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Kerr, Jason Andrew. "Loving Liberty: Milton, Scripture, and Society." Thesis, Boston College, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2421.
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Thesis advisor: Dayton HaskinUsing methods drawn from literary analysis, theology, and political history, Loving Liberty explores the relationship between Milton's thinking about liberty and his practice of scriptural interpretation. It argues that Milton advances a model of a free society ultimately modeled on the charitable relations between the Father and the Son, who in his view differ essentially from one another. This model of liberated unity in difference derives from, and responds to, Milton's encounter with the Reformation ideal of each believer reading the Bible for him or herself, along with the social chaos that accompanied the resulting proliferation of interpretations. Using a complex concept of charity, Milton's writings imagine a society in which all are free to use scripture in highly individualized ways that nevertheless conduce to unity rather than chaos. In the end, the very interpretative practice through which Milton thinks his way toward this model also stands as its shining example, culminating in a rich body of writing that creatively re-imagines scripture and that invites its readers to use these new creations or not, as charity demands and in keeping with their own freely exercised gifts. In contrast to what he calls “obstinate literality” and “alphabetical servility&rdquo in The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, Milton's liberated interpretative method requires the interpreter to generate his or her own Bible, whether by radically reassembling the text (as Milton does in De Doctrina Christiana), by prophetically speaking the scripture written on one's heart (as Michael teaches Adam to do in Paradise Lost)
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2011
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: English
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Forke, Terry. "The doctrine of Scripture in fundamentalist theology a Lutheran appraisal /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.
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Samuel, Josh P. S. "The doctrine of Scripture in the theology of Jonathan Edwards." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p097-0004.
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Houghton, Myron James. "An examination and evaluation of A.H. Strong's doctrine of Holy Scripture." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.
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Ward, Timothy. "Word and supplement : reconstructing the doctrine of the sufficiency of scripture." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/30891.
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The body of the thesis begins with an analytical overview of the history of the doctrine's development and decline, focusing on its full articulation in the Protestant Reformation and in post-Reformation Protestant scholasticism (chapter 2). Theologians of the latter type, particularly Francis Turretin, are defended against the charge that they departed significantly from the Reformation understanding of Scripture. This analysis describes three elements of the sufficiency of Scripture, each of which is reconstructed in turn in the three subsequent chapters. Chapter 3 deals with the theological claim that God Speaks, and that Scripture is a medium of his speech. A notion of what it is to speak based on speech act theory and especially on Wolterstorff's application of it to divine speech is adopted, and used to inform a reading of Karl Barth's conception of God as speaker, in order to assess his rejection of fundamental aspects of the classical Protestant doctrine of Scripture. The identification of Scripture with the Word of God, acknowledging Barth's concerns, is defended. Chapter 4 takes up the material aspect of the sufficiency of Scripture: Scripture contains everything necessary to be known for salvation. Various construals of textual ontology are discussed: the hermeneutical models of 'textual self-sufficiency' offered in literary theory by New Criticism and in theology by Hans Frei; the opposing construals of authorship developed by E.D. Hirsch and deconstruction, especially as the latter is exemplified in the work of the NT scholar Stephen Moore; the reader-oriented hermeneutics of Stanley Fish and Stanley Hauerwas. A conception of Scripture as 'sufficient', in relation to an ethical construal of authorship and a description of the action of the Holy Spirit, is developed. Chapter 5 takes up the formal aspect of sufficiency: Scripture is sufficient for its own interpretation. The theories of intertextuality of Julia Kristeva and Roland Barthes are examined, and philosophical resources are found in the work of Mikhail Bakhtin on language and Paul Ricoeur on Scripture, exemplified in the NT exegesis of Richard Hays, to outline a conception of 'biblical polyphony'. The canonical hermeneutics of B.S. Childs is examined, and supplemented hermeneutically via a recent suggestion of E.D. Hirsch on authorial intentionality, and theologically with a defence of the orthodox Protestant doctrine of biblical inspiration, as articulated by B.B. Warfield. A conception of the canon of Scripture as 'sufficient' is offered.
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Conley, William Kevin. "The doctrine of Holy Scripture in Augustine's interpretation of Genesis 1-3." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Folan, Peter Michael. "Matters of Interpretation: Biblical Methodology in the Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue on the Doctrine of Justification." Thesis, Boston College, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108577.
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Thesis advisor: Richard R. GaillardetzWith explicit roots in the Pauline letters, and an initial propositional formulation that traces back to Augustine of Hippo, the doctrine of justification is among the most ancient ways that the church has taught about the salvation offered to humankind through Jesus Christ. To say the very least, though, the doctrine, both its content and its place in the treasury of the church’s teachings, has not been without conflict. In fact, in the sixteenth century, disagreements over justification contributed to a major division in the church, one that remained trenchant until some measure of healing was brought to it when representatives of the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church signed the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ) in 1999. This dissertation argues that, among the factors contributing to the sixteenth century discord over justification, were the different biblical hermeneutics adopted by Martin Luther and the Council of Trent. It argues as well that the ecumenical achievement that the JDDJ represents owes in part to the shared way of interpreting Scripture that Lutherans and Catholics embraced in the twentieth century. Ultimately, this dissertation uses the justification debates of the sixteenth and twentieth centuries as a test case to propose a framework for using Scripture more effectively in ecumenical dialogue, especially when that dialogue concerns a disputed church doctrine
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2019
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Theology
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Tierney, Peter George. "For teaching and for training in righteousness foundations for a doctrine of Scripture /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p051-0112.
