John Wilkins
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198269854
- eISBN:
- 9780191600517
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198269854.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
John Wilkins observes that the Resurrection Summit, as the essays in this book show, was concerned to do much more than simply offer a riposte to the reductionist conclusions of the Jesus Seminar. ...
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John Wilkins observes that the Resurrection Summit, as the essays in this book show, was concerned to do much more than simply offer a riposte to the reductionist conclusions of the Jesus Seminar. Indeed, evident was the conviction that the full impact of the Resurrection had still not been realized in Christian life and ethics.Less
John Wilkins observes that the Resurrection Summit, as the essays in this book show, was concerned to do much more than simply offer a riposte to the reductionist conclusions of the Jesus Seminar. Indeed, evident was the conviction that the full impact of the Resurrection had still not been realized in Christian life and ethics.
Richard Crouter
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195379679
- eISBN:
- 9780199869169
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195379679.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Chapter 6 treats Niebuhr’s mixed reception among Protestant Christians during his lifetime and today, in popular as well as academic circles. The “positive thinking” and naïve optimism of Norman ...
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Chapter 6 treats Niebuhr’s mixed reception among Protestant Christians during his lifetime and today, in popular as well as academic circles. The “positive thinking” and naïve optimism of Norman Vincent Peale and his contemporary followers are anathema to Niebuhr. Treated with indifference in the “Sojourners movement” around Jim Wallis, Niebuhr’s perspective is honored in the publication First Things. Niebuhr’s most vociferous academic critic, Duke Divinity School’s theological ethicist, Stanley Hauerwas, writes from the perspective of pacifism. This chapter responds to Hauerwas’s critique that Niebuhr’s theology is more pragmatic and naturalistic than theistic, lacks a proper sense of the church, and compromises the radicality of Jesus’s self-giving love. Chapter 6 maintains that Niebuhr is fully within the trajectory of mainstream Christian thinking and argues that Hauerwas, and similar critics, could benefit from Niebuhr’s teaching on sin, humility, and self-awareness of the Christian life. Far from capitulating to a political agenda, Niebuhr’s stress on a radically transcendent deity challenges fundamentalism and the politicized use of religion in our day.Less
Chapter 6 treats Niebuhr’s mixed reception among Protestant Christians during his lifetime and today, in popular as well as academic circles. The “positive thinking” and naïve optimism of Norman Vincent Peale and his contemporary followers are anathema to Niebuhr. Treated with indifference in the “Sojourners movement” around Jim Wallis, Niebuhr’s perspective is honored in the publication First Things. Niebuhr’s most vociferous academic critic, Duke Divinity School’s theological ethicist, Stanley Hauerwas, writes from the perspective of pacifism. This chapter responds to Hauerwas’s critique that Niebuhr’s theology is more pragmatic and naturalistic than theistic, lacks a proper sense of the church, and compromises the radicality of Jesus’s self-giving love. Chapter 6 maintains that Niebuhr is fully within the trajectory of mainstream Christian thinking and argues that Hauerwas, and similar critics, could benefit from Niebuhr’s teaching on sin, humility, and self-awareness of the Christian life. Far from capitulating to a political agenda, Niebuhr’s stress on a radically transcendent deity challenges fundamentalism and the politicized use of religion in our day.
Philip Sheldrake
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199216451
- eISBN:
- 9780191712173
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216451.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, Religion and Society
This chapter argues that Catholic Learning and Receptive Ecumenism are more than purely ecclesiological concepts. Catholicity does not concern merely a certain style, distinct from other competing ...
