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Oneness in John 17:1–26 as a paradigm for wider ecumenism and dialogue
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 This article re-reads John 17:1–26 with a focus on the theme of oneness within the micronarrative. A multilayered and polyvalent analysis of the text reveals that the theme of oneness holds the prayer together to suggest a new way forward for the ...
Johnson Thomaskutty
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Opiate of Christ; or, John's Gospel and the Spectre of Class [PDF]
, 2016 This article applies a Libertarian Marxist lens to the Gospel of John. In doing so, it highlights the agrarian-aristocratic class struggle that is refracted in the text and also seeks to problematize hierarchi- cal and authoritarian ideologies. Its point
Robert Myles
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Understanding �sin� in the Johannine epistles
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2005 The author of the Johannine Epistles has a good deal to say about sin. He abhors sin, seeing it as incompatible with God s character (oJ qeo;" fw`" ejstin, 1:5; [oJ qeo;"] divkaiov" ejstin, 2:29; and oJ qeo;" ajgavph ejstivn, 4:8) and with the status of
D J van der Merwe
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Does John 17:11b, 21−23 refer to church unity?
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2011 In ecumenical circles, John 17:11b, 21–23 has been understood as Jesus’ prayer for church unity, be it confessional or structural. This article questioned such readings and conclusions from historical, literary and sosio-cultural viewpoints.
Gert J. Malan
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Religions, 2022 The Gospel of John has a reputation among some New Testament scholars as a factional text designed to reinforce the Johannine Community’s unity amid persecution and excommunication.
Michael T. McDowell
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Conspectus, 2021 The Good Shepherd paroemia of John 10 is often read as an inserted soliloquy between the once-blind-man of John 9 and Jesus’s actions in the temple at the Feast of Dedication. In this context many readings perceive a two-level engagement drawing upon the
Christopher A. Porter
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Salvation in the Johannine Epistles
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2004 This article attempts to compile a soteriology in the Johannine Epistles. Circumstances and false teachings that might have influenced the theological doctrine and ethical behaviour of the community are constructed.
Dirk G. van der Merwe
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1, 2 en 3 Johannes: ‘n Oorsig van die huidige stand van navorsing oor die inleidingsvraagstukke
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2011 1, 2 and 3 John: An overview of the current state of research on the introductory questions This article has presented an overview of the most important positions taken on certain introductory issues related to 1, 2 and 3 John.
Jan van der Watt
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Becoming Dostoevsky (how Rowan Williams opens up Bakhtin)
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract With the end of Communism in Russia, non‐materialist contexts were enthusiastically restored to Mikhail Bakhtin's globally famous ideas of carnival, dialogism, and polyphony. This essay surveys Rowan Williams's 2008 study Dostoevsky: Language, Faith + Fiction as a major contribution to this effort, concentrating on those general philosophical ...
Caryl Emerson
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Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 706-719, October 2025.Abstract One of the ways in which the process of learning may occur in comparative theology is through reinterpreting the data of one religion through the philosophical framework of another. This type of learning mainly takes the form of Christian theologians reinterpreting the contents of Christian faith through Asian philosophical frameworks.
Catherine Cornille
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