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Roth, Rosie. "A theological evaluation of the Muslim resistance to the doctrine of Scripture and God." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1985. http://www.tren.com.
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Bagby, Samuel. "The issue of warfare in the Scripture and history of the early church during the first four centuries." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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McKinley, David W. "The true word of God? Caspar Schwenckfeld and the doctrine of Scripture : a reformed analysis of his spiritualist understanding /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p036-0355.
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Scott, James. "An evaluation of the doctrine of miraculous healing within the Roman Catholic tradition / Brother James Scott." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1724.
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Reid, Norman Ewing. "The unity of the doctrine of justification by faith as it is progressively revealed in Holy Scripture / Norman Ewing Reid." Thesis, North-West University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/350.
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Our Old Testament studies in the doctrine of justification lead to the conclusion that
believers were justified under the Law, not by obedience to the Law, but by fleeing
from the threats of the Law to the refuge of faith in the Promise given to Abraham.
This is how they became children of Abraham and heirs with him of the same
Promise.
The Old Testament offerings pointed to the expiation of sins through the shedding of
blood and to the appeasing of God's wrath indicated by the symbolism of the smoke
ascending thus indicating a pleasing sacrifice to God. In the Prophets, the Servant
(Isaiah 53) is described as the Righteous One who justifies many. The righteousness
that Abraham received through faith in the promise, Isaiah now indicates that this
same righteousness is provided by the Servant of the Lord. This shows the progressive
nature of the revelation regarding justification. In Jeremiah 23, we see the transfer of
righteousness. The Messiah is described as being righteous or establishing
righteousness and he becomes "our righteousness." This is expressed in older
Protestant theology by the phrase "the imputation of Christ's righteousness". We
conclude that believers are counted righteous before God because he permits them to
share Christ's status of acceptance before him.
In the Psalms we find emphasis on substitution and atonement, and the revelations of
a suffering messiah who would bear the sins of the people. The revelation received
warranted confidence that God was a forgiving God and that, atonement having been
made, forgiveness was not only possible, but sure and certain to all in covenant with
Yahweh, showing the unity of the doctrine in both testaments.
From our studies in Matthew we conclude that Jesus had not come to abolish the Law
and the Prophets, rather, he came to fulfil them. The Law and the Prophets pointed to
him, but the Law and the Prophets demanded righteousness. Until now the Law had
only been broken, never kept, but this man never breaks it; he keeps it perfectly; he is
the Righteous One.
Considering the forgiveness of sins, in both Luke and Acts we come to the conclusion
that it is the same forensic reality; that in both books it is conditioned on repentance
and faith. However, in Acts it is clearly and demonstrably based on Christ's death
and resurrection, and the promise of the Holy Spirit.
We conclude from the writings of Paul, that justification is basic to Paul's doctrine of
salvation, and, theologically, Paul's writings contain the most highly developed
expression of this truth in the New Testament. Paul gives first place in Romans to the
'good news' that God graciously justifies sinners through faith alone in Jesus Christ
apart from the works of the law. Romans 1:16-17 contains Paul's thesis in the book
of Romans: that the power of God is revealed through the gospel for all who have
faith. In the remainder of the letter be argues the case for this thesis and defends it
against objections. He begins in 1: 18 -3:20 by arguing that God is righteous and
makes no difference between Jew and Gentile in the matters of sin, judgement and
salvation. Both are justified in the same way, by the grace of God through faith in
Jesus Christ and apart from works of the law.Thesis (M.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.
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Oldfield, Jeffery S. "The word became text and dwells among us." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/515.
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In 1978 a group of evangelical philosophers and theologians held a meeting to decide what the definitive statement on the doctrine of inerrancy would be. Drawing on the thought of B.B. Warfield and others this group came up with a statement comprising of a short statement, nineteen articles including both statements of affirmation and denial, as well as, an exposition of these articles. Taken in its entirety, this statement is intended to be the Evangelical statement determining all subsequent information about the doctrine of inerrancy. Leading evangelicals, including Carl F.H. Henry signed this document in order to establish a consensus on what one meant when using the term inerrancy. Almost three decades later this term is still used with a sense of confusion and the doctrine is no less controversial. In fact, it still is responsible for the division of departments in many evangelical institutions of higher education in North America. The following thesis hopes to help loosen this doctrine from its theological ‘stronghold’ and place it in a position where it will be less likely to cause division amongst evangelicals. By examining the thought of both B.B. Warfield, who helped create the doctrine, and Carl F.H. Henry, who played a contemporary role in the formation of the Chicago Statement and who might rightly be considered the evangelical theologian of the twentieth century, this thesis brings to light certain presuppositions of the doctrine of inerrancy that allow it take a position that undergirds other theological doctrines. By identifying the nature of truth and authority as the main tenants of the inerrantist position, the thesis examines these terms in light of the thought of both Warfield and Henry. Their thought is found to be remarkably similar to certain principles and concerns raised by Enlightenment philosophers and it is concluded that the understandings of truth and authority presupposed by the doctrine of inerrancy ultimately are biased by Enlightenment philosophy and so are an inadequate representation of the terms as used in Scripture and tradition. The thesis suggests that an adequate understanding of truth would be primarily Christological in nature and, therefore, a larger category than the one presupposed by the doctrine of inerrancy. Also, an adequate understanding of authority would presuppose the contemporary work of the Holy Spirit, which again makes for a much larger pneumatological category than the one presupposed by the doctrine of inerrancy as it is currently defined. Enlarging these categories in no way necessitates the denial of inerrancy altogether. Rather it removes the doctrine of inerrancy from its theological pedestal and places it amongst other beliefs that might support the truth and authority of Scripture but by no means establish them. The concluding chapter ends with a statement of what this new doctrine of inerrancy might look like.
