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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology
This volume is a call to re-examine assumptions about what care is
and how it be practised. Rather than another demand for radical
reform, it makes the case for thinking clearly and critically. It
urges people living with HIV to become full partners in designing
and implementing their own care and for caregivers to accept them
in this role.
The earliest scientific studies of Jewish messianism were conducted
by the scholars of the Wissenschaft des Judentums school,
particularly Heinrich Graetz, the first great Jewish historian of
the Jews since Josephus. These researches were invaluable because
they utilized primary sources in print and manuscript which had
been previously unknown or used only in polemics. The Wissenschaft
studies themselves, however, prove to be polemics as well on closer
inspection. Among the goals of this group was to demonstrate that
Judaism is a rational and logical faith whose legitimacy and
historical progress deserve recognition by the nations of Europe.
Mystical and messianic beliefs which might undermine this image
were presented as aberrations or the result of corrosive foreign
influences on the Jews. Gershom Scholem took upon himself the task
of returning mysticism and messianism to their rightful central
place in the panorama of Jewish thought. Jewish messianism was, for
Scholem, a central theme in the philosophy and life of the Jews
throughout their history, shaped anew by each generation to fit its
specific hopes and needs. Scholem emphasized that this phenomenon
was essentially independent of messianic or millenarian trends
among other peoples. For example, in discussing messianism in the
early modern era Scholem describes a trunk of influence on the
Jewish psyche set off by the expulsion from Spain in 1492.
Described by Pope Pius XII as the most important theologian since
Thomas Aquinas, the Swiss pastor and theologian, Karl Barth,
continues to be a major influence on students, scholars and
preachers today.
Barth's theology found its expression mainly through his closely
reasoned fourteen-part magnum opus, Die Kirchliche Dogmatik. Having
taken over 30 years to write, the Church Dogmatics is regarded as
one of the most important theological works of all time, and
represents the pinnacle of Barth's achievement as a theologian.
There is no doubt about Baeck's contribution to Jewish theology in
the twentieth century: it has been significant. Without ever
departing completely from the ancient wellsprings of orthodoxy, he
was a studious observer of the intellectual currents of his time
and ambience; under theinfluence of liberal Jewish theology, he
drew on and reworked those currents, weaving them into his own
theological thought. A special aspect of Baeck's work is that he
remained in critical confrontation with Christianity throughout his
life, acting as a kind of builder of bridges between the two
faiths." (From the Introduction.) It is on this aspect that the
author focuses his study inwhich he examines Leo Baeck's critical
evaluation of Martin Luther and Protestantism. At the same time
Homolka shows how close the intellectual links between liberal
Christian and liberal Jewish theology had become before the
Holocaust: both sides attempted a new definition of the "essence"
of their faiths and were searching for a new identity in an
increasingly pluralistic and secular society.
Over three hundred years ago, the paramount modern Catholic
exegete, Cornelius a Lapide, S.J., wrote that the 25th of March,
2000, was the most likely date for the world to end. Catholic
Millenarianism does not let the day pass without comment. Catholic
Millenarianism offers an authoritative overview of Catholic
apocalyptic thought combined with detailed presentations by
specialists on nine major Catholic authors, such as Savonarola,
Luis de LeA3n, and AntA3nio Vieira. With its companion volumes,
Catholic Millenarianism illustrates a hold apocalyptic concerns had
on intellectual life, particularly between 1500 and 1900, rivaling
and influencing rationalism and skepticism. Catholics do not
ordinarily expect a messianic reign by earthly means. Catholic
Millenarianism shows instead what is common to Catholic authors:
their preoccupation with the relationship between linguistic
prophecies and the events they foretell. This makes the
perspectives offered as surprisingly diverse as their particular
times, and the book itself interesting and worth repeated reading.
The question of the progress, the apocalyptic end, and the
completion of history and the question of the life after death and
the resurrection of the human person differ and are interconnected
in the religions at the same time. The individual's completion and
the completion of the world, the historical communities and
humankind are conditional on each other.
The world religions offer more than an interpretation of present
history and the present world and existence of the human race. They
also convey to humankind a theory of world history and of history
before and above world history. This interpretation of universal
history in the religions can be apocalypticism as the theory of the
end of the world or apocalypticism and eschatology as the theory of
the end, completion, and transfiguration of world and history.
The completion of the world is inseparable from the completion
of the individual human life in immortality and vice versa.
Immortality is described in the Abrahamic religions as personal
resurrection; in Hinduism as entering the divine self, the Atman;
and in Buddhism as being united with the Buddha. How do the
religions interpret universal history and what statements do they
make about life after death?
Leading scholars of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam have created with this volume a first-hand source of
information, which enables the reader to gain a better
understanding of these five world religions and their teachings
about the end of history and the life after death of the human
person.
"The Catechism of the Catholic Church" was a document of
outstanding importance which sold millions of copies worldwide.
