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Articles 1 - 22 of 22
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Anti-Rationalist Developments: Supernaturalism And The German Religious Awakening, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Anti-Rationalist Developments: Supernaturalism And The German Religious Awakening, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
The emergence of post-Kantian theological rationalism in early-nineteenth-century German Protestantism ushered in a variety of novel theological approaches that sought to move beyond traditional presentations of doctrine to examine anew the rational and historical basis of religious faith. It also met with strong opposition from preachers and theologians, who rejected the accommodation with Enlightenment rationalism, defended the inescapably supernatural character of Christian revelation, and sought to reimagine the relation of Christian communities to the state and its civil and educational institutions. This chapter presents an inquiry into this opposition to theological rationalism, which proceeds in three parts. It explores: (1) …
Ekpen-N'Owa: Conceptualizing The Human-Animal Relationship In The Benin Peoples' Worldview, Itohan Idumwonyi
Ekpen-N'Owa: Conceptualizing The Human-Animal Relationship In The Benin Peoples' Worldview, Itohan Idumwonyi
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
Animals are prominently ubiquitous in the Benin peoples' cosmologies. These philosophies associate animals with the transformation of the primordial chaos into a livable world, human beings, and the supernatural. In this context, specific animals are used in religious rituals to express the concepts of authority, supremacy, and nobility. Metaphorically speaking, the Oba (monarch) who rules over other monarchs is an Ekpen (leopard). Ekpen is an integral part of Benin's worldview and recurrently compares the Oba (ekpen-n'owa, the house-leopard personified) with the ekpenn'oha (wild leopard). Yet, studies in African Religion undermine the symbolic representation of the Oba as ekpen-n'owa. This article …
Beyond A Dance: The Resonance Of Ugie Ekaba As God's Conduit To "Play" With Humans, Itohan Idumwonyi
Beyond A Dance: The Resonance Of Ugie Ekaba As God's Conduit To "Play" With Humans, Itohan Idumwonyi
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
Scholars map Benin’s (City, kingdom in present-day southern Nigeria) historical contours with its monarchy and royal arts as the subject of rich literature (Paula, G. Ben-Amos 1999, 178; Okpewho, Isidore 1998). Yet, the trajectory to advance Benin’s cultural history and arts is at the expense of the less acknowledged, under-represented, and under-studied aspect of the Benin people who live beyond the capital. This scholarly neglect does not promote the understanding and appreciation of the people’s religious tradition. Fascinatingly, these people constitute and share in the (city) kingdom’s language (dialect), culture, and religion. This qualitative research is interdisciplinary and primarily descriptive, …
Schleiermacher's 'Historicism': Historical Criticism And The Modern Study Of Theology, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Schleiermacher's 'Historicism': Historical Criticism And The Modern Study Of Theology, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Lonergan, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Lonergan, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Erich Przywara On John Henry Newman And The Supernatural, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Erich Przywara On John Henry Newman And The Supernatural, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
This essay inquires into the unique intersection of Erich Przywara and John Henry Newman and explores the re-imagined notions of divine transcendence and the supernatural in their works. Przywara found in Newman a source of inspiration for a more lively presentation of Catholic thought and a model for illuminating the path toward a new Catholic intellectual culture. Newman’s work highlights the actively inquiring disposition of faith, an active search for the meaning of its doctrines, a progressive and unceasing journey that comprises the entirety of one’s life. By showing the changing Catholic responses to modernity and the evolving theological approaches …
Christ And The Perfection Of Creation In Schleiermacher's Dogmatic Theology, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Christ And The Perfection Of Creation In Schleiermacher's Dogmatic Theology, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
To many of his critics, Schleiermacher’s Christology signals an explicit weakness in his theological system, as his emphasis on religious feeling and subjectivity seems to undermine any claims of the distinctive revelatory or supernatural character of Jesus Christ. This essay by contrast underscores both the originality Schleiermacher’s understanding of Christ in history and its centrality to his overall thought by attending to the subtle theme of the “supernatural-becoming-natural” in his Glaubenslehre and Christliche Sittenlehre. Here the appearance of Christ yields a transformative influence that operates within natural and historical processes, inaugurating the reign of God that does not abolish …
Jürgen Habermas On The (Non-)Translatability Of Religious Meaning, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Jürgen Habermas On The (Non-)Translatability Of Religious Meaning, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
The relationship between religious faith and public reason has occupied an increasingly central role in Jürgen Habermas’s mature work. Yet this recent engagement with questions of religious meaning also illuminates a significant area of development in Habermas’s thought. While his earlier writings emphasized a need to subordinate religious beliefs to rational critique and to translate religious truth claims into publicly accessible forms of reasoning, his later writings signal a shift to a more cooperative understanding of religious faith and critical reason that highlights the ongoing potential of religion to advance rational discourse and social criticism in the public sphere. This …
Grace And Human Action: Distinctively Christian Action In Schleiermacher's Christian Ethics, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Grace And Human Action: Distinctively Christian Action In Schleiermacher's Christian Ethics, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Election In Christ In Schleiermacher's Christian Faith And Christian Ethics, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Election In Christ In Schleiermacher's Christian Faith And Christian Ethics, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
