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The Process Theology of John Elof Boodin

Religions, 2023
Despite his impeccable academic pedigree, a protégé of Josiah Royce and a friend and student of William James, John Elof Boodin is nearly forgotten today among American philosophers; hence, an essential aspect of his thought lost to history is his ...
Michael A. Flannery
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The Change: Yoga, Theology and the Menopause

Religions, 2022
In this article, I explore the interplay of yoga, theology and the time of perimenopause and menopause. Through an approach centered physically, theologically and philosophically on becoming, I find an integrated web of thinking, feeling and moving that ...
Emma L. Pavey
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Synchronizing Missio Dei with Process Theology and Theodicy

Religions
Since the second half of the 20th century, missiology has continued to elevate Missio Dei to a topic of the highest importance in theology. According to Missio Dei, the salvific mission is more theocentric than anthropocentric in that its actuality is ...
Jonas Sello Thinane
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Preaching beyond Binary Categories: An Approach from Process Theology

Religions
Thinking in binary categories has often characterized both the Christian community and communities beyond the church. This pattern of mental operation typically sees binary categories as self-contained and often as mutually exclusive, e.g., male/female ...
Ronald J. Allen
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Divine activity from Griffin`s view, systematic evaluation and critique of it based on Sadra's philosophy [PDF]

حکمت صدرایی, 2022
Divine activity in Griffin`s view is a divine power that exerts causal influence in the world.Griffin explains divine activity based on power and degrades power into persuasion.God is not the only creator, but the actual creatures are agents in the ...
zeinab akhtari, Abdollah Salavati
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Evil and Divine Power: A Response to James Sterba’s Argument from Evil

Religions, 2021
In this article, I offer a response to James P. Sterba’s moral argument for the non-existence of God. Sterba applies to God the so-called Pauline Principle that it is not permissible to do evil in order that good may come.
Elizabeth Burns
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An Examination and Critique of Process Knowledge of Innate Inclinations and Religion with an Emphasis on Ayatollah Javadi Amoli’s Views [PDF]

Comparative Theology, 2022
As religious and philosophical thought is informed by natural sciences, process theology considers ‘spirit’ and its features to be derived from nature, and, therefore, has a naturalistic interpretation of innate inclinations (fiṭrat) as a fundamental ...
Mahdi Danaeifard, Hosayn Hojjat Khah
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Dynamic Divinity in Flux: Tracing Nikos Kazantzakis's Convergence of Greek Theology and Evolutionary Philosophy

Khazanah Theologia, 2023
This study embarks on an analytical journey through the theological perspectives of Nikos Kazantzakis, underpinned by the concept of God's mutability and its roots in ancient and Byzantine Greek theology.
Thomas McCloughlin, Andreas Andreoploulos   +1 more
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Towards Paul Tillich’s theology of culture: a problem of demarcation of “sacred” and “secular”

Богословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2017
This article focuses on the dichotomy found within categorical pairs such as religion and culture, сhurch and society, and theology and philosophy – a problematical dichotomy in the horizon of Paul Tillich’s theology of culture. In particular, Tillich’s
Eduard SABLON LEIVA
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Getting off the Omnibus: Rejecting Free Will and Soul-Making Responses to the Problem of Evil

Open Theology, 2020
The nature of suffering and the problem of evil have been perennial issues for many of the world’s religious traditions. Each in their own way has sought to address this problem, whether driven by the all too present reality of suffering or from ...
Macallan Brian C.
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