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The Theological Tradition Of The Orthodox Church In The Aspect Of The Formation Of Military Leadership In Ukraine, Olga Dobrodum, Andrii S. Zborchyi, Tetyana Kondratyuk-Antonova, Oleksandr L. Kolomiiets Jan 2026

The Theological Tradition Of The Orthodox Church In The Aspect Of The Formation Of Military Leadership In Ukraine, Olga Dobrodum, Andrii S. Zborchyi, Tetyana Kondratyuk-Antonova, Oleksandr L. Kolomiiets

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

Analysis of the Orthodox theological tradition as a moral foundation for military leadership in the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the full-scale war. The study moves beyond pragmatic managerial models, exploring Orthodox categories such as service (diakonia), sacrifice, and spiritual warfare. Drawing on patristic heritage and modern theologians, the authors examine leadership motivation, the role of faith in professional resilience, and the integration of Orthodox anthropology into military training. Special emphasis is placed on the Orthodox Church of Ukraine's chaplaincy as a key mechanism for actualizing these values while addressing challenges like secularism and multiconfessionalism.


Saint Paisius Of Hilendar – The Bulgarian Jesus, Son Of Sirach, Ivaylo Naydenov Jan 2025

Saint Paisius Of Hilendar – The Bulgarian Jesus, Son Of Sirach, Ivaylo Naydenov

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

Despite a temporal gap of nearly twenty centuries, a comparative analysis of Jesus, Son of Sirach, and Saint Paisius of Hilendar reveals striking thematic and ideological parallels. Both authors, writing in times of cultural and political upheaval, sought to reaffirm religious and national identity in response to external pressures—Hellenization in the case of Sirach and Greek influence within the Ottoman Empire for Paisius. Their works emphasize wisdom, historical consciousness, and spiritual resilience as tools for social and national revival. By situating their narratives within broader historical and theological frameworks, they provide models of cultural resistance that transcend their immediate contexts.


Theology Of Creation In The Bulgarian Theology Of The 20th Century, Svetoslav Ribolov Jan 2025

Theology Of Creation In The Bulgarian Theology Of The 20th Century, Svetoslav Ribolov

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

Theology of Creation in 20th-century Bulgaria emerged within the broader debate about the role of religious education in state schools and the tension between the prevailing influence of evolutionary theory and a scientific approach to the Orthodox Church’s traditional spiritual heritage. Before World War 2, the primary social and intellectual motivation behind the Theology of Creation in Bulgaria was rooted in an apologetic struggle against secular ideas, which were embraced by a significant portion of Bulgarian society at the time. In the second half of the 20th century, however, this discourse gradually evolved to incorporate more denominationally oriented theological perspectives, …


Capes, D.B. Matthew Through Old Testament Eyes: A Background And Application Commentary. Grand Rapids, Mi: Kregel Academic, 2024, Edward Walton Nov 2024

Capes, D.B. Matthew Through Old Testament Eyes: A Background And Application Commentary. Grand Rapids, Mi: Kregel Academic, 2024, Edward Walton

The Christian Librarian

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Lim, Susan. Light Of The Word: How Knowing The History Of The Bible Illuminates Our Faith. Downers Grove, Il: Intervarsity Press, 2023, Arianna Dahlia Oct 2024

Lim, Susan. Light Of The Word: How Knowing The History Of The Bible Illuminates Our Faith. Downers Grove, Il: Intervarsity Press, 2023, Arianna Dahlia

The Christian Librarian

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Wright, N.T. The New Testament For Everyone: A Fresh Translation (3rd Ed.). Grand Rapids, Mi: Zondervan, 2023., Alec K. Ellis Aug 2024

Wright, N.T. The New Testament For Everyone: A Fresh Translation (3rd Ed.). Grand Rapids, Mi: Zondervan, 2023., Alec K. Ellis

The Christian Librarian

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González, Justo. The Bible In The Early Church. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2022., Alec K. Ellis Jul 2024

González, Justo. The Bible In The Early Church. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2022., Alec K. Ellis

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Wilson, Debbie W. Little Strength, Big God. Abilene, Tx: Leafwood Publishers, 2023., Katie M. Meeks Jul 2024

