On this LibGuide, you may find a list of MTSM master’s theses and research paper topics from 2020 to the present day. Some items may be accessed digitally via the OhioLINK Electronic Theses & Dissertation Center (ETD). Some theses have been printed and bound and are available in the library basement, thesis section, by call number. Lastly, some titles must be retrieved by library staff, as noted - contact us at library@athenaeum.edu for assistance.
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Last Name | First Name | Topic/Title | Advisor | Access |
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Ekyenserikora | Pancrasio | Agruments for the Limited Use of some Methods of Contraception for Medical Reasons to Address Rape and Other Injustices | Dr. Kenneth Craycraft | See Library Staff |
Enyan | Isaac | The Eucharist and its Relation to the Sacrifice on the Cross as illumined by Pope John Paul II in the Encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia | Rev. Paul Keller | See Library Staff |
Geckle | Victoria | The Stories of Dr. Seuss: Christian Anthropology in the Narratives of a Grinch, an Elephant, and a Moose | Dr. Bradford Manderfield | Thesis 233 G294 |
Mason | Michael | A Defense of Dogma: St. Thomas Aquinas and Cardinal Walter Kasper on the Object of Faith | Dr. Bradford Manderfield | Thesis 230.2 M411 |
Moebius | Kevin | Toward a Synthesis of the Theodicy of Habakkuk, the Salvation Theology of Paul, and the Thomistic Sacramental Theology of the Catholic Church all through the shared Theme "The righteous faith will live." | Mr. Marco Mulattieri | See Library Staff |
Ndlovu | Mandlenkosi | Gregory the Great and the Church's Quest for the New Evangelization | Rev. David Endres | See Library Staff |
Plummer | Walter | Derrida's Deconstruction of the Foundations of Theology: A Defense of Thomistic Metaphysical Realism | Dcn. Tracy Jamison | Thesis 230 P735 |
Rubio | Charisse | Ecclesiology of the Domestic Church: History & Implications | Rev. Robert Hater |
Thesis 248.482 R896 |
Zwilling | Matthew | The Uniqueness and Complimentarity of Priestly Celibacy and Consecrated Virginity in Their Spousal Dimensions | Rev. Paul Keller | Thesis 253.252 Z98 |
Last Name | First Name | Topic/Title | Advisor | Access |
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Beltz | Albert | Iconoclasm, Reformation, and the Church: An Artistic Model for Encouraging Clarity and Unity in Postmodern Crisis | Dr. Mary Catherine Levri |
Thesis 246.53 B453 |
Hess | Aaron | The Blind and the Lame: An Exegetical Study of the Meaning Behind 2 Samuel 5:8b | Dr. Matthew Genung |
Thesis 222.4406 H586 |
Hoffmann | Edward | Impassible Grief: St. Catherine of Siena on the Mercy of God | Dr. Bradford Manderfield | See Library Staff |
Marcelli | Anthony | The Principle of the Divine Indwelling: As Taught by St. Thomas Aquinas and Witnessed to in the Life of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity | Dr. Bradford Manderfield | Thesis 231.044 M314 |
Mudd | Nathaniel | Independence and Obedience: The First Five Years of the Fathers of Mercy in the United States of America | Rev. David Endres |
Thesis 271.79 M943 |
Last Name | First Name | Topic/Title | Advisor | Access |
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Cipolla-McCulloch | Caitlin | Won’t You Be My Neighbor? A Theological Examination of the Good Samaritan Parable, Illuminated by the Lives of Dorothy Day and St. Teresa of Calcutta | Dr. Alan Mostrom | See Library Staff |
Compton | Brian | Hope in Adversity: A Contextualization of Pliny the Younger's Interactions with Christianity | Dr. Bradford Manderfield | Thesis 270.1 C738 |
Hoying | Ethan | The Grammar of Friendship: A Theology of Politics for Postmodern Narratives | Dr. Kenneth Craycraft | Thesis 241.042 H868 |
Hunyor | Thomas | Obesity and Bariatric Surgery: A Question of Morality | Dr. Kenneth Craycraft | See Library Staff |
Jacquemin | Louis | Terríbilis Est Locus Iste, Hic Domus Dei Est Et Porta Coeli: A Catholic Theology of Sacred Space Through the Lens of Baroque Church Architecture | Rev. Ryan Ruiz | See Library Staff |
