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Addressing The Johannine Riddles—A New Introduction To John, Paul N. Anderson
Addressing The Johannine Riddles—A New Introduction To John, Paul N. Anderson
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
No abstract provided.
Westernizing Islam And The American Right, Ross W. Mccullough
Westernizing Islam And The American Right, Ross W. Mccullough
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
Excerpt: "At the end of The Searchers, John Wayne stands framed by the darkened doorway of a cabin, and with the dry scrub and John Ford vastness behind him he contemplates the house his successful search party has just entered. He looks inside for a second, half smiles, turns, and walks with his John Wayne slouch back into the sandstone and prairie. The door closes in front of the camera, the screen is thrown into blackness, and the credits roll. John Wayne ain’t gonna do civilization: The End."
The Last Of The Rephaim: Conquest And Cataclysm In The Heroic Ages Of Ancient Israel, Brian R. Doak
The Last Of The Rephaim: Conquest And Cataclysm In The Heroic Ages Of Ancient Israel, Brian R. Doak
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This dissertation explores the role of giants in the narrative and historiographic worlds of symbol, geography, and religion in ancient Israel. The Nephilim, Anaqim, Rephaim, Emim, Zamzumim/Zuzim, some Gibborim, and other individuals (e.g., Goliath) can all be classified as “giants”—not only with respect to their height and other physical properties, but also with respect to the negative moral qualities assigned to giants in antiquity. Previous interpreters have treated giants as merely a fantastical prop against which God’s agents emerge victorious. I argue that giants are a theologically and historiographically generative group, through which we gain insight into central aspects of …
The Beauty Of The Ethical: An Everyday Ethics That Brings Grace To Life, Ross W. Mccullough
The Beauty Of The Ethical: An Everyday Ethics That Brings Grace To Life, Ross W. Mccullough
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
Excerpt: "Malcolm Muggeridge entitled his reflection on Mother Teresa Something Beautiful for God. Perhaps the force of that expression does not immediately strike us, but consider how curious a statement it is: that here was something—an act, a project, a life—beautiful for God. By far the most curious aspect, and the hardest to see afresh and not as mere formula, is that it was for God; but I leave that to a subsequent essay, with only the saints, here Teresa and Irenaeus, to point toward my sequel. For now note instead that it was something beautiful."
Response To Four Reviews Of The Riddles Of The Fourth Gospel, Paul N. Anderson
Response To Four Reviews Of The Riddles Of The Fourth Gospel, Paul N. Anderson
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
No abstract provided.
Missiological Imagination As A Pedagogical Tool: African And Asian Christians In Conversion, Benjamin Hartley
Missiological Imagination As A Pedagogical Tool: African And Asian Christians In Conversion, Benjamin Hartley
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
This article provides an example of how mission history may be utilized in imaginative ways to promote student reflection about missiology. The article first presents biographical portraits of three Christian leaders from Africa and Asia in the late eighteenth century with respect to three missiological themes (migration, empire, and theology of evangelism). The second section of the essay is a fictitious and imaginative conversation among these three historical characters and me, the author, where questions are posed concerning these same themes. The article concludes with pedagogical reflections on the use of a similar exercise with students.
Charles Cullis, Gaetano Conte, And The Reconfiguration Of The Evangelical Holiness Movement In Boston, 1860-1905, Benjamin Hartley
Charles Cullis, Gaetano Conte, And The Reconfiguration Of The Evangelical Holiness Movement In Boston, 1860-1905, Benjamin Hartley
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
Excerpt: "In contrast to the presenters before and after me, my presentation focuses on the lives of two individuals rather than one. Charles Cullis (1833-1892) and Gaetano Conte (1859-1917) both represent a kind of “new beginning” for some sectors of Protestant religion in Boston and thus fit particularly well into our panel’s attempt to explore the somewhat paradoxical theme of “strangers in a strange land” of New England. I’ve chosen these two figures because of their influence in re-shaping the evangelical movement in Boston and their relative obscurity in spite of the fame they both shared during their own day. …
Does Eros Seek Happiness? A Critical Analysis Of C. S. Lewis's Reply To Anders Nygren, Jason Lepojärvi
Does Eros Seek Happiness? A Critical Analysis Of C. S. Lewis's Reply To Anders Nygren, Jason Lepojärvi
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
No abstract provided.
Utopia Reconsidered: Two Levels Of Perfection In Society, Jason Lepojärvi
Utopia Reconsidered: Two Levels Of Perfection In Society, Jason Lepojärvi
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
Every person has wondered whether idealism without naïveté or realism without cynicism is possible. In common parlance, utopia is not only eu-topic (a place of the good), but also forever a-topic (without place). Who is right: the idealist who believes, or the realist who disbelieves, in the possibility of a perfect society? This article suggests that utopia both is and is not possible. There are two ways to understand the idea of a ‘‘perfect society.’’ In an absolutely perfect society there is no reality of sin. Given this reality, however, in some societies it nonetheless is easier to be good. …
"Some Worthless And Reckless Fellows": Landlessness And Parasocial Leadership In Judges, Brian R. Doak
"Some Worthless And Reckless Fellows": Landlessness And Parasocial Leadership In Judges, Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
No abstract provided.
Baptism And Quakers, Howard R. Macy
Baptism And Quakers, Howard R. Macy
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
No abstract provided.
On Being Us: Who Are We, And What Is This Book About? - Chapter 1 Of "Being At Home In The World: A New Christian Apologetic", Mark Mcleod-Harrison, Phil D. Smith
On Being Us: Who Are We, And What Is This Book About? - Chapter 1 Of "Being At Home In The World: A New Christian Apologetic", Mark Mcleod-Harrison, Phil D. Smith
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
This chapter introduces the authors and explains why we have written a book of Christian apologetics. It is important that the authors introduce themselves, because our apologetic procedure is personal. We do not offer a cool, detached, objective argument; instead, we extend an invitation.
"Reason" - Chapter 11 From Apologizing For God, Mark S. Mcleod-Harrison
"Reason" - Chapter 11 From Apologizing For God, Mark S. Mcleod-Harrison
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
No abstract provided.
Existential Reasons For Belief In God: A Defense Of Desires And Emotions For Faith (Book Review), Mark Mcleod-Harrison
Existential Reasons For Belief In God: A Defense Of Desires And Emotions For Faith (Book Review), Mark Mcleod-Harrison
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
Review of Clifford Williams, Existential Reasons for Belief in God: A Defense of Desires and Emotions for Faith, Downer’s Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2011. ISBN-13 : 978-0830838998
The Origin And Development Of The Johannine Egō Eimi Sayings In Cognitive-Critical Perspective, Paul N. Anderson
The Origin And Development Of The Johannine Egō Eimi Sayings In Cognitive-Critical Perspective, Paul N. Anderson
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
Th e long-held critical judgment that the I-am sayings of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel have no connection at all with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth is based primarily on the inference that they are entirely missing from the Synoptics. As a result, John has been expunged from Jesus research, assuming its patent ahistoricity; yet critical analyses have largely overlooked Johannine- Synoptic similarities. While the Johannine presentation of Jesus’ I-am sayings is indeed distinctive and highly theological, it cannot be claimed that either the I-am convention of speech or its predicate metaphors and themes are absent from the Synoptics. …
Irrealism, Ontological Pluralism, And The Trinity: A Reply To Efird On "Make/Believing The World(S)", Mark Mcleod-Harrison
Irrealism, Ontological Pluralism, And The Trinity: A Reply To Efird On "Make/Believing The World(S)", Mark Mcleod-Harrison
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
No abstract provided.