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The Transformation of Christology (And the Church) Through Interfaith Dialogue

Religions
This article explores how interfaith dialogue, especially involving non-Christian views and interpretations of Jesus, has transformed contemporary understandings of Christology.
Peter Admirand
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‘Theological Metaphysics’ and the Christological Determination of the Principle of Analogy: A Response to John Betz's Christ, the Logos of Creation

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper is a response to John Betz's book, Christ, the Logos of Creation: An Essay in Analogical Metaphysics (Emmaus Academic, 2023). The essay confines itself to answering two methodological questions, namely: Does Przywara's approach to analogy indeed represent the basic form (‘Denkform’) that analogy has ‘always assumed’ in Catholic ...
Archie J. Spencer
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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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Supralapsarian Christology and Theological Grammar

Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift
This article engages with supralapsarian Christology, that is, the idea that the cause of the incarnation precedes the fall, to actualize the axiomatic tension between speculation and God’s abiding mystery. Taking a cue from Kathryn Tanner, I present the
Elias Kjörk
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Pairing Problems: Causal and Christological

Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2021
Trenton Merricks has objected to dualist conceptions of the Incarnation in a similar way to Jaegwon Kim’s pairing problem. On the original pairing problem, so argues Kim, we lack a pairing relationship between bodies and souls such that body A is ...
Wong Kevin W.
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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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Christian responses to Islamic Christology: a critique of surahs three. four, and nineteen of the qur'an [PDF]

, 1988
The aims of this study are to present and to evaluate the Quranic portrayal of Jesus as found in surahs three, four, and nineteen. Chapter one incorporates a brief introduction leading to the presentation of what the Qur'an says about Jesus within the ...
Long, William Thomas
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Introduction: The Rationale for This Special Issue☆

International 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
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A re-appraisal of Origen's Christology in the light of modern scholarship [PDF]

, 1994
The main aim of the thesis is to present Origen's Christology within a historical perspective taking into account recent critical work. Chapter one deals with the life and times of Origen and examines the significance of these in assessing his ...
Echevarria, Jesus
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Early Interaction Between Scripture, Rule of Faith, and Evolving Christian Doctrine and Tradition: A Response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine

International 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
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