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Theological Doctrines as Scientific Theories? Thinking along with and beyond McGrath

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract McGrath's recent analysis of the parallels between scientific theory formation and the development of theological doctrine in The Nature of Christian Doctrine (OUP, 2024) is insightful and largely compelling, but also raises some questions and areas for further exploration. First, there is a remarkable back‐and‐forth between uses of ‘doctrine’
Gijsbert van den Brink
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Temple Theology, Holistic Eschatology, and the Imago Dei: An Analytic Prolegomenon

TheoLogica, 2018
In this paper, I offer something of a prolegomenon, outlining some areas in which certain strands of biblical theology and analytic theological reflection can be mutually informative. To do so, my paper unfolds in three ways.
James T. Turner, JR.
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The Nature of Christian Doctrine: A Conversation with My Critics

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article opens with a brief account of the six main themes of The Nature of Christian Doctrine, noting in particular the role of the early church as an ‘epistemic community’ of knowledge production, and the significant and helpful parallels between the modern scientific tool of ‘inference to the best explanation’ and early Christian ...
Alister E. McGrath
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Evaluation of Narrational Justification of Bodily Resurrection Quality According to Hakim Aqa Ali Modarres. [PDF]

حکمت صدرایی, 2017
Hakim Aqa-Ali Modarres has a salient innovativeness among transcendental wises. He inspires his innovative approach in challenging theory of physical resurrection from an anecdote which influenced his whole attitude and he uses transcendent rational ...
Mohammadreza Ershadinia
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Book Symposium on Gregory of Nyssa's On the Human Image of God: An Appreciation of Responses

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract In response to the review essays by Rowan Williams, Morwenna Ludlow, Gabrielle Thomas, Paul Blowers and Martin Laird, this essay by John Behr addresses questions raised about translation methods and the complexities of understanding Gregory's rhetorical style as integral to his mode of writing theology.
John Behr
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Resurrection of the Dead

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023
This article explores the Christian notion of the resurrection of the dead under four headings: finality, individuality, communality and hope.
Susannah Ticciati
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Architect of the Image: Argumentation, Economy and Translation in Gregory of Nyssa’s On the Human Image

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract In this contribution to a book symposium on Gregory of Nyssa’s On the Human Image, Morwenna Ludlow reflects on John Behr’s attention to the literary structure and argumentative flow of the book, its interplay with the similarly structured Timaeus of Plato and the difficulties of translating a work of such rhetorical and pastoral sophistication
Morwenna Ludlow
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Neuroscience, Spiritual Formation, and Bodily Souls: A Critique of Christian Physicalism [PDF]

, 2017
The link between human nature and human flourishing is undeniable. "A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit" (Matt. 7:18).
Evans, C. Stephen, Rickabaugh, Brandon
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Book Symposium Introduction: John Behr, Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article introduces a series of response essays to John Behr’s Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God, which includes contributions from Rowan Williams, Morwenna Ludlow, Paul Blowers, Gabrielle Thomas and Martin Laird – with a final response from John Behr.
Thomas Breedlove, Alex Fogleman
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An Analysis and Critical Edition of the Resurrection Section of the Theology Part of the Book of Salvation Based on the Earliest Manuscripts [PDF]

تاریخ فلسفه اسلامی
The Book of Salvation (al-Najāt) is one of Avicenna's most significant works, encompassing essays on logic, natural science, theology, and mathematics. The latter section was added by al-Jawjazānī, drawing from Avicenna's mathematical writings.
Leila Kiankhah
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