Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Theology

At once prophetic, pastoral, and personal, this book applies the symbols of "salt" and "light" as ecclesiological images for reimaging the African Church for today and tomorrow. The proposal of this book is to reconsider the path towards abundant life for God's people in the challenging context of African continent, and through the agency of African Christianity. The contributors stress the necessity of de-Westernizing African Christianity and ask these fundamental questions: What is the face of Jesus in African Christianity? What is the face and identity of the Church in Africa? What...

The Former Prophets of the Hebrew Bible includes the books of Joshua through 2 Kings; it is a narrative of ancient Israel's history of some seven hundred years from the "conquest" of Canaan to the exile, when Israel lost the land. Thomas Mann adopts a critical perspective and incorporates many distinct literary sources from different times into his work. The result is a compelling example of ancient historiography as well as an impressive artistic achievement. The book contains fascinating (and often horrifying) stories of war, religious fanaticism, terror, and disaster, as well as stories of...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, Note: Gut (2), Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg (Praktisch-Theologisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: "Die Krankheit zum Tode" (Soren Kierkegaard), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit hat "Die Krankheit zum Tode" zum Inhalt. Eine knappe Einfuhrung in seine Biographie und des Pseudonyms "Anti-Climacus" fuhrt zum Auftakt der Arbeit, namlich zu seiner "Anthropologie." Der eigentliche Hauptteil beginnt mit der Frage, was denn eigentlich "Verzweiflung" und was denn eigentlich "Sunde" bei Kierkegaard sei. Eine...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, Note: 1,00, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ende September 2006 wurde auf Initiative des Innenministers Wolfgang Schauble die Deutsche Islamkonferenz einberufen. Ausgewahlte Reprasentanten des Islam in Deutschland stehen seither in einem kontinuierlichen, institutionalisierten Diskussionsprozess untereinander und mit Vertretern der Bundesregierung.Im Rahmen dieser vorbildlosen politischen Initiative vollzieht sich ein brisanter, gleichermaen religionshistorisch, migrations- wie...

Wissenschaftliche Studie aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der als Medizinmann und Prophet in Erscheinung getretene Tenskwatawa hatte eine religiose Leidenschaft unter den Stammen erweckt, welche als einzigartig bezeichnet werden mu. Unterstutzt von seinem Bruder Tecumseh schuf er eine Freiheitsbewegung, die Beachtung und Anerkennung verdient. Obschon viele Stamme seine Lehren annahmen, vermochte es Tenskwatawa letztendlich nicht, die Flut der Weien aufzuhalten. Und so kommen die Kriege gegen die Vereinigten Staaten (1812-1814) um Jahre zu...

presents a sustained reflection on the New Testament vision of God's revelation of his glory in Christ. This divine 'appearing' is grounded in the self-emptying of the eternal Logos in the incarnation, cross and descent into hell, yet this is the means whereby his glory is manifested and enriches all who are seized by its beauty.

considers the metaphysical tradition of the contemplation of Being: Homer, the Greek Tragedians, Plato, Plotinus and the development of the tradition in the Middle Ages. Von Balthasar then explores the analogy between the metaphysical vision of Being and the Christian vision of the Trinity.

In this volume von Balthasar turns to the works of the lay theologians, the poets and the philosopher theologians who have kept alive the Grand Tradition of Christian theology in writings formally very different from the works of the Fathers and the great Scholastics. This volume contains studies of Dante, John of the Cross, Pascal, Hamann, Soloviev, Hopkins and Peguy.

offers a series of earlier Christian theology when the aesthetic view was still held and appreciated. Drawing insights from some of the leading figures of the early Church such as Anselm, Augustine, Bonaventura, Denys and Irenaeus, von Balthasar presents his views with a freshness and vigour rarely excelled in contemporary theological writing about the Grand Tradition.

opens with a critical review of developments in Protestant and Catholic theology since the Reformation which have led to the steady neglect of aesthetics in Christian theology. Then, von Balthasar turns to the central theme of the volume, the question of theological knowledge. He re-examines the nature of Christian believing, drawing widely on such theological figures as Anselm, Pascal and Newman.