Leonardi | Susan | Marriage and Justice: How a personalistic understanding of the virtue of justice serves the Bonum Coniugum | Dr. Kenneth Craycraft | See Library Staff |
Lindle | Jacob | Apocalyptic Ressourcement: The Johannine, biblical synthesis of image, history, and concept in the theological trilogy of Hans Urs von Balthasar | Dr. Alan Mostrom |
Thesis 226.506 L746 |
Ramsey | Stephanie | I Have Chosen and Consecrated this House: Renewing the Sacrality of the Church Building | Rev. Ryan Ruiz | Thesis 726.51 R183 |
Last Name | First Name | Title/Topic | Advisor | Access |
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Beiting | John | How Anti-Catholicism Shaped the Beginning of Catholic Parochial Education in the Mid-Nineteenth Century | Rev. David Endres | See Library Staff |
Healey | Robert | The Principle of Private Judgment: Connecting John Henry Newman's theology to the insights of Pieper, Hardon, Ratzinger, and Hütter regarding the modern crisis of faith | Dr. Alan Mostrom | See Library Staff |
Nnebe-Agumadu | Chukwononso | The Fifth Marian Dogmas: Is it Opportune for a Dogmatic Declaration of Mary as Co-Redemptrix? | Rev. Christopher Armstrong | See Library Staff |
Rusciolelli | Peter | On the Priesthood of Christ: Where it Ontologically Resides and How it is Constituted | Dr. Alan Mostrom |
Thesis 232.8 P951 |
Last Name | First Name | Topic/Title | Advisor | Access |
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Bachmeyer | Paul | Continuity or Discontinuity: Dignitatis Humanae and Catholic Teaching on Religious Liberty | Dr. Bradford Manderfield | See Library Staff |
Berning | Adam | In Favorem Fidei: The Historical and Theological Development of the Dissolution of the Marriage Bond as Part of the Sacra Potestas Vicariously Held by the Sovereign Pontiff | Rev. Andrew Moss |
Thesis 262.933 B528 |
Cinefro | Nathan | Instrumentality of the Domestic Church in the Economy of Salvation: The Family's Role in the Transmission of Faith | Dr. Alan Mostrom | See Library Staff |
Harrison | Matthew | What is Sacred Art? An Analysis of the Philosophical and Dogmatic Foundations of Catholic Sacred Art | Rev. Ryan Ruiz | Thesis 246 H321 |
Lewis | Adam | In the Spirit of the Lord's Day: The Feast of Feasts | Rev. Anthony Stoeppel | See Library Staff |
Martinez | Kevin | Liturgy, the Work of Christ Jesus: A Synopsis of How Every Act of Worship Rendered to God the Father has Jesus Christ as its Head | Rev. Ryan Ruiz | See Library Staff |
Stubbs | Jeremy | The Breakdown of the Family and John Paul II's Mission to Young People: The 1993 World Youth Day in Denver | Rev. David Endres | See Library Staff |
Last Name | First Name | Topic/Title | Advisor | Access |
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Brunsman | David | Contrition and Forgiveness: An Examination of the Importance of Contrition for Forgiveness | Dr. Kenneth Craycraft | See Library Staff |
Kahle | Travis | The Principle of Complementarity as Applied in Catholic Social Teaching: An Analogical Exploration | Dr. Kenneth Craycraft | ETD |
Last Name | First Name | Topic/Title | Director | Access |
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Danis | Luke | The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan: A Study of their Beliefs, Practices, Rituals, and Writings. | Rev. David Endres | See Library Staff |
del Guidice | Fred | "They Will See God": A Thomisitic Exposition of Happiness and Desire | Dr. Bradford Manderfield | Thesis 189.4 D352 |
Duong | Bao | Mutual Enrichment According to Pope Benedict XVI | Rev. Andrew Moss | See Library Staff |
Grieshop | Kevin | Ministerial Strategies to Bridge Traumatic Childhood Experiences and Fatherhood | Mr. Kevin Prendergast | See Library Staff |
Jarrell | Zachary | Freely One: An Introduction to the Thought of Luigi Giussani | Rev. Anthony Brausch |
Thesis 230.2092 G538 J37 |
Last Name | First Name | Topic/Title | Director | Access |
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Ackerson | Anthony | A Comparative Study on the Communism of Plato and Karl Marx | Dr. David Foster | Thesis 20.532 A182 |
Billmaier | Steven | Just War Theory: Evolution and Application to Developing Telecomminication Technologies | Dr. Kenneth Craycraft |
Thesis 241.6242 B598 |