ATESEAINSTITUTIONALREPOSITORY

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The Association for Theological Education in Southeast Asia (ATESEA) Institutional Repository is the official digital repository of ATESEA and its members. Its goal is to support ATESEA’s mission of wider cooperation among theological schools in research, consortium programs for advanced studies, and improving the quality of theological education. This innovative program also supports the preservation and access to publications, manuscripts, theses, and other academic works of member institutions’ theologians, faculty members, and students.

Particularly, it aims to:

Serve as a union digital archive of ATESEA and its members’ theological education, advance studies, and research
Provide an online facility for its members to promote, exchange, and disseminate their academic and theological works globally
Share knowledge, support scholarship, and theological thinking with everyone

ATESEA member institutions engaged in training for Christian ministry in Southeast Asia, and Institutions involved in theological education in Southeast Asia (Seminaries, Theological Schools, etc.) are invited to contribute academic articles, theses, and dissertations to the ATESEA IR for global accessibility and visibility. For members with existing IRs, metadata will be harvested from their repository into the ATESEA IR and linked to the original source. For those who do not have the capacity to establish their own IR, they can directly deposit the metadata and items to the ATESEA IR. ATESEA is committed to disseminating theological works while respecting the intellectual property rights of faculty and institutions.

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Lament as leadership: A study of lived practices of vulnerability and healing among women leaders in Living Waters Philippines.
(International Graduate School of Leadership, 2026-05)
Piscozo, Leonora.
This study explored how lament, vulnerability, and healing shape the character formation, leadership development, and missional witness of women leaders in ministry contexts. While lament and healing have received increasing attention in pastoral and theological discussions, limited research has examined their influence on leadership formation, particularly among women leaders in evangelical settings in the Philippines. Using a qualitative narrative research design, this study investigated the lived experiences of selected women leaders from Living Waters Philippines (LWP). Data were collected through surveys, semi-structured interviews, and focus group discussions. Thematic analysis was conducted using NVivo software to identify recurring patterns and themes within participants' narratives. The findings revealed that lament serves as a pathway toward vulnerability, healing, and spiritual transformation. Participants described how acknowledging grief, emotional wounds, and personal brokenness fostered deeper dependence on God, greater self-awareness, and healthier leadership practices. The study further found that healing-centered leadership cultivates safe spaces characterized by authenticity, acceptance, discipleship, and spiritual accompaniment. As participants experienced personal healing and restoration, missional witness emerged as a natural outflow of transformed character and relational wholeness. This study contributes to the growing conversation on leadership formation by highlighting the formative role of lament, vulnerability, and healing in ministry leadership. It suggests that leadership development within Christian communities should move beyond performance-orientation and create environments that support emotional honesty, healing, and holistic transformation.
A call back to a true community of the Spirit centered in Christ: A re-examination of the purpose of 1 John.
(International Graduate School of Leadership, 2003-04)
Baylon, Jesusito I. B.
This study re-examines the purpose of 1 John in light of the three prevailing theories in Johannine scholarship: the "Tests of Life" view, the "Tests of Fellowship" view, and the "Tests of Orthodoxy" view. Each theory can point to explicit purpose statements in the epistle, yet each appears incomplete as a comprehensive account of John's intention. The "Tests of Life" view cannot account for John's apparent assumption that his readers are already assured of their salvation (1 John 2:21); the "Tests of Fellowship" view, while capturing the communal emphasis of the prologue (1:1–3), does not cover the epistle's further affirmations; and the "Tests of Orthodoxy" view misreads the first-person plural claims of 1 John 1:6–10 as the words of the secessionists alone. This study proposes a fourth theory that encompasses and extends the existing ones: the purpose of 1 John is a call back to a true community of the Spirit centered in Christ. The argument draws on the γράφω purpose statements (1:4; 2:1, 26; 5:13) and other purpose-indicating passages, and incorporates four elements: John's persistent pastoral appeal to his readers, his insistence on a fellowship that is of the Spirit of God and not of the spirits of the world (4:1–6), his central appeal to Jesus Christ as the message "from the beginning" (1:1–3), and the corollary imperative to love one another as Christ has loved them (3:11–24). Primarily pastoral and inclusive in intent, the theory is tested by using it to outline the epistle and to interpret 1 John 1:5–2:11, with closing applications to contemporary church life. [AI generated abstract from author-supplied text; reviewed by cataloger.]
The nature of Jacob's declaration about Judah and Joseph in Genesis 49 and its impact on the future of Israel.
(International Graduate School of Leadership, 2013-04)
Kuffuor, Bernard.