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This chapter argues that Catholic Learning and Receptive Ecumenism are more than purely ecclesiological concepts. Catholicity does not concern merely a certain style, distinct from other competing Christian forms. Catholic Learning does not simply refer to what (Roman) Catholicism might learn with integrity from other traditions. It suggests that ‘ being Catholic’ is something learned progressively and that we are to resist the siren voices both of premature certainty and of purification by processes of exclusion. It also suggests that there is a distinctively Catholic way of learning that is, by definition, integrated and that counteracts the separation of the intellectual from the practical and theology from spirituality — the conduct of a Christian life.Less
This chapter argues that Catholic Learning and Receptive Ecumenism are more than purely ecclesiological concepts. Catholicity does not concern merely a certain style, distinct from other competing Christian forms. Catholic Learning does not simply refer to what (Roman) Catholicism might learn with integrity from other traditions. It suggests that ‘ being Catholic’ is something learned progressively and that we are to resist the siren voices both of premature certainty and of purification by processes of exclusion. It also suggests that there is a distinctively Catholic way of learning that is, by definition, integrated and that counteracts the separation of the intellectual from the practical and theology from spirituality — the conduct of a Christian life.
Judith Lieu
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- July 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780199262892
- eISBN:
- 9780191602818
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199262896.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
Bourdieu’s concept of Habitus provides a framework for understanding the nexus of practice and belief in early Judaism and how a shared set of practices and world-view can encompass multiple ...
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Bourdieu’s concept of Habitus provides a framework for understanding the nexus of practice and belief in early Judaism and how a shared set of practices and world-view can encompass multiple interpretations. From this perspective, we can explore how self-understandings in so-called early Christian writings both overlap with each other and with Jewish patterns and differentiate themselves from them. A language of mutuality was particularly important in Christian writings, which often emphasize practice more than belief. Although these distinguish themselves from Jews and ‘pagans’, many of their values were shared in common, and perhaps lived out in cooperation more than conflict.Less
Bourdieu’s concept of Habitus provides a framework for understanding the nexus of practice and belief in early Judaism and how a shared set of practices and world-view can encompass multiple interpretations. From this perspective, we can explore how self-understandings in so-called early Christian writings both overlap with each other and with Jewish patterns and differentiate themselves from them. A language of mutuality was particularly important in Christian writings, which often emphasize practice more than belief. Although these distinguish themselves from Jews and ‘pagans’, many of their values were shared in common, and perhaps lived out in cooperation more than conflict.
Timothy Gorringe
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198752462
- eISBN:
- 9780191695117
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198752462.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, History of Christianity
The four volumes of Church Dogmatics which entailed Barth's ideas regarding the notion of reconciliation were written during the period between 1951 and 1959. The fourth part, and the parts that have ...
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The four volumes of Church Dogmatics which entailed Barth's ideas regarding the notion of reconciliation were written during the period between 1951 and 1959. The fourth part, and the parts that have been unrevised that were written between 1959 and 1961, were then published as The Christian Life. This period marked the German ‘economic miracle’ in which Europe experienced recovery in terms of economy and industry and the standards of living were significantly improved across all countries of central Europe. As such, secularization brought about great impacts in the cultural movement as church attendance was in decline. The ‘end of ideology’ theory was initiated because of the affluence and technological development experienced. In this chapter, we look into how Barth furthered his theology through focusing on how a sense of freedom can be acquired if focus would shift back to religion and the Church.Less
The four volumes of Church Dogmatics which entailed Barth's ideas regarding the notion of reconciliation were written during the period between 1951 and 1959. The fourth part, and the parts that have been unrevised that were written between 1959 and 1961, were then published as The Christian Life. This period marked the German ‘economic miracle’ in which Europe experienced recovery in terms of economy and industry and the standards of living were significantly improved across all countries of central Europe. As such, secularization brought about great impacts in the cultural movement as church attendance was in decline. The ‘end of ideology’ theory was initiated because of the affluence and technological development experienced. In this chapter, we look into how Barth furthered his theology through focusing on how a sense of freedom can be acquired if focus would shift back to religion and the Church.
Roman Cholij
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199566976
- eISBN:
- 9780191701993
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566976.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
This chapter analyzes Theodore's spiritual theology, with its anthropological and sacramental presuppositions, using a descriptive exposition with annotations. Theodore believes that the very act of ...
