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How To Talk About God: Origen And Gregory Of Nazianzus On Divine Transcendence And Theological Language, Coleman S. Kimbrough

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This article discusses the doctrine of God of the early Church Fathers Origen and Gregory of Nazianzus. According to these two theologians, the tension between God's transcendence and God's immanence conditions the language we use to name and describe God. Such "God-talk" is necessarily limited by the ontological divide between the human and the divine. Using Origen and Gregory as reference points, I examine how the precise and careful use of apophatic, cataphatic, and analogical language is necessary to properly account for both God's eternal nature and God's work in the material world.

"Get Me The Girl For A Wife": Feminist Readings Of Genesis 34-35, Jacqueline Sanchez-Small Osb

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This essay, originally written for “The Hebrew Scriptures: History, Theology, and Controversy,” considers the story of the rape of Dinah, exploring the text’s history and its traditional interpretations. Drawing on the work of Phyllis Trible’s Texts of Terror, the piece proposes a feminist and liberatory reading of the passage, one that centers the personhood of Dinah and the other women of the story.

Patient Response To Find New Meaning In Familiar Language, Kelly Olson

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This piece is a reflection of the ongoing controversy of feminism in a patriarchal society. The reflections in this essay are limited to the conversation of male versus female body but it should be understood this is not intended to overlook or undermine the diverse spectrum of gender expression. While there is much needed to be said, explored, contemplated and shared regarding gender identity in the Body of Christ, this reflection addresses the female narrative in scripture.

A Central Task Of Theology: Authenticity In Relationship With God, Lydia Mattern

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This work is a reflection on the beautiful mystery of Theology and what it means to be in authentic relationship with God. It is a cumulative piece of noteworthy ideas taught by Dr. Kristin Colberg in Thinking Theologically, a class that changed Lydia's life. It demonstrates that Theology is a vehicle used to come to understand God.

Jesus' Identity As "The Son Of God" Revealed In The Narrative "The Transfiguration Of Jesus" (Mark 9:2-8), Hang T.H. Nguyen Op

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This article is an exegesis of the narrative “The Transfiguration of Jesus” in Mark 9: 2-8, the powerful evidence of Jesus’ full identity as the “Son of God” and the manifestation of His glorious state that are inseparable from his suffering, death, and resurrection. His final triumph must take place in and through his suffering and death. Thus, we, as his followers, are invited to participate in the future triumph and glory of God by following his “way” to gain the promised glory.

Self-Revelation Of God In Jesus Christ As Love And The Kingdom Of God In Walter Kasper's Jesus The Christ, Hang T.H. Nguyen Op

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This article is an examination of the Christology of Walter Kasper, a German Catholic cardinal and theologian. Through his work of Jesus the Christ, Kasper shows God’s self-revelation as love in the person Jesus Christ – the earthly and the exalted Jesus, who brings to human beings the message of his Kingdom, in which they can attain salvation, joy, peace, and justice.

The Neo-Platonic Christianity Of C. S. Lewis, Richard L. W. Clarke

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

I shall attempt to show how Lewis’s fusion of Platonism with Christianity gives rise to his belief, metaphysically speaking, that the physical universe is not all there is but, rather, “transposes” (as he terms it) a greater non-physical or spiritual reality and is, as such, part of a divinely-ordained, orderly, and purposeful scheme of things. I shall also argue that for Lewis, epistemologically speaking, knowledge of this grand design and the place of humans therein is conveyed not through the human senses, at least as these are conventionally conceived, but, rather, through our higher reason, which is capable of objective …

Review Of C. S. Lewis’S Mere Christianity: A Biography, Bruce R. Johnson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review of George M. Marsden, C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity: A Biography, Lives of Great Religious Books Series (Princeton, 2016). 262 pages. $24.95. ISBN: 9780691153735.

Review Of Discussing Mere Christianity: Exploring The History, Meaning, & Relevance Of C. S. Lewis’S Greatest Book (Dvd), Jeff Gissing

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review of a DVD and discussion guide: Devin Brown, Discussing Mere Christianity: Exploring the History, Meaning, & Relevance of C. S. Lewis’s Greatest Book (Grand Rapids, 2015). 120 pages. $12.99. ISBN: 9780310699842. Eric Metaxas (host), Discussing Mere Christianity: Exploring the History, Meaning, & Relevance of C. S. Lewis’s Greatest Book, DVD (Grand Rapids, 2015). 170 minutes. $49.99. ISBN: 9780310699859.

