Adam Lipszyc
... analyzed in which the presence of the main Jewish theological categories (such as creation, revelation, redemption) can be identified. Because of the paradoxical nature of Judaic revelation – a linguistic form that combines presence and absence of the divine – writings rooted in Jewish tradition oft ...
... analyzed in which the presence of the main Jewish theological categories (such as creation, revelation, redemption) can be identified. Because of the paradoxical nature of Judaic revelation – a linguistic form that combines presence and absence of the divine – writings rooted in Jewish tradition oft ...
Chapter 3: Conceptions of ultimate reality
... impossible for God’s intrinsic qualities to change. Although it has been traditionally affirmed by theologians, this attribute is rejected by process theologians who argue that God is not static being, but divine becoming. ...
... impossible for God’s intrinsic qualities to change. Although it has been traditionally affirmed by theologians, this attribute is rejected by process theologians who argue that God is not static being, but divine becoming. ...
פרשת לך לך
... We begin with the Rambam, who is the first to address the issue: “Many precepts in the Torah reflect a similar approach adopted by God – i.e., that it is impossible to suddenly move from one extreme to the other. Man is therefore by nature incapable of suddenly abandoning all that he has been accust ...
... We begin with the Rambam, who is the first to address the issue: “Many precepts in the Torah reflect a similar approach adopted by God – i.e., that it is impossible to suddenly move from one extreme to the other. Man is therefore by nature incapable of suddenly abandoning all that he has been accust ...
Ganapati Cult and Iconography of God Ganesha and other Elephant
... by the 6th century, and perhaps as early in Southeast Asia. By the seventh and eighth centuries, Indian texts dealing with Ganesh are being translated by Buddhist monks in China. In Indian history the elephant is also used as a symbol of majesty, power and dignity. It is interesting to know about th ...
... by the 6th century, and perhaps as early in Southeast Asia. By the seventh and eighth centuries, Indian texts dealing with Ganesh are being translated by Buddhist monks in China. In Indian history the elephant is also used as a symbol of majesty, power and dignity. It is interesting to know about th ...
Holiness: It*s Very Real Possibility
... A. Gen 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. B. Job 1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and ...
... A. Gen 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. B. Job 1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and ...
Kyle Elmer Professor Marino Theology 1 3 February 2016 Interview I
... aspects of his Hispanic cultural and spirituality. For Brian, his Ecuadorian culture was mainly formulated from what he picked up from his mother, who migrated from Ecuador and from the church body as he grew up. He shared that most of his people come over to have a better life, are passionate, and ...
... aspects of his Hispanic cultural and spirituality. For Brian, his Ecuadorian culture was mainly formulated from what he picked up from his mother, who migrated from Ecuador and from the church body as he grew up. He shared that most of his people come over to have a better life, are passionate, and ...
Views on Reduction
... freedom, and power are values – any rational agent has a good reason to choose them. The idea of supreme value is the idea of a greatest possible consciousness, happiness, wisdom, and power. This is the idea of an Anselmian Perfect Being – ‘that than which nothing greater can be conceived’. The best ...
... freedom, and power are values – any rational agent has a good reason to choose them. The idea of supreme value is the idea of a greatest possible consciousness, happiness, wisdom, and power. This is the idea of an Anselmian Perfect Being – ‘that than which nothing greater can be conceived’. The best ...
Some Implications of Westphal
... intervene) somewhat leaves us on our own. What is the point of living a good life if God is no longer involved and is not immanent? What is the point of religious practice other than for thanking a creator? 3. The Enlightenment (promoting reason while tradition/authority questioned) could be conside ...
... intervene) somewhat leaves us on our own. What is the point of living a good life if God is no longer involved and is not immanent? What is the point of religious practice other than for thanking a creator? 3. The Enlightenment (promoting reason while tradition/authority questioned) could be conside ...
Ethical and religious language
... Language that motivates does not describe. – Any fact, on its own, doesn’t motivate. I need to care about the fact. – Is this true? What does it show? ...
... Language that motivates does not describe. – Any fact, on its own, doesn’t motivate. I need to care about the fact. – Is this true? What does it show? ...
Transcendentalism Notes
... What is Transcendentalism? an idealistic philosophical and social movement that ...
... What is Transcendentalism? an idealistic philosophical and social movement that ...
Scholasticism
... William of Ockham furthered his work: necessity in logic but not in the natural order of things; can't reach any knowledge of world through purely logical argument—observation and experience provides us with reliable basis for knowledge. Ockham's razor: 2 alternative explanations for the same phenom ...
... William of Ockham furthered his work: necessity in logic but not in the natural order of things; can't reach any knowledge of world through purely logical argument—observation and experience provides us with reliable basis for knowledge. Ockham's razor: 2 alternative explanations for the same phenom ...
The Jewish People, the Holy Land, and the State of Israel
... Much of the book is a crisp overview of material well-documented elsewhere. He reviews the now discredited hard supersessionist theologies that reigned in Christendom from the time of Augustine until the Second Vatican Council. He also discusses the transformation of those teachings, most prominentl ...
... Much of the book is a crisp overview of material well-documented elsewhere. He reviews the now discredited hard supersessionist theologies that reigned in Christendom from the time of Augustine until the Second Vatican Council. He also discusses the transformation of those teachings, most prominentl ...
