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Doubting Thomas: Aquinas on Doubt and the Act of Faith

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Several modern theologians affirm that doubt is compatible with faith, even as authoritative voices from the Christian tradition deny this. While Thomas Aquinas is often seen as an exemplar of the traditional view, few scholars have devoted serious attention to the nature of doubt in Thomas’ thought.
Patrick X. Gardner
wiley   +1 more source

From Brad to worse: Rule‐consequentialism and undesirable futures

open access: yesRatio, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 275-288, December 2022., 2022
Abstract This paper asks how rule‐consequentialism might adapt to very adverse futures, and whether moderate liberal consequentialism can survive into broken futures and/or futures where humanity faces imminent extinction. The paper first recaps the recent history of rule‐consequentialist procreative ethics.
Tim Mulgan
wiley   +1 more source

Karl Barth's Anti‐Ideological Theology: A Reconsideration of Barth's Approach to Philosophy

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Barth's approach to borrowing from philosophical figures and schools is underwritten by several convictions that made such an approach intelligible. These convictions entailed that (1) Barth had no firm commitment to a philosophical school; (2) Barth's use of philosophy and philosophical terminology displays a pragmatic though principled ...
Kimlyn J. Bender
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Perspectives Regarding the Ethical Issues Associated With Clinical Xenotransplantation. [PDF]

open access: yesXenotransplantation
Hurst DJ   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

On Wisdom Christology and the Wise Use of Scripture

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Following the grammar of 2 Timothy 3:15–17, this article reflects on the relation between the Christological salvation unto which Scripture ‘makes us wise’ and the corresponding use of Scripture as one among many ‘good works’. Dogmatically restated, it seeks to indicate Scripture's wise use by attending to the Christological Wisdom to which ...
Kyle McCracken
wiley   +1 more source

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