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Richards, Joel. "The reception of the Holy Spirit in John 20:22." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Sanchez, Merino Leopoldo Antonio. "Receiver, bearer, and giver of God's Spirit Jesus' life and mission in the Spirit as a ground for understanding christology, Trinity, and proclamation /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Pierce, Monica Schaap. "Holy spaces and empty places a feminist pneumatology of the cross and resurrection /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p035-0108.
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Solak, Gregory Nicholas. "The relationship between the Son and the Spirit in the "oikonomia"." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.
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Seong, Jong Keun. "Preaching Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit from the Old Testament prophetic books for the Korean church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p036-0387.
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Suzuki, Shigeru. "The nature of the believer's co-crucifixion with Christ according to the Apostle Paul." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Skogmo, Matthew G. "An evaluation and comparison of the Spirit Christologies of Jürgen Moltmann and James D. G. Dunn." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.034-0048.
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Anderson, Matthew. "The doctrines of the work and person of the Holy Spirit a comparison of LDS and evangelical perspectives /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p090-0328.
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Joubert, Johann van Dijk. "A comparative study of the Paraclete statements and references to the Holy Spirit in the Johannine Gospel." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04192007-073525/.
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De, Kiewit Charles. "The transforming power of gospel preaching to an audience influenced by post modernism." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06172005-084808/.
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Diller, Kevin S. "The theology of revelation and the epistemology of Christian belief : the compatibility and complementarity of the theological epistemologies of Karl Barth and Alvin Plantinga." Thesis, St Andrews, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/497.
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Paz, Roberto Almeida da. "Justiça de Deus e justificação: estudo exegético de Rm 1,16-17." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2015. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/18360.
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Previous issue date: 2015-03-16The present study focuses on the hermeneutics of justice and justification, whose emphasis is the Letter to the Romans. It aims at bringing out the substantial content of justification by faith in Pauline theology, within the studied pericope (Rom 1,16-17). Then it examines the consequences of the justication s intelligibility, as the principle of salvation of man (Jew and Greek) through gratuity and divine initiative. The objective is to understand the notion of justification in order to detect its conceptual structure and theological concepts to which it relates, such as justice, gospel, faith, reconciliation, salvation, etc. In addition, the exegetical path used here presents a thorough study of Paul s understanding, which justifies man by his faith in Christ and the Holy Spirit. The conclusion suggests some reflections regarding the contemporaneity of the topic, rather than a hasty understanding that justification might essentially stem from Protestant theology
Este trabalho estuda os aspectos hermenêuticos da justiça e da justificação, na Carta aos Romanos. Seu escopo é trazer à superfície o conteúdo substancial da justificação pela fé na teologia paulina, enfatizada na perícope de Rm 1,16-17. Examina em seguida, os desdobramentos inerentes ao arcabouço da justificação, como princípio de salvação do ser humano (Judeu e Grego), pela gratuidade e iniciativa divina. Objetiva-se compreender a noção de justificação, visando detectar sua estrutura conceitual e os conceitos teológicos com os quais ela se relaciona, tais como justiça, evangelho, fé, reconciliação, salvação etc. Além disso, o caminho exegético aqui seguido, apresentará uma radiografia da compreensão de Paulo, segundo a qual o ser humano é justificado pela fé em Cristo e pelo Espírito. A conclusão propõe algumas reflexões sobre a atualidade do tema, em detrimento de uma compreensão açodada, segundo a qual a justificação é essencialmente fruto da teologia protestante
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Low, Eric V. "An interpretation of the "Spirit of Christ"." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.
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Phillips, Jeff B. "Discipleship in the spirit of Jesus reflections on spirit christology /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Brock, Mark D. "The relationship of spirit baptism to union with Christ." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p086-0043.
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Klink, Edward W. "The breath of Jesus : an examination and interpretation of the "Johannine Pentecost" in John 20:19-23 /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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So, Damon Wai Kwan. "Jesus' revelation of his Father : a narrative-conceptual study of the Trinity with special reference to Karl Barth." Thesis, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.273011.
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In this inquiry I focus on the philosophical framework that could guide educational programmes seeking the moral empowerment of students—the systematic development of the capacity to pursue their own intellectual and spiritual growth and to engage actively in the long-term transformation of their communities, two inseparable aspects of a twofold purpose. Moral empowerment, it is proposed, cannot be achieved by raising political consciousness alone or by pursuing moral education as activity isolated from other components of the overall curriculum. The iterative process through which the individual and the environment are transformed is in need of the full force of knowledge. The inquiry draws on the experience of Fundacion para la Aplicacion y Ensenanza de las Ciencias, FUNDAEC, a Band'i inspired organization in Colombia, in order to identify the essential elements of the evolving conceptual framework under consideration. Nurturing understanding is argued to be central to the desired educational process, necessitating a critical examination of the `subject' and the 'object' of understanding, and how the 'process of understanding' is shaped by them. Nurturing understanding must go hand in hand with the development of a number of spiritual qualities. For this to be achieved, the historical view holding science and religion in opposition should give way to the perspective that they are two complementary systems of knowledge and practice. The integration of knowledge into the content of the teaching-learning experience demands that sharp division between the cognitive and the motivational, between reason and faith, be avoided. The concept of 'capability' discussed in relation to both being and doing, is presented as an effective strategy for this purpose, with the potential to overcome certain dichotomies prevalent in educational thought and practice.
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Razov, Elvis. "Logos and spirit Christology in the work of Roger Haight." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Rhone, Sharrunn Nicole. "Eating, Body Satisfaction, Ethnicity, and Women's Relationship with God." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/psych_hontheses/2.
