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Taussig, Reed. "Witness to the withness the presence of God motif in Matthew /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p090-0327.
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Marshall, Mary Jeanette. "Jesus and the banquets : an investigation of the early Christian tradition concerning Jesus' presence at banquets with toll collectors and sinners /." Marshall, Mary Jeanette (2002) Jesus and the banquets: an investigation of the early Christian tradition concerning Jesus' presence at banquets with toll collectors and sinners. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2002. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/183/.
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The topic is approached from the perspective of table fellowship, the primary focus being Jesus' commensality with toll collectors and sinners. The fundamental hypothesis is that Jesus typically arrived akletos at meals as an itinerant stranger, and that this explains the epithet glutton and drunkard.
Part One sets the parameters, and delineates the materials, methods, and approach adopted in the study. In Part Two, ancient traditions of hospitality and feasting are examined, providing the background material for exegesis of relevant NT texts in Part Three.
It is found that toll collectors represent hosts to Jesus, while sinners gain entry to meals as his umbrae. Both groups are eligible for the kingdom, as are paidia (young slaves/servants), who exemplify humility. Some possible reasons are advanced for Jesus' criticism of Pharisees, but it is emphasised that they are not implicated in his death. The importance of hospitality is indicated by the fact that reception of Jesus and/or his disciples necessarily entails an invitation to a shared meal. In contrast, merely giving alms to strangers/wayfarers who seek hospitality signifies rejection. Any such breach of hospitality mores will incur harsh punishment at the final judgment.
The supposition that Jesus was a guest at the Last Supper allows for an innovative interpretation of his words and actions, particularly since it is proposed that as well as the Twelve, akletoi were present, viz. women, slaves/servants, and possibly Gentiles. It is suggested that the depiction of Jesus in the Synoptics may have been influenced by a pre-existing literary archetype that facilitated the combination of some fictional characteristics with historical elements. The proposed reconstruction of the historical Jesus demonstrates the centrality of hospitality, commensality, and humility in his teaching and practice, a finding that is consistent with the ideals and table fellowship of early Christian communities. The apparent dichotomy between hospitality and hostility indicates a need to follow Jesus' injunction to love one's enemies, i.e. to practise philoxenia.
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Binaghi, Maurizio. "The church and the city the quest for Jesus' presence in urban settings /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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au, M. Marshall@murdoch edu, and Mary Jeanette Marshall. "Jesus and the banquets : an investigation of the early Christian tradition concerning Jesus' presence at banquets with toll collectors and sinners." Murdoch University, 2002. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20051110.163641.
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The topic is approached from the perspective of table fellowship, the primary focus being Jesus' commensality with toll collectors and sinners. The fundamental hypothesis is that Jesus typically arrived akletos at meals as an itinerant stranger, and that this explains the epithet "glutton and drunkard."
Part One sets the parameters, and delineates the materials, methods, and approach adopted in the study. In Part Two, ancient traditions of hospitality and feasting are examined, providing the background material for exegesis of relevant NT texts in Part Three.
It is found that toll collectors represent hosts to Jesus, while "sinners" gain entry to meals as his umbrae. Both groups are eligible for the kingdom, as are paidia (young slaves/servants), who exemplify humility. Some possible reasons are advanced for Jesus' criticism of Pharisees, but it is emphasised that they are not implicated in his death. The importance of hospitality is indicated by the fact that reception of Jesus and/or his disciples necessarily entails an invitation to a shared meal. In contrast, merely giving alms to strangers/wayfarers who seek hospitality signifies rejection. Any such breach of hospitality mores will incur harsh punishment at the final judgment.
The supposition that Jesus was a guest at the Last Supper allows for an innovative interpretation of his words and actions, particularly since it is proposed that as well as the Twelve, akletoi were present, viz. women, slaves/servants, and possibly Gentiles. It is suggested that the depiction of Jesus in the Synoptics may have been influenced by a pre-existing literary archetype that facilitated the combination of some fictional characteristics with historical elements. The proposed reconstruction of the historical Jesus demonstrates the centrality of hospitality, commensality, and humility in his teaching and practice, a finding that is consistent with the ideals and table fellowship of early Christian communities. The apparent dichotomy between hospitality and hostility indicates a need to follow Jesus' injunction to love one's enemies, i.e. to practise philoxenia.
