This was, in fact, a form of faith that denied the relevance of the Judeo -
Christian tradition for modern life by denying it any place in the study program.
Nevertheless, the importance of Biblical and
Christian tradition for Christian theology is relativized from a process perspective for several reasons.
In the first chapter we opened up a discussion of what is meant by the term «resurrection», and found that this quickly led us to the traditional conception of the resurrection of Jesus, a view often known as «bodily resurrection», which, with minor variations, has dominated
Christian tradition for about eighteen centuries.
We need not blame our fathers in
the Christian tradition for what they did, although we may regret much of it and wonder how ever they could have said what so often they did say.
Christian tradition for centuries affirmed that both Paul and Peter perished in the Neronian persecution of A.D. 64, and, though this tradition may well be incorrect (cf. Chap.
And it is the most promising attempt in American higher education to recover
Christian traditions for our common intellectual life.
Not exact matches
Religious
traditions often clashed with ideological goals: was it acceptable
for «convinced National Socialists» to celebrate Christmas with
Christian carols and nativity plays?
Modesty has undeniably enjoyed front - page headline status in
Christian conversations about sexuality
for decades, almost irrespective of particular church
tradition.
Being aware of thinking through the basis and
traditions of what we believe was essential to develop a framework
for the situations that we knew that we were going to face as
Christian leaders.
The debate on the final statement concerning the war — which took nearly all the time allotted
for discussion of public issues — saw the Assembly initially adopt a repudiation of the
Christian moral
tradition that justifies the use of force in «last resort» circumstances in favor of a pacifist approach.
The Christ was an invention of the Council of Nicea, who chose to make sense out of the
Christian tradition by selecting books
for the new Bible that endorsed the concept of Christ.
To seriously entertain the possibility that the
Christian tradition may hold some of the answers
for which they are looking would be to go backward, even though
for most of these writers it would be going back to where they had never been except as children with a Sunday School impression of
Christian doctrine.
If thoughtful members of both communities become adequately aware of the moment they now occupy in history, and are prepared to reexamine their respective
traditions for the resources there to be developed, then the Jewish -
Christian relationship has a significant chance of becoming something more enriching than it has ever been before.
Does
Christian tradition truly work
for all?
The
Christian tradition is full of those who have suffered death and persecution as a result of their faith and, in some cases,
for no discernible reason whatsoever.
In particular, we pray
for peace in Ukraine, a country of ancient
Christian tradition, while we call upon all parties involved to pursue the path of dialogue and of respect
for international law in order to bring an end to the conflict and allow all Ukrainians to live in harmony.
is a convincing and remarkably candid argument that the case
for homosexual relations must be made against Scripture and the
Christian tradition.
Religion, and
Christian communities in particular, can and should, says the author, model the civic culture
for which he hopes - a culture that will retrieve and rehabilitate the best of the liberal Enlightenment
tradition.
Third, it was the
tradition of
Christian humanism which led the White Rose to see the essence of the anti-humanism of the Nazis in their disregard
for the sanctity of individual human life.
If she was hired as a gift wrapper
for the holiday season, she would have also expected to decorate packages with Santas, elves, pagan seasonal symbols like holly, and probably a lot of things that refer to the
Christian tradition of Christmas — angels, doves, 3 wise men and stuff like that.
The fact that I attempt, very carefully, to show how a
Christian public philosophy needs to take into account the contending views of various
Christians» as well as our entire liberal / conservative political
tradition» does not weaken my appeal
for something more fully, integrally, and distinctively
Christian.
The MORAL LIFE AND THE CLASSICAL
TRADITION SEMINAR is a week - long program
for advanced high school students interested in the origins of Western moral thought and its influence on
Christian ethics.
Especially encouraging is the renewed
Christian urgency in reappropriating the Jewish shape of Christianity and the emergence of a new generation of Jewish intellectual leadership prepared to argue
for a culture firmly secured by the Judeo -
Christian tradition.
While this isn't intended as a rallying call
for the masses to embrace Jesus, it's actually fantastic theology it speaks of the sort of living faith that perhaps Brand doesn't realise is perfectly possible within the
Christian tradition.
One place to see easily the variety of theological norms coming into play is in Wesley's Plain Account of
Christian Perfection, perhaps both the key text
for those who wished to sustain continuity with the spiritual experience of classical Wesleyanism and a source of much controversy with outsiders who found the key doctrine of the Wesleyan
tradition offensive.
