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‘Implanted in us by Nature’: The Cognitive Science of Religion and its Importance for Theology
Abstract Abstract: The Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) holds that religion emerges from human cognition and its intuitions. Hence, it describes religion as a ‘natural’ belief in ‘supernatural agents’. Traditional theology also maintained that there is an ‘innate’ or ‘implanted’ knowledge of God or gods.
Ruth Gornandt
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Plurigenealogies: Marriage and address to women in Foucault's Confessions of the Flesh
Abstract How does the publication of Confessions of the Flesh impact feminist critique of Foucault's History of Sexuality project? The paper addresses this question in two ways: by asking how reflection on continuities and ruptures has, and can, be productive for feminist critique; and by revisiting the role of women in all four volumes.
Penelope Deutscher
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Abstract The diorama Lion Attacking a Dromedary found in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History rightfully belongs to an Orientalist artistic tradition that crystallized many of the discriminatory misrepresentations of people of color that have plagued our society to this day.
Mathilde Sauquet
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Seeing, Embodying, and Proclaiming Christ
Abstract This essay examines the way Irenaeus of Lyons describes Blandina in her martyrdom: seen by others as embodying Christ and so encouraging them to also bear witness and be born into life by the Virgin Mother, the Church. It explores in particular Irenaeus' exegetical moves, so as to regain a sense of the unity of theology and exegesis as a ...
John Behr
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This article explores fourth‐ to seventh‐century narratives about oaths of collective secrecy, which our sources typically frame negatively. By examining the terminology used in reference to these promises, the dynamics inherent in the practice and its relationship to oath‐taking customs in other contexts, and the influence of Christianity on the ...
Michael Wuk
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Abstract This article gives an account of the discussions about the creed that took place at the Council of Nicaea in 325. It considers major problems regarding its origin and history and outlines the circumstances of its composition, its peculiar structure, and its purpose on the basis of the latest research. Finally, it discusses the legacy of Nicaea
Wolfram Kinzig
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The origins of the Romance analytic passive : evidence from word order [PDF]
This chapter argues that despite formal resemblances, Latin perfect tense BE-periphrases of the type amatus sum ‘I was loved’ are not the historical source of Romance present tense passives like Italian sono amato and French je suis aimé (both meaning ‘I
Danckaert, Lieven
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’Lest I Make You a Tertullian’: Early Anabaptist Baptismal Narratives and Patristics
Anabaptists have long been thought to have been ‘biblicists’ and shunned reading patristic literature. But a close analysis of the debates Anabaptists had with Magisterial Reformers shows that the Anabaptists developed an extensive history of baptism ...
Alexis-Baker Andy
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Zmartwychwstanie ciała według Tertuliana
Resurrection was one of the most important themes in the writings of Tertullian (ca 150 - 220), who is called sometimes "theologian of the hope". Presented paper presents teaching of the first theologian of the West on resurrection of the body.
Marcin Wysocki
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The Character of Eve and Interpretive Misconceptions [PDF]
This paper won an honorable mention writing flag award in the critical/persuasive category. Mae McConley, writing for Jaimie Gunderson’s CTI 304 class, “The Bible and Its Interpreters”.Gunderson, JaimieUndergraduate ...
McConley, Isabella
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