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In this book the following chapters are covered: Chapter 1 Theology under the Word of God, p. 1 Chapter 2 Theology - One God Revealed in Three Persons, p. 124 Chapter 3 Creation, p. 215 Chapter 4 Christology - about the Person and Work of... more
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      AnthropologyTheologySystematic TheologyChristology
Critique of Dawkins book - The God Delusion, 2nd edition
errata - pg 96, fourth sentence, should read - "Dawkins does mention the names of the one true God..."
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      AtheismDoctrine of CreationChristian ApologeticsRichard Dawkins
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      PlatoAristotleNeoplatonism and late antique philosophyAugustine
PRIMO CAPITOLO del Toràh Project Italia dedicato alla Genesi, con dedica, introduzione, descrizione dell'Opera e tavola dei contenuti dell'intera opera. Estratto di un'opera in 3 volumi interamente realizzata dallo scrittore e... more
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      Hebrew BibleTargumTalmudOld Testament
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      ReligionGnosticismAncient HistoryJewish Studies
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      Jewish MysticismManuscript StudiesMysticismComparative Mysticism
Wenn in dieser Ausgabe von "Theologisches" zu Karl Rahner auch seine Stellung zur Evolutionstheorie untersucht werden soll, mag dies nur den zu überraschen, der nicht um den extremen Einfluß dieser zunächst naturwissenschaftlich... more
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      Catholic StudiesCatholic TheologyKarl RahnerDogmatic theology
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      Evolutionary BiologyHuman EvolutionEvolutionBook of Genesis
The primary identity of the Church as ‘Body of Christ’ in her relation with God is questioned. Understood somatically, since the Logos is the hypostasis of Christ, it fails to give the necessary ontological space for Creation to respond... more
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      OntologyTheologyPatristicsSystematic Theology
This paper explores a Historical-Redemptive and Polemical understanding of Genesis 1 which interprets this highly disputed passage as polemical presentation of a glorious God against the backdrop of other pagan conceptions of deity.
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      Comparative ReligionOld Testament TheologyOld TestamentBook of Genesis
A word-by-word explanation of the translation of the so-called creation hymn of Rigveda. The translation is very different from traditional ones. As I demonstrate, the hymn has been completely misunderstood by previous translators. The... more
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      PhilologyReligionHinduismComparative Religion
Neither Aristotle nor Aquinas assumes the reality of the evolution of species. Their systems of thought, however, remain open to the new data, offering an essential contribution to the ongoing debate between scientific, philosophical, and... more
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      Evolutionary BiologyHuman EvolutionMetaphysicsAristotle
This article explores whether we can speak of an aggregate Christian cosmology or doctrine of creation constructed by the Cappadocian Fathers, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory Nazianzen and Gregory of Nyssa. While discouraging the possibility... more
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      PatristicsGregory of NazianzusGregory of NyssaDoctrine of Creation
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      Medieval LiteratureMedieval StudiesCorpus CreationBiblical Studies
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      GnosticismJewish MysticismEarly Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman)Early Christianity
This article consists of an examination of the problem of evil as it relates to the origin of time and of creation in St. Maximus' work, approached mainly through Augustine. The article considers various theories of Patristic theodicies... more
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      TheodicyAugustineAugustine of HippoOrigen
Resumen La palabra Cosmovisión comenzó a ser utilizada como una traducción o adaptación del término alemán Weltanschauung, (Welt, "mundo", y anschauen, "observar"), traducido generalmente al inglés como Worldview (World, “mundo”, y view,... more
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      Critical TheoryReligionChristianityComparative Religion
This article addresses the Orthodox Christian representation of reality, or doctrine of creation, and the possible need to rephrase and communicate its meaning within the parameters of contemporary scientific culture. To redraft the... more
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      TheologyPatristicsOrthodox TheologyScience and Religion
This paper shows Thomas Aquinas' dependence on Avicenna for both his account of the philosophical meaning of creation and the judgment that some pagan philosophers presented accounts of creation. It then explores Avicenna's own... more
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      Thomas AquinasArabic PhilosophyDoctrine of CreationAvicenna
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      TheologyHistorical TheologySystematic TheologyTrinity
This paper presents a philosophical argument for divine providence by Aquinas. I suggest that upon returning to Aristotle’s Physics and Metaphysics to prepare his commentaries on these texts, Aquinas recognized that his stock argument... more
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      PhilosophyMetaphysicsPhilosophy of ScienceMedieval Philosophy
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      Biblical StudiesBiblical TheologyBook of GenesisDoctrine of Creation
Among the many psalms that refer to creation, Pss 8 and 104 stand out in being entirely devoted to this theme. Whereas Ps 8 highlights the prominent, even exalted, human role in the created order, Ps 104 contextualizes humanity as but one... more
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      TheologyHebrew BibleOld Testament TheologyBiblical Studies
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      Doctrine of CreationGenesis 1-11Interpretations of Genesis 1-3
Die zuerst von Darwin(1) formulierte Evolutionstheorie, nach welcher sich alle heute existierenden Lebewesen aus jeweils primitiveren Vorfahren unter dem blinden Wechselspiel von zufälliger Mutation und anschließender Selektion der... more
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      Catholic StudiesCatholic Social TeachingCatholic TheologyPastoral Theology
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      ChristianityGnosticismJewish StudiesNew Testament
The development of medieval Christian thought reveals from its inception in foundational authors like Augustine and Boethius an inherent engagement with Neoplatonism. To their influence that of Pseudo-Dionysius was soon added, as the... more
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      Medieval PhilosophyMedieval TheologyDoctrine of CreationMedieval Mysticism
This article expands on my Hebrew Words studies from Genesis 1:1, 2, specifying the exegetical principles and the implications for the key term, tohu wabohu, in relation to God's will for his creation, including societies.
