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Showing 1 to 20 of 72 for “"Soteriology"”.
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An evaluation of the soteriology of John Murray
… Pennsylvania 1937-1966. We argue that Murray’s soteriology was indeed a true reflection of his mentor’s, John Calvin’s, theology. The differences in both men’s respective soteriologies were partly attributed to Calvin’s quidqualis distinction, within which he sometimes made contradictory …
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Towards a Roman Catholic Soteriology for the Sinned-Against Creature: An Intercultural Dialogue between the Soteriology of Edward Schillebeeckx and Korean-American Theologies of 'Han'
… is to point towards a Roman Catholic soteriology for the sinned-against creature that uses 'han' as a fundamental theological source. This dissertation is concerned with two main areas--Roman Catholic soteriology and intercultural theological dialogue--due to their growing importance …
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Gregory of Nyssa’s Soteriological Imaginary as a Resource for Nonviolent Soteriology
… of atonement theories as a way of organizing soteriology. It analyzes feminist critiques of atonement theories with a focus on two primary atonement theories: the Anselmian satisfaction theory and penal substitutionary atonement. It shows that many of these critiques relate to the theme of …
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Christosis: Pauline Soteriology in Light of Deification in Irenaeus and Cyril of Alexandria
… presentation of the anthropological dimension of soteriology. Drawing methodologically from Gadamer, Jauss, and Bakhtin, we attempt to hold a conversation between Paul and two of his later interpreters--Irenaeus and Cyril of Alexandria--in order to see what light the development of deification in …
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Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus: The Relationship between Ecclesiology and Soteriology for Cyprian of Carthage
Cyprian wrote his treatise De ecclesiae catholicae unitate to discuss the relationship between the church and salvation. To counter the Novatian schism in Rome, Cyprian virtually equated the spiritual and visible church. Schismatics necessarily placed themselves outside the spiritual church and …
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Seventh-day Adventism and the sanctuary doctrine : deconstructing Adventist identity via a soteriology of hospitality
… Derrida's notion of hospitality to Adventist soteriology.
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Divine and Human Agency by Means of the Covenant: The Anti-Pelagian Theology of John Owen
… his life, John Owen vindicated an anti-Pelagian soteriology through divine and human agencies in the covenant. Owen was anti-Pelagian despite his emphasis on human agency in the covenant because of the divine agency of the Spirit. Owen was anti-Pelagian not despite but because of divine …
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My Blood of the (New) Covenant: An Assessment of René Girard's Soteriology in Light of the Covenantal Milieu of the Last Supper Sayings
… opening chapters. Once the Girardian approach to soteriology has been depicted with its various permutations, the research turns towards Israel's hopes for restoration after the exile, including the reconstitution of its covenantal relationship with YHWH, as they are articulated in the Old …
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The Soteriology of Ellen G. White Compared with the Lutheran Formula of Concord: a Study of the Adventist Doctrine of the Final Judgment of the Saints and Their Justification Before God
… alone are shared by the Seventh-day Adventist soteriology, as presented by Ellen G. White, with regard to the doctrines of justification and judgment. The design of the study includes four major sections. Chapter 1 presents the basic principles of Lutheran soteriology as reflected in The …
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Salvation in a social context: the impact of Hegelian social theory on modern understanding of soteriology, with particular reference to the Phenomenology of Spirit
The study is an exercise in interdisciplinary practice. It concerns the relationship between theology and socio-philosophy and considers the type of dialogical theory that is required in order to articulate the meaning of salvation socially. The intention is mediate a theological understanding of …
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An analysis of some of the major roles of emotion in the soteriology of John and Charles Wesley and its implications in relationship to contemporary research on emotions
… hypothesis that emotion is at the heart of the soteriology of the Wesley brothers, and thus emotion provides a significant avenue for understanding their theology of salvation. Although John was not known as an emotional preacher, he certainly was an emotive one, and this emotional component …
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The Doctrine of Prevenient Grace in the Theology of Jacobus Arminius
… and roles of prevenient grace in Arminius’s soteriology.</p> <p>Purpose</p> <p>The dissertation aims to investigate, analyze, and define the probable sources, nature, development, and role of the concept of prevenient or “preceding” grace in the theology of Jacobus Arminius (1559–1609).</p> …
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Soteriological Perspectives in the Seventh-day Adventist Church From 1930 to 2000
<p>The Topic</p> <p>The soteriology of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, originally shaped in the mid-nineteenth century around the preparation for the imminent Second Coming, has undergone gradual development over time. By the mid-twentieth century, various perspectives emerged due to the …
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Odd Fellows: The Intersection of Arminianism and Calvinism in the writings of Desmond Ford and F.F. Bruce
… Ford had abandoned the Arminian synergistic soteriology for Calvinism’s monergism.</p> <p>The Purpose</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to explore to what extent Frederick F. Bruce’s Reformed views, theological assumptions, and commitments were shared by and reflected in Desmond Ford’s …
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Odd Fellows: the Intersection of Arminianism and Calvinism in the Writings of Desmond Ford and F.F. Bruce
… Ford had abandoned the Arminian synergistic soteriology for Calvinism’s monergism.</p> <p>The Purpose</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to explore to what extent Frederick F. Bruce’s Reformed views, theological assumptions, and commitments were shared by and reflected in Desmond Ford’s …
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Religious Liberty in Contemporary Evangelical Social Ethics: An Assessment and Framework for Socio-political Challenges
… categories of eschatology, anthropology, and soteriology. Chapter one examines the literature surrounding evangelical proposals around religious liberty. Chapters 2 through 4 offer a constructive proposal for religious liberty oriented around the themes of the kingdom of God (eschatology), the …
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Discerning Redeeming Communities: Rita Nakashima Brock and Elizabeth A. Johnson in Dialogue
… of a feminist theological anthropology, soteriology inevitably reflects the distortions of patriarchal perspectives embedded in anthropological themes intertwined with soteriology, such as the imago dei, sin, and grace.</p><p> Rita Nakashima Brock's Journeys by Heart understands both …
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Loving without memory: on the concept of salvation from Deleuze's Spinoza to Spinoza's Deleuze
… works, I show that what is “saved” in Deleuzian soteriology is not the subject or the person, but an impersonal and memory-less degree of intensity.</p>
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Justification and the Individual in the Wake of the New Perspective on Paul
… that fundamental to justification and Pauline soteriology in general is a distinction between grace (through faith) and works. Chapter 6 seeks to align the present argument with more corporate concerns in Pauline soteriology through exegesis of two passages that are often considered to be …
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