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Smith, Mark S. H. "Enhancing the congregation's appreciation for the scriptural doctrine of angels." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Smith, Mark S. H. "Enhancing the congregation's appreciation for the scriptural doctrine of angels /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
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Farlow, Matthew S. "The dramatising of theology : humanity’s participation in God’s drama with particular reference to the theologies of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Karl Barth." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2102.
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The aim of this project is to investigate the proper response of theology to the Christian God who, as revealed through revelation, is Being-in-act. This project takes seriously the idea posited by Shakespeare, that totus mundus agit histrionem, and upon this stage ‘all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts.’ If, then, God’s Being is in act, and as so many have deduced, life and death are enveloped within the drama of everyday, then, might it be possible that our theological endeavours would prosper through a dramatic rendering? In light of this, the project seeks to illumine that it is beneficial for both the Church and society, to realise how drama can be, and is, fruitful for our theological endeavours. God is Being-in-act, and through His revelation, He invites humanity to enter into and participate in His action. In light of the aforementioned, then, theology must contend with the implications for its practices, which, as is being argued, are benefited most through a full embrace of the dramatising of theology. The thesis is situated in the recent movement of our theological endeavours that recognise the profundity of the dramatic and its ability to illuminate God’s action and call to action from theology, the Church and society. Moving forward from the seminal work of Hans Urs von Balthasar, and set forth in the context of the theologies of Balthasar and Karl Barth, this project argues that it is through the dramatising of theology that theology is best equipped to illumine God’s desire for humanity’s participation in His Theo-drama. The dramatising of theology is a natural response to God’s Being-in-act; it is the natural movement of theology’s response to God’s action which calls for an active response on our part. Current examples of today’s theological movement towards the dramatic can be seen in such authors as Max Harris, Trevor Hart, Stanley Hauerwas, Michael Horton, Todd Johnson and Dale Savidge, Ben Quash, Kevin Vanhoozer, Samuel Wells and N.T. Wright. This project hopes to contribute to the movement towards the dramatising of theology.
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Chino, Taido J. "'With two hands' : a doctrinal analysis of Benjamin Warfield and Karl Barth on scripture." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2016. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=230870.
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Peterson, David A. "An examination of the scriptural doctrine of the Antichrist and the teaching of this doctrine in the church." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1988. http://www.tren.com.
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Steinmetz, John M. "A comparison of jihad and holy war with the Hebrew scriptures Exodus 17:8-16, Deuteronomy 25:17-19 /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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West, Steven Donald. "Resurrection and Scripture : the relationship between two key doctrines in reformed apologetic methodology / by Steven West." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4465.
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In this study three apologetic methodologies (evidentialism, Reformed epistemology, and
presuppositionalism) are analyzed to determine which method is most coherently related to
Reformed theology. It is argued that comparing how each methodology relates the doctrine
of Scripture with the doctrine of the resurrection can demonstrate which method is best
suited to defending Christianity in its Reformed interpretation. The doctrine of Scripture is
taken to be that of full plenary inspiration and inerrancy, and the question is which
apologetic method can be successful in defending that position.
After contemporary arguments for the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus Christ are
surveyed, each of the three respective apologetic methodologies is subjected to an
examination and critique. Each method is intra–systematically evaluated to determine
whether it suffers from internal contradictions or incoherencies. Each method is further
tested to determine whether, on its own internal principles, it is capable of a logical defense
of a high doctrinal view of Scripture. The respective methods are also compared and
contrasted with each other. A prominent issue is the direction of the methodology, i.e., its
sequence. Some strands of evidentialism attempt to move from the historical fact of the
resurrection to their doctrine of Scripture; Reformed epistemologists do not necessarily
require any historical argumentation at all; presuppositionalists take their doctrine of
Scripture and the resurrection as both necessary and mutually reinforcing points in their
worldview.
In the final analysis, it is the presuppositional methodology which emerges as that which is
most capable of coherently defending a doctrine of Scripture that includes full inspiration
and inerrancy. This is due to the transcendental nature of the argument that it presents. It
is urged in this study, however, that evidences, historical details, and logical analysis are all
critically important for a fully–orbed apologetic system. Presuppositionalism needs to be
ramified with evidential arguments, even if they are transposed into a transcendental key,
as supporting details in a transcendental framework.Thesis (Ph.D. (Dogmatics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Lyon, H. Curtis. "The Holy Scriptures as source and norm for doctrine and practice in pastoral counseling and psychology." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.
