BEYOND LIBERATED: DIVINE TRANSCENDENCE AND CULTURAL HYBRIDITY INTHE THEOLOGIES OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA AND JAMES HAL CONEBy

Rodney Alphonso Thomas, Jr. Bachelor of Arts, 2005Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, TX Master of Divinity, 2009 Brite Divinity SchoolForth Worth, TX

Thesis

Presented to the Faculty of theBrite Divinity SchoolIn partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Theology in History and TheologyFort Worth, TXMay 2010

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BEYOND LIBERATED: DIVINE TRANSCENDENCE ANDCULTURAL HYBRIDITY IN THE THEOLOGIESOF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA AND JAMES HAL CONEAPPROVED BYTHESIS COMMITTEE:Keri DayNAME, Thesis Co-DirectorJames O. DukeNAME, co-DirectorJeff WilliamsNAME, Associate Dean for Academic AffairsNancy RamsayNAME, Dean

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