The Debate Of Integrating Elements Of Orthodox Christian Theology And Orthopraxy Into The Theoretical Orientation Of Their Research

The introduction deals with the ideas of authority and perspective, and how they function properly in the process of Biblical interpretation. A key idea is that reading is a dialogue between the text and the reader. Both sides have a role to play. If we acknowledge this, then we must also acknowledge that the perspective of the reader has some significance in how the Bible is interpreted and exercises authority. This dialogical reading transcends the categories of ‘objective’ and ‘subjective’, and

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I have read various books on Theological Hermeneutics, and one, whose title has slipped my mind, had once suggested the Hermeneutics isn’t only about picking up the Bible, analyzing it, and putting it back down, but also making an application through it. So, in this paper I have followed such a suggestion. First I will mention the background of the book being hermeneutically analyzed. This answers many of the questions needed to contextualize the book into its original socio-cultural setting for better understanding. Secondly, I will do an exegesis, or commentary, on the verses of the book to explain the interpretation that I had gotten out of it. This is done in

In the book Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity, David N. Entwistle explores the relationship between theology and psychology. Throughout time, intellectuals have supported or dismissed the idea of integrating both perspectives. In his book, Entwistle states that during the past century, the relationship of faith and science has been a topic of intense debate (Entwistle, 2010, p8). He references to Athens and Jerusalem to help the reader to grasp the theme of the book. Athens represents knowledge through human reason

Throughout the course of the semester, we have constantly talked about and expressed the idea of reading the Bible in a historical context. Picking out the pieces that coincide with evidence that has been found with archeological findings, the accuracy of dates, and important people. The critical study of the Bible is to look at the book as a piece of historical text. The use of our “historical lens” allows us to pick out to various pieces that appear to be factual. Using this analysis of looking at the Bible through our “historical glasses”, we can understand the true meaning of the Bible in its original historical setting.

Under the doctrine of biblical inerrancy, in what sense is the Bible authoritative? This is a question that has plagued the minds of many as a major element of historic Christian belief about Scripture as well as been a controversial topic of academic discussions. One of the major areas of conflict in the theological arena has been biblical authority as noted in

Permission has been graciously granted for me to re-publish this article on my website and to generate as a PDF file by the family of Irving L. Jensen. This article appeared as an appendix in “Independent Bible Study” by Irving L. Jensen, Chicago: Moody Press, pp. 173-178, 1963.

For the individuals who have since quite a while ago contended for a "strict" hermeneutic, Placher 's paper uncovers one of the risks of the term. By noting it with a long clarification of scholarly kind and underlining the social setting of the scriptural content, Placher exhibits that he sees "simpletons" be disregarding such indispensable hermeneutical standards. The individuals who have championed a strict perusing of the content would more likely than not concur with Placher on a fundamental level (entries ought to be comprehended in light of their abstract classification and social setting), however, most would scrutinize the utilization of that guideline in some of his samples.

To truly comprehend a biblical passage, it is important to have knowledge of the ‘hermeneutics which enables an understanding of the locus of meaning and the principles of bible interpretation’ . The audience needs to have a clear interpretation of the biblical passage which includes ‘content and unity of the whole of Scripture if the meaning of the sacred texts is to be correctly worked out’ , this supports the argument that all worlds of the text are equally important. ‘Biblical passages are often taken out of context and interpreted to support a particular viewpoint of justify a particular action’ . It is imperative to note that ‘in order to discover the sacred authors' intention, the reader must take into account the conditions of their

Islamic life is centered on the physical practice of prayer (salat). With that the religion of Islam itself is based in the methodical movement through which Muslims show their devotion to Allah. The prayer begins with the devotee standing, bending slowly into a sitting position and ending in full prostration. Bowing fully onto the ground is a practice that shows humility and represents the true devotion of members. Practice-centered religion differentiates itself from "orthodox" religion in that it focuses primarily on ritual practice, rather than theology or doctrine, orthodox meaning "correct opinion". The most visible orthodox religion of America is Christianity.

In the Division 36 group, Christianity is not as important as empirical research on the construct of religion and spirituality. Division 36 publishes “experimental and correlational methods, qualitative analyses, and critical reviews of literature” (apadivisions.org/division-36). On the other hand, the Society for Christian Psychology believes that Christianity plays a major role in how psychologists should approach their studies. They believe that Christians should “seek to produce distinctively Christian theories, research programs, and soul-care practice in areas that are more world-view dependent, where a Christian perspective would be expected to yield qualitatively different ways of interpreting human beings”

Social Science Criticism is a method used to interpret texts which primarily looks at the context in which a text was written. This includes examining the author’s, narrative’s, and the reader’s social locations. Recognizing that all texts are socially habituated, the social sciences are applied to elucidate and decode the text at hand. Biblical scholars employ social science criticism as a means to understand boundaries, social interactions, authority, institutions, status, ritual, groups, society, gender, norms, customs, politics, and many other facets of society and culture within the biblical text. Through this method, scholars and their audience are able to obtain a view of what life was like during the writing of the biblical text, therefore enhancing one’s understanding of the social context and how that informs the text.

A great example of this was demonstrated in the in-class conference, where many of the people, who read the exact same text, yet had such different interpretations that they could read the same stories of Sodom and Gomorra and have such differing interpretations of the story, ranging from against homosexuality to the power of women. This quotation from Riches also demonstrates a fundamental oddity of the Bible, that a text that was intended for good can be interpreted in a way that causes destruction and oppression. This reaffirms a theme of this course, that the Bible is read by people in a way such that it is consistent with their worldview. People look to sacred texts to affirm that they are righteous, and that their worldview is consistent with holiness. This is how dualities of interpretations can be created.

The third school of interpretation is Traditionalism. Traditionalists maintain that the Bible is full of truth, God is revealed within the Bible and that it is inspired by the Holy Spirit. One of the key characteristics of their approach to the Bible is its emphasis on the need to understand the nature of the different types of literature within the bible. However, traditionalists would not accept the fundamentalist’s notion of inerrancy as many would acknowledge that there are mistakes in the Bible. These are seen as a reflection of both the historical context in which they are written and the human fallibility of the authors. As with Liberals, traditionalists believe that some aspects of the Bible need to be reinterpreted for today. Traditionalists place a lot of emphasis on the process of exegesis. However, after establishing the intended meaning of the author the next step in the traditional approach is the question of how it should be applied to Christian today. However, whereas fundamentalists believe that the true meaning of a text should be clear to each reader;

Over the last seven weeks students have dove into the study of research, receiving an introduction to a deeper level of conducting and reinterpreting different research methods. Questions such as, “What have you learned about research at an introductory level?” and “How do you evaluate or critique this from a biblical, Christian perspective?” will be answered in the personal case study that will be conducted on myself. The fascinating thing about research is that every individual conducts it in a different way. Though the case study helps set up a problem-answer- solution type model, individuals use personal explanations in illustrating the problem and indicating a means to solve this problem within the case study itself. The information that I have observed at an introductory level has been briefly composed in this case study.