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Ingle, Jeff. "A historical and scriptural survey of the doctrine of illumination with application to hermeneutics." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.
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Lee, Hyo-Dong. "Jürgen Moltmann as a biblical theologian : political hermeneutic of scripture as foundational for ecological theology." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23225.
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This dissertation explores the way Jurgen Moltmann's biblical hermeneutic informs his salvation-historical approach to ecological theology. Coming from the post-Barthian camp of German Protestant theology, Moltmann has inherited Karl Barth's theological critique of the technological-scientific spirit of modernity. Moltmann differs from Barth, however, in the fact that his underlying preoccupation with the question of theodicy leads him to interpret Barth's theological critique of modernity from within the perspective of modernity's victims. This he accomplishes by retrieving the biblical tradition of eschatologia crucis. Moltmann's political hermeneutic of scripture, which he develops on the basis of the eschatologia crucis, vindicates his salvation-historical approach to nature by offering a substantial critique of the modern techno-scientific spirit. Furthermore, it enables Moltmann's ecological theology to put the crisis of modernity within the broader horizon of the problem of radical evil, thereby offering a profounder hope for the liberation of the suffering creation called for by the WCC theme "Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation."
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Pokrifka-Joe, Todd. "Redescribing God : the roles of scripture, tradition and reason in Karl Barth's doctrines of divine unity, constancy and eternity." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13617.
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This thesis is an analysis of Karl Barth's theological method as it appears in his treatment of three divine perfections - unity, constancy, and eternity - in Church Dogmatics, II/l, chapter VI. In order to discern the method by which Barth reaches his doctrinal conclusions, the thesis examines the respective roles of Scripture, tradition and reason-the 'threefold cord'-in this portion of his Church Dogmatics. The conclusion reached in the thesis is that, within Barth's treatment of God's unity, constancy and eternity, Scripture functions as the authoritative source and basis for theological critique and construction, and tradition and reason are functionally subordinate to Scripture. That said, Barth employs a predominantly indirect way of relating Scripture and theological proposals, a way in which tradition and reason play important 'mediatory' roles. The thesis defends these claims in the following manner. Chapter 1 surveys recent scholarship relevant to the thesis and shows how this thesis will make a distinctive contribution to scholarly discussion of Barth's theology. Chapter 2 sets up the exposition of Barth's theological method that is provided in the remaining chapters by providing a 'conceptual framework'- an orderly arrangement of definitions and conceptual categories. Chapter 3 provides an overview of the main features of Barth's Doctrine of God as whole, as it appears in Church Dogmatics, with a special emphasis on the roles of Scripture, tradition and reason within those doctrines. Chapters 4-6 are an expository analysis of Barth's treatments of divine unity, constancy and eternity respectively, and form the primary basis for the claims of the thesis. Chapter 7, the conclusion, summarises the argument and makes some final observations.
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Hollewand, Karen Eline. "The banishment of Beverland : sex, Scripture, and scholarship in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3e5a54dc-0664-46eb-8625-de3c480d118c.
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Hadriaan Beverland (1650-1716) was banished from Holland in 1679. Why did this humanist scholar get into so much trouble in the most tolerant part of Europe in the seventeenth century? In an attempt to answer this question, this thesis places Beverland's writings on sex, sin, Scripture, and scholarship in their historical context for the first time. Beverland argued that lust was the original sin and highlighted the importance of sex in human nature, ancient history, and his own society. His works were characterized by his erudite Latin, satirical style, and disregard for traditional genres and hierarchies in early modern scholarship. Dutch theologians disliked his theology and exegesis, and hated his use of erudition to mock their learning, morality, and authority. Beverland's humanist colleagues did not support his studies either, because they believed that drawing attention to the sexual side of the classics threatened the basis of the humanist enterprise. When theologians asked for his arrest and humanist professors left him to his fate, Dutch magistrates were happy to convict Beverland because he had insolently accused the political and economic, as well as the religious and intellectual elite of the Dutch Republic, of hypocrisy. By restricting sex to marriage, in compliance with Reformed doctrine, secular authorities upheld a sexual morality that was unattainable, Beverland argued. He proposed honest discussion of the problem of sex and suggested that greater sexual liberty for the male elite might be the solution. Beverland's crime was to expose the gap between principle and practice in sexual relations in Dutch society, highlighting the hypocrisy of a deeply conflicted elite at a precarious time. His intervention came at the moment when the uneasy balance struck between Reformed orthodoxy, humanist scholarship, economic prosperity, and patrician politics, which had characterized the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic, was disintegrating, with unsettling consequences for all concerned. Placing Beverland's fate in this context of change provides a fresh perspective on the intellectual environment of the Republic in the last decades of the seventeenth century.
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Potter, Mark D. "Using Graphic Organizers with Scriptural Text: Ninth-Grade Latter-Day Saint (LDS) Students’ Comprehension of Doctrinal Readings and Concepts." DigitalCommons@USU, 2011. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1027.