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Karlson, William R. Brackney William H. "Syncretism the presence of Roman augury in the consecration of English monarchs /." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5107.
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Letchford, Roderick R., and rletchford@csu edu au. "Pharisees, Jesus and the kingdom : Divine Royal Presence as exegetical key to Luke 17:20-21." The Australian National University. Faculty of Arts, 2002. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20030917.151913.
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The quest for the historical Jesus can be advanced by a consideration of disagreement scenarios recorded in the gospels. Such conflicts afford the opportunity not only to analyse the positions of the protagonists, but by comparing them, to better appreciate their relative stances. ¶
One area of disagreement that has remained largely unexplored is that between Jesus and the Pharisees over the kingdom of God. Indeed, kingdom of God formed the very foundation of Jesus preaching and thus ought to be the place where fundamental disagreements are to be found. As Luke 17:20-21 represents the only passage in the Gospels where the Pharisees show any interest in the kingdom of God, it forms the central hub of the thesis around which an account of the disparate beliefs of Jesus and the Pharisees on the kingdom of God is constructed. ¶
The main thesis is this. Luke 17:20-21 can best be explained, at the level of the Pharisees and Jesus, as betraying a fundamental disagreement, not in the identity of the kingdom of God, which they both regarded as primarily the Divine Royal Presence, i.e. God himself as king, but in the location of that kingdom. The Pharisees located the kingdom in the here-and-now, Jesus located it in heaven. Conversely, at later stages in the formation of the pericope, the pre-Lukan community identified the kingdom as the Holy Spirit located in individuals with faith in Jesus and the redactor identified the kingdom as Jesus, located both in the Historical Jesus and the Jesus now in heaven. ¶
Chapter 1, after the usual preliminary remarks, presents an analysis of Luke 17:20-21 as a chreia, a literary form ideally suited as the basis on which to compare the beliefs of the Pharisees and Jesus. The work of three scholars vital to the development of the main thesis is then reviewed and evaluated. By way of background, a portrait of the Pharisees is then presented, highlighting in particular, issues that will be of importance in later chapters. Finally, a section on the Aramaic Targums suggests that some targum traditions may be traced back prior to AD 70 and that these reflect the influence and beliefs of first century Palestinian Pharisees. ¶
Chapters 2 and 3 are a consideration of every instance of the explicit mention of God as king (or his kingship) and the Divine Kingdom respectively, in contemporary and earlier Jewish Palestinian literature and in Luke-Acts. A model of the kingdom of God is developed in these chapters that will be applied to Luke 17:20-21 in the next chapter. ¶
Chapter 4 presents a detailed exegesis of Luke 17:20-21, taking into account scholarship on the pericope since the last monograph (an unpublished dissertation of 1962) on the chreia. It offers a composition history of the pericope and measures previous exegesis against the view of the kingdom of God as developed in chapters 2 and 3. ¶
Chapter 5 presents a summary of the work that relates directly to Luke 17:20-21, some implications arising from the findings and, several possible avenues for future research.
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Anderson, Tiffany Christine. "Spatiality redeemed the redemption of created space in Jesus Christ and possible implications for architectural design /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Boyce, Bradley G. "Understanding Learner Interactions in the Home-Study and Technology-Mediated Seminary Program for Youth in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3023.
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Interaction is a core element in the design of blended and distance learning environments. The importance of understanding these interactions and what might increase effectiveness of such interactions in education is paramount for meaningful learning. This dissertation consists of two qualitative case studies designed to provide a rich, descriptive look at interactions in a high school distance/blended-learning context in the home-study and technology-meditated seminary program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the study article, Moore's (1989) interaction framework was used as a lens for understanding the learner experience. Thematic narratives were used to highlight themes related to students' perceived learning gains from learner-content interaction and their hesitancy to engage in learner-learner and learner-instructor interactions if they had not met personally. In the second study, Garrison's (2007) Community of Inquiry framework was used to understand the impact that teacher decisions, other than the selection of content, had on the cognitive and social climate of the learning experience. This study describes how a teacher's facilitation of social interaction influences the course learning outcomes. The results highlight the teacher's role in providing the educational and social climate needed to foster learner interactions. This study noted that when the teachers gave learners the opportunity to interact in a live setting, it appeared to foster the relationships needed to interact online. The narratives also highlight how a teacher helped learners interact with one another around content online.
