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The Nature of Christian Doctrine: A Conversation with My Critics

open access: yesInternational 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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Book Symposium on Gregory of Nyssa's On the Human Image of God: An Appreciation of Responses

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

Architect of the Image: Argumentation, Economy and Translation in Gregory of Nyssa’s On the Human Image

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

Teologins queera dilemman

open access: yesSvensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2013
This article investigates a tension within queer theology, or more specifically between queer theory and Christian theology. Whereas queer theory seeks to deconstruct culturally constructed identities to trace the exclusions that are made in the name of ...
Ida Simonsson
doaj  

Introduction: The Rationale for This Special Issue☆

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This introduction outlines the rationale and scope of our special issue examining Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine (2024). It contextualizes McGrath’s work within ongoing debates about doctrine’s nature since George Lindbeck’s influential typology, then presents six critical responses from scholars in historical theology ...
Michael Borowski, Gijsbert van den Brink
wiley   +1 more source

Early Interaction Between Scripture, Rule of Faith, and Evolving Christian Doctrine and Tradition: A Response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine examines the interplay between Scripture, the Rule of Faith, and evolving Christian doctrine and tradition. Focusing on McGrath’s critique of Lindbeck’s presentation of doctrinal modalities, the article explores how doctrinal formation involves primarily synchronic (canonical),
Tomas Bokedal
wiley   +1 more source

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