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This study investigated the effect of instruction that included graphic organizers on LDS seminary students’ ability to understand scriptural text and their ability to identify doctrines in scriptural text, utilizing a repeated measures, quasi-experimental design involving 209 ninth-grade student participants. The participants were randomly assigned by class to one of two treatment groups. Participants in the treatment group received instruction using graphic organizers with the standard curriculum and participants in the comparison group received instruction using only the standard curriculum. Three different measures were employed to measure the effectiveness of the graphic organizers intervention: (a) a multiple-choice test of LDS doctrines and principles; (b) an identifying doctrines and principles in text test; and (c) a student perception survey. Results of the ANOVA for the multiple-choice test indicated no significant difference between instructional groups for ability to recall facts from the class instruction and the class text, F (1, 205) = 1.60, p = .21, partial ή² = .21. Results of the ANOVA for the identifying doctrines and principles in text test, measuring transferability of the skills learned while studying the Doctrine and Covenants to a different text containing some of the same doctrines and principles, also indicated no significant difference between groups, F (1, 196) = 1.93, p = .17. The results for the student perception survey were positive; most students felt confident about their ability to comprehend scriptural text, but were slightly less confident about their ability to identify doctrines and principles in the text. The participants in this study were generally positive in their willingness to learn about and use graphic organizers. Results of this study indicated that graphic organizers did not significantly impact students’ ability to identify doctrines and principles in scriptural text or to learn concepts from scriptural text.
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Cornell, Richard E. ""I and the father are one" : scriptural interpretation and Trinitarian construction in the Monarchian debate." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2010. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=158905.
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The role of scriptural interpretation in the Monarchian controversy of the early 3rd century C.E. has received relatively little scholarly attention. This oversight is due, in large part, to a persuasive if unstated belief held by many modern scholars that Scripture is a secondary or tertiary factor in the construction of doctrine. This thesis will argue that scriptural interpretation played a primary or generative role in the construction of doctrine. The Proto-Trinitarians and Monarchians believed their position to be superior to that of their opponents’ precisely because it made better sense of the scriptural data. This thesis will argue that the modern view which sees the early church fathers as poor exegetes may have more to do with questionable modern assumptions about the interpretive enterprise (especially when doctrine is considered) than it has to do with any interpretive incompetence of the early Christian interpreters. The introduction will offer a survey of the modern status quo view of patristic interpretation in general and patristic interpretation in a doctrinal context in particular. It will then consider some dissenting voices to the status quo view. Chapter 1 will offer a brief history of the Monarchian movement and examine the Monarchian doctrine of God and its scriptural basis, seeking first to provide an accurate picture of Monarchian belief and secondly to show that the Monarchians took Scripture seriously in their theologizing. Chapters 2 and 3 will consider the two most influential treatises in the demise of Monarchianism, the Contra Noetum (chapter 2) and Tertullian’s Adversus Praxeas (chapter 3). It will be demonstrated that scriptural interpretation was the decisive factor in their theological construction of the nature of God and that the Gospel of John played a decisive role in their rebutting of the Monarchian position.
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Barnhart, Melody R. (Melody Ruth). "Heresy vs. Orthodoxy: The Preus/Tietjen Controversy." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500910/.
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Using the framework set up by rhetorical critic Thomas M. Lessl in his article "Heresy, Orthodoxy, And The Politics Of Science", this study examines the ways in which heretical discourse defines community boundaries and shapes perceptions of right belief. Specifically, this study analyzes the historic conflict in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod which produced the doctrinal statement "A Statement of Scriptural and Confessional Principles". Comparison is made between this event and other "heretical" conflicts in other discourse communities. This study concludes that community boundaries must be drawn, and that a doctrinal or policy statement is a useful rhetorical tool to accomplish such a task. Rhetorical critics may assist in this by examining heretical conflicts as historical trends, rather than emotional dissonance.
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Heimbigner, Kent A. "The relation of the celebration of the Lord's Supper to the office of the holy ministry [an examination of the scriptural doctrine, selected liturgical writings of the church in the first four centuries, and the primary liturgies of each major liturgical family] /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.
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Frost, Roydon James John. "The doctrine of scripture and the providence of God / Roydon James John Frost." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/14237.
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Ever since the Reformation the providence of God has been variously applied in the doctrine of scripture. In the Reformed and Protestant Orthodox traditions, and in the context of polemic surrounding the nature of scripture that has prevailed down the centuries, providence has always played an important supporting role. In the case of inspiration, it is applied to the preparation of God’s spokesmen. In the case of canon, God is understood to have supervised the reception of just those books He intended for His church. In the case of textual transmission, ‘a singular act of God’s providence’ has preserved the scriptures through time. Thus, providence undergirds the Reformed doctrine of scripture. It functions almost at the level of presupposition. However, such usage is seldom justified, and this raises the question of warrant. The Bible itself must be revisited to determine if the application of providence to scripture in Reformed Dogmatics is legitimate by its own standard of Sola Scriptura. A survey and exegesis of a number of important passages confirms that it is. It shows that the application of providence in the doctrine of scripture is not only justified, but is also helpful to a better understanding of the nature of God and His written Word.MA (Dogmatics), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015
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Railey, James Howard. "Views on the inerrancy of the Bible in American evangelical theology." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15851.