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This chapter analyzes Theodore's spiritual theology, with its anthropological and sacramental presuppositions, using a descriptive exposition with annotations. Theodore believes that the very act of creation was an act of beauty, God ‘beautifying’ man in honoring him with his image and likeness. When Adam fell prey to Satan, man lost the integrity of his nature, being subject to passions and sin that disfigure the soul, obscuring its beauty and nobility. It was Christ's mission to restore man to his former dignity. To free man from ‘unjust’ and ‘diabolical’ servitude. Christ became sin for man's sake. It is by the illumination of baptism that man can become a ‘son of God,’ enriched with all knowledge of good. To live according to baptismal grace was to live according to the commandments of the Lord, and this includes belonging to the lay order. The laity was bound essentially to the same obligations of Christian living as monks were, except in the way or circumstances in which Christian life was lived, especially with regard to marriage. Despite its dignity, marriage had to be considered a corruption of virginity for it represented the cares and anxieties of the fallen world that prevented or corrupted the soul's pure contemplation of God and heavenly things. Theodore preaches that the church, through its sanctifying rituals, provides the means for all Christians and not just monks to achieve holiness. By claiming that it was Christ himself who established these rites, Theodore put himself in a better position to defend the credentials of the monastic institution.Less
This chapter analyzes Theodore's spiritual theology, with its anthropological and sacramental presuppositions, using a descriptive exposition with annotations. Theodore believes that the very act of creation was an act of beauty, God ‘beautifying’ man in honoring him with his image and likeness. When Adam fell prey to Satan, man lost the integrity of his nature, being subject to passions and sin that disfigure the soul, obscuring its beauty and nobility. It was Christ's mission to restore man to his former dignity. To free man from ‘unjust’ and ‘diabolical’ servitude. Christ became sin for man's sake. It is by the illumination of baptism that man can become a ‘son of God,’ enriched with all knowledge of good. To live according to baptismal grace was to live according to the commandments of the Lord, and this includes belonging to the lay order. The laity was bound essentially to the same obligations of Christian living as monks were, except in the way or circumstances in which Christian life was lived, especially with regard to marriage. Despite its dignity, marriage had to be considered a corruption of virginity for it represented the cares and anxieties of the fallen world that prevented or corrupted the soul's pure contemplation of God and heavenly things. Theodore preaches that the church, through its sanctifying rituals, provides the means for all Christians and not just monks to achieve holiness. By claiming that it was Christ himself who established these rites, Theodore put himself in a better position to defend the credentials of the monastic institution.
Sylvia Walsh
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199208357
- eISBN:
- 9780191695728
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199208357.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, History of Christianity
This chapter puts the qualifications of Christendom's minor premise — works of love, witnessing, and suffering for the truth into a larger view so that a true understanding and expression of the ...
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This chapter puts the qualifications of Christendom's minor premise — works of love, witnessing, and suffering for the truth into a larger view so that a true understanding and expression of the Christian life can emerge in the modern age. The first section reflects on the paradox of faith, the double movement of faith, dialectical problems relating to faith, the role of the Will in Faith, the faith of Abraham, and becoming a self. The second section looks into the workings of hope in a Christian sense. The third section examines the origin and nature of Christian love, Christian love as self-denial, the equality of love, the emancipation of women, God as the middle term in human love relations, the danger of Christian love, and martyrdom.Less
This chapter puts the qualifications of Christendom's minor premise — works of love, witnessing, and suffering for the truth into a larger view so that a true understanding and expression of the Christian life can emerge in the modern age. The first section reflects on the paradox of faith, the double movement of faith, dialectical problems relating to faith, the role of the Will in Faith, the faith of Abraham, and becoming a self. The second section looks into the workings of hope in a Christian sense. The third section examines the origin and nature of Christian love, Christian love as self-denial, the equality of love, the emancipation of women, God as the middle term in human love relations, the danger of Christian love, and martyrdom.
Thomas St. and Dame Julian
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195134865
- eISBN:
- 9780199853472
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195134865.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
Two of the ablest medieval theologians who set to work on the meaning of the cross for the Christian life were Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–74) and Dame Julian of Norwich (b. 1342). St. Thomas's ...
