Sentences with phrase «between biblical faith»

Currently I am about to complete a book on this question of the encounter between the biblical faith and African religion.

In the evangelical world, for example, it seemed important several decades ago to insist that there is indeed a positive relationship between biblical faith and active involvement in political life.

Not exact matches

Today theology is faced with the overwhelming task of establishing a dialectical synthesis between a radically profane «subjectivity» (Existenz) and an authentically biblical mode of faith.

But I am allowing for an honest dialog within myself between my faith and my deep appreciation of science and the evolution of human culture since Biblical times.

We have already noted the conflict which runs through most of Christian thought between the biblical vision of God as the creative and redemptive actor in the history of his creation, and the metaphysical doctrine inherited from the synthesis of the Christian faith with neo-platonic philosophy which conceives God as the impassible, non-temporal absolute.

The projection of an opposition between reason and faith» wherein the former claims objectivity and the latter demands assent to a set of propositions that can not be proven» into the biblical context anachronistically imposes Enlightenment categories where they would not have been intelligible.

This attitude toward the relation between history and myth is developed by Buber in his books of biblical commentary, Königtum Gottes, Moses, and The Prophetic Faith, and it is this which constitutes one of the most significant contributions of these remarkable works.

Ladaria recognizes that «insofar as Gnosticism and Pelagianism represent perennial dangers for misunderstanding Biblical faith, it is possible to find similarities between the ancient heresies and the modern tendencies.»

As the old models of biblical study break down, Gary - along with his former colleague at Harvard, Jon Levenson - has been at the forefront of efforts to rethink the relations between the historical - critical project and the living realities of contemporary Christian and Jewish faith.

Benedict tried to overcome the rift in biblical interpretation between faith and history.

If our concern is peacemaking — particularly the special urgency given that task by the nuclear threat — then we shall have to come to grips with those portions of the biblical witness in which the community of faith has been forced to deal with the violence and pain of conflict between peoples.

Historical arguments between their faiths have rarely if ever been over what to call Abraham's God or who was invoked by that call, and Islamic salvation history is rooted in the conviction that there is a lasting continuity between the dispensations of Muhammad, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and the biblical and extrabiblical prophets.

I will say that the very concept of a god who would deny love between any two people, especally in this world and day of age, is absurd, and if you're religous principles guide you in that direction, perhaps the time you spend fighting for «biblical marrage» should be spent questiong your own faith.

But Tillich's acknowledgment of the fundamental difference between what he calls «God» and his understanding of the biblical God implicitly, at least, gives support to my assertion that this use of philosophy is in severe tension with biblical faith.

From another, we might rather say that dialectical theology refuses to be truly dialectical, it refuses both radical transcendence (biblical or eschatological faith) and radical immanence (contemporary Existenz), and thus is forced to reach a non-dialectical synthesis between a partial transcendence (Tillich's Unconditioned and Bultmann's Word of faith) and a partial immanence (an Existenz whose Angst can only be answered by «faith»).

There would be questions of biblical theology about the nature of Christian freedom, the relation between law and Gospel, the meaning of the law for those justified by faith.

Furthermore, modern biblical scholarship has fully demonstrated the chasm which exists between the faith of the historic Church and its biblical ground, a chasm created by the entrance of the Church into history.

We have to review carefully the biblical faith about human needs for much in the contemporary search for a new Christian style of life and much of the estrangement between Christian faith and secular man lies just here.

While the debates rage on about whether Noah is biblical enough, Heaven is For Real true enough, and God is Not Dead profitable enough, Philomena delivers a quiet, understated, and powerful portrayal of the actual human experience, where clear - cut lines between good and evil, heroes and villains, right and wrong might be good «story-wise» but don't reflect the reality most people of faith actually live in.

Using symbolism exploring Biblical text, diagrams from scientific hypothesis, and visual psychedelia produced by an influx of cultural influence seemingly aimed at searching for the «unknown» the work serves as a catalyst to further reflect upon topics of belief and wonder as intellectual and spiritual intersections between fact and faith.

A Biblical thread runs through this album, weaving faith and emotive frankness into this tapestry of senses, addressing the relationship between past and future.

About Blog BioLogos invites the church and the world to see harmony between science and biblical faith as we present an evolutionary understanding of God's creation.

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Based on secular research, his own experience as a counselor, surveys, and personal interviews, he provides biblical perspectives on the differences between men and women, rekindling love in difficult times, sexual intimacy, habits of unhealthy marriages, fidelity, and the role of faith in marriage.