Many critics at the time of publication said the Catechism lacked
sufficient coverage of the social teaching of the Catholic Church,
teaching on justice, peace and human rights. To remedy this, the
Vatican commissioned this remarkable new publication from the
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and Burns & Oates are
now its proud publishers. Throughout the course of her history, and
particularly in the last hundred years, the Church has never
failed, in the words of Pope Leo XIII, to speak the words that are
hers with regard to questions concerning life in society. To
maintain this tradition, Pope John Paul II has for his part
published three great encyclicals that represent fundamental stages
of Catholic thought in this area. Moreover, numerous Bishops in
every part of the world have contributed to a deeper understanding
of the Church's social doctrine as have numerous scholars. This
book also shows the value of Catholic social teaching as an
instrument of evangelisation because it places the human person and
society in relationship with the light of the Gospel. The
principles of the Church's social doctrine, which are based on the
natural law, are then seen to be confirmed and strengthened in the
faith of the Church by the Gospel of Christ. The Pope hopes that
the present publication will help humanity in its quest for the
common good.
Using a method of critical correlation, the author recommends an
interaction between clinical psychology and liberal theology which
preserves their unique sources, methodologies, and content, while
engaging in a mutually enriching dialogue. This work illustrates a
constructive interaction between these disciplines by applying the
concept of reconciliation derived from the Judeo-Christian
tradition as a foundation for a normative and empirical theory of
psychotherapy. Linguistic and phenomenological analyses of the
cognitive, affective, behavioral, and conative dimensions provide
an understanding of the experience of reconciliation compatible
with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
The studies that make up this book explore in what ways Israel's
sacred tradition developed into canonical scripture and in what
ways this sacred tradition was interpreted in early Judaism and
Christianity. This collection will stimulate continuing
investigation into the growth and interpretation of scripture in
the context of the Jewish and Christian communities of faith, and
will serve well as a reader for graduate courses with its focus on
early exegesis and intertextuality.
This is the first book to bring together studies of a wide
variety of millenarians who were active in the 17th and 18th
centuries in France, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, and eastern
Europe. It provides much food for thought for students and teachers
of early modern ideas, the history of philosophy and religion, and
the making of the modern world. It opens up many avenues for
further work.
The influence of millenarian thinking upon Cromwell's England is
well-known. The cultural and intellectual conceptions of the role
of millenarian ideas in the long' 18th century when, so the
official' story goes, the religious sceptics and deists of
Enlightened England effectively tarred such religious radicalism as
enthusiasm' has been less well examined. This volume endeavors to
revise this official' story and to trace the influence of
millenarian ideas in the science, politics, and everyday life of
England and America in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Science is a systematic presentation of truth. Theology is the most
important of all sciences. It is the science that treats of God and
of man in his relation to God. It is a systematic presentation of
revealed truth. As the basis of Astronomy is the universe of worlds
revealed by the telescope, and as the basis of Geology is the crust
of the earth, so the basis of Theology is the Divine revelation
found in the Holy Scriptures. The Theology of Entire
Sanctification, therefore, is a systematic presentation of the
doctrine of entire sanctification as derived from the written word
of God. Such a presentation we hope - with the help of the Holy
Spirit, which we here and now earnestly invoke - to attempt to give
in this book. May God bless the endeavor, and overrule our human
weakness, to the glory of His Name. Amen. It is a lamentable fact
that there is a large class of Christians to whom the subject of
entire sanctification is a matter of indifference. They hope, with
or without sufficient reason, that their sins are forgiven. They
propose to live moral and useful lives, and trust, again with or
without sufficient reason, that they will go to heaven when they
die.
This volume contains a variety of essays that deal with the complex
relationships between Judaism and Christianity. From the Jewish
side, particularly in Orthodox circles, there is the position
maintaining the independence of Judaism from outside influences
including Christianity. Traditional Christian theology, on the
other hand, held to a supercessionist view in which Judaism was
seen merely as a historical preparation for the later revelation of
Christianity. Was there no real interaction? When and how did
Judaism and Christianity became two distinct religions? When did
the 'parting of ways" take place, if indeed there really was such a
parting of ways? The present volume takes a bold step forward by
assuming that no historical period can be excluded from the
interactive process between Judaism and Christianity, conscious or
unconscious, as a polemical rejection or as tacit appropriation.
Page Count: 348 Truth - Not Exactly reveals how an atheist found
God. This book contains his truth-seeking process: Deductive
Theology, which assisted in the discovery of Revealed Truth.
Further research concludes that God has absolutely communicated
with us. God's revelation is investigated, using the author's
analytical skills from his business background. He gets to the
bottom line of many life-impacting issues. God's revelation with
man is compared with actual recorded history, and what is found may
change your ideas forever. Answers to real issues are covered in a
matter-of-fact manner. There is no religious upbringing to protect.
Nothing is taboo. It is a search for truth that became dangerous.
Previously accepted concepts and values were turned upside down.
The author was unprepared for the number of partial truths and
blatant lies being fed to the masses; lies that he had completely
accepted as well. This is not a standard theology book. You may not
agree, but you will discover the truth about God. It may be one of
the most important books you read.
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