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The History of Science and Theology
St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2022 This entry offers a history of the different ways in which the formal study of the natural world has been related to theological considerations in the Western Christian tradition.
Peter Harrison
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The Church in the Christian Bible
St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 The theme of ‘church’ in the New Testament raises four central questions, the answers to which are essential for Christian theology. The questions are there for all, because of the text; but the answers are of different importance, due to the different ...
Thomas Söding
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Systematic Theology in the Nordic Countries after 1945
St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 Christian systematic theologies in the Nordic countries share common traits in terms of their Lutheran heritage and the close relationship between church and state (‘folk-church’) organizations that have dominated church life and theological reasoning up
Jan-Olav Henriksen
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 Neuroscience, the fastest growing scientific discipline for decades, has affected numerous aspects of Western culture. Thus, one should expect it to have influences on religion as well.
Nancey Murphy, Warren S. Brown
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2022 Free will is a perennial theological and philosophical topic. As a central dogmatic locus, it has been implicated in debates about core Christian doctrines, such as grace, salvation, sin, providence, evil, and predestination.
Aku Visala
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Ecumenism and Church Relations
St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 Ecumenism refers to the wide and multifaceted movement to advance Christian fellowship and the unity of the church. The contemporary ecumenical movement was preceded by nineteenth-century missionary and youth movements mobilizing Christians from various ...
Minna Hietamäki
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 This article is about the relationship between economics and Christian theology. It is concerned with economics in the modern sense (distinguished from the ancient art of oikonomia or household management, and personal financial decision making ...
Paul Oslington
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The Goodness, Holiness, and Love of God
St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 What is true of God? And what is God like? What are God’s qualities? These are perennial questions in theology. These questions receive an answer via the doctrine of the divine attributes. The doctrine unfolds God’s names, what is true of the one essence
Christopher R. J. Holmes
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 This article puts forward a robust historically-informed analysis of the current state of Christian theology and film discourse, establishing the necessary conditions not only for making sense of how the field has developed over time but also for ...
Robert K. Johnston, Kutter Callaway
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Postmodern Philosophy and Theology
St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2022 This article offers an overview of some of the key themes and motifs in postmodern philosophy which have influenced contemporary Christian theology as well as a survey of some of the theological responses to these philosophical ideas and methods.
King-Ho Leung, John Milbank
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