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Two of the ablest medieval theologians who set to work on the meaning of the cross for the Christian life were Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–74) and Dame Julian of Norwich (b. 1342). St. Thomas's treatise on the passion, found in part III of the Summa Theologiae, not only synthesizes the various images commonly applied to Christ's work on the cross, but also balances teachings on love and righteousness (1965). Mother Julian, a 14th-century English theologian, had a bolder and more independent voice. She took a clear and uncompromising stand on the love of God, daring the church to unreservedly embrace the transforming power of love.Less
Two of the ablest medieval theologians who set to work on the meaning of the cross for the Christian life were Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–74) and Dame Julian of Norwich (b. 1342). St. Thomas's treatise on the passion, found in part III of the Summa Theologiae, not only synthesizes the various images commonly applied to Christ's work on the cross, but also balances teachings on love and righteousness (1965). Mother Julian, a 14th-century English theologian, had a bolder and more independent voice. She took a clear and uncompromising stand on the love of God, daring the church to unreservedly embrace the transforming power of love.
Gerald O'Collins, SJ
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199238903
- eISBN:
- 9780191696794
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199238903.003.0014
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
This chapter aims to exploit the language of ‘presence’ to give an understanding on the mysterious activity of Christ and the Holy Spirit in the whole world. It mentions that St. Paul pictured the ...
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This chapter aims to exploit the language of ‘presence’ to give an understanding on the mysterious activity of Christ and the Holy Spirit in the whole world. It mentions that St. Paul pictured the life of Christians as their being ‘in Christ’ and the Holy Spirit being ‘in them’. It argues that it may be possible that the Holy Spirit is also ‘in’ those who have not been baptized because Christ denies no one. In this case, it is worth developing the theme of the universal presence of divine Wisdom.Less
This chapter aims to exploit the language of ‘presence’ to give an understanding on the mysterious activity of Christ and the Holy Spirit in the whole world. It mentions that St. Paul pictured the life of Christians as their being ‘in Christ’ and the Holy Spirit being ‘in them’. It argues that it may be possible that the Holy Spirit is also ‘in’ those who have not been baptized because Christ denies no one. In this case, it is worth developing the theme of the universal presence of divine Wisdom.
ANDREW LOUTH
- Published in print:
- 1989
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198261964
- eISBN:
- 9780191682261
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198261964.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, Early Christian Studies
This chapter presents an essay on the Church Fathers' use of allegory in interpreting the Scriptures. It explains that for the Fathers allegory is not merely a stylistic habit but rather it is bound ...
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This chapter presents an essay on the Church Fathers' use of allegory in interpreting the Scriptures. It explains that for the Fathers allegory is not merely a stylistic habit but rather it is bound up with their whole understanding of tradition as the tacit dimension of the Christian life. They consider allegory as the path towards the so-called margin of silence that surrounds the articulate message of the Scriptures and as way of obtaining a deeper understanding of tradition from the perspective of the texts of the Scriptures.Less
This chapter presents an essay on the Church Fathers' use of allegory in interpreting the Scriptures. It explains that for the Fathers allegory is not merely a stylistic habit but rather it is bound up with their whole understanding of tradition as the tacit dimension of the Christian life. They consider allegory as the path towards the so-called margin of silence that surrounds the articulate message of the Scriptures and as way of obtaining a deeper understanding of tradition from the perspective of the texts of the Scriptures.
Susan Viswanathan
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195647990
- eISBN:
- 9780199080663
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195647990.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Sociology of Religion
This book explores the practice of Christianity among the Yakoba in the small region of Kerala. It uses the categories of time, space, architecture, and the body as a means of identifying the ways in ...