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The hypotheses of the current study are that (1) black women will be more spiritual and (2) will have more knowledge of the Holy Spirit than white women, and (3) spirituality will be negatively correlated with eating disorder symptomatology and body dissatisfaction. (4) African American women will have lower body dissatisfaction and (5) less eating disorder symptomatology than Caucasian women. It is predicted that (6) ethnicity will have more influence on eating disorder symptomatology and spirituality than current and ideal weight. (7) Current weight will have more influence on body dissatisfaction than ethnicity or ideal weight. Finally, (8) the ideal weight of black women will be higher than that of white women. Participants included 95 African American and Caucasian female college students. All the hypotheses were supported. Prospective research can discern whether racial differences in spirituality have causal influence on healthier body image held by many black women.
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Farrow, Anna Susan Domini. "Holy Saturday and the spiritual theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Hu, Yi-Nan. "Incarnational pastoral ministry." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Smith, Aaron T. "Inverberation - The Idiom of "God Among Us:" Karl Barth's Filial-Pneumatology as the Basic Structure of Theology." [Milwaukee, Wis.] : e-Publications@Marquette, 2009. http://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations_mu/24.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Marquette University, 2009.Access available to Marquette University only. Available for download on August 02, 2010. Philip J. Rossi, S.J., Bruce L. McCormack, Ralph Del Colle, Markus Wriedt, Julian Hills, Advisors.
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Ostella, Richard Allan. "The sovereignty of the Holy Spirit in spiritual renewal divine sovereignty and human responsibility in the formation of the new man in Christ /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Clancy, Finbarr G. "St Augustine of Hippo on Christ, His Church and the Holy Spirit : a study of De baptismo and the Tractatus in Iohannis evangelium." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.332955.
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CALDEIRA, ANGELA CRISTINA GERMINE PINTO. "THE ACTION OF THE SPIRIT IN JESUS CHRIST: A DEEPENING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHRISTOLOGY AND PNEUMATOLOGY IN THE POST-CONCILIAR CHRISTOLOGY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2015. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=26498@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
Na vida de Jesus de Nazaré se destaca a presença e ação do Espírito Santo ao longo do seu ministério messiânico para afirmar a centralidade da relação entre cristologia e pneumatologia. Jesus Cristo é o mistério mais importante de toda a realidade, revelado de modo único, original, irrepetível e insuperável no Espírito. O caminho do Espírito no evento de Cristo é o argumento principal desta tese. O horizonte teológico, assim com a realidade humana são desafios a enfrentar na atualidade. Para tal, primeiramente foi colocado em destaque a relação entre Cristo e o Espírito no NT, nos momentos principais, onde acontece a manifestação do Espírito na vida de Cristo: na encarnação, no batismo e no mistério pascal. Nestes três eventos a presença operante do Espírito revela a constituição divina e humana de Cristo e a universalidade de sua salvação. Após o testemunho bíblico e pós-bíblico destacou-se a presença do Espírito Santo na renovada atenção do Concílio Vaticano II em seus aspectos cristológicos, pneumatológicos e eclesiológicos. O concílio representou uma renovação da Igreja, entretanto com limitações e dificuldades para articular seu conteúdo. Os textos conciliares impulsionaram a produção teológica pós-conciliar valorizando a cristologia pneumatológica, destacando-se as obras de Yves Congar, Walter Kasper e Marcello Bordoni. A reflexão pós-conciliar afetou particularmente a posição teológica na América Latina, por isso foi relevante analisar a presença do Espírito na cristologia latino-americana. Por último, alguns pontos emergem na contemporaneidade, que indicam a necessidade da reflexão teológica de aprofundar a dimensão pneumática do mistério de Cristo.
In life of Jesus of Nazareth stands out the presence and action of Holy Spirit over his messianic ministry to affirm the centrality of relationship between christology and pneumatology. Jesus Christ is the most important of all reality mystery, revealed in a unique way, unrepeatable and unsurpassed in the Spirit. The path of Spirit in Christ event is the main argument of this thesis. The theological horizon with the human reality are challenges to face today. For this purpose, it was first placed highlighted the relationship between Christ and the Spirit in the NT, in key moments, where is the manifestation of Spirit in the life of Christ in the incarnation, in his baptism and the paschal mystery. In all three events the active presence of Spirit reveals the divine and human constitution of Christ and the universality of salvation. After the biblical witness and post-biblical highlighted the presence of Holy Spirit in the renewed attention of Vatican II in its christological, pneumatological and ecclesiological aspects. The Council represented a renewal of Church, though with limitations and difficulties to articulate its contents. The conciliar texts boosted the post-conciliar theological production valuing the pneumatological Christology, highlighting the works of Yves Congar, Walter Kasper and Marcello Bordoni. The post-conciliar reflection particularly affected theological position in Latin America, so it was important to analyze the Spirit s presence in the Latin American christology. Finally, some points emerge in contemporary times, indicating the need for theological reflection to deepen the pneumatic dimension of Christ s mystery.
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Denny, Lindie. "The Spirit and the meal : a ritual-liturgical evaluation of charismatic worship." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40358.
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The Spirit tradition is a fairly new tradition with its essential focus on experiencing the Holy Spirit. This tradition has made its latest and most influential appearance during the Azusa street revival in Los Angeles at the start of the 1900s. This has started a new wave or move if you want across the earth andhas made inroads into most other existing traditions. It is a tradition fashioned by the needs of believers and the reality of experiencing the Holy Spirit.
Worship is a vital part of any Charismatic church service. Upbeat music with talented bands is up front and ready to lead people into passionate and expressive worship. Their worship stretches further than just music. They attempt to fashion their lives as a worship offering to God. Within the Charismatic tradition, the word Liturgy is unheard of, even though it is part of their service. Part of this worship includes the celebration of Communion. Communion is celebrated all over the world in most Christian churches. It has been one of the most sacred sacraments of the church through the centuries. With it came many feuds over doctrine and challenges regarding the form, meaning, presence, elements and so forth. It has been thecenter of many debates. But it still remains central to any believer.
The researcher has looked at the history of the Spirit tradition within chapter 2 with its main focus on liturgical rituals of healing, exorcism and speaking in tongues. These rituals are researched and traced all through history. The rituals are present and active in every era the researcher looked at. The Theology of the spirit tradition was also explored. She then went on to look at the history of the Eucharist. The changes and forms were noted. A deeper understanding of the celebration of the Eucharist was realized and the Theology depicted the differences in opinion.