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One of the distinguishing marks of American Evangelicalism is a commitment to the Bible as the only
authority for faith and practice. A question often debated is whether the Bible should be viewed
as inerrant, and if so, how the concept of inerrancy should be understood. This study suggests that
the concept of inerrancy should be maintained, but that the concept must be understood in
accordance with the way in which the biblical materials present the concepts of truth and its
opposite. The value of the doctrine of inerrancy must be found in a better understanding not only
of the didactic portions but also of the phenomena ofthe biblical materials.
The first chapter of this study looks at nature American Evangelicalism and considers the
historical development of the doctrine of the inerrancy of the Bible. The next three chapters
consider in turn each of three divisions within American
Evangelicalism about the understanding and usage of the doctrine of inerrancy: Complete
Inerrancy, Conditional Inerrancy, and Limited Inerrancy. Complete Inerrancy is the most rigid of
the three, maintaining that in the original writings of the Bible there were no errors, neither in
spiritual nor in secular matters. Conditional Inerrancy conditions the
understanding of inerrancy by the intent and purpose for the Bible as understood from the
phenomena ofthe texts. The focus is shifted from the autographs of the Scripture to the texts which
the contemporary person has to read and study. Limited Inerrancy limits the usage both of the term
and of the concept inerrant in relation to the Bible, preferring the descriptor infallible, arguing
that neither in the original writings nor in the present texts of the Bible is inerrancy to be
found. There are errors in the texts, but they do not take away from the ability of the Bible to
accomplish its divine purpose ofbringing people into contact with the Redeemer God. The last
chapter draws from the analysis of the
arguments within American Evangelicalism material needed to construct a redefined concept of
inerrancy which maintains its importance.Philosophy, Practical & Systematic Theology
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Chang, Pei-Chuan, and 張蓓娟（釋宏滿）. "The Doctrine of Tathatā in the Prajñāpāramitā Scriptures." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26609730835540697377.
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碩士法鼓文理學院
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本文研究的題目是〈般若經典的真如之學說〉，以般若經典為文獻依據，主要則以玄奘法師翻譯的《大般若經》做為引用的文獻。依據般若經典的要旨，聚焦在「真如」義理探究，並以「真如」看生命世界，形成關聯的學說。 「真如（tathatā）」，初步從梵文yathā〜tathā（隨著而跟著），解析為如是性、如此性、如是一貫。「真如」是般若經典隨處可見的重大概念，包括：佛法對世界做諸法實相的考察，諸菩薩摩訶薩現證一切法真如，而成就無上正等菩提；以及善現隨如來真如生。然而，經典並不是針對語詞、名相做字義的說明，而是從整個修行脈絡，以及所要指導的理趣，給予施設名稱。這些條理、意趣不是現成的，而是有待深入探究、爬梳的。有鑑於此，本論文研究佛教義理，採用研究進路是佛教的進路；研究方法是內在建構之道。希望藉此建構「真如」在般若經典所承載的意涵，並可以更準確地瞭解「真如」在修行上的關係。 本文共分為五章：第一章，緒論。第二章，依據的文獻與學術回顧。第三章，以真如解析為如是一貫的理論依據，包括關鍵概念之說明、與般若波羅蜜多做為教導主軸，帶出般若經典對真如的說明。第四章，真如做為生命世界的道路之引導。世界、一切法用真如在表現其一致的條理，分成三節鋪陳：第一節，解釋生命世界運轉機制與確實的情形。第二節，生命地圖與架設修行道路。第三節，如來圓滿體現真如。第五章，結論。 般若經典是佛、菩薩們經由修行、實證，而彰顯諸法實相，以般若波羅蜜多做為菩提道修行的骨幹，目標為成就無上正等菩提，所做的整套教學。在般若經典用「真如」架構出般若波羅蜜多；亦即，整個般若經典的開示跟修行之一貫，基礎就在「真如」。無盡的生命歷程，與生生世世長遠的修行，都是緣起、空性、如是一貫，也就是緣起、空性、真如。佛法在智慧、成佛的這條軸線，透過內在關係的梳理，緣起、空性、真如、般若波羅蜜多、一切智智、無上正等正覺，其在理路是的一貫。以法性如是一貫，平等、不二，因此，不論眾生目前呈顯為任何型態、樣貌，都是根本一貫、直趣成佛。
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Kuenzel, Karl Edwin. "The doctrine of the church and its ministry according to the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the USA." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1608.
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Nothing has influenced and affected the Lutheran Church in the U.S.A. in the past century more than the doctrine of the Church and its Ministry. When the first Norwegian immigrants entered the U.S. in the middle of the 19th century, there were not enough Lutheran pastors to minister to the spiritual needs of the people. Some of these immigrants resorted to a practice that had been used in Norway, that of using lay-preachers. This created problems because of a lack of proper theological training. The result was the teaching of false doctrine. Some thought more highly of the lay-preachers than they did of the ordained clergy. Consequently clergy were often viewed with a discerning eye and even despised. This was one of the earliest struggles within the Norwegian Synod. Further controversies involved whether the local congregation is the only form in which the church exists. Another facet of the controversy involves whether or not the ministry includes only the pastoral office; whether or not only ordained clergy do the ministry; whether teachers in the Lutheran schools are involved in the ministry; and whether or not any Christian can participate in the public ministry. Is a missionary, who serves on behalf of the entire church body, a pastor? If only the local congregation can call a pastor, then a missionary cannot be a pastor because he serves the entire church body in establishing new congregations. Is a seminary professor, who trains future pastors, a pastor? If only the local congregation can call a pastor, a seminary professor cannot be a pastor because he is called by the seminary board of control and not one particular congregation. In seeking to develop a statement that clearly defines the doctrine of the Church and its Ministry, a controversy exists within the church body known as the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS), the successor synod to the Norwegian Synod. The reason for the controversy is that two different views of how to develop a doctrinal statement exist in the ELS. Some go directly to Scripture and set forth a position. Others follow an example found in C.F.W. Walther's theses on Church and Ministry. They misunderstand and misuse this approach that was developed only for use in a controversy against an erring Lutheran pastor, Johannes Grabau of the Buffalo Synod. Many of those who utilize this approach are former members of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS), of which Walther was one of the founders. As a result of the two distinct approaches, there has been an inability to unanimously agree on the wording of the statements on the doctrine of the Church and its Ministry. It is the conclusion of the author that it is this reliance on statements made by individuals in previous centuries regarding particular situations that has caused the struggle to develop and serves to prolong it.Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics
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Dault, David. "The covert magisterium theology, textuality and the question of scripture /." Diss., 2009. http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03232009-205641/.
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Chen, Yu-Jing, and 陳渝菁. "The Doctrine and Practice of “the Dharma-Door of Non–Duality” in the Mañjuśrī Scriptures." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68231391187571375466.
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This thesis utilizes and explores the Mañjuśrī scriptures, which discuss the doctrine of “non-duality”, and which are associated with the concept of the “Middle Way”. It is the purpose of this thesis to explore “the dharma-door of non-duality” (advaya-dharma- paryāya / mukha). The method adopted by Mañjuśrī, especially so, the focus on the study of sentient beings practicing “non-duality” to overcome the difficulties in life, is central to this study. To fully comprehend the Mahāyāna scriptures which expound on the subject of Mañjuśrī, this thesis studies and compares many textual sources, including the sutra itself, which has been translated by different translators spanning many different periods of history. In the Mahāyāna scriptures, Mañjuśrī appears very early, and plays an important role in inspiring aspirant Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in cultivating the “Bodhi-Mind”. On one hand, Mañjuśrī plays the role of a Bodhisattva, and on the other hand, he is the supervisor of all Buddhas in the past, the present, and the future. As the embodiment of the perfection of wisdom, Mañjuśrī, out of great compassion, devotes himself to support and assist all sentient beings in overcoming obstacles, and does this systematically by preaching the doctrine of non-duality. The dharma-door of Mañjuśrī, non-duality, is a method of attaining the Middle Way, based on emptiness (wunyata). The Mañjuśrī scriptures elucidate the concept of the “Middle Way” by means of transforming erroneous dichotomous cognition into the cognitive state of non-duality. To illustrate the theme of practicing non-duality, I will give three concrete illustrations of how king Ajatawatru applied non-duality to solving the paradoxes of guilt and guiltlessness. For example, how did a prostitute make use of non-duality to transcend the conflicting natures of greed and purity, and how did the demon utilize the actuality of the “Middle Way” to overcome the contradiction between mental restraint and unrestrained conceptualization? In brief, this study examines the main idea of the Mañjuśrī scriptures depicting non-duality, which can help sentient beings free themselves from dilemma. In other words, the Mañjuśrī scriptures take non-duality as a guideline to concern all kind of living beings in different social conditions.
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Kouznetsov, Viktor Matveyevich. "A view on Russian evangelical soteriology: scripture or tradition." Diss., 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1760.
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The Russian Evangelical Soteriology as a phenomenon was evaluated in the dissertation.
The original Russian Evangelical confessions of faith and some other historical documents
of the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries are used to present the following
hypothesis. The historic fluidity of Soteriology of Russian Evangelica1s may only be
understood in the light of their consistent adherence to the principles of Sola Scriptura and the
Priesthood of all believers.
We come to conclusion that the existence of Russian Evangelical Soteriology is not a
question to be discussed, but a clear historical fact. We show that it has its past and present, a
well-defended subject of study with clear presuppositions, rather developed vision, and it is
unique as a phenomenon.
The major principles of this theology strictly devoted to the Scripture and a flexible
formulation of doctrines. We strongly insist that it is impossible without being eclectic
combine the Evangelical Soteriology of Scripture with the Orthodox Soteriology of Tradition.
The additional result of the study is the attempt to evaluate the possibility for a
reconstruction of Russian Evangelical Soteriology as a part of a self-identification process.Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics
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Terblanche, Sarel Stefanus. "Die lewe en werk van Evert Philippus Groenewald in kerkhistoriese perspektief." 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16178.
