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Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Orthodox Christian theology in general prides itself on bearing the mantle of patristic thought. Orthodox theological anthropology is no different, often drawing on Greek patristic sources in presenting its vision of the human being. Yet Orthodox anthropology can also broadly be categorized as personalist in ways that are not necessarily so ...
Alexis Torrance
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The Social Background of 1 Corinthians 1-4
Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2019 The social structure of the Corinthian ecclesia is a reasonable cause for the dissensions that had occurred between her members. The people from the higher social strata of the church may have sought to advance their honor by desiring to extend their ...
Mihăilă Corin
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Black Humanism: Sameness and Difference in Being Human and Being Black in the United Kingdom
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This essay outlines a variety of responses to a central question pertaining to Black humanism: namely, what does it mean to be a Black human, given the existence of systemic racism within the Body of Christ and in many White majority societies in the African Diaspora, in this case, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain?
Anthony G. Reddie
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1 Corinthians 1:18-31 from a rhetorical perspective
Acta Theologica, 2009 The approach followed in this article differs from that of researchers who force ancient rhetorical categories on a text or who regard only a few stylistic devices as rhetorical.
A. H. Snyman
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This (Mortal) Christian Life: Growth in Grace and the Problem of Senescence
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Theological accounts of the Christian life attempt to describe the manner in which the Holy Spirit's communication of Christ's redemptive work engenders new ways of being in the world. Such descriptions normally entail, in one form or another, the conclusion that the Christian life is marked by progressive growth in grace, an upward spiral in ...
Daniel Lee Hill
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Oorreding in 1 Korintiërs 3:9c-23
In die Skriflig, 2009 Persuasion in 1 Corinthians 3:9c-23 This article is an attempt to analyse 1 Corinthians 3:9c-23 from a perpective different to approaches which tend to force ancient rhetorical categories on the letter. The analysis is done in terms of what is called
A. H. Snyman
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On Theology and the “Overcoming” of Metaphysics: Falque, Betz, Heidegger, and Marion
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract John Betz and Emmanuel Falque have recently defined “metaphysics” as something intrinsic to the Christian faith. This faith, they claim, has always spoken metaphysically, until lately challenged by the likes of Heidegger and Marion. However, when we consider Heidegger and Marion's account, we find a completely different approach to metaphysics.
Matthew C. Kruger
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The Influence of the Murder Commandment in 1 Corinthians
Tyndale Bulletin, 2020 This article investigates the influence of the Decalogue commandment not to murder in 1 Corinthians as a case study of Paul’s dependence on the law for ethics. Paul does not quote or allude to the murder commandment in the letter.
Brian S. Rosner +1 more
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What Now? Military Peace Activism in the Wake of the Vietnam War
Peace &Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article defines military peace activism as peace activism related to military manpower policy and military personnel, including active, reserve, potential, and former servicemembers. It argues that when the US war in Vietnam and the draft that supported it ended, antiwar activists who worked with GIs had to reframe their work, as the ...
Amy J. Rutenberg
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On Raising Osiris in 1 Corinthians 15
Tyndale Bulletin, 2007 The suggestion that Paul’s theology of resurrection was developed on the basis of Osirian concepts of the afterlife, although not particularly new, has been revived of late.
Nicholas Perrin
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