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Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “Religionless Christianity”: Secular and Divine
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “Religionless Christianity” brought its author a scandal- ous reputation. Bonhoeffer’s name is associated with serious changes in the life of Western society in the second half of the twentieth century.
Nyrkov A.
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Agency Experience and the Limitations of Non‐Contrastive Transcendence
Abstract This essay argues that although the principle of non‐contrastive transcendence (NCT) is persuasive on its own terms, there are theologically important dimensions of the relationship between divine and human agency that are not captured by an interpretive framework governed by NCT alone. Agency is not just a philosophical category; it is also a
Simeon Zahl
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Mastering the Body: Reading a Discourse of Embodiment in the Zhuangzi
ABSTRACT The Zhuangzi is one of the most well‐known early Chinese classics. Subversive and iconoclastic, both in terms of its subject matter and narrative style, the text has profoundly influenced the intellectual and literary history of East Asia. First introduced to the West in the late nineteenth century as an early “Daoist” classic, the Zhuangzi ...
Lana Ko
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Many African scholars such as Bolaji Idowu, Mbiti, Bediako and others have posed a question about the interrelationship between traditional African religion and Christianity. Some scholars tend to exalt traditional African religion at the expense of the biblical meaning of salvation, as well as undermining the value of traditional African religion.
Magezi, Vhumani, Magezi, Christopher
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ABSTRACT A previous paper described and challenged Girard's extensive revisions and rejections of psychoanalytic ideas, further elucidating some of his egregious misunderstandings and erroneous claims. This paper continues by dissecting his problematic claims about religion, especially his dubious insistence that Christian revelation is the only ...
Jerry S. Piven
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The Blackness of Liet-Kynes: Reading Frank Herbert’s Dune Through James Cone
Frank Herbert’s landmark science fiction novel Dune has received numerous sequels, prequels, and film treatments. Detailing the saga of humanity’s far future beyond our present solar system, the work plays successfully with religious ...
Peter Herman
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Tantric religion and social change
Abstract During the period between the seventh and 11th centuries, several religious innovations occurred in Indic religions (which I refer to anachronistically as ‘Hinduism’). In particular, during this period, we see the rise of tantric traditions based on a new revelation of texts, some of whose followers regarded themselves as transcending the ...
Gavin Flood
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The changing Buddhist landscape: Anxiety and the development of Pure Land Buddhism in medieval China
Abstract The introduction of Pure Land practice and belief into medieval China changed the Buddhist landscape. Pure Land Buddhism offered a new pathway and new methods for achieving enlightenment. However, these changes were also a significant source of anxiety among the early community of Pure Land practitioners.
Kendall R. Marchman
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This is an explorative study of the relationship between power and servant leadership from a theological perspective. It is argued that Robert K.
Karl Inge Tangen
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"Com-Passion": Journeying to Joy by "Suffering-with" Your Patients. [PDF]
Ashour M.
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