Sentences with phrase «in areas of theology»

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One of the most fruitful applications of Whiteheadian thought has been in the area of theology.

(17) In the area of theology per se various kinds of liberation, political, and contextual theologies have appeared in bewildering array.

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However, the man is not a literature specialist, so what reason do I have to seriously consider what he has to say about «fairy tales,» much less about «philosophy» and «theology» when he hasn't even so much as an undergraduate degree in either of those areas.

The growing interaction between religious communities in the post-Enlightenment world requires all of them to engage in self - critical reflection, which in order to be fully theologically informed must extend beyond theology proper into the areas of philosophy and history.

Allen identifies and comments on seven areas of concern that African Christians face in their churches, including the Africanization of theology, relationships with other religions, church and state, pastoral leadership, relationship with Euro - American partner churches, theological education, and struggles with social concerns.

It's called The Atonement of God, and in it, I present 10 areas of theology that were affected in my own life when I came to understand the truth I am about to present to you today.

The question now is whether there is any point of contact on the side of liberation theology for the concerns of process theologians in areas to which liberation theologians have paid less attention.

The last couple weeks I have been working my way through dozens of Bible and theology questions which people have submitted through that ask a question area in the sidebar.

I do not hold to a judicial form of the atonement... though this change is a fairly recent development in my theology, and maybe it has not filtered down enough into other areas of my theology, such as my thinking on forgiveness....

If we believe that terrorism and torture are, in fact, fundamentally contrary to the truth and justice of God and ought to be stopped everywhere, we must recognize that the theological foundations on which many contemporary contextualist and confessionalist theologies rest are inadequate to this task, whatever their contributions in other areas.

Since then pastoral counseling, greatly assisted by the clinical training pattern, has developed into a dominant area of ministry, mounting to its present ascendency in practical theology.

The theology of the Mass is another area which we think is ripe for development, especially given the affirmation in Gaudium et Spes that «in her most benign Lord and Master can be found the key, the focal point and the goal of man, as well as of all human history» (n. 10).

Your M.D. gives as much credibility as my J.D. in the area of Catholic theology.

Those theologians who are persuaded by present discussions in analytical philosophy will insist that even a consideration of the problem of their relevance to theology is misguided; for this is to confuse two different areas of discourse, the scientific and the religious.

As Don S. Browning notes below, several scholars are currently doing creative work in the area of practical theology.

A minor figure in the history of American philosophy and theology, although somewhat more prominent in Methodist circles, McCabe's importance rested as much in what he attempted to do in the area of philosophical theology as in what he accomplished.

There can be no doubt that there will be more dissent and more pluralism in the church than there have been in the past, and that there will be more gray areas than ever before, especially since the methodology, as well as the subject matter, of contemporary theology points in this direction.

Her more recent interests are in the areas of Latin American liberation theologies and feminist theologies.

Even if we were able to suspend our common sense in the area of religion in order to buy into this traditional theology — something which many people have felt forced to do because they saw no good alternatives — we would then have a spirituality that is unable to adequately fulfill its role.

David Hubbard, for example, in his taped remarks on the future of evangelicalism to a colloquium at Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary in Denver in 1977 noted the following areas of tension among evangelicals: women's ordination, the charismatic movement, ecumenical relations, social ethics, strategies of evangelism, Biblical criticism, Biblical infallibility, contextual theology in non-Western cultures, and the churchly applications of the behavioral sciences.2 If such a list is more exhaustive than those topics which this book has pursued, it nevertheless makes it clear that the foci of the preceding chapters have at least been representative.

And all reputable translations say the same thing in all critical areas of theology.

Even in the area of his greatest contribution, the doctrine of man, he was too polemical to be confined to the formal structures of theology.

Bonhoeffer's theology made several contributions, particularly in the area of ecclesiology and the ecumenical movement, ethics and the role of the Christian in the modern world, spiritual life especially in theological education, and Christology as the center of doctrine.

This is not to close the door between the laboratory and the sacristy, rather the opposite; what we discover from the natural sciences can not be hermetically sealed off from philosophy and theology as though it were some totally separate area of wisdom.If the primary object of physical science is the physical realm in its inter-dependant relationships, the object of metaphysics is the very same physical realm as it relates to the spiritual.

Michael Reeves oversees the work of Union School of Theology and teaches in the areas of systematic and historical theology and also on preaching and spiritual foTheology and teaches in the areas of systematic and historical theology and also on preaching and spiritual fotheology and also on preaching and spiritual formation.

I didn't yet have the theology to back it up, just a gut feeling that Christians could, and should, be involved in all areas of culture.

Attitudes toward the state, cultural assumptions, and self - designations all bear on how we do theology and should raise sensitivity in the area of preaching.

Eleven years later in Theology and Reality (1955), I sought to apply its concepts to certain other areas of theology; and in the following year, publishing lectures originally given to parish clergy conferences on Rethinking the Christian Message (1956), I urged the use of these ideas in the necessary and thorough re-working of the popular presentation of basic ChristianTheology and Reality (1955), I sought to apply its concepts to certain other areas of theology; and in the following year, publishing lectures originally given to parish clergy conferences on Rethinking the Christian Message (1956), I urged the use of these ideas in the necessary and thorough re-working of the popular presentation of basic Christiantheology; and in the following year, publishing lectures originally given to parish clergy conferences on Rethinking the Christian Message (1956), I urged the use of these ideas in the necessary and thorough re-working of the popular presentation of basic Christian themes.