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Hwang, Won-Ha. "The presence of the risen Jesus in and among his followers with special reference to the first farewell discourse in John 13:31-14:31[electronic resource] /." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06222007-111151/.
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Reinhardt, David Lee. "Theatrical living : responsive lives which manifest God's loving presence and ways." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/16579.
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God is revealed through Scripture and the Incarnation as desiring to establish loving relationships with others beyond the Trinity. In the beginning he did so by creating human beings, and making himself, his desires, and his ways known to them. He chose to do so through particular actions and encounters in history which involved various forms of embodied manifestation, and led up to the supreme manifestation: the enfleshing of Jesus. Following on from the acts of Jesus which perfectly manifested God and his ways to the world in the flesh, human creatures created in the image of God and united to Christ are also called and gifted by God to manifest God's presence, activity, and ways in this world by using their bodies to live faithfully and responsively to the leading of the Spirit. In order to investigate and demonstrate these claims, Part I of the thesis examines a selection of precedent-setting events chronicled in the Old Testament in which God manifested his presence and ways to people in a variety of circumstances. Part II is concerned with a theological examination of God's manifestations and the roles people can and should play in these manifestations. It begins by engaging with reflections on the subject from the early church fathers Irenaeus, Athanasius, and Augustine; and, in keeping with the Reformed approach taken in the thesis generally, this is followed by in-depth treatments of Reformer John Calvin and Reformed theologian Karl Barth on the revelation, manifestation, and proclamation of God by people in this world. Having substantiated the claim that how people live is significant and of concern to God as it can impinge upon his ongoing desire to make himself and his ways known, Part III is designed to provide a fuller understanding of some of the meaning and significance conveyed by bodily expressions in human interactions with an eye towards seeking ways to live more faithfully to God. It identifies the theatre, particularly improvisational theatre, as a laboratory for understanding human living, and so explores the insights of theatre practitioners into everyday living; while also considering the work of philosophers of language and sociologists who do the same. Through this spotlight on the theatricality of life the case is made for attempting to live responsively, in keeping with improvisational actors, in ways that are faithful to God and which can serve to aid those united to Christ as they seek to make God known to others.
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Christian, Wendy Hamilton. ""And Well She Can Persuade": the Power and Presence of Women in the Book of Mormon." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2002. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4597.
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This work is the first of its kind on women in the Book of Mormon. It (1) is an exhaustive treatment of the book's female characters, (2) analyzes how women function in the text, and (3) delineates the text's female-inclusive language. This thesis contains a complete list and discussion of the identifiable women in the Book of Mormon (Chapter 1); provides a compilation and treatment of the book's gender-inclusive language—comprising over 200 words and more than 5,000 references to them—and its bearing on the doctrines and depictions of women in the narrative (Chapter 2); and illustrates the significant influence individual women had on the Nephite-Lamanite-Jaredite civilization (Chapter 3). This study concludes with a chapter that attempts to account for the scarcity of women's stories in the narrative and the minimal knowledge we are provided about them compared to men. Readers will find overwhelming evidence from this thesis that women figure more prominently in the narrative than we often realize. This work offers a compelling argument for the pervasive and powerful presence of women in the Book of Mormon.
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Holt, Kamia Walton. "The Sound of Utah: the Presence of Geographical Elements in Music Written About the State of Utah." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 1997. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/MTGM,35377.
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Aggett, Michael. "Jesus' resurrection : a history of its interpretation from Reimarus to the present." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3563.
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Jackson, Mark R. "The present reality of the Kingdom of God." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Hackenbracht, Brent W. "A study of the concept of spirituality as presented by Jesus in selected passages of the Gospel of Matthew." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.
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Alonso, Cabrera Jesús Eduardo [Verfasser], and Rainer [Akademischer Betreuer] Schwabe. "Optimal design in the presence of random or fixed block effects / Jesús Eduardo Alonso Cabrera. Betreuer: Rainer Schwabe." Magdeburg : Universitätsbibliothek, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1054638861/34.
