Gustavus Adolphus College

Below is a selection of senior theses written by Gustavus senior Religion majors. All files are PDFs.

Spring 2007

Defensive Reconstructionism: A New Lens for Viewing Islamic Extremism

Chris Bacon

Traditional or Alternative Forms of Worship: What Would Luther Say?

Baird Heilman

Glossolalia: The Problem of Interpretation

Laura Jensen

Sharing Together: Compassion, Luther and Neighbor-Love in a Globalized World

Morgan Ranstrom

Choosing Something New: A Feminist “Ethic of Response” to Suffering

Katie Stoeckel

Religionless Christianity and Costly Discipleship: Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Times of Crisis

David Tierschel

Fall 2006

A Study of the Holocaust and American Theology

Drew Arneson

A Study of Capital Punishment from a Biblical, Theological, and Societal Perspective

Krista Kirchoff

Religion and Politics at the Local Level: An examination of clergy influence over voter decisions in the local church

Elizabeth Suskovic

Fall 2005

Syncretism, Slavery, and Identity: The influence of hybrid slave identities on the syncretic formation of Brazilian Candomble

Darin Faber

The Da Vinci Code Phenomenon

Scott Fitzloff

The Secularization of the Rastafarian Movement

Tura Foster

A Study of Young Adult Participation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

William Kuhns

A Study on the Objectives and Methods of Church Camps with Relation to Spiritual Development

Mollie Peterson

Observations on Young Adult Ministry and Recommendations via Generational Theology

Christopher Van Fossen

Fall 2004

The Wisdom of the Elders Within the Body of Christ: My story of becoming “Annie”

Linnea Bjorkman

Truth-Claims and Responses to Religious Pluralism

Mary Duvall

Christian Mission Theology: Today’s Applications of the Apostle Paul’s Theology

Cassandra Krueger

Total Kenosis, True Shunyata, and the Plerotic Self of Thomas Merton and Abe Masao

Joe Lencioni

The Emerging Church: Adapting Church Practices in Light of the Postmodern Era

Sarah Schock