David Brown is a widely-respected British theologian who initially made his mark in analytic discussions of Christian doctrine, such as the Trinity. However, with the publication of Tradition and Imagination: Revelation and Change (1999) his career entered a distinctly new phase, focused on theology, imagination, and the arts. Four related volumes followed, dealing with biblical interpretation, Christian discipleship, art and icons, place and space, the body, music, metaphor, drama, liturgy, the sacraments, religious experience, and popular culture. According to Brown, the fundamental thesis...

This concise guide to understanding the world in which the New Testament was written, is a MUST read for the lay minister, pastor, and church leader. This concise guide will help one gain an understanding of the world in which the New Testament was written. In Part One, the political world, the social and economic world, the religious world, Judaism, and the Jewish background of the New Testament from 200 B.C. - A.D. 200, will be examined. In Part Two, the Gospel records of the life of Christ will be considered. This section will examine the meaning of the name "New Testament" and it's...

This brief and concise handbook on Systematic Theology, will investigate the meaning of Theology as the study of God. Theology is a Science, just like any other scientific study. Systematic Theology is an organized study of God, His attributes, and revelation of Himself to man. "Systematic" refers to something being put into a system. Systematic theology is, therefore, the division of theology into systems that explain its various areas. All Christians should be consumed with theology-the intense, personal study of God-in order to know, love, and obey the One with whom we will joyfully spend...

This original 2010 contribution to the theology of divine action and authorship develops a fresh vision of Christian theism.

In the first critical study of the major theologians of pentecostalism, one of the fastest growing and most influential religious traditions in the world, Christopher A. Stephenson establishes four original categories to classify pentecostal theologians' methodologies in systematic/constructive theology. The four categories are based respectively on: the arrangement of biblical texts; the relationship between theology and Christian spirituality; doctrine concerning the kingdom of God; and pneumatology as a basis for philosophical and fundamental theology. Stephenson analyzes each...

Reinhold Niebuhr was a twentieth-century American theologian who was known for his commentary on public affairs. One of his most influential ideas was the relating of his Christian faith to realism rather than idealism in foreign affairs. His perspective influenced many liberals and is enjoying a resurgence today; most recently Barack Obama has acknowledged Niebuhr's importance to his own thinking.

In this book, Kenneth Hamilton makes a claim that no other work on Niebuhr has made--that Niebuhr's chief and abiding preoccupation throughout his long career was the nature of...

die Theologische Realenzyklopaauml;die (TRE) als moderne Fachenzyklopadie reprasentiert in 36 Textbanden (1976-2004) den Wissensstand der theologischen Forschung im Ganzen. Mehr als eine Generation von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern haben an ihr mitgearbeitet und in mehr als 2.500 Artikeln (auf mehr als 28.000 Textseiten) auf hoouml;chstem fachwissenschaftlichem Niveau das einzigartige, international ausgerichtete Nachschlagewerk zu einem Dokument der Wissenschaftsgeschichte gemacht. Die TRE ist ein unverzichtbares Hilfsmittel fuuuml;r Forschung, Studium und Lehre...

Jacob Arminius (1559-1609) is one of the few theologians in the history of Christianity who has lent his name to a significant theological movement. The dissemination of his thought throughout Europe, Great Britain, and North America, along with the appeal of his ideas in current Protestant evangelical spheres (whether rightly understood or misunderstood), continue to attract both scholarly and popular attention. Keith D. Stanglin and Thomas H. McCall's Jacob Arminius offers a constructive synthesis of the current state of Arminius studies. There is a chasm separating technical,...

Jacob Arminius (1559-1609) is one of the few theologians in the history of Christianity who has lent his name to a significant theological movement. The dissemination of his thought throughout Europe, Great Britain, and North America, along with the appeal of his ideas in current Protestant evangelical spheres (whether rightly understood or misunderstood), continue to attract both scholarly and popular attention. Keith D. Stanglin and Thomas H. McCall's Jacob Arminius offers a constructive synthesis of the current state of Arminius studies. There is a chasm separating technical,...