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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Editorial, Terry C. Muck
Our Personal Core Identity: A Wesleyan Perspective, Jim Boetcher
Our Personal Core Identity: A Wesleyan Perspective, Jim Boetcher
The Asbury Journal
Humans have many relational identities that vary with changes in relationships such as being a mother or a daughter, but one's core identity remains independent of these social roles. This paper explores human personal core identity theologically by drawing on Methodism as it existed under the leadership of John Wesley, and scientifically by using three cutting edge scientific research projects: The Human Family Tree and The Human Genome Project present empirical evidence that all humans are genetically related and only one race exists - the human race. Discovering Ardi: Changing Our Understanding of Human Origins shows that humans did not …
Journal In Entirety
The Asbury Journal
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial
Terry C. Muck
Our Personal Core Identity: A Wesleyan Perspective
Jim Boetcher
Identity Formation for Conciliatory Existence: How We Perceive the Other
Chris Kiesling and Lalsangkima Pachuau
An Aboriginal Missiology of Identity Reclamation: Towards Revitalization for Canada's Indigenous Peoples through Healing of Identity
Wendy Peterson
Racial and Ethnic Identity: Social Scientific and Biblical Perspectives in Dialogue
Ruth Anne Reese and Steven Ybarrvla
Marriage and Ministry: Conjugal and Occupational Conflicts in Wesley's Life and Ministry
Tony Headley
Book Notes
Kenneth Collins
Book Reviews
Frances Adenry
Gwinyai Muzorewa
Laurence W. Wood
Identity Formation For Conciliatory Existence: How We Perceive The Other, Chris Kiesling, Lalsangkima Pachuau
Identity Formation For Conciliatory Existence: How We Perceive The Other, Chris Kiesling, Lalsangkima Pachuau
The Asbury Journal
In this article we interface mission, theology and psychology in an exploration of what hinders and what enables conciliatory existence. Whereas common approaches to reconciliation focus on redressing past wrongs, we propose identity formation that would prevent such wrongs. We consider how people integrate elements of their social context into a social identity that influences how they perceive "the other."
Understanding this to be divine action that transforms psychological processes, we draw from all three disciplines to understand the dynamics of how we come to see the other.
Biblical theology provides penetrating narratives into the nature of fallen humanity and …
An Aboriginal Missiology Of Identity Reclamation: Towards Revitalization For Canada's Indigenous Peoples Through Healing Of Identity, Wendy Peterson
An Aboriginal Missiology Of Identity Reclamation: Towards Revitalization For Canada's Indigenous Peoples Through Healing Of Identity, Wendy Peterson
The Asbury Journal
This essay concerns the failure by Canada's Indigenous people to fully apprehend and embrace the Christian doctrine of imago Dei. The concern is founded upon the negative self-perception and perceived inferiority of Aboriginal peoples as less-than the Caucasian majority. Is this a failure of transmission on the part of missionaries, or is it a failure of reception on the part of Aboriginals? The premise is that both the theology of mission and the practice of mission with Aboriginal people must take into account the issue of self-perception and the problem of identity formation. The question is asked, Is there a …
Racial And Ethnic Identity: Social Scientific And Biblical Perspectives In Dialogue, Ruth Anne Reese, Steven Ybarrola
Racial And Ethnic Identity: Social Scientific And Biblical Perspectives In Dialogue, Ruth Anne Reese, Steven Ybarrola
The Asbury Journal
The first part of the paper lays out our understanding of ethnicity and race in light of current research from sociology and anthropology. The paper then turns to the New Testament material, and it examines "the Jews" as one ethnic group in the first century. This material is used to demonstrate that Christians also took on the language of ethnicity. The paper raises the question, "is there a Christian identity that both supersedes and subsumes ethnic identity?" It proposes that the answer to that question is, ''Yes, there is a Christian identity and ethos that supersedes ethnic identity." And, this …
Marriage And Ministry: Conflicts And Occupational Conflicts In Wesley’S Life And Ministry, Tony Headley
Marriage And Ministry: Conflicts And Occupational Conflicts In Wesley’S Life And Ministry, Tony Headley