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Lee, Yongwoon. "The concept of the human mind presented in the three letters of Gregory of Nazianzus against Apollinarians." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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Gaune, Rafael, and Claudio Rolle. "Ausencia, presencia, evocación. Un documento-monumento de un transitar jesuita: Diego de Rosales a Luis de Valdivia, Arauco, 1643." Revista del Instituto Riva-Agüero, 2015. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/52265.
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En este texto presentamos una edición crítica de un documento conservado en el Archivo Romano de la Compañía de Jesús, escrito por el jesuita Diego de Rosales en Arauco, Chile, el 20 de abril de 1643. El destinatario de la carta era el jesuita Luis de Valdivia que había fallecido, en Valladolid, el 5de noviembre de 1642. El remitente, al no conocer la noticia de la muertede Valdivia, convirtió implícitamente su texto en un retrato de una ausencia evocando su presencia a través de la referencia a los frutos del proyecto de guerra defensiva, ideado por Luis de Valdivia, entre 1612 y 1626, en el confín meridional del virreinato peruano.
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Salvador, Vélez Gonzalo. "Borges y la Biblia. Presencia de la Biblia en la obra de Jorge Luis Borges." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/7447.
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El presente trabajo estudia la recepción de la Biblia por parte de Jorge Luis Borges a partir del análisis de su obra completa. Se compone de tres partes. En la primera, contextual, después de perfilar la fortuna literaria del imaginario bíblico, cuestión bien estudiada en el ámbito anglosajón desde la década de 1980, se atiende brevemente al modo en que tres autores importantes para Borges Dante, Milton y Blake usaron la Escritura en su obra. En la segunda, a partir de ciertos datos biográficos, declaraciones y escritos de Borges, se trata de precisar la importancia que tuvo para él la literatura bíblica y de qué modo ésta influyó en su propia poética. En la tercera se analiza el uso literario de ciertos personajes de la Escritura por parte de Borges; el análisis revela que esos personajes encarnan de un modo paradigmático algunos de los temas centrales de su obra, como el conocimiento, la muerte, el tiempo o la identidad.The present work studies the reception of the Bible by Jorge Luis Borges by means of the analysis of his complete work. It consists of three parts. The first one, merely contextual, outlines the literary fortune of the biblical imagery, a question that has occupied to the Anglo-Saxon criticism from the decade of 1980, and concisely attends to the way in which three important authors for Borges Dante, Milton and Blake used the Scriptures in their work. The second one attempts to specify, from the basis of certain biographical information, declarations and writings of Borges, the importance that the Biblical literature had for him and the way it influenced his own poetics. The third one analyzes the literary use of certain characters of the Scriptures by Borges; the analysis reveals that these characters personify in a paradigmatic way some of the central topics of his work, as knowledge, death, time or identity.
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Cadavid, Yani Helwi Margarita. "A Colombian Nun and the Love of God and Neighbour : The Spiritual Path of María de Jesús (1690s-1776)." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Missionsvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-296111.
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María de Jesús (1690s-1776) was a white-veiled Discalced Carmelite nun of the San José convent in Santa Fe de Bogotá, founded in 1606. She professed in the year 1714, and her spiritual journal was printed in a chronicle about the convent in the 1940s. The aim of this study is to examine the love of God and of neighbour, as expressed in the spiritual journal of María de Jesús. In this study I will proceed from the understanding of love as charity. In Christian thought God Himself is love, and its source. Charity, the third, and greatest, of the theological virtues, is a state of being in and responding to God’s love and favour. This way of loving consists in loving God wholeheartedly and loving our neighbour as ourselves. Included in loving our neighbour are acts related to his or her spiritual benefit and salvation. These are all present themes in María de Jesús’ text, but my aim is to examine how she incorporates these themes in her spiritual testimony by analyzing the imagery she uses, and the affective language in her spiritual journal. I will also seek to understand her way of writing by analyzing her text against the background of the tradition of women’s spiritual writings. Being a Discalced Carmelite, it will also be interesting to discover the Teresian presence in María de Jesus’ text, i.e. the influence of her predecessor and the reformer of the order, Teresa of Ávila (1515- 1582). I suggest that this can be noticed in certain rhetorical techniques. I also aim to examine if there are any similarities and differences in their expressions of love of God and of neighbour.
