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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Theological Method"”.
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History of the theological method of Reinhold Niebuhr : a study of the relationship between past and contemporary events in Niebuhr's theological method
… this time there was considerable debate about method in Christian ethics, but with little or no success. By contrast Niebuhr hardly seems to have a method, but perhaps behind his considerable success lies hidden a method which must be made explicit for the contemporary debate in Christian …
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A Critical Analysis of the Theological Method of F. Leron Shults
ABSTRACT A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE THEOLOGICAL METHOD OF F. LERON SHULTS Joshua Philip Boswell, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012 Chair: Dr. Stephen J. Wellum This dissertation evaluates the theological method of F. LeRon Shults. Shults's attempt to develop theology in light of …
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Toward Engaging the Secular: Charles Taylor's Modern Social Imaginaries, Human Flourishing, and Theological Method
… over the other?" That is, "What form should theological method take to efficaciously engage the secular?" This study suggests that the answer might lie in an innovative fusion of Scripture with borrowed concepts from secular culture. Thus, this dissertation responds to the problem of the need …
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Hinduism and Christianity: Exploring the Theological Basis for Dialogue between Christianity and Hinduism in Indian accordance with the mind of Vatican II, with particular reference to the Theological method and Christology of Henri De Lubac
The ‘Other’ has always been a matter of concern from the beginning of humanity and Christians are not an exception to this. This is true at the personal, social and political level. How we treated the ‘Other’ in the history of religions gives us pause. Religious wars and the aggressive imposition …
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Insights and disclosures: a study of the philosophical theology of Bernard Lonergan and Ian Ramsey
… is undertaken and hence science and scientific method give a strong indication of how we think and talk about God, theology and theological method. We therefore start with the authors’ views of science and scientific method, noting similarities alongside a crucial difference: Ramsey emphasises …
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Are the Princetonians Passé?: Evaluating the post-conservative critique of Charles Hodge
The theological method of Charles Hodge is widely recognized as a major influence on American evangelical theology. Consequently, the merits and liabilities of Hodge‘s theology, particularly his epistemological influences, most notably Scottish Common Sense Realism, have made Hodge‘s theology and …
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Theology and Reality: Critical Realism in the Thought of Alister E. McGrath
Brian Lee Goard, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011 Chairperson: Dr. Gregg R. Allison This dissertation examines the role of critical realism in the theological method of Alister E. McGrath. The thesis of the dissertation is that Alister McGrath uses critical realism in a way …
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Severing the Spirit from the Son: Theological revisionism in contemporary theologies of salvation
This dissertation evaluates the historiography, methodology, exegesis, and theological conclusions of pneumatological inclusivists and their doctrine of salvation, and then offers a biblical and theological defense of soteriological exclusivism based on the relationship between the Son and the …
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To what extent is there a silence in regards to the issue of abortion within the contemporary evangelical church in the UK?
… drawing from an extensive review of historical, theological and ethical literature, the final chapter contains a unique empirical research endeavour demonstrating how one evangelical organisation, namely the Evangelical Alliance, has engaged with the issue of abortion. The goal of this final …
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The Relationship between a Theological Understanding of Marital Commitment and a Juridical Articulation of Marital Consent in Sacramental Marriages in the United States
… is an essential social, public, ecclesial, and theological good, yet its influence in the United States is threatened by a divorce rate comparable to the U.S. population in general, an explosive increase in cohabitation, and a declining marriage rate. The underlying assumption of this …
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The hermeneutical circle : an exploration of theological methodology
This dissertation explores theological methodology. The objective, within the methodological genre of the hermeneutical circle, is to see a method emerge that is fundamentally balanced; in other words, a theological method that is able to engage with immediate context, wider history, current …
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A critical systematic-ethical appraisal of the ethical design by Miroslav Volf within the South African context
… systematic-ethical appraisal of Miroslav Volf’s theological ethics within the South African context. Against the backdrop of persistent social fracture marked by gender-based violence, environmental degradation, economic injustice, and ecclesial disengagement, the study investigates whether …
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The viceregal homiletic: an appropriation of G.K. Beale's Christian viceregency for theological consideration of Christian preaching
… homiletical reflection because it proceeds in a theological mode of reflection. Chapter 2 of this thesis argues that the viceregal homiletic is distinct from existing homiletical reflection in the theological mode because it proceeds in a biblical-theological mode of reflection. Chapter 3 …
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Trilectic of Testimony: A Phenomenological Construal of the Eucharist as Manifestation-Proclamation-Attestation
… of the sacrament. Further, the revisionist theological method of David Tracy is employed in order to conduct the processes of phenomenological description, followed by that of transcendental reflection, to assess the status of the truth-claims asserted by the Eucharist-phenomenon.</p>
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An analysis of the educational-political setting of Wolfhart Pannenberg's "Theology & the Philosophy of Science" in consideration of contemporary challenges to German university theology
… to a revival of a largely dormant contemporary theological debate on method. The book was called a preliminary climax and concentrated on the epistemology of science, yet it remains one of Pannenberg’s least critiqued works. Throughout his life, Pannenberg was concerned to demonstrate the …
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A comparative study of the religious epistemology of Carl F. H. Henry and Alvin Plantiga
… are important for contemporary discussions of theological method and religious epistemology within evangelical theology. Specifically, the connection that is evident in Henry and Plantinga's work between the ability of humanity to know God and the special status of humanity as bearing the image …
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Knowing the divine persons: an engagement with Wolfhart Pannenberg’s doctrine of Revelation and Trinitarian theology
… does not play an adequate role within his theological method. The fourth chapter diagnoses a Christological problem where Pannenberg places an inadequate epistemic role onto the divine nature of Christ, making Christ’s resurrection the sole epistemic method for coming to knowledge of the …
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Tradition as a Viable Option for Protestant Theology : the Vincentian Method of Thomas C. Oden
<p>This dissertation analyzes Thomas Oden's theological method in order to understand its structural elements, and thereby, to facilitate a clearer comprehension of his commitment to the classic Christian tradition in the context of the increasing contemporary emphasis on postmodernism in …
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The Catholic Calvin: A study on the satisfaction of Christ and the necessity of the cross in John Calvin’s theology
… hypothetical necessity. Employing a historical-theological method, this thesis surveys key Medieval figures (Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, Scotus, Bernard, Abelard) to establish continuity in the tradition and then situates Calvin’s writings within that framework. It also engages in close …
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Word and spirit in doctrinal formation
… examines current models in evangelical theological method regarding the relationship the Holy Spirit has with the written biblical text and the reader as it pertains to interpretation and, in particular, doctrinal formation. Chapter 1 introduces the need for this project as well as …
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