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Imam Khomeini and Gnostic Adages: Narration and Acknowledgement [PDF]

حکمت معاصر, 2014
Most of laymen, and sometimes specials and intellectuals have missed the sight of Imam Khomeini's Gnostic aspect because of his significant political face and high rank of knowledge in Fiqh.
Davood Memari
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Topophilia and Chronophobia

Проект Байкал, 2014
In the article architectural ideas of space and time are connected with radical changes in the world views, historical and perpetual, transcendental and radical.
Alexander Rappaport
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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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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath

International 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
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Cioran and Gnosticism

, 2018
This study presents Cioran"™s relation with Gnosticism that is marked by the fragmentary and contradictory style of Romanian thinker. This is caused by the specific ambivalence signaled by the Romanian essayist, ambivalence that is affirmed by the ...
Ciprian Sonea, Sonea, Ciprian
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Theology as a Christian Gnosis in the First Three Centuries

Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, 2020
During the second and third centuries A.D., challenges from various gnostic groups forced mainstream Christianity to deepen its understanding of its core message.
René Roux
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Interpreting Barth's Eschatology: An Eco‐Theological Reappraisal

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Critical eco‐theologians do not consider Karl Barth's theology of creation helpful in addressing the contemporary ecological crisis. In this article, I explore a way to interpret Barth's theology that could lead to a fruitful eco‐theological perspective.
Othniël de Jong
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Worship in second-century Gnosticism : studies in the ritual life of some early Christian minorities [PDF]

, 1984
This series of interconnected studies in the ritual practice of the groups associated with the early Christian movement which are now usually now described as 'Gnostic', is a modest essay towards a survey of the subject, last undertaken by Bousset in
Tripp, David Howard, Tripp, D.H
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Agnosticism about artificial consciousness

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
Could an AI have conscious experiences? Answers to this question should be based not on intuition, dogma or speculation but on solid scientific evidence. However, I argue such evidence is hard to come by and that the only justifiable stance is agnosticism.
Tom McClelland
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Finding the roots of the "prison and well" theme in mystical literature [PDF]

تاریخ ادبیات, 2010
Persian mystical literature is watered by the fountain of principles and foundations of Islam. However, some common themes in mystical texts are not compatible with the spirit of the original teachings of Islam.
محمّدرضا حسنی جلیلیان, قاسم صحرایی   +1 more
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