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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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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2022 From its origins, ‘faith’ has been a central category which correlates positively with the high regard for the discipline of theology in Christianity. However, it has been understood in various different ways.
Paul R. Hinlicky
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Perichoresis and Ubuntu within the African Christian context
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 This article is about the juxtaposition of the notion of perichoresis in the work and theology of the Cappadocian Fathers and the notion of Ubuntu in the African Traditional Religion (ATR).
Jele S. Manganyi, Johan Buitendag
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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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A new paradigm for doing Reformed dogmatics [PDF]
, 1992 When discussing Reformational Theology: A New Paradigm for Doing Dogmatics some people may call it my opus magnum. Perhaps time 'will tell. The book has only recently - early 1992 - entered the marketplace of theological ideas.
G. J. Spykman
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Verbum et Ecclesia, 1987 Text, reference, truth. The relevance of the reference issue to the reflection on the epistemological character of dogmatics In this article an outline is given of the way in which the reference of words, sentences and texts takes place.
C. W. du Toit
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Toward an Ecumenical Metaphysics? A Response to Reviewers of Christ the Logos of Creation
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract After a series of promising ecumenical meetings in 1929 and 1931 with the Jesuit Erich Przywara, who advocated an analogical understanding of the relationship between God and world – doing so in part to ward off the danger posed by modern forms of pantheism – Karl Barth abruptly threw down the gauntlet and presented a serious obstacle to ...
John R. Betz
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The Outline of Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics
, 2017 This is an English translation of Herman Bavinck’s original outline for his magnum opus, Gereformeerde dogmatiek, along with the subparagraph numbers. The English translations of the four-volume Reformed Dogmatics and the abridged one-volume edition do ...
O'Donnell, Laurence
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The influence of jurisprudential theories on legal dogmatics in Finland in the area of civil law
Revista Direito Mackenzie, 2016 Scandinavian legal realism and its influence on legal dogmatics during 20th century is a characteristic of Nordic jurisprudence. With the help of it and original legislation, Nordic countries have restrained the strong influence of German legal doctrine.
Matti Ilmari Niemi
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The Analogia Entis for Reformed Theology: Retrieving Calvin's Implicit Metaphysics
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract The famous controversy between Emil Brunner and Karl Barth which led to Barth's ‘No!’ was driven by disagreements over how to read John Calvin: Barth and Brunner never agreed on whether Calvin had a doctrine of the analogy of being. This article rekindles the debate.
Silvianne Aspray
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