The Nature of Christian Doctrine: A Conversation with My Critics
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
wiley +1 more source
Searching for people with psychosis in the global south: mapping and establishing a case surveillance system in South Africa (PSYMAP-ZN study). [PDF]
Burns JK +21 more
europepmc +1 more source
Abstract This response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine examines the interplay between Scripture, the Rule of Faith, and evolving Christian doctrine and tradition. Focusing on McGrath’s critique of Lindbeck’s presentation of doctrinal modalities, the article explores how doctrinal formation involves primarily synchronic (canonical),
Tomas Bokedal
wiley +1 more source
Unsettled grounds: religion, gender and sexual nationalism in a Dutch city. [PDF]
Bartelink B.
europepmc +1 more source
Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath
Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
wiley +1 more source
The Divine in the Clinic: Assisted Reproduction and Religious Practice in Ghana and South Africa. [PDF]
Whittaker A, Gerrits T, Manderson L.
europepmc +1 more source
The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
wiley +1 more source
The Science-spirituality Nexus: Religion and the COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in Tanzania. [PDF]
Sambaiga RF +3 more
europepmc +1 more source
Unpacking the Emergency Health Kit of international humanitarian medical aid 1978-90: How humanitarian standards and supply chains became global. [PDF]
Cullen M, Taithe B, Winters J.
europepmc +1 more source
Abstract Alongside their continuing growth in the popularity, both practice research in creative disciplines and arts‐based methods in research in the social sciences have histories now spanning several decades. In doctoral education, art and design education research sits within and across two distinct fields – the art and design doctorate and the ...
Sian Vaughan
wiley +1 more source