Schleiermacher’s treatment of election criticizes the narrow focus on individual salvation and emphasizes the primacy of divine grace. Yet more than merely offering a revision of this controversial doctrine, Schleiermacher’s position illuminates the larger correlation of grace, history, and soteriology in his theology. This essay examines Schleiermacher’s novel understanding of grace and history by attending to the subtle theme of the “supernatural-becoming-natural” in his thought. In contrast to rationalist and supernaturalist theologies in his day, his Christian Faith and Christian Ethics offer a historically-minded treatment that focuses on the original instance of grace in history: the appearance of the redeemer. …
Mediated Presence, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Mediated Presence, Kevin M. Vander Schel
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Thinking With Nostra Aetate: From The New Pluralism To Comparative Theology, Mathew N. Schmalz
Thinking With Nostra Aetate: From The New Pluralism To Comparative Theology, Mathew N. Schmalz
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
A consideration of the Vatican II document Nostra Aetate specifically in relation to comparative theology and theologies of religious pluralism. The article discusses two noted Catholic theologians: Paul Griffiths and Francis X. Clooney. The article also considers Pope Francis and the implications of his washing the feet of non-Christians. The article was published in Asian Horizons, a peer reviewed journal published by Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram in Bangalore, India
Resurgence Of The Traditional Justice System In Postcolonial Benin (Nigeria) Society, Itohan Idumwonyi, Solomon Ikhidero
Resurgence Of The Traditional Justice System In Postcolonial Benin (Nigeria) Society, Itohan Idumwonyi, Solomon Ikhidero
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
Rules and norms of behaviour are common features in human society. This is confirmed by human being’s desire for protection, fairness and mutual respect from fellow humans in their social groups. Recognized authorities whose sanctions are respected help to ensure fairness and mutual respect for each other. For the traditional Benin (African) society, the issue of law and justice is the joint concern of the deities, ancestors and the human members within the society. The aim of this paper, is to examine (i) the relevance of traditional justice system in postcolonial Benin (African) society; and (ii) the unwavering respect for …
Hypostatic Union And The Subtle Body: An Analysis Of Christian Yogic Practice, Mathew N. Schmalz
Hypostatic Union And The Subtle Body: An Analysis Of Christian Yogic Practice, Mathew N. Schmalz
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
An analysis of the appropriation of yoga by Catholic ashrams in India. Specifically, the article examines the use of the Twin Heart Meditation and how it is imbued with Christian meaning. The article was published in Asian Horizons, a peer reviewed journal published by Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram in Bangalore, India
The Faith And Rationality Of Dalit Christian Experience, Mathew N. Schmalz
The Faith And Rationality Of Dalit Christian Experience, Mathew N. Schmalz
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
A reflection on the John Paul II’s encyclical Fides et Ratio in connection to Dalit (Untouchable) Catholic and Christian experience in India. The article focuses on the spirituality of a Dalit Christian woman and relates it to the debate between historicity and ahistoricity in the appreciation of faith, rationality, and spirituality. The article was published in Asian Horizons, a peer reviewed journal published by Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram in Bangalore, India
Meet The Mormons: From The Margins To The Mainstream, Mathew N. Schmalz
Meet The Mormons: From The Margins To The Mainstream, Mathew N. Schmalz
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
A reflection on the relationship between Catholicism and Mormonism, specifically focusing on the Sunstone symposium.
A Hidden Life, Matthew N. Schmalz
A Hidden Life, Matthew N. Schmalz
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
A reflection on the murder of Marzena Ladiejewska, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, in Cheshire, Connecticut. The article reflects on Marzena Ladiejewska’s Catholic spirituality and the impact of her death.
The Saint Of Worcester: Why Pilgrims Visit Audrey Santo, Mathew N. Schmalz
The Saint Of Worcester: Why Pilgrims Visit Audrey Santo, Mathew N. Schmalz
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Letting Cities Shape How We Pray And What We Choose, William Reiser S.J.
Letting Cities Shape How We Pray And What We Choose, William Reiser S.J.
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
Immersion into the life of our cities not only expands the knowledge we have of the people and places in the local community, but can have a profound and transformative effect on our spiritual lives as well.
The Silent Body Of Audrey Santo, Mathew N. Schmalz
The Silent Body Of Audrey Santo, Mathew N. Schmalz
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
An ethnographic consideration of the devotion surrounding Audrey Marie Santo, a stigmatist and victim soul in Worcester, Massachusetts. The article uses the theme of the “silent body” to connect the Audrey Santo phenomenon to contemporary academic understandings of the body and embodiment.
Ad Experimentum: The Paradoxes Of Indian Catholic Inculturation, Mathew N. Schmalz
Ad Experimentum: The Paradoxes Of Indian Catholic Inculturation, Mathew N. Schmalz
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
A discussion of the inculturation movement in Indian Catholicism that attempts to adapt Catholic liturgy and religious symbolism to Hindu culture. The article discusses the writings of Indian theologian D. S. Amalorpavadass, their reception, and reactions to them among Dalit (Untouchable) Catholics. The article focuses on the experimental Indian rite Mass as well as the overall relationship between theology and anthropology. The article was published as part of the annual volume of the College Theological Society.
Images Of The Body In The Life And Death Of A North Indian Catholic Catechist, Mathew N. Schmalz
Images Of The Body In The Life And Death Of A North Indian Catholic Catechist, Mathew N. Schmalz
Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship
A discussion of a Dalit (Untouchable) Catholic catechist and communist activist in India. The article focuses on the use of bhajans by Kabir to articulate a Dalit Christian vision of redemption and salvation. The article also focuses upon Dalit resistances and social activism.