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The Nature of Christian Doctrine: A Conversation with My Critics
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article opens with a brief account of the six main themes of The Nature of Christian Doctrine, noting in particular the role of the early church as an ‘epistemic community’ of knowledge production, and the significant and helpful parallels between the modern scientific tool of ‘inference to the best explanation’ and early Christian ...
Alister E. McGrath
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Chaos Theology: A New Creation Theology and Its Applications [PDF]
, 2012 The problems inherent in creatio ex nihilo have led the author to the development of a new creation theology: chaos theology. Its main points are creation from an unexplained initial chaos, a remaining chaos element that is the source of physical and ...
Bonting, Sjoerd L., S.O.Sc.
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The Incarnational Aesthetic of David Brown☆
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract The notion of incarnation has historically been a prominent concept for the acceptance of images and the interpretation of art within Christianity. A contemporary proponent of this line of reasoning about the theological potential of art is David Brown, who builds his theology of culture on the doctrine of incarnation. This article presents an
Filip Taufer
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Theoretical virtues and theological construction [PDF]
, 1997 Theist and critic alike typically assume rather traditional, Medieval, understandings of God, thereby masking certain complexities in their disputes.
Shalkowski, S.
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Something to Die for. The Individual as Interruption of the Political in Carl Schmitt’s The Concept of the Political [PDF]
, 2016 This article aims to question the anti-individualist stance in Carl Schmitt's concept of the political by uncovering the historical bias of Schmitt's anti-individualism, seen here as one of the main driving forces behind his argument.
Lavinia, Marin
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Teleonomy: Revisiting a Proposed Conceptual Replacement for Teleology. [PDF]
Biol Theory, 2023 Dresow M, Love AC.
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Privilege Versus Right: Vigilantism Against Israel's Palestinian Citizens
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article addresses three core questions: What is the social origin of vigilantism? How do vigilantes justify extra‐legal violence and intimidation? What are vigilantism's long‐term effects? The analysis focuses on a period in which Israel's Palestinian‐Arab citizens increased their access to legal rights, social mobility, spatial ...
Gershon Shafir, Beatrice Waterhouse
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Journal of Moral Theology, 2013 The word “syncretism” is a volatile one in Catholic theology – but an important one as well, especially when it comes to the Caribbean and surrounding areas, whose Catholicism is deeply intertwined with native traditions. Many in the universal Church look upon such mixtures as dubious at best, while others hold an inclusivist stance.
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Social and historical aspects of the assimilation of Christianity in Southeast Asia from 1500-1900 with reference to Thailand and the Philippines [PDF]
, 2009 Though many have attempted to address the complexities of the encounter between Christianity and non-western societies, the literature has not dealt much with Southeast Asia.
Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas
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Natural Liberty and Slavery in Suárez
Journal of Religious Ethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Francisco Suárez is typically understood as having believed that all humans are capable of self‐rule by virtue of their human nature. I argue that that standard interpretation is mistaken. Unlike most of his predecessors, Suárez understood natural slavery as the absence of a right, not the absence of a capacity.
Toni Alimi
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