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Understanding the Relationship of Humanity to God and to Creation Through God's Love: Tuomo Mannermaa's New Interpretation of Martin Luther's View of the Two Kinds of Love

open access: yesDialog, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on Luther's twenty‐eighth thesis in the Heidelberg Disputation, which contrasts God's love and human love, Tuomo Mannermaa offers a detailed analysis of the theme of love in Luther's theology, highlighting its paradoxical character. According to Mannermaa's interpretation, Luther insists that God's love and human love move in opposite ...
Ying Yang, Paulos Z. Z. Huang
wiley   +1 more source

“The Ethics of the Moment” in the early works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Свято-Филаретовского института
This article is an analysis of the ethical texts by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, which arose in the early period of his oeuvre (1925–1932). The first part of the article is dedicated to the report “Basic Questions of a Christian Ethic” (1929).
Dmitriy Lebedev
doaj   +1 more source

Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement

open access: yesThe Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
wiley   +1 more source

The Decentralization of Liquor Policies in Texas During the Post‐Prohibition Era

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the decentralization of liquor policies in Texas during the Post‐Prohibition era using newly collected historical legislative roll call data. By combining these data with local referendum vote shares, we analyze both legislators' and constituents' preferences on liquor policy.
Andrew Arnold, Holger Sieg
wiley   +1 more source

Finnish Views on Lutheranism 2016

open access: yes, 2018
Tutkimuksella selvitettiin suomalaisten ajatuksia luterilaisuudesta. Vastaajille esitettiin ensin uskontoa ja elämänkatsomusta koskevia väittämiä. Tämän jälkeen tiedusteltiin, kuuluvatko vastaajat kirkkoon tai muuhun uskonnolliseen yhdyskuntaan, kuinka ...
Ketola, Kimmo, Salomäki, Hanna
core   +1 more source

Theological Doctrines as Scientific Theories? Thinking along with and beyond McGrath

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

Early Interaction Between Scripture, Rule of Faith, and Evolving Christian Doctrine and Tradition: A Response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

Snapshots from a Fast‐Moving Train: Religious History 1960–2025

open access: yes
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Alexandra Walsham
wiley   +1 more source

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