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Editor's Preface, Thomas A. Thompson

Marian Studies

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Mary As Mother Of Communion And The Sacrament Of The Sacrament Of Salvation, Chau Nguyen

Marian Studies

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The Role Of The Blessed Virgin Mary In The New Evangelization In The Writings Of Blessed John Paul Ii, Christopher Gillespie

Marian Studies

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Our Lady Of La Vang, Model Of Christ's Disciples And Model Of The New Evangelization, Chao Doan

Marian Studies

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Devotion To Mary As Liberation: A Case Study Of The Marian Spirituality Of Schoenstatt, Christen Almanzar

Marian Studies

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Our Lady Of Unbelievers: Mary And Modern Atheism, Peter A. Huff

Marian Studies

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Back Cover, Mariological Society Of America

Marian Studies

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Arthur W. Clinton, Jr., Scholarships And Awards, Mariological Society Of America

Marian Studies

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Mary's Missionary Charism, Johann G. Roten

Marian Studies

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Buddhist Women And Religious Leadership, Karma Lekshe Tsomo Phd

Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship

Throughout Buddhist history, women practitioners have been models of leadership in virtuous conduct, meditation, discipline, teaching, spiritual experience, and other religious achievements. The roles women have played were not necessarily in line with contemporary expectations of religious leadership, however. Most did not hold official office, give public teachings, lead religious ceremonies, or publish extensively. Most were not prominent in temple building, institutional administration, or educational leadership. Almost none of them held positions in religious institutions and only a few were recognized for their achievements. In fact, women’s most visible religious activities often centered around supporting the religious practice of other …

“I Will Bless The Lord At All Times”: Blessing God In The Old Testament, Dana M. Pike

Faculty Publications

Because of his love for them, God is disposed to bless all his children to some extent (see Matthew 5:45). However, in addition to God’s graciously bestowed blessings on all people, many divine blessings are primarily relationship dependent; that is, existing in a particular relationship with God allows one to obtain certain blessings that are often greater than those bestowed upon someone outside such a relationship.1 The Bible indicates that by his power God blessed Adam and Eve (Gen 1:22, 28) and their faithful descendants, including Noah, Abraham, Sarah, and many others. For example, after Noah’s family left their ark, …

Review Of The Global Luther: A Theologian For Modern Times, Mickey Mattox

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

The article reviews the book "The Global Luther: A Theologian for Modern Times" edited by Christine Helmer.

Review Of Urspruenge Des Atheismus By Winfried Schröder, Ulrich Lehner

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

Challenges Michael Buckley's claims in At the Origins of Modern Atheism (1990) that modern atheism had its foundation in d'Holbach and Diderot, that historical biblical criticism helped the emergence of atheism, and that natural theology was the "midwife" for atheist thought.

Small Christian Communities As A New Way Of Becoming Church: Practice, Progress And Prospects, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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The Five Armageddons Of Revelation, Nicholas S. Boone

Faculty Research and Publications

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Fluid Boundaries And The Assertion Of Difference In Low-Caste Religious Identity, Nancy M. Martin

Religious Studies Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"The boundaries of religious traditions are being actively contested in India today, though in practice their internal and external structures are fl uid and open. Each religion takes a wide array of forms, refl ecting the diversity of the communities and adherents who fi nd relevance and meaning within it, and symbols and practices fl ow readily across what prove to be very permeable and overlapping boundaries between religious traditions. However, religion has been used by the powerful to assert and maintain dominance and in national and regional communal politics, at times fanning the fl ames of extreme violence. Fundamentalists …

John The Baptist And The Jewish Setting Of Matthew, Brian C. Dennert

Dissertations

Although recent discussions on the Gospel of Matthew have emphasized the document's setting within first-century Judaism, these studies have not analyzed how the figure of John the Baptist functions within this setting. The failure to address the significance of the Baptist for the Gospel's Jewish setting is striking because recent study on the historical Baptist has emphasized his ministry and place within first-century Judaism. Therefore, this dissertation places a perennial topic within a new framework, believing that attention to the Jewish setting of the Gospel may prompt fresh observations and explanations of the role of John the Baptist within the …

Towards A Roman Catholic Soteriology For The Sinned-Against Creature: An Intercultural Dialogue Between The Soteriology Of Edward Schillebeeckx And Korean-American Theologies Of 'Han', Kevin Patrick Considine

Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation is to point towards a Roman Catholic soteriology for the sinned-against creature that uses 'han' as a fundamental theological source. This dissertation is concerned with two main areas--Roman Catholic soteriology and intercultural theological dialogue--due to their growing importance in the 21st century in which globalization continues to be the driving force that organizes the economic, social, cultural, and political structures of the world, for the benefit of some and the dehumanization of many others.

