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The Future Of Open Theism: From Antecedents To Opportunities [Review] / Rice, Richard., Martin F. Hanna

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Book Review

Revelation. Paideia: Commentaries On The New Testament [Review] / Tonstad, Sigve K., Stanislav Kondrat

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Book Review

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Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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The Later Wittgenstein And Moral Philosophy [Review] / De Mesel, Benjamin., Kenneth Bergland

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Book Review

Scribes And Scrolls At Qumran [Review] / Crawford, Sidnie White., Rodrigo Galiza

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Book Review

The God Who Trusts: A Relational Theology Of Divine Faith, Hope, And Love [Review] / Holtzen, Wm. Curtis., Martin F. Hanna

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Saying No To God: A Radical Approach To Reading The Bible Faithfully [Review] / Korpman, Matthew J., André Reis

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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The Sermon On The Mount And Human Flourishing: A Theological Commentary [Review] / Pennington, Jonathan., Ernest Bursey

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Daniel 11 Decoded: An Exegetical, Historical, And Theological Study [Review] / Doukhan, Jacques., Jiří Moskala

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Sibylline Oracles 4–5, Olivia Stewart Lester

Theology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism provides a comprehensive reference resource of over 600 scholarly articles aimed at those studying Judaism in the Second Temple Period, and the numerous texts and artefacts related to it.

The work is split into four parts across two volumes.

Part One locates the discipline in relation to other relevant fields (for example the Hebrew Bible, Rabbinics, Christian Origins) and provides an orientation to the discipline's distinctive nomenclatures and debates. The history of research in the area is also presented in full.

Part Two presents an overview of respective contexts of the discipline …

The Unmarried (M)Other: A Study Of Christianity, Capitalism, And Counternarratives Concerning Motherhood And Marriage In The United States And South Africa, Haley Feuerbacher

Religious Studies Theses and Dissertations

A reified and patriarchal form of Christianity that emphasizes “family values” – that is, adherence to the formula of a male-headed, heterosexual, capitalist, nuclear family, characterized by distinct, complementary, and hierarchical gender roles as essential to the well-being of individuals, one’s nation, and the ecumenical Church - over “community values” has become a happy bedfellow of the market system and neocolonialism, extending its reach worldwide through globalization. The result is that single mothers constitute the most economically oppressed demographic internationally across all race and ethnic categories. Using Constructivist Grounded Theory and a postcolonial feminist theological lens to collect, retell, and …

Ephesians And Ecumenism, Toby Eisenberg

Religious Studies Theses and Dissertations

Christian ecumenism has made great strides during the twentieth century but is now widely seen as needing a new path. Avery Dulles has proposed an “exchange of gifts” notion of dialogue in which the participant churches share their understanding of the Christian life and all of the reasons they have for holding their particular doctrines and practices, drawing on whatever normative sources they believe are appropriate. The approach enables the participants to bear testimony in love in the hopes that they may better understand and appreciate each other more fully, thereby opening a path to increased doctrinal consensus and thus …

Habermas And The Question Of Bioethics, Hille Haker

Theology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

In The Future of Human Nature, Jürgen Habermas raises the question of whether the embryonic genetic diagnosis and genetic modification threatens the foundations of the species ethics that underlies current understandings of morality. While morality, in the normative sense, is based on moral interactions enabling communicative action, justification, and reciprocal respect, the reification involved in the new technologies may preclude individuals to uphold a sense of the undisposability (Unverfügbarkeit) of human life and the inviolability (Unantastbarkeit) of human beings that is necessary for their own identity as well as for reciprocal relations. Engaging with liberal …

Actual Development Trends Of Religious Studies In Uzbekistan, Makhfuza Alimova

The Light of Islam

The paper highlights actual problems, major directions and development trends of the field of Religious Studies in Uzbekistan. It is clear that the youths have become the main target of different destructive ideas in the period of globalization. The paper focuses on the prevention of these threats and formation of a spiritual immunity against them as well as on the improvement of healthy lifestyle and respect towards national and universal values in souls and minds of the youths in order to prevent a gap to be appeared in their spiritual world.

