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Reconsidering The Roman Catholic Apocrypha, Alex Andersen

Classical Conversations

For centuries, Protestants have debated with Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians over the canonicity of the Roman Catholic Apocrypha, a collection of seven books and two additions to books composed from the third century B.C. to the first century A.D. and considered to be canonical by all major non-Protestant Christian denominations. This thesis plunges into this discussion on the Roman Catholic Apocrypha’s canonicity, contending that the Roman Catholic Apocrypha is noncanonical. First, this thesis propounds two broad models for canonicity, the Community Canon Model and the Intrinsic Canon Model, and maintains that the Intrinsic Canon Model is a better model …

Enchantment: A Teleology, Nathanael S. Toth

Senior Honors Theses

Despite the highly developed nature of his fictional world, Middle-earth, Tolkien never formally laid out a tabulated magic system for his fantasy creation. Nevertheless, unlike many stories by others in the fantasy genre, the magic he does include is far from just a shallow, world-building mechanism. Instead, it encapsulates the core theme of his fiction and the purposes which Ilúvatar (the God of Middle-earth) has given to the story’s many characters.

This paper will examine the nature and function of this magic from many angles: the identification of good magic with art and evil magic with domination; the delineation between …

Return To Me: Lenten Reflections From Holy Cross (2019), Office Of Mission, College Of The Holy Cross

Office of Mission Publications

This reflection booklet was prepared by the Office of Mission at the College of the Holy Cross to serve as a prayer aid throughout the liturgical season of Lent. Within these pages are the unique voices of many people from the Holy Cross community: faculty, staff, students, alumni, administrators, members of the Board of Trustees, benefactors of the College and Jesuits. Each contributor reflects on the readings prescribed for the Mass of the day and while we hope that their own prayers help you to pray, we hope, too, that the reflections contained herein might also help you to return …

Justice As Love, Facundo Gonzalez Icardi

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

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Say Something Theological Vol. 2 Iss. 1 Introduction, Josh Shrader-Perry, Kristin Kissell

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

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Faith-Based Service In Los Angeles: An Ethnographic Approach To The Comparative Theology Of Sikhism And Catholicism, Harman Brah

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

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Isis Online: Analyzing Isis’S Use Of The Internet As A Method Of Legitimation, Griffin Baumberger

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

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Comparing Contemporary Islamophobia In The U.S. With Early American Anti-Catholicism Of The Modern Era, Kathy Merkl

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

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The Purple Book, Office Of Mission

Holy Cross Bookshelf

This untitled volume, commonly referred to as "The Purple Book" was first produced in 2011 by the College Committee on Mission and Identity to provide informative essays on Jesuit education, The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and the history of the College of the Holy Cross. It was intended that the book might also offer a rich sampling of sacred texts and poems submitted by students, faculty, and members of the staff.

Being Biblical In A Pluralistic Academy

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

This essay examines two senses of what it means to be biblical in a pluralistic academy. The first is to examine the Bible as a document of the university, susceptible to many kinds of critical probing. The rest of the essay explores the second way, which is to use the Bible as the authoritative control story that articulates how Christians view Jesus Christ as the ground, grammar, and goal of both the university and the universe itself. I examine how biblical authority should and should not be deployed in the academy by looking at the natural and human sciences. I …

Capes, David B., Rodney Reeves, And E. Randolph Richards. Rediscovering Paul: An Introduction To His World, Letters And Theology. 2nd Ed. Downers Grove, Il: Intervarsity Press, 2017. 462 Pp. Hardcover. Usd 34.20., Edwin Payet

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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The Blackwell Companion To Substance Dualism [Review] / Loose, Jonathan J., Angus J. L. Menuge, And J. P. Moreland, Eds., Flavio Prestes Iii

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Book Review

Kata Ostojic, Marija Maracic, Josipa Karaca

SICANJE

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Janja Majstorovic, Marija Maracic, Josipa Karaca

SICANJE

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Jagoda Duvnjak & Ana Komso, Marija Maracic, Josipa Karaca

SICANJE

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Covenant: An Exploration Of Restorative Justice In The Los Angeles Unified School District, Isaac Cardenas

Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies

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The Emergence Of A Lay Esprit De Corps: Inspirations, Tensions, Horizons, Christopher Pramuk

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

Likening the Ignatian tradition as embodied at Jesuit universities to a family photo album with many pages yet to be added, the author locates the “heart” of the Ignatian sensibility in the movements of freedom and spirit (inspiration) in the life of the community. There are no fixed entry points or criteria of inclusion and exclusion for Ignatian lay educators save a desire to share in the questions proper to all the university disciplines that pull us toward a horizon beyond ourselves. Nevertheless a number of creative tensions endemic to Jesuit apostolic life from the beginning and also new challenges …

