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Church-Based Research: Challenges And Opportunities, David R. Dunaetz
Church-Based Research: Challenges And Opportunities, David R. Dunaetz
Great Commission Research Journal
Because the church is the body of Christ, research focused on the Great Commission and Jesus’ concern for evangelism and disciple-making needs to be church-based. The goal of such research is to better share God’s love to a world who does not know him by building up a collection of knowledge that will enable us to do so. This research may be both theological (focusing on what the Bible and other theologians have said) and scientific (focusing on collecting new data and interpreting it, especially in light of theology). Church-based scientific research may be either qualitative (exploring broad ideas and …
Structure Formation Mamluk Saltanate In Egypt, Zukhra Aripova Miss
Structure Formation Mamluk Saltanate In Egypt, Zukhra Aripova Miss
The Light of Islam
In the medieval history of Egypt, the peculiarities of the Turkic Sultans are full of Tulunids, Exshcidians and Mamluks. The religious historical monuments and shrines built during this period can provide information on some of the Sultans' activities. This scientific article investigates and analyzes the processes of formation of the sovereignty of the Mamluks who dominated Egypt in 1250-1517, the events that led to the arrival of the Egyptians to Egypt, their relationship with the Abbasids. The prestige of Egyptian sultans grew after the victory over the Mongols. The issues related to the reign of the Sultan of the Bahelik …
Development Of Concepts On The Philosophy Of Religion In The Philosophical Thinking Of The West, Abduxoliq Tashanov
Development Of Concepts On The Philosophy Of Religion In The Philosophical Thinking Of The West, Abduxoliq Tashanov
The Light of Islam
This article explores the role of religious ideas, concepts and ideas in the cognitive process, the idea of God in the dominant idea of medieval Western civilization, as well as the philosophical views of theologians on the unity and eternity of God. The ideas of Thomas Aquinas about God, the omnipotence of God and his relative and absolute views on him are analyzed. The role of the theological doctrine in European philosophy of the 11th-13th centuries, its transformation into medieval European conceptual dominance was investigated in the theory of theology as a major scientific science with the addition of philosophy …
Race Relations: A Dialogue Between Science And Theology On The Basis Of Race, Shanice Latham
Race Relations: A Dialogue Between Science And Theology On The Basis Of Race, Shanice Latham
Dialogue & Nexus
When the topic of race is breached the emotions expressed can range from extreme feelings of guilt to extreme feelings of anger. Why is a word that is, today, commonly associated with a person’s skin color and other physical characteristics responsible for such strong emotional reactions? Much of the violence, poverty, injustice, and hurt in the world has been and is caused by racial division. With the continued use of such an arbitrary system as race these issues will continue to persist and deteriorate. This paper will explore the origin, as well as scientific and theological perspectives of race and …
Logic Versus Science, Graeme Wertheimer
Logic Versus Science, Graeme Wertheimer
Aristos
To comprehend St Thomas Aquinas’ statement that, “A student should address themselves to logic before the other sciences, because it deals with their common procedure”[1] this essay argues that it is necessary to ask the question of whether one’s world view comes before science or whether science forms one’s world view.
A world view that comes before science first requires understanding and logic to make a hypothesis which is to be confirmed through scientific experiment. If science forms one’s world view, however, conversely, scientific experiments create our logical thoughts and world view.
This essay will analyse St Thomas Aquinas’ …
Structurally Cosmic Apostasy: The Atheist Occult World Of H.P. Lovecraft, Brian J. Reis
Structurally Cosmic Apostasy: The Atheist Occult World Of H.P. Lovecraft, Brian J. Reis
LUX: A Journal of Transdisciplinary Writing and Research from Claremont Graduate University
The conflict between materialism and spiritualism has a long and sordid philosophical history. Both schools of thought attempted to address the problems of the unknown through varying methods. There are two figures, who i their own ways, one subtle ad the other not so subtle rejected both means. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky sought to counter Spiritualist claims by venturing into her own occult philosophy—Theosophy—seeking to uncover spiritual truths, debunking religious traditions as well as seeking to undermine scientific materialism that had begun to sweep the intellectual life of the 19th century. To do so, she claimed to have translated an …
A Thin Blue Line, Frank Shirvinski
Suggestions For Future Reading, Chris Doran
Reconciling Science And Religion: One Christian's Perspective, Rodney Honeycutt
Reconciling Science And Religion: One Christian's Perspective, Rodney Honeycutt
Leaven
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The Futility Of Ethics Apart From God, Corey Williams
A Letter To Christian Ministers, Donna Nofziger Plank
Editors' Notes, Stuart Love, D'Esta Love, Chris Doran
Book Review: A Review Of God And Contemporary Science, By Philip Clayton, Lewis S. Ford
Book Review: A Review Of God And Contemporary Science, By Philip Clayton, Lewis S. Ford
Journal for Christian Theological Research
This is a book review of God and Contemporary Science by Philip Clayton.
Prolegomena According To Karl Barth, Robert D. Preus
Prolegomena According To Karl Barth, Robert D. Preus
Concordia Theological Monthly
In a former article I pointed out by way of introduction that Karl Barth by his raking cognizance of both exegesis and church history ranks rightfully above most of his contemporaries as a dogmatician of stature. In the present article I shall try to examine Barth's opinion on the subjects of theology and dogmatics more specifically. We shall find that Barth takes a position on the matter of prolegomena very close to that of the 16th- and 17th-cenrury Lutheran and Reformed teachers, that his position is in the main both Scriptural and sane. Here, although we shall perhaps discern nothing …
Theology And Science, Paul M. Bretscher
Theology And Science, Paul M. Bretscher
Concordia Theological Monthly
Less than a generation ago most people noted in science only its immediate anthropological implication. They argued whether man was descended from simian stock or, regardless of his ancestry, whether he was the inevitable outcome of predetermining causes. In either case the concept of God was next to irrelevant, and Christian theology seemed on its way out.
