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Martin, Susan. "Biblical Authority in the Writing of Pope Innocent IV (1243-54)." Studies in Church History 38 (2004): 98–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0424208400015758.
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When discussing the thirteenth-century concept of Christian unity, Jack Watt asserted, ‘Too little is as yet known of the interaction of theological and canonical thought to be able to say with precision just what the canonists contributed to this development among more abstract thinkers and what they received from it.’ Thirty-five years on this comment largely remains true for our knowledge of the inter-relation of theology and canon law in the thirteenth century. Little attention has been paid to the impact of theology on canon law, and even less to canon law on theological thinking. G.R. Evans claimed, ‘Canon law glosses tend to be conservative and less theologically sophisticated than contemporary theological work.’ That comment could be seen as an explanation for how little attention has been paid to the theological content of canonical writing. However, canon law glosses were written principally to investigate law. The area of ‘sophistication’ was different. Yet, this is not to say that there was no interest in theological questions and their possible solutions on the part of the canonists. All canon lawyers had a theological education, and they cited biblical references to support their arguments extensively. This paper aims to show that the use and understanding of contemporary medieval theology had an important impact on the writing of thirteenth-century canon lawyers, which should not be readily overlooked by modern scholars.
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Klemme Eliceiri, Rebecca. "An Invisible Wall: The Relationship Between Congregational and Seminary Libraries in the United States." Theological Librarianship 7, no. 1 (December 16, 2013): 28–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.31046/tl.v7i1.324.
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Theological (seminary) and congregational libraries in the Christian and Jewish religious traditions have coexisted in some fashion since their beginnings; however, little research exists regarding the relationship between these related-but-distinct library types. This essay explores the relationship between these types of libraries through a survey of their literatures and available statistics, considering their histories and contexts within the broader religious and library worlds, as well as their current relationship in light of their diverse religious institutions. The roles of these libraries will be examined regarding religious, theological, and information literacies as well as exploring their staffs, their staff's education, funding, library hours, their goals, objectives, and outcomes, particularly regarding the changing landscape of religious and theological education for both clergy and laypeople. It concludes with future possibilities in the religious library world in a congregational landscape that often cannot afford full-time, traditionally-theologically-educated clergy, much less paid congregational librarians.
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Boer, Theo A. "Christelijke ethiek tussen Geest en tijdgeest: Alfred Dedo Müller’s vergeten Ethik." NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion 61, no. 3 (August 18, 2007): 198–219. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/ntt2007.61.198.boer.
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The German theologian Alfred Dedo Müller (1890‐1972) has become known for his crucial contribution to the establishment of practical theology as an independent discipline. He is also known for his commitment to religious socialism and for his involvement in new liturgical movements. However, none of the historical accounts about this important theologian has paid attention to his Ethik, published in 1937. In that study Müller explicitly expresses sympathies for Nazi-conceptions about Volkstum, the Jews, the Führer-state, the need for racial hygiene, and the Nurnberg laws. Although he advocates the killing of innocent humans in no way, he may be criticised for failing to identify the dangers of Nazism, for not speaking up more loudly, and for de facto providing the Nazis with theological justification of their politics. After World War II, Müller expresses regret about the deceptions and the crimes of Nazism. However, he neither makes any reference to his own role nor does he see reasons to alter his theological method of ‘radical realism’.
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BOULAOUALI, TIJANI. "Quran Translation: A Historical-Theological Exploration." International Journal of Islamic Thought 19, no. 1 (June 1, 2021): 120–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.24035/ijit.19.2021.202.
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The traditional prohibition on translating the Quran into other languages is considered to be one of the discussable issues within Islamic theology and jurisprudence. From the eleventh century, when the Islamic state extended politically and geographically, a need arose to understand the Quran, which isthe essence of the Islamic religion. Most non-Arab converts were unable to understand the original Quran text. As a result, they could not understand the true message of their new faith and perform the prescribed worship and practices. This article deals with the topic translating the Quran from a historical and theological point of view. Firstly, some historical factors that lead to the realization of the Quran translation are examined, including the need to understand the Quran both by the new Muslim generations and the People of the Book to defend their own faith against the Islam. Secondly, attention is paid to the theological consensus on prohibiting translation of the Quran into other languages because of its inimitable nature and style. Finally, the problem of the Quran translation is discussed with a focus on the current need for understanding the universal message of the Quran that can only be achieved through translation.
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(Vasnev), Theodosius. "Arrangement of the Tambov Theological Seminary: Tambov Diocese in the 1860–1870s." Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities, no. 181 (2019): 144–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2019-24-181-144-148.
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Theological educational institutions appeared in Russia in the reign of Peter I. In the second half of the 19th century, these were already established schools of theological education and upbringing. In 20 years of reforming theological schools in Tambov department, authoritative bishops arrived, having a great influence on church life not only in Tambov Governorate, but also in Russian state. The first in this series is Saint Theophan the Recluse. During this period the archpastors of Tambov Land created the conditions for the seminary development. This concerned the educational process and spiritual and moral education. Their care was manifested in the construction of theological school and new knowledge. Sufficient attention was also paid to economic issues. Concern for seminarians was not fake, expressed in the daily relentless care for their organization. For its turn, the Tambov eparchy showed concern for the organization of male and female monasteries, the parochial gymnasium, and other issues of the eparchy’s life.
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Yakusyk, Tetiana. "The Nutrition of the Kyiv Theological Academy Students (1819–1869)." Kyivan Academy, no. 17 (March 10, 2021): 11–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.18523/1995-025x.2020.17.11-38.
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The article depicts the peculiarities of Kyiv Theological Academy students’ nutrition in the years of 1834–1863. The investigation uses documents from the Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Kyiv. These are mainly monthly and annual economic reports which inform about the filling of the student’s menu during the year and logs of behavior, where the inspector recorded deviations from the rules by students. Archival documents help to illuminate aspects connected to the nutrition of students of Kyiv Theological Academy. The ego-documents of graduates, notes, instructions of rectors, economists, and inspectors of the educational institution are extremely important.Attention is paid to regulatory requirements on food that are in the “Statut” of the theological academies. The Nutrition of students in Kyiv Theological Academy depended on many aspects and did not remain stable during 1819–1869. The students could diversify their diet at their own expense. The student menu was considered, and an attempt was made to analyze the changes that occurred with the filling of the student menu during these years. Also the paper describes how the diet changed depending on the period of the liturgical year. The traditions of informal students’ meetings and the use of prohibited (alcohol) and permitted (tea) drinks by the students are considered.Special attention is paid to the question of the diet and nutrition value of products for students. Сalculations are approximate, but there are reasons to conclude that the food energy value was enough for the students’ nutrition in the Academy at least on ferias.
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ROBINSON, MICHAEL. "Why divine foreknowledge?" Religious Studies 36, no. 3 (September 2000): 251–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500005254.