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Cavalcante, Roselli Aparecida. "Funda??o de Vila Maria com a presen?a Chiquitana : os povoadores da fronteira oeste da Capitania de Mato Grosso (1778-1827)." Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2015. http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/5921.
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This study aims to analyze the foundation of Vila Maria of Paraguay, current C?ceres - MT, with the presence of Chiquitano Indians from Chiquitano Jesuit missions on the eastern side of the Spanish colony in America, now Bolivia, probably, Santa Ana, Santa Rosa, St. John and the Holy Heart of Jesus de Chiquitos. Seeks to highlight the Portuguese settlement strategies with these Indians in the period they were created and consolidated the Portuguese-Spanish border in western Mato Grosso Captaincy with the lands of the Spanish colony in South America especially in Vila Maria of Paraguay. The time frame covers the foundation of Vila Maria from 1778 to 1827, during the view of Hercules Florence to that village. Vila Maria becomes important strategic point between the villages of Cuiab? and Vila Bela of the Trinity in the Guapor? valley and the lack of "white people" to populate it, the Chiquitano and Indians from other ethnic groups, served the Lusitanian project of settlement, occupation and consolidation of their land in this part of the colony. The royal instructions and the urbanization project of the Portuguese crown and the Marquis of Pombal will be the hallmarks of this settlement.
Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a funda??o de Vila Maria do Paraguai, atual C?ceres ? MT, com a presen?a de ?ndios Chiquitano provenientes de miss?es jesu?ticas Chiquitanas do lado oriental da col?nia espanhola na Am?rica, atual Bol?via, provavelmente de, Santa Ana, Santa Rosa, S?o Jo?o e do Santo Cora??o de Jesus de Chiquitos. Procura evidenciar as estrat?gias de povoamento dos portugueses com esses ?ndios no per?odo em que se criavam e consolidavam a fronteira luso-espanhola no oeste da Capitania de Mato Grosso com as terras da col?nia espanhola na Am?rica do sul, especialmente em Vila Maria do Paraguai. O recorte temporal abrange a funda??o de Vila Maria 1778 a 1827, ocasi?o da vista de Hercules de Florence a essa Vila. Vila Maria torna-se importante ponto estrat?gico entre as Vilas de Cuiab? e Vila Bela da Sant?ssima Trindade no vale do Guapor? e na falta de ?gente branca? para povo?-la, os Chiquitano, bem como ?ndios de outras etnias, serviram ao projeto lusitano de povoamento, ocupa??o e consolida??o de suas terras nesta parte da col?nia. As instru??es r?gias e o projeto de urbaniza??o da coroa portuguesa e do Marqu?s de Pombal ser?o os balizadores deste povoamento.
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Hwang, Won-Ha. "The presence of the risen Jesus in and among his followers with special reference to the first farewell discourse in John 13:31-14:31." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25734.
