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  Grace filled moments: creative arts and pastoral care with patients living with dementia in the hospital setting 

  Theriault, Deborah (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  This thesis describes the creative arts therapies being implemented throughout Canada and in two major areas in the United States. Creative art therapies include art, music, poetry, dance and movement therapy, improvisation ...
  
  
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  The United Church of Canada in Canadian literature 

  Hogan, Elizabeth A. (Atlantic School of Theology, 2016)

  This thesis traces the relationship of The United Church of Canada to the development of Canadian national identity in the years prior to Church Union, and in the first forty years of the denomination's history, with ...
  
  
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  Faithful expressions of singleness and the divorced minister 

  Campbell, Rachel Anne (Atlantic School of Theology, 2016)

  This thesis explores faithful expressions of singleness for divorced United Church clergy as defined by those clergy members, and how these expressions are perceived by the church. Using the qualitative research method of ...
  
  
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  Voices in Tolkien : Aquinas, The Lord of the Rings, and true myth in the twenty-first century 

  Robertson, Allen Barry (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  J. R. R. Tolkien in his writings both in fantasy literature and critical reflections clearly shows his passionate religious faith, deep knowledge of mythology and the significance of language in understanding cultural ...
  
  
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  Who am I? : bi-vocational ministers and pastoral identity 

  Jones, Kate (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  “Who Am I? Bi-Vocational Ministers and Pastoral Identity” is a Hermeneutic Phenomenological study that examines the experience of bi-vocational ministers in the United Church of Canada as they navigate their vocational ...
  
  
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  Prayer in the Abrahamic faith traditions : steering wheel or spare tire? 

  Atwood, David William (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  Churches mosques and synagogues are under pressure in an increasing secularized world. Where do such communities find a sense of identity and hope, and does it have anything to do with prayer? This grounded theory study ...
  
  
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  Spirituality and tattoos 

  McNulty, Falen (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  This ethnographic study looks at the links between non-attending Christians and their tattoos. Why did they get a religious tattoo? Does it have any connection to spirituality? What does it represent to them? This ...
  
  
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  The impact of clergy affairs on congregational faith and life 

  Weaver, William (Atlantic School of Theology, 2016)

  This qualitative study seeks to explore the lived experience of parishioners, in United Church of Canada congregations, during the event of a clergy extramarital affair. Included is a review of relevant literature, a general ...
  
  
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  All the single ladies, all the single ladies : young clergywomen’s experiences 

  Ratcliffe, Caitlin Emma Louise (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  This qualitative research study examines the experience of young, single clergywomen in congregations across Canada. Because women have only been able to serve as ordained clergy in certain denominations in the last few ...
  
  
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  Teaming with possibilities : what team ministry reveals 

  Carras, Shirley Lorraine (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  This qualitative research study explores the experience of ordained clergy living out their vocational calling in a team ministry setting. Using a two-point case study methodology, and an ethnographic approach, the data ...
  
  

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