Theological Doctrines as Scientific Theories? Thinking along with and beyond McGrath
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract McGrath's recent analysis of the parallels between scientific theory formation and the development of theological doctrine in The Nature of Christian Doctrine (OUP, 2024) is insightful and largely compelling, but also raises some questions and areas for further exploration. First, there is a remarkable back‐and‐forth between uses of ‘doctrine’
Gijsbert van den Brink
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Mobilising Zionist and philo-Semitic sentiments through melodrama: Brazilian biblical telenovelas in the production of a neo-Pentecostal political culture. [PDF]
Relig State SocCarpenedo M.
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The Nature of Christian Doctrine: A Conversation with My Critics
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article opens with a brief account of the six main themes of The Nature of Christian Doctrine, noting in particular the role of the early church as an ‘epistemic community’ of knowledge production, and the significant and helpful parallels between the modern scientific tool of ‘inference to the best explanation’ and early Christian ...
Alister E. McGrath
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract In this contribution to a book symposium on Gregory of Nyssa’s On the Human Image, Morwenna Ludlow reflects on John Behr’s attention to the literary structure and argumentative flow of the book, its interplay with the similarly structured Timaeus of Plato and the difficulties of translating a work of such rhetorical and pastoral sophistication
Morwenna Ludlow
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"I live by myself, but at least God is with me": The effects of faith-based identity on mental health during transitions in social and legal status to the United States among Korean/Korean American immigrants. [PDF]
BMC Public HealthPark C, Trisnadi AI, Angelica P.
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Book Symposium Introduction: John Behr, Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article introduces a series of response essays to John Behr’s Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God, which includes contributions from Rowan Williams, Morwenna Ludlow, Paul Blowers, Gabrielle Thomas and Martin Laird – with a final response from John Behr.
Thomas Breedlove, Alex Fogleman
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Colonoscopy outcomes of primary screening negative participants highlight the missed diagnosis problem of colorectal cancer screening: an observational study from Yuexiu district in Guangzhou, China. [PDF]
Front OncolLiu Y +15 more
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Introduction: The Rationale for This Special Issue☆
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This introduction outlines the rationale and scope of our special issue examining Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine (2024). It contextualizes McGrath’s work within ongoing debates about doctrine’s nature since George Lindbeck’s influential typology, then presents six critical responses from scholars in historical theology ...
Michael Borowski, Gijsbert van den Brink
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Is this Judaism? The Question of the Consistency of Israeli Policy and Actions in Gaza with Jewish Thought and Ethics : Part 1: Formulating the problem and methodological and hermeneutic considerations. [PDF]
J Bioeth InqKomesaroff PA, Kenner JZ.
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“A” Bible or “The” Bible? [PDF]
Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, 1947 openaire +1 more source