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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Unbelief"”.
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The Cymbalum mundi of Bonaventure Des Periers and the Concept of Renaissance Unbelief, 1537–1937
… otherwise famous for denying the possibility of unbelief in the early sixteenth century, nevertheless held up the Cymbalum mundi as a sole exception, and as a precursor to modern atheism. The dissertation closes with reflections on the close relationship between modern and pre-modern descriptions …
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Triptych 1
… by the prayer, ”Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”
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Transitioning from an Informal to an Intentional Discipleship Process at Meadow Valley Community Church, Quincy, California
… believer at Meadow Valley Community Church from unbelief to spiritual maturity in Christ. Chapter 1 presents the purpose, goals, context, rationale, and research methodology for the project. Chapter 2 examines five biblical principles that show that discipleship is an intentional process in the …
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Integrating Principles and Practices of Apologetics with Biblical Counseling
… apologetics which is to defend the faith against unbelief wherever it is found—in the world, the church, or the individual Christian. These concentric spheres of experience provide the context in which the biblical counselor can use apologetic topics to combat doubt and buttress the counselee’s …
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Forms of Spectrality in Ancient Rome
… rather in how modalities of belief (or unbelief) developed within a prescribed framework of possibilities--particularly with regard to the historical transformation of ideas about the nature of vision and representation--in which images played a crucial role. While much work has been …
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The Background of Lamentabili
… which in their opinion would save the world from unbelief.</p>
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Blasphemy in England, c.1660-1730
… conception of blasphemy as aggravated unbelief, the greatest sin which brought about an irrevocable breakdown in the relationship between a human being and God. My thesis reclaims a specific idea and language of blasphemy from the vague category and context of irreligion to provide new …
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Theodicy : a critique and a proposal
… derive from formulating theodicy in terms of unbelief, and from strictly theoretical analysis. The superiority of philosophical description is argued as better suited to understanding religious belief as held in the community of believers, with especial reference to relationships that hold …
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The integration of apologetics and evangelism in the ministry of Reuben Archer Torrey
… message itself, the responses of belief and unbelief, and the role and value of apologetics are detailed. Contemporary application with suggested practical implications close the chapter. Chapter 6 concludes the dissertation with final thoughts on R. A. Torrey and how further study in this …
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The theological role of "signs" in the Gospel of John
… of a faith in Jesus,’ ‘glorification of Jesus,’ ‘unbelief,’ and ‘the discipleship.’ It is thus clear that the Johannine signs are written so that people may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing people may have Life in His name (cf. 20:31).
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The (ir)relevance of truth to rationality
… for acting. Second, it is not possible to act in unbelief: in order for an agent to act for a reason, the agent must at least believe that reason to be the case. Third, the reasons for which agents act can play a role in explaining the actions done for those reasons –– even when agents act in the …
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Who is the "God of this age" in 2 Corinthians 4:4?
… is responding to the peculiar problem of Jewish unbelief , and that he argues that in the same way that the "minds" of unbelieving Jews had been divinely "hardened" to the old covenant (3:14), so their "minds" had now been "blinded" to the gospel by the God of this age (4:4). The thesis is …
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Holiness and humanism: a comparative-religions commentary on book 2 of Cicero’s laws, with special reference to Confucianism and Chinese thought
… propriety for agnosticism and tacit knowing for unbelief; reliability of the canonical texts; the sages' descendants and classical explicators; tyranny as the sin of parricide: Roman priesthoods with reference to the religious power of women; family religious rites; the augural priesthood and its …
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The Politics Of Atheism In The West
… without belief in god(s), more people claim unbelief in god(s) than describe themselves as "convinced atheists" in every society on earth. While the extant social science research on religion and secularism rigorously explores the nuances of the religion/nonreligion divide, the scholarship …
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A Study of Religious Attitudes and Problems as Perceived by Current and Former Seventh-day Adventist Students at Seventh-day Adventist Mission Secondary Schools in Hong Kong
… of teachers, authoritarianism in pastors, unbelief in Adventist doctrines, lack of personal interest of pastors, negative media influence, lack of religious sincerity of teachers, and family disharmony.</p> <p>Conclusion. It is important that parents, teachers, and religious leaders …
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Kosmos and Ioudaioi in the Fourth Gospel: Parallelism, function and context
… meaning of "the world" to a mere principle of unbelief or to Judaism, and places the Gospel into a socio-political context of conflict with the Roman imperial order at the end of the first century. We conclude that the Gospel does not focus its polemic on the Jews as a race but situates the …
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‘Heathenism’ in the Protestant Atlantic World, c. 1558 - c. 1700
… developments in the cultural history of unbelief and the global history of Protestantism, the dissertation investigates language as a fundamental bridge between theology and culture in England and North America during the Long Reformation. It demonstrates that Protestants deployed the …
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The Moral Characterisation of the Ἰουδαῖοι: A Comparative Study of Opponents to the Divine in the Gospel of John and Euripides' Bacchae
… cast this character as either representatives of unbelief or ambiguous agents who defy the stark dualism of John. I conclude that there is a need for a reading of the Ἰουδαῖοι that grapples with their character complexity without overlooking the moral and evaluative aspects of their …
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The Self-Transcendence of Jesus A Model for the Evangelisation of the Adolescent
… of the thesis. However, the general malaise of unbelief and the inheritance and interpretative blocks of modem day culture, makes it difficult for young people to discover their true orientation and disposition to the divine. In chapter six, I will examine various blocks to the innate religious …
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