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Sample DMin Papers
Examples of DMin papers using different research methods
Case Study
Embree, Christina M. "Age Segregation and Spiritual Formation: A Case Study." DMin, Indiana Wesleyan University, 2023. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/age-segregation-spiritual-formation-case-study/docview/3037345045/se-2.
Braunersreuther, Jon. "Two Case Studies regarding the Application of Principles of a Church Planting Organization in the Texas District of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod." DMin Thesis, Regent University, 2019. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/two-case-studies-regarding-application-principles/docview/2239975040/se-2.
Ethnography
Thomas, Sarah D. "The Wondering Together Project: An Ethnographic Study of Twelve Families that Examines the Impact of Adopting a Daily Examen Practice Utilizing a Godly Play® Inspired Method of Wondering." DMin Thesis, Eden Theological Seminary, 2022. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/wondering-together-project-ethnographic-study/docview/2728231699/se-2.
Phenomenology
Conley Cottingham, Sharon Anne. "Self-Compassion for the Sinner Saved by Grace: A Phenomenological Exploration of Engagement in Mindfulness-Based Self-Compassion Practice in Individuals Shaped by Contemporary Evangelicalism. DMin Thesis, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, 2024. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/self-compassion-sinner-saved-grace/docview/3065953535/se-2.
Narrative Inquiry
Austin-Kennedy, Lezlie. "Call Narrative Project: An Examination of Struggle and Spiritual Formation in Female Seminarians of the African Diaspora." DMin Thesis, Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary, 2014. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/call-narrative-project-examination-struggle/docview/1561158123/se-2.
Wetzel, Donald C. "Stories of our Journey: Biblical Narrative and Personal Story-Telling as a Tool for Reconciliation in Multicultural Congregations." DMin Thesis, Lancaster Theological Seminary, 2009. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/stories-our-journey-biblical-narrative-personal/docview/305060191/se-2.
Action-Research
Davies, Mona. "Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration: Stories of My Work as a Missionary to Children of Incarcerated Parents." DMin Thesis, United Theological Seminary, 2014. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/breaking-cycle-incarceration-stories-my-work-as/docview/1706969518/se-2.
Proctor, Regina B. "Knowing God through Spiritual Practices and Spiritual Direction." DMin Paper, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, 2020. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/knowing-god-through-spiritual-practices-direction/docview/2465777759/se-2.
Qualitative Research
Koch, Cara E. "Fostering Spirituality in a Preschool Sunday School with a Team of Grandfathers using Blessing -Based Spiritual Nurture." DMin Thesis, United Theological Seminary, 2007. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/fostering-spirituality-preschool-sunday-school/docview/304766990/se-2.
DMin Papers with no applied research
Loevinger, Neal Joseph. "Chaplains, Covid, and the Moral Suffering of Healthcare Workers. DMin Thesis, Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, 2023. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/chaplains-covid-moral-suffering-healthcare/docview/2852425069/se-2.