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Denominational And Cultural Models And A Possible Ecumenical Strategy From A Romanian Context Part Ii: The Christian Churches And Social Responsibility, Péter Lakatos

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Hudson Valley Catholic Deaf Center, November 1998

Hudson Valley Catholic Deaf Center

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Poughkeepsie,NY

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Review Of Religion And The Enlightenment: From Descartes To Kant, By James M. Byrne, Denis Fortin

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Coming Forth Of The Book Of Mormon In The Twentieth Century, Noel B. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

I hope this study, however preliminary it might appear, will provide a sound first step toward developing our self-understanding as Latter-day Saints of the history of Book of Mormon use in the twentieth century and the phenomenal increase in understanding, appreciation, and study that has taken place over the last three to four decades. This study may also offer one useful perspective for the gradually emerging history of cultural Mormonism and its antipathy to the Book of Mormon. This study is grounded in the analysis of a number of possible indicators of intensity of interest in the Book of Mormon …

Cybele, Attis, And The Mysteries Of The "Suffering Gods" A Transpersonal Interpretation, Evgueni A. Tortchinov

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Pure Land Tradition: History And Development, Edited By J. Foard, M. Solomon, And R.K. Payne, Paul K. Nietupski

Theology & Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

Developing A Relationship With God Through Prayer, Diane Louise Brown

Pastoral Institute

My area of ministry is teaching the sophomore religion class at Providence High School. I would like the students to develop a deeper relationship with God. This project will be an attempt to bring these students into a deeper understanding of themselves and their church community. The ultimate goal is that the students will grow spiritually by the grace of God.

The time period for this project will be from August 1997 to March 1998. I will start with several surveys and other forms which will give an overview of where the students are presently in their faith development. We …

Interreligious Friendship: A New Theological Virtue, James L. Fredericks

Theological Studies Faculty Works

Today, in an effort to respond to their religiously pluralistic situation, Christians should recognize friendships with non-Christians as a theological virtue. The first section of this essay reviews some of the recent discussion of virtue theory, noting that virtues are enduring aspects of character that incorporate values and skills, have histories, and often act as correctives to vices. The second section reflects on friendship as a virtue, using Aristotle, Sartre, and Levinas, among others. The third section discusses interreligious friendship in particular as an example of a human excellence, a new virtue that incorporates values and skills and helps Christians …

Vision, Spring 1998

Vision

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

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Donning Masks And Joining The Dance: Religious Ritual And Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Joseph T. Kelley

Religious & Theological Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Secular Spirituality Of Former Eastern Bloc Dissidents - Part Ii, Leslie A. Muray

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Divisions, Dialogue, And The Catholicity Of The Church, Thomas P. Rausch

Theological Studies Faculty Works

Discusses the conflicting advocacy groups within the Catholic Church in United States.

The Logic Of Theodicy: A Comparative Analysis, David Basinger, Randall Basinger

Journal for Christian Theological Research

The purpose of this essay is to compare how three theistic perspectives -- theological determinism, freewill theism and process theism -- do (in fact, must) approach the reality of evil in this world and then reflect on whether any of these approaches (theodicies) can be judged superior to the others. We conclude that, while a person can justifiably maintain for herself that one of these responses to evil is superior, there exists at present no objective basis for claiming justifiably that any one of the theodicies (and thus theisms) is in fact more plausible than the others. However, even if …

Menorah Review (No. 44, Fall, 1998)

Menorah Review

When Bad Things Happen to Anyone: Venturing East of Uz -- The Meandering Muse -- A New Jewry: Promise or Threat? -- Synagogue and State -- Theology, Justice and Memory After the Holocaust -- Book Listing -- Book Briefings

The Swami And The Rorschach: Spiritual Practice, Religious Experience, And Perception, Diane Jonte-Pace

Religious Studies

I propose that the Rorschach test might serve well as such a method for investigating religion, spirituality, psychological structure, and cognition. In addition, it might bring some clarity to the debate between the decontextualists and the constructivists. In this essay I discuss three unique Rorschach studies that, in my view, represent an important step toward such a psychology of religious experience and examine their implications for Forman's decontextualist thesis.

