teach others as well. Examining three models found in this week’s reading, Aware-Engage-Apply (Grenz and Olson 129-130), Attending-Asserting-Acting (Christian Thinking) and Analysis-Reflection-Application (Umbel), each three-fold model had the same basic principle: intake of knowledge, processing that knowledge, and using that knowledge. In order for this to be effective, I will need to address each of the three legs so that everything remains balanced. First, the intake of knowledge (other models
In their book, How To Think Theologically, Howard W. Stone and James O. Duke convey to their reading audience on the very first page of their introduction that “…Christian theology is at its roots a matter of faith seeking understanding.” The premise of the book argues – no states emphatically “…their (christians’) faith makes them theologicans.” It is this foundational point on which the entire work pivots. So Stone and Duke are asking their readers to buy in to the realization that by merit of
wave, with the view of Jesus as liberator, would give rise to liberation theology. Johnson outlines six basic characteristics of liberation theology: recognition of an oppressed group; action on behalf of justice; our relatedness to one another; use of social analysis; changing the unjust situation and the vision that the reign of God is already arriving.11 Johnson then highlights the three-part method of liberation theology: the oppressive situation is recognized; then the Christian tradition is
Introduction The study of the doctrine of Angelology, is a term used in Christian systematic theology. “The Hebrew word malak simply means “messenger”; it may refer to a human messenger (1 Kings 19:2) or a divine messenger (Gen. 28:12). The basic meaning of the word is ‘one who is sent.’” Wayne Grudem defines angels as, “Angels are created, spiritual beings with moral judgement and high intelligence, but without physical bodies.” Holy angels are messengers from God, while Satan “the god of this
has written the book “God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now”. Luke Timothy Johnson just like John Dominic Crossan is a NT scholar and a historian of Christianity. He is the professor of the NT and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology. He has written
Book Review: Livingston, James C. Modern Christian Thought Volume 1: The Enlightenment and the Nineteenth Century. 2nd Ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997. ISBN-13: 978-0-8006-3795-8. 448. pp. (Kindle Edition: 10285 locations). By: TidSureyah Tach, ID# 339560 October 21st, 2014 Bibliographic data: James C. Livingston (died July 31st, 2011 at age 81) was a faculty member in Religious Studies and administration at the College of William and Mary from 1968 to 1998. Professor Livingston was the founding
October 27, 2010 Rauschenbusch, Walter. A Theology for the Social Gospel. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917. 279 pp. Culturally speaking, Walter Rauschenbusch may have been years ahead of his time. From the very first chapter of his most famous work, Rauschenbusch’s passion for social justice is quite evident. He certainly had his finger on the pulse of his current generation, noting the compelling movement of the college students of his day to social service (3). It could be argued
O. Palmer Robertson (ThM, ThD, Union Theological Seminary, Virginia) is director and principal of African Bible College, Uganda. He previously taught at Reformed, Westminster, Covenant, and Knox Seminaries. The title of this book best sums up the basic focus of his teaching: that is the prophets teach about the Messiah to come, namely Jesus Christ. Robertson begins by explaining the need for prophets and the origin of prophets in Israel. He focuses on God’s covenant and compassion with His people
analysis to be the two principal apparatusesof criticism. Moreover it was he who founded the sociological school of criticism. In his pioneering essay titled “ The Function of Criticism at the Present Time” published in 1865 in his first compilation of critical texts “Essays in Criticism”, Arnold examines the notion of criticism in detail.It is believed he propounded his theory of literary criticism on the basis of his study of the Greek classics. In this particular essay, he puts forward an expanded proposition
the most important religious authority in Islam after the first three generations of Muslims. The title, ‘Proof of Islam’, conferred upon him by the majority of Muslims, is a reflection of the complexity of his work, which included jurisprudence, theology, philosophy, psychology, and mysticism. This essay will demonstrate how al-Ghazali synthesised concepts of tawheed (unity of God), islam (ritual worship, virtue, ilham (Godly inspiration) and tasawwuf (Sufism) in a broad ethical theory. His ethics