involving God and evil. One of these problems lies in the question of why the righteous suffers. Another one of these questions raised concerning the problem of evil is whether God does good or if he does evil. This problem of evil is not bound to Christian theology‚ but stretches over many other religions not only in the Western world. There are two different categories of evil. Moral evil is evil produced by activities of moral agents. Natural evil is evil that occurs in the process of the functioning
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Partree in his book‚ Calvin and Classical Philosophy‚ states that the “philosophy of Plato is often thought to occupy‚ a kind of middle ground between Christianity and pagan antiquity…various aspects of his thought are considered congenial by many Christian thinkers” Partree’s point is that Platonism was agreeable with Christianity in several key points unlike many other philosophies of the time. Partree goes on to give several examples of common grounds between Platonic thought and Christianity such
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Turner University of Cambridge Contents Preface Acknowledgements Part I The ‘shape’ of reason 1 2 3 4 5 6 Clarifications and issues Negative theology and natural theology The darkness of God and the light of Christ Intellect Reason and rhetoric The ‘shape’ of reason page ix xvii 3 26 48 75 89 108 Part II Univocity‚ ‘difference’ and ‘onto-theology’ 7 8 9 Univocity and inference: Duns Scotus God‚ grammar‚ and difference Existence and God 125 149 169 Part III Inference and the existence
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God Theology from Greek meaning theo meaning “God” and logy meaning study is the systematic and rational study of concepts of God and its influences and of the nature of religious truths‚ or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies‚ usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary. God was described in terms derived from ancient Greek philosophy. God is said to be as all powerful‚ all-knowing and transcendent. "Transcendent" meaning beyond
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Document Analysis # 1: John Winthrop’s “A Modell of Christian Charity” (1630) 1. Which document is a primary source and which is a secondary source? John Winthrop’s “A Modell of Christian Charity” is a primary source and “The summary of John Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity”” was the secondary source. 2. According to the sermon‚ what type of society and government do the Puritans want to establish in the New World? According to John Winthrop’s sermon‚ the ideal form of society and
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Summary: Dr. Gregory Boyd is a professor of theology at Bethel College. He attended such universities as the University of Minnesota‚ Yale Divinity School‚ and Princeton Theological Seminary. As well as being a professor he is a preaching pastor at Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul‚ Minnesota‚ and has authored three books and several articles. This particular book is a dialogue between he and his father‚ Edward Boyd. Edward lives in Florida and worked for 35 years in sales management. He has
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THE SUFFICENCY OF GENERAL REVELATION TO CONVICT AND THE INSUFFICENCY TO SAVE FOUND IN ROMANS 1:18-20 IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 525 Liberty Seminary DLP BY Dan Baker October 11‚ 2011 Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sufficient to Convict . . . . . . . .
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Fr. Jomon John K ****************************************************************************** Introduction : Paulos Mar Gregorios (1922-1996) was a renowned Philosopher‚ Theologian‚ Linguist‚ Orator and a reputed Organiser among the World Christian circle. He was from the Malankara Orthodox Church in India. He was well versed in Eastern and Western Philosophy along with art‚ science‚ language and cultural studies. His main Theological contribution was the demonstration of Eastern Theological
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A personal worldview is a combination of all you believe to be true‚ and what you believe becomes the driving force behind every emotion‚ decision and action. Therefore‚ it affects your response to every area of life: from philosophy to science‚ theology and anthropology to economics‚ law‚ and politics‚ art and social order— everything. Worldview is a mental model of reality. The book has many good points on worldview‚ it states worldview determines are values. The four questions of worldview are
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Alexis Chapman THEO 201- B18 June 29‚ 2015 Final Essay A foundational belief for all Christians is how we serve a God that loves His children unconditionally and has been approachable and involved in our lives and His creation. Throughout this essay I will approach the theology of creation‚ explain how God is actively involved throughout it all‚ and how His doctrine will impact whatever career path I chose to follow after college. In Genesis 1:1 we see the verse that tells us‚ “God created
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