Sentences with phrase «rather than theology»

This overall agenda would not differ from those of most liberal Protestant or Jewish groups — except in the high level of consensus, and in the fact that the most important religious goal for UUs is «a community for shared values» (rather than theology or personal growth or social change or experiences of transcendence).

The choice of political theology rather than theology of hope can be explained much more briefly.

Not exact matches

At the end of his essay, Griffiths gives the impression that Pitstick should have limited herself to a school debate with Balthasar over the merits of his theology of Christ's descent rather than raising the formal question of orthodoxy.

So, what is my point?To read Paul's polemic, his rhetoric and generally his theology as an end in itself, rather than his attempt to bring others to an experience of the living God is to me, missing the point.It seems that much of the divisiveness between believers on this blog and a few others I visit is just that: I often read... Paul says this... hey, but Jesus says that... no, he wasn't saying that, he was saying this and so on and so on.Am I the only one bored with this «your Mother and my Mother were hanging out clothes» approach.I think we need a little more adverb, as in maybe....

The key question for theology is whether Kant can make any sense out of who the scriptures say Jesus is rather than abjuring the task and simply correcting the apostolic witness in light of some higher «religious» principle.

Pelagianism Augustine accused Pelagius of teaching salvation by works Western Christians are obsessed with not being saved by works Western Christians deemphasize ascetic disciplines and exercises Spirituality becomes a set of mental acts Salvation is rescue from hell, rather than transformation into glory Determinism enters some parts of western theology from Manichaeism through Augustine

Scholasticism Theology moved from the monastery to the university Western theology is an intellectual discipline rather than a mystical pursuit Western theology is over-systematized Western Theology is systematized, based on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate like lawyers, not like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors of theological schools of thought Western church membership is often contingent on fine points of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of Theology moved from the monastery to the university Western theology is an intellectual discipline rather than a mystical pursuit Western theology is over-systematized Western Theology is systematized, based on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate like lawyers, not like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors of theological schools of thought Western church membership is often contingent on fine points of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of theology is an intellectual discipline rather than a mystical pursuit Western theology is over-systematized Western Theology is systematized, based on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate like lawyers, not like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors of theological schools of thought Western church membership is often contingent on fine points of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of theology is over-systematized Western Theology is systematized, based on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate like lawyers, not like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors of theological schools of thought Western church membership is often contingent on fine points of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of Theology is systematized, based on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate like lawyers, not like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors of theological schools of thought Western church membership is often contingent on fine points of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of the East

* is really the SUBJECT OF theology rather than an actual spiritual reality or entity.

To me, it is a trait of humanity, rather than of one specific philosophy or theology.

so, what is there, really?!! Our theology serves to mystify God rather than expose him!

A systematic theology that begins with Original Sin rather than Original Blessing can not be reconciled with the witness of Jesus to God as recorded in the Gospels.

Hi David, I often check out your cartoons and this one made me smile lots... I think theology is great and I personally love to study... but it's got to be a starting point rather than a finishing point, and definately not a dividing point!

Rather than owing a primary allegiance to the worship and service of God, theology is embroiled in the conflict between humanities and social - science orientations.

One of the secrets of the swift access the new theology has found into the life of the Continent is that it takes its beginning from the scene in the local church rather than in the university library.

Note to anyone wishing to persuade former adherents to literal or fundamentalist theology to «return to the fold» — you'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar — and if your aim is to catch «em rather than kill «em, you might want to avoid using a flyswatter.

While there are certain theologies that I know I agree with, and I don't see anything wrong with allying one's self with a theology, I have been impressed lately with the danger of being ultimately loyal to a theology, rather than to the Word of God.

Polemically, Reformation theology grounded its teaching on Scripture alone, rather than on Scripture and tradition, the polemical pole represented by the Roman and Greek churches.

I am allowed to grow and evolve based on reason rather than having to wait until theology can catch up through rationalizing ancient scripture.

Nevertheless, understanding the words of Jesus in the Gospels will be much easier if we presuppose that Jesus may be telling a humorous story to poke fun at the religion and theology of His day, rather than the traditional idea that a dour - faced Jesus is telling a serious story about how to live and behave to truly be His follower.

When you understand Scripture and theology as God meant it, you are freed to live life in relationship God, rather than under the control of religion.

So, without theology, in practice rather than words, how would you propose that «we make [forgiveness] solid and real».