No current day practical theological research is complete without Empirical research. This made the researcher more involved. By participatory observation and questionnaires, essential information was gathered regarding how believers in Charismatic churches appropriate their participation during the celebration of Communion. New insights were gained. Based on this research the researcher came to the conclusion that the Meal-and the Spirit worship traditions can come together in a more meaningful way. The true meaning needs to be taught to believers so that a deeper knowledge of the truth of Communion can be gained. Communion cannot remain watered-down and enter as an afterthought during a service. It has the potential to be an incredible experience by any Christian believer. When the Spirit and the Meal can be brought together in a more meaningful way, it has the potential to become the future of Charismatic worship. This conclusion is worked out in some detail in the final chapter.Dissertation (MA Theol)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Ruokanen, Miikka Mauno. "The Trinitarian doctrine of grace in Martin Luther's 'The Bondage of the Will'." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2019. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/286869.
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The most systematic work Martin Luther ever created was his De servo arbitrio / The Bondage of the Will (1525), his powerful polemic against the leading Humanist of his day, Erasmus, who had criticized Luther in his De libero arbitrio diatribe sive collatio / The Freedom of the Will (1524). Luther's The Bondage of the Will is regarded as a work representing the organic unity of his entire theological thought; it can be seen as his theology in a condensed form. In spite of the immense significance of Luther's magnum opus, its theological structure and content have so far not yet been satisfactorily revealed. Much research has been conducted on certain detailed aspects of this work of Luther's, such as the problems of the free will, determinism, and predestination. The basic weakness of those analyses is that the details of The Bondage of the Will can be correctly understood only on the basis of a comprehension of the basic systematic theological idea of his work. The very kernel of Luther's own thought and the deepest intentions of his theology in this work are best comprehended by analyzing the inner structure and cohesion of his own thinking and by seeing how his argumentation developed in his dispute with Erasmus. The task of this study is to expose the fundamental systematic theological idea and structure in Luther's The Bondage of the Will. The method employed in the present study is a comprehensive systematic analysis of Luther's thought in his work. Attention will be paid to the conceptualization of issues by Luther, to his main propositions and the arguments he uses to support his claims, and to the structural principles and the core body of his thinking system. The debate between Luther and Erasmus contained genuine paradigmatic differences in their understanding of the Christian faith, but also some misunderstandings, even intentional misinterpretations. The present study aims at clarifying these conceptual confusions and at exploring the possibility of some degree of reconciliation between the conflicting views. My hypothesis is that Luther's own specific and comprehensive understanding of the Trinitarian theology of grace, with special emphasis on Pneumatology, alongside the more obvious Christology, strongly linked with the theology of creation, is the fundamental thought structure of his magnum opus. This enables him to get rid of the common Late Medieval teaching of the free choice of the human being, represented by Erasmus. Above all, Luther is a theologian of grace, sola gratia. The Bondage of the Will, the most Pneumatological treatise he ever wrote, offers a radical and comprehensive Trinitarian theology of grace. Luther understands the human being as an "ecstatic" creature who receives his/her existence and the quality of his/her existence from extra se. Luther argues for this paradigm in terms of the theology of creation, Christology, Pneumatology, and soteriology. As such, the human being was created a creature which is destined for union with his/her Creator in the Holy Spirit who is the actual presence of the Creator in his creature, God sharing his life with the human being. After losing this original state of union, the human being became a battlefield of the opposing transcendental powers, Satan and sin on the one side, and God and his grace, on the other side. The human is free in "things below oneself," in matters that belong to daily human life, but he/she is not free in "things above oneself," in matters that transcend the human being. Luther sees sin as human infirmity, inability to get rid of unbelief and pride which destroyed the human's union with God. The human being cannot change his/her evil orientation but must continue such as he/she is: this is Luther's concept of "the necessity of immutability"; he applies this philosophical concept to soteriological usage. The human being is in a desperate situation in regard to his/her capacities of contributing to his/her own salvation; here Luther follows his logic of theologia crucis. Both in terms of creation and salvation, the human being is meant to be in a communion of life with the Triune God. Luther develops a strong soteriology, understood in terms of an intimate union between the Triune God and the human being. This union is not primarily a cognitive-rational and morally responsible relation, as Erasmus was inclined to think, but a union of being with Christ in the Holy Spirit, koinonia/unio cum Christo in Spiritu sancto. The quality of a human being's life in this world and his/her eternal beatitude depends on whether his/her person is or is not in union with the Holy Trinity. In his Trinitarian theology of grace, Pneumatology, arguably neglected in Medieval times, is powerfully revived. Luther's conception of divine grace, with some peculiarities of his own, recalls Augustine's doctrine of grace, differing from the soteriological views of Scholasticism and Nominalism. The present study culminates in a systematic presentation of the three dimensions of Luther's Trinitarian doctrine of grace: First, contrition, conversion, and faith are effected by God's Spirit, sola fide is a thoroughly Pneumatological concept - a fact not sufficiently emphasized in research. Second, Luther sees the union with Christ simultaneously as a Christological and as a Pneumatological reality - a view not underscored in research. Third, sanctification means growth in love by way of being increasingly controlled by the Holy Spirit, who is the essence of divine love. This three-dimensional conception of grace can be supported by other works of Luther's mature theology. There are strong points of contact with Johannine, Pauline, Augustinian, and Greek Patristic theology here; a more detailed analysis of these connections, however, is not in the scope of the study at hand. The results of the study intensify the ecumenical potential of Luther's doctrine of grace. Moreover, these results contribute an amendment to the Finnish school of Luther interpretation where the Pneumatological dimension is underemphasized in the first and the second dimensions of Luther's doctrine of grace. Finally, the possibility of some degree of reconciliation between the views of Erasmus and Luther will be considered.
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Penkrat, Tatiana. "Image and liturgy the history and meaning of the Epitaphion /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p015-0478.