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The author of the Fourth Gospel delivers the true divine identity and significance of Jesus throughout the entire narrative. He aims at guiding his readers through the narrative of the Gospel with the purpose that they will “see” (meet) Jesus, confess him as Christ, and receive eternal life. John actually planned that the text of the Gospel should actively change people. Furthermore, the Gospel of John has wide spectrum of the reader. This means that John opens his message to the all the generations who are no longer in a position to see Jesus physically. Nobody reading this text should or could stay the same, since he or she will be confronted with the protagonist of the text, namely Jesus. By accepting this message, that person will receive life; by rejecting the message, a person will perish. This truth is rehearsed over and again in the narrative for every reader to see. The text of the Gospel thus becomes the “presence of Jesus” among the readers. This functional purpose of the Gospel accounts for the first farewell discourse in John 13:31-14:31. In response to previous scholarship that understands the Johannine farewell discourses solely as a testament, the present study convinces that the discourses interface with classical literature, specifically the following literary styles: Greek tragedy, consolation literature, and the literary symposium tradition. The multiplicity of the generic associations of the discourses sheds new light on the nature of Jesus’ departure as well as his continuing presence in spite of that departure. No longer designed to evoke only the themes of departure and absence, the testament of Jesus in John emphasises instead Jesus’ abiding presence. While the material from Greek tragedy will only further emphasise the theme of departure, the material from classical consolation literature and the literary symposium tradition will accentuate the theme of continuing presence. John has thereby transcended the usual expectations of the testament. Thus the physically absent Jesus becomes present through his first farewell discourse: the reader is confronted with a dynamic portrait of Jesus and this confrontation results in an acceptance of Jesus as Christ, as well as the receiving of eternal life. According to the first farewell discourse, eschatological promise, knowing and seeing the Father, glory, love, pastoral ministry, deeds, prayer, Paraclete, remembering, faith, peace and joy, and the words of Jesus all serve as the replacement of the physical Jesus. Therefore, the first farewell discourse does not indicate the separation of Jesus from his disciples but rather the permanent presence of the risen Jesus in and among them. This is their basis for perseverance, in other words, the foundation of their spreading the gospel messages to non-believers, even though they were in a difficult place. the gospel of John, John 13:31-14-31, the purpose of John’s gospel, the presence of Jesus, the recipient of the Fourth Gospel, the farewell discourse(s), Biblical hermeneutics, glory, eschatological promise, the Paraclete, mutual love, peace and joyThesis (PhD (New Testament Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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Jajtner, Tomáš. "Spiritualita přítomnosti: k významu díla R. Voillauma." Doctoral thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-326727.
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English abstract The present dissertation Spirituality of Presence: the Significance of R. Voillaume s Work focuses on the life and work of R. Voillaume (1905-2003). His work is understood as spirituality of presence , or to be more precise of double presence: presence to God and presence to man. After the introductory part dealing with Voillaume s life, historical context and a survey of his work, the dissertation continues with an analysis of his literary work. The main theme is a relecture of Foucauld s spirituality of Nazareth in the light of the mentioned concept of presence: the hidden and silent presence in the midst of men refers not only to the significance of hidden life in Catholic spirituality, it also points out to the deep openness to the situation of modern man and to the search of an authentic Christian life as a life of presence trying to make the life of faith accessible to a contemporary man in a creative and nonconformist way. The conclusion puts Foucauldian spirituality (whose main interpreter is R. Voillaume) into the context of Catholic spirituality and confronts his spirituality of presence with the findings of biblical theology. Theoretically, the dissertation combines personalistic and systematic approaches. Voillaume s work is understood as a major manifestation of Catholic...
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Fuchser, Stefan. "Christus im Zentrum : die christologischen Schwerpunkte im Leben von frère Roger von Taizé." Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5102.
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Text in GermanDie vorliegende Dissertation untersucht die christologischen Schwerpunkte im Leben und Denken von Frère Roger Schutz von Taizé und zeigt Querverbindungen zu unterschiedlichen theologischen Ansätzen. Dabei werden dogmatische Berührungspunkte zu den Vätern der alten Kirche, zur lutherischen, katholischen und orthodoxen Christologie dargestellt und untersucht. Als Basis der systematisch-theologischen Forschungsarbeit dienen die theologischen Studien, Tagebücher und erbaulichen Schriften, die Roger Schutz zwischen 1943 und 2005 geschrieben hat, sowie die liturgischen Hefte und Gebetsbücher von Taizé, die auf ihren christologischen Gehalt untersucht werden. Die poetische Sprache von Frère Roger erfordert eine literarische und theologische Interpretation, die mit zwei Brüdern der Gemeinschaft in Taizé besprochen wurde. Die Entwicklung der christologischen Ansichten von Roger Schutz wird durch alle Phasen seines Lebens hindurch untersucht, sodass am Schluss der Arbeit drei wichtige Thesen dargestellt werden können, die für die Zukunft von Taizé und für die christologische Diskussion im ökumenischen Umfeld interessant sind.