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      Doctrine of CreationBiblical ExegesisInterpretations of Genesis 1-3Fallen angels
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      Biblical StudiesBook of PsalmsDoctrine of CreationBiblical Hebrew poetry
Published in Ishrāq
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      Philosophical TheologyIranian StudiesIslamic PhilosophySafavids (Islamic History)
[An expanded and revised version of this paper is now published] It is generally agreed that monism, the doctrine that all things originate from a single First Principle, is first clearly articulated in the Neopythagoreanism of the first... more
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      Hellenistic PhilosophyPythagoreanismDoctrine of CreationNeoplatonism
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      MetaphysicsDoctrine of Creation
In this article I propose a re-expression of Judaism—doxa as it tends towards praxis—intended to address those who I would denote as ‘ordinary’ or ‘traditional’ Jews. This more subtle and softer form of belief, which I offer, negotiates... more
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      ChristianitySelf and IdentityTheologyPhilosophical Theology
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      MetaphysicsSystematic TheologyPhilosophical TheologyDoctrine of God
[This is a draft form of the essay and thus lacks changes and corrections made in the proof-editing process.] Twenty years ago, Lloyd Gerson, “Plotinus’s Metaphysics: Emanation or Creation?” raised the question of whether Plotinus’... more
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      Thomas AquinasPlotinusDoctrine of CreationNeoplatonism
In this article I provide an executive summary of Irenaeus’ larger pro-material doctrine of creation. His affirmation of the goodness of the material world can be seen in at least six ways: 1) the demiurge (i.e., creator) is identified as... more
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      GnosticismIrenaeusDoctrine of Creation
From amazon.com: ""Whoever needs an act of faith to elucidate an event that can be explained by reason is a fool, and unworthy of reasonable thought." This line, spoken by the notorious 18th-century libertine Giacomo Casanova,... more
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      ReligionChristianityNew Religious MovementsComparative Religion
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      New TestamentEarly ChristianityCappadociansAncient Philosophy
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      Old Testament TheologyBiblical StudiesDoctrine of CreationCreation
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      Medieval PhilosophyAugustineThomas AquinasDoctrine of Creation
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      Doctrine of CreationCreationGenesis 1-2Psalm 104
The article provides a biographical and theological portrait of the Romanian Orthodox theologian Dumitru Stăniloae (1903-1993). A particular attention is given to the doctrine of creation and its place within his theological project.... more
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      ChristianityAnthropologyTheologySystematic Theology
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      GalenMedieval Jewish PhilosophyDoctrine of CreationMaimonides
In recent years a number of scholars have argued that numerous biblical texts affirm what we now know are erroneous scientific notions. The sort of arguments they use and the biblical texts they cite have been well summarised in the... more
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      Philosophy Of ReligionTheologyScience and ReligionBook of Genesis
Das alttestamentliche Schöpfungszeugnis erschöpft sich nicht in den ersten beiden Kapiteln der Genesis. Zwar ist diese Offenbarung der Erschaffung der Welt grundlegend für die ganze Genesis, den Pentateuch und die weiteren Kanonteile der... more
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      Old Testament TheologyDoctrine of CreationGenesis 1-11Creation
Alle Theologen und viele katholische Akademiker haben einmal Latein und Griechisch gelernt. Ein Eindruck ist sicher allen erinnerlich: der vom Deutschen über das Latein zum Griechisch und innerhalb des Griechischen von der Koiné zu Homer... more
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      Doctrine of CreationCreationismBiblical ExegesisIntelligent design
in Béatrice Bakhouche, éd., Science et exégèse. Les interprétations antiques et médiévales du récit biblique de la création des éléments (Genèse 1,1-8) (BEHE 167; Brepols, Turnhout, 2016), 31-40.
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      Doctrine of CreationHebrew Bible/Old Testament
Many twentieth century Catholic scholars have claimed that the idea of creation is the unique contribution of Christianity to philosophy and stands in sharp opposition to the pagan understanding of the relationship between God and the... more
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      Neoplatonism and late antique philosophyAugustineAugustine of HippoPlato and Platonism
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      Systematic TheologyPhilosophical TheologyJohn D. CaputoDoctrine of God