The Asbury Journal
In this article, the author explores John Wesley's perspectives on marriage and how these views related to his practice of ministry. Specifically, the author examines Wesley's developmental journey from believing he could not marry to actually contracting a marriage with Mary Vazeille. Following exploration of Wesley's perspectives on marriage, the author discusses these issues in relation to two observed patterns in his significant intimate relationship with Sophy Hopkey, Grace Murray and Mary Vazeille; namely that for the most part, Wesley cultivated these relationships out of travel and illness. The author concludes that even though Wesley moved from a position of …
Book Notes, Kenneth J. Collins
Book Notes, Kenneth J. Collins
The Asbury Journal
William B. Lawrence
Methodism in Recovery: Renewing Mission, Reclaiming History, Restoring Health
2008. Nashville: Abingdon Press
Charles Yrigoyen, John G. McEllhenney, and Kenneth A. Rowe
United Methodism at Forty: Looking Back Looking Forward
2008. Nashville: Abingdon Press
Scott J. Jones
Staying at the Table: The Gift of Unity for United Methodists
2008. Nashville: Abingdon Press
Book Reviews, Frances Adeney, Gwinyai Muzorewa, Laurence W. Wood
Book Reviews, Frances Adeney, Gwinyai Muzorewa, Laurence W. Wood
The Asbury Journal
Ogbu U. Kalu, ed., Alaine Low, Associate ed.
Interpreting Contemporary Christianity: Global Processes and Local Identities
2008, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Reviewed by Frances Adeney
Afe Adogame, Roswith Gerloff and Klaus Hock, eds.
Christianity in Africa and the Africa Diaspora: the Appropriation of a Scattered Heritage
2008. London: Continuum International Publishing Group
Reviewed by Guinyai Muzorewa
Jehu J. Hanciles
Beyond Christendom: Globalization, African Migration, and the Transformation of the West
2008. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books
Reviewed by Guinyai Muzorewa
Thomas Jay Oord, ed.
Divine Grace and Emerging Creation, Wesleyan Forays in Science and Theology of Creation …
Editorial: No Religious Preference, Terry C. Muck
Editorial: No Religious Preference, Terry C. Muck
The Asbury Journal
No abstract provided.
Justification By The Faithfulness Of Jesus Christ, Chad Harrington
Justification By The Faithfulness Of Jesus Christ, Chad Harrington
The Asbury Journal
This essay focuses on Paul's description of justification by faith in Galatians 2:16. Scholars such as J.D.G. Dunn and N.T. Wright have recently challenged more traditional perspectives on justification. This essay appropriates some of these challenges to Paul's letter to the Galatians. The problem for Paul is that some Christians are distorting the gospel (Gall:7) and excluding Gentiles Christians (2:12-13). Paul's solution is gospel reorientation. Instead of being a Torah-focused church, he instructs the Galatian church to be Christ-centered. This essay examines justification, works of law, and faith/fulness to reveal Paul's rhetorical purposes by analyzing socio-rhetorical backgrounds and literary, grammatical, …
From "Cults" To Cultures: Bridges As A Case Study In A New Evangelical Paradigm On New Religions, John W. Morehead
From "Cults" To Cultures: Bridges As A Case Study In A New Evangelical Paradigm On New Religions, John W. Morehead
The Asbury Journal
The increased awareness of the new religions with the counterculture of the 1960s saw various responses, including a "counter-cult" approach by evangelicals. The counter-cult approach has tended to view new religions as "cults" and to respond to them as heretical systems of belief in need of refutation by doctrinal and apologetic arguments. Over the last decade or so a new evangelical paradigm has emerged based in missiology which, while recognizing theological disagreements that the new religions have with Christianity, approaches new religions as religious cultures rather than as cults. Various resources have been produced as a result of the new …
The Most Indispensable Habits Of Effective Theological Educators: Recalibrating Educational Philosophy, Psychology, And Practice, Mark A. Lamport
The Most Indispensable Habits Of Effective Theological Educators: Recalibrating Educational Philosophy, Psychology, And Practice, Mark A. Lamport
The Asbury Journal
In this article, the author provocatively claims that "theological education is neither"; it is not theological unless it is considers the nature of its mission to be ultimately Ministerial; and it is not education unless it takes seriously the learner as focal point of the process.