It is a thorough - going theology of creation which tackles many of the questions which arise at the interface of faith and science in the area of Darwinian evolution.

Thus, Christology is the most important area of Christian theology and, in virtue of that very fact, the most dangerous.

I am actually not that interested in «refuting» Calvinists, but one area of Calvinistic theology which has always troubled me is the insistence by some that since God is sovereign, He is the cause of everything.

Speaking to the Indiana Area School of the Prophets in August, 1980, Trotter explores how theology and imagination are related, this time from the perspective of the words a religious community chooses to express what is finally incapable of being expressed in any definitive way.

First, the churches should understand that, while the electronic church does not represent a serious institutional threat to them, it does pose a threat to mainline theology, especially in the areas of mission, evangelism and education.

In proposing this fresh presentation of classic moral truths in a delicate area of pastoral care, the Cracovian theologians drew on the pioneering work done by their archbishop, Karol Wojtyla, in Love and Responsibility — work that Wojtyla, as John Paul II, would later develop in the Theology of the BodIn proposing this fresh presentation of classic moral truths in a delicate area of pastoral care, the Cracovian theologians drew on the pioneering work done by their archbishop, Karol Wojtyla, in Love and Responsibility — work that Wojtyla, as John Paul II, would later develop in the Theology of the Bodin a delicate area of pastoral care, the Cracovian theologians drew on the pioneering work done by their archbishop, Karol Wojtyla, in Love and Responsibility — work that Wojtyla, as John Paul II, would later develop in the Theology of the Bodin Love and Responsibility — work that Wojtyla, as John Paul II, would later develop in the Theology of the Bodin the Theology of the Body.

Largely due to the influence of Teilhard de Chardin, Catholic theologians have recently done considerable work in this area.11 Under the influence of Whitehead, process theology holds out a parallel promise within but not limited to Protestantism or even Christianity.

While distinguished work in many areas of religious inquiry has been carried on at Chicago, it has been especially celebrated by those who work at the interface of theology and philosophy, and, more particularly, by those who are persuaded by the vision and perceptiveness of Whitehead's program.

In this series on doctrinal statements, I will argue that something similar happens in many other areas of theology as welIn this series on doctrinal statements, I will argue that something similar happens in many other areas of theology as welin many other areas of theology as well.

I am fairly conservative in most areas of my theology, but might be labeled «liberal» in others... it's a strange mix.

First, while the electronic church does not represent a serious institutional threat to the mainline churches, it does pose a threat to mainline theology, particularly in the areas of mission, evangelism, and education.

Christian theology, for example, continues to locate the arena of mystery primarily in the areas of history or existential subjectivity rather than nature.

It is important to make it abundantly clear at this point that the crucial problem is the spiritual problem, and we here mean by spiritual that area which is the object of attention in philosophy and theology as against that area in which the object of attention is mechanical contrivance.

Thomas realized that he had long been uncomfortable about the implications of his theology in one area.

Our neighbors disagree with us not only about theology, but also about what is «valued,» especially in the areas of family and personal autonomy.

Having said this, I am rethinking a lot of the theology I used to believe, and this area is one that is in flux.

This series was developed by Bill Johnson and Caddy Jackson, of the Sehool of Theology at Claremont, working with the education task force of Project Understanding in the San Diego area.

If I were choosing recent books in this area which most deserve to be read outside the country, I would start with Oliver O'Donovan's political theology in The Desire of the Nations; John Milbank's critique of the social sciences in Theology and Social Theory; Timothy Gorringe's provocative political reading of Karl Barth in Karl Barth: Against Hegemony; Peter Sedgwick's The Market Economy and Christian Ethics; Michael Banner's Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems; Duncan Forrester's Christian Justice and Public Policy; and Timothy Jenkins's Religion in Everyday Life: An Ethnographic Approach, which argues with a dense interweaving of theory and empirical study for a social anthropological approach to English religion which has learned much from ttheology in The Desire of the Nations; John Milbank's critique of the social sciences in Theology and Social Theory; Timothy Gorringe's provocative political reading of Karl Barth in Karl Barth: Against Hegemony; Peter Sedgwick's The Market Economy and Christian Ethics; Michael Banner's Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems; Duncan Forrester's Christian Justice and Public Policy; and Timothy Jenkins's Religion in Everyday Life: An Ethnographic Approach, which argues with a dense interweaving of theory and empirical study for a social anthropological approach to English religion which has learned much from tTheology and Social Theory; Timothy Gorringe's provocative political reading of Karl Barth in Karl Barth: Against Hegemony; Peter Sedgwick's The Market Economy and Christian Ethics; Michael Banner's Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems; Duncan Forrester's Christian Justice and Public Policy; and Timothy Jenkins's Religion in Everyday Life: An Ethnographic Approach, which argues with a dense interweaving of theory and empirical study for a social anthropological approach to English religion which has learned much from theologytheology.

Without taking a strong stand on the controversial question of whether inter-species relationships ought to be governed by justice — in other words, the question of whether we owe anything to animals as such — the author establishes all sorts of interesting parallels between evolutionary biology and traditional theology in this area, as well as challenges from one to the other.

Section II summaries the Whiteheadian theology of history as an example of the kind of overview that is needed to guide practice in many areas.

In this book, Tom Wright wades into some of the most acrimonious areas of Christian theology and practice.