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Toward an epistemology of mysticism: Knowing God as mystery [PDF]
, 2010 While some philosophers suggest that mystical experience may provide evidence for belief in God, skeptics doubt that there is adequate warrant for even accepting the claim of a mystical experience as evidence for anything, except perhaps for some kind of
Tobin, Theresa
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Playing God With Animals? The Meaning of Animals in a More Than Human World
Dialog, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 189-195, Winter 2025.ABSTRACT Unprecedented human power over the lives and welfare of trillions of animals calls for existential, ethical, and theological reflection. This article examines and discusses how the relationship between humans and non‐human animals can be understood in a Christian context.
Emil Børty Nielsen
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Obligatory service is not service [PDF]
, 2008 Service is not just helping another person in an hour of need, but rather it is helping another in any hour, ignoreing our own selfish gains from taking up the act.
LaFrance, Adrienne M.
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Columbanus, charisma and the revolt of the monks of Bobbio [PDF]
, 2008 The account of the revolt of the monks of Bobbio against Columbanus’ successor Attala by Jonas of Bobbio gives only some clues as to why it took place, but suggests that Attala was lacking charisma.
Dunn, M.
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Reading the Creed in the Light of Pentecost: An Eastern European Pneumatic Reflection
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 507-524, October 2025.Abstract Reading the Creed through pneumatic lenses is essential for understanding both humanity's eschatological destiny in the likeness of the Trinity and the consistently triune economy of salvation. In light of this assertion, the essay highlights aspects of the Creed's explicit and implicit pneumatology, offering a reflection from an Eastern ...
Daniela C. Augustine
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Thomas Aquinas on the Predestination of Christ
Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 684-705, October 2025.Abstract In this article, I examine the development of Thomas's doctrine of the predestination of Christ against the broader backdrop of thirteenth‐century scholasticism, highlighting its distinctively Christocentric character. Pauline texts (Eph. 1:4; Rom.
Joshua H. Lim
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Virga fuit: Ov. ars 2,339-342 and rem. 84-86 in Aug. in psalm. 66,3 [PDF]
, 2010 Influencia, o reminiscencia, de la lectura de los clásicos latinos en Agustín de Hipona. Aquí se analiza un ejemplo de comparación o símil del mundo vegetal que, aunque aplicado a contenidos diferentes, establece un estrecho paralelismo literal entre ...
Urbán Fernández, Ángel
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A Spiritual Dimension of Human–Animal Relations?
Dialog, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 144-151, Autumn (Fall) 2025.ABSTRACT A close relationship with nature and animals is widely acknowledged to support human physical, social, and mental health, but is more seldom considered relevant for human spirituality. Using theological resources, this paper argues that some human–animal relations may possess spiritual qualities.
Per T. Sangild, Pui Him Ip
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 328-340, September 2025.ABSTRACT Evolution acceptance is lower among religious than nonreligious individuals. One potential factor involves how Judeo‐Christian individuals interpret the Bible. We administered a nationwide survey to investigate the relationship between religiosity, biblical interpretation, and evolution acceptance.
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'Flattening' in Latin biblical citations [PDF]
, 2010 A paper presented at the International Patristics Conference in Oxford, August 2007. It investigates the alterations to biblical citations made by Church Fathers consistent with their quoting from memory, and identifies features typical of "flattening ...
Houghton, H.A.G.
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