Douglas Kerr
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198123705
- eISBN:
- 9780191671609
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198123705.003.0009
- Subject:
- Literature, Poetry
While at the Keswick convention, Wilfred Owen felt doubt and unsure about how Christian attitudes addressed instances of social misery. The doctrine of original sin was highlighted by Evangelical ...
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While at the Keswick convention, Wilfred Owen felt doubt and unsure about how Christian attitudes addressed instances of social misery. The doctrine of original sin was highlighted by Evangelical theology in such a way that encouraged suffering. Suffering was something that Evangelicals urged to be submitted to since this was viewed to be the unavoidable consequence of original sin. Susan Owen attempted to instill certain values in her son that involved how passive endurance should be utilized in dealing with unhappiness. One of the fundamental concepts that Owen learned throughout his experience as assistant was how particular things that could not be changed simply had to be endured.Less
While at the Keswick convention, Wilfred Owen felt doubt and unsure about how Christian attitudes addressed instances of social misery. The doctrine of original sin was highlighted by Evangelical theology in such a way that encouraged suffering. Suffering was something that Evangelicals urged to be submitted to since this was viewed to be the unavoidable consequence of original sin. Susan Owen attempted to instill certain values in her son that involved how passive endurance should be utilized in dealing with unhappiness. One of the fundamental concepts that Owen learned throughout his experience as assistant was how particular things that could not be changed simply had to be endured.
Eyal Regev
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780300197884
- eISBN:
- 9780300245592
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300197884.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
The first scholarly work to trace the Temple throughout the entire New Testament, this book examines Jewish and Christian attitudes toward the Temple in the first century and provides both Jews and ...
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The first scholarly work to trace the Temple throughout the entire New Testament, this book examines Jewish and Christian attitudes toward the Temple in the first century and provides both Jews and Christians with a better understanding of their respective faiths and how they grow out of this ancient institution. The centrality of the writing reveals the authors' negotiations with the institutional and symbolic center of Judaism as they worked to form their own religion.Less
The first scholarly work to trace the Temple throughout the entire New Testament, this book examines Jewish and Christian attitudes toward the Temple in the first century and provides both Jews and Christians with a better understanding of their respective faiths and how they grow out of this ancient institution. The centrality of the writing reveals the authors' negotiations with the institutional and symbolic center of Judaism as they worked to form their own religion.
Arthur Versluis
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195306378
- eISBN:
- 9780199850914
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306378.003.0011
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This chapter examines the works of Carl Raschke, a professor of religious studies at the University of Denver, Colorado. The chapter discusses what he had to say about gnosticism. In his 1978 book ...
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This chapter examines the works of Carl Raschke, a professor of religious studies at the University of Denver, Colorado. The chapter discusses what he had to say about gnosticism. In his 1978 book The Bursting of New Wineskins: Reflections on Religion and Culture at the End of Affluence, Raschke has showed a nascent longing and loathing for psycho-religious heresy. In his 1980 book The Interruption of Eternity: Modern Gnosticism and the Origins of the New Religious Consciousness, he unveiled a much more explicit heresiophobic agenda than that which had been seen all his previous books. The works of Raschke indicate the continuation of the secularization and politicization of Christian attitudes toward heresy.Less
This chapter examines the works of Carl Raschke, a professor of religious studies at the University of Denver, Colorado. The chapter discusses what he had to say about gnosticism. In his 1978 book The Bursting of New Wineskins: Reflections on Religion and Culture at the End of Affluence, Raschke has showed a nascent longing and loathing for psycho-religious heresy. In his 1980 book The Interruption of Eternity: Modern Gnosticism and the Origins of the New Religious Consciousness, he unveiled a much more explicit heresiophobic agenda than that which had been seen all his previous books. The works of Raschke indicate the continuation of the secularization and politicization of Christian attitudes toward heresy.
