05.11 Master of Theology Graduates

Commencing in 2003 graduates are awarded the degree by Moore College except where indicated otherwise. Prior to that the degree was awarded in association with the ACT.

Year

Name

Thesis

1986

Alan J. Mugridge

The Warning Passages in the Epistle to the Hebrews: Their Meaning, Form and Function

 

Michael K. Wilson

Idolatry as Image Perversion: Studies in Romans

1989

Christie Balzer

Australian Presbyterians and the Westminster Confession of Faith to 1901

 

Michael D. Raiter

The “Righteous” in the Gospel of Matthew

1990

Luke L. Cheung

Faith in Hebrews

 

Lindsay G. Robertson

The Relationship between Incarnation and Atonement in the Theology of T.F. Torrance

1991

Raymond E. Heslehurst

Hermeneutics: Culture and Theology. A Case Study of the Hermeneutical Principles Involved in the Apostolic Directions Concerning Women in 1 Corinthians

 

Peter Spartalis

“From Silvertrees”: The Australian Connection and the Church of England in South Africa 1933–1948

 

Lindsay Wilson

Protest and Faith in the Book of Job: An Holistic Reading

1992

Peter G. Bolt

The Narrative Integrity of Mark 13:24–27

 

Gregory R. Goswell

A Discourse-Oriented Analysis of Ezra–Nehemiah

 

Daniel Nuhamara

A Comparison of the Practice of Religious Education in State Schools in NSW and in Indonesia

1993

Keith A. Mascord

Faith, History and the Morality of Knowledge: The Contrasting Views of John Warwick Montgomery and Van Austin Harvey

1994

Mark D. Thompson

The Christian Birthright: Personal Assurance in Romans 8

 

Bruce H. Morrison

The Pauline Use of  nomox  with Special Reference to Romans 7:1–8:4

1995

John M. Penney

The Missionary Emphasis of Lukan Pneumatology

1996

Richard J. Gibson

The Literary and Theological Coherence of 1 Timothy

 

Timothy J. Harris

God’s People in the New Covenant: A Study in Aspects of the Pauline Theology of Identity

 

Andrew G. Shead

Ecclesiastes 12:9–14: Reading the Epilogue of Ecclesiastes as an Epilogue

1998

Ivan Y. Lee

Martin Luther and Medieval Mysticism

1999

Anthony C. Brammall

Reconciliation, Justification and the Death of Jesus in Paul

 

Andrew J. Cameron

St Paul’s Ethic, With Special Reference to Philippians 4:8

2000

David P. Knox

The Theological Tone of the Early English Reformation

 

Willis H. Salier

The World of John’s Gospel: The Meaning and Function of  kosmox in the Gospel According to John

 

Robert S. Smith

Justification and Eschatology: A Dialogue with the “New Perspective on Paul”

2001

Michael J. Ovey

The   alhqeia  Word Group in John: A Contribution to the Theology and Christology of the Fourth Gospel

2002

Andrew J. Buchanan

The Role of Protest in Lamentations

2003

W. Andrew Williamson

Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Original Sin as Found in his Church Dogmatics: An Exposition, Analysis and Assessment within the Reformed Tradition

2004

Martin A. Foord (ACT)

Richard Hooker’s Doctrine of Justification and its Implications

 

David A. Höhne

What Can We Say about Perichoresis? An Historical, Exegetical and Theological Examination of Colin Gunton’s Use of the Concept

2005

(Ivan) Huat Peng Ee

A Contextual and Audience-Response Approach in Understanding Matthew’s Parable: The Hermeneutical Task Involved in Appropriating Jesus’ Parables for Modern Readers

 

Marin B. Pakula (ACT)

The Literary Development of the Feast of the Tabernacles in the Old Testament and its Fulfilment in the New Testament

 

Peter C. Moore (ACT)

Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Election in the Church Dogmatics set in its Theological and Historical Context

 

Kirk R. Patston

Isaiah and the God Who Sends: An Analysis of “Sending” in Isaiah and its Implications for the Book’s Theology of Mission

2006

Michael P. Jensen

(With Merit)

After Liberalism: Political Theology at the Turn of the Millennium

 

Gary N. Nelson

An Examination of James W. Fowler’s Faith Development Theory in the Light of the Bible’s View of Faith and Growth

