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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
wiley   +1 more source

BLUE THEOLOGY AND WATERSHED DISCIPLESHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA

open access: yesActa Theologica, 2019
In an era increasingly shaped by escalating water crises, Ched Myers calls the church to watershed discipleship, arguing that watershed discipleship is a faithful response to Christian mission amidst a looming environmental catastrophe.
doaj   +1 more source

The Cost of Making Disciples [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
(Excerpt) Christians, wrote Tertullian in the second century, are made, not born. Fortunately, we have a description of how they were made from the Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus.l Exposed to the gospel through lives of committed Christians ...
Huffman, Walter
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Unity or Distinction? Herman Bavinck’s Use of John Calvin and Later Reformed Orthodoxy in His Doctrine of the Two States

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the doctrine of Christ’s two states of humiliation and exaltation in Herman Bavinck’s and John Calvin’s thought, with the aim of illuminating Bavinck’s use of Calvin. The article begins by exploring Calvin’s use of the two states and argues that his treatment of Christ’s descent into hell is an important though ...
Sarah Killam Crosby
wiley   +1 more source

Theological training in Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches: A necessity for discipleship

open access: yesIn die Skriflig
Theological education is downplayed by many Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches (PCCs), resulting in church leaders who lack theological proficiency.
Ronele M. Prince, Johannes J. Knoetze
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The Incarnational Aesthetic of David Brown☆

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The notion of incarnation has historically been a prominent concept for the acceptance of images and the interpretation of art within Christianity. A contemporary proponent of this line of reasoning about the theological potential of art is David Brown, who builds his theology of culture on the doctrine of incarnation. This article presents an
Filip Taufer
wiley   +1 more source

Educating Anglicans: A case study investigating group work in the Church of England

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2014
The dominant form of group work in the Church of England is educational and directive. An investigation was carried out to determine whether other forms of group work could be valuable for the Church in addition to this approach.
Roger Grainger
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TITIK TEMU MAKNA BAPTISAN MENURUT ROMA 6:3-6 DAN KONSEP MANUNGGALING KAWULO GUSTI BAGI PEMURIDAN KONTEKSTUAL MASYARAKAT JAWA

open access: yesManna Rafflesia
Baptism and discipleship are two things that cannot be separated. In the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus, they are intertwined. One of the concepts contained in baptism is union with Christ found in Romans 6:3-6.
Aji Suseno   +2 more
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Theosis in Discipleship

open access: yesKairos, 2023
Ustanovimo li da je značenje teoze postati nalik Bogu procesom postajanja poput Krista te ako je cilj učeništva postati sličnima Kristu, bjelodano je da su ta dva koncepta blisko povezana. Članak ukratko pojašnjava koncepte učeništva i teoze, kao i najčešće evanđeosko okruženje odvijanja učeništva (sastanci udvoje ili u maloj grupi).
openaire   +3 more sources

Scripture: Tool of Patriarchy or Resource for Transformation? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
If feminism is a major resource for the transformation of humanity and history in the direction of wholeness and hope, it is also a serious challenge to organized religion and e specially to Christianity because it calls into question the traditional ...
Schneiders, Sandra Marie
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