P.G. Walsh (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780856687983
- eISBN:
- 9781800342965
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9780856687983.003.0003
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Ancient Greek, Roman, and Early Christian Philosophy
This chapter provides the commentary for Book V of Augustine's The City of God, which covers the discussion of fate, free will, and Providence. It includes Roman virtues or good in themselves that ...
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This chapter provides the commentary for Book V of Augustine's The City of God, which covers the discussion of fate, free will, and Providence. It includes Roman virtues or good in themselves that were motivated by the desire for glory, honour, and dominion, which are in contrast with Christian attitudes. It also examines the Roman Empire that was ordained by God and is governed by his providence, and explores the virtues of Christian emperors, specifically Constantine the Great and Theodosius. Augustine has offered a positive view of the Roman imperial achievement as he refuted the claim of his opponents that the Roman success was attributable to pagan deities. The chapter reviews Augustine's alternative explanations offered against his conviction that the empire flourished through God's dispensation.Less
This chapter provides the commentary for Book V of Augustine's The City of God, which covers the discussion of fate, free will, and Providence. It includes Roman virtues or good in themselves that were motivated by the desire for glory, honour, and dominion, which are in contrast with Christian attitudes. It also examines the Roman Empire that was ordained by God and is governed by his providence, and explores the virtues of Christian emperors, specifically Constantine the Great and Theodosius. Augustine has offered a positive view of the Roman imperial achievement as he refuted the claim of his opponents that the Roman success was attributable to pagan deities. The chapter reviews Augustine's alternative explanations offered against his conviction that the empire flourished through God's dispensation.
Karmen Mackendrick
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823224067
- eISBN:
- 9780823235902
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823224067.003.0002
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Language
This chapter discusses the importance of Christianity and Christian attitudes. The importance of Christianity can be seen through looking at dogmatic devotion. Christian ...
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This chapter discusses the importance of Christianity and Christian attitudes. The importance of Christianity can be seen through looking at dogmatic devotion. Christian attitudes can be compared to Pauline, using an Augustinian axis, that warns us against the worldly temptations posed by the flesh and its pleasures. John's gospel is a key site of the Christian emphasis on the flesh. The chapter also presents the idea that Word is also light, so, too, is it flesh.Less
This chapter discusses the importance of Christianity and Christian attitudes. The importance of Christianity can be seen through looking at dogmatic devotion. Christian attitudes can be compared to Pauline, using an Augustinian axis, that warns us against the worldly temptations posed by the flesh and its pleasures. John's gospel is a key site of the Christian emphasis on the flesh. The chapter also presents the idea that Word is also light, so, too, is it flesh.
Rebecca Rist
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- December 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198717980
- eISBN:
- 9780191787430
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198717980.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion, European Medieval History
Drawing on the different themes of the different chapters and bringing them together, this Conclusion explains the limited and specifically servile role which Jews were expected to play in a typical ...
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Drawing on the different themes of the different chapters and bringing them together, this Conclusion explains the limited and specifically servile role which Jews were expected to play in a typical papal vision of Christian society that in itself promoted a gradual hardening of Christian attitudes. Nevertheless, the Conclusion also argues that the aim of papal pronouncements was never to degrade the Jews as such. Rather, it was to satisfy the requirements of both Christian theology and the developing idea of a specifically papal authority over Jewish communities. Hence for both social and political reasons popes found it increasingly difficult to retain the spirit of their continuing Pauline/Augustinian theology in the changing social and political conditions of the age.Less
Drawing on the different themes of the different chapters and bringing them together, this Conclusion explains the limited and specifically servile role which Jews were expected to play in a typical papal vision of Christian society that in itself promoted a gradual hardening of Christian attitudes. Nevertheless, the Conclusion also argues that the aim of papal pronouncements was never to degrade the Jews as such. Rather, it was to satisfy the requirements of both Christian theology and the developing idea of a specifically papal authority over Jewish communities. Hence for both social and political reasons popes found it increasingly difficult to retain the spirit of their continuing Pauline/Augustinian theology in the changing social and political conditions of the age.