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Children Of A Lesser God: Truth As Bodiliness And Forgiveness, Glenn J. Morrison
Children Of A Lesser God: Truth As Bodiliness And Forgiveness, Glenn J. Morrison
Glenn J Morrison
The article aims in two parts to develop a sense of truth as bodiliness and forgiveness. In bodiliness, we suffer by the suffering of the other and in forgiveness there arises an existential journey of sensibility and feelings. Together, bodiliness and forgiveness provide a relational horizon to journey towards truth. Part I of the article sets out to establish a theoretical background for Part II to engage theology with the study of the film, Children of a Lesser God (1986). Given that films today are popular mediums for encountering revelation and the sacred, the application of film to theology provides …
10 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Sikhism, Simran Singh
10 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Sikhism, Simran Singh
Simran Jeet Singh
Despite being one of the world’s largest world religions, Sikhism remains one of the most unknown traditions in America. The lack of understanding has led to serious consequences, including discriminatory policies, bigoted stereotypes, traumatic school bullying and violent hate crimes.
Here is a list of 10 things that the global community ought to know about its Sikh neighbors.
Psalms 69 And 117, Michael Murphy
Medievalism And The Subject Of Religion, Richard Utz
Medievalism And The Subject Of Religion, Richard Utz
Richard Utz
Assesses the reasons for the relative disregard of scholarly work on studying the continuity of religious thought and faith by scholarship in Medievalism Studies over the last 25 years. Postulates that medievalism scholars have an ethical obligation to investigate and historicize religion and theology, at least in its temporal manifestations.
Mikveh: The Relationship Of Jewish Ritual Immersion And Christian Baptism, Barry Fike
Mikveh: The Relationship Of Jewish Ritual Immersion And Christian Baptism, Barry Fike
Barry D. Fike
Most Christians understand baptism as an undeniable doctrine of early Christianity. What most don’t grasp is that this practice goes far beyond the confines of Jesus and John the Baptist to some of the earliest recorded stages of the people of God, meaning that it has always been a part of the plan of God for the redemption of mankind. In this book, Barry Fike goes back into the Hebrew background of the concept of Christian baptism into the Jewish understanding of this ritual of cleanliness to show that our present understanding needs to have some backdrop to correctly identify …
An Introduction To Philosophy And Theology Within Catholic Liberal Education, Angus Brook
An Introduction To Philosophy And Theology Within Catholic Liberal Education, Angus Brook
Angus Brook
God Is His Own Interpreter, And He Will Make It Plain, Barry D. Fike
God Is His Own Interpreter, And He Will Make It Plain, Barry D. Fike
Barry D. Fike
Religion, in its mystical, emotional or practical expression is, to me at any rate, of little value if divorced from intellectual integrity. I think that the reason “many believers” are so repulsive is that they don’t really have faith but a kind of false security. They operate by the slide rule, and the Church for them is not the body of Christ but the poor man’s insurance system. It’s never hard for them to believe because actually they never think about it. Unfortunately the reality is simply that it is not easy to get vast masses of men to think …
What We Talk About When We Talk About The Soul, Stephen Asma
What We Talk About When We Talk About The Soul, Stephen Asma
Stephen T Asma
The author discusses the popularity among college students of the concept of the soul, and attempts to place it in its proper context. He dispenses with orthodox theological arguments and New Age arguments as scientifically untenable. He takes a so-called Wittgensteinian approach, noting soul's linguistic significance. He analyzes expressions which use the concept of soul and concludes that they are qualitatively different from testable factual expressions. He notes that soul talk is about hopes and aspirations, inspiration, or feelings deeper than friendship. He assigns it meaning outside of scientific concepts. He likens expressions of soul to creative and ethical acts, …
“What Are They Thinking?”, Scott Paeth
“Introduction: Who Do We Say He Is?”, Scott Paeth
“Introduction: Who Do We Say He Is?”, Scott Paeth
Scott R. Paeth
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