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Bombast, Blasphemy, and the Bastard Gospel: William Stringfellow and American Exceptionalism

by

Marshall Ron Johnston, B.S.B.A., M.Div.B.L.

A Dissertation

Approved by the J.M.Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies

___________________________________ Christopher Marsh, Ph.D., Interim Director

Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of

Baylor University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree

of Doctor of Philosophy

Approved by the Dissertation Committee

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Barry G. Hankins, Ph.D., Chairperson

___________________________________ Francis J. Beckwith, Ph.D.

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Charles A. McDaniel, Ph.D.

___________________________________ Barry A. Harvey, Ph.D.

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Christopher Marsh, Ph.D.

Accepted by the Graduate School May 2007

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J. Larry Lyon, Ph.D., Dean

Copyright 2007 by Marshall Ron Johnston

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