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Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This essay, designed as a complement to opinions expressed by Rowan Williams and some speakers at the conference in his honour, explores features of early Christianity which suggest a positive evaluation of artificial intelligence. Noting that the fear of reducing humans to machines has been joined in the modern age by the fear that machines ...
Mark J. Edwards
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The Resurrection of the Dead, Based on Avicenna’s and Thomas Aquinas’ View
Comparative Theology, 2013 ’Resurrection’ is one of the most important issue among the religious, philosophical and theological issues. As an aim, this essay has to compare some opinions of the two prominent thinkers in Islam and Christianity.
Mohammad Mahdi Meshkati
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Theologies of Mind: Eriugena and Pratyabhijñā Śaivism
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Though Eriugena's affinities with several Hindu traditions are clear, this article offers to my knowledge the first detailed discussion of Eriugena's theology in relation to any Indic theological school, here, the nondualist Śaiva tradition known as the Pratyabhijñā (“Recognition”) lineage.
Matthew Z. Vale
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Pedagogical teachings of the Cognitive Metaphor of Spring in Rumi’s Mathnavi [PDF]
مطالعات زبانی و بلاغیThe present research studied the pedagogical teachings of the cognitive metaphor of spring (season) in Mathnavi, using a descriptive-analytical and deductive method.
Hojjat Allah Omidali, Fatemeh Soltani
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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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City of God and the Duty of Just Memory
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract In a recent essay, Richard Miller claims that Augustine presumes a duty to remember justly in his City of God. However, Miller's brief reference to a presumed duty of “just memory” does not fully explain how Augustine conceptualizes this duty or how it relates to his theological concerns.
Zachary J. Taylor
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The Contribution of the Study of the Near-Death Experience to the Christian Concept of Resurrection
African Theological Journal for Church and SocietyThe near-death experience (NDE) is argued to be strictly a feeling that the percipient regards as a reality, yet some say it is strictly a brain malfunction that allows visions of various images to be seen and stored in human memory.
Stephen Hosea Vongdip, Agai Matthew Jock
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Gnostyk heterodoksyjny i prawdziwy gnostyk w Chrystusie według nauczania Ireneusza z Lyonu
Vox Patrum, 2018 The fight against gnostics allowed the holy bishop to develop the Christian doctrine with a perfect way. At first, he showed that the knowledge that heretics sought in vain in mythical narratives was not real. The only real gnosis was love and grace for
Eirini Artemi
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Duplicitous Remembrance: Confessing Self‐Deception with Augustine
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract While self‐deception has long been a topic of interest in psychology and analytic philosophy—and increasingly in the academic study of theology and religion—direct engagement with Augustine on self‐deception remains underexplored in contemporary scholarship.
Abraham S‐C Wu
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International Journal of Literature, Linguistics, and Cultural StudiesIn the critical tradition surrounding A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton's sacrifice and resurrection have long been framed within the paradigms of Christian typology or Dickensian humanism. While these readings have their validity, they tend to reduce Carton to a passive vehicle of external forces.
Yijia Yuan, Yujie Sun
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