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Christian theism has traditionally claimed that God knows the future. But why is divine foreknowledge important? In this essay, I argue that divine foreknowledge is valuable to Christian theism and that a hefty theological price must be paid if it is rejected. I also attempt to show that the range of knowledge available to God in theological models that deny divine foreknowledge is significantly less than claimed by proponents of these views. In particular, I argue that the God of such models could not know future physical necessities, physical probabilities, divinely intended future free acts, or future events required by the divine nature.
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Goncharko, Oksana Yu, and Yuriy M. Romanenko. "A Brief History of Self-Reference Notion Implementation in Byzantium." Scrinium 12, no. 1 (November 17, 2016): 244–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18177565-00121p13.
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The article presents an overview of implementation of self-referential notions in the logical and theological texts of Byzantine scholars up to the 12th century. The commentaries on Porphyry’s and Aristotle’s theory of definition by John of Damascus, John Italus, and Theodore Prodromos are discussed. It is argued that the Byzantine scholars performed different original implementations of basic logical notions and discovered their self-referential property. The attention is paid to the five predicabilia notions of Porphyry and Aristotelian categories applications in logical, philosophical, and theological Byzantine texts. The authors conclude that the Byzantine solutions resemble some of the modern logical ideas of 20th century.
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Belzhelarsky, Eugeny A. "Discursive Battle in the Field of Post-Secularity: Continuation of Religious Wars Era." Almanac “Essays on Conservatism” 29 (September 19, 2019): 13–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.24030/24092517-2019-0-3-13-26.
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The article represents philosophical and theological substantiation of the idea of post-secularity. The author proposes the definition of post-secularity as the suppressed (hidden) religiosity, and suggests to interpret the current scientific situation around religious and secular issues as the continuation of religious wars by discursive means, including the use of cultural policy and the ideologization of social sciences. The article analyzes various strategies and ideological positions that exist within the framework of post-secular culture. The main attention is paid to the confrontation between secular (immanentist) and theological tendencies. The rationale of the hidden religious sources of secularity is provided and an attempt is made to identify sacred elements in the secular.
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Denny, Christopher. "Iconoclasm, Byzantine and Postmodern: Implications for Contemporary Theological Anthropology." Horizons 36, no. 2 (2009): 187–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0360966900006356.
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ABSTRACTMedieval Byzantine debates regarding icons included fine distinctions between image, prototype, and symbol as these terms related to personhood. Iconodules and iconoclasts differed regarding the ability of art to represent the person. Must artistic representations of a person, to be justified, be consubstantial with the person represented and thus circumscribed, as iconoclasts believed? Or is it sufficient to refer to artistic representations as being symbolic of their human subjects? Embracing the victorious iconodule distinction between a person and artistic representations of the person raises questions regarding the manner in which an image can reveal a human being. Post-structuralist philosophers Maurice Blanchot and Kevin Hart have inverted this problematic. They begin the interpretation of icons and personhood not from the traditional understanding of the honor or worship paid to Christian icons. Instead, they examine the icon's deconstruction of the viewer. What results is an iconodule defense of a post-Cartesian “anthropological iconoclasm.”
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Pityana, N. Barney. "A Theological Statement on the Coronavirus Pandemic." Religion and Theology 27, no. 3-4 (December 8, 2020): 329–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15743012-02703006.
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Abstract This Statement is a response to the challenge that the church and Christian communities around the world face as a result of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and the regulations that have been imposed in order to control the spread of infections. The paper starts off by explaining that pandemics may be a challenge and an opportunity to the faith. Special attention is paid to the coronavirus pandemic, its origins, the effect on public health systems around the world, and its impact on the socio-economic livelihoods; the role of medical health scientists and the breakdown and disruption of communities, the economic arrangements of states. It also raises questions about the possibility of a new world order that seeks a more equal, compassionate and humane world. On that basis, the paper raises some pertinent theological questions that arise for the church and for faith communities. It explores and examines theological questions that arise out of a world that is broken and suffering, beset by devastation and yet called to live the faith responsibly and truthfully. The questions that arise are pre-eminently about God and the meaning of the divine and how God manifests Good during dark times. The paper raises some of the dilemmas that traditional faith practices are confronted by the pandemic especially in areas like worship, the sacraments and understanding the value of technology in the practice of the faith. Finally, the paper explores implications for the life of the church, especially in the moral life of the Christian community and the dilemmas posed by public ethics.
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Pedersen, Kim Arne. "To breve fra N. F. S. Grundtvig. Udgivet og kommenteret." Grundtvig-Studier 58, no. 1 (January 1, 2007): 18–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/grs.v58i1.16508.
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To breve fra N. F. S. Grundtvig[Two letters from N. F. S. Grundtvig]By Kim Arne PedersenTwo letters written by N. F. S. Grundtvig from, respectively, Lisbeth and Povl Kiilerich’s and Steffen Lauge’s private collections are here published in transcription with an explanatory commentary. The first letter has belonged in Lisbeth Kiilerich’s family - in the possession, that is, of the Hvidt family - for several generations. In the letter, Grundtvig refers to a theological discussion he has had with its recipient, the speculative and Daub-influenced theologian V. H. Rothe (1777-1857). Grundtvig expresses himself forcibly but is not looking for hostilities. In the second letter, he tells his sister-in-law Jane Mathia Blicher (1792-1853) of his visit to Norway in 1851. The letter conveys a good and lively picture of the journey and the homage paid to Grundtvig there.
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Tverdokhlib, Tetiana. "Teaching Pastoral Theology as a Pedagogically Oriented Discipline in the Educational Institutions of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine (Beginning of the 19th – End of the 60's of the 19th Century)." International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences 87 (May 2019): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.87.1.
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The article focuses on the pedagogical component in the content of Pastoral Theology in the Ukrainian educational institutions of the Orthodox Church, which were included in the system of religious education of the Russian Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century – at the end of the 1860's. Basing on the studied works “On Positions of Parish Presbyters” by the bishop of the Smolensk Parfenii and the Archbishop of Mogilev, Georgii (Konyskyi), “Letters on Positions of Sacred Rank” by Olexandr Sturdza, “Pastoral Theology” by Archimandrite Anthonii (Amfiteatrov), as well as programs, lecture notes and lecture reviews of lecturers of theological seminaries and the Kiev Theological Academy it has been established that much attention at classes on Pastoral Theology was paid to the preparation of future priests for the religious and moral upbringing of parishioners. The main forms and methods of teaching Pastoral Theology have been presented on the basis of the analysis of archival materials, historical, pedagogical literature. Attention is drawn to the widespread dissemination in the seminaries of rote learning and text dictating, despite the prohibition of such methods by the 1814 Statute. The quality of teaching and staffing of this subject in the secondary and higher Ukrainian educational institutions of the Orthodox Church in the period under research. It has been proved that Pastoral Theology in seminaries was on an equal footing with other branches of theology: teachers understood its great importance for future presbyters and paid much attention to the subject as distinct from the Kiev Theological Academy.