Toward An Evangelical Philosophy Of Science: The Historical And Recent Background, Oscar T. Walle
Toward An Evangelical Philosophy Of Science: The Historical And Recent Background, Oscar T. Walle
Concordia Theological Monthly
The general title of our discussions indicates that we are interested in the search for a unifying discipline or point of view which may bridge or fuse what Carl Henry calls. "the cleavage between science and religion . . . one of the defacing characteristics of our culture." This author ably states the case when he says, "Evangelical theology, if it is to make a major contribution to synthesis, must propound a Christian philosophy of science tracing the implications of the sovereignty of God for all branches of science." It is the purpose of this presentation to call attention to …
Faith Healing: A Discussion, Edward J. Mahnke
Faith Healing: A Discussion, Edward J. Mahnke
Concordia Theological Monthly
Is it right to promise health or material advantage to people who practice a religious life? This question is basic to the considerations involved in the practice of faith healing.
Man threatened by foreign powers, missiles, disaster plans. evacuation routes, tossed back and forward by doctrines of every kind, finds himself shaken. He is uncertain about God. He needs health and money to maintain control of his life and future. In Deut. 8:17, 18 the Lord insists that He is the source of all goodness. But He also warns man not to think of God as a resource by which …
A Review Of Von Weizsäcker's Am Anfang, August C. Rehwaldt
A Review Of Von Weizsäcker's Am Anfang, August C. Rehwaldt
Concordia Theological Monthly
During the winter of 1919/20 Victor von Weizsȁcker delivered a series of lectures on natural philosophy at the University of Heidelberg. Because of conditions of war only a fragment of these lectures has been preserved. This was published under the title: Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde. The opening sentences of the lecture proper are: "We begin by referring to a particular historical document, the oldest, perhaps, in existence, the creation account of the Bible. We shall see that it contains all the most important problems of natural philosophy." This paper is an attempt to share some of Weizsȁcker’s …
Some Observations On Current Cosmological Theories, Paul A. Zimmerman
Some Observations On Current Cosmological Theories, Paul A. Zimmerman
Concordia Theological Monthly
It has been rightly said that there are fashions in science as in all other fields. This fact has been demonstrated lately by the large number of articles dealing with cosmological problems that have appeared in the last two years in both popular and scientific journals. There has been striking evidence of increased interest in cosmology, the study of the universe, and in cosmogony, the study of the origin of the universe and the world. One of the most popular programs of the British Broadcasting System in 1950 was a series of lectures on the origin of the world and …
Some Phases Of "After His Kind" In The Light Of Modem Science, August C. Rehwaldt
Some Phases Of "After His Kind" In The Light Of Modem Science, August C. Rehwaldt
Concordia Theological Monthly
Some would estimate the number of species of animals to be about 1,073,000. Others say that there are about 3,000,000 species of animals. The wide range of difference between these two estimates is due to the diversity of opinion as to the concept "species." Since evolution is the background of modern biology, the term species is accordingly defined as an evolving group and net as an aggregation with set bounds and limits. Darwin's Origin of Species takes this view. Opposed to this view is that of the Bible, which speaks of natural groups of plants and animals and calls such …
The Moral And Spiritual Qualifications Of The Biblical Interpreter, Raymond F. Surburg
The Moral And Spiritual Qualifications Of The Biblical Interpreter, Raymond F. Surburg
Concordia Theological Monthly
The existence of many different Christian sects and denominations, although all purport to base their theological tenets on the Bible, has been a source of great perplexity to Christian and non-Christian students of the religious life of the past and present. While a number of reasons have been advanced for this situation, one of the underlying causes has been correctly stated by Burrows when he wrote: "Wrong methods of interpretation and use have prevented Christians hitherto from arriving at any unity in their understanding of the Scriptures."
Freedom And The Modern Physical World Picture, Th. Graebner
Freedom And The Modern Physical World Picture, Th. Graebner
Concordia Theological Monthly
A discussion of the problem of free will as affected by the new physics cannot claim finality in any sense. The modern world picture is not complete, for one thing, and we are free from agreement on the epistemological background of the doctrine of freedom. Yet the problem of the will remains the most fascinating in philosophy, and the possibilities which modem physics offers towards the solution are arresting enough to deserve more than passing notice. Any serious study of the subject unfortunately involves factors of a subjective nature, which make their results arrived at of little absolute worth. Is …
Is The New Science Hostile To Religon?, Theodore Graebner
Is The New Science Hostile To Religon?, Theodore Graebner
Concordia Theological Monthly
The question is raised in a letter which just comes to hand from Rev. H. J. S. Astrup of Zululand, South Africa, who calls himself "an unknown far-away man," but whose labors in the South Africa mission-field are not unknown to us. Rev. Astrup particularly refers to a recent book of Sir James Jeans, The Mysterious Universe, a book which in this reader's opinion "has upset many person's faith," particularly in its bearings on the Christian's belief in creation.
The Superman, C W. Faye
The Superman, C W. Faye
Concordia Theological Monthly
This is a revision, amplification, and bringing up to date of an oration delivered and published a number of years ago. I should like to add that I have sometimes felt in preparing this paper that what Bergson, for instance, has been driving at has eluded me. I have tried to present fairly and justly the doctrines of the thinkers mentioned in this paper. Even If I have failed to discover what they wished to teach, I feel pretty confident of having found out what the bulk of their followers think they teach. For practical purposes that is sufficient; for …