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  What is the impact of church membership decline on clergy in Newfoundland and Labrador Conference of the United Church of Canada? 

  Mazhara, Simbarashe (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  This Project is in the area of Pastoral Theology. The project focuses on the impact of church membership decline on the clergy in Newfoundland and Labrador Conference of the United Church of Canada. The paper shall define ...
  
  
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  Where’$ the money? : what do United Church members/leaders experience when they become victims of financial irregularities? 

  Anderson, Krista (Atlantic School of Theology, 2013)

  The research study question is what do United Church members/leaders experience when they become victims of financial irregularities? This study is especially interested in the theological significance of financial ...
  
  
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  Addicts, recovery, and the God question : how do persons with an addiction experience “God” in their recovery 

  Macintyre, Bill (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  This Phenomenological Research study is an examination of data revealed through the lens of persons with an addiction, who are in recovery. Through a series of one on one interviews, this study focuses on how persons with ...
  
  
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  Whippersnappers in the pulpit : what influences adults under 30 years old to enter ordained ministry as a first-time vocation? 

  Sellsted, Donald (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  This qualitative research study explores the faith journey and life experiences of young adults who chose a vocation of ordained ministry before the age of 30. Through the interviewing of participants who entered a United ...
  
  
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  Does “I do” include God? 

  Wilson, Phillip (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  “Does ‘I do’ include God?” is a research project by Phillip Wilson, submitted December 9, 2017, in partial fulfillment of the Master of Divinity at the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This qualitative ...
  
  
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  What’s love got to do with it? : how a non-monogamous individual’s sexual expression impacts their experiences of and/or perceptions of the Christian faith and Christian faith communities in a North American perspective 

  Woodbeck, Patrick (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  “What’s Love Got To Do With It? How a non-monogamous individual’s sexual expression impacts their experience of and/or perceptions of the Christian faith and Christian faith communities in a North America perspective” is ...
  
  
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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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  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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  Who affirms the dissenters : understanding the experience of those who say no to becoming an Affirming Presbytery in the United Church of Canada 

  Curtis, Brian (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

  
  
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  When the going gets tough, the people get going : how the lack of twenty to forty year-old people is experienced in rural communities of faith 

  Spires, Tami Jill (Atlantic School of Theology, 2016)

  “When The Going gets Tough, The People get Going: How The Lack of Twenty to Forty year- old people is experienced in Rural Communities of Faith” is a research project by Tami Jill Spires, submitted December 9, 2016, in ...
  
  
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  Colonial exile : place and biblical faith in North America 

  Pearson, William (Atlantic School of Theology, 2016)

  This thesis is an exploration of how Christian communities ought to imagine themselves vis a vis their inhabited landscapes, as well as how the Biblical text (especially the Old Testament) can serve to root communities in ...
  
  
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  Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and the tradition of affective piety 

  Noble, James Erewin (Atlantic School of Theology, 2015)

  The writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe attest to a common origin in the medieval devotional tradition known as affective piety. Chapter One suggests that to read either Kempe or Julian is to see the influence ...
  
  
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  The experience of international volunteers doing liberation theology in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 

  Roche, Lawrence James (Atlantic School of Theology, 2014)

  The objective of this research is to describe how the experience of working for social justice in the context of occupied Palestine, from the point of view of a sample of international volunteers, is aligned with the ...
  
  

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