Only strategy
Christians has to do is fight
for what ever
Tradition is going on
for years by co-ordinating within the different
Christian sects as well as DISPLAYING MORE NATIVITY SCEANS AROUND THE NEIGHBORING HOUSES OF ATHEIST FOLLOWERS especially near the leaders houses
for for sure, yea I mean purely private property.
It was strictly in harmony with the Disciples
tradition for the
Christian Century to direct the denomination's attention to a serious inconsistency in its practice and to an egregious error at a vital point in its traditional ideology.
Moral Life and the Classical
Tradition:
for rising high school juniors and seniors, with readings in Plato and Aristotle, and discussion of contemporary moral issues from a Judeo -
Christian perspective.
Much work needs to be done to incorporate women's experience into
Christian tradition and its theology, but
Christian feminists regard the core of Christianity and at least some elements of its
tradition as being life - giving
for women.
I am always amazed at how people want to use just one sentence out of a letter to Jewish
Christians (Heb 10.25) to make a supposed supreme command
for people to conform to a
tradition of temple style gatherings.
For many, it is simply
tradition and because «this is what
Christians do.»
Another church that comes to mind is Missiongathering in San Diego, which is associated with the progressive denomination The
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), but which has a very evangelical «feel» to its worship because it attracts a lot of folks who come from evangelical
traditions and enjoy evangelical worship but are looking
for a church that welcomes LGBT people.
Should we say, as some inclusivists do, that it is because of Christ's saving mystery, offered to all, that salvation is available to the Hindu,
for example, in the sincere practice of his or her faith — that in Christ salvation is mediated to
Christians through the church and to non-
Christians through other
traditions of faith?
We still call ourselves
Christian and Hindu, but we've taken each
tradition's rich, valuable practices, and adopted them
for our mutual spiritual path.
And Roy Peachey's brilliant description of the emergence of the novel from the British
tradition of
Christian «protest», and of the related de-Catholicisation of the English school curriculum, sets the scene
for the Church to reclaim this
tradition in the name of true humanism.
That additional data, derived from the twin sources of Revelation (
Tradition and Scripture), is impressive and enriching, and fills in
for Christians the full rationale
for the teaching against homosexual acts.
Capitalism, in turn, creates the economic base on which may be built, with guidance from religion and democracy, a more humane society of the kind called
for by both
Christian and Jewish
traditions.
And I speak and have helped with organizing Christianity21 — a conference Tony runs — because I hope to help create a place where people from diverse
Christian camps — such as Tony (who came from the Congregational Church and now blogs
for a progressive platform) and me (who grew up in the Southern Baptist
tradition who identifies as a moderate) can come and share ideas and interact respectfully.
But in other cases, encounter with Buddhist - based meditation has led
Christians and Jews to a newfound appreciation
for the riches of their own
traditions, including a revival of neglected meditation techniques from Western religious history.
What we might rather hope
for, as Stanley Hauerwas suggests, are the discoveries of analogies between the
traditions that might help Jews and
Christians alike «survive in a world that is not constituted by the recognition much less the worship of our God.»
In the main
tradition of
Christian teaching the Amalekites are taken to be a symbol
for the «spiritual hosts of wickedness» with which we are to contend d outrance.
Such theological thinking will be grounded firmly in a
Christian context and in the language of commitment particular to the
Christian tradition, interpreting the dimensions of our faith
for the
Christian community.
Both Scripture and
Christian tradition remind us that faithful prophetic protest is crucial to confronting injustice, speaking truth to power, and advocating
for and standing with the marginalized.
Theological exegesis of the Bible advances upon the assumption that the Nicene
tradition, in all its diversity and controversy, provides the proper basis
for the interpretation of the Bible as
Christian Scripture.»
Mark takes
for granted the primitive
Christian tradition about Jesus.
More liberal
Christians would however find other grounds
for their belief in Jesus and may be either agnostic about or reject the
tradition.
Hudson
for his sympathetic comments, and I pray that he finds a parish community that reflects the best of a great Lutheran
Christian tradition.
It was this conviction, which lay at the heart of the oldest
Christian tradition, that Mark took
for granted when he advanced the further step of assuming, and endeavoring to demonstrate, that Jesus was already Messiah, already the «Son of Man,» during his earthly life, and before his death and resurrection.
It is a fact that I have spent my life,
for the most part willingly, under the influence of the Bible, particularly the Gospels, and of the
Christian tradition in literature and the other arts.
The Hebraic
tradition is alive and well, now standard fare
for Christian homeschoolers.