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Presidential Address: Confessions Of A White Catholic Racist Theologian, Jon Nilson

Theology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Where Christian And Revolutionary Meet?, Hille Haker

Theology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Does Evolutionary Science Rule Out The Theistic God? The Johnson-Pennock Debate, Dan D. Crawford

Department of Philosophy: Faculty Publications

Phillip Johnson, in a number of recent writings, most notably in his 1991 book, Darwin on Trial. has called into question the whole of evolutionary science by arguing that it is based on the philosophical system of naturalism which assumes without justification that God plays no part in the process by which living things come to be. The philosopher, Robert Pennock, in his recent book, Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism, defends science against Johnson's charge, arguing first that naturalism is not atheistic and so does not deny God, and second, that the principle naturalism uses to …

Trinitarian' Pneumatology In The New Testament? -Towards An Explanation Of The Worship Of Jesus, Max Turner

The Asbury Journal

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The Stromata Vol. 44, No. 1, Calvin Theological Seminary

Stromata (1956-2020)

Inside This Issue

4- Our Hands, Our Feet, Our Mouths: A Brief History of Fund-Raising in Christian Reformed World Missions by Timothy Dejonge

14- An Evaluation of the Present Denominational Ministry Structure of the CRCNA by Ben Meyer, Chad Steenwyk, & Joel Ringma

19- Consuming Zeal by Dave Gifford

26- Thy Kingdom Come... by A sermon by Lisa Vander Leek

30- Worship Leadership & The Office of Evangelist by Paul Ryan

34- Editorial—Writer’s Block Blues by Joshua S. Benton

The Stromata Vol. 44, No. 2, Calvin Theological Seminary

Stromata (1956-2020)

Inside This Issue

4- The Hollow Hammer: Nietzsche's Weapon Against Christianity by Jordan J. Ballor

12- Our Paedocommunion Discussion: Children and the Lord’s Supper in the Christian Reformed Church by Ryan Faber

18- God is our Deliverer: A sermon on Daniel 6 by Benny Solihin

22- The Problem of Evil: A poem by Daniel Bud

23- The Christian Roadmap: A sermon on Psalm 119:97-106 and 2 Timothy 3:10-17 by Alfred Muema Muli

27- Friendship: A sermon on Romans 5:7-8 by Jeffery W. Scripps

32- On Common Grace: A Tale Related to Romans 1:18-32 and Other Such Texts by Andrew Brennan

The Virtuous Cooperator: Modeling The Human In An Ecologically Endangered Age, Jame Schaefer

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

A theological model of the human is needed to prompt responsible thinking about and acting within the physical world. Some basic components for modeling the human as a virtuous cooperator appear in the teachings of Thomas Aquinas. When appropriated cautiously and informed broadly by contemporary scientific findings, this model provides a promising way of thinking about humans in relation to other species and ecological systems, a framework for acting responsibly, and the motivation for making this behavior habitual.

Review Of Grace & Obedience: Theological Essays In Criticism 1960-1999 By John M. Gessell, Robert B. Slocum

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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Luther On Eve, Women And The Church, Mickey L. Mattox

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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Review Of A Third Concept Of Liberty By Samuel Fleischacker, Philip J. Rossi

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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Assimilation: The Touch, See, & Hear Approach To Integrating People Into Your Church, Danny Von Kanel

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This paper presents the “touch, see, and hear approach” for assimilating newcomers into the life of a local church, using case studies of three churches—Coral Ridge Presbyterian, Highland Park United Methodist, and Idlewild Baptist.

Book Review: The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership: Follow Them And People Will Follow You By John C. Maxwell, Michael D. Felt

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

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Nonviolence, Anabaptism, And The Impossible In Communication, Susan L. Trollinger

English Faculty Publications

In a sense, the discipline of communication is all about peace. This is so because the discipline seeks to explain the relationship between communication and understanding as well as to promote better understanding through instruction in effective communication practices. Thus, all sub-disciplines of communication-from organizational communication to public address to health communication-address both theoretical and practical questions about how communication assists or frustrates human understanding. To the extent that an understanding serves as an antidote to human conflict, then, communication seeks to promote peace.

Correspondence: Lavinia Browne, Personal To Assistant Archbishop Tutu Responds To Researcher, March 11, 2003., Lavinia Browne

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Collection Textual

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The 'P'-Word: Conversion In A Postmodern Environment, Brad Kallenberg

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Allow me to write frankly about the “P”-word. There is great concern about the proliferation of the “P”-word. In the past decade, over 1,500 articles and 2,000 books have come into print bearing the "P"-word in their titles. Nearly 1,000 of these books are still in print. Everywhere we turn we find that we have been inundated with the “P”-word. And so we have come to fear for our culture. The "P"-word? “Postmodernism.”