Armed with "best practices" research on effective teaching in higher education, this rather personal, sometimes feisty, essay challenges the fundamental assumptions of theological education professors' most strongly held beliefs regarding their educational philosophies (advocating critical thinking over accumulation o f content), educational psychologies (promoting learning outcomes and the characteristics of the adult learner over …
Bridging The Gap: Understanding Knowledge Of God In Gregory Of Nyssa's Commentary On The Song Of Songs, Nathan Crawford
Bridging The Gap: Understanding Knowledge Of God In Gregory Of Nyssa's Commentary On The Song Of Songs, Nathan Crawford
The Asbury Journal
The problem of how one knows God is central to the theological endeavor. This paper seeks to explore how Gregory of Nyssa deals with this problem. I suggest that it is by understanding the role of Christ in the incarnation that Gregory finds knowledge of God possible. The incarnation bridges the gap that exists between God and humanity. And, through bridging this gap, Christ enables a person to have mystical knowledge of God.
Journal In Entirety
The Asbury Journal
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial
Terry C. Muck
Justification by the Faithfulness of Jesus Christ
Chad Harrington
From "Cults" to Cultures: Bridges as a Case Study in a New Evangelical Paradigm on New Religions
John W Morehead
The Most Indispensable Habits of Effective Theological Educators: Recalibrating Educational Philosophy, Psychology, and Practice
Mark A. Lamport
Bridging the Gap: Understanding Knowledge of God in Gregory of Nyssa'sCommentary on the Song of Songs
Nathan Crawford
John Wesley's Question: "How Is Your Doing?"
David Werner
Book Notes
Kenneth Collins
Review Essay
Kenneth M. Loyer
Book Reviews
Michael Matlock and Bradley Johnson
Charles Meeks
Amos …
John Wesley's Question: "How Is Your Doing?", David Werner
John Wesley's Question: "How Is Your Doing?", David Werner
The Asbury Journal
No abstract provided.
Book Notes, Kenneth Collins
Book Notes, Kenneth Collins
The Asbury Journal
James L. Schwenk
Catholic Spirit: Wesley, Whitefield, and the Quest for Evangelical Unity in Eighteenth-Century British Methodism
2008. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press
Scott Kisker
Mainline or Methodist: Discovering Our Evangelistic Mission
2008. Nashville: Discipleship Resources
L. Faye Short and Kathryn D. Kiser
Reclaiming the Wesleyan Social Witness: Offering Christ.
2008. Franklin, Tennessee: Providence House Publishers
A Review Essay: "Coming To Terms With Perfection", Kenneth M. Loyer
A Review Essay: "Coming To Terms With Perfection", Kenneth M. Loyer
The Asbury Journal
Perfection: Coming to Terms with Being Human
Michael J. Hyde
2010. Waco: Baylor University Press
Wesley, Aquinas, and Christian Perfection: An Ecumenical Dialogue
Edgardo A. Colin-Emetic
2009. Waco: Baylor University Press
Book Reviews, Michael Matlock, Bradley Johnson, Charles Meeks, Amos Yong, Joseph Okello, Kandace Brooks, J. Ellsworth Kalas
Book Reviews, Michael Matlock, Bradley Johnson, Charles Meeks, Amos Yong, Joseph Okello, Kandace Brooks, J. Ellsworth Kalas
The Asbury Journal
BibleWorks. DVD-ROM and CD-ROM, version 8 2009. BibleWorks, LLC. $349
Reviewed by Michael D. Matlock and Bradly T. Johnson
Paul A. Hartog, ed.
The Contemporary Church and the Early Church: Case Studies in Ressourcement
Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2010
Reviewed by Charles Meeks
Gary B. McGee
Miracles, Missions, and American Pentecostalism
American Society of Missiology series 45
2010. Maryknoll: Orbis Books
Reviewed by Amos Yong
John R. Levison
Filled with the Spirit
Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2009.
Reviewed by Joseph B. O. Okello
Constance M. Cherry
The Worship Architect: A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and …