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Discerning the Spirit of Athens

International Review of Mission, 2005
The 13th world mission conference in Athens was, for the first time ever in a predominantly Orthodox setting, at a time when everyone talks about a "crisis" and the need for "reconfiguration" in the ecumenical movement and better cooperation between the different ecumenical structures and movements.
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On “Discernment of Spirits” in the Early Church

Theological Studies, 1980
THE TERM "discernment" is used frequently—some might think too frequently—in contemporary spiritual theology. It is itself a biblical term and has a long and somewhat complex history. In modern usage it is found in three different phrases: "Ignatian discernment" or simply "discernment," "communal discernment," and "discernment of spirits." The first ...
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Idols and Demons: On Discerning the Spirits

Dialog, 2002
This article elaborates on the distinction between two spiritual ailments, which can be properly identified as idolatry and demonry. They represent opposite but complementary age–long phenomena still relevant to the analysis of the contemporary spiritual situation in explaining disorders of the soul as well as cultural derangement.
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The challenge of discerning between the genuine and counterfeit ‘Signs of the Spirit’: toward a Pentecostal theology of the discernment of the Spirit(s)

Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association, 2019
This essay seeks to identify, assess, and construct some guiding theological principles for Pentecostals for the sake of the discernment of the Spirit(s) in the religiously pluralistic and secular ...
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Perfectionism in Religion and Psychotherapy or: on Discerning the Spirits

Journal of Psychology and Theology, 1976
Taking the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith's controversial King Follett Sermon as an expression of endemic American perfectionist strivings, the author suggests that perfectionism may be the conscious expression of its unacknowledged opposite — despair. The problem of perfectionism constantly emerges both in American religion and more recently in American
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Discerning the Spirit among Catholic Charismatics

Dialog, 2002
The “Catholic Charismatic Renewal,” renamed by the bishops the “Charismatic Renewal of the Church,” has a 35 year history in the US and Europe. Debated at Vatican II and analyzed by theologians, the experience of spiritual charisms requires thoughtful discernment, especially if charism is to be properly integrated with sacrament.
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Discerning the Spirit in Life: a Review of God the Spirit By Michael Welker

Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 1997
AbstractIn contrast to all so-called natural pneumatologies, it has... become clear that the Spirit does not 'somehow or other' enlist the services of 'everything'. Instead, the Spirit who acts in the fullness of time 'rests' decisively on the selfless, suffering, and despised Messiah...
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Discerning the Spirit: the first act of mission

2008
Norsk tidsskrift for misjonsvitenskap, Vol 62 Nr 1 (2008): Norsk tidsskrift for ...
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Spirit of Discernment

2023
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Love Anderson, Wendy: The Discernment of Spirits

1970
Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte, Bd. 125 Nr.
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