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Christ the Key
10 Dec 2009-
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss human nature, Trinitarian life, death and sacrifice, and the workings of the Spirit in the context of Christendom and the Trinity.
Abstract: Preface 1. Human nature 2. Grace (part one) 3. Grace (part two) 4. Trinitarian life 5. Politics 6. Death and sacrifice 7. Workings of the Spirit.
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10 Jul 2018
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a Declaration and Table of Table of Contents (table of contents) of the conference proceedings of the World Wide Web Conference on Artificial Intelligence (W3C).
Abstract: ........................................................................................................................................................ ii Declaration .................................................................................................................................................. iii Table of
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01 Oct 2013
TL;DR: From creation to re-creation: nature and the naked ape 4. From image to likeness: Incarnation and theosis 5. From Adam and Eve to Mary and Christ: sin, redemption, atonement 6. From inspiration to sanctification: discerning the work of the Holy Spirit 7. From the Church to Mary: towards a critical ecumenism 8. From dogma to theoria: the Christian God Epilogue.
Abstract: Preface Introduction 1. From pondering Scripture to the first principles of Christian theology 2. From cosmology to doxology: reading Genesis alongside Plato and Darwin 3. From creation to re-creation: nature and the naked ape 4. From image to likeness: Incarnation and theosis 5. From Adam and Eve to Mary and Christ: sin, redemption, atonement 6. From inspiration to sanctification: discerning the work of the Holy Spirit 7. From the Church to Mary: towards a critical ecumenism 8. From dogma to theoria: the Christian God Epilogue.
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03 May 2007TL;DR: The authors provides a comprehensive framework for assessing the significance of eating, drawing on diverse theological, philosophical, and anthropological insights, it offers fresh ways to evaluate food production and consumption practices as they are being worked out in today's industrial food economy.
Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive theological framework for assessing the significance of eating. Drawing on diverse theological, philosophical, and anthropological insights, it offers fresh ways to evaluate food production and consumption practices as they are being worked out in today's industrial food economy. Unlike books that focus primarily on vegetarianism and hunger-related concerns, this book broadens the scope of consideration to include the sacramental character of eating, the deep significance of hospitality, the meaning of death and sacrifice, the Eucharist as the place of inspiration and orientation, the importance of saying grace, and the possibility of eating in heaven. Throughout, eating is presented as a way of enacting fidelity between persons, between people and fellow creatures, and between people and Earth. Food and Faith demonstrates that eating is of profound economic, moral, and spiritual significance. Revised throughout, this edition includes a new introduction and two chapters, as well as updated bibliography. The additions add significantly to the core idea of creaturely membership and hospitality through discussion of the microbiome revolution in science, and the daunting challenge of the Anthropocene.
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Dissertation•
01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: Beyond Public and Private: A Theological Transfiguration by Sean Larsen Graduate Program in Religion Duke University as discussed by the authors was the first work to explore the relationship between the public and private spheres.
Abstract: Beyond Public and Private: A Theological Transfiguration by Sean Larsen Graduate Program in Religion Duke University Date:_______________________
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01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: The first area of emphasis is called "Having the Conversation" as discussed by the authors, which is to have the conversation with people about the role that spirituality may or may not play in their lives as well as the role it could possibly play.
