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The Doctrine Of Religious Freedom, W. Cole Durham Jr.

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

This devotional address was given to the BYU student body on April 3, 2001.

Healing Gifts Cultivate Joy, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Cycle C liturgical readings for the Third Sunday of Advent, December 13, 2009: Zep 3:14-18; Is 12:2-6; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18.This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

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Review — M. Shawn Copeland, Lareine-Marie Mosely, And Albert Raboteau, Eds., Uncommon Faithfulness: The Black Catholic Experience, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

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The Flames Of Namugongo: Issues Around Theological Narrativity, Heteronormativity, Globalization, And Aids In Africa, Ken Hamilton S.V.D

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Hamilton’s paper, delivered during the 2008 Annual Meeting in Chicago, uses the hagiography of Charles Lwanga and the Martyrs of Uganda to reveal an unrelenting problem of the Church – the ways in which the assumptions of heternormativity and sodomitical discourse drown out the voices of those who do not fall into heteronormative sexual and/or gendered identities, and lead to the open persecution, imprisonment, and torture of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons in Uganda, and in fact all over Africa. Casting those with ‘othered’ sexual identities as evil, or even simply turning a deaf ear to the persecution faced …

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A Year Of Extremes, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

What an incredible year! A year of almost inconceivable highs, and lows that bore down into our very beings, the time since we met last October has filled us with high hopes as well as dark fears. These conflicted realities are reflected both in our lives and in our work. For most BCTS members, indeed, for most Americans, the election of our first African American president was one of the most significant moments of our lives. I’ll never forget when Obama was declared victor shortly after 11:00 pm EST on November 4, 2008. As late as it was, I picked …

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The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 56, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

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Voices From The Margins: African Women’S Hermeneutics, James Chukwuma Okoye C.S.Sp.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

In this article delivered during the 2008 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Okoye describes several landmarks in African biblical interpretation from the various lenses of race, class, and gender. From the early days of a culturally-sensitive African hermeneutics in the 1960s, to modern popular readings of the Bible, to women’s unique readings of the shades of meaning therein, Okoye focus on the intersection points of biblical and cultural interpretation and the ways a marginalized people have found meaning in the Bible.

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Review — Tim Wise, Between Barack And A Hard Place: Racism And Denial In The Age Of Obama , Cyprian Davis O.S.B.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

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Code Black: A Black Catholic Liberation Bioethics, Shawnee M. Daniels-Sykes S.S.N.D.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Based on a paper delivered during the 2008 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Daniels-Sykes, S.S.N.D., proposes that the long history of neglect and abuse suffered by blacks at the hands of the health care industry results from entrenched assumptions fostered by Western philosophies and principles that guide mainstream medical ethics, particularly in light of the 1979 Belmont Report, produced in response to the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study. That the report failed to take into consideration the circumstances of poverty and race, factors key to our understanding those victimized by the Study, underscores the prevailing implicit assumptions of black inferiority. Daniels-Sykes advises …

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Cover And Front Matter, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Cover, table of contents, administrative information

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What A Difference A Year Makes, Cecilia Moore

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

I’d like to reflect briefly on the election of President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joseph Biden in 2008 and their inauguration in January 2009, on the historical significance of the election, and my hopes for cooperation between the Black Catholic community and the Obama Administration in working for social justice. On January 20, 2009, I joined my sister, Margaret, my brother, Mark, and a million or more of our fellow citizens on the nation’s Mall to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joseph Biden. In freezing temperatures, without access to restrooms for more than 14 hours, and …

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Review — Clarence Thomas, My Grandfather’S Son: A Memoir, Robert L. Bartlett

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

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Stressful Life Events And Interpersonal, Religious, And Spiritual Changes, Paul Murdock

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Survivors of stressful life events and traumatic experiences often report positive psychological changes “...as a result of the struggle with highly challenging life circumstances” (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004, p. 1). Three often reported areas of growth include having a greater appreciation for life in general, new priorities, and an increased significance placed on interpersonal, spiritual or religious issues. Despite reports of positive changes, the literature on stress-related growth (SRG) is inconclusive as to whether SRG is an illusion or represents actual change. For example, no studies to date appear to use longitudinal data, objective indictors, or behavioral measures of change. …

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An Appraisal Of The Esv Study Bible, James A. Borland

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Aesthetics Versus Ethics: Is There Good And Evil In Music?, Lilianne Doukhan

Faculty Publications

A balanced and informed approach to the topic must take into account the dynamic character of the musical experience. Musical meaning cannot be attached to isolated elements of the musical language, such as an instrument, a chord, a melody, or a rhythmic pattern. Those elements are neutral in themselves. However, music does affect us strongly when it acquires meaning within an event, an experience. When melodies, chords, rhythms, and harmonies are combined together, they are given a specific meaning within a particular cultural setting and are, then, interpreted as happy or sad, elevating or debasing.