Wilson, Debbie W. Little Strength, Big God. Abilene, Tx: Leafwood Publishers, 2023., Katie M. Meeks

The Christian Librarian

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Who Is The "Son Of Man"?, Kerry Irish Jan 2024

Who Is The "Son Of Man"?, Kerry Irish

Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics

Many people, perhaps most, find Jesus’s use of this title confusing. It seems vague, even evasive. Not long before His death, a group of Jews implored Him “If You are the Christ [Messiah] tell us plainly [John 10:24].” Jesus responded, “I told you, but you do not believe.” As we shall see, Jesus spoke the truth as a brief study of both the Old and New Testaments makes clear. Indeed, many Old Testament writers use the title. That being the case, what does Jesus intend by describing Himself as the “Son of Man”? And why was He not well understood …


Review Of "Is Social Justice Just?", Jonathan Lawler Dec 2023

Review Of "Is Social Justice Just?", Jonathan Lawler

The Christian Librarian

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Review Of "1 Peter: A Commentary For Biblical Preaching And Teaching", Francisco De Assis Nogueria Barros Dec 2023

Review Of "1 Peter: A Commentary For Biblical Preaching And Teaching", Francisco De Assis Nogueria Barros

The Christian Librarian

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Review Of "The Manifold Beauty Of Genesis One: A Multi-Layered Approach", Scott Lloyd Dec 2023

Review Of "The Manifold Beauty Of Genesis One: A Multi-Layered Approach", Scott Lloyd

The Christian Librarian

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Review Of "Jeremiah And Lamentations: A Commentary For Biblical Preaching And Teaching", John Jaeger Dec 2023

Review Of "Jeremiah And Lamentations: A Commentary For Biblical Preaching And Teaching", John Jaeger

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Divine Love Theory: How The Trinity Is The Source And Foundation Of Morality", Jaclyn Lee Parrott Dec 2023

Review Of "Divine Love Theory: How The Trinity Is The Source And Foundation Of Morality", Jaclyn Lee Parrott

The Christian Librarian

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Review Of "Ecclesiastes: A Reflective Exposition", Jaclyn Lee Parrott Dec 2023

Review Of "Ecclesiastes: A Reflective Exposition", Jaclyn Lee Parrott

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Niv Heritage Bible, Passaggio Setting", Stephanie B. Leupp Dec 2023

Review Of "Niv Heritage Bible, Passaggio Setting", Stephanie B. Leupp

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Reflections On The Names Of God: 180 Devotions To Know God More Fully", Cynthia Hammell Dec 2023

Review Of "Reflections On The Names Of God: 180 Devotions To Know God More Fully", Cynthia Hammell

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


John Woolman's Aesthetics Of The Stranger, Jay David Miller Jan 2023

John Woolman's Aesthetics Of The Stranger, Jay David Miller

Faculty Publications - Department of English

Language about strangers, including ‘the heart of a stranger’ specifically, appears with frequency throughout the writings of John Woolman. This article argues that the stranger, inspired to a great extent by passages from the Bible, was a central philosophical and theological concept around which Woolman’s thought was gathered. For Woolman the stranger also functioned as a literary figure that united various parts of his work in what I refer to comprehensively as an aesthetics of the stranger. Ultimately, Woolman writing about strangers reflected his understanding of Jesus Christ as a stranger, which was the ground from which all his thinking …


Frontmatter, Quaker Religious Thought, No. 140, Jeffrey Dudiak Jan 2023

Frontmatter, Quaker Religious Thought, No. 140, Jeffrey Dudiak

Quaker Religious Thought

The theme of this issue of Quaker Religious Thought is “Quakers and Place.” The issue opens with an essay by Cherice Bock that explores a Quaker theology of place against the background of the climate crisis and colonialism. Grounding her analyses in Jewish and Christian theologies of place, Cherice then seeks to understand what constitutes the experience of a “sense of place,” before encouraging Quakers to undertake an intentional practice of place-making, and this for the sake of contributing to flourishing and resilient, local communities in this crucial historical moment. Rather than living “off” the land in an exploitative way, …