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Tucker, Nicholas John Cuthbert. "In search of the romantic Christ : the origins of Edward Irving's theology of incarnation." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27283.
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This thesis reassesses the evidence surrounding Edward Irving’s controversial teaching about the doctrine of the incarnation. Irving was a controversial figure in his own day and his legacy has been contested ever since he was dismissed from the ministry of the Church of Scotland for teaching that Christ had a ‘fallen’ human nature. This thesis re-examines the emergence and significance of Irving’s teaching. It evaluates the scholarly consensus that his distinctive Christology was a stable feature of his thought and argues the case that his thinking in this area did change significantly. Methodologically, this thesis draws on some aspects of Quentin Skinner’s work in the importance of context (Chapter Two) to understand Irving as he really was, rather than in terms of his later significance. In the light of this, Irving’s biography is examined in Chapter Three, before moving into a discussion of the influential part played by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Irving’s intellectual development (Chapter Four). The second half of the thesis then moves on to consider the development of Irving’s Christology and the questions surrounding its provenance and development (Chapters Five and Six). Finally, in Chapter Seven, possible sources of explanation for Irving’s distinctive ideas about the Incarnation are exhibited and assessed. The argument of this thesis is that Edward Irving developed an account of the Incarnation that was essentially novel, in response to the Romantic ideas that he had derived from Coleridge. In accordance with Coleridge’s assessment, it is argued that this derivation was rendered more complex by Irving’s incomplete apprehension of Coleridge’s underlying philosophy. Nonetheless, it is argued that Edward Irving’s teaching presented a Romantic version of Christ, and that this distinctive conception owes more to the times in which Irving lived than to the theological tradition to which he claimed adherence.
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McKinley, Daniel Scott. ""On the Seventh Day there Shall be to you an Holy Day, a Sabbath of Rest to the LORD":The Religious Effects of Sunday Play on Latter-day Saints in the NFL." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6220.
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For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Ten Commandments are very much in effect today. The fourth commandment, to remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy, is heavily emphasized within church doctrine and culture (Exodus 20:8; Deuteronomy 5:12). This command to set apart the Sabbath is observed on Sundays for the LDS Church as well as the majority of the Christian world, rather than the traditional Saturday. Though the Ten Commandments collectively have both individual and societal implications, the spiritual outcome from following them is indeed an introspective pursuit. This thesis seeks to address how members of the Church seek to keep the Sabbath day holy in a profession that is heavily involved in Sunday work. With the universality of sports among Latter-day Saints, and large numbers of youth hoping to play sports professionally, this study is timely because it seeks to elucidate the effects that playing professional sports, particularly in the NFL, have on church activity. Chapter One details the history of the Sabbath from the Old Testament to the present day. It then discusses the doctrine of the Sabbath as taught by the LDS Church. It also discusses what the highest officers in the church, the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other auxiliary leaders have said about sports and Sunday play. It finishes off with a description of the research methodology and the interview process for thirty Latter-day Saints who played in the NFL. Chapter Two introduces the data and some of the main findings regarding Sabbath day worship in the NFL; it highlights the sacrament, church attendance, and other personal religious habits for these athletes. Chapter Three continues the discussion of the data and more particularly addresses some of the challenges more pertinent to LDS NFL players. It was apparent after the interview process that these participants found it challenging to be in an atmosphere so incompatible to their personal beliefs, including religious criticism from teammates, harsh language, lewdness in and out of the locker room, and many other difficult circumstances. Marriage is addressed and how it was a major factor for these players. It also includes quantitative information about the athletes' backgrounds and faith experiences leading up to their careers in the NFL. Chapter Four summarizes the thesis and draws conclusions upon the data. It also recommends areas for further research. In the Appendix, redacted interviews of all thirty NFL players are included.
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Lazic, Tihomir. "Remnant in koinonia : towards an Adventist version of communio ecclesiology." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:96ee05e6-8a4c-4dc0-80de-fefc73a8c009.
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In the last two decades, Seventh-day Adventist scholars have been attempting to articulate a balanced and distinct ecclesiology, aimed at helping the denomination to retain its global unity, maintain its relevance and enable a more fruitful and meaningful interaction with others. No comprehensive account of the church has been developed yet, however. This thesis is intended to facilitate a more rounded and systematically articulated concept of church from an Adventist perspective. Part I presents a thumbnail history of the denomination and considers the advantages and limitations of its standard claim to be the 'remnant', awaiting a pre-millennial parousia. Part II engages with the ideas of some of the ablest communio ecclesiologists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and considers their ecclesiological system, built around the concept of koinonia, while Part III examines ways in which their theoretical framework can assist the Adventist community to deal with practical ecclesial issues. Four major proposals are made for deepening Adventist understanding of the nature of church. Whereas the formal structure of communio framework can help Adventists move beyond one-sided, single-metaphor communal self-descriptions, the idea of the church as essentially a koinonia of believers in God can supplement their predominantly functionalist portrayal of the church as herald or messenger. Thirdly, the Adventist notion of truth can be enriched by viewing the community of believers not only as a messenger, but also as an organic part of divine revelation. This makes ecclesiology central to the theological enterprise, intrinsic to the grounding of theological claims and the interpretation of biblical texts. Finally, the development of a richer interpretation of the Spirit's activity in the church is seen as one of the key prerequisites for a fuller, more nuanced account of the church's participation in the life of the triune God. The highlighting of these four aspects, hitherto neglected or underdeveloped in Adventism, and the presentation of tentative solutions to its ongoing ecclesiological problems, form the principal contribution of this monograph.
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Martin, Shirley Helen. "Freedom to obey : the obedience of Christ as the reflection of the obedience of the Son in Karl Barth's 'Church dogmatics'." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/762.
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This thesis argues that Barth’s asymmetrical structuring of the Trinity in I/1, his doctrine of election in volume II, his concept of the humanity of Christ as the imago Dei in III/2 and his account of the obedience of the Son being reflected in his incarnate life, as detailed in IV/1 and IV/2, are not just coherent but mutually reinforcing. The thesis demonstrates that Barth uses a nexus of crucial terms, including ‘correspondence’ [Entsprechung], ‘reflection’ [reflex/Abbildung] and ‘overflowing’ [Ueberstroemen], to express that God’s actions and relationships ad extra reveal who God is. The concept of ‘correspondence’, tentatively present in the first two volumes, gathers pace through III/2 and achieves full force in volume IV, where the obedience of Christ in IV/2 ‘reflects’ or ‘mirrors’ the obedience of the Son in IV/1. Crucially, the fact that the economic Trinity ‘reflects’ the immanent Trinity, or (differently stated) that the immanent Trinity ‘overflows’ into the economy, establishes a direction, an asymmetry, to the relationship of ‘correspondence’. In ch. II of the thesis we argue that the asymmetry developed in the doctrine of the Trinity in I/1 is the basis for this asymmetric correspondence. Barth describes the triune life as one of giving and receiving existence, suggesting a divine order with an irreversible direction, an asymmetric order. This is shown to be particularly evident in Barth’s defence of the filioque clause which enables him to claim that the Spirit is the one in whom the ruling Father and obedient Son are united ad intra. On this basis we argue, in ch. III, that, when Barth revises his doctrine of election, he comes to see it as the event of triune reflection: the Father, Son and Spirit electing to reflect who they are with a direction of determination, an asymmetry, which is irreversible. In this respect we argue against Bruce McCormack, who sees election as the event in which God elects triunity. In ch. IV we read Barth’s III/2 account of the humanity of Christ as the imago Die, as an attempt to demonstrate that God’s economy of salvation corresponds to who he is. This theme comes into full focus in the first two part-volumes of volume IV, explored here in ch. V. The obedience of Christ reflects, corresponds to, the obedience of the Son. There is obedience in God. This concept, which so mystifies Paul Molnar and Rowan Williams, is shown to be theologically consistent with a doctrine articulated by Barth some thirty years previously: his asymmetrically structured doctrine of the Trinity.
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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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Chamberlain, Peter. "Moaning like a dove : Isaiah's dove texts as the background to the dove in Mark 1:10." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7916.
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There is no consensus regarding the interpretation of the "Spirit like a dove" comparison in Jesus' baptism (Mk 1:10). Although scholars have proposed at least fifty different interpretations of the dove comparison, no study appears to have considered Isaiah's three dove texts as the background for the Markan dove (cf. Is 38:14; 59:11; 60:8). This neglect is surprising considering the abundance of Isaianic allusions in Mark's Prologue (Mk 1:1-15), and the growing awareness that Isaiah is the hermeneutical key for both the Markan Prologue and Jesus' baptism within it. Indeed, Mark connects the dove image inseparably to the Spirit's "descent" from heaven, which alludes to Yahweh's descent in a New Exodus deliverance in Isaiah 63:19 [MT]. Furthermore, each Isaianic dove text uses the same simile, "like a dove" or "like doves," which appears in Mark 1:10, and shares the theme of lament and restoration which fits the context of Mark's baptism account. This study therefore argues that the dove image in Mark 1:10 is a symbol which evokes metonymically Isaiah's three dove texts. So the Spirit is "like a dove" not because any quality of the Spirit resembles that of a dove, but because the dove recalls the Isaianic theme of lament and restoration associated with doves in this Scriptural tradition. After discussing the Markan dove in terms of simile, symbol, and metonymy, the study examines the Isaianic dove texts in the MT and LXX and argues that they form a single motif. Next, later Jewish references to the Isaianic dove texts are considered, while an Appendix examines further dove references in Jewish and Greco-Roman literature. Finally, the study argues that the Markan dove coheres in function with the Isaianic dove motif and symbolizes the Spirit's effect upon and through Jesus by evoking metonymically the Isaianic dove texts.
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Miles, Todd LeRoy. "Severing the Spirit from the Son: Theological revisionism in contemporary theologies of salvation." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/413.
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This dissertation evaluates the historiography, methodology, exegesis, and theological conclusions of pneumatological inclusivists and their doctrine of salvation, and then offers a biblical and theological defense of soteriological exclusivism based on the relationship between the Son and the Spirit. Chapter 1 defines the categories of exclusivism, inclusivism, and pluralism. Attention is given to those inclusivists who ground their inclusivist proposals in a work of the Holy Spirit in world religions apart from Gospel proclamation.
Chapter 2 summarizes the work of non-evangelical inclusivists in the area of theology of religions, with particular attention given to those theologians who focus their work on the person and ministry of the Holy Spirit.
Chapter 3 summarizes the work of evangelical pneumatological inclusivists, focusing on the efforts of Clark Pinnock and Amos Yong.
Chapter 4 evaluates the historiography of pneumatological inclusivists. The chapter contends that any appeals to the theology of Irenaeus or a rejection of the Fifoque clause to bolster support for pneumatological inclusivism are tendentious.
Chapter 5 evaluates the theological method of pneumatological inclusivists. The chapter argues that systematic theological conclusions must be based upon solid exegesis and biblical theology. The Bible presents the Spirit as working to glorify the Son. Theological method ought to reflect this priority, that is, it must be Christocentric.
Chapter 6 presents a theology of the Son and the Spirit. It is demonstrated that from the beginning of redemptive history, prior to and during the incarnation, the Spirit worked toward and for the glorification of the Son. During the present church age, the Spirit works to glorify Christ.
Chapter 7 summarizes the dissertation and highlights areas of contribution and significance.This item is only available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. If you are not associated with SBTS, this dissertation may be purchased from http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb or downloaded through ProQuest's Dissertation and Theses database if your institution subscribes to that service.
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Godshall, Matthew. "The Messiah and the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit: The Christological Significance of Jesus' Role as the Giver of the Spirit in Luke-Acts." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/4508.