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Sagan, Galyna V. "Teaching Yugoslavs at the Kyiv Theological Academy (1900-1918)." Ukrainian Religious Studies, no. 45 (March 7, 2008): 115–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/2008.45.1903.
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The study of Orthodox Yugoslavs (Serbs, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Bosnians, and Herzegovinians) at the Kyiv Theological Academy (KDA) during 1900-1918 was a continuation of the tradition laid down in previous centuries by the priority acquisition of higher education in the southern territories of the Russian territory. . Not only the Yugoslavs studied at the Kiev Academy, but also the Bulgarians, Romanians, Syrians, Czechs, Greeks and other Orthodox foreigners. However, when choosing an educational institution, these students tried to choose the ones that were on the territory of Ukraine. Officially, this position was explained by warm climates that more closely resembled their native nature. However, the positive comments that spread abroad about South Russian (Ukrainian) educational institutions were also important. That is why the Yugoslavs studied mainly in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odessa educational institutions. At the beginning of the twentieth century. the teaching of foreigners on the territory of the Russian Empire The Russian Orthodox Church and government officials continued to attach great importance. Authorities have increased control over all areas of study of foreign students. Special attention was paid to the Orthodox Slavs.
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Tverdokhlib, Tetiana. "STUDY OF PEDAGOGY AND PEDAGOGICAL DISCIPLINES IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: VIEWS OF EDUCATORS AND THEOLOGIANS (the end of the 19th century – the beginning of the 20th century)." Educological discourse, no. 3-4 (2019): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.28925/2312-5829.2019.3-4.118.
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Based on the analysis of primary sources and historical-pedagogical literature, the article presents educators and theologians’ views on teaching Pedagogy and pedagogical disciplines in educational institutions of the Orthodox Church during the second half of the 1890s – 1918. These educators and theologians are Archimandrite Vissarion, I. Andreiev, D. Briantsev, A. Hrynevych, G. Maliarevskyi, M. Makkaveiskyi, P. Sokolov, N. Krasovskyi, A. Yurykas and others. It has been determined that theoretical ideas about the outlined problems were presented in publications in theological periodicals (such as “Theological Herald”, “Faith and Reason”, “Volyn Diocesan Information”, “People’s Education”, “Podillya Diocesan Information”, “Christian Reading”, “Church Herald”, “Chernihiv Diocesan Information” etc.). The article reveals the educators’ and religious leaders’ ideas about the tasks of pedagogical training, content, organizational aspects, forms and staffing for teaching Pedagogy and pedagogical disciplines in Orthodox theological academies, seminaries, women’s educational institutions of the Orthodox Church, church-teacher schools and second-degree schools. It has been determined that the scientists again paid attention to certain problems that were of scientific interest for educators and theologians in 1860-1870s.
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Millner, Marlon. "One, One, One… One Way to God? A review essay of "In Jesus Name": The History and Beliefs of Oneness Pentecostals." Pneuma 31, no. 2 (2009): 275–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/027209609x12470371387967.
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Abstract"In Jesus' Name" is a groundbreaking work on Oneness Pentecostalism. It seeks to be an exhaustive study, which historically situates OP culturally and theologically within a long tradition of Pietism dating back hundreds of years in Europe, and Christocentrism found in American Evangelicalism of the 19th century. However, in lifting up an African-American as the exemplar of Oneness Pentecostalism, the book introduces the person's "black heritage" as an interpretive key, but then fails to follow through on this insight, despite several works around Oneness Pentecostalism, in particular, and race. This leaves open the possibility that there is a significant hole in an otherwise comprehensive monograph. Indeed, closer attention to social location and the theological problem of race, would have paid off with material that indeed moves the tradition from so-called heterodoxy to a more robust, if contested, conversation with the dogmatic tradition, which the author seeks.
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Stewart, Devin. "THE STRUCTURE OF THE FIHRIST: IBN AL-NADIM AS HISTORIAN OF ISLAMIC LEGAL AND THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS." International Journal of Middle East Studies 39, no. 3 (August 2007): 369–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0020743807070511.
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Compiled in 987–88, Ibn al-Nadim's work al-Fihrist (The Catalogue) needs little introduction to scholars of Middle Eastern and Islamic history. Countless specialized studies have used the Fihrist as a source of data. Because it includes the titles of a large number of works that are no longer extant, as well as biographical information on little-known early authors, it throws light on otherwise obscure facets of medieval Islamic intellectual history in many fields. Choice anecdotes, such as the account of al-Maءmun's (r. 813–33) conversation with Aristotle in a dream, considered to have triggered the translation movement, have been quoted in numerous studies. Little attention has been paid, however, to Ibn al-Nadim as a thinker, despite the fact that the Fihrist, like Dewey's decimal system, is as much an exercise in mapping out the organization of human knowledge as a simple inventory of book titles. The following remarks focus first on the methods Ibn al-Nadim adopted in compiling the Fihrist and second on the arguments he makes about the history of Islamic sciences, in many cases not explicitly but through order, presentation, and the calculus of inclusion and exclusion, emphasis and de-emphasis. Particular attention will be paid to the Islamic legal madhhabs and theological schools. Determining Ibn al-Nadim's views on these topics, as an Imami Shiʿi and Muʿtazili theologian, promises to provide a better understanding of his conception of the Islamic sciences, the overall message of his work, and Islamic intellectual history itself.
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Лабынцев, Юрий Андреевич, and Лариса Леонидовна Щавинская. "ПРОФЕССОР КИЕВСКОЙ ДУХОВНОЙ АКАДЕМИИ А. И. БУЛГАКОВ (1859–1907)." Традиции и современность, no. 25 (December 30, 2020): 98–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.33876/2687-119x/2020-25/98-113.
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Аннотация. В статье на основе различных литературных и архивных материалов рассказывается о жизни, научной и просветительской работе Афанасия Ивановича Булгакова – отца известного русского писателя М. А. Булгакова. Особое внимание уделено полемической и проповеднической деятельности А. И. Булгакова – православного ученого богослова, в том числе рассчитанной на самые широкие слои населения Российской империи, включая простонародные. В приложении публикуется рукописная автобиография А. И. Булгакова. Ключевые слова: православие, А. И. Булгаков, М. А. Булгаков, Киевская духовная академия, богословие. Abstract. The article is based on various literary and archival materials and tells about the life, scientific and educational work of Afanasy Ivanovich Bulgakov, the father of the famous Russian writer M.A. Bulgakov. Special attention is paid to the polemical and preaching activities of the Orthodox scholar theologian A.I. Bulgakov. Its activities were designed for the broadest segments of the population of the Russian Empire, including the common people. The Application contains a handwritten autobiography of A.I. Bulgakov. Key words: Orthodoxy, A.I. Bulgakov, M.A. Bulgakov, Kiev Theological Academy, theology
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Safin, A. G. "Poet, historian, theologian: Life and creative legacy of muhammad-sadyk imankuly (1870-1932)." Minbar. Islamic Studies 13, no. 1 (April 7, 2020): 63–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2020-13-1-63-74.