Performance, Catherine M. Bell

Religious Studies

Scholars use many terms to talk about religious activity, most basically, liturgy, worship, ritual, and recently performance. Although these terms reflect different perspectives and assumptions, they share the supposition that ceremonial actions characterized by a self-conscious formality and traditionalism are a primary aspect of religion and an important focus in any project to understand religion. Nonetheless, most theories of religion since the Enlightenment have tended to emphasize the more cognitive aspects of religion no matter how rooted these were thought to be in emotional, doctrinal, or communal experience. In the last several decades, however, religious studies has become (as have …

Religion, The Biblical Gospel, And Conversion, Earl Grant

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

Latter-Day Christianity: 10 Basic Issues, Robert L. Millet, Noel B. Reynolds

Maxwell Institute Publications

With the rapid and visible growth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it was inevitable that doctrinal differences would arise between the Latter-day Saints and people of other faiths. Members of the LDS Church profess to be Christians, yet others doubt or do not understand this claim.

The contributors to Latter-day Christianity hope that the 10 essays contained in this full-color, illustrated book will help Latter-day Saints who want to explain their beliefs and will be useful to people outside the LDS Church who want a simple and clear statement of those beliefs. The essays address such …

Explore, Fall 1998: Jesuits And Academic Culture, Ignatian Center For Jesuit Education

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Contents: In Memoriam: Louis I. Bannan, S.J.; Letter from the Director; Phylum Universitatis, Genus, Catholicus: A Field Guide; In Response to: Phylum . . . A Field Guide; Jesuit Activities in Focus: Jesuit Undergraduate Education as Catholic; Reflections of a Non-Catholic at Santa Clara University; Who Is My Neighbor? HIV/AIDS”My Wake-Up Call; Book reviews: Cultivating Humanity - A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education, Who Killed Homer: The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom; Rendering Unto Caesar: The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America; Amazing Grace; Grant Recipients; Visiting Appointments; Coming Events: Lecture …

Explore, Winter 1998: Spirituality, Ignatian Center For Jesuit Education

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Contents: Letter from the Institute Director; Lou I. Bannan, S.J. Appointment; Advisory Board Members; Winter - The Journey Inward; Breaking Down the Dividing Wall of Hostility; Give Me Only Your Love; Bannan Visiting Fellow: Joseph J. Feeney, S.J.; The Conference on Mission and Identity

Contributers, Qrt Editor

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.

The Members Of The Mariological Society Of America, Mariological Society Of America

Marian Studies

No abstract provided.

Review Of Physician-Assisted Suicide Edited By Robert F. Weir, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Rites Of Passage: A Model For Transformation In Religious Education, Stephen F. Venable

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Tributes, Julius Lipner, S. Wesley Ariarajah

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Tributes to Richard V. De Smet and M. M. Thomas.

Viewpoint: On Being Hindu-Christian, Tinu Ruparell

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Teaching courses in religious studies, I am often asked whether I myself profess allegiance to some faith tradition - that is whether I am myself a "believer" of some kind. I must confess that I get some mischievous pleasure in responding that I am a "Hindu-Christian". The answer usually gets one of two kinds of responses: either my questioner is somewhat intrigues, in which case we might have an interesting discussion; or they smile with polite indifference and promptly change the topic. Both of these kinds of responses, however, can betray that my answer has called something into question: the …

Reports & News

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Reports and news relevant to the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies, including 1998 Annual General Meeting, Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Book Award, and Report on the 1997 Annual General Meeting.

'Speech Unhindered': A Study Of Irony In The Acts Of The Apostles, Alexander Lorne Damm

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This thesis explores Classical irony in the Acts of the Apostles. Recent studies of irony in Luke-Acts do not focus much on the Classical concept, developing their argument rather on more recent understandings. Although building on this literature, this thesis is grounded in a Classical understanding of irony, applies this to Acts, and reflects on its significance for Luke-Acts as a whole. While contemporary writers often tend to understand irony as “incongruity between expectation and reality,” first century CE Greek speakers saw irony or eironeia as a person’s behaviour, specifically as “pretension” or posturing. This behaviour, always calculated, conveys a …

Contextualization A Development Of A Theology And Examination Of Its Application, David Meggers

Master of Sacred Theology Seminar Papers

The purpose of this paper is to examine and critique "contextualization", a particular theological method which has seen development in what are often considered areas of World Mission. The aspect of this theological development with which we are most concerned has to do with the role of the Word of God as it relates to the development of theology and theological education. This particular examination consists of three parts; an introduction to the history and development of the term" contextualization", Contextualization and African Theology, and Contextualization and Latin American Liberation Theology. The portion devoted to African Theology will take a …

Vision, Christmas 1997

Vision

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

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