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This book explores the practice of Christianity among the Yakoba in the small region of Kerala. It uses the categories of time, space, architecture, and the body as a means of identifying the ways in which Hindu, Christian, and Syrian strands have been woven together to form a rich cultural tapestry in the region. The Yakoba, on which this study is based, are divided into two distinct groups—the Orthodox Syrians and the Jacobite Syrians. The author relates their on-going quarrel over ecclesiastical jurisdiction and the ways in which this quarrel affects Syrian Christian life and experience as a whole. She argues that people’s interpretations of Christianity are a very powerful mode of cultural expression and societal flexibility.Less
This book explores the practice of Christianity among the Yakoba in the small region of Kerala. It uses the categories of time, space, architecture, and the body as a means of identifying the ways in which Hindu, Christian, and Syrian strands have been woven together to form a rich cultural tapestry in the region. The Yakoba, on which this study is based, are divided into two distinct groups—the Orthodox Syrians and the Jacobite Syrians. The author relates their on-going quarrel over ecclesiastical jurisdiction and the ways in which this quarrel affects Syrian Christian life and experience as a whole. She argues that people’s interpretations of Christianity are a very powerful mode of cultural expression and societal flexibility.
Susan M. Shaw
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813124766
- eISBN:
- 9780813135083
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813124766.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion
This chapter discusses the beginnings of a life as a Christian and as a Southern Baptist. In this description these are marked by two distinct and essential experiences: conversion and a believer's ...
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This chapter discusses the beginnings of a life as a Christian and as a Southern Baptist. In this description these are marked by two distinct and essential experiences: conversion and a believer's baptism by immersion. The first experience is necessary to enter the community of God, while the second experience is necessary to become a member of a Southern Baptist church. For Southern Baptists, conversion is the essential step in the Christian life, and sometimes it is considered as a dramatic experience.Less
This chapter discusses the beginnings of a life as a Christian and as a Southern Baptist. In this description these are marked by two distinct and essential experiences: conversion and a believer's baptism by immersion. The first experience is necessary to enter the community of God, while the second experience is necessary to become a member of a Southern Baptist church. For Southern Baptists, conversion is the essential step in the Christian life, and sometimes it is considered as a dramatic experience.
W. P. Stephens
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198263630
- eISBN:
- 9780191682629
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263630.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, History of Christianity
This chapter explores the sovereignty of God, a fundamental element in Zwingli's thought that affects all aspects of his theology. For Zwingli, the life of the church and the teaching of the church ...
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This chapter explores the sovereignty of God, a fundamental element in Zwingli's thought that affects all aspects of his theology. For Zwingli, the life of the church and the teaching of the church had lost their centre in God. He was concerned to see that both theology and the Christian life recover that centre. This challenge is characteristic of Zwingli's writings from the start. His conviction of God's sovereignty can be seen in his understanding of providence and predestination. The sense of God's providence is also apparent with Zwingli, which suggests a personal experience and an intellectual conviction. Both A Commentary and The Providence of God show that Zwingli's method is sometimes as much logical as theological.Less
This chapter explores the sovereignty of God, a fundamental element in Zwingli's thought that affects all aspects of his theology. For Zwingli, the life of the church and the teaching of the church had lost their centre in God. He was concerned to see that both theology and the Christian life recover that centre. This challenge is characteristic of Zwingli's writings from the start. His conviction of God's sovereignty can be seen in his understanding of providence and predestination. The sense of God's providence is also apparent with Zwingli, which suggests a personal experience and an intellectual conviction. Both A Commentary and The Providence of God show that Zwingli's method is sometimes as much logical as theological.
J. A. Burrow
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198112938
- eISBN:
- 9780191670879
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198112938.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, Early and Medieval Literature
This chapter discusses Langland's sensitivity to conflicting considerations and apparently irreconcilable truths. The poem is able to create an imaginary space within which the irreconcilables can ...
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This chapter discusses Langland's sensitivity to conflicting considerations and apparently irreconcilable truths. The poem is able to create an imaginary space within which the irreconcilables can coexist in some kind of precariously just equilibrium. It is found that many passages in the poem Piers Plowman display a divided mind about the importance of learned and intellectual activities to the Christian life.Less
This chapter discusses Langland's sensitivity to conflicting considerations and apparently irreconcilable truths. The poem is able to create an imaginary space within which the irreconcilables can coexist in some kind of precariously just equilibrium. It is found that many passages in the poem Piers Plowman display a divided mind about the importance of learned and intellectual activities to the Christian life.