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The paper under consideration, based on the Tatar-speaking pre-revolutionary sources, analyzes the life and theological heritage of one of the most prominent and prolific representatives of Tatar cadimism of the early twentieth century Muhammad-Sadyk Imankuly (1870-1932). Particular attention is paid to his seminal work «Taskһil al-byan fi tafsir alKuran» (Facilitating clarification in Quran interpretation), which comes as an example of Tatarspeaking exegetical literature reflecting the main points of Hanafi-Maturidi traditions.
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Smits, Johan. "The Historical Mediation of God and Man: Vermittlungstheologie’s use of Hegelianism for Constructing a Theological System." Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie 60, no. 2 (May 29, 2018): 282–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nzsth-2018-0015.
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Summary Despite criticism, the thought of G. W. F. Hegel has been highly influential in theology. This article contributes to the debate on the heritage of Hegel from a historical perspective, by studying the theological movement of Vermittlungstheologie. It is demonstrated how Hegelianism provided these theologians with the tools to transform insights from confessional and “Schleiermacherian” theology into a comprehensive worldview. Special attention is paid to the construction of a system of theology with the incarnation at its heart.
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Kolodnyi, Anatolii M. "In Chernivtsi religious scholars." Ukrainian Religious Studies, no. 17 (March 20, 2001): 91–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/2001.17.1133.
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The Chernivtsi branch of the UAR is one of the most dynamic in Ukraine among the oblast associations of religious scholars. Particular attention was paid to the formation of the cell itself. It included not only teachers-religious scholars of Chernivtsi universities, but also students of the religious-religious department of the philosophical and theological faculty of the Yu.Fedkovych University. Among the members of the cell are theologians, public servants. We also have 6 candidates of sciences and 6 candidates of theology.
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Brown, Cynthia Bennett. "The Personal Imperative of Revelation: Emil Brunner, Dogmatics and Theological Existence." Scottish Journal of Theology 65, no. 4 (October 9, 2012): 421–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0036930612000191.
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AbstractBased on the theology of Emil Brunner, this article seeks to demonstrate the relevance, even the imperative nature, of personal encounter both for the work of dogmatics and for theological existence. In particular it assesses what impact the personalness of God's self-revelation should have, not just on one's doctrinal conclusions, but also on one's self as a theologian. A range of Brunner's writings forms the backdrop for this focused study of a paradigm which shapes his theology and methodology: personal encounter. I start by introducing the broader context of Brunner's presuppositions about the theological task, including his regard for divine self-communication. With this in mind, attention will be paid to the relationship between revelation and scripture, and in particular to the Christocentric, personal and enduring character of God's unveiling. Brunner's regard for the apostolic witness as the authoritative testimony to God's full disclosure in Christ is high and determines the position that he affords the Bible throughout his work. A summary of Brunner's treatment of the divine-human encounter will follow, with a view to understanding him on this subject in his own terms. His small publication by the same name, The Divine-Human Encounter, serves as the focus of this examination. The term ‘personal correspondence’ requires special consideration for the central position it enjoys in Brunner's conception of divine revelation and its relationship to dogmatics. Further expressions related to this theme will come to light in the process of answering two questions regarding the connection between personal encounter in scripture and the work of theology. First, how true is our doctrine when its expression becomes distanced from the language of divine-human encounter which characterises revelation? Second, what is the relationship between scripture as theology's primary source and the ongoing revelation of God to the believer in personal encounter? The suggestion that theology cannot be restricted to intellectual pursuit will not be universally applauded, but the proposal that God's self-unveiling obliges a change in existence and not just an adjustment in knowledge is one that Brunner deems unavoidable. In this light I conclude by suggesting that the personal encounter of revelation issues an imperative for both individual and communal existence which must be considered by all who undertake the theological task.
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Солонченко, Александр Александрович. "Trinitarian Personalism of Metropolitan John Zizioulas: An Analysis of Criticism and Examination of Controversial Points." Вопросы богословия, no. 1(1) (June 15, 2019): 30–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.31802/2658-7491-2019-1-1-30-43.
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В статье рассматриваются спорные положения тринитарной концепции митрополита Иоанна (Зизиуласа). Приводится критика отдельных идей названного богослова со стороны таких исследователей как Ж.-К. Ларше, Дж. Уилкс, иером. Мефодий (Зинковский). Особое внимание уделяется таким понятиям, как «причинность», «порядок», «монархия Отца». Констатируется отличие богословского языка Зизиуласа от святоотеческой терминологии. Автор указывает, что в своей богословской системе Зизиулас применяет понятие «природа»/«сущность» в двух противоположных значениях: неипостазированная природа-Urgrund и воипостазированная сущность. В Троице Зизиулас усматривает только воипостазированную сущность. The article seeks to review some controversial points of Metropolitan John Zizioulas’s Trinitarian concept. His critics are quoted including J.-C. Larchet, J. Wilkes, Hieromonk Mefody Zinkovsky. Special attention is paid to such concepts as “causation”,“order”, and “the Father’s monarchy”. The author states the difference between Zizioulas’s theological language and patristic terminology. The author also points that in his theological system Zizioulas uses the term “nature”/“essence” in two mutually contradicting senses, that is non-enhypostatic nature and enhypostatic essence. Zizioulas can see only enhypostatic essence in the Holy Trinity.
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den Dulk, Matthijs. "Origen of Alexandria and the History of Racism as a Theological Problem." Journal of Theological Studies 71, no. 1 (April 1, 2020): 164–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jts/flaa025.
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Abstract Despite important work on the Greco-Roman antecedents of modern racism, very limited attention has been paid to early Christian literature in this connection. This is remarkable not least because modern Western racism took shape initially in a European context heavily influenced by Christianity. The present essay contributes to addressing this lacuna by analysing statements about ‘other’ ethnicities in the work of Origen of Alexandria, one of the most important thinkers of the first three centuries ce. It argues that Origen defends a number of positions that exhibit substantial similarities with later racist modes of thinking. Earlier scholarly accounts that portray Origen as a champion of human equality and as engaged in anti-racist efforts therefore cannot stand up to scrutiny. Origen disparages certain ethnic groups and develops arguments that connect ethnic identity and geographical location with various degrees of sinfulness. His work offers clear evidence that theories of ethnic inferiority have a long history within the Christian matrix that stretches considerably beyond the modern and medieval periods.
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Marsh, Clive. "Theology’s part-time future: A fresh initiative in theological education and religious literacy?" Theology 121, no. 3 (April 16, 2018): 171–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040571x17749123.
