Every year, MHGS hosts a forum for the Master of Divinity students to present their Integrative Projects. These projects are 9-month long studies in a subject that an MDiv student has a passion around and range from biblical study to cultural exegesis to ecclesial challenges. After many months of research, processing, and writing, the final product is a dissertational paper. This year, we proudly participated in the presentation of six MDiv students as they shared their major accomplishment to us.

Below are all six individual presentations along with a link to download the PDF of their papers.

Wholeness
Toward an Agrarian Pastoral Hermeneutic
By David Rice
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Place, Embodiment, and Diverse Particularity
Developing Spiritual Practices Rooted in an Orienting Myth of Biblical Trinitarian Theology for Local Communities in a Context Dominated by the Myth of Globalization
By Daniel Tidwell
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Why are You Apologizing for Bleeding?
Confronting the Evangelical Embrace of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga
By Kj Swanson
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Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The Particularity of the Tridum and Its Rhythm for Humanity
By Joshua Longbrake
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The Language of Suffering and the Words of Life
A Journey of Grief through Holy Saturday and the Psalms of Lament
By Ben Oldham
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Embodying Anglican Theology
Applying the missional Impulse of the Book of Common Prayer to an Urban Context
By Buzz Matthews
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Note: Our video camera had some technical difficulties during Buzz’s presentation so this video begins partway through.