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Vinculum Caritatis: Bond Of Love, Susan K. Wood
Vinculum Caritatis: Bond Of Love, Susan K. Wood
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
The Conceptual Priority Of The Perfect, Matthew Peter Zdon
The Conceptual Priority Of The Perfect, Matthew Peter Zdon
Dissertations (1934 -)
The doctrine of the conceptual priority of the perfect (CPP) is the claim that the concept of the perfect is prior to that of the imperfect insofar as possessing the latter presupposes a grasp of the former, but not vice versa. The goals of this study are to provide an account and defense of the Cartesian argument for CPP, to determine the consequences of this priority for the relationship between our concepts of human and divine properties, and to explore its implications for bottom-up accounts of theological concept formation. I argue that the predicates “perfect” or “infinite” in Descartes’ version …
The Word Became Flesh: An Exploratory Essay On Jesus’S Particularity And Nonhuman Animals, Andy Alexis-Baker
The Word Became Flesh: An Exploratory Essay On Jesus’S Particularity And Nonhuman Animals, Andy Alexis-Baker
Dissertations (1934 -)
In this exploratory work I argue that Jesus’s particularity as a Jewish, male human is essential for developing Christian theology about nonhuman animals. The Gospel of John says that the Word became “flesh” not that the Word became “human.” By using flesh, John’s Gospel connects the Incarnation to the Jewish notion of all animals. The Gospel almost always uses flesh in a wider sense than meaning human. The Bread of Life discourse makes this explicit when Jesus compares his flesh to “meat,” offending his hearers because they see themselves as above other animals. Other animals are killable and consumable; humans …
Renovatio: Martin Luther's Augustinian Theology Of Holiness (1515/16 And 1535-46), Phillip L. Anderas
Renovatio: Martin Luther's Augustinian Theology Of Holiness (1515/16 And 1535-46), Phillip L. Anderas
Dissertations (1934 -)
In this book I argue that much of mainstream Luther scholarship (and Lutheran theology) is quite wrong to think that Martin Luther downplayed, denied, derided, or just plain ignored “the holiness without which no one shall see the Lord” (Heb. 12:14). In fact, from the first inklings of his “Augustinian turn” c. 1514 to his death in 1546, Luther held and taught a robust theology of progressive renewal in holiness, carefully calibrated to the sober reality of residual sin and the astonishing gospel of grace in Jesus Christ. As it is set forth in the works that embody his most …
Intertextual Reception: Re-Thinking The Concept Of Revelation In Light Of Divine Immanence And The Dignity Of The Person And The Cosmos, Thomas Hughson
Intertextual Reception: Re-Thinking The Concept Of Revelation In Light Of Divine Immanence And The Dignity Of The Person And The Cosmos, Thomas Hughson
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Peacemaking And Victory: Lessons From Kant’S Cosmopolitanism, Philip J. Rossi
Peacemaking And Victory: Lessons From Kant’S Cosmopolitanism, Philip J. Rossi
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
In the texts in which Immanuel Kant discusses the principles governing international relations—including texts explicitly dealing with the sources leading states to armed conflict and the circumstances enabling its cessation—he does not directly engage the question “What constitutes victory in war?” This should not be surprising, given that Kant’s treatment of war may be read as consonant with just war thinking for which victory seems an unproblematic concept Yet there are elements in the tone and the substance of his discussion that destabilize a placement of his views as unproblematically part of that tradition. The mordant tone of his dismissal …
The Kingdom Of God And The Holy Spirit: Eschatology And Pneumatology In The Vineyard Movement, Douglas R. Erickson
The Kingdom Of God And The Holy Spirit: Eschatology And Pneumatology In The Vineyard Movement, Douglas R. Erickson
Dissertations (1934 -)
This dissertation explores the relationship between eschatology and pneumatology in the Vineyard movement. The Vineyard movement is a growing expression within the evangelical Protestant tradition that seeks to combine the core doctrines of Evangelicalism with the experience of the gifts of the Spirit that is often associated with Pentecostalism. As a relatively new faith expression, the Vineyard has not received a great deal of academic interest, and thus much of its core theological commitments have not yet been explored. I shall argue that the central theological distinctive of the Vineyard is their understanding of the inaugurated, enacted, eschatological kingdom of …
The All-Embracing Frame: Distance In The Trinitarian Theology Of Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Christopher Hadley
The All-Embracing Frame: Distance In The Trinitarian Theology Of Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Christopher Hadley
Dissertations (1934 -)
The notion of distance plays a complex role in Hans Urs von Balthasar’s trinitarian theology. The infinite distance that metaphorically marks out the difference between God and creation serves Balthasar as a negative-theological guard against earthly projections in images of God. But this distance also structures the biblical, ascetical, and phenomenological imagery upon which trinitarian theology so often depends. The infinite distance between Father and Son in the unity of the Holy Spirit structures Balthasar’s richly symbolic vision of a divine infusion of grace into a suffering world. Not only is inner-triune distance a controversial notion, but it strikes some …
Eve In Early Reformation Exegesis: The Case Of Iohannes Oecolampadius, Mickey L. Mattox
Eve In Early Reformation Exegesis: The Case Of Iohannes Oecolampadius, Mickey L. Mattox
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
Iohannes Oecolampadius stood at the forefront of the Reformation in Basel. He not only worked tirelessly for the reform of the city's churches, but also authored pioneering evangelical works of theology and exegesis. The interpretation of Eve found in his late lectures on Genesis showcases both a new emphasis on Eve's goodness and original equality with Adam, as well as a parallel insistence on her subordination to her husband after the Fall. His conception of husband and wife as partners of equal dignity on the path toward salvation moves in the direction of companionate marriage, but it stops short of …
A New Project In Systematic Theology, Robert M. Doran
A New Project In Systematic Theology, Robert M. Doran
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
The article explores the possibility of a new collaborative venture in systematic theology based in the work of Bernard Lonergan and Robert Doran. A prospectus is offered of five volumes intended as texts to be used at the level of MA and MDiv students.