Marandiuc, Natalia. The Goodness Of Home: Human And Divine Love And The Making Of The Self. Aaras. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. X + 214 Pp. Hardcover. Usd 99.00., Sarah Burton

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Arnold, Brian J. Justification In The Second Century. Waco, Tx: Baylor University Press, 2018. Xiv + 221 Pp. Softcover. Usd 39.95., Denis Fortin

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Berman, Joshua A. Inconsistency In The Torah: Ancient Literary Convention And The Limits Of Source Criticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Xi + 307 Pp. Hardcover. Usd 99.00., Felipe Alves Masotti Mr

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Tucker, W. Dennis, Jr. Jonah: A Handbook On The Hebrew Text. Baylor Handbook On The Hebrew Bible. Waco, Tx: Baylor University Press, 2018. Xii + 120 Pp. Softcover. Usd 26.95., Ranko Stefanovic

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Book Notices, Jonatas L. Ferreira

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Cognitive Dissonance And Cosmic Conflict: A Rules-Of-Engagement Framework For Thinking About Prayer, Providence, And Evil, John C. Peckham

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Many Christians experience severe cognitive dissonance when they try to reconcile belief that God is wholly good (omnibenevolent) and all-powerful (omnipotent) with the suffering and evil in this world. Would not anyone who is loving and kind and who is powerful enough to do so, act to prevent the horrible suffering in this world? This article attempts to address such cognitive dissonance by offering a rules-of-engagement framework for thinking about the problem of evil and the related issues of providence and prayer. Regarding providence, many ask why God does not act to prevent evils more often, or does so some …

Adventists And Military Service: Biblical, Historical, And Ethical Perspectives [Review] / Hasel, Frank M., Barna Magyarosi, And Stefan Höschele, Eds., Oleg Kostuyk

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Book Review

Law And Order In Ancient Athens [Review] / Lanni, Adriaan., Kenneth Bergland

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Book Review

Biclustering Readings And Manuscripts Via Non-Negative Matrix Factorization, With Application To The Text Of Jude, Joey Mccollum

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

The text-critical practice of grouping witnesses into families or texttypes often faces two obstacles: the methodological question of how exactly to isolate the groups, given the chicken-and-egg relationship between “good” group readings and “good” group manuscripts, and contamination in the manuscript tradition. I introduce non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) as a simple, automated, and efficient solution to both problems. Within minutes, NMF can cluster hundreds of manuscripts and readings simultaneously, producing an output that details potential contamination according to an easy-to-interpret mixture model. I apply this method to Wasserman’s extensive collation of the Epistle of Jude, showing that the resulting clusters …

Exegeting The Bible And The Social Location Of The Gospel Recipients: A Case For Worldview Transformation, Boubakar Sanou

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Social location greatly influences how one reads and interprets Scripture. Therefore, for the Bible to impact the lives of its hearers and contribute to the transformation of their worldview assumptions, its interpretation and application need to be both hermeneutically sound and contextually relevant.

Identity And Territory: Jewish Perceptions Of Space In Antiquity [Review] / Ben-Eliyahu, Eyal., Rodrigo Galiza

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Book Review

John Wesley Kelchner, Founder Of The Temple Restoration Movement: A Freemason’S Attempt To Build A World Chain Of Solomon’S Temples For Global Peace, Kevin M. Burton

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

John Wesley Kelchner (1866–1942) was a visionary promoter, elocutionist, and entertainer in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Freemasons regarded him as an authority on sacred space and a leading expert on the architecture and design of the tabernacle of Moses and King Solomon’s temple. An active promoter of American Orientalism, Kelchner began his career as a Seventh-day Adventist minister who spent tens of thousands of dollars to build an elaborate model of the wilderness tabernacle. He traveled throughout the United States of America, attracting thousands of spectators to local churches, art galleries, and World’s Fairs that featured his models, …

The Christian Debate On Same-Sex Marriage And Taylor’S Immanent And Transcendent Goods: Lessons From Adventist Approaches, David J. Hamstra

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Arguments made for and against affirming same-sex marriage in Christian communities rely on typical moral background preconceptions about immanent and transcendent goods identified by Charles Taylor in A Secular Age. Arguments made only in terms of marriage’s immanent goods have the potential to diminish the plausibility of a uniquely Adventist way of imagining the transcendent good: apocalyptic consciousness focused on the imminent-immanent restoration of Eden by Jesus Christ following the second coming. Comparing marriage to divergent sets of Sabbath-keeping practices—those that provide benefits exclusive to this world and those that aim at goods beyond this world—foregrounds the availability of …