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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
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“Me and God, We're Good”: Abortion Morality and Protestant Women Having Abortions in the South
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how 84 Protestant women in the South understand the morality of their abortion decisions, offering a nuanced perspective on the complex relationship between religion and abortion and revealing that many women navigate abortion decisions with theological depth, moral reasoning, and a profound sense of responsibility.
Rebecca Todd Peters
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Reconciled community on finding a soteriology for fresh expressions
, 2021 Recent experience suggests that there is insufficient reflection on the ‘why’ of mission among missionary pioneers, that is, on the soteriology that underpins missional practices in the West. This article argues, first, that a social view of salvation is
Schaeffer, Hans +3 more
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Journal of Contemplative StudiesAccording to Odysseus Stone and Dan Zahavi’s view, canonical Phenomenology is specifically concerned with analyzing the mind-world dyad and its theoretical implications for philosophy and science. Despite widespread adoption in therapy and research, they
Ashok Zaman
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The Analogia Entis for Reformed Theology: Retrieving Calvin's Implicit Metaphysics
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract The famous controversy between Emil Brunner and Karl Barth which led to Barth's ‘No!’ was driven by disagreements over how to read John Calvin: Barth and Brunner never agreed on whether Calvin had a doctrine of the analogy of being. This article rekindles the debate.
Silvianne Aspray
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Soteriology, Eucharist and the Madness of Forgiveness
Journal of Moral Theology, 2016 This essay explores how the theology of Christ’s saving work, soteriology, might better underwrite the celebration of the Eucharist and its extension into the world of Christian social action by calling attention to the restorative dimensions of the ...
Christopher McMahon
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2022 Originating amid the religious and political upheavals of seventeenth-century England, Quakers are now a geographically widespread and theologically diverse group, often best known for their peace work and for their social and political activism ...
Rachel Muers
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Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Examining work by Rowan Williams, this essay explores what he often refers to as the ‘difficulty’ of writing theology. The difficulty of theology lies in engaging the ruse of having ultimate answers to ultimate questions. The stakes are high: ‘God‐talk’ must concern itself with truth, with reality.
Graham Ward
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Correlation, Causation, Statistics, and Soteriology [PDF]
, 2022 Rightly understanding, using, and critiquing statistical inferences that relate to correlation and causation is at the heart of statistical literacy, reasoning, and thinking.
Conway, Basil, IV, Duncan, Chris
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A Voyage on Common Spiritual Roots Across Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam
Wah Academia Journal of Global ReligionsThis article explores the structural and thematic similarities among four major world religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. It focuses on general cosmological beliefs, universal flood myths, theories of salvation and the debated notion ...
Suween Vinsuka Kannangara +1 more
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