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Showing 1 to 20 of 278 for “"Theologians"”.
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The Magisterium and Theologians in the Writings of Avery Robert Dulles
… between the hierarchical magisterium and theologians, with special focus on the apparent disparity between his early post-Vatican II views and his recent views.</p> <p>To attain this goal, Dulles's convictions were considered in the context of his doctrine of the Church, and, whenever …
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Mythology for Christians: An investigation and empirical test of C.G. Jung's proposal that protestant theologians and adherents should think of God as a mythologem.
This research tests C.G. Jung’s suggestion that if protestant Christians think of God as a mythologem then it advances consciousness. There is an implied benefit of greater religious tolerance. The research methodology is to investigate the theoretical concepts involved, operationalise them, and …
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Wisdom as Sophia: An Analysis of the Sophiologies of Three 19th-20th Century Russian Philosopher-Theologians--Vladimir Solovyov, Pavel Florensky, and Sergius Bulgakov--Implications for Adult Learning
This study examined the concept of "wisdom" from the perspective of "sophiology"--a current in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Russian religious philosophy--particularly as it was used in the writings of Vladimir Solovyov, Pavel Florensky, and Sergius Bulgakov. The purpose of the study …
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Development of sin as personal and social: a critical comparison of Irenaeus of Lyons, Martin Luther and Juan Luis Segundo
… social in the thinking of three representative theologians, Irenaeus, Martin Luther and Juan Luis Segundo. We shall show that both their understanding of sin, and their understanding of redemption is at once personal and social. This thesis rejects any individualistic or private conception of …
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Community, connection, caring : towards a Christian feminist practical theology of older women
Christian feminist theologians state that community, connection, and caring are the means by which women live their lives and through which women understand and express their faith. These theologians also claim that their theologies are based on women's expeniences. In this thesis I ask, are the …
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Authority, unity and truthfulness : the body of christ in the theologies of Robert Jenson and Rowan Williams with a view toward implications for free church ecclesiology.
… Christ's Body. A growing number of free church theologians, however, are arguing for the necessity of visible ecclesial unity, which immediately raises the perennial problem of the authorities by which unity is maintained. There is also a growing recognition among free church theologians of the …
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A taxonomy of contemporary versions of penal substitutionary atonement
… surveys a range of contemporary and recent theologians’ different versions of penal substitution in order to compare and contrast their similarities and differences. By asking a series of fives questions, it identifies some of the variations found within penal substitution. The questions …
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Reclaiming the virgin birth narrative in Latin America feminist liberation theology
… Birth narrative. Secondly, it looks at feminist theologians' critical analyses of Marian devotion in Latin America as being about the veneration of an archetypal figure working in the interests of patriarchal social control and the oppression of women. Thirdly, it discusses the hermeneutical …
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Defending divine unity in the Muslim milieu: the Trinitarian and Christological formulations of Abū al-Faraj ‘Abd Allāh Ibn al-Ṭayyib and Iliyyā of Nisibis
This research examines two prominent theologians of the Assyrian Church of the East who responded to Islam’s perennial objections to the Christian Trinity and Christology. The theologians in question are Abū al-Faraj ʽAbd Allāh Ibn al-Ṭayyib (d. 1043/434) and Bishop Iliyyā of Nisibis (d. 1046/437). …
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Divine simplicity and the triune identity: a critical dialogue with the theological metaphysics of Robert W. Jenson
… shared between Eastern and Western trinitarian theologians as well as some fundamental claims in classical theologians’ doctrines of God, they have not yet engaged in dialogue with proponents of the ‘trinitarian revival’ that emerged in the latter half of the twentieth century in anything other …
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A Comparative Study of the Sabbath Theologies of A.H. Lewis and J.N. Andrews
… as seen in the writings of representative theologians Seventh Day Baptist A. H. Lewis and Seventh-Adventist J. N. Andrews, and secondarily to consider how the differences may have affected the vitality of the respective denominations.</p> <p>Method. The writings of the two theologians were …
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Al-Rāzī's Philosophy of Mind
… he adopts a critical stance against both the theologians’ materialism and the philosophers’ (namely Avicenna’s) immaterialism, before constructing his own dualistic theory. The dissertation is therefore set out according to al-Rāzī’s own dialectical schema, whereby I first investigate …
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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
… a Christocentric methodology and taking three theologians in particular as interlocutors -– the Mennonite theologian John Yoder and the Latin American liberation theologians Leonardo Boff and Jon Sobrino – with special reference to an examination of the ways in which their political theologies …
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Beyond ethical reflections : neo-liberalism, idolatry and Canadian catholic social teaching
… ethics. However, some liberation and critical theologians believe that neo-liberalism contains a covert religious dimension complete with an absolutist dogma, a spirituality, a value system, a soteriology and embedded "God-concepts." These theologians maintain that when considered …
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English Puritanism and the Transformation of Philosophy, c. 1640–1690
This thesis explores how English puritan theologians received, challenged, and shaped the great philosophical transformation of their day: the decline of scholastic Aristotelianism and its eclipse by mechanical natural philosophy. It begins with two scene-setting chapters, assessing the state of …
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Addressing Issues Related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Self-Identifying Christians in the Asian American Church
… literature has been published by queer Asian theologians challenging orthodox teachings on homosexuality and gender identity. The issue that the Asian American church faces today is pressure from society and culture to contextualize the Scriptures in order to affirm same-sex relations and …
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