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Hope In The Face Of Empire: Failed Patriotism, Civil International Publicity, And Patriotic Peacebuilding, Gary M. Simpson Apr 2005

Hope In The Face Of Empire: Failed Patriotism, Civil International Publicity, And Patriotic Peacebuilding, Gary M. Simpson

Faculty Publications

The patriotism of empire is a failed patriotism that longs for empire as the way to achieve security. America needs instead a repenting patriotism, in the tradition of Lincoln, that recognizes public accountability and moves toward peacebuilding.


Eating, Drinking, Sending: Reflections On The Juxtaposition Of Law And Event In The Eucharist, Dirk G. Lange Jan 2005

Eating, Drinking, Sending: Reflections On The Juxtaposition Of Law And Event In The Eucharist, Dirk G. Lange

Faculty Publications

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God Is A God Who Bears: Intensifying Schroeder's Critique Of Barth By Way Of Bonhoeffer's Confession Of Christ, Gary M. Simpson Jan 2005

God Is A God Who Bears: Intensifying Schroeder's Critique Of Barth By Way Of Bonhoeffer's Confession Of Christ, Gary M. Simpson

Faculty Publications

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Trinity, Time And Sacrament: Christ's Eucharistic Presence In The Theology Of Robert W. Jenson, Jason M. Curtis Jan 2005

Trinity, Time And Sacrament: Christ's Eucharistic Presence In The Theology Of Robert W. Jenson, Jason M. Curtis

Journal for Christian Theological Research

A critical analysis of some key elements in Jenson’s theology. Some of his most stimulating theological themes are those surrounding his trinitarian ontology, where he combines a thoroughgoing knowledge of the tradition with biblical exegesis and philosophical reasoning. What emerges is a trinitarian theology dominated by the concern to overcome any vestige of divine timelessness and replace it with a biblical doctrine of the God who is temporal, yet overcomes temporal contingencies. The manner in which he does this is to link the divine identities with the temporal “moments,” and by maintaining the priority of the future over the past. …


The Obedience Of Faith: Barth, Bultmann And Dei Verbum, Daniel Gallagher Jan 2005

The Obedience Of Faith: Barth, Bultmann And Dei Verbum, Daniel Gallagher

Journal for Christian Theological Research

The Catholic formulation of "faith" as expressed in Dei Verbum owes much to the influence of Protestant theologians such as Karl Barth and Rudolf Bultmann. Dei Verbum offers the Pauline phrase "obedience of faith" (Romans 1:5 and 16:26) as constitutive for understanding the relationship between the believer and the God who reveals himself in Jesus Christ. This essay examines the obediential dynamic of faith as developed in the exegetical, theological, and ethical work of Barth and Bultmann, demonstrating how the biblical and personalist dimensions of faith implicit in paragraph 5 of Dei Verbum, to a large degree, find their inspiration …