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Recent drops in the number of full-time theology and religious studies students in the UK raise concerns for all universities with departments of theology and religion. Without denying the importance of efforts to increase those full-time numbers, this article argues that greater attention be paid to possibilities of expanding part-time theological education, and not only in the context of formal ministerial training. At a time when greater religious literacy is needed, and buoyed by evidence of what older learners want from their studies – personal growth rather than just better employment prospects – expansion of part-time study opportunities may prove an additional, and important, initiative required by theology and religion departments. In this way, they would not only improve their own financial positions but they would also make an even greater contribution to their local communities and to individual and social well-being. A commitment would be needed, however, from universities themselves to recognize this important ‘public good’.
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Rossouw, P. J. "Pastorale sorg aan beswaardes en ongeduldiges met die oog op die opbou van die gemeente." Verbum et Ecclesia 12, no. 1 (July 18, 1991): 75–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v12i1.1031.
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Pastoral care for the objectors and the impatient: a church growth perspective The aim of this article is to develop a pastoral theological perspective to a recent pastoral problem. This problem is the growing polarization within churches (with the focus on the Dutch Reformed Church) in South Africa today due to theological, church policy, social, economical and political factors. These factors are outlined and analysed systematically. Special attention is paid to the two poles - the objectors and the impatient. The "objector" is described as the church member who experiences an increasing concern and impasse with the church regarding new directions that are followed, and which are not correct according to his convictions and perceptions. The "impatient" is described as a church member who experiences an Increasing impasse with the church because according to him the church is not going far enough in concretizing the full consequences of church policy (as spelled out in Church and Society for example). The nature, symptoms and needs of both are examined and guidelines for a directed pastoral care are proposed.
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Shin, Wonchul. "“Our Tongue-Cut God, Respond to Us”: Prayer of Righteous Anger and Communal Lament as Theology of the Oppressed." Theology Today 78, no. 1 (April 2021): 29–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040573620968098.
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This article offers a theological reflection on prayer of anger and lament as a formative source for the oppressed in constructing and embodying their own theology. For this purpose, particular attention is paid to Kim Heunggyum’s scandalous prayer-song “The Father of Minjung,” which was widely sung by Korean minjung amid their political resistance against the authoritarian regimes in the 1980s. This article historically traces this prayer-song’s original context and developmental stages and analyzes its use of cross-genre that blends the styles and structures of the minjung-gayo and the lament psalms. Theological reflection on this prayer-song focuses on particular religious affections, righteous anger and communal lament, shaped by the Korean minjung’s collective performance to sing this prayer-song as a means of political resistance. By drawing on Audre Lorde, Johann Baptist Metz, and Emmanuel Levinas, this article points out limitations of Barth’s theology of prayer and presents how Kim’s prayer-song that evokes righteous anger and communal lament served as a formative source for the Korean minjung in doing their own critical and incarnational theology.
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Varlamova, Maria. "Philoponus’ Dispute Against the Eternity of the World and Its Influence on the Byzantine Philosophy." Scrinium 13, no. 1 (November 28, 2017): 383–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18177565-00131p24.
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The article deals with the philosophical and theological context of the dispute against the eternity of the world and studies how Philoponus’ arguments against the eternity of the world were seen in Byzantine philosophy and theology. Special attention is paid to Philoponus’ influence on Byzantine philosophy in such aspects as the concept of matter, the doctrine of the logoi and the relation of the finite to the infinite. In order to demonstrate the influence of Philoponus’ arguments against the eternity of the world the article compares his doctrine with the doctrines of John Damascene and Maximus the Confessor.
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Yuan, Gao. "St. Augustine and China: A Reflection on Augustinian Studies in Mainland China." Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie 61, no. 2 (May 28, 2019): 256–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nzsth-2019-0014.
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Summary Augustine of Hippo was one of the most influential church father in Western Christianity. However, little attention has been paid Augustine’s significance for China in the early history of Sino-Western theological and cultural dialogue. This article aims to fill this gap by providing a historical and documentary study of the reception of Augustine in China, with particular focus on the issue of how the story of Augustine was introduced into China and how Augustinian studies was developed as an independent discipline at the present stage of Chinese theological studies. Examining the newly discovered Chinese biographies of Augustine, the first section explores the early introduction of the story of Augustine during the Ming and Qing Empires, identifying the Catholic and the Protestant approaches to the translation of Augustine’s biography. The second section addresses Augustinian studies in the Minguo period (1912–1949) and analyses various approaches to the study of St. Augustine. The third section proceeds to the stage of the establishment of the new China (PRC), with a careful survey of Augustinian studies after the Cultural Revolution (1976–present). In particular, the new exploration by Chinese Augustinian scholars over the last five years will be highlighted. Based on the above observations, the article concludes with the evaluation that the biography of St. Augustine was adopted by the early Jesuits as an additional advantage for propagating the Christian faith in the Chinese context, in which the policy of cultural accommodation (initiated by Michele Ruggieri and Matteo Ricci) had proved a useful approach for theological contextualization and would continue to serve as a resourceful strategy in the Chinese approach to Augustinian theology as well as an effective method for deepening the Sino-Western theological dialogue.
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Kashaf, Sh R. "A Meeting in Makhachqala regarding the problems and prospects of theological education in Russia." Minbar. Islamic Studies 11, no. 4 (February 4, 2019): 907–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2018-11-4-907-931.
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The article offers a survey of the meeting under the title “Theological education. Problems and Prospects” jointly organized by St Petersburg State University and The Daghestan Institute of Humanities. The meeting was held on the 20–21st of December in Makhachqala. The speakers addressed various aspects of Islamic education from its origins till the present day. They also offered talks on the way the Islamic religion influences the formation of younger generation in Russia, highlighted the urgent need to develop in the teaching personnel awareness of the history and Islamic culture to subsequently join the religious institutions and the role the leading theologians can play in this process. Special attention has been paid to the modernization of the teaching programs and their adaptation to the modern challenges such as digitization and IT literacy. One has also highlighted the progress and desiderata in this process, the disbalanced curricula regarding the Islamic culture and history as still found nowadays in the both teaching state and religious institutions.
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Chernyaev, A. V., and A. Yu Berdnikova. "VLADIMIR SOLOVIEV'S WAY TO “THE HISTORY AND THE FUTURE OF THEOCRACY”: CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE DOGMATIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH ON THE PAGES OF “FAITH AND REASON” MAGAZINE (1884-1891)." RUDN Journal of Philosophy 23, no. 2 (December 15, 2019): 118–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-2302-2019-23-2-118-132.
