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The enigma of the social relationship: prolegomena to a realist relational sociology [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2018
This paper gives an outline of relational sociology, which understands and explains society and human existence as “relationally constituted”, i.e. as constituted by social relations.
Pierpaolo Donati
doaj   +1 more source

Eros as the Meeting of Ecstasies in Christ: The Eucharistic Link between Divine and Human Love in Dionysius the Areopagite

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Dionysius's vision of eros as a meeting of reciprocal ecstasies – where lover and beloved each pass out of themselves and into the other – has often been read as unifying dimensions of love otherwise thought to stand in tension, such as giving and receiving.
Noah Karger
wiley   +1 more source

Political implications of the Trinity: Two approaches

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
The political nature of God-images is an indisputable fact. Changes in God-images are often followed by changes in political structures within societies.
Johannes P. Deetlefs
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Triune Agency, East and West: Uncreated Energies or Created Effects?

open access: yesPerichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2020
The present paper situates the Western and Eastern models of divine agency within their respective ontological frameworks. I show how the Western conception of divine agency as the production of ‘created effects’ is rooted in a particular understanding ...
Vidu Adonis
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking Merit in Calvin's Doctrine of the Atonement: Beyond Possessive Individualism

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Joan Lockwood O'Donovan argues that the Reformation doctrine of grace entails a rejection of the proprietary anthropology of self‐owning individuals and its attendant notion of justice – what C. B. Macpherson termed the “theory of possessive individualism.” Although O'Donovan praises Calvin's anthropology and his account of law for its non ...
John Walker
wiley   +1 more source

Contributions of the relational ontology for a believing appropriation of the Laudato Si’ encyclical

open access: yesPerseitas, 2018
Pope Francis is the first Pontiff to dedicate an encyclical to the caring of our home, as Saint Francis of Assisi understood it, as our own sister, as our mother Earth.
Gabriel Alberto Jaramillo Vargas   +1 more
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Interpreting Barth's Eschatology: An Eco‐Theological Reappraisal

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Critical eco‐theologians do not consider Karl Barth's theology of creation helpful in addressing the contemporary ecological crisis. In this article, I explore a way to interpret Barth's theology that could lead to a fruitful eco‐theological perspective.
Othniël de Jong
wiley   +1 more source

Ontology Building of Manufacturing Quality Knowledge for Design Decision Support [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This work was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No: 70472066, 70771091), the project of Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, China (No. Z142008A001), the NPU Foundation for Humanities, Social Science, and
EYNARD, Benoit   +4 more
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The Ontology of Relations: A New Dialogue Between Thomas Aquinas and the Social Sciences

open access: yesReligions
This article proposes a newly developed dialogue between Thomistic thought and the social sciences by rethinking the ontological status of the relation. It argues that Thomas Aquinas inaugurated an unfinished ontological revolution when he distinguished ...
Pierpaolo Donati
doaj   +1 more source

Comparisons Ancient and Modern: Was Cyril of Alexandria a Good Reader of Paul?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cyril of Alexandria is the final stop on Michael Magree's analysis of the patristic interpretation of Pauline kenosis, serving as the culmination of the historical arc he surveys. Although Magree is careful to avoid overtly judging the success of various interpreters as readers of the Apostle, it is clear that he finds Cyril's appropriation of
Matthew R. Crawford
wiley   +1 more source

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