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The doctrines of practical theology and the practice of doctrine: Re-imagining the relationship between practical theology and systematic theology

Pacifica: Australasian Theological Studies, 2013
Systematic theology is often the negative foil against which practical theology defines itself as a discipline. Practical theologians worry that systematic theology is committed to a detached objectivism and finality, and that it denies or resists the influence of context on Christian thought.
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The Doctrines of Sunni Theology

2010
Sunni theology has been intertwined with politics since the very beginning. After the Prophet Muhammad’s death in 632 CE, the disputes and debates over the qualifications, responsibilities, and personal conduct of his successors, the caliphs, produced perhaps the earliest theological formulations in Islamic thought outside of the Qur’an itself ...
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The Doctrine of Creation and the Task of Theology

Harvard Theological Review, 1991
“One is never done with Schleiermacher,” Karl Barth once wrote, and those who have readChurch Dogmaticsknow just how true that is. Schleiermacher's work presents a constant task for theology to incorporate fully and critique its sophisticated method; to follow its rigorous passion for ethics; to imitate, if only palely, its synthetic power and breadth;
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Shi'i Doctrine, Mu'tazili Theology

2017
According to some Muslim theologians, God is not free to act; He is bound by human ethics. To be just, He must create an individual of perfect intellect and infallible morality. People are obligated to submit to this person; otherwise eternal damnation awaits them.
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The Doctrine of the Ministry in Reformed Theology

Church History, 1943
In Reformed theology the doctrine of the ministry is an essential part of the doctrine of the church. The ministry is never a matter of indifference to theology. Its character, authority, forms and functions are prescribed and described in doctrinal statements of the churches, and the subject has been doctrinally and historically expounded by many ...
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The Doctrine of Salvation in Protestant Theology

The Society of Theology and Thought
This paper explores the significance and contemporary applicability of Protestant soteriology, focusing on the doctrine of justification. It begins by grounding its theological framework in Martin Luther's thought, examining the commonalities and distinctions between Protestant and Roman Catholic understandings of salvation within the context of ...
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Prayer and the Doctrine of God in Contemporary Theology

Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, 1980
Christian prayer and worship are not so much derived from as generative of the doctrine of God.
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The Cinderella of Theology: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit

Harvard Theological Review, 1957
More than once the doctrine of the Spirit (Pneumatology) has been called the Cinderella of Theology. If this was so in the past, and is perhaps still, it now requires our full attention. At the risk of viewing the situation through ‘continental’ eyes, but hoping you will recognize this, I would say that the nineteenth century, impressed by the advance ...
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The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the Theology of Athanasius

Scottish Journal of Theology, 1974
Athanasius of Alexandria (298?–373) was a key figure in the in the life and theology of the fourth-century Church. In most of the contemporary controversies and events his force of personality made an indelible mark on developments and influenced their direction and movement to a remarkable degree.
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On the Integrity of Doctrinal Theology Today

Ecclesiology, 2022
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