Is This Our Story? Is This Our Song?: Discovering The Formational Experiences Of Black Christians In Predominantly White Churches, Christopher Lynn Shields Ii

DMin Project Theses

This May 2023 Doctor of Ministry project thesis at Lipscomb University explores the formative stories of Black Christians in Predominantly White churches. What has become of the Ministry of Reconciliation widely adopted in evangelical circles? What are the experiences of Black Christians in predominantly White Churches, many of whom have mirrored racialization in America? This project focuses on the synthesis of these two horizons and offers a critique, call, and creative reflection for readers of this project.

Chapter one serves as an introduction to the work and provides context of the researcher. Chapter two will theologically reflect on the ministry …

Review Of C. S. Lewis & Mere Christianity: The Crisis That Created A Classic, Bruce R. Johnson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Paul McCusker, C. S. Lewis & Mere Christianity: The Crisis That Created a Classic (Carol Stream, Illinois, 2014). x + 230 pages + 8 pages of photographs. $14.99. ISBN 9781624053221.

Review Of The Lost Letters Of Cornelius Van Til To C. S. Lewis, Lyle W. Dorsett

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Jomo K. Johnson, The Lost Letters of Cornelius Van Til to C. S. Lewis (Philadelphia, 2012). Kindle Edition, 30 pages. $2.99. ASIN: B007WZAYNE.

Review Of C. S. Lewis And The Crisis Of A Christian, Stephen Beard

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Gregory S. Cootsona, C. S. Lewis and the Crisis of a Christian (Louisville, 2014). 169 pages. $16.00. ISBN 9780664239404.

Review Of C. S. Lewis: Revelation And The Christ, Austin Freeman

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of P. H. Brazier. C. S. Lewis: Revelation and the Christ (Eugene, OR, 2012). Book 1: C. S. Lewis: Revelation, Conversion, and Apologetics. 316 pages. $25.20. ISBN 978- 1610977180. Book 2: C. S. Lewis—The Work of Christ Revealed. 320 pages. $31.50. ISBN 9781610977197. Book 3.1: C. S. Lewis—On the Christ of a Religious Economy: I. Creation and Sub-Creation. 318 pages. $32.13. ISBN 9781610977203. Book 3.2: C. S. Lewis—On the Christ of a Religious Economy: II. Knowing Salvation. 344 pages. $38.00. ISBN 9781620329825. Book 4: C. S. Lewis—An Annotated Bibliography and Resource. 208 pages. $16.20. ISBN 9781610979061.

“The Weight Of Glory”: C. S. Lewis’ Most Pathetic Sermon 89 Toby F. Coley, Toby F. Coley

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A rhetorical analysis of C. S. Lewis's acclaimed sermon, "The Weight of Glory."

Review Of Pursuing An Earthy Spirituality: C. S. Lewis And Incarnational Faith, Joel D. Heck

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Gary S. Selby, Pursuing an Earthy Spirituality: C. S. Lewis and Incarnational Faith (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2019). 216 pages. $22.00. ISBN 9780830852369.

Review Of How To Be A Christian: Reflections And Essays, Kevin Belmonte

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of C. S. Lewis, How to Be a Christian: Reflections and Essays (New York: HarperOne, 2018). xvi + 186 pages. $22.99. ISBN 9780062849939.

Review Of C. S. Lewis’ Little Book Of Wisdom: Meditations On Faith, Life, Love, And Literature, Torri Frye

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of C. S. Lewis, C. S. Lewis’ Little Book of Wisdom: Meditations on Faith, Life, Love, and Literature, compiled by Andrea Kirk Assaf and Kelly Anne Leathy (Charlottesville, Virginia: Hampton Roads Publishing, 2018). 383 pages. $15.95. ISBN 9781571748454.

Review Of Symbol Or Substance? A Dialogue On The Eucharist With C. S. Lewis, Billy Graham, And J. R. R. Tolkien, Jennifer Neyhart

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Peter Kreeft, Symbol or Substance? A Dialogue on the Eucharist with C. S. Lewis, Billy Graham, and J. R. R. Tolkien (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2019). 232 pages. $16.95. ISBN 9781621642756.

