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Changed, Set Apart, and Equal: A Study of Ordination in the Baptist Context

Malone, Jonathan A.

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2011, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Dayton, Theology.
The American Baptist denomination is often characterized as an ecclesiological grass-roots organization. The theology of such a denomination is practiced organically by the people and is seldom articulated by the academy. Thus one cannot find a well articulated theological understanding of what ordination means for the individual and the community in the Baptist context. A synthesis of Geertz's thick description, Lindbeck's approach to doctrine, and McClendon's understandings of speech-acts and conviction will offer a methodology through which one can articulate a theology of ordination. In doing so, we will find that the "call" and a relationship with a congregation are essential for ordination to occur. Such a theology will suggest that one is changed through ordination, and this change is relational in nature. The Catholic concept of Sacramental Consciousness offers a way to articulate the community's awareness of the pastor's relational change while at the same time maintaining the egalitarian nature of a Baptist community.
Dennis M Doyle, PhD (Committee Chair)
Brad J. Kallenberg, PhD (Committee Member)
William L. Portier, PhD (Committee Member)
Anthony B. Smith, PhD (Committee Member)
William V. Trollinger, PhD (Committee Member)
251 p.

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  • Malone, J. A. (2011). Changed, Set Apart, and Equal: A Study of Ordination in the Baptist Context [Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1300133343

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Malone, Jonathan. Changed, Set Apart, and Equal: A Study of Ordination in the Baptist Context. 2011. University of Dayton, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1300133343.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Malone, Jonathan. "Changed, Set Apart, and Equal: A Study of Ordination in the Baptist Context." Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1300133343

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)