National and religious values have developed for better in …

The Role Of Information And Communication Technologies In The Development Of Religious And Educational Programs On Islamic Subjects, Alimjon Dadamuhamedov

The Light of Islam

Modern information technologies make a significant contribution to the development of religious and educational programs. The electronization of the Qur’an, Hadith and historical manuscript sources remains relevant today. The software was created in order to present to the world the ancient works of our ancestors and present them to the next generation in their original form. These software packages can be used in Islamic educational institutions and courses. Modern programming languages, such as Php, WordPress, the Yii2 framework, Joomla, Visual Basic, C ++, were used in the development of Islamic sources. This article is devoted to the analysis of modern …

Conditions Of Ensuring The Information-Psychological Security Of The Person, Baxriddin Umarov

The Light of Islam

The aim of the article is to reveal some of the socio-psychological capabilities of protecting a person from informationalpsychological threats. The article discusses the psychological possibilities of information and psychological security of a person. Humanity lives in the era of information technology, which accelerated the flow of information, which can change the mood, goals and aspirations of the people of the world, as well as the whole way of thinking. The article also notes that with the transition of mankind to the 21st century, it has been noted with unprecedented growth and quality of information, and today the impact, as …

The Words That Gives Religious Sense In Drama Products, Qahramon Sobirov

The Light of Islam

In this article the use of religious concepts, their roles and methodical tasks are considered. This article deals with the role of popular expressions in speech of characters as expressive means, to increase the value of verbal art, in individualization of speech of characters, their figurative and emotional influence on the reader. Historical-religious words are not only used in the speech of the characters in their speech. There are some methodological goals that apply to them. The use of them can be attributed to the speech situation. They are bound by the process of the events and the mood of …

The Cultural Life In Surkhan Oasis: Informing Of Achievements And Problems Based On Archival Materials (1925–1941 Years), Oybek Isayev

The Light of Islam

It is important to say that This article is prepared on The cultural life in Surkhan oasis: informing of achievements and problems based on archival materials.

During these years, It was made actions to destroy the cultura of Surhan oasis after Soviet establishment.At the beginning It was propagandized as to start educating the local people and confused, as a result The local peoples had fallen into the degree of illiteracy.

The musical drama theater was one of the established cultural institutions, It was demonstrated interesting performances for local peoples there. The most of works which demonstrating at theater was been …

Socio-Philosophical Aspects Of The Senusite Movement In North Africa, Azam Mamurov

The Light of Islam

The great imam and reformer seyyid Muhammad bin ‘Ali al-Senusi was born in Algeria and is a direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Received an excellent upbringing and education. He devoted all his knowledge and life experience to a noble cause: improving and reforming the hard and poor life of the simple Arab people. This is the period when European countries (France, Italy, etc.) began occupation actions against the underdeveloped Arab countries of North Africa. In 1830, the French captured Algeria - the homeland of Muhammad ‘Ali al-Senusi, and in 1881 the …

Formation Of A Class Of Local Owners At The End Of Xix – The Beginnings Of The Xx Centuries In The Bukhara Emirate, Feruza Amonova

The Light of Islam

In article it is about formation of a layer of the local bourgeoisie and about activity of large owners in the Bukhara emirate of the end of XIX – the beginnings of the XX century. This article has the special importance because of it is writing on the basis of the comparative analysis of archival documents and historical researches.

The formation of local ownership in the Bukhara Emirate in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was largely dependent on economic and political factors in the region at that time. As a result of the establishment of the Russian empire’s …

Development Of Concepts On The Philosophy Of Religion In The Philosophical Thinking Of The West, Abduxoliq Tashanov

The Light of Islam

This article explores the role of religious ideas, concepts and ideas in the cognitive process, the idea of God in the dominant idea of medieval Western civilization, as well as the philosophical views of theologians on the unity and eternity of God. The ideas of Thomas Aquinas about God, the omnipotence of God and his relative and absolute views on him are analyzed. The role of the theological doctrine in European philosophy of the 11th-13th centuries, its transformation into medieval European conceptual dominance was investigated in the theory of theology as a major scientific science with the addition of philosophy …

The Religious-Philosophical Legacy Of Ahmed Zaki Validiy, Muminjon Xojaev

The Light of Islam

This article analyzes the social and social life during the time of Ahmad Zaki Validi Togan, the religious-philosophical, socio-political views of A. Validi.

The emergence of the need to study the history of Islam and Christian doctrine, religious and philosophical thoughts by Ahmаdom Zaki Validi. Socio-political views of Zaki Validi on the political situation during the Soviet totalitarian politics based on an analysis of his views on the spiritual degradation of society, the moral impoverishment of people and the dependent of communist ideology among people of the former Soviet Union.

Spiritual-Moral Environment And Its Basic Indicators, Matlyuba Qaxxarova, Hamida Tuychieva

The Light of Islam

The article considers the problems of the spiritual and moral environment of society as a socio-historical phenomenon, the features of its development in a civil society and the laws of its development. The main attention is paid to ethical principles and means, ways to meet the needs of the individual, the importance of moral ideal, as well as objective conditions and subjective factors of the spiritual and moral environment.