Granted, postmodernism is a slippery concept; there are many versions, many postmodernisms. But should Christians fear postmodernism? To be sure, the modern era proved to be no …

Professional Or Practitioner? What’S Missing From The Codes?, Brad Kallenberg

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Imagine a code of ethics that advocated shady business practices and that the organization proposing the code came under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. Imagine further, that the investigation came to trial and the stance taken by the organization was found to be illegal by the highest court of the land. Such a scenario, if true, would raise a host of questions about codes of professional ethics, not the least of which would be “What value, if any, do codes of ethics have for the teaching of ethics?”

Sadly, the above scenario is factual. However, I’m not referring …

Defending Hauerwas, Brad Kallenberg, Terrence W. Tilley, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

The commentary begins: Jeffrey Stout and Stanley Hauerwas have long been friends and conversation partners. One would not know that from reading Stout’s “Not of This World” (October 10). Nor does one emerge from Stout’s essay with an accurate sense of Hauerwas’s position.

Stout’s presentation is incomplete in many ways. For example, he labels Hauerwas’s ethic as “perfectionist,” implying that it is, in the words of the article’s title, unrealistic or “not of this world.” However, Stout fails to mention Hauerwas’s untiring emphasis on human sinfulness and-most crucially- the subsequent centrality of the practices of forgiveness and reconciliation. This is …

Volume 45, Numbers 1 And 2, Restoration Quarterly

Restoration Quarterly

PDF of the cover of Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 45, Nos. 1 & 2.

This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.

A Yoderian Appraisal Of Latin American Liberation Theology, Daniel Castelo

The Asbury Journal

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Christianity At The Religious Roundtable: Evangelicalism In Conversation With Hinduism, Buddhism And Islam, Jim Lewis, Micah A, Thompson

Biblical and Theological Studies Faculty Works

Reminiscent of E. Stanley Jones's technique of utilizing a roundtable for religious dialogue, Timothy C. Tennent's Christianity st the Religious Roundtable seeks to engage Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim ideas on issues he regards as central to interreligious dialogue. In addition to the doctrine of supreme reality, which he treats in connection with all three traditions, he adds chapters on the topics of the doctrine of creation (Hindu), ethics (Buddhist) and Christ and Incarnation (Muslim). After treating each tradition in these six chapters, he provides three case studies and a conclusion. Beginning with an opening chapter entitled "lnterreligious dialogue: an Evangelical …

Dictionary Of Contemporary Religion In The Western World: Exploring Living Faiths In Postmodern Contexts (Review), James F. Lewis

Biblical and Theological Studies Faculty Works

When Samuel Clemens heard that a journalist had reported his passing, he quipped: “Rumors of my death, have been greatly exaggerated.” In a similar vein, the Dictionary serves to lay to rest the antiquated but oft-believed claim of secular elites concerning the imminent demise of religion. In 100 articles, written by 61 gifted contributors (18 of whom are from North America) the reader is informed of the staggering breadth, growing profusion and zealous tenacity of religion in modern human culture and its ability to ever morph into new and creative expressions. The authors are committed to the Christian tradition but …

Who Do I Say That You Are? Anthropology And The Theology Of Theosis In The Finnish School Of Tuomo Mannermaa, William Schumacher

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

Part of what drives the present study is the conviction that anthropology matters in theology. That is to say, theology must find new ways (or recover and translate old ways) to answer questions about what it means to be human. One purpose of this study, then, is to try to reclaim the doctrine de homine as a vital and pertinent dimension of the whole theological enterprise, rather than relegate anthropology to non-theological (or even anti-theological) disciplines. The anthropological suggestions that arise from the studies of the Finnish school, intriguing and stimulating in some respects, ultimately fall short of this goal, …

Suggested Shifts In Preparation For The Spontaneous Expansion Of The North American Church, J. D. Payne

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

In this major article, Payne notes three paradigm shifts—theological, strategical, methodological—that need to be rethought in increase effectiveness in church planting.

The Book Of Hosea As Visionary Prophecy: A Search For Genre, Laura Barge

The Asbury Journal

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Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

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Book Review: Testing The Claims Of Church Growth By Rodney E. Zwonitzer, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

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Introduction, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

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The Intentional Sunday School: A Pathway To Purpose, John H. Ewart

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This paper presents ten components needed in building an intentional Sunday School.

Memory, Funerals, And The Communion Of Saints: Growing Old And Practices Of Remembering, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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September 11 And Christian Spirituality In The United States, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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