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Secular Humanism: The Word Of Man, W. David Beck

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Review: Preaching And Preachers, Paul R. Fink

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Skepticism: David Hume, Gary R. Habermas

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

The Enlightenment period was characterized by differing strains of intellectual thought, from which emerged the skeptical philosophy of David Hume (1711-1776). He held that many accepted philosophical and theological beliefs were devoid of epistemological proof and therefore could not be known with certainty to be true. His twofold attack against the inerrancy of Scripture consisted initially of denying the particular evidences in the form of miracles by holding to the superiority of man's experience for the laws of nature. Also, he further posited empirical standards of judgment against the Christian belief in the inspiration of Scripture as a whole. By …

Agnosticism: Kant, W. David Beck

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

This chapter identifies the results of Kant's philosophical system on the contemporary discussion concerning an inerrant revelation. Knowledge, for Kant, is possible only as the forms and categories of the mind organize the raw data of the senses. Beyond this phenomenal world, the mind can only postulate what must or ought to be. It cannot know what is. The first postulate of this practical reasoning is freedom. The individual is autonomous, knows the good, and is capable of willing and doing as he ought.

Within such an epistemological framework, revelation becomes unnecessary, useless, and unverifiable. Inerrancy is not only false …

The Biblical Basis For Discipleship Development In The Local Church, Charles C. Lake

ATS Dissertations

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Discipleship And The Church, A. Boyd Luter

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

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Sanctification In Romans Chapter Six, Raymond Larry Shelton

ATS Dissertations

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Educational Policy Of The Meiji Restoration And Christian Education For Women In Japan, Yoko Maruyama

ATS Dissertations

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The Origins Of Thomas Jefferson's Anti-Clericalism, Frederick C. Luebke

Department of History: Faculty Publications

Cannibals - mountebanks - charlatans - pious and whining hypocrites - necromancers - pseudo-Christians - mystery mongers. These are among the epithets which Thomas Jefferson applied to the clergy of the Protestant denominations and of the Roman Catholic Church as well. It was they who "perverted" the principles of Jesus "into an engine for enslaving mankind"; it was the Christian "priesthood" who had turned organized religion into a "mere contrivance to filch wealth and power" for themselves; they were the ones who throughout history had persecuted rational men for refusing to swallow "their impious heresies." This attitude of Jefferson, with …

Restoration Review - Volume 2, No. 4, Leroy Garrett

Leroy Garrett Documents

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Restoration Review - Volume 2, No. 3, Leroy Garrett

Leroy Garrett Documents

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Restoration Review - Volume 2, No. 2, Leroy Garrett

Leroy Garrett Documents

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Restoration Review - Volume 2, No. 1, Leroy Garrett

Leroy Garrett Documents

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Restoration Review - Volume 1, No. 4, Leroy Garrett

Leroy Garrett Documents

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Restoration Review - Volume 1, No. 3, Leroy Garrett

Leroy Garrett Documents

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Restoration Review - Volume 1, No. 2, Leroy Garrett

Leroy Garrett Documents

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Restoration Review - Volume 1, No. 1, Leroy Garrett

Leroy Garrett Documents

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The Concept Of Liberation In The Yoga Sutras Of Patañjali, Anna Rebecca Price

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The fundamental thesis of the analyst is that the ills or humanity are due to ignorance and more particularly to self-ignorance and that the way to self-healing is the way to self-knowledge.

The purpose of this thesis is to show how these Yoga sutras of Patanjali contain the methods for the regenerating and recreating factor in human life; and that these methods can be carried into present-day, practical living.

Ancient Egyptian Religion, Halim Fawzy

ATS Dissertations

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Jainism : Its Origin, And Its Relation To Hinduism, Alfred Gaurishanker Bhatt

ATS Dissertations

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The Function Of The Priest And Of The Prophet In The Propatation Of Religion, Charles Ernest Davis

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

As one peers across the vistas of the past two types of holy men stand out with striking prominence and significance. The advance of religious thought and life has largely been due to the activities and contributions of these two, the priest and the prophet.

It has been the purpose of this research to seek to discover the particular functions of each of these, to show their correlation in producing religious advance, and to make certain suggestions as to how the values each has to contribute to the program of the modern Christian church may be more adequately realized.

The Great Debate Between John W. Ring And J. W. Chism, John W. Ring, J. W. Chism

Stone-Campbell Books

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