Bandwagon «wave - of - the - future» theology has proven to be a very hazardous occupation in an era of accelerating change, especially when the continuities of history are not as evident as its discontinuities, and when the media focus the public eye upon society's distortions rather than its solidities?

A third reason for selecting political theology rather than liberation theology for discussion in this book is that other process theologians have begun the dialogue with liberation theology, and I am confident that this will continue.

Unlike Tillich, Bultmann's concern is to construct a biblical rather than an ontological theology.

I became convinced that one major reason for decline was that theology had become an academic discipline rather than the articulation of the faith of ordinary Christians.

If everything we do from the first awakening breath of our day until we close our eyes at night doesn't reek of love; if our theology, doctrine, missional statements and creeds are born out of a need to «convert» rather than a deep and innate need to love those around us (aka, our neighbors), than all we have become is an annoyance and a disgrace to the communities around us, (clanging cymbals, anyone?)

Since the God who appears here is patently a reincarnation of Kant's «master of the exclusive disjunction,» it follows that any attempt to interpret the system of Process and Reality as representing a nascent chaosmology will have to demonstrate that the theology developed in the later work positively supersedes and excludes, rather than, as Christian claims, «elaborates and defends,» the theology of the earlier.

Then again, Jesus would probably be hanging out with the sinners, prostitutes and all the others who don't quite fit the mold of what a good Christian should be, rather than sitting in a booth at the mall debating religion and theology with the religious types.

This chapter proposes that the horizons of political theology should be so broadened that it can be formulated as an ecological theology rather than as a sociological theology.

Rather than viewing Moltmann's thought on play as developing chiefly out of a dialogue with American theology, it would be better to conclude that (1) his systematic interest in exploring the various ramifications of a theology of hope led him to investigate ecclesiology, which he found playful, and (2) his desire to counteract the seriousness of student revolutionaries, both in Germany and in America, led him into a consideration of play as an antidote.

This arouses the suspicion that I am using theology to support philosophical ideas rather than the other way around.

Theology, on the other hand, has truncated its capacity to deal with those important issues it does raise by giving the appearance of authoritarianism or special pleading rather than participating from its own resources in free and open discussion.

What then is the form that a theology must take in order to be able to lay claim to being Christian theology as such rather than a «theology of»?

Rather than the theologically tenuous points of contact between God and the world offered by most other theologies, process thought suggests that God is intimately a part of the world, and that the world is intimately a part of God.

Naturally the priority is the theology of Nicky Gumbel, vicar of HTB and writer of the Alpha talks, rather than what the Catholic tradition understands as the Deposit of Faith entrusted to the Apostolic Church.

So rather than the Incarnation being a sort of «Plan B» to rescue humanity after the fall, in Scotus» theology it is the whole purpose of creation.

Rather than repeat my criticisms and proposals for university reform, I will focus on how the greening of theology would in itself contribute to university reform.

Sounds more like you are saying that you just tend not to listen to people, but are blaming your inconsiderate ways on theology rather than on you... 9.

It is this single fundamental argument rather than the explanations of the five arguments in its terms that is important to us in understanding contemporary Thomist natural theology.

But rather than rashly conclude that either her understanding of biology was wrong or her understanding of theology was wrong, the Bible tells us that she «treasured up all of these things and pondered them in her heart.»

Ours is a time of «ethical theology,» rather than ethics as an implication trailing at some distance after a presentation of beliefs established on other grounds.

In varying degrees, most of them want practical theology to become more critical and philosophical, more public (in the sense of being more oriented toward the church's ministry to the world rather than simply preoccupied with the needs of its own internal life), and more related to an analysis of the various situations and contexts of theology.

The fourth theme in the literature comes from philosophy and theology rather than from education.

It is as if the awareness of our time - bound condition has made us determined to conform theology to our situation rather than to protect it from possible corruption.

You make generalized statements on Christianity rather than a knowledge base of theology and doctrine, so your post is worthless.

But because such a theology begins with the human quest for the divine rather than with God's own self - manifestation, it is susceptible to the misdirection which I think Percy's later work suffers from.

In my own teaching of theology I find it best to use, rather than a single textbook with a single point of view, a reader which presents several angles of interpretation on specifics and on the whole because it forces students confronting a plurality of systems to decide for themselves what the Scriptures say.

The goal, however, is to be willing to allow Scripture to change our theology, rather than allow our theology to change the meaning of Scripture.

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.

What makes Wood's proposal distinctive in this regard and may be its greatest strength is his suggestion that «theology» be understood in an «active sense» rather than as something «objective» or as something «subjective.»