This study aims to understand the biblical author‘s objective in including and narrating the last will and testament of Jacob to his sons in Genesis 49. The focus is on Gn 49:1-2, 8-12, 22-26, 28, which talks about Jacob‘s declaration regarding the future of Judah and Joseph and the effect of the blessings declared on them in relation to the future of the nation of Israel. Along these lines, this study explains the nature of OT prophecy; the nature of the prophetic declaration of Jacob on Judah and Joseph; the fulfillment of these declarations and their eschatological implications for Jacob‘s declaration involved both immediate and future fulfillment. Although Judah and Joseph are only two sons out of the twelve, they are two great pillars on which Israel as a nation stands. This work attempts to trace the scope of the blessings that Jacob uttered for Judah and Joseph and how these impinged on the future of the nation. Both sons experienced tough beginnings. For instance, Judah experienced the shame of his failures while Joseph suffered persecution on account of his envious brothers and the meaning of his dreams that exacerbated their jealousy. Despite all these, the LORD was faithful to cause their latter end to be greater than their less significant beginning. Jacob declared that Judah will enjoy agricultural and spiritual prosperity. Judah‘s descendants will include lines of kings. Even the Messiah descends from the genealogy of Judah. On the side of Joseph, he received the firstborn‘s blessings of dignity and power. His sons (Manasseh and Ephraim) were destined to be part of the blessings designed for Joseph, their father. So, Judah, Joseph, and the latter‘s sons are seen as making a great impact in the future of Israel. Although they are few compared to the other ten sons, their life and blessings positively affected the future transformation of Israel as a nation. This study also seeks to show parallels in the African culture as regards to the will and testament of a dying father–especially declarations of blessings and how this affects the lifestyle of the recipient. It also presents how curses can be reversed on account of God‘s mercy and the change in attitude of the recipient so that the same person can hope for a chance at life. Faithfulness is a virtue that is held in high esteem by most Africans. When a person walks in faithfulness to God and others, he or she is destined to enjoy unprecedented blessings regardless of the circumstances. To illustrate this, the study will highlight a culture bearer‘s reflections in light of the story of Joseph–relating to his experiences of God‘s faithfulness in transforming him to become a blessing to others instead of a curse.
Navigating risk and the threat of loss in transformational servant leadership: A grounded theory of when unequal negotiations lead to flourishing outcomes.
(International Graduate School of Leadership, 2022-05-30)
Virtue, Brian M.
In contemporary leadership and negotiation discourse, there is increasing awareness and commitment to community oriented organizational values such as diversity, unity, equity, empowerment, and collaboration. While such values are aspirational in most organizations, they are not always realized. Leadership negotiation across power and difference often results in conflict, marginalization, stagnation, and wasted resources. While the negotiation and conflict fields address themes such as deal making, resolution, and reconciliation, there is less literature illustrating the negotiator’s internal identity and power processing that shapes negotiation behavior in unequal negotiation. This study illustrates how evangelical Christian leaders in the United States and Southeast Asia who value diverse, transformational servant leadership can either negotiate across power inequality and diverse interests in ways that lead to either diminishing or flourishing outcomes. The United States and Southeast Asia provide a strong point of contrast to explore both the commonalities and differences related to unequal negotiation in different cultural contexts. The study developed a grounded theory of flourishing unequal negotiation inclusive of both the United States and Southeast Asia from data gained from over 30 research participants that were all organizational leaders in the global parachurch ministry Cru. This sample included diversity of gender, race, ethnicity, generation, and nationality as well as organizational departments and roles. Research analysis identified a negotiator’s response to risk and the threat of loss in unequal negotiation as the central phenomenon, catalyzing contrasting cycles of responses that are either rooted in self-preservation or vulnerable humility. The diminishing cycle showed patterns of processing related to power and identity in unequal negotiation that led to greater emotional reactivity, negotiating rigidity, and reinforcement of power inequality. The flourishing cycle showed patterns of learning, self-differentiation from various sources of organizational power, and a re-framing of relationships and standards of success and stewardship. A key implication of the theory is that while much of the negotiation field stresses strategy, skill, and leverage, flourishing outcomes for all parties were observed to hinge on a negotiator’s capacity to remain secure and humble in the vulnerability that comes with risk and the threat of loss rather than securing power. The study’s findings contribute theoretical and theological foundations for virtue-based and transformational leadership development, negotiation, and conflict management in American and Southeast Asian organizations, churches, ministries, and non-profit organizations.
An emic study of indigenous values among Ivatans fundamental to their perception of community leadership.
(International Graduate School of Leadership, 2021-05)
Sagon, Iole Ruth Fulangen De
This ethnographic study was designed to determine the indigenous values among Ivatans fundamental to their perception of community leadership. This study yielded a profile of an Ivatan community leader and was presented as values-based and practical traits. This profile surfaced the primary Ivatans values involved in choosing their community leaders which is the main objective of this study. Moreover, these primary Ivatan values showed three aspects of leadership including personal, public and professional aspects. I also compared these primary Ivatan values to the description of a transformational leader. Furthermore, this study showed two other contributing factors that influence the choice of leaders. It also showed a common response when it comes to doing the campaign in Batanes setting. Results also showed that in choosing community leaders, Ivatans give importance to the voice of people that matter to them; and at the same time, enjoy their freedom to have a personal decision to vote. Finally, this study revealed that the qualities Ivatans seek in a political leader are similar with the qualities they look for in their religious and other community leaders.