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Critical theory and Johannine mission a test case: the Johannine community as divine communicative action [PDF]
, 2014 This dissertation explores the potential for utilizing Jurgen Habermas’ Theory of Communicative Action (TCA) as a hermeneutical method in biblical studies—in this case—Johannine agency and mission. The thesis is developed by means of TCA and four “contextual anchor points.” These components of critical and literary theory are used in a sequential ...
Galbo, S.
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Footwashing in John 13 and the Johannine community. [PDF]
, 1990 This dissertation examines John 13: 1-20, the pericope which describes Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. For a variety of reasons, there is no scholarly consensus concerning the meaning of this passage. In addition, very little reflection has been
Thomas, John Christopher
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HUMAN UNIQUENESS: DEBATES IN SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY
Zygon®, Volume 58, Issue 2, Page 384-404, June 2023., 2023 Abstract In both science and theology, there has been a revolution in our understanding of the nature of human uniqueness. As a background to this Symposium on the subject, a summary is here given of the history of Homo sapiens that is being revealed by fossil, archaeological, and genetic evidence.
Eric Priest
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Making the Focal Map of Johannine Studies: A Survey of Modern Scholarship
Darulfunun Ilahiyat, 2023 The most studied text the four gospels is the Gospel of John, which is also known as the Fourth Gospel. Academics have been prolific in their study of it, using many different methods and coming up with numerous questions and answers related to the text.
Bilal Patacı
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Celebrating Synodality: Synodality as a Fundamental Aspect of Christian Liturgy
New Blackfriars, Volume 104, Issue 1110, Page 161-178, March 2023., 2023 Abstract A synodal church makes assumptions about our basic ecclesial experience which takes place when we assemble liturgically, especially when we act eucharistically. The basic assumption is that we are a genuine human community knowing and relating to one another as brothers and sisters in baptism.
Thomas O' Loughlin
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Solitude in the multitude: A Christological response to loneliness in the Akan community of God
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2023 The amphibious Akan concept of community manifests both individualistic and communalistic features. An analysis of the individualistic features reveals that the Akans grapple with incarnating their values, leaving many ‘children of God’ lonely.
Godibert K. Gharbin, Ernest van Eck
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Reframing Anselm and Aquinas on Atonement
New Blackfriars, Volume 104, Issue 1109, Page 39-56, January 2023., 2023 Abstract Thomas Aquinas's vision of atonement is generally considered more conceptually expansive than Anselm of Canterbury's. Where Aquinas's multipartite account of Christ's passion incorporates a variety of biblical motifs, Anselm appears to narrow the focus to satisfactory debt‐repayment alone. This article proposes two approaches for reframing the
Rachel Cresswell
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Gema Teologika, 2020 This article focuses on the portrait of Jesus as depicted by the Johannine community according to John 9. Exploring the perspectives of Johannine scholars, the historical context of the Gospel of John, and the image of Johannine faith community, this ...
Finki Rianto Kantohe +1 more
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The irony of ability and disability in John 9:1–41
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 The story of the man born blind is constructed within a grand irony of ability and disability. The Johannine narrator develops the characterisation of the man born blind as a progressive, seeing and missional personality, whereas all others in the story ...
Johnson Thomaskutty
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Reading the Fourth Gospel in the COVID-19 pandemic context
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic situation persuades a reader of the Fourth Gospel to interpret the Scripture in new lights. In the contemporary context, the gospel of John has the potential to attune the attention of the reader towards ...
Johnson Thomaskutty
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