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Doctrine
About: Doctrine is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 21901 publications have been published within this topic receiving 204282 citations.
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01 Jan 1990
TL;DR: In this article, the crucial issue of the authority of the past in Christian theology is explored, focusing especially on how doctrine serves to maintain continuity within the Christian tradition, and how the past authority serves to preserve the continuity of the present.
Abstract: Explores the crucial issue of the authority of the past in Christian theology, focusing especially on how doctrine serves to maintain continuity within the Christian tradition.
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TL;DR: Lindbeck's central thesis as discussed by the authors is that the cultural-linguistic view of religion, long current in the social sciences, can provide theology, and especially ecumenical theology, with useful insights into the nature of doctrine.
Abstract: Lindbeck's central thesis can be simply stated. He contends that the cultural-linguistic view of religion, long current in the social sciences, can provide theology, and especially ecumenical theology, with useful insights into the nature of doctrine. But to engage this thesis adequately, as it is unfolded in the course of the book, is not so simple. Although compact, the book ranges widely over not one but three related subjects-religion, theology, and doctrine-and it draws on a wealth of resources from outside as well as inside the domain of theol-
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TL;DR: The Joint Criminal Enterprise (JCE) doctrine has made an impressive appearance on the stage of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTJT) as mentioned in this paper, but the initial enthusiasm has faded somewhat recently as doubts about the doctrine's broad applicability have started to dominate the discussion.
Abstract: The Joint Criminal Enterprise (JCE) doctrine has made an impressive appearance on the stage of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. However, the initial enthusiasm has faded somewhat recently as doubts about the doctrine's broad applicability have started to dominate the discussion. In this article, the author argues that we should not deplore the partial demise of the doctrine. The simple truth is that the doctrine does not entirely dovetail with the gloomy reality of the modern bureaucracies that engage in systematic crime. Rather than trying to curb reality in order to fit our legal concepts, we might instead search for alternative modes of criminal responsibility. Functional perpetration may be such an alternative as it takes the function of the accused as point of reference for an inquiry into his responsibility and forges more direct links between the perpetrator and the crime. The JCE doctrine still has a useful function to serve in (modestly) extending the responsibility of participants in mob violence and in portraying the collective efforts of those who can properly be qualified as the auctores intellectuales of system criminality.
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21 Jun 1964
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the central doctrine of important Christian, Jewish, and Muslim philosophers and show the contributions of medieval thought to present-day philosophy, and present day philosophy.
Abstract: In this brief book the author examines the central doctrine of important Christian, Jewish, and Muslim philosophers and shows the contributions of medieval thought to present-day philosophy. Intended not only for philosophers, but for anyone seeking a concise and reliable survey.
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TL;DR: The authors analyzes the appropriateness and feasibility of sovereign statehood for Canada's Indians and concludes that stateless nationhood offers the best basis on which Indians may negotiate internal self-determination.
Abstract: Native Indian leaders in Canada have embraced the European-Western doctrine of sovereignty as the political-legal instrumentality for achieving their version of “the good society.” This article analyzes the appropriateness and feasibility of sovereign statehood for Canada's Indians. Indian aspirations to sovereign statehood run aground on at least two counts: key ideas contained in the European-Western doctrine of sovereignty are incompatible with core values comprising traditional Indian culture: also, the Canadian government is implacably opposed to relinquishing its sovereignty over Indians. This study explores alternative models of self-determination for Canada's Indians and concludes that stateless nationhood offers the best basis on which Indians may be able to negotiate internal self-determination.
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