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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Historical theology."”.
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Alexandria in the Shadow of the Hill Cumorah: A Comparative Historical Theology of the Early Christian and Mormon Doctrines of God
… is a comparative study of the theological and historical development of the early Christian (pre-Nicene) and Mormon doctrines of God. For the Christian tradition, I follow a detailed study of the apostolic period, followed by the apologetical period, and then conclude with the pre-Nicene up to …
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Metaphor and divine paternity : the concept of God's fatherhood in the Divinae institutiones of Lactantius (250-325 CE)
This study is an exercise in historical theology and theolinguistics. The mention of historical theology entails that this investigation will dialogue with Christian authors of the past in order to illuminate modern theological issues. On the other hand, the allusion to theolinguistics (the study …
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The Organic Unity of Revelation: Towards a Biblical, Historical, and Theological Understanding of the External and Internal Nature of Revelation
… the neglect and dichotomization in evangelical theology, this dissertation provides an evangelical ressourcement for the external and internal reality of revelation. By using resources from Scripture, the history of the church, and systematic theology, it argues that revelation includes external …
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Divine Deliberation: Possible-Worlds Modality and the Divine Will-To-Create
Contemporary Christian theology regularly employs a key tool of contemporary philosophy’s turn towards modal metaphysics. Philosophy’s possible worlds modality has become the basis on which theologians regularly discuss both theology proper and such sub-disciplines as apologetics or the doctrine of …
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The Representation of Salvation in The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
… unit of analysis, this study reveals the unique theology of salvation found in The Sayings o f the Desert Fathers.</p><p>While this study focuses on the early monastic community, it has much broader implications in the study of historical theology and Late Antique religion. This study’s …
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A Constructive Theology of Truth as a Divine Name with Reference to the Bible and Augustine
This study is a work of constructive theology that retrieves the ancient Christian understanding of God as truth for contemporary theological discourse and points to its relevance to biblical studies and philosophy of religion. The contribution is threefold: first, the thesis introduces a novel …
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The Presuppositional Hermeneutic: An Argument for Interpreting and Preaching the Bible with Authority
… the sense accessible to the original audience (historical) according to the syntax within its literary context (grammatical). Chapter 4 explains how hermeneutics impact the pulpit. When a hermeneutic lacks divine-warrant, the sermon will as well. The first two sections explore the threats to the …
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Divine simplicity and the triune identity: a critical dialogue with the theological metaphysics of Robert W. Jenson
… simplicity in systematic and philosophical theology, following decades of intense reflection on the tri-personhood of the Christian God. New studies on divine simplicity have been written from the perspective of historical theology, philosophy of religion, and systematic theology. While …
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The Concept of Divine Love in the Context of the God-World Relationship
… the investigation. Chapter 2 briefly surveys the historical theology of love, tracing the central conceptions of divine love and the God-world relationship by selected, highly influential thinkers. Chapter 3 presents and analyzes the irreconcilable interpretations of divine love in relation to the …
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The Christian eschatological epistemology of Jonathan Edwards, 1703-1758
Philosophy and theology combine in Jonathan Edwards in a way that is not usual for either discipline. The field of study is therefore that of historical philosophy and historical theology but only in so far as to give the historical situation and interpretation of Jonathan Edwards' epistemology. …
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Eucharist and Anthropology: Seeking Convergence on Eucharistic Sacrifice Between Catholics and Methodists
… This dissertation is a work of systematic theology that draws from the insights of several related fields: liturgical theology, historical theology, sacramental theology, ecclesiology, and ecumenism. An investigation into what Catholics and Methodists have shared with each other to date in …
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Gesinsbediening as bedieningsvennootskap tussen gemeentes en gesinne
… initiatives. Four sub-movements within practical theology form the methodological framework of this study. The first movement describes the crisis within the church and families today (descriptive theology). The second movement explores some normative texts of the Christian tradition (historical …
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Uncovering The Protological Hermeneutics Of George McCready Price And Benjamin Warfield
… methodology that seeks to integrate historical theology, systematic theology, and exegetical-biblical theology.</p> <h3>Conclusions</h3> <p>The protological hermeneutical impasse between George McCready Price and Benjamin Warfield over the interpretation of biblical protology was …
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Asceticism, the sage, and the evil inclination : points of contact between Jews and Christians in late antiquity.
In Jewish Christian comparative studies, especially concerning late antiquity, there exists a need to explore in more detail the ways in which Jews and Christians interacted religiously and socially. Scholars have hinted at the need to address salient issues in the histories of both Judaism and …
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Covenant and Identity Formation in the Second Century
… has been analyzed in both biblical studies and historical theology, in addition to select studies of individual writers (though rarely in connection with identity formation). Chapter 2 surveys the first of two important background contexts for understanding early Christian use of the covenant …
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The Development Of Auricular Confession In The Coptic Tradition: A Theological And Historical Study In The Book Of Confession By Kyrillus Iii, Patriarch Of Alexandria (+ 1243 A.D.)
<p>This dissertation studies the development of auricular confession in the Coptic tradition from the early Church to medieval times. It demonstrates the evolvement of five penitential models through the centuries. In the first millennium of Christianity, auricular confession was neither demanded …
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John Edwards of Cambridge (1637-1716): A reassessment of his location within the later Stuart Church of England
… Stuart and early Hanoverian Church of England theology, and demonstrates that future accounts of the established Church in this period will have to afford both Edwards and his numerous Reformed contemporaries a considerably more prominent place than has hitherto been the case. It not only …
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Theological Essentialism at the Enlightenment: The Doctrine of Fundamental Articles of the Faith in Daniel Waterland (1683-1740)
… doctoral thesis represents the first full length historical and comparative analysis of both the contextual catalysts and the originality of the theologically essentialist writings by Church of England theologian Daniel Waterland (1683-1740). Overviewing the most relevant contemporary discussions …
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Restoring Reason: Theology of Logic in Origen of Alexandria
Logic and theology were once spoken of together in a divine speech with which we spoke of God, even as God spoke to us, in one and the same sacred speech. Logic had been conceived as a simulation of speech in argument from the divine Logos. Yet logic has since been repeatedly separated from …