MPhil and PhD Award Success

Programme award success
Since 1993 a large number of WEST students have successfully completed their research for the award of MPhil and PhD degrees:

PhD (All with the University of Wales, Lampeter unless stated otherwise)

• Matthew Aernie: Forensic language and the day of the Lord motif in 2 Thessalonians 1 and the affects on the meaning of the text (2007)
• Peter Back: Dynamic equivalent conversion and baptism for converts from Islam (1997)
• David Ian Childs: Thomas Goodwin’s teaching on the person and work of Christ University of Wales, Cardiff (2004)
• Bong Geun Cho: A critical comparative study of pneumatology in UK (particularly England) Protestant theology and the World Council of Churches between 1965-1993 (1996)
• Mun Hong Choi: The personality of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament with special reference to Luke-Acts (1999)
• Sung Ho Choi: A study of Christology and redemptive history in Matthew with special reference to the ‘royal-enthronment’ psalms (2010)
• Simon Doney: The Lordship of Christ in the theology of the Elizabethan separatists with particular reference to Henry Barrow (2005)
• Richard M Edwards: Scriptural perspicuity in the Early English Reformation in historical theology (2001)
• Tjeng Sin Ham: A contextual comparative, legal and theological examination of mixed marriage as practiced in Indonesia 1974-1994: with special emphasis on pastoral considerations (1995)
• John Harley: An evaluation of the soteriology of John Murray (1999)
• Paul Held: An historical theological analysis of factors that led to the popularity of the Arminian view regarding eternal security among some East European Baptists from 1850-2000 (2009)
• Thomas Holland: The paschal-new exodus motif in Paul’s letter to the Romans with special reference to its Christological significance (1996)
• Levente Horvath: The concept of mission in the Hungarian Reformed Church in Transylvania between 1895-1950 (2009)
• Ho Jin Jun: An evangelical response to religious pluralism and fundamentalism in Asia with special reference to Indonesia, Japan and South Korea (2000)
• In Whan Kim: An analysis and evaluation of the tithe practice of the Korean Protestant Church from the perspective of the Biblical tithe law (2000)
• Keun Soo Kim: Kingdom of God in the Korean Presbyterian Church (Hapdong) from 1885-1988 (2003)
• Il-Ho Lee: The synagogues in Luke-Acts: history and the Jewish tradition (2003)
• Kyung-Suk Lee Paul’s corporate perspective in 1 Corinthians (2004)
• Seung Il Lee: The emergence, development and influence of the Korea Evangelical Fellowship (KEF) 1981-2002 (2006)
• Seung Yeal Lee: Pilgrimage and the Knowledge of God: A study of pilgrimage in the light of the feasts of Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles, with special reference to Luke-Acts and John (2007)
• Shin Chul Lee: A critical evaluation of the contemporary church planting of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (2009)
• Won Sang Lee: A critical exploration and conversation across the centuries of pastoral leadership principles in John Chrysostom’s Antioch and Constantinople and Won Sang Lee’s Washington’s Korean Central Presbyterian Church (2009)
• Piotr Lorek: The motif of exile in the Hebrew Bible; an analysis of a basic literary and theological pattern (2005)
• Michael Anthony Milton: The application of the theology of the Westminster Assembly in the ministry of the Welsh puritan, Vavasor Powell (1617-1670) (1997)
• S Gannon Murphy: A critical analysis of the openness theology of Clark H Pinnock toward a Reformed reconstruction of divine-human relationality (2006)
• Eddy Jose Muskus: The origins and early development of Liberation Theology in Latin America with particular reference to Gustavo Gutierrez (1995)
• Adrian Popa: Proverbs and creation: a study in poetics and theology (1997)
• Roger Powell: The East African Revival: A Catalyst for Renewed Interest in Evangelical Personal Spirituality in Britain (2009)
• Kyung U Ra: An Investigation of the Influence of the Paschal - New Exodus Motif on the Description of Christ and His Work in the Gospel of John (Chapters One to Four) (2009)
• Trevor Reynolds: An investigation into the Spirit’s guidance of the community as custodian and interpreter of Scripture (2007)
• Philip Ross: A Critical Investigation Concerning the Biblical and Theological Basis for the Threefold Division of the Law (2008)
• Bong Chur Shin: New Exodus Motif in the Letter to the Hebrews (2007)
• Robert Smart: Jonathan Edward’s Apologetic for the Great Awakening with particular attention to Charles Chauncy’s Criticisms (2008)
• Sebastian Ryszard Smolarz: Covenant and the metaphor of divine marriage in Biblical thought with special reference to the book of Revelation (2005)
• Craig Sheppard: A Theological Evaluation and Comparison of the Atonement and Justification in the Writings of James Henley Thornwell (1812-1862) and John Lafayette Girardeau (1825-1898) (2008)
• Joshua Yun Bum Song: An historical and theological analysis of schism in presbyterian churches in Korea (2006)
• Yohann Su: The contribution of Scottish covenant thought to the discussions of the Westminster Assembly (1643-1648) and its continuing significance to the Marrow Controversy (1717-1723) University of Glamorgan (1993)
• Sheku Wango Vandi: Christianity and culture in Sierra Leone: with special reference to the conflict between Evangelical Protestant churches and traditional practices (2000)
• Benjamin Dongyun Yoo: An analysis and evaluation of E. Stanley Jones’ missiology with special reference to Christ’s incarnation (2007)

MPhil

• Lamasa Adams: An historical and theological study of Western new religious movements active in Ghana, 1970-1995 (2005)
• David F Bond: Messianic expectation in Second Temple Judaism (1999)
• Paul E Brown: The Holy Spirit and Biblical hermeneutics: a study of the teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit as described in the New Testament and its relevance for Biblical hermeneutics today University of Glamorgan (1996)
• Oleg Dolina: An examination of Ukrainian Protestant / Baptist church history with particular reference to its origin and development until 1939 (1996)
• Andrea Ferrari John Diodati’s doctrine of Holy Scripture considered especially on the basis of his “Theses theologicae de Sacra Scriptura” of 1596 (2003)
• David Alan Gidney: An evaluation of the cumulative value of the theories regarding the temporal priority of either Ezra or Nehemiah University of Glamorgan (1997)
• Jin Cheol Hoang: A biblical and historical examination of the nature of revival in the work of J Edwin Orr (1998)
• Sung Tae Kim: An examination of the ways in which Evangelical, Pentecostal and Charismatic writers in the West and in Korea have interpreted Acts between 1965-1995 in developing their pneumatologies (1998)
• Will Loescher: Theological issues arising from a local church case study and the hypothesis of separating outreach from a church’s internal life (1999)
• Timothy J McGlynn: The life and theology of Reverend James Fraser of Brea (1639-1699) (2002)
• Kovina L K Mutenda: An evaluation of Protestant religious film and television broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the United States of America (1995)
• Gareth E Williams: A critical analysis of the theological content of denominational liturgies as they relate to the spiritual status of the stillborn (1996)