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Theology for the twenty-first century - "Going beyond Barth?" [PDF]

, 2013
Dirkie Smit is honoured in this contribution as a theologian who has persistently and ingeniously held together two poles in Reformed theology: Karl Barth's emphasis on Christology: God's salvation and free grace as incarnated in Christ, and Van Ruler ...
Lombard, Christo
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Agency Experience and the Limitations of Non‐Contrastive Transcendence

Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 602-612, October 2025.
Abstract This essay argues that although the principle of non‐contrastive transcendence (NCT) is persuasive on its own terms, there are theologically important dimensions of the relationship between divine and human agency that are not captured by an interpretive framework governed by NCT alone. Agency is not just a philosophical category; it is also a
Simeon Zahl
wiley   +1 more source

New paradigms of pneumatological ecclesiology brought about by new prophetic churches within South African Pentecostalism

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2020
Pneumatological ecclesiology has caught the interest of many Pentecostal theologians, especially in the three main sub-traditions of Pentecostalism, that is, classical Pentecostalism (later CP), Pentecostal African Independent Churches (later PAIC) and ...
Mookgo S. Kgatle
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On Baptism and the Spirit: The Ethical Significance of the Marks of the Church [PDF]

, 1999
(Excerpt) As the church rounds the close of its second millennium, Christians must recapture the ecclesial and sacramental character of Christian ethics.
Guroian, Vigen
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Beyond the Anthropocene: Construction of Human Agency within Lutheran Eco‐Theology

Dialog, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 83-89, Summer 2025.
ABSTRACT For several decades, Lutheran theologians have wrestled with the issue of the climate crisis. This has resulted in a body of scholarship that utilizes Christological frameworks to articulate agential constructs. While recognizing such contributions as inherently valuable and highly significant, this article suggests that Lutheran eco ...
Hilla Lahtinen
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Pneumatology

MODERATE: Journal of Religious, Education, and Social
The rapid advancement of digital technology has transformed human interaction, communication, and spirituality, creating new challenges and opportunities for theology. In this changing landscape, understanding how the Holy Spirit works within digital culture becomes essential for a relevant pneumatological reflection.
Bobby Kurnia Putrawan, Ayuk Ausaji Ayuk, Chandra Gunawan   +2 more
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Ånden og kirken

Scandinavian Journal for Leadership & Theology, 2014
The Spirit and the Church In what way is the Holy Spirit present in the life of the church? Questions of ecclesiology and pneumatology have traditionally divided denominations.
Harald Hegstad
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Participation in Christ and Divine and Human Righteousness: Reading Paul with Gregory of Nyssa

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 166-192, April 2025.
Abstract Participation in Christ and divine and human righteousness are vital, yet perennially debated, Pauline motifs. Arguably, what is most distinctive and crucial about ‘righteousness’ in Paul's epistles is its christological re‐definition in texts such as 1 Cor 1:30.
Joshua Heavin
wiley   +1 more source

Desire: A Theological Reappraisal

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 66, Issue 1, Page 3-23, January 2025.
Abstract Desire and its cognates—longing, yearning—do a lot of hard work in modern theology, the work grounded in philosophical precedents going back at least as far as the early German Romantics. These precedents helped to inaugurate the twentieth century explorations of psychoanalysis.
Graham Ward
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The Spirit as Plural Person

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 94-125, January 2025.
Abstract According to plural person theory, a group of close friends can act together not just distributively, as separate individuals all at once, but also corporately, as a nonmetaphorical plural person supervening on the friends. This article proposes that the Spirit is a plural person in precisely this sense.
Olivia Bustion
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