Sentences with phrase «program of biblical study»

It is, however, a call for a program of Biblical study and Biblical preaching that is more realistic and more responsible as far as the bearing of the congregation's situation upon understanding the message of the text is concerned.

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For an excellent introduction to the breadth of the meaning of shalom, see Donald E. Gowan, Shalom A Study of the Biblical Concept of Peace (1984), available from the Kerygma Program, 300 Mt. Lebanon Boulevard, Suite 205, Pittsburgh, PA 15234.

More significantly, these studies tended to focus on «how - to» concerns, or the application of what was taught in the «theoretical» fields of biblical, historical and theological - ethical studies (each also separate from the others and supported by its own professional associations, journals, degree programs and faculties).

In this curriculum, three disciplines represent the theoretical side of the dichotomy (biblical studies, church history and systematic theology), while practical theology represents the task - oriented program providing the requisite skills for those preparing for the professional ministry.

Fortress, which was one division of the Lutheran Church in America's separately incorporated Board of Publication, under two decades of strong leadership has drawn on wide European connections to build a high - quality program (especially strong in biblical studies and theology) that has had a central role in Protestant publishing.

Kelly's summary of the trends in the curriculum of Oberlin Seminary applies to many others as well: «The program of study was changing from the dogmatic to the practical, from the ecclesiocentric to the socio - centric... «34 More recent examinations show the continuation of these emphases in our time though they also show a revival of interest in systematic and exegetical theology and in the Biblical languages.

It may be an arrangement that factors out different aspects of the school's common life to the reign of each model of excellent schooling: the research university model may reign for faculty, for example, or for faculty in certain fields (say, church history, or biblical studies) but not in others (say, practical theology), while paideia reigns as the model for students, or only for students with a declared vocation to ordained ministry (so that other students aspiring to graduate school are free to attempt to meet standards set by the research university model); or research university values may be celebrated in relation to the school's official «academic» program, including both classroom expectations and the selection and rewarding of faculty, while the school's extracurricular life is shaped by commitments coming from the model provided by paideia so that, for example, common worship is made central to their common life and a high premium is placed on the school being a residential community.

The purpose of Kingdom University ™ is to offer non-secular programs that will favorably compare to other Christian Colleges & Christian Universities offering Christian Degrees such as a degree in Biblical Studies, namely, a Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical Studies or Holistic Christian Degrees such as a Doctor of Philosophy in Holistic Christian Health & Christian Healing.

Through our academic publishing program, we seek to meet the publication needs of the religious studies academic community worldwide with works on the Hebrew Bible and Hebrew language, ancient Near Eastern studies and archaeology, New Testament and Greek language, biblical theology, Judaism, patristics, church history, historical theology, practical theology, and religion and culture.