Many Healings Of The Woman With The Flow Of Blood, Ekaterina Lomperis Jan 2023

Many Healings Of The Woman With The Flow Of Blood, Ekaterina Lomperis

Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary

With the emergence of the modern quest for the historical Jesus, theologians began increasingly questioning traditional views of Jesus as a healer of human bodies. While a growing suspicion of Jesus’s role as a literal healer of the body is commonly traced to the influence of the Enlightenment, in this essay, I will suggest that the roots of this theological marginalization run deeper, in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformations, when supernatural did not yet equal superstitious. The essay will examine two representative exegeses of the healing of the woman with the flow of blood in Mark 5:25–34, offered by Martin Luther …


The Christian Liberal Arts Tradition Can Appeal To Christians And Non-Christians Alike, Joseph Clair Jan 2023

The Christian Liberal Arts Tradition Can Appeal To Christians And Non-Christians Alike, Joseph Clair

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

College and university professors in the liberal arts (humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences) are almost entirely left-leaning, liberal, or progressive, and this is especially true among faculty in the humanities and social sciences. The trend is even more pronounced in certain selective schools. Students who attend liberal arts colleges or universities often adopt more liberal or progressive points of view as a result of their education. There are many great literary depictions of this transformation and the ensuing alienation that often results when such students return home from college. (My favorite is in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Revelation,” where …


On Doing Justice, Loving Mercy, And Walking Humbly In Micah 6:8: The Peaceable Ways Of Israel's God, Then And Now, Paul N. Anderson Jan 2023

On Doing Justice, Loving Mercy, And Walking Humbly In Micah 6:8: The Peaceable Ways Of Israel's God, Then And Now, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Despite YHWH's presentation in the Hebrew Scripture as, at times, a warrior, a divine portrait also emerges of a God of justice, mercy, and lovingkindness, rooted in God's steadfast love (hesed) and desire for peaceable wholeness (salom)....This essay will explore the justice of lsrael's God, peace and prosperity as components of God's shalomic blessing, the turbulence of lsrael's eighth-century situation, and the prophets' creative calls for repentance--highlighting God's peaceable ways--relevant both then and now.


Longman Iii's "Revelation Through Old Testament Eyes: A Background And Application Commentary" (Book Review), Edward W. Walton Dec 2022

Longman Iii's "Revelation Through Old Testament Eyes: A Background And Application Commentary" (Book Review), Edward W. Walton

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Gould. Dickinson, And Loftins' "Stand Firm: Apologetics And The Brilliance Of The Gospel" (Book Review), Noelle C. Keller Aug 2022

Gould. Dickinson, And Loftins' "Stand Firm: Apologetics And The Brilliance Of The Gospel" (Book Review), Noelle C. Keller

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Hoffmeier's "The Prophets Of Israel: Walking The Ancient Paths" (Book Review), Karen Keesing Aug 2022

Hoffmeier's "The Prophets Of Israel: Walking The Ancient Paths" (Book Review), Karen Keesing

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Waltke And De Silvas' "Proverbs: A Shorter Commentary" (Book Review), David H. Michels Aug 2022

Waltke And De Silvas' "Proverbs: A Shorter Commentary" (Book Review), David H. Michels

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Provan's "Seeking What Is Right: The Old Testament And The Good Life" (Book Review), Amber C. Wessies Aug 2022

Provan's "Seeking What Is Right: The Old Testament And The Good Life" (Book Review), Amber C. Wessies

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Wright's "Galatians. Commentaries For Christian Formation" (Book Review), John Jaeger Aug 2022

Wright's "Galatians. Commentaries For Christian Formation" (Book Review), John Jaeger

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Smith's "Mind The Gap: Reflections From Luke's Gospel On The Divided City" (Book Review), Leslie Starasta May 2022

Smith's "Mind The Gap: Reflections From Luke's Gospel On The Divided City" (Book Review), Leslie Starasta

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Cambron's "Niv Verse Mapping Bible" (Book Review), Alec K. Ellis May 2022

Cambron's "Niv Verse Mapping Bible" (Book Review), Alec K. Ellis

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.