Review Of Accompanied By A Believing Wife: Ministry And Celibacy In The Earliest Christian Communities By Raymond F. Collins, Joseph Mueller
Review Of Accompanied By A Believing Wife: Ministry And Celibacy In The Earliest Christian Communities By Raymond F. Collins, Joseph Mueller
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
The African Dream, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
The African Dream, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Hotter Than Fire: The Deaths Of Migrants In The Mediterranean, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
Hotter Than Fire: The Deaths Of Migrants In The Mediterranean, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Je Suis Garissa – The Unheard Cry, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
Je Suis Garissa – The Unheard Cry, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Is Baptism Complete Or Part Of A Larger Christian Initiation? A Dialogue With Lutheran Sacramental Theology, Susan Wood
Is Baptism Complete Or Part Of A Larger Christian Initiation? A Dialogue With Lutheran Sacramental Theology, Susan Wood
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Globalization And African Catholicism: Towards A New Era Of Evangelization, Joseph Ogbonnaya
Globalization And African Catholicism: Towards A New Era Of Evangelization, Joseph Ogbonnaya
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
This paper argues that evangelization takes place within the context of globalization, the phenomenon that integrates the economic, cultural, social, political and religious dimensions of human existence towards improved standard of living for humanity. While acknowledging the potential dangers of globalization, especially the expanding income disparity, marginalization, secularization, consumerism, the tendency towards monoculturalism and imperialism, the author advocates daily personal encounter with the person of Jesus as the springboard of Christian spirituality. This paper concentrates on the impact of globalization on African Catholicism’s appropriation of Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium for a new evangelization and recommends important changes in …
[Review Of] No Turning Back: The Future Of Ecumenism, Susan Wood
[Review Of] No Turning Back: The Future Of Ecumenism, Susan Wood
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Why Is Boko Haram Succeeding?, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
Why Is Boko Haram Succeeding?, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
The Unholy Alliance Against Educated African Women, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
The Unholy Alliance Against Educated African Women, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Book Review Of Charles Gore: Radical Anglican, By P. M. Waddell, Robert B. Slocum
Book Review Of Charles Gore: Radical Anglican, By P. M. Waddell, Robert B. Slocum
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Lectures On Psalm 51 1513-1515, Mickey L. Mattox
Lectures On Psalm 51 1513-1515, Mickey L. Mattox
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
"Return To Your Baptism Daily": Baptism And Christian Life, Susan K. Wood
"Return To Your Baptism Daily": Baptism And Christian Life, Susan K. Wood
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Profit Maximization And The Death Of God: Theology And Economics In Benedict Xvi's Charity In Truth, D. Stephen Long
Profit Maximization And The Death Of God: Theology And Economics In Benedict Xvi's Charity In Truth, D. Stephen Long
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Sacraments In The Lutheran Reformation, Mickey L. Mattox
Sacraments In The Lutheran Reformation, Mickey L. Mattox
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
African Liberative Theologies, Joseph Ogbonnaya
African Liberative Theologies, Joseph Ogbonnaya
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Lectures On Psalm 72: 1513-1515, Mickey Mattox
Lectures On Psalm 72: 1513-1515, Mickey Mattox
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Liturgy As Sacramental Mystery: Incarnating Grace In The Space Of Worldly Vulnerability, Philip J. Rossi
Liturgy As Sacramental Mystery: Incarnating Grace In The Space Of Worldly Vulnerability, Philip J. Rossi
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Are Aquinas And Whitehead Metaphorical And Analogical All The Way Down?, Robert Masson
Are Aquinas And Whitehead Metaphorical And Analogical All The Way Down?, Robert Masson
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
The paper argues from the perspective of a significant strand of interpretation of Aquinas and from insights in cognitive linguistics that a fruitful dialogue between Whitehead and Thomism needs to take into account that metaphysics and talk about God are metaphorical and analogical all the way down. Cognitive linguistics provides an explanatory scheme for explaining how Aquinas’s tectonic use of analogy shifts the ground of our conventional fields of meanings to create space to conceptualize what otherwise would be beyond grasp and to make inferences possible that otherwise would be unthinkable. The essay concludes with a question, admittedly from a …
Towards A More Indigenous African Catholicism: Insights From Lonergan's Notion Of Culture, Joseph Ogbonnaya
Towards A More Indigenous African Catholicism: Insights From Lonergan's Notion Of Culture, Joseph Ogbonnaya
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Expanding The Horizon Of Kant’S Ethics: Recent Interpretations Of The Foundations Of The Metaphysics Of Morals, Philip J. Rossi
Expanding The Horizon Of Kant’S Ethics: Recent Interpretations Of The Foundations Of The Metaphysics Of Morals, Philip J. Rossi
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.