This present dissertation researches the christological key factors in the life and thinking of Frère Roger Schutz of Taizé and shows specific connections to different theological theories. We find several points of reference to the church fathers, the lutheran, catholic and orthodox Christology which are categorized and evaluated. As a base of this systematic research, I use the theological reflections, the diaries and the devotional books which Roger Schutz wrote between 1943 and 2005 as well as the liturgical sheets and prayer books in Taizé center. The poetic language of Frère Roger needs a literally and theological interpretation which I discussed with two Brothers of the community. The development of the christological thinking of Roger Schutz is analysed through all phases of his life, so that at the end of my research I conclude with three final observations which are interesting for the future of the community in Taizé as well as for the christological discussion in the ecumenical context.
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Chimhanda, Francisca Hildegardis. "An incarnational Christology set in the context of narratives of Shona women in present day Zimbabwe." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/598.
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Implicit in the concepts Incarnation, narrative, Christology, Shona women of Zimbabwe today is
the God who acts in human history and in the contemporaneity and particularity of our being.
The Incarnation as the embodiment of God in the world entails seizing the kairos opportunity to
expand the view and to bear the burdens of responsibility. A theanthropocosmic Christology that
captures the Shona holistic world-view is explored. The acme for a relational Christology is the
imago Dei/Christi and the baptismal indicative and imperative. God is revealed in various
manifestations of creation. Human identity and dignity is the flipside of God's attributes.
Theanthropocosmic Christology as pluralistic, differential and radical brings about a dialectic
between the whole and its parts, the uniqueness of the individual, communal ontology and
epistemology, the local and the universal, orthodoxy and orthopraxis, Christology and
soteriology. God mediates in the contingency of particularity. Emphasis is on life-affirmation
rather than sex determination of Jesus as indicated by theologies of liberation and inculturation.
At the interface gender, ethnicity, class and creed, God transcends human limitedness and
artificial boundaries in creating catholic space and advocating all-embracing apostolic action.
Difference is appreciated for the richness it brings both to the individual and the community.
Hegemonic structures and borderless texts are view with suspicion as totalising grand~narratives
and exclusivist by using generic language. The kairos in dialogue with the Incarnation is seizing
the moment to expand the view and to share the burdens, joys and responsibility in a community
of equal discipleship.
In a hermeneutic of engagement and suspicion, prophetic witness is the hallmark of Christian
discipleship and of a Christology that culminates in liberative praxis. The Christology that
emerges from Shona women highlights a passionate appropriation that involves the head, gut,
womb and heart and underlies the circle symbolism. The circle is the acme of Shona hospitality
and togetherness in creative dialogue with the Trinitarian koinonia. The Shona Christological
designation Muponesi (Deliverer-Midwife) in dialogue with the Paschal Mystery motif captures
the God-human-cosmos relationship that gives a Christology caught up in the rhythms,
dynamism and drama of life.Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology
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Full textAbstract:
This thesis addresses pervasive ways in which New Zealanders thought about Jesus during the years from approximately 1900 to 1940. In particular, it considers ways that he appeared within discourse, contexts in which he was especially invoked, and ends for which he was employed. It examines Jesus as a religious icon, but also as a reflexive tool for examining the place of religion in New Zealand culture and society. In this sense, it addresses Jesus as a phenomenon of social and cultural history. The thesis draws on a wide range of sources and methodologies, and is organised thematically into chapters that highlight predominant images of Jesus and important contexts that helped shape them. It considers Jesus in the languages of doctrine and devotion, social reform, and for children. It further assesses images of Jesus' masculinity, and representations of him as an 'anti-Church' prophet. The overarching argument is that Jesus constituted an increasingly important focal point in New Zealand religiosity during the period under investigation. Especially within Protestant Christianity, Jesus became a more important discursive focus and acquired new status as a source of authority. This movement reflected wider social and cultural shifts, particularly related to understandings of the nature of society and notions of personality. The increasingly Jesus-centred orientation of Protestant religiosity was fundamentally an attempt to modernise Christianity and extend its reach into the community. In particular, Jesus was invoked as the simple core of Christianity - the attractive essence of 'true religion'. Jesus-centred religiosity provided evidence of a changing social and cultural situation, demonstrating that religious language and ideals could be sensitive indicators of such shifts. The rise of Jesus as a focal point in religion was a response to change that reoriented Protestant Christianity in the process.