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Summaries in English And AfrikaansText in Afrikaans
The biography focused on the life and work of Evert Philippus Groenewald in church historical perspective within the context of the twentieth century. It endeavoured to make a contribution to a period in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) against the background of strife in matters related to the church, politics and other areas. Groenewald taught New Testament subjects as professor at the Faculty of Theology (Section 8 - DRC) at the University of Pretoria for 33 years. As one of the first four professors of the new Faculty of Theology he helped to lay a sound foundation. He served as dean of the Faculty for 21 years (1948 - 1969). As administrator and lecturer he played an important role in the establishment, recognition and development of the Faculty. He was a born exegete, the Nestor of New Testament science in SA. He is regarded as a great theologian and the doyen of New Testament research and exegesis in SA. As writer of Afrikaans theological literature Groenewald undeniably fulfilled the role of a pioneer. This was recognised by the award of the Stals-prize for Theology to him, the first time in history. Apart from this he received four honourary doctorates and various other important awards. He made an important contribution to Bible translation and translatory science. As church and cultural leader he strove to find solutions for the problems of his church and people. He made a significant contribution in the ecumenical field. Apartheid was given its biblical foundation by Groenewald during the forties. His intention was to stimulate thought in the search for a solution to the serious racial problem. Further facets of Groenewald's work await research in order to paint a representative theological portrait of him.
Die studie fokus op die lewe en werk van Evert Philippus Groenewald in kerkhistoriese perspektief binne die konteks van die twintigste eeu. Die klem het op die periode tussen die dertiger- en tagtigerjare geval. Daar is gepoog om 'n bydrae te lewer tot 'n tydperk in die geskiedenis van die NGK teen die agtergrond van die stryd wat op vele gebiede gevoer is. Die invloed van vroom ouers, 'n aantal ingrypende gebeurtenisse in sy lewe en die eise van die tyd het hom ge·inspireer. Hy was kind en teoloog van sy tyd, egter ook van sy kerk. Wat hy verwoord het was deel van die NGK se Calvinistiese en gereformeerde historiese erfenis en die NGK se beleid. Hy het sy eie teologiese stempel egter ongetwyfeld daarop afgedruk. Hy onderrig vir 33 jaar (1938 tot 1970) Nuwe Testamentiese vakke as professor aan die Teofogiese Fakulteit (Afd 8) van UP. As een van die eerste vier professore help hy om 'n stewige grondslag te le. Hy was vir 21 jaar (1948-1969) dekaan van die Fakulteit. In 1970 het hy geemeriteer. Hy het nie die akademie as sy enigste roeping beskou nie. Hy het sy kerk, volk en die gemeenskap gedien. Na sy aftrede lewer hy sy belangrikste bydraes tot Bybelvertaling, die NAV (gepubliseer in 1983), en die vertaalwetenskap. Hy het wat sy lewenstaak betref sy belangrikste bydrae as dosent gelewer. As administrateur het hy die Fakulteit help vestig en uitbou. Hy was 'n gebore eksegeet, die Nestor van die Nuwe Testamentiese wetenskap in SA. Hy word beskou as 'n belangrike teoloog, die doyen van die Nuwe Testamentiese navorsing en eksegese in SA. Die tradisie van die N T eksegese wat hy in die beoefening van die teologie gevestig het, kan as sy heel belangrikste bydrae beskou word. Hy word ook as volksteoloog getipeer. As skrywer het Groenewald 'n pioniersrol vervul vanwee sy groot bydrae tot die ontluikende Afrikaanse teologiese literatuur. Hy het die prestasie behaal dat die Stals-prys vir Teologie, die eerste keer in die geskiedenis, aan horn toegeken is. Hy is met vier eredoktorsgrade en verskeie ander belangrike toekennings vereer. As kerk- en kultuurleier het Groenewald se bekwaamhede sterk na vore gekom. Hy het die behoeftes van sy kerk en volk raakgesien en horn beywer om oplossings vir die ingewikkelde vraagstukke te vind. Die NGK, UP, vele instansies en die Staat het gebruik gemaak van sy talente. Apartheid is in die veertigerjare deur hom Bybels fundeer. Sy bedoeling was om teologiese denke te stimuleer in die soeke na 'n oplossing vir die ernstige rassevraagstuk. Hy het apartheid as teologies-praktiese oplossing aangebied. Hy het na 'n eerlike oplossing binne die destydse konteks gesoek wat regverdig teenoor die nieblanke sou wees en van die blanke groot offers sou vra. Die wyse waarop apartheid algaande toegepas is, het meegebring dat daar afgewyk is van wat Groenewald in 1947 beoog het. Dit het in 'n ideologiese monster ontaard wat groot pyn en lyding veroorsaak het. Groenewald was een van 'n klein aantal kerkfigure wat met hul dade in die twintigste eeu van stryd en worsteling die Suid-Afrikaanse kerkgeskiedenis verryk het. Sy bydrae is deur hierdie proefskrif slegs ten dele ontgin en verdere fasette van sy werk wag om nagevors te word ten einde uiteindelik 'n omvattende teologiese portret van hom te skilder.
Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
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Finucane, Colin. "Seventh-Day Adventism and the abuse of women." Diss., 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16786.
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Women have been abused from the beginning of time and it would appear that a patriarchal system has facilitated this abuse. Churches, in general, and Seventh-Day Adventists, in particular, have been silent on the issue of Abuse. It is my thesis that a predominantly confessional Seventh-Day Adventist's view and use of Scripture are foundational to this silence on human rights issues. Adventist eschatology is predominantly apocalyptic in nature, focussing on end-time events, thus, the present is viewed secondary. Human rights issues are marginalised with the focus on evangelism. Thus, relationships are secondary and abused women have not been accommodated within the Seventh-Day Adventist framework of worship and caring.M.Th. (Practical Theology)