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Introduction to Theology and Science Fiction [PDF]

, 2016
What is the difference between a god and a powerful alien? Can an android have a soul, or be considered a person with rights? Can we imagine biblical stories being retold in the distant future on planets far from Earth?
McGrath, James F
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‘To Gather Up All Things in Christ’: John Betz's Christ, the Logos of Creation as an Exercise in the Relation of Doctrines

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article considers John Betz's book Christ, the Logos of Creation as an exercise in the relation of doctrines within Christian systematic theology.
Andrew Davison
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‘Theological Metaphysics’ and the Christological Determination of the Principle of Analogy: A Response to John Betz's Christ, the Logos of Creation

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper is a response to John Betz's book, Christ, the Logos of Creation: An Essay in Analogical Metaphysics (Emmaus Academic, 2023). The essay confines itself to answering two methodological questions, namely: Does Przywara's approach to analogy indeed represent the basic form (‘Denkform’) that analogy has ‘always assumed’ in Catholic ...
Archie J. Spencer
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Palamism Does Not Disfigure the Gospel: A Reply to Thomas Weinandy

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract In a 2024 article in the IJST, Fr. Thomas Weinandy argues that the theological system of Gregory Palamas is in grave error, especially with respect to its commitment to an objective ontological distinction between God's essence and His energies. In his concluding paragraph Fr.
Travis Dumsday
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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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Book Symposium on Gregory of Nyssa's On the Human Image of God: An Appreciation of Responses

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract In response to the review essays by Rowan Williams, Morwenna Ludlow, Gabrielle Thomas, Paul Blowers and Martin Laird, this essay by John Behr addresses questions raised about translation methods and the complexities of understanding Gregory's rhetorical style as integral to his mode of writing theology.
John Behr
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Architect of the Image: Argumentation, Economy and Translation in Gregory of Nyssa’s On the Human Image

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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The Promises and Pitfalls of Psychedelic Use Among Religious Leaders. [PDF]

Psychedelic Med (New Rochelle)
Simonsson O, Goldberg SB.
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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
wiley   +1 more source