Sentences with phrase «own field of theology»

I also suspect it's one of those fields of theology that is often misunderstood, particularly at the popular level.

What seems to be argued for implicitly in this tradition is the positive assertion, «I am a scholar; a scholar is one who pursues a specialized field; and since I am a theological scholar, what I am pursuing is a special field of theology.»

Unfortunately, the theological establishment in our country have not taken seriously enough the contributions women can make to this important field of theology.

Many process writings in the field of theology approach biblical teaching from the outside, whereas Wesley approached all questions from a point of view that was immersed in scripture.

He contributed significantly to the fields of theology, philosophy, and the social sciences.

Process thought provides such an alternative in many fields, including my own field of theology.

The historical development of process philosophy in the field of theology, and a survey the main thinkers» emphases.

Yet there is a place for the dynamics which are studied by the field of theology, no matter what those dynamics are called.

In addition, it opens trinitarian thought to new thinking in the field of theology and natural science, wherein the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics and the second law of thermodynamics are prompting investigations into the concept of time built into natural processes.

The moral concern was taken from the practical field, and subsumed under systematic theology, creating a new field of theology and ethics.

We do not think of the Pentecostals as leaders in the field of theology.

The same problem is reflected in the field of theology also.

I should doubt that in the field of theology any division runs deeper than that between defining God traditionally, as the omnipotent, sole cause of existence of a temporal world and defining Him as a factor in the universe.

That is why before starting to write your theology essays, choose some specific field of theology you are going to devote your essay to.

Not exact matches

The obligation of covering the entire field of systematic theology in my academic lectures brought to my attention not only new facts and perspectives, but also complete fields of learning that I had scarcely noticed before.

This fundamental theology, which insofar as it is reasonable may be publicly proposed to all, must become the base for the cultural formation of the new generation of priests... I would call rather for a great synergy of creative thought in various fields».

There has been a flood of writings in this field over the past ten years, proposing various theologies of religious pluralism and systematizing those that have been proposed.

Among studies in this field made by Catholics, let me cite those of Father Peuchmaurd, who considers himself as in the lineage of classical theology.

Pluralism and Particularity in Religious Belief By Brad Stetson Praeger, 145 pages, $ 45 In the Christian theology - of - other - religions debate, John Hick's pluralist hypothesis dominates the field.

Administrators worry that doctoral students increasingly will be trained in the history of religion or comparative religions rather than in Bible, theology, ethics, church history and practical studies — the traditional fields of theological education.

[35] He listed five fields of study with which missiology has to be related, namely Biblical Studies, Church history, Systematic Theology, Social Sciences, and World Religions.

But probably the biggest reason for her marginal status is that she is a truly radical and original thinker whose thought does not immediately factor with academic theology or indeed with any field of study.

Samartha's Christological reflections on the pluralistic theology of religions [60] remains to be one of the most original and in - depth studies on the field.

Given such a diagnosis, the field of natural (or «foundational») theology assumes an inescapable importance, especially when approached from the perspective of process modes of thought.

Their research leads to Bunge's conclusion that the Christian past offers a broad and diverse field of exploration for a theology of the child.

Given the fact that psychological models have been a prominent part of many other enterprises in theology, it may seem surprising that in the biblical field efforts are disparate and scattered.

This was a fortuitous change of mind because practical or applied theology is still deemed less scholarly and the field of religious education still regarded as a woman's domain.

I do not want to upset anyone's individualized religious theologies and yet I see a faulted system of each religion's societies in generalizations unremarkable yet blatant conscripts of their elderly influences upon their religiously devoted youth - fields.

Traditionally, the problem of evil has been limited to the fields of metaphysics and theology.

The emergence of a multiculturalist, strongly feminist «Barthian» trend in theology is a most welcome development in a field that has known more than its share of stodgy antifeminists.

And so it was that academic theology's most recent reflection on the Christian life has been so shy of offering guides for experience that it has left the field wide open to the pietism it intended to combat.

Instead, it focuses on the definition of the field of biblical theology and on an evaluation of the methods of its major practitioners (and some minor ones), all at great distance from the primary sources themselves.

He clarifies his rather vague definition of the field by contrasting biblical theology with five other modes of study: doctrinal theology, nontheological biblical studies, history of religion, philosophical and natural theology, and «the interpretation of parts of the Bible as distinct from the longer complexes taken as wholes.»

In point of fact, almost everyone who has defined his field as biblical theology has been a Christian seeking to state and advance the Christian message and to work in the service of the Church.

As with other fields of sociological research the question has been asked if there is good enough reason to treat socioreligious phenomena separately instead of handling them in the traditional disciplines (theology, philosophy, anthropology, etcetera).30 Yet, as against such doubts, the work done by modern scholarship has proved the right to an independent existence of «sociology of religion.»

NT discipline is one of the fields of study within «Theology»...

It might be good, then, for seminarians and other readers to first learn some of the old theologies before traipsing off through the daisy fields of any new ones.

Niebuhr said this was a hazardous venture, since my reading in the parish had been rather undisciplined and I had no scholarly competence in my field, not to speak of the total field of Christian theology.»

But it is a major contribution to philosophical theology that must be encountered on the playing field of reason.

But I am hopeful that God will use my detail - oriented and creative - thinking brain in the field of Bible study and theology to help others see that God may not be like what many of us have been taught, and that the Bible may not say what we have always thought.

Can His Noodly Appendage help in any way with you understanding the fields of Sadofuturistics, Megaphysics, Scatalography, Schizophreniatrics, Morealism, Sarcastrophy, Cynisacreligion, Apocolyptionomy, ESPectorationalism, Hypno - Pediatrics, Subliminalism, Satyriology, Disto - Utopianity, Sardonicology, Fascetiouism, Ridiculophagy, or Miscellatheistic Theology?

That being said, the renewal of interest ought not to be overstated: much doctrinal theology in English remains preoccupied with keeping up a conversation with other fields of inquiry (often literary and cultural theory) and is so eager to do so that it often neglects the descriptive or dogmatic tasks of systematics.

Christian apologetics is a field of christian theology which aims to present a rational basis for the christian faith, defends the faith against objections and attempts to expose the flaws of other world views.

It states that its aims are: «to pursue new insights at the boundary between theology and science through a rigorous, open - minded and empirically focused methodology, drawing together talented representatives from a wide spectrum of fields of expertise.»

There is no intention to provide a history of political theology or to introduce the reader to the whole field of recent developments within that movement.

«The Magisterium of the Church, does not forbid that in the present state of the human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussion, on the part of men experienced in both fields, take place with regard to

Edward Farley has come up with the best characterization of Schleiermacher's picture of «practical theology»: the «normative field which critically apprehends the rules for carrying out the tasks of ministry» (Theologia, p. 91).

Niebuhr had a tremendous impact on the fields of Christian social ethics and modern theology, and many of us who labor in these fields are grateful for it.

The field of pastoral theology is expected to be more oriented toward ministerial practice than other disciplines; at the same time, it has struggled with the ambiguities of its identity.

The methods of pastoral theology demonstrate the value of a «thick description» as a fundamental beginning point for all the fields of theological study.