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Righteousness in the Gospel of Matthew Literal meanings and theological functions of 'righteousness' and righteous'

open access: yes, 2013
This thesis examines the concept of righteousness in the Gospel of Matthew. The research explores the literal meanings and theological functions of the noun ’righteousness’ and the adjective ’righteous’ through a descriptive and comparative study of all
Segerblom, Martin
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Doing Justice to Life in All Its Dimensions: Nurturing Humanism as Aesthetic Existence in the Church as a Sphere of Freedom

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract In this essay the author examines what Dietrich Bonhoeffer meant when he wrote from prison to his friend Eberhard Bethge and said that he wanted to retrieve “aesthetic existence” in the life of the church as a sphere of freedom. This is related to what he also told Bethge, namely, that it is “only as we hold fast to Christ as cantus firmus ...
John W. de Gruchy
wiley   +1 more source

Part 2 – The Standard of Righteousness

open access: yes, 2014
http://www.inverity.org/sermon/part-2-the-standard-of-righteousness/https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/sem-videos/1119/thumbnail ...
Davidson, JoAnn
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This (Mortal) Christian Life: Growth in Grace and the Problem of Senescence

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Theological accounts of the Christian life attempt to describe the manner in which the Holy Spirit's communication of Christ's redemptive work engenders new ways of being in the world. Such descriptions normally entail, in one form or another, the conclusion that the Christian life is marked by progressive growth in grace, an upward spiral in ...
Daniel Lee Hill
wiley   +1 more source

The road to righteousness in our land

open access: yes, 1985
Speech given at Immanuel Temple entitled, "The road to righteousness in our land"
Naude, Beyers, 1915-2004
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”

open access: yesThe Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
wiley   +1 more source

The righteousness of Jesus and John the Baptist as depicted by Matthew

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2013
Righteousness forms a significant feature in the first gospel. This article focuses on two of the seven occurrences of this term in Matthew, where it refers to Jesus and John.
Francois P. Viljoen
doaj  

The Judeo‐Islamic God

open access: yesThe Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the concept of the Judeo‐Islamic God as a substantive and defensible alternative to the problematic concept of the “Judeo‐Christian God” in popular, political, and academic Western discourses. It argues that the transcendent monotheistic deity of Islam, Allāh, is a direct continuation of the composite deity of Rabbinic ...
Jeffry R. Halverson
wiley   +1 more source

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