William Johnston
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823220748
- eISBN:
- 9780823236824
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823220748.003.0020
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
The principal point made in this book is that the author's doctrine leads to a form of prayer that is no more than an intensification of the ordinary Christian life. The first part of the book ...
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The principal point made in this book is that the author's doctrine leads to a form of prayer that is no more than an intensification of the ordinary Christian life. The first part of the book examined his enigmatic sentence from Dionysius that “the most godly knowing of God is that which is known by unknowing”. The second part of the book dealt with the “blind stirring of love” that burns mystically at a deep level of personality. The third part examined the purificatory aspect of the two clouds: forgetting and unknowing. The fourth part explored the union with oneself and with God. This chapter concludes that the author's contemplation is one way to perfection—and an ordinary way; but it is not the only way.Less
The principal point made in this book is that the author's doctrine leads to a form of prayer that is no more than an intensification of the ordinary Christian life. The first part of the book examined his enigmatic sentence from Dionysius that “the most godly knowing of God is that which is known by unknowing”. The second part of the book dealt with the “blind stirring of love” that burns mystically at a deep level of personality. The third part examined the purificatory aspect of the two clouds: forgetting and unknowing. The fourth part explored the union with oneself and with God. This chapter concludes that the author's contemplation is one way to perfection—and an ordinary way; but it is not the only way.
Joshua Z. Gahr and Michael P. Young
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781479854769
- eISBN:
- 9781479834457
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479854769.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Joshua Z. Gahr and Michael P. Young’s chapter provides a historical analysis of the somewhat counterintuitive, yet central, role that Protestant institutions played in the emergence of the new Left. ...
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Joshua Z. Gahr and Michael P. Young’s chapter provides a historical analysis of the somewhat counterintuitive, yet central, role that Protestant institutions played in the emergence of the new Left. Through a case study of the Christian Faith-and-Life Community at the University of Texas at Austin from 1955 to 1962, the chapter documents how a group of liberal Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist clergy pushed university students to reconceive the Church’s “mission-in-the-world” and their personal witness to this mission in ways that unleashed a moral “breakthrough.”Less
Joshua Z. Gahr and Michael P. Young’s chapter provides a historical analysis of the somewhat counterintuitive, yet central, role that Protestant institutions played in the emergence of the new Left. Through a case study of the Christian Faith-and-Life Community at the University of Texas at Austin from 1955 to 1962, the chapter documents how a group of liberal Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist clergy pushed university students to reconceive the Church’s “mission-in-the-world” and their personal witness to this mission in ways that unleashed a moral “breakthrough.”
Steven A. Long
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823231058
- eISBN:
- 9780823237012
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823231058.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
This book has articulated how central will be our understanding of the relation of nature and grace for the proper contemplation and living of Christian life, and for the ...
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This book has articulated how central will be our understanding of the relation of nature and grace for the proper contemplation and living of Christian life, and for the Christian's participation in cultural and public life. It has considered the implications of the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas that there is indeed a proximate and natural end, distinct from the supernatural end, and from which the human species is derived. With no injustice, God could have created man merely with this order, in puris naturalibus, but from the divine goodness, love, and liberality instead created man in sanctifying grace. Yet even given one's creation in grace, the baneful effects of the Fall, and one's restoration and elevation in grace, the intelligible impress of the proximate natural finality remains in man.Less
This book has articulated how central will be our understanding of the relation of nature and grace for the proper contemplation and living of Christian life, and for the Christian's participation in cultural and public life. It has considered the implications of the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas that there is indeed a proximate and natural end, distinct from the supernatural end, and from which the human species is derived. With no injustice, God could have created man merely with this order, in puris naturalibus, but from the divine goodness, love, and liberality instead created man in sanctifying grace. Yet even given one's creation in grace, the baneful effects of the Fall, and one's restoration and elevation in grace, the intelligible impress of the proximate natural finality remains in man.
Katie Day and Edd Conboy
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199860029
- eISBN:
- 9780199358427
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199860029.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter examines how sacred space is socially constructed in an urban context in different types of buildings from historic churches to former commercial buildings adapted for religious ...