Review Of “St. Clive:” An Eastern Orthodox Author Looks Back At C. S. Lewis, Gale Watkins

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of C. J. S. Hayward, “St. Clive:” An Eastern Orthodox Author Looks Back at C. S. Lewis (Wheaton, Illinois: C. J. S. Hayward Publications, 2000-19). 381 pages. $49.99. ISBN 9781794669956.

Review Of The Oxbridge Evangelist: Motivations, Practices, And Legacy Of C. S. Lewis, Reggie Weems

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Michael J. Gehring, The Oxbridge Evangelist: Motivations, Practices, and Legacy of C. S. Lewis (Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2017). xi + 250 pages. $32.70. ISBN 9781498290067.

Alec Vidler’S Permanent Opposition: C. S. Lewis, Joel Heck

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Alexander Roper “Alec” Vidler was born on December 27, 1899, a little more than a year after C. S. Lewis. His career encompassed that of an Anglican priest, theologian, and historian. This essay will explore the relationship between C. S. Lewis and Alec Vidler, their views on theology and related writings, and the reasons their correspondence ceased after nine years.

“Further Up And Further In”: Roads, Pilgrim’S Regress And Sehnsucht On Earth And In Heaven, Lauren Spohn

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

First, in his 1933 allegory The Pilgrim’s Regress and, later, in his 1955 autobiography Surprised by Joy, C. S. Lewis described his conversion to Christianity as a journey guided by the search for what he called “Joy.” In the 1943 foreword to Regress, Lewis defines this feeling as an “intense longing” that “pierces us like a rapier”; later in Surprised by Joy, he calls it a desire of “almost sickening intensity,” best captured by the German word Sehnsucht. David Downing offers a helpful formulation of this “Sweet Desire” as “the blissful ache for some paradise out of reach,” which acts …

C. S. Lewis’S “Transposition”: Text And Context, Arend Smilde

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

“Transposition” was originally a sermon for Whitsunday (Pentecost), preached in the chapel of Mansfield College, Oxford, around the end of the Second World War. Taking his cue from the miraculous “speaking in tongues” described in Acts 2, Lewis addresses the problem of “the obvious continuity between things which are admittedly natural and things which, it is claimed, are spiritual.”

Review Of Sunbeams And Bottles: The Theology, Thought, And Reading Of C. S. Lewis, Charlie W. Starr

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of James Prothero. Sunbeams and Bottles: The Theology, Thought, and Reading of C. S. Lewis. (Hamden, CT: Winged Lion Press, 2022). 442 pages. $22.99. ISBN 9781935688327.

Review Of C. S. Lewis For Beginners, Bruce R. Johnson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Louis Markos, C. S. Lewis for Beginners, illus. by Joe Lee (Danbury, CT: For Beginners, 2022). viii + 192 pages. $15.95. ISBN: 97819399940806.

Review Of A Hebraic Inkling: C. S. Lewis On Judaism And The Jews, Erin Seidel

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of P. H. Brazier, A Hebraic Inkling: C. S. Lewis on Judaism and the Jews (Eugene, OR, Pickwick Publications, 2021). 301 pages. $34.99. ISBN 9781725291973

A Friend Who Does Me No Good: Aphorism In Matteo Ricci’S On Friendship, Maximilian Chan Weiher

Asian Languages and Cultures Honors Projects

This paper argues that Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) designed his aphoristic compilation, Jiaoyou Lun 交友論–On Friendship (1595)–to serve the Jesuit mission of converting the Chinese to Catholicism and express the conflict he may have felt exploiting friends to forward the Jesuit mission. Utilizing friendships to allow for greater social influence was central to the Jesuit proselytization strategy in China. However, Ricci’s moral education from youth taught him to judge utilitarian friendships as immoral. The extant scholarship regarding Ricci’s On Friendship fails to acknowledge the significance of the aphoristic form to this work. To illuminate the value of aphorism …

William Webb Freeman Papers, 1912-1954, William Webb Freeman

Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids

Finding aid for the William Webb Freeman Papers, 1912-1954.

Equipping Christians With A Post-Christian Evangelism Paradigm At Great Oaks Church Of Christ, Tim Alsup

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

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