In order to comprehensively improve the spiritual and moral climate in society, a philosophical approach to the question of the beliefs and beliefs of the individual was made in order to …

Problems Of Regulation Of Secularism And Religious Principles In Arab Countries, Mukhammadolim Mukhammadsidiqov

The Light of Islam

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that the wave of socio-political transformations that began in December 2010 in Tunisia and Algeria, called the «Arab Spring», was a phenomenon caused by a difficult internal situation, as well as internal and external factors that triggered these events.

The article examines the degree of influence of political Islam on the processes of modernization, geopolitics, as well as sociopolitical development, including the need to create a scientific basis for regulating religious relations in Arab African countries, which have become a source of instability. In this context, political processes in North Africa and …

Religious Principles In The Political Views Of Amir Temur, Tulkin Alimardonov

The Light of Islam

This article explores the balance between religion and state in the politics of the great commander and statesman Amir Temur. It is revealed that in his political activities he was an accomplished figure who managed to incorporate Islamic law into the principles of the secular state. It has been studied comparatively that the government has followed the teachings of its teachers in the creation of just instruments and methods, and these religious and philosophical views have served as an important theoretical principle in the development of the country. This political philosophy of Amir Temur’s national statehood as a great historical …

Ources Of «Majma‘ Al-Masail» And Poetic Interpretation Of The Questions Of Fikh, Hilola Gulomova

The Light of Islam

Studying of philosophical and esthetic outlook of our people reflected in works of art is considered one of the major factors influencing on development of number of disciplines including the development of literary criticism and religious studies. In this sense, the careful and impartial research of such works remains to be one of the urgent tasks of literary criticism and source study in the period of independence.

In the article, sources of the work by the author under the pseudonym Afzaly «Majma‘ al-masail» devoted to fiqh questions and poetic interpretation of the matters are considered.

Questions of fiqh quoted in …

Chronograms Of Raji Marginoni As A Historical Source, Nodirjon Abdulahatov

The Light of Islam

The article gives information about the chronograms of the scientist Fakih and poet Khojojan Khoja - Raji Marginani (1834-1918). One of the talented representatives of the Margilan literary milieu, the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, was a poet, scholarly enlightener - Raji Marginani, who became famous among the local intellectual circles under the name «Khojazhan Kazi». He continued the traditions of the Ferghana school in the fields of Muslim law (fiqh). Khojazhan Kazi worked in poetry under the pseudonym “Raji” (in Arabic, “Hopeful”). His legacy is undoubtedly of scientific interest. It, along with the common …

Islamic Jurisprudential Regulations On The Ariyah Agreement, Mamurjon Erkaev Mr

The Light of Islam

In this article, the issue of aariyah (temporary gratuitous use of something) on social-legal relations in the sources of the classical period of the Hanafi sect, its lexical and stylistic meanings, as well as the understanding of the issue of aariyah according to Hanafi and other denominations of the Ahli Sunnah Wal Jama`ah are studied. According to Islamic law, the differences between aariyah, savings, pledge, lease agreements and the specific legal concepts are analysed comparatively. Also, the rights and obligations of the giver and the recipient of the aariyah are studied.

In this article, the issues related to aariyah in …

A Comparison Of Some Of The Fatwas Issued By The Medical Affairs, Baxrom Mamadiyev Mr

The Light of Islam

In history and nowadays, in a constantly globalizing world, Islamic religion and medicine have provoked numerous heated debates, especially at critical moments in life and death, transplantation of human organs, abortion and other issues.

All Islamic law schools consider a woman’s life threat as an acceptable cause of abortion, and some allow abortion to preserve a woman’s health. Islam favors abortion under strict conditions, such as a risk to the mother’s life, a birth defect, and fetal deformity, or if pregnancy is the result of sin. Some ulema do not allow abortion to maintain a woman’s health.

An analysis of …

Codicological Analysis Of Manuscripts Of Work «Al-Fiqh An-Nоfe’», Begzod Muxtorov Mr

The Light of Islam

Movarounnahr is a place of scholars who have made a significant contribution to the development of Islamic sciences. The works of Islamic doctrines, rights and morals, written by scholars from this country, are popular not only in the Muslim world, but throughout the world. Examples include works stored in libraries around the world and recognized as rare manuscript sources.

One of such scholars is Abul Qasim Nasiruddin Samarkand. He lived in Samarkand in the 11th and 12th centuries, and studied Islamic sciences, in particular the Quranic sciences, doctrines, jurisprudence, ethics, history and lexicon, and contributed greatly to the development of …