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Christian Doctrine Of Personal Immortality
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Reimagining Christian Doctrine? A Critical Analysis of Anthony Thiselton's Hermeneutics of Doctrine
Anthony Thiselton’s The Hermeneutics of Doctrine presents a hermeneutical framework that aims to rescue Christian doctrine from its perceived marginalisation and abstraction from everyday life. This research assesses the efficacy of Thiselton’s hermeneutical framework in bridging the gap between …
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THOREAU'S A WEEK, RELIGION AS PRESERVATIVE CARE: OPPOSING THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY, MANIFEST DESTINY, AND A RELIGION OF SUBJUGATION
… conversion, and attempted extermination of non-Christian, Indigenous peoples--a repressive posture that scholars currently define as the "Christian Doctrine of Discovery." Thoreau makes it clear that belief in Christian supremacy and the desire to construct a decidedly Christian nation have led …
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The theology of The Dream of The Rood
… is acclaimed as one of the finest renderings in Christian literature. The purpose of this paper is to examine the work within the context of the pagan concepts of the cult of the cross and tree veneration to prove that the work accurately reflects the theology and doctrne of the period and …
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The world in His hands: a Christian account of scientific law and its antithetical competitors
This dissertation examines the Christian doctrine of divine providence and its implications for the laws of nature and problem of induction before contrasting secular and Islamic approaches to these same topics. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of a Christian account of scientific law by citing …
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The Theme of Free Will in Milton's Major Poems
… prose writings. In the Areopagitica and in the Christian Doctrine. Milton defines succinctly and unequivocally his stand regarding the human will.</p> <p>My purpose in this paper is to study, not Milton's entire system on liberty in all its varied phases, but only its most basic assumption—the …
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A Reevaluation of the Croxton Play of the Sacrament
… the grotesque. However, the presence of so much Christian Doctrine, particularly in the banns and throughout the third part of the play, indicates a definite moral purpose on the part of the dramatist. I suggest that the combination of grotesque and Christian elements reflects a particular …
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THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVES WHICH EMERGE FROM A THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DISINTEGRATION AT THE END OF LIFE (FRAIL ELDERLY)
… the potential of their lives. In Judaeo-Christian doctrine persons are to care for one another universally, regardless of condition. This universalism has not been adequately extended to the end of the life span. Judaeo-Christian doctrine also teaches that all human beings are alienated …
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Children’s Catechisms as Resources for Discipleship and Apologetics in England, 1549–1642
… faith and were used apologetically to defend Christian doctrine within the church and family in England from 1549 to 1642. The catechisms examined are exclusive to the Book of Common Prayer. Chapter 2 presents a survey of catechisms used specifically with children focusing on discipleship and …
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Draumkvedet and the Medieval English Dream Vision: A Study of Genre
… visions by Plato, Cicero and Boethius, and Christian revelations of John and Paul contain traits that found their way into the dream poems by Langland, the Pearl poet and Chaucer. The Norwegian ballad Draumkvedet exhibits features that mirror these English visions. Notable characteristics …
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Importance of Medieval Numerology and the Effects Upon Meaning in the Works of the Gawain-Poet
… only seeks to use numbers to impart important Christian doctrine to his readers in a subconscious way, he also demonstrates an extreme pre-planning of every line and layout of each poem upon the page. Continuing in current critical traditions of examining this manuscript as whole, "Pearl, " …
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A Christian Center for Hartford, Connecticut
… Baptist Church to feel a great need for a Christian Center in connection with the church building to supplement the present neighborhood facilities in an attempt to create a better environment tor the inhabitants of the neighborhood. An investigation of these causes has enabled the ministry …
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Augustine's incarnational hermeneutics and postmodernity
… dicibile. Primary texts for these topics are On Christian Doctrine, Against the Academic Skeptics, and The Teacher. Secondary literature specifically on this topic and texts is sparse, though a few scholars have addressed papers to the query. This thesis is written in dialogue with contemporary …
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Divergent Responses to the Human Predicament: A Case Study in New Comparativism
… it analyzes comparatively the Reformed Christian doctrine of limited atonement and the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist doctrine of akunin shoki. The comparative examination of these teachings illuminates the respective traditions' doctrinally divergent responses to a common understanding of the …
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Understanding Human Sexuality in John Paul II’s Theology of the Body: An Analysis of the Historical Development of Doctrine in the Catholic Tradition
… who call for ‘developments’ in such areas of doctrine. For over forty years, these conversation has taken on many shades of grey coming to a head with questions of discordancy and same sex unions among other pressing and related issues.</p> <p>This dissertation aims to contribute to the …
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And the Word Became Flesh: Visual Thoughts on the Book of John
<p>As a Christian artist, the author struggled with the historic baggage of Christian Art history and found most contemporary Christian Art to be an often repeated, inadequate expression of what Christianity teaches. Through a personal exploration of the Bible, Reformed Theological literature, and …
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The Background of Lamentabili
… These questions had been raised in the minus of Christian people, particularly Catholics, by teachers in positions of authority, and others within the Church, who had become self-appointed interpreters of Christian doctrine.</p> <p>The innovators had gained for themselves a wide hearing. A large …
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The body and the blood: Graham Greene’s incarnational imagination
<p>The Christian doctrine of the Incarnation is central to the “Catholic novels” of modern British author Graham Greene, as can be seen through a close reading of how he ties the physical nature of experience to a spiritual understanding of God. Indeed, Greene writes of a God who not only exists, …
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The politics of the crucified: a study of the political theology of John Howard Yoder, Leonardo Boff and Jon Sobrino with special reference to the crucifixion
… order. What difference does this make to Christian political theology? What is the revelatory value of Jesus’ death with regard to political theology? This thesis explores these questions, using a Christocentric methodology and taking three theologians in particular as interlocutors -– the …
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Word and Image: A Theology of Media As Extensions of the Person
… and volition). Within the context of classical Christian doctrine, each chapter derives one aspect of this framework from theological retrieval and reflection on Christology, theological anthropology, and bibliology. Considering these doctrines, I maintain that such a theology of media preserves …
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