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Revisiting Holy Spirit Language…What Happened At Pentecost?, Donald L. Fowler

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

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No Beauty We Could Desire-A Lutheran Evaluation Of C. S. Lewis' Sehnsucht, Jonathan Graf

Master of Art Theology Thesis

Together, the experiences and glimpses of what Lewis called' Joy' or Sehnsucht served as the central thread of his life" and provided him with the ontological lens through which he viewed reality. 13 It is the plan of this paper to further examine Lewis' treatment of Sehnsucht" by engaging it in dialogue with a Lutheran theological perspective. In doing so, there are two main objectives that I hope to accomplish. The first objective is to demonstrate that the experience of Sehnsucht should not be merely dismissed or fully embraced; rather, it should be placed within a proper theological narrative that …

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Isaiah’S Promise Of The Restoration Of Zion And Its Canonical Development, Gary E. Yates

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

For nearly three millennia, Isaiah’s prophecies of a peaceful kingdom centered in Zion have captured the human imagination and expressed the longings of the human heart. 1 These prophecies have also had a major influence in shaping the Christian vision of the kingdom reign of Jesus as Messiah and Lord.2 The purpose of this study is to examine the significance of Isaiah’s prophecies concerning the transformation of Zion from a canonical perspective. This study will set forth the meaning of Isaiah’s Zion prophecies in their historical context with sensitivity to the conventions of prophetic language and will then explore how …

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Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 44 No 2 - November 2009), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: A Tale of Two Wills? Calvin and Amyraut on Ezekiel 18:23 by Richard A. Muller - 211 / Calvin's Understanding of Adam's Relationship to His Posterity: Recent Assertions of the Reformer's "Federalism" Evaluated by Aaron Denlinger - 226 / "It Varies from Canton to Canton": Zurich, Basel, and the Swiss Reformation by Amy Nelson Burnett - 251 / Destined to Disobey? Isaiah 6:10 in John 12:37-41 by Donald E. Hartley - 263 / The Missional Approach: Reconsidering Elenctics (Part 2) by Cornelis J. Haak - 288 / "Greatest Strategic Significance": The Story of the CRC's Selection of China …

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The Art Of Aidagara: Ethics, Aesthetics, And The Quest For An Ontology Of Social Existence In Watsuji Tetsurō’S Rinrigaku, James Mark Shields

Faculty Journal Articles

This paper provides an analysis of the key term aidagara (“betweenness”) in the philosophical ethics of Watsuji Tetsurō (1889-1960), in response to and in light of the recent movement in Japanese Buddhist studies known as “Critical Buddhism.” The Critical Buddhist call for a turn away from “topical” or intuitionist thinking and towards (properly Buddhist) “critical” thinking, while problematic in its bipolarity, raises the important issue of the place of “reason” versus “intuition” in Japanese Buddhist ethics. In this paper, a comparison of Watsuji’s “ontological quest” with that of Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), Watsuji’s primary Western source and foil, is followed by …

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Analogy As Higher-Order Metaphor In Aquinas, Robert Masson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

At a Thomas Instituut conference in 2000, Otto-Hermann Pesch suggested somewhat enigmatically that the sharp distinction in scholastic Thomism between analogy and metaphor can no longer be maintained since on closer examination analogous statements are in effect instances of a kind of 'higher-order metaphor'. I Pesch intended this qualification primarily to draw attention to the agnostic or negative aspect of analogous speech.2 It is evident from Herwi Rikhof's portrait of 'Thomas at Utrecht' ,3 that this emphasis on the negative dimension did not introduce anything controversial or novel at the Instituut.

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The Plain Person And The Catholicity Of Philosophy, Bryan R. Cross

Conference on Philosophy and Theology

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The Manager, The Everyday Plain Person, And The Philosopher, Gregory R. Beabout

Conference on Philosophy and Theology

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Moral Virtue As Knowledge Of Human Form, Micah Lott

Conference on Philosophy and Theology

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Introduction To Alasdair Macintyre And The Ethics And Politics Of Practice, Christopher Lutz

Conference on Philosophy and Theology

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Fearless Speech, Courageous Eyes: A Theological Engagement With Freedom Of Expression, James K.A. Smith

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

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Service And Suffering In The Spiritual Life, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Cycle B liturgical readings for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 18, 2009: Is 53:10-11; Ps 33; Heb 4:14-16; Mk 10:35-45. This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

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"You Shall Bear Witness To Me": Thinking With Luther About Christ And The Scriptures, Gary M. Simpson

Faculty Publications

To get Scripture right, we must start with the right questions, as Martin Luther did: What is Scripture for? What is the relation between Christ and Scripture? Between law and gospel? How does the gospel function as promise?