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The main article is devoted to the historical and philosophical reconstruction of controversy between Vladimir Solovyov and the authors of the “Faith and Reason” - a magazine of the Kharkov Theological Seminary. This controversy took its place in the “theological and journalistic” or the “theocratic” period of Solovyov’s works (1880s). Particular attention is paid to the disputes of Solovyov and T. Stoyanov (Konstantin Istomin), A.P. Shost'in and the French Orthodox priest Fr. Vladimir Gette on the theory of dogmatic development in the church. In the context of this controversy, the arguments for the “defense” of Solovyov's position, cited in the magazine “Orthodox Review” by a theologian and Konstantin Leontyev's follower Ivan Kristi are also analyzed. The reception of Solovyov's theocratic ideas and reaction to his ecclesiastical views in both the Catholic and Orthodox circles of Russian and Western society is shown. Especially it concerns the criticism of Solovyov’s ideas in the pages of the French magazines “L’Univers”, “L'Union Chrétienne”, “Revue d’Eglise greque-unie”, etc. The evolution of Solovyov's views on the problem of the union of Eastern and Western churches, the renewal of church communication between Orthodoxy and Catholicism, the main result of which was his fundamental but unfinished work “The History and Future of the Theocracy” (Zagreb, 1887) was demonstrated. A conclusion about the “superficiality” of the judgments of the majority of Vladimir Solovyov's ideological opponents, as well as later interpreters of his legacy, following the French Jesuit Michel d'Erbigny, who tried to present him as a “Russian Newman” who converted from Orthodoxy into the Catholic faith is drawn. It is shown that Solovyov’s projects of the “religion of the Holy Spirit” and the “Universal Church”, created on its basis, should be considered primarily in the context of his own philosophical quest, and not in connection with the confessional and ideological divergences of his time.
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Strauss, S. A. "Johan Heyns as apologeet." Verbum et Ecclesia 15, no. 1 (July 19, 1994): 95–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v15i1.1085.
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Johan Heyns as apologist It is well known that Johan Heyns developed not only the theological disciplines of Dogmatics and Ethics. He also published a number of important works in the field of Apologetics. In this article special attention is paid to these books. This investigation leads to the conclusion that Heyns most certainly made a valuable contribution to the way in which Apologetics should be practised. His evaluation of viewpoints which differ from his own is always balanced, although he does not hesitate to point out the dangers in the modernistic worldview that threaten the Christian faith. He impresses one with his knowledge of contemporary philosophy.
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Vroom, H. M. "Staatsvakken en kerkelijke vakken aan openbare universiteiten." Verbum et Ecclesia 18, no. 1 (July 19, 1997): 210–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v18i1.1134.
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Theology at the state universities in the Netherlands since 1876: State disciplines and church disciplines In three contributions the organisation of (protestant) theology in the Netherlands since 1876 has been described. In this first part the Dutch law on higher education (1876) is dealt with, its background (especially separation of state and church and equal treatment of religious traditions). This law has established a dual system (“duplex ordo”): “state professors” and “church professors”, all paid by the government. Various evaluations of this arrangement are discussed and its recent modification and the motifs thereof are given. In practice, the theological faculties at the state universities have been mostly reformed faculties.
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Schmidt, Leigh Eric. "From Arbor Day to the Environmental Sabbath: Nature, Liturgy, and American Protestantism." Harvard Theological Review 84, no. 3 (July 1991): 299–323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0017816000024032.
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In the past two decades considerable theological energy has been expended in the construction of various ecological theologies and spiritualities. Process theologians, ecofeminists, and theologians of creation, earth, nature, ecology, and land have been elucidating religious perspectives that they hope will help transform human attitudes toward nature and the environment. These writers have sought to reorient Christianity away from anthropocentric views that claim human dominion over nature, premillennial expectations that embrace the destruction of this world, soteriological preoccupations that focus on individual salvation, and otherworldly assumptions that foster alienation from the earth and nature. Some sanguine observers have seen this recent ferment as the greening of American theology or even the greening of the American churches. At the same time, intellectual historians have paid increasing attention to the history of Western ideas about nature and have debated at length the impact of Christianity's theological heritage on the environmental crisis. Specifically, a number of historians have constructed a genealogy of American conservationist and preservationist thought by tracing out a line that includes, among others, George Catlin, Henry David Thoreau, George Perkins Marsh, John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Rachel Carson.
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Wilson, M. Brett. "The Failure of Nomenclature: The Concept of "Orthodoxy" in the Study of Islam." Comparative Islamic Studies 3, no. 2 (November 1, 2007): 169–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/cis.v3i2.169.
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In Euro-American Islamic Studies, the terms orthodox and orthodoxy have a history of imprecision and collusion in theological axe-grinding. Yet despite their oft-noted inadequacies, scholars continue to invoke and retool the terms with a perplexing persistence. The resilient reworking of the term has resulted in a marked indeterminacy which renders orthodoxy a liability rather than an asset in scholarly nomenclature. This paper examines the trajectory of orthodoxy in scholarly works on Islam, outlines its conceptual problems, and probes its place within the conceptual “religionization” of Islam. Special attention is paid to Talal Asad’s influential usage and revival of the term. Despite its newfound life, this paper concludes that orthodoxy remains as problematic as ever.
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Mandela, N. R. "Nelson Mandela on leadership and the role of the churches: An interview." Verbum et Ecclesia 23, no. 3 (August 7, 2002): 615–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v23i3.1233.
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In October 2002 the editor of Die Kerkbode, official newspaper of the Dutch Reformed Church (N G Kerk) paid a visit to ex-president Nelson Mandela. He talked about his life, leadership, as well as the challenges to the churches in our day. His gracious remarks on the role of the Dutch Reformed Church is of special significance, in view of the fact that during many years the church not only supported the policy of Apartheid, but provided a theological argument for doing so. During the 1990s the church, on a number of occasions, confessed guilt in this regard. Dr Frits Gaum, editor, provided a transcript of the interview to Verbum et Ecclesia for this special edition on leadership.
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Menéndez-Antuña, Luis. "Is Caravaggio a queer theologian? Paul’s conversion on the way to Damascus." Critical Research on Religion 6, no. 2 (June 5, 2018): 132–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050303218774865.
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Queer theology has not paid enough attention to queer sex, how queers understand sexual intimate relationships outside hetero/homonormative frameworks, and more importantly, what notions of relationality with Otherness undergird those experiences and practices. This contribution exemplifies a trajectory of visualization—a theoretically based approach to reading art—where the practices of barebacking and cruising in queer subcultures trigger a reading of Caravaggio’s Conversion on the Way the Damascus that, in turn, reads the biblical text (Acts 9) in terms of radical hospitality to Otherness. Barebacking and cruising as sexual practices documented in queer subcultures offer a framework to understand Caravaggio’s artwork as a theological source and as an interpretation of the biblical text.
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Kirillina, Svetlana. "The Vicissitudes of Fate of the Leaders of Ideological Movements in the Muslim World: the Legacy of Abul Ala Mawdudi (1903—1979)." ISTORIYA 12, no. 5 (103) (2021): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.18254/s207987840015911-1.
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The article deals with the milestones of life trajectory and creative personality of the eminent Islamic theologian and politician Abul Ala Mawdudi, whose works and speeches had strong impact on the intellectual atmosphere and social thought in numerous Muslim nations. The typical features of Mawdudi’s theological pioneering and its impact on traditional Islamic image of statehood are reviewed, as well as evolution of nature and visible forms of his anti-imperialist and anti-Western rhetoric — on the background of his troubled and ambiguous relations with secular authorities and ulama corps of Pakistan. The study explores the historical and cultural background of ‘theodemocracy’ conception, elaborated by Abul Ala Mawdudi and used for decades as a mainstream and most popular subject of political discussions in the Islamist milieu. Special attention is paid to the analysis of current issues of state and society in the Islamic world, which belong to spiritual and political heritage of Mawdudi; they can be traced back in the works and observations of radical fundamentalists of the Middle East and North Africa. The relationship of importance of these problems in the ideological space of modern Arab countries, in the sphere of Islamic structures’ political mobilization and vocabulary of Islamist propaganda and rhetoric is also outlined.
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Ochkanov, Hierodeacon Yaroslav. "Intensification of the relationship between the Russian Orthodox and Anglican Church in the second half of the 1890s." Issues of Theology 2, no. 3 (2020): 457–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2020.305.
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The article analyzes the relationship between the Anglican and Russian Orthodox churches at the very end of the 19th century. The reasons why the Anglican — Orthodox dialogue received intensive development and significant theological content during this period are considered. Significant attention is paid to the mutual visits of the hierarchs of the two Churches, during which they discussed and agreed on numerous issues related to the rapprochement of the Anglican and Russian Orthodox Churches in connection with the prospect of planned interfaith unity. Emphasis is placed on the problem of recognizing the legitimacy of Anglican ordinations, which arose both due to the historical formation of Anglicanism and in connection with the peculiarities of the Anglican doctrine of the sacraments, particularly the sacrament of the priesthood. The author investigates the reasons why Russian theologians, who have carefully studied the historical, canonical and dogmatic sides of the issue, were forced at this stage to deny the Anglicans the recognition of the legality of their ordinations. In connection with this decision, the prospect of inter-church unity was postponed indefinitely so that Anglican theological thought could finally be defined in the sacramentology of the Anglican creed. At the same time, the dialogue between the two churches was not interrupted, but rather continued fruitfully in the 20th century.
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Григорьева, Наталья Ивановна. "Works of I. D. Mansvetov as the First Historian of Church Art at the Moscow Theological Academy." Theological Herald, no. 1(40) (March 15, 2021): 262–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.31802/gb.2021.40.1.013.
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Статья посвящена профессору Московской духовной академии, преподавателю кафедры церковной археологии Ивану Даниловичу Мансветову. До настоящего времени в публикациях рассматривалась его деятельность как литургиста, в то время как он много трудов посвятил изучению памятников церковного искусства и разработке проекта церковно-археологических музеев при духовных учебных заведениях. Замысел проекта был основан на изучении опыта Фердинанда Пипера, основателя Берлинского музеума христианских древностей, и его системе монументального богословия. В статье подчёркивается значение преподавательской деятельности И. Д. Мансветова как первого преподавателя церковной археологии, обратившего особое внимание на изучение истории церковного искусства в её неразрывной связи с литургической жизнью Церкви. The article is dedicated to Ivan Danilovich Mansvetov, Professor of Moscow Theological Academy and lecturer of the Department of Church Archaeology. Up until now, many researchers have viewed him primarily as a liturgist, while many of his works were also dedicated to church art, development of the church-archaeological museums by theological educational institutions - the project based on the study of the Berlin Museum of Christian Antiquities by Ferdinand Piper and his system of «Monumental Theology». The article emphasizes the importance of I. D. Mansvetov’s teaching, as the first professor of church archaeology, who paid special attention to the study of church art history in its connection with liturgical life of the Church.
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Tatay-Nieto, Jaime. "Sustainability, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and the Catholic Church’s Ecological Turn." Religions 11, no. 10 (September 25, 2020): 488. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel11100488.
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The promulgation of the encyclical letter Laudato si’ by Pope Francis in 2015 has been interpreted as the final phase in the integration of sustainability concerns into Catholic Social Teaching. In this recent historical development, academic research has paid particular attention to how different eco-theological traditions, sociocultural developments, and local advocacy practices influenced the Church’s ecological turn. However, the key role played by non-magisterial, intermediate institutions, particularly highly qualified interlocutors such as the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS), has not been studied in depth. This article argues that, over the past 60 years, the PAS has been instrumental in this development: Raising awareness on socio-environmental issues, promoting environmental literacy, fostering ethical reflection, and catalyzing interdisciplinary dialogue in order to orient policy.
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Vilozny, Roy. "Imāmī Records of Divine Sayings: Some Thoughts on al-Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī’s al-Jawāhir al-saniyya fī-l-aḥādīth al-qudsiyya." Shii Studies Review 3, no. 1-2 (April 4, 2019): 111–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24682470-12340040.
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Abstract This paper addresses the question of ḥadīth qudsī as an independent sub-category of ḥadīth within the Imāmī literary corpus. It focuses on al-Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī’s (d. 1104/1693) al-Jawāhir al-saniyya fī-l-aḥādīth al-qudsiyya which appears to be the earliest extant Shīʿī compilation entirely devoted to this sort of material. Of the various forms of ḥadīth qudsī in al-ʿĀmilī’s work special attention is paid to traditions in which an Imam cites God directly, without an intermediary in the form of a prophet or an angel. I argue that such traditions represent a more flexible perception of the Imam-Divine relationship than the one familiar to us from theological treatises starting from the Buwayhid period (334/945-447/1055).
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Enea, Daniel. "Direcții teologico-patristice în opera mitropolitului dr. Nicolae Corneanu al Banatului (1962-2014)." Teologie și educație la "Dunărea de Jos" 17 (June 12, 2019): 162–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.35219/teologie.2019.05.
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Metropolitan Nicolae de Banat (1962-2014) paid special attention to the writing activity by which he made a significant contribution to the theological literature, to the church press and beyond. His work, in which we will meet concerns of the most varied, builds a solid and reference bridge between the distant period of patristic Christianity and today. It is precisely this fact that the time of the Holy Fathers no longer seems outdated and dusty, but it manages to bring them almost by making them contemporary to us. The problems of their time, such as the life of the family and society, the persecution of Christians, the unity of the Church of Christ (to say only a few) are still encountered today, always being current.
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Morgan, Robert. "Historical and Canonical Aspects of a New Testament Theology." Biblical Interpretation 11, no. 3 (2003): 629–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156851503790507954.
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AbstractIn nineteenth-century discussions of the scope and methods of New Testament theology more attention was paid to the new historical methods than to the reasons for this discipline. Its independence from dogmatics was new, but it was the role of Scripture in the life of the Church which made it important in educating clergy. Theological interpretation of any passage of Scripture might serve as a source of Christian faith and theology, but for Scripture to be a norm, a survey of the whole New Testament is needed. New Testament theologies using historical exegesis and attending to all the canonical writings can offer (or imply) proposals about the identity of Christianity, and in the conversation between such proposals a measure of consensus can be expected where there is agreement to respect textual intention. Most Christian reading of Scripture to nourish and communicate faith is done through translations and without asking about authorial intention, but theologians making proposals about the identity of Christianity which accord with the witness of Scripture are subject to more constraints for the sake of consensus. They need to survey the whole New Testament using critical historical exegesis and background knowledge of the ancient world to inform a perspective derived from their contemporary understandings of Christianity. Such theologically interested surveys are properly called New Testament theologies.
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Compaan, Auke. "Op soek na die kontoere vir ’n teologies-etiese begronding van homoseksualiteit: ’n Gereformeerde perspektief." STJ | Stellenbosch Theological Journal 2, no. 2 (December 31, 2016): 181–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.17570/stj.2016.v2n2.a09.
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In search of the contours of theological ethics of human sexuality with regard to homosexuality: a Reformed perspectiveThis article offers a description and discussion of the contours of theological ethics of human sexuality, with regard to homosexuality. In the first part of the article, the topic of homosexuality is discussed within the larger historical development of the concept of human nature in the broader tradition of the church. Here special attention is paid to the views of Philo of Alexandria, St. Augustine and St. Aquinas, showing that the right and wrong of the sexual act were judged in terms of the procreative potential of the act. In the second part of the article, I propose a reformed perspective with regard to sexual ethics. This is done by a re-reading of the concept of human nature, by removing it from the traditional Roman Catholic “nature-grace” paradigm of salvation and re-reading it in terms of the reformed paradigm of “creation (law)-sin-gospel”. I argue that behind this paradigm shift, there is a movement from an ontology of being to an ontology of relationality and that this implies a move from procreation as the foundation of sexual ethics to the seeking of erotic justice in all our intimate relationships as a basis for sexual ethics.
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Antoshchenko, Aleksandr V. "“Results of Synodal Era Will Be Positively Exposed”. Anton V. Kartashev’s Letters to George I. Novitskii. 1957." Herald of Omsk University. Series: Historical Studies 7, no. 2 (26) (October 8, 2020): 145–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.24147/2312-1300.2020.7(2).145-155.
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This publication continues to acquaint the readers with letters written by the historian and professor of the St. Sergius Theological Institute in Paris, Anton V. Kartashev, to his friend George I. Novitskii, who lived in New York. At the beginning of the year, A. V. Kartashev was still thinking about the second edition of his book “The Restoration of Holy Russia”, supplemented by a polemic with its critics. However, the main event in the life of the historian this year was the preparation of “Essays on the History of the Russian Church”. Despite his illness, he managed to prepare a manuscript of the book. A. V. Kartashev paid special attention to assessments of the Synodal period, which, unlike the pre-revolutionary tradition, he characterized positively. A significant place in the letters was occupied by the description of intrigues in the diocesan administration of the West European exarchate of the Russian parishes of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in connection with the anniversary of Metropolitan Vladimir (Tikhonitsky). A. V. Kartashev consistently upheld the principle of collegiality in church administration, and also sought to maintain the high authority of the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute and its rector Bishop Cassian (Bezobrazov). The text of letters is aline with current spelling standards with preservation of some features of author's spelling of separate words and punctuation.
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Shagaviev, D. A. "The works of Shihab ad-din al-Marjani on Islamic scholastic theology." Minbar. Islamic Studies 13, no. 1 (April 7, 2020): 103–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2020-13-1-103-116.
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The well-known Tatar historian and theologian Shihab al-Din al-Marjani (18181889), who worked as an imam and teacher of religious disciplines in Kazan, left behind more than 30 scientific and didactic written works. Some of his works were published in Kazan, Istanbul and Cairo. The subjects of the treatises of Marjani touch upon the Islamic faith, law, ethics, Quranic sciences and the history of Islam and Muslim peoples.The most important contribution to Islamic science is his books on Islamic scholastic theology and Sunni dogma. There are seven works on the abovementioned topics from Shihabuddin Marjani’s heritage on Islamic sciences: “al-Hikma al-baligha”, “al-‘Adhb al-furat”, “al-Mathal al-a‘la”, “Haqq al-bayan”, “at-Tariqa al-muthla”, “Haqq al-‘aqida” and “Sharh mukaddimat ar-risalya al-shamsiyya”.This article provides an overview of these works, gives a brief description of them, discusses the prints. It also sheds the light on their issues and points out the inaccessibility of some of them to researchers. Particular attention is paid to the work “al-Hikma al-baligha” (“Mature Wisdom”), which is a commentary on the well-known text in Sunni world, al-‘Aqida al-nasafiyya.The study uses descriptive and historical scientific methods with elements of theological analysis. Accessible sources in Arabic were directly investigated, and the works of contemporaries of the Tatar scholar were also used.
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Ehret, Verna Marina. "Contemporary Religious Changes in the U.S.: Responses to the Fracturing of Religious Life." Religions 10, no. 5 (April 28, 2019): 295. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel10050295.
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The purpose of this essay is to explore the changing religious landscape of the United States in relation to social and political changes and how scholars of religion ought to respond to those changes. These changes are being evaluated through recent developments in theological narratives of the last 15 years in light of the data provided by the Pew Forum’s Religious Landscape Survey from 2007 and 2014. Special attention is paid to the impact of the 2016 election on social and political narratives and their impact on religious life and religious narratives. The essay argues that scholars of religion have an important voice in this changing landscape to provide tools for building community in diversity and challenging narratives of exclusion that seek to dominate the religious landscape of the United States.
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Miller, Duane Alexander. "The Episcopal Church in Jordan: Identity, Liturgy, and Mission." Journal of Anglican Studies 9, no. 2 (July 30, 2010): 134–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1740355309990271.
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AbstractThe article begins with a brief review of the history of the diocese of Jerusalem. By interviewing eight members of the diocesan clergy in Jordan, the researcher desires to explore how the concepts in the title are related to each other within the Jordanian context. Is there a unique identity of Jordanian Anglicans? What is the desirability and/or feasibility of revising the prayer book? Given the declining demographics of Christians in the region, what avenues are open to these ministers to sustain their congregations? Specific care is paid to the topic of incorporating Muslim converts into existing congregations. Also included are some theological reflections on the meaning of liturgy within the Jordanian context and the diocesan policies for the formation of future priests, which have important implications for the future of the diocese.
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Walsham, Alexandra. "Nature and Nurture in the Early Quaker Movement: Creating the Next Generation of Friends." Studies in Church History 55 (June 2019): 161–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/stc.2018.35.
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This article explores the place of education within the early Quaker movement in England. It examines how Quaker attitudes towards human nature shaped their views on the role of nurture in the creation of a community of believers, and probes the theological assumptions that underpinned this, notably their repudiation of conventional Protestant ideas about original sin and predestination. It also traces the evolution of Quaker views on spiritual direction in domestic and institutional settings against the backdrop of the transformation of the Society of Friends from a radical evangelical sect to a more sober and disciplined movement in the later seventeenth century. Particular attention is paid to the part that education played in ensuring that Quakerism was passed down to the next generation, once the heady excitement of its initial conversionary phase had waned.