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Without rejecting the general consensus among scholars that Luke emphasizes the humanity of Jesus, this dissertation attempts to contribute to the field of Lukan Christology by contending that there is more to the Lukan portrait of Jesus than what is generally acknowledged. Through his particular presentation of Jesus as the Spirit-Giver, Luke unveils the divine identity of the Messiah.
Chapter 1 provides a history of research of Lukan Christology and highlights the various controlling categories scholars have proposed for analyzing Lukan Christology. It concludes that there is a need for a study on Luke's Spirit-giver motif and its contribution to Lukan Christology.
Because the OT provides the conceptual world from which Luke develops his Spirit-Giver motif, chapter 2 examines the eschatological passages in Ezekiel, Isaiah, Joel, and Zechariah to see how that act of giving the Spirit is linked with the unique identity of Yahweh. The primary claim in this chapter is that the OT consistently presents the act of giving the eschatological Spirit as an act unique to the divine identity of Yahweh. This claim is supported in three ways: first, the primary metaphors employed to describe the giving of the Spirit are new creation and new exodus; second, the prophets explicitly link the act of giving the Spirit with Yahweh's identity as Israel's God; third, the act of giving the Spirit is reserved for Yahweh alone.
Chapter 3 explores how the act of giving the eschatological Spirit was understood in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism. This chapter highlights the continuity between the OT and Jewish literature: the act of giving the Spirit is linked with God's identity as the creator and redeemer. Despite its diversity, early Judaism associated the act of giving the Spirit with the unique identity of God and no other figure is ever presented as sharing this role.
Chapters 4 and 5 examine Luke's Gospel and Acts respectively in the attempt to understand how Luke himself has uniquely developed the Spirit-Giver motif. In drawing upon the OT promise of the outpouring of the Spirit, Luke presents Jesus as participating in a role that was reserved exclusively for Yahweh and unique to his identity as Israel's creator and covenant God. As the Spirit-Giver theme unfolds, the identity of Jesus and the Father overlap in their shared role as the Spirit-Giver. This theme is thus evidence of Lukan divine identity Christology.
Chapter 6 concludes the argument and explores implications for Lukan Christology.
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Hartwig, Paul Bruce. "The Trinity and the Christian life : issues of integration and orientation." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16913.
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This thesis is an attempt to relate the Scriptural revelation of God's
nature to the normal Christian life. It analyses the experiential factors
that originally gave rise to a triune awareness of God, arguing that a
contemporary recovery of those seminal events is requisite for an
integration of the trinity into the Christian life. After a theological
summation of the biblical revelation, the thesis then explores the nature
of the orientation of the trinity within the Christian life. This orientation
is brought about by observing the harmonious arrangement of the
different Persons within the Godhead. Once this is done we can then
ensure that this arrangement finds an echo and corresponding imprint
within the Christian life. As the Christian consistently integrates that
tripartite relationship into the Christian life, the doctrine of the trinity
will be a continual source of sustenance and direction for life and
godliness.Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology
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AVRAMOVA, Radka. "Propojení duchovních proudů východu a západu a křesťanský aspekt v učení O.M. Aivanhova." Master's thesis, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-52932.
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This work discourses about the teaching of bulgarian {--} french philosopher, pedagogue and spiritual teacher Omraam Mikhaël Aivanhov. It is divided in several thematic chapters discoursing always a certain philosofical {--} spiritual theme from the point of view how is it treated in the teaching of Aivanhov. Among those themes are for example: Creation, Good and evil, About God, Jesus and Christ, Reincarnation, Soul, Ressurection, Holy Trinity. Aivanhov has fresh and undogmatic approach to these themes and he accents that his teaching can serve to a man for the practical work on him or herself. He does not stick to any particular tradition neither he arteficially syncretizes. He rather sees the various levels of the creation and its Creator as a reality which has universal laws and principles. And a mission of man is according to Aivanhov to discover those laws and principles and to live in harmony with them.
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Nigrini, Jacques. "Kenosis and identities: pneumatological pointers." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1324.
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In the thesis a methodology of understanding and explicating Christian faith consistent with the mystery of the simultaneous close connection and radical difference of God, human beings and the physical-organic cosmos environment is been mapped out. The theanthropocosmic principle as an expression of the mystery functions as the heuristic key in opening up the notion of kenosis (and incarnation) of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit within the scope of the enduring interaction of . The Spirit in the kenotic sense of the word connects and differentiates the overall processes of being and becoming, here and there, now and then of the mystery of the `presences' of God, human beings and the natural cosmic world in being there (Dasein), being thus and thus (Sosein) and being dynamically actual (Aktsein). God acts in terms of the Spirit's operational kenotic presence within the margins of the creatureliness of people and the natural cosmic world as the kenotic clothing of God. A dynamic interpretation of the integral and differential character of being and becoming suggests that making sense of the dynamics of the formation of identities and identification is an ever ongoing endeavour. It implies a continuous process of negotiation whilst experiencing various continuums, remaining open-ended in an ever-increasing sense of wonder and mystery of "exitus a Deo-reditus in Deum".Systematic Theology and theological Ethics
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Shumilin, Alexander. "Holy Spirit and church in First Corinthians : the role of the Holy Spirit in creating unity with special reference to 1 Cor. 12-14." 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16027.
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The main goal of this study is to demonstrate the role of the Holy Spirit in building up Church unity, based on the exegesis of I Corinthians. The current theme is urgent; however, little attention has been paid to it in research literature.
We have noted that it is not human wisdom but the Holy Spirit who is the key to our faith, salvation, and understanding of divine mysteries. The Holy Spirit along with Christ brings forward the building of the Church and guides it. One Spirit is the foundation for Church unity. The Holy Spirit administers spiritual gifts according to His will and establishes their orderly operation. Seeking the guidance of the Spirit,
trusting and obeying Him brings unity, whereas following different authorities, mistrusting and disobeying Him results in disunity.Biblical and Ancient Studies
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Mpinga, Athas Cibangu. "Towards mission spirituality in the Presbyterian community of Kinshasa." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/538.
