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Judaism, Philo, and Hegel's Theology

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Hegel displays consistent interest in Judaism, but his presentation seems to differ widely between his earlier and later writings. Contemporary scholarly interpretations of this apparent change also differ widely. In this article, I present the interpretive problem as one of continuity‐discontinuity, and place the major scholarly treatments ...
Reed Frey, C.O.
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The discourse of Friday sermon in Surakarta A socio-pragmatic study

Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 2012
This research aims to explain the Friday sermon by analysing the structure of its discourse, the selection and composition of its topics, the form and functions of its codes and code switching, the form of its speech acts, and the characteristics of its ...
Kundharu Saddhono
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Christian Humanism in the Black Atlantic: The Case of Olaudah Equiano

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores Olaudah Equiano as a pivotal figure in the emergence of a Christian humanism forged within the Black Atlantic. Building on the analyses of Sylvia Wynter and Paul Gilroy, it examines how Equiano's The Interesting Narrative contests the racial figuration of the human that underwrote the development of racial capitalism and ...
Luke Bretherton
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MODERN GREEK ORTHODOX SERMON: LINGUISTIC FEATURES

Novìtnâ Osvìta, 2017
The paper focuses on the essential problem of religious communication analysis. It is aimed to study linguistic means representing Orthodox sermon in Modern Greek. 2000 Orthodox sermons of the 20th century in Modern Greek were analysed.
Mariia Smyrnova, Svitlana Shepitko
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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

Modern 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
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A Critical Discourse Analysis of a Friday Sermon in Akre District

Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences
This study examines the use of religious language in a Friday sermon, analysing a sermon delivered in Akre District, Kurdistan. Despite the fact that Friday sermon is a primary tool of communication in the Islamic community.
Sagvan Sofi Bapir, Ismail Abdulrahman Abdulla   +1 more
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Prediking en geloofservaring: Gesprek oor die teologiese gehalte van die preek

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1989
Preaching and the experience of faith. Discussion on the theological character of the sermon Empirical studies show that the community of believers in the churches of the Reformation expects an encounter with God through preaching.
H. J. C. Pieterse
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This (Mortal) Christian Life: Growth in Grace and the Problem of Senescence

Modern 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
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”

The 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
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Occasion and audience as poetic constructs in early modern occasional poetry

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Occasional poetry, composed for specific events such as weddings or funerals, was a dominant form of poetry in early modern Europe. Despite its historical prominence, the role of the occasion as a literary and rhetorical construct in occasional poetry has been very little studied.
Eeva‐Liisa Bastman
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