L. Gregory Bloomquist
 
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PhD and MA Students
PhD and MA students
PhD students (in progress)

  • Beyrouti, François: The Role of a ‘Rhetorics of Catechesis’ in the Transformation from Interpretation to Glory in Origen’s Commentary on the Gospel of John
  • Gruca-Macaulay, Alexandra: The Role and Function of Lydia as a Rhetorical Construct in Acts: a Sociorhetorical and Theological Interpretation
  • Le, Quang Phuc: Rhetorical Understanding and Appropriations of Argumentation in a Pauline Letter: A Dramatistic Approach to 1 Corinthians 1-4
  • Robinson, Peter: A sociorhetorical analysis of Clark H. Pinnock's hermeneutical approach to
    biblical materials, with particular attention to the role of religious experience

PhD students (completed)

  • 2007: Beech, Tim: A Socio-Rhetorical Analysis of the Development and Function of the Noah-Flood Narrative in Sibylline Oracles 1-2 (recipient of the Governor General's Gold Medal, awarded April 13, 2008)
  • 2005: Gunn, Eloi:  Prosopopée idéologique de Paul: Une lecture socio-rhetorique du discours de Paul à Athènes (Actes 17, 15- 18, 1)
  • 2002: Megbelayin, Olu Jerome:  A socio-rhetorical analysis of the Lukan narrative of the Last Supper

Jury Member (PhD unless otherwise indicated)

  • Pierre Ndoumaï, Les rapports du christianisme avec l'Empire Romain d'après Justin Martyr, Faculty of Theology, Saint Paul University, directed by Prof. J. Kevin Coyle, 2009.
  • Christiane Dionne: L'annonce de la Bonne Nouvelle de Dieu: Une analyse de la figure de Dieu dans les discours pétriniens d’évangelisation des Actes des Apôtres (Ac 2, 14-40; 3,12-26; 4,8-12; 5,29-32 et 10,34-43), (Theology, Saint Paul University) directed by Prof. Marcel Dumais, 2001. Published as  La Bonne Nouvelle de Dieu: Une analyse de la figure narrative de Dieu dans les discours pétriniens d'évangélisation des Actes des Apôtres (Lectio divina, 195) Paris: du Cerf, 2004.
  • Charles Fernando: The relationship between law and love in the Gospel of John, (Theology, Saint Paul University) directed by Prof. Jean-Paul Michaud, 2001. Published as The Relationship between Law and Love in the Gospel of John: A detailed Scientific Research on the Concepts of Law and Love in the Fourth Gospel and their Relationship to each other, Europäische Hochschulschriften Reihe 23: Theologie Vol. 772 3-631-51797-1, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2004.
  • Pedro Zamora Garcia: Lectura político-económica de Qohélet en el marco del canon, (Theology, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain) directed by Prof. José Ramón Busto Saiz SJ, 2000. Published as Fe, política y economía en Eclesiastés: Eclesiastés a la luz de la Biblia hebrea, Sira y Qumrán, Asociación bíblica española 38; Pamplona: Verbo Divino, 2002 .
  • Yvan Mathieu: La figure de Pierre dans l’oeuvre de Luc (Évangile et Actes des apôtres): Une approche synchronique, (Theology, Saint Paul University) directed by Prof. Marcel Dumais, 2000. Published as: La figure de Pierre dans l'oeuvre de Luc : (évangile et actes des apôtres) ; une approche synchronique; Etudes bibliques ; N.S., 52, Paris : Gabalda, 2004.
  • Preston Jones: A most favoured nation: The Bible in late-nineteenth century Canadian public life, (History, University of Ottawa) directed by Prof. David Lyle Jeffrey, 1999. Published as A highly favored nation: The Bible and Canadian meaning, 1860-1900 (Lanham: University Press of America, 2008).
  • Matthew Robert Anderson: Before the Fact: How Paul’s Rhetoric Made History, (Religious Studies, McGill University) directed by Prof. Frederick Wisse, 1999.
  • Michael Strangelove: Redefining the Limits to Thought within Media Culture: Collective Memory, Cyberspace and the Subversion of Mass Media, (Religious Studies, University of Ottawa) directed by Prof. Marie Françoise Guédon. 1998.
  • Teitelbaum, Dina: The relationship between ossuary burial and the belief in the resurrection during the late Second Temple period Judaism (Carleton University) MA thesis directed by Prof. Stephen Wilson. 1997
  • Jennifer Yhap: Plotinus on the soul: A study of substance and Act, (Philosophy, University of Ottawa) directed by Prof. Carlos Bazan, 1995. Published as Plotinus on the soul : a study in the metaphysics of knowledge (Selinsgrove : Susquehanna University Press, 2003).
 
 
Announcements
At the biennial meeting of the Rhetoric Society of America (Minneapolis, MN), May 28-31, 2010, Prof. Bloomquist and Peter Robinson will present their work " A sociorhetorical examination of Benedict XVI's encyclical Caritas in veritate".

Click here for my presentation, "How to develop a Project Proposal", given October 30, 2009, in the context of THO 9295 / 9695 Doctoral Seminar / Seminaire de doctorat (2009-2010).

Recent publications or presentations
Alexandra Gruca-Macaulay, "Distinguishing Between Form-Derived Rhetorical Purpose and Lloyd Bitzer’s Rhetorical Situation: Implications for Luke-Acts Studies," paper delivered in the Rhetoric and New Testament Group, Society of Biblical Literature (New Orleans, LA) November 2009

Peter Robinson, "An analysis of the impact of religious experience on the theology of Clark Pinnock as reflected in his hermeneutical approach to biblical materials", paper delivered to the annual meeting of the Canadian Evangelical Theological Association, Ottawa, ON (May 23, 2009)
 
 
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