Abstract: Some view the spiritual path as a journey that involves coming to terms with the meaning of life and the universe. Others think of spirituality in terms of their relationship to the divine. This relationship is explored in many ways and involves unseen elements beyond our day-to-day reality such as: transcendent purpose, universal force, God, field of love or creative spirit. For others, wonder is central to their spirituality; First Nation’s People speak about “The Great Mystery.” Still others emphasize the emptiness of the concepts that are used to describe the transcendent; words and concepts are depicted as fingers pointing to the moon but not the moon itself. We are diverse in our spiritual orientations and some of us have a well-defined story about what spirituality is; some of us do not. Some receive guidance from a particular spiritual perspective and may be pretty clear about the importance of God or Jesus in their lives, and some of us are scared by these very words themselves. There is a structure to the course that will guide us as we explore and learn together. The first area of emphasis is called: Having the Conversation. Many people we work with find that spirituality is a great source of strength, hope, healing, inner peace and life wisdom. On the macro level, spirituality may be a primary force in the forging of community action or the development of services. As responsible social workers, we need to have the conversation with people about the role that spirituality may or may not be playing in their lives as well as the role that it could possibly play. This conversation is scary for many of us and we have probably received little preparation to engage in this way. Some of us are alienated from our parents’ spiritual traditions. This alienation perhaps stems from religious rituals that seemed empty. Some of us are deeply spiritual and religious and we are afraid of imposing our beliefs – so we keep our mouths shut about anything spiritual. Some of us are of a minority religious tradition and feel too ignorant or intimidated to engage with someone who, for example, may be Christian. Some of us may be comfortable and effective with the whole matter and those classmates can lead us.
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TL;DR: The authors of the ARCIC II document Salvation and the Church as discussed by the authors argue that the act of God in bringing salvation to the human race and summoning individuals into a community to serve him is due solely to the mercy and grace of God, mediated and manifested through Jesus Christ in his ministry, atoning death and rising again.
Abstract: The act of God in bringing salvation to the human race and summoning individuals into a community to serve him is due solely to the mercy and grace of God, mediated and manifested through Jesus Christ in his ministry, atoning death and rising again.1 This statement of belief, taken from the recently published ARCIC II document Salvation and the Church, is one to which Christians of most denominations could probably subscribe. Yet the very existence of the document is testimony to the fact that within the Christian Church there have been widely differing interpretations of the precise nature of salvation and its implications for humankind. At the time of the Reformation disagreement as to the theological import of terms such as ‘grace’, ‘justification’ and ‘sanctification’ was a major cause of division between Rome and the Protestant churches. Were they primarily to be given an objective or subjective, an extrinsic or intrinsic reference in relation to the believer? ARCIC II demonstrates that these are still live issues at the interface of ecumenical dialogue today, and must be resolved if real moves are to be made in the direction of Christian unity.
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01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: Cilliers et al. as discussed by the authors presented an analysis and assessment of Dutch Reformed preaching during the apartheid years, focusing on the use of the Bible in the context of South African apartheid.
Abstract: CITATION: Cilliers, J. 2006. God for us : an analysis and assessment of Dutch Reformed preaching during the apartheid years. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS. doi:10.18820/9781920109134.
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01 Nov 1980
TL;DR: In the New Testament, the Holy Spirit acts creatively only at the creation of the world and man, and in the redemption and formation of the people of God as mentioned in this paper, and is the agent by which the existing world was brought out of the primeval void in the creation story of Genesis (1.2).
Abstract: In the Old Testament the Spirit acts creatively only at the creation of the world and man, and in the redemption and formation of the people of God. The Spirit of God, along with the creative word of God, is the agent by which the existing world was brought out of the primeval void in the creation story of Genesis (1.2). In Ezek. 37.I-I4, God promises to bring his people up out of their graves, to reconstitute Israel: "And I will put my spirit in you, and you shall live." This is a striking form of the recurring prophecy that God would visit and redeem his people. Redemption would be a new creation. Just as God had once breathed into dust and made man a living soul, he would breathe again into a people who had forfeited their life, and make them live again. The new life of the redeemed Israel, of the Israel of the New Age, is God's life because it results from his creative Spirit. In both creations the Spirit is Creator Spiritus.1 Just as the Spirit of God was active at the foundation of the world, so that same Spirit was also to be expected at its renewal. The Spirit of God is spoken of as the recreating, revivifying power of the days of the Messiah. The entry of the redeemer upon the stage of history would therefore be the work of the Spirit; its significance would be grasped in terms of the messianic and eschatological prophecies concerning the new creation.2 The role of the Holy Spirit at the birth of Jesus is the fulfilment of God's promised redemption in a new act of creation. Luke proclaims the conception and birth of Jesus through the agency of the Holy Spirit. He implies that the conception and birth of Jesus are messianic because they are the product of that activity of the Spirit which was
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