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The mission of the Church in the Presbyterian Community of Kinshasa is understood in its
narrow sense of evangelism and church planting. Moreover the institutional and doctrinal
conservatism, the maintenance mindset of the Church and its inadaptability to the challenges
of a changing world, are some of the characteristics of the lack of mission awareness and
mission spirituality.
This dissertation is an attempt to impart mission awareness and mission spirituality within the
Presbyterian Community of Kinshasa. The study of mission Dei and mission spirituality helps
in understanding the divine origins of missions, the nature and identity of the Church. In
addition, it unveils the Christian lifestyle that stems from the relationship with Christ and from
the mission consciousness, and that is empowered by the Holy Spirit. Some strategies are
proposed with the aim of updating and promoting a holistic, inclusive and integral
understanding and practice of mission in the Church.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
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Hamilton, James Merrill Jr. "He is with you and he will be in you: The Spirit, the believer, and the glorification of Jesus." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/261.
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Were OT saints indwelt by the Holy Spirit? This dissertation seeks an answer from John's Gospel. The thesis here is that John 14:17c, "He is with you, and he will be in you," encapsulates the Bible's description of the relationship between the Spirit and the believer in the Old and New Covenants.
In chapter 1 the different positions taken on this question are surveyed. The five actual positions and one alleged position are illustrated with quotations. Not all equate regeneration and indwelling. None think the Spirit had nothing to do with OT saints.
Chapter 2 contends that the OT does not present its faithful as indwelt by the Spirit. Covenant mediators have the Spirit, but the Spirit distinguishes and empowers them. God dwells among his people in the tabernacle/temple, but he does not dwell in each believer. The outpouring of the Spirit passages point to the future, saying nothing about the experience of Old Covenant believers.
Chapter 3 exegetes the Spirit passages in John.
Chapter 4 argues that John 7:39 will not permit the inference that OT saints were indwelt. This chapter lays out the OT expectation of a Spirit-anointed Messiah who inaugurates the age to come. John presents Jesus as the fulfillment of this hope, and Jesus ministers the Spirit to his people.
Chapter 5 shows that regeneration and indwelling are not equivalent in John. John presents Jesus as the replacement of the temple. Jesus is the locus of God's presence and the place where sin is dealt with. Once Jesus fulfills all sacrifice, God can take up residence in a temple where no sacrifices are offered. Jesus confers temple status on those who believe in him. When Jesus ascends, believers become the locus of God's presence with authority to forgive and retain sin, i.e., they are the new temple.
Chapter 6 concludes and summarizes. OT saints were regenerate but not indwelt. The OT does not claim its faithful were indwelt, and the NT says they were not (John 7:39). Under the Old Covenant God's dwelling was the temple. In the New Covenant God dwells in believers.This item is only available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. If you are not associated with SBTS, this dissertation may be purchased from http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb or downloaded through ProQuest's Dissertation and Theses database if your institution subscribes to that service.
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Dyer, Jennifer. "The role of Archaeology in the Jesus industry." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21003.
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The question leading to this study is whether the facts and theories pertaining to the
Bible and Jesus Story as presented by The Authors (H Schonfield, D Joyce, B Thiering, M
Baigent, R Leigh, H Lincoln; M Starbird, and D Brown) could be verified by the
Archaeology evidence. I have adopted a multidiscipline and holistic approach
considering information gathered from all media sources to ascertain what theories, if
any could replace the traditional Jesus Story of the New Testament. I considered
whether the alternative theories or traditional theories were believable due to the
evidence presented by Biblical Archaeology or by the techniques used by The Authors
in presenting their facts. By using Thouless’ system of Straight and Crooked thinking I
was able to ascertain that the theories used in the novels written by The Authors may
have been persuasive, but lacked substance.Biblical and Ancient Studies
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Vaidyan, Thomas Kizhakadethu Lukose. "Visionary experiences during Jesus' baptism: a critical analysis of selected scholarly views." Diss., 2019. http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/25677.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-115)The purpose of this study is to critically analyse selected scholarly views on the visionary experiences during Jesus’ baptism. Modern scholars have different opinions about the reports in the New Testament on Jesus’ baptismal visionary phenomena. Some scholars interpreted the events as Jesus’ actual seeing or vision and others accept it as literary creations by the authors, to make sense of the reports on seeing and hearing that are hard to understand. Reports like a Spirit descending in the form of a dove are extraordinary for most people and pose interpretive challenges. The two distinct trends identified in the study of visionary experiences are those who take the text on the visions literally and those who see them as literary creations. There is a new trend in biblical scholarship, which is comparative and invokes insights from cross-cultural research in order to understand the accounts of the visions as altered states of consciousness (ASC). These views are also presented, compared and evaluated selecting three major views from modern New Testament scholars. Among the scholars identified, who take the baptism visions literally, are Dunn, Meier, Marcus, Hurtado, Borg and Webb. The scholars selected, who consider the baptism visions as literary creations, are Sanders, Crossan, Miller and Strijdom. The scholars, who contributed to the new development in interpreting the texts on visionary experiences as ASC, are Pilch, Davies and DeMaris. Pilch uses the theoretical model of ASC and understands it differently from those used by Davies and DeMaris on which they base their interpretations. A scientific explanation of ASC is built from theories about how the brain and culture, together, create certain states of consciousness. All these views are analysed based on the scholarly interpretations from the three definitive trends in the visions research, comparing the caretaker versus critical at a meta-analysis level.
Biblical and Ancient Studies
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Smuts, Stephen (Theologian). "The impact of Biblical archaeological findings on Christian pilgrimage : the case of the burial sites of Jesus." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21714.
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This dissertation comparatively explores and critically evaluates the historical and traditional notions that are commonly held by Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land; and it does so by examining the archaeological, historical, and literary evidence, with specific reference to the existent material remnants that are closely associated with the burial of Christ Jesus.