I argue that Korean-American theologies and anthropologies of 'han' provide one important resource for supplementing and developing the relatively inadequate Roman …

Down To Earth Ethics: Exploring Relation And Environmental Responsibility, Matthew Gowans

Dissertations

This dissertation is aimed at exploring the question of direct engagement with the natural world as a way of establishing certain moral and ontological truths, particularly those connected to our current environmental struggles. Contrary to the wave of much of modern Western thinking, Albert Schweitzer, Martin Buber and Aldo Leopold demonstrate an ethics that is relational in nature, action oriented, and bound up in inexpressible wonder. Consequently, these thinkers are also critical of a world which bases the whole of reality solely on the logic of rational investigation and the material facts of science. The heart of ethical responsibility in …

Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

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From the Editor, Robert Danielson

The Practical Theology of the General Rules Andrew C. Thompson

Historical Support for Early Methodist Views of Water and Spirit Baptism Joseph D. McPherson

Understanding Christian Perfection and its Struggle with Antinomianism Victoria L. Campbell

Vulnerability and Empowerment in Crossing Frontiers: A Christian Theology of Mission Lalsangkima Pachuau

Life in the Spirit: An Overview of Lesslie Newbigin’s Pneumatology of Mission Rob Hughes

The Significance of Pentateuchal Tithing as a Legal Instruction for the 21st Century Reader Miracle Ajah

Chronicles as Revisionist Religious History Moshe Reiss and David J. Zucker

Local Residents’ Responses …

Vulnerability And Empowerment In Crossing Frontiers: A Christian Theology Of Mission, Lalsangkima Pachuau

The Asbury Journal

This paper was presented in Asbury Theological Seminary, on May 9, 2013, at Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau’s installation in the J.W. Beeson Chair of Christian Mission. In this essay, he explores the frontier crossing aspects of mission theology in the light of a Trinitarian view of the missio Dei. In particular, he examines the account of Peter and Cornelius crossing the Jewish- Gentile frontier in the book of Acts.

Emerging In The Image Of God: From Evolution To Ethics In A Second Naïveté Understanding Of Christian Anthropology, Jason Paul Roberts

Dissertations (1934 -)

Through a careful integration of theological, philosophical, and the natural scientific sources, the biblical concepts of the image of God and the knowledge of good and evil have the potential to remain important and appropriate descriptors of the human condition, including the possibility and necessity of human morality. This study employs French philosopher Paul Ricoeur's notion of "second naïveté" understanding to demonstrate the hermeneutical significance of contemporary biocultural evolutionary theory for reinterpreting and reappropriating these ancient symbols of Christian anthropology as terms equipped to encapsulate a morally fruitful and intellectually honest conceptual framework for constructing, conducting, and evaluating theological anthropology …

Ave Maria (Lootens), Harold Lootens S.M.

Musical Compositions about the Marianist Charism

Hail Mary in Latin

Jewish, Christian – Or What? Questions Of Self-Designation In The 'Ascension Of Isaiah', Meghan Henning, Tobias Nicklas

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

The Question of the “Parting of the Ways” between Jews and Christians has become a matter of debate again: is it really appropriate to speak about two more or less coherent groups going two different ways from a certain point in history – perhaps after Paul’s mission, after the destruction of the Second Temple (70 CE), or after the Bar-Kokhba War (132-135 CE)? Does the image of a tree with one root and two different trunks going into two different directions really fit what the extant sources tell us about the complexities of the past? Or shouldn’t we distinguish between …

What Kind Of Family Is Needed For ‘Domestic Church’? A Mystagogy Of The Family, Jana Marguerite Bennett

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Is there an ideal Christian family, or indeed, is the term "family" even the best way to think about Christian life together, especially in relation to the term "domestic church"? When it comes to marriage and family, scholars writing about the concept of "domestic church" often do one of the following: (1) focus on Gen 1 and 2 as putting forth an ideal nuclear family; or (2) make family out to be a redeeming or eschatological vision on its own, in place of Jesus Christ. This is not a conservative or liberal problem, for people from across the spectrum make …

Front Cover, Mariological Society Of America

Marian Studies

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Title Page, Mariological Society Of America

Marian Studies

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Table Of Contents, Mariological Society Of America

Marian Studies

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Mary's Spiritual Motherhood: Lumen Gentium And The New Evangelization, Frederick L. Miller

Marian Studies

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The Kerygmatic Center Of The Dogma Of The Immaculate Conception In Relation To The Project Of A "New Evangelization", Richard H. Bulzacchelli

Marian Studies

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