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Incarnation : Hindu and Christian thought
… Christian faiths. I have treated this subject of incarnation with due respect to both the religions. If the subject could be discussed on an evaluative basis, then there would be the possibility of coming to the conclusion that there is less truth and more truth in different religious faiths. The …
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Incarnation, Interpretation and Quotation: Augustine's Cassiciacum Dialogues and Confessions
This thesis is about quotation as a crucial means for Augustine to show how human language is flawed. Throughout this thesis, I will explore how Augustine uses his awareness of the malleability of language productively to find an adequate expression for this topic. It is a crucial issue for …
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The idea of the incarnation in the Gospel of John
Ph. D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1931 Scanned via digitization-on-demand; committee signatures: W.O.C. [William O. Carver], and W.H.D. [William Hersey Davis]
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Zinaida Vengerova: The aesthetic of the incarnation of the unincarnated
My dissertation is dedicated to the symbolist-critic Zinaida Vengerova. I focus not only on the work of Vengerova as a critic, her primary public role, but also on her writing which demonstrates her conception and dedication to the Russian Symbolist world view as uniquely expressed by her use of …
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The image of the Incarnation as motif for development practice in West Java, Indonesia
Beginning with the proposition that the incarnation is not simply theologically descriptive but also strategically prescriptive, this thesis proposes utilising this motif in order to analyse and critique participatory development practice as it is undertaken today, both by Christians as well as …
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Incarnation and Covenant in the Prologue to the Fourth Gospel (John 1:1-18)
… verse marks the transition from pre-existence to incarnation. Some try to combine both views and argue that the central section of the Prologue (vss. 6-13) describes what they call the activity of the pre-incarnate Christ in Old Testament times. There are also those who, not impressed either by …
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Constructing a Theology of Relational Life Through the Themes of Creation, Incarnation, and Re-Creation as an Alternative to Current Categories of Religions
… life rooted in the biblical themes of creation, Incarnation, and re-creation is developed. Relational life is terminology meant to be used in place of the terms culture and religion and signifies relationships between God and humanity and humanity with each other.</p> <p>This project utilizes an …
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Strengthening Alvin Plantinga’s Felix Culpa Theodicy Through the Addition of Eschatological Hope
… O Felix Culpa theodicy posits that worlds with incarnation and atonement are of maximal value, inherently containing evil as a necessary condition. While Plantinga’s Free Will Defense has garnered extensive analysis, his theodicy remains underexplored. This dissertation presents O Felix Culpa as …
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Incarnation d'un trop-plein d'art: la vision avant-gardiste de Staël dans la construction et la présentation des personnages de Corinne ou l'Italie
Notre thèse de maîtrise vise à mettre en lumière une théorie avant-gardiste, présentée dès le début du 19e siècle, à travers le récit et l’œuvre de l’écrivaine Germaine de Staël. En effet, au moyen d’une étude de cas littéraire approfondie, nous montrerons le caractère précurseur de l’œuvre de …
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Agricultural approaches to T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral and Four Quartets.
… Christian understanding of time, martyrdom, and Incarnation. Chapter two examines how Eliot performs his pro-agrarian politics in Murder in the Cathedral through the agricultural imaginary of the Women of Canterbury. I discuss the connection that Eliot makes between ecological and spiritual …
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The omnipresence of Jesus Christ: A neglected aspect of evangelical christology
This dissertation addresses the incarnation of Jesus Christ, and particularly the attribute of omnipresence in relation to the God-Man. Chapter 1 introduces the subject matter by defining incarnation, sets forth my presuppositions, expresses the thesis idea, namely that Jesus is omnipresent even in …
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An evangelical assessment and reconstruction of Phillips Brooks's definition of preaching
… nineteenth century. Chapter 3 unveils Christ's incarnation as the foundation for Brooks's preaching definition, and observes the way that his formulation and anthropocentric application of the doctrine shapes his "truth through personality" concept. Chapter 4 evaluates Brooks's definition in …
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The body and the blood: Graham Greene’s incarnational imagination
<p>The Christian doctrine of the Incarnation is central to the “Catholic novels” of modern British author Graham Greene, as can be seen through a close reading of how he ties the physical nature of experience to a spiritual understanding of God. Indeed, Greene writes of a God who not only exists, …
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Reflections on political authority and rootlessness in works of Hawthorne and Melville
… form of their political reflections recalls the incarnation of political theory in Plato's dialogues. The stories of Hawthorne and Melville enlarge our understandings about political authority and rootlessness, two features of every political community, within the American context.
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Some major Christian beliefs and Muslim objections and responses to the person and work of Jesus Christ
… Christ, such as his conception and birth, his Incarnation as God’s Word, his crucifixion as atoning death, as well as His resurrection, ascension and return.We will also examine Muslim objections and responses to these beliefs and set out a Christian case for continuing to hold them with …
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