for pastoral care, Ian Elliott Gartshore
Mirror of guilt or window of opportunity? Reflections of a ministry to street children in Kitchener-Waterloo, 1988-1991, Roland David Lowe
Potentials and problems unique to clergy couples in ministry, William Lorne Mitchell
Quest for balm in Gilead: Disclosure patterns of church-affiliated family members with relatives who have 'come out' as lesbian or gay, Margaret Elizabeth Myers
Pastoral counselling as relational process: The significance of interrelational dynamics for pastoral counseling, Arthur Clarence Scott
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
The moral character formation of John Lennon and Thomas Merton: Their lives interpreted using insights from Stanley Hauerwas, Jennifer Mary Davis
The American social gospel and Korean Minjung theology look at labor: A comparison, Kee Hyang Ro
The passionate eye: A Christian social political ethic of resistance to tyranny, Eliakim N. -K. Shaanika
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Stoical sanctity: The ethics of virtue and the theology of Robertson Davies, Eric Richard Griffin
Jesus the healer, Jesus the saviour: Toward a holistic understanding of salvation, Imre Istvan
Hearing the voices of the good news, George Edward Mayer
The principle of hou: A source for Chinese Christian ethics, Ambrose Pui Ho Tsui
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Quality of life for persons with disabilities, Akiie H. Ninomiya
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
The Relationship of the Human Organism with its Environment, Robert James Shantz
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
The Christology of Mark, Gregory L. Jackson
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Abortion Law: A Theological Perspective, David Burns
Some Disparities Between the Mackay Report on “Religion in the Schools” and the Conerns of Today’s Youth, John McMurray
Some Characteristics of an Effective Communicator in the Light of the New Testament Parable as a Symbol, Willis L. Ott
The Story of the Emerging Visibility of the Community of Black People, North Preston, Nova Scotia, Robert E. Rock
Theses/Dissertations from 1951
A Comparative Study of John Wesley’s Doctrine of Christian Perfection, Ward M. Shantz