The research will highlight the impact that biblical archaeological findings and the results thereof have had on these identified pilgrimage sites. Both the strengths and the weaknesses of the evidence will be enumerated; and the implications for the practice and significance of pilgrimages will be set out.Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
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KANDĚROVÁ, Alena. "Analýza závěrečného dokumentu Plenárního sněmu katolické církve." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-152555.
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The thesis discusses the Plenary Assembly of the Czech Catholic Church, which took place in the years 2003 ? 2005 in Velehrad. The work consists of six chapters, an introduction and conclusion. The first charter focuses on the history of the synod assemblies and not only in the Czech Republic, but also in the world. The largem part is devoted II. Vatican, which significantly influenced the whole Christian world. The sekond and the third charter is devoted to the Plenary Assembly of himself with us. Capture congress here since its publication. Through the work of parliamentary circles, the Preparatory Commission, all contributions to the Assembly to important natepals and message from I. and II. session of this parlament. The fourth charter presents a few selected topics from the final document PS ? ?Life and mission?? In the fifth chapter, your can already find the final analysis of that document, together with the specifically selected conciliar documents and one, which took care of the Germanem Joint Synod of Bishops. The sixth charter already Rouge Post-Synodal development, including vision and plans of the Czech Catholic Church in the future.
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Gibson, Jan Albert. "An investigation into the historical, cultural-religious, mystical and doctrinal elements of Paul's Christology and soteriology : a theoretical study of faith." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4374.
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Through his personal spiritual growth process and Jesus’ teachings and life, Paul became acutely aware of the vast differences between Prophetic Judaism and the Mystical Traditions in relation to the Temple Cult and Temple-ism in general. Paul’s own “history of religion” centred on Abraham’s Covenant as the first and preferred, unmediated, spiritual and universal model, against Moses’ priestly mediated cultic system designed basically for Jews. Therefore, Paul follows Jesus teachings and mission to “rip the dividing curtain” of the Jerusalem Temple (Heb 6:19, 20); so that all nations can be reconciled to God (Eph 2:11-18). Jesus re-negotiated “a new and better covenant” of God’s mercy through repentance to all. Cultic “regulations” and Jewishness as being a special “religious”, covenantal “qualification” is now outdated and rather were now dangerous myths in Paul’s new religion. Paul knew that bridging concepts and new interpretations of metaphors will have to be part of the transition. God did not need a final special blood cultic sacrifice; to the contrary, only some people needed one so that they can make the mental transition from a cultic religion to a spiritual and personal religion.To Paul, God was the unknown Father and the Essence of all creation and Jesus-Christ was their leader and master or lord. In the mystical sense however, “Christ” represented the real Spiritual essence of mankind; the image of God in mankind. The core of Paul’s soteriology is his growth and participational aspects which constitutes the salvation process and are closely linked. The salvific process starts in the first phase with conversion from cultic Temple-ism and weaning from cultic and ethnic “laws” through the teaching of, and participation in, the spiritual growth process of the “physical” Jesus while the Spirit within us is awakening. The latter heralds the start of the “second” mature spiritual phase of the resurrected and vindicated Christ; sensitising our conscience as our moral identity and source of internal motivation from the real Self; one lives intuitively from loving-kindness; you honour this Gift in your earthly vessel with a fitting response to life. The behavioural element is central and an absolute necessity in the salvific process and he never views it as being secondary. Christianity will have to revise simplistic “faith” to salvation dogmas and broaden its functional scope by again honouring the second personal and authentic spiritual growth phase to be able to manifest a better Kingdom with the aid of Human Beings.Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics
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Botsis, Dorian. "The role of the local church in the extension of the Kingdom of God." Diss., 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1528.
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The Kingdom of God is wherever the Triune God is worshipped as Lord. It exists beyond time and place, but breaks into our time and place wherever creation worships the Triune God as Lord. The local church, in its present time and geographical place, is the microcosm of the Kingdom of God. As such, the local church contains within it all the resources necessary for the Kingdom of God to be established. Therefore, the local church is called to lead creation to worship the Triune God as Lord. It does this by fulfilling three specific works as specified in Scripture: the work of evangelism; the work of discipleship and the work of reconciliation. The modern day church must start a revolution to discover afresh these works and become what Scripture describes as the ecclesia of the hodos: the local church extending the Kingdom of God.Systematic Theology & Theological Ethics
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Táborský, Jiří. "Bohorodiční svátky v Pravoslavné Církvi." Master's thesis, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-435491.
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In our work, we have tried to study the Feast of the Feast in the Orthodox Church, from a historical, dogmatic and liturgical point of view. We sought a descriptive and comparative approach that would have elements of a case study. We looked mainly at the feast of the Church of the Blessed Virgin, which is basically part of the feast of the Nativity. We looked at the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, then at the feast of the Annunciation, Introduction to the Church and, of course, the feast of the Assumption, which enjoys great respect in Orthodoxy and is nicknamed the Mother of God Passover. The main purpose was to delve deeper into the meaning of the Mother of God in human life, so that the Mother of God could teach each of us to live in the Truth, that is, to live in Christ.
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House, Sean David. "Pentecostal contributions to modern Christological thought: a synthesis with ecumenical views." Diss., 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2042.
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Pentecostalism, which developed its essential character during the classical period of 1901-1916, has many significant contributions to make to modern theology. Often viewed as a type of fundamentalism, it is actually a theological tradition in its
own right that deserves consideration along with the other two major streams of
protestantism, conservative evangelicalism and more liberal ecumenical-mainline thought. Although it emphasizes the experience of the Holy Spirit, pentecostalism is highly Christocentric as is evidenced by its foundational symbol of faith, the fourfold gospel of Jesus as savior, healer, baptizer, and coming king. This work examines how
the pentecostal fourfold gospel, as a functional, from below Spirit Christology, anticipates and intersects with trends in twentieth century ecumenical theological thought. The result of the study is the articulation of a fuller, more holistic understanding of the work of Christ in salvation in the world today.Systematic Theology & Theological Ethics
M. Th. (Systematic Theology)