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This chapter examines how sacred space is socially constructed in an urban context in different types of buildings from historic churches to former commercial buildings adapted for religious purposes. “Sacralization” is a social process in which a physical space becomes sacred (inviolable) and a vehicle for spiritual transcendence. This process occurs both within a faith community and in correspondence with context. Two congregations from very different traditions on one intersection are described as they have created sacred space in a former ironworks store and funeral home.Less
This chapter examines how sacred space is socially constructed in an urban context in different types of buildings from historic churches to former commercial buildings adapted for religious purposes. “Sacralization” is a social process in which a physical space becomes sacred (inviolable) and a vehicle for spiritual transcendence. This process occurs both within a faith community and in correspondence with context. Two congregations from very different traditions on one intersection are described as they have created sacred space in a former ironworks store and funeral home.
Carolyn Renée Dupont
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814708415
- eISBN:
- 9780814723876
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814708415.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter looks at how the endorsement of the Brown case in St. Louis contrasted sharply with the criticism the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) Christian Life Commission (CLC) report met in ...
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This chapter looks at how the endorsement of the Brown case in St. Louis contrasted sharply with the criticism the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) Christian Life Commission (CLC) report met in Mississippi. The Convention's approval of the decision stunned Baptists in the Magnolia State and riled segregationists of all faiths. Bodies representing the Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church also endorsed the principle of racial equality shortly after the High Court announced the Brown decision—a proclamation that elicited fierce objections from their Mississippi constituents. Even before the Brown announcement, the issue of integration dominated Mississippi's public discourse. As the state actively restricted the civil rights quest, the churches contributed considerable energy to the culture and the strategies of resistance.Less
This chapter looks at how the endorsement of the Brown case in St. Louis contrasted sharply with the criticism the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) Christian Life Commission (CLC) report met in Mississippi. The Convention's approval of the decision stunned Baptists in the Magnolia State and riled segregationists of all faiths. Bodies representing the Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church also endorsed the principle of racial equality shortly after the High Court announced the Brown decision—a proclamation that elicited fierce objections from their Mississippi constituents. Even before the Brown announcement, the issue of integration dominated Mississippi's public discourse. As the state actively restricted the civil rights quest, the churches contributed considerable energy to the culture and the strategies of resistance.
Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199213146
- eISBN:
- 9780191762734
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199213146.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, Philosophy of Religion
Thomas Aquinas is widely recognized as one of history’s most significant Christian theologians and one of the most powerful philosophical minds of the western tradition. But what has often not been ...
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Thomas Aquinas is widely recognized as one of history’s most significant Christian theologians and one of the most powerful philosophical minds of the western tradition. But what has often not been sufficiently attended to is the fact that he carried out his theological and philosophical labours as a part of his vocation as a Dominican friar, dedicated to a life of preaching and the care of souls. This book places Aquinas’ thought within the context of that vocation, and argues that his views on issues of God, creation, Christology, soteriology, and the Christian life are both shaped by and in service to the distinctive goals of the Dominicans. What Aquinas says concerning both matters of faith and matters of reason, as well as his understanding of the relationship between the two, are illuminated by the particular Dominican call to serve God through handing on to others through preaching and teaching the fruits of one’s own theological reflection.Less
Thomas Aquinas is widely recognized as one of history’s most significant Christian theologians and one of the most powerful philosophical minds of the western tradition. But what has often not been sufficiently attended to is the fact that he carried out his theological and philosophical labours as a part of his vocation as a Dominican friar, dedicated to a life of preaching and the care of souls. This book places Aquinas’ thought within the context of that vocation, and argues that his views on issues of God, creation, Christology, soteriology, and the Christian life are both shaped by and in service to the distinctive goals of the Dominicans. What Aquinas says concerning both matters of faith and matters of reason, as well as his understanding of the relationship between the two, are illuminated by the particular Dominican call to serve God through handing on to others through preaching and teaching the fruits of one’s own theological reflection.
