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Faith, Reason And Scripture In The Theology Of Donald G. Bloesch, David R. Coward
Faith, Reason And Scripture In The Theology Of Donald G. Bloesch, David R. Coward
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Donald G. Bloesch, an American theologian and seminary professor, is a leading spokesman for contemporary Protestant evangelicalism, a theological position that lies somewhere between fundamentalism and neo-orthodoxy. Heavily influenced by the German theologian, Karl Barth, Bloesch employs a methodology in which theology is based on revelation alone, unsupported by philosophy or the arguments of human reason. For Blosech, revelation is basically alien to human culture and human thought-forms. Because of this, revelation cannot be comprehended by reason, but only by faith. Bloesch’s view leads to a dichotomy between faith and reason, a dichotomy that ultimately lessons the impact of his …
Narrative-Rhetorical Structures In Revelation: Developing A Thematic Model, J. Webb Mealy
Narrative-Rhetorical Structures In Revelation: Developing A Thematic Model, J. Webb Mealy
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The rhetoric of narration employed by John in the composition of Revelation was analyzed as a key to interpretation. This analysis was carried out in the context of two test passages, 20:11-21:10 and 6:1-8:5. in the first passage, the single vision-scenes of the Last Judgment (20: 11-15) and the descent of the New Jerusalem (21:1-10) were examined for internal structure and mode of narration, and each was found to be structured in a relatively static, pictorial and descriptive mode rather than a temporal, event-oriented mode. Certain commonly alleged anomalies in the order of the text and other exegetical problems were …
Human Love And Divine Love: The Platonic Matrix In C.S. Lewis, Laura Case
Human Love And Divine Love: The Platonic Matrix In C.S. Lewis, Laura Case
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
A comparison of the writings of Plato and C.S. Lewis reveals a common idea that human love is not sufficient for man. An examination of Plato’s Symposium and Lewis’s Till We Have Faces and The Four Loves, in particular, shows that both writers illustrate that man must ascend the ladder of love in order to meet the source of all love: Divine Love. Concerned with man’s innate needs and ethics, both Plato and Lewis argue that there is a universal principle of goodness known to all men of all cultures. Lewis argues, especially in The Abolition of Man, that man …
Ua12/2/37 Time, Wku Western Religious Council
Ua12/2/37 Time, Wku Western Religious Council
Student Organizations
Newsletter printed for Christian Emphasis Living Week at WKU. Includes information regarding speakers for conference and schedule of events.
Ua3/1/4 Speeches & Ideas Book, Henry Cherry
Ua3/1/4 Speeches & Ideas Book, Henry Cherry
WKU Archives Records
Notebook created by Henry Cherry entitled Talks Made at Morning Exercises. It contains handwritten speeches, clippings of sermons, poetry, cartoons and illustrations. Many pages were blank, those pages were not digitized. Page numbers match pdf file.
- A Dream Dreamed Over 37
- A Proposition from Epictetus 58
- A Railroad Man’s Prayer 2
- A Scientific Demonstration 54
- A Valuable Reminder, Ram’s Horn, nd 90
- A Vision, np, nd 37
- A Wasted Life 55
- An Important Question, Ram’s Horn, nd 86
- Bab’s Liberal Sermon – Worship in Church & In Green Fields Compared, np, 7/30/1896 7
- Baptist & Reflector, Vol. X, No. 9, …