Definitions and Quotes in Science and Religion
... among systems that are already working, so the existence in nature of irreducibly complex biological systems poses a powerful challenge to Darwinian theory.” W. Dembski: “In my book The Design Inference, I argue that specified complexity reliably detects design. . .in No Free Lunch, I show that undi ...
... among systems that are already working, so the existence in nature of irreducibly complex biological systems poses a powerful challenge to Darwinian theory.” W. Dembski: “In my book The Design Inference, I argue that specified complexity reliably detects design. . .in No Free Lunch, I show that undi ...
19 Sep 2010
... laundry list of beliefs. The Bible, for example, makes an enormous number of claims. Nobody could rationally agree with all of them. I prefer not to have such a laundry list of unexamined beliefs. In fact, I'd prefer to have no "beliefs" but to have only "conclusions" based on experience and reason. ...
... laundry list of beliefs. The Bible, for example, makes an enormous number of claims. Nobody could rationally agree with all of them. I prefer not to have such a laundry list of unexamined beliefs. In fact, I'd prefer to have no "beliefs" but to have only "conclusions" based on experience and reason. ...
Departure From Messianic Heritage Since Yahshuah
... Adolf Hitler (a professed Christian), at a gathering in Berlin, stood before thousands of Christians and with a standing ovation said: “I believe that today I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty God, as I announce the most important work that Christians could undertake and that it ...
... Adolf Hitler (a professed Christian), at a gathering in Berlin, stood before thousands of Christians and with a standing ovation said: “I believe that today I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty God, as I announce the most important work that Christians could undertake and that it ...
Greek View of Law
... to choose, but YOU are responsible for your choices. • Jesus adopts Jewish morality & explained it in a different way, expanding man’s understanding of faith. ...
... to choose, but YOU are responsible for your choices. • Jesus adopts Jewish morality & explained it in a different way, expanding man’s understanding of faith. ...
six decades of christian-jewish dialogue
... churches had borne false witness against their Jewish brothers and sisters, leading to an anti-Judaism that sowed the seeds of anti-Semitism, a Christian triumphalism, claiming that the church had replaced Israel in God’s covenant dealings; and the myth that Judaism equals rigid legalism. Among othe ...
... churches had borne false witness against their Jewish brothers and sisters, leading to an anti-Judaism that sowed the seeds of anti-Semitism, a Christian triumphalism, claiming that the church had replaced Israel in God’s covenant dealings; and the myth that Judaism equals rigid legalism. Among othe ...
Notes on Spinoza on Faith and Philosophy
... individual freedom of opinion in regard to faith, and who should be seen as belonging to the faithful in spite of their diverse opinions” (p. 158). In chapters 14 and 15 he defines faith, its basic principles, distinguishes it from philosophy, and argues that neither is theology subordinate to philo ...
... individual freedom of opinion in regard to faith, and who should be seen as belonging to the faithful in spite of their diverse opinions” (p. 158). In chapters 14 and 15 he defines faith, its basic principles, distinguishes it from philosophy, and argues that neither is theology subordinate to philo ...
LEXICON: JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN TERMS
... The Gospels: The word “gospel” in Greek literally means “good news.” Therefore, the Gospels tell the good news of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. There are a number of such gospels, but only four—the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—are canonical (authoritative) ...
... The Gospels: The word “gospel” in Greek literally means “good news.” Therefore, the Gospels tell the good news of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. There are a number of such gospels, but only four—the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—are canonical (authoritative) ...
Grendel by John Gardner
... Gardner wrote this revisionist novel in order to criticize writers like Heller and Vonnegut, whom he considered to be “bad” artists. As you can see from his quotes above, Gardner believed that an artist had a mission to create a vision of life that is noble: he must offer the world imaginative redem ...
... Gardner wrote this revisionist novel in order to criticize writers like Heller and Vonnegut, whom he considered to be “bad” artists. As you can see from his quotes above, Gardner believed that an artist had a mission to create a vision of life that is noble: he must offer the world imaginative redem ...
My Thanksgiving List 1 Thessalonians 5:18 in everything give thanks
... I want to give you my thanksgiving list this morning. I hope it whets your appetite to think ...
... I want to give you my thanksgiving list this morning. I hope it whets your appetite to think ...
Pure Land Buddhism and Islam
... we, as Muslims, can learn from the Amidist tradition relates to the meaning of the word islam. is word, as is well known, means the act of making formal ‘submission’ to God, surrendering our will to what Amidists would call the will of Other-Power. While Muslims talk about the grace or mercy of God ...
... we, as Muslims, can learn from the Amidist tradition relates to the meaning of the word islam. is word, as is well known, means the act of making formal ‘submission’ to God, surrendering our will to what Amidists would call the will of Other-Power. While Muslims talk about the grace or mercy of God ...
05-07-2017 Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit - Nativity
... things from God’s point of view • Allows a person to recognize truth and to use it to glorify God by choosing Godly solutions to problems • It is the capacity to love spiritual things more than material ones ...
... things from God’s point of view • Allows a person to recognize truth and to use it to glorify God by choosing Godly solutions to problems • It is the capacity to love spiritual things more than material ones ...