2008

Stephen S. Liggins

Jesus’ Teaching on Judging Others in Luke 6:37a

2009

Mark S. Armstrong

The Contribution of Wirkungsgeschichte to the Reader Seeking to Understand the New Testament with Special Reference to Matthew’s Version of the Transfiguration

2010

Gordon C. Cheng

An Examination of Thomas Cartwright’s Apparently Modified Position on Church Government, With Particular Reference to his Confutation of the Rhemist Testament

 

Kerry K. Nagel

The Righteousness of God in Romans: A Contribution to Contemporary Debates

 

 

David A. Shead

The Covert Structure of Revelation: Using Systematic Functional Linguistics to Shed Light on an Old Problem

2011

Timothy P. Duke

Believers Among the Heavenly Beings: A Study of  en toix epouranioix  in Ephesians

 

Stephen B. Rockwell

To What Extent is “Faith, Hope and Love” Paul’s Paradigm for Christian Living

2012

Seumas J. Macdonald

Pro-Nicene Hermeneutical Techniques in the Preaching of John Chrysostom: A Case Study of the Homilies on John

 

Graham D. Stanton

Reforming Practical Theology: A Critical Study of Practical Theology for the Study of Youth Ministry from a Reformed Perspective

2014

Timothy R. Thorburn

Paul’s Doctrine of Rewards on the Age to Come, With Special Reference to “The Hope of Glory”

2015

 

Matthew K. Olliffe

Imputed Righteousness and Resurrection, with Special Reference to Romans 5:16–19.

2016

Hefin J. Jones

(With Merit)

The Apocalyptic Paul: Assessing Key Aspects of the Apocalyptic Reading of Galatians

 

Craig R. Tucker

(With Merit)

Reading John to Understand the Ascension and Exaltation of Jesus

2017

Craig McCorkindale

The Role of the Spirit in the Supper     

 

Andrew J. H. Schmidt 

(With Merit)

“Where the Spirit of the Lord is There is Freedom”: the Meaning of Eleutheria in 2 Corinthians 3:17

 

 

Michael P. Taylor

(With Merit)

Waiting for Jesus: the Meaning and Significance of the Concept of Eschatological Waiting with Special Reference to ἀναμένω in 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and its Implications for Eschatology, Mission and Ethics

  

 

Alan R. Wood

The Practice and Doctrine of Holy War in the Eastern Roman Empire and Orthodox Church, AD 620-630

2018

Daniel C. Faricy

The Day of the Lord in 1 Thessalonians: A New Testament exegetical study of 1 Thessalonians with reference to Paul and his use of the Day of the Lord motif.

 

Geoffrey R. R. Tacon

God as Father and Lord: A Pastoral and Theological conversation with John Frame, the Lordship Controversy, Process Theology and Open Theism

 

Beth E. Webb

Assessment of the ability of Graeme Goldsworthy's epochal macro-typological biblical­ theological hermeneutic to let Scripture speak.

2020

Matthew J. Aroney

Transformation in the Hands of the Triune God: The Pneumatology of Kierkegaard’s Anti-Climacus in Conversation with 2 Corinthians 3:17-18

 

Luke Collings

A Critical Evaluation of the Holiness of God in the Theology of John Webster

 

Douglas R. Fyfe

Seeing What Qohelet Saw: the Structure of Ecclesiastes as Alternating Panels of Observation and Wisdom

 

David M. Irving

Letting the Bible Itself Speak: The Mechanics of Karl Barth’s Theological Exegesis in Church Dogmatics II/2

 

2021

Andrew Kristanto

“That You May Believe”: Revisiting Seeing, Hearing, and Believing in John’s Gospel in Light of the Narrative Timeline

 

Daniel Webster

How the Divorce/Remarriage Tradition in 1 Corinthians 7 Sheds Light on the Interpretation of the Synoptic Gospels

2022

Catherine Bradford

The Theory and Practice of Soul Care in the Thought of Eduard Thurneysen (1888-1974) and its Implications for Finding a Faithful and Hopeful Methodology of Reformed Evangelical Soul Care for Ministries in the Public Space.

 

John Hudson

Understanding God’s Sovereignty and Human Freedom: Recovering Augustine’s View of Free-will.

2023

Benjamin H. Underwood

God’s Simple Multiplicity: An inquiry into Karl Barth’s account of God’s one being and his many perfections