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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Doctrinal development"”.
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Change in Seventh-day Adventist Theology: a Study of the Problem of Doctrinal Development
… in Christ and what seem to be significant doctrinal modifications. This study provides the first in-depth treatment of the intricate problem of doctrinal development from a Seventh-day Adventist perspective.</p> <p>Method. Chapter 1 defines the problem, chapter 2 offers a historical-genetic …
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An Imaginative Theory of Doctrinal Development: An Attempt to Open Western Traditions to Contextual Faith
… pluralism, it is a challenge to conceive of the development of doctrine in way that can truly appreciate and be responsive to the diversity that it entails and the postmodern intellectual paradigm that it necessitates. The position of this work is that the imagination provides the space in which …
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John Henry Newman and Georges Florovsky: An Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue on the Development of Doctrine
This dissertation examines the idea of doctrinal development in the writings of John Henry Newman and Georges Florovsky, who are both representative thinkers in their respective Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. Newman's theory of doctrinal development proposes that divine revelation …
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Innovation, wargaming, and the development of armored warfare
… thesis examines the role of simulation in the development of armored warfare doctrine during the interwar period. All the Great Powers faced the challenge of how to integrate new technologies, particularly the tank, radio, and aircraft, into a coherent combined arms doctrinal framework. I …
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VOICES OF SELF-SURRENDER: RELIGIOUS MULTILINGUALISM IN MEDIEVAL SOUTH INDIA
… reveal the dynamic interplay between the development of self-surrender and linguistic changes. Expanding on existing studies of Śrīvaiṣṇavas and self-surrender, this work demonstrates that different languages need to be considered in understanding the medieval Śrīvaiṣṇavas’ doctrine of …
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An Investigation of Dispensational Premillennialism: an Analysis and Evaluation of the Eschatology of John F. Walvoord
… chapter, we begin in chapter 2 by showing the development of premillennialismsince the days of the early church until thenineteenth century.</p> <p>Chapter 3 examines the role and impact offuturism upon premillennialism. The chapter also discusses the claims of Dispensationalism concerning its …
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The Concept of Equity in Early-Modern European Legal Scholarship
… scholarship, and of its consequences for the doctrinal development of equity in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. I begin by showing that medieval legal writings on equity were almost completely unconcerned with epieikeia, and that the latter was only developed by philosophers and …
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The Limits of Laissez-Faire: Free Competition, Freedom of Contract, and Other-Regard as a Competing Principle of Commercial Private Law
… of laissez-faire has long dominated the doctrinal development of contract and tort as they apply to commerce. By contrast, opposition to laissez-faire developed in piecemeal fashion, which has precluded this opposition from amounting to a comprehensive critique of laissez-faire. This has …
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The Use of American Precedent in Australian Constitutional Jurisprudence
… could beneficially contribute to the ongoing doctrinal development of Australian constitutional jurisprudence. Useful concepts derived from United States (US) Supreme Court (USSC) case law have been under-explored to date, and an increased willingness to draw upon US constitutional experience …
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Unresolved tensions in the Mormon doctrines of God, man, and salvation during three critical periods of development
… dissertation argues that there are unresolved doctrinal tensions in several Mormon doctrines. While many Mormon scholars have assumed that the same doctrinal views have been taught since the founding of the church in 1830, the weight of historical evidence argues directly against this …
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Uses in the Later Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries
… far more limited work has been done on the doctrinal development of uses in the years before the statute. This thesis seeks to begin the process of remedying this relative lack of scholarly consideration. Following developments in Chancery practice with regards to the enforcement of uses in …
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An Analysis and Comparison of the Missional Doctrine Hermeneutics of Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, with Emphasis on their Notions of God, Eschatology, and Mission
… to facilitate comprehension of their missional doctrinal hermeneutics, and the ramifications of those hermeneutics for the construction and development of Christian theology. Missional doctrinal hermeneutical models conceive the missional dimension of doctrine in various ways. Some privilege the …
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The semiotics of non-verbal communication in the attorney, client consultation process
… Whilst there is no denying that the ubiquity of doctrinal development is central to legal studies, law is no longer seen as a “technique of professional practice” only. Legal Realism has highlighted the fact that law permeates all facets of life and should therefore be studied as an embodiment of …