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Peopled By The Book, Allen Jorgenson

Luther Faculty Publications

Christians, along with other religious groups, are sometimes called “people of the book.” Despite its laudable intentions, this phrase sometimes fosters the tendency to set up readers of the book as masters of this object in their possession. I seek here to unsettle this prejudice with the suggestion that the Triune God uses the Christian Scriptures to master us by transforming us into the people of God. We are, in fact, peopled by the book. I will unpack this thesis in three steps: by exploring the notion of authorship of Scripture, by discussing the question of scriptural authority, and by …

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Shifting Focus: Redefining The Goals Of Sea Turtle Consumption And Protection In Bali, Audrey Jensen

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Many would say that the environment and human culture consists of an evolutionary process, complete with necessary adaptations to current situations and the availability of resources. However, religion is usually thought to be a constant, an entity that grounds the individual believer in a “truth” that transcends time. Ultimately, the boundary between culture and religion is especially hard to decipher, particularly in the daily rituals of the Balinese. While religious beliefs are often rooted in history, they too transform through inevitable reinterpretation. The following paper describes the tremendous environmental and cultural impact of the controversial turtle trade in Bali, specifically …

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Full-Text Articles in Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

The Doctrine Of Religious Freedom, W. Cole Durham Jr.

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

Healing Gifts Cultivate Joy, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Review — M. Shawn Copeland, Lareine-Marie Mosely, And Albert Raboteau, Eds., Uncommon Faithfulness: The Black Catholic Experience, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

The Flames Of Namugongo: Issues Around Theological Narrativity, Heteronormativity, Globalization, And Aids In Africa, Ken Hamilton S.V.D

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

A Year Of Extremes, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 56, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

Voices From The Margins: African Women’S Hermeneutics, James Chukwuma Okoye C.S.Sp.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Review — Tim Wise, Between Barack And A Hard Place: Racism And Denial In The Age Of Obama , Cyprian Davis O.S.B.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Code Black: A Black Catholic Liberation Bioethics, Shawnee M. Daniels-Sykes S.S.N.D.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Cover And Front Matter, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

What A Difference A Year Makes, Cecilia Moore

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Review — Clarence Thomas, My Grandfather’S Son: A Memoir, Robert L. Bartlett

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Stressful Life Events And Interpersonal, Religious, And Spiritual Changes, Paul Murdock

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An Appraisal Of The Esv Study Bible, James A. Borland

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

Aesthetics Versus Ethics: Is There Good And Evil In Music?, Lilianne Doukhan

Faculty Publications

Revisiting Holy Spirit Language…What Happened At Pentecost?, Donald L. Fowler

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No Beauty We Could Desire-A Lutheran Evaluation Of C. S. Lewis' Sehnsucht, Jonathan Graf

Master of Art Theology Thesis

Isaiah’S Promise Of The Restoration Of Zion And Its Canonical Development, Gary E. Yates

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 44 No 2 - November 2009), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

The Art Of Aidagara: Ethics, Aesthetics, And The Quest For An Ontology Of Social Existence In Watsuji Tetsurō’S Rinrigaku, James Mark Shields

Faculty Journal Articles

Analogy As Higher-Order Metaphor In Aquinas, Robert Masson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

The Plain Person And The Catholicity Of Philosophy, Bryan R. Cross

Conference on Philosophy and Theology

The Manager, The Everyday Plain Person, And The Philosopher, Gregory R. Beabout

Conference on Philosophy and Theology

Moral Virtue As Knowledge Of Human Form, Micah Lott

Conference on Philosophy and Theology

Introduction To Alasdair Macintyre And The Ethics And Politics Of Practice, Christopher Lutz

Conference on Philosophy and Theology

Fearless Speech, Courageous Eyes: A Theological Engagement With Freedom Of Expression, James K.A. Smith

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Service And Suffering In The Spiritual Life, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

"You Shall Bear Witness To Me": Thinking With Luther About Christ And The Scriptures, Gary M. Simpson

Faculty Publications

Peopled By The Book, Allen Jorgenson

Luther Faculty Publications

Shifting Focus: Redefining The Goals Of Sea Turtle Consumption And Protection In Bali, Audrey Jensen

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection