Some topics to discuss: How would you describe or position your peer’s theology? Dawn’s theology is “God is love and mystery and we don’t have all the answers‚ so we keep asking and keep listening.” Her understanding of ministry is love through service to others‚ and as a Christian she sees that as following Jesus in the same way kids play “Follow the Leader‚”. She believes she is do as well. Feed the hungry‚ heal the sick‚ raise the dead. She wants to serve as a‚ chaplain and ordained deacon
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Sara Norris‚ A153 Intro 2 Worship Prof K Sanders 21 February 2012 Theology of Worship: Old‚ New & Now Worship is homage; it is an attitude and activity designed to recognize and describe the worth of a person (969 Ryken).” The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery could not have said it better; worship is something that comes from within a person and is active and alive‚ a lifestyle. The need to worship is inbred‚ intuition and something we cannot escape… we were made for it. Worship is the result of an
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Jaterica Shotwell May 5‚ 2012 Final Paper Womanist Theology Womanist theologians see the “Female Christ” as themselves. They see Christ as an African American female‚ because Christ was oppressed the most just like African American women. The ideology of a womanist is for them to have equality. They want their voice to be heard. They do not want to be the doormat or the surrogate because Christ was the surrogate for them. He died for their sins so they did not have to
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Tarah Kendall Session 2 Reflection Paper THE 112 – Introduction to Theology January 10th‚ 2012 Chapter 15‚ Question 1. Why‚ according to Cyprian’s theology‚ does he say that the evil the Devil can do to the Church through schism is much worse that what he can do through Roman persecutions? Religiously‚ a schism is a division between people belonging to an organization that was considered a single body. For St. Cyprian‚ the unity of the Church is essentially visible. The established unity
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So‚ what is theology? “The word "theology" comes from two Greek words‚ Theos meaning ’God’ and logos meaning ’the word about (or the study of) God’ as He is revealed in the Scriptures.” According to the authors of How to Think Theologically‚ anyone who claims to be a Christian there is a high likelihood that you are a theologian. “It is a simple fact of life for Christians; their faith makes them theologians. Deliberately or not‚ think—and act—out of a theological understanding of existence‚ and
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Bibliography: Elwell‚Walter A. Evangelical Dictionary of Theology Towns‚Elmer L. Theology for Today
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what we view as religion and religious ideas today. She questions the decisions of society as a whole‚ much as Reinhold Niebuhr did as well. I feel her theology most closely relates to that of Niebuhrs compared to the rest of the books we read in class this semester. I say this because McFague really strongly believes in this metaphorical theology. Niebuhr also had
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SUMMARY * For the most part‚ psychology and theology have been considered to be enemies as both deal with the basic questions about life and the human experience from different approaches. Psychology places human experience (empirically) at the core of understanding and theology places God (our interpretation of His Word) at the center of understanding human experiences. Theology is faith based and includes a strong acceptance of the Bible as the basis of all truth. Psychology is empirically
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that are said before ➢ The introduction to the study of theology ➢ Pro: to go before ➢ Lego: to say or speak What are the three presuppositions of prolegomena? ➢ 1. There is a God ➢ 2. Truth exists ➢ 3. Person can know the truth What is the contemporary usage of the word “theology?” ➢ Strong writes‚ Theology is the science of God and the relations between God and the universe ➢ Fitzwater – Theology‚ therefore‚ is the science of God’s essential being and His
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when needed species can adapt and survive in their environment. Even though Darwin views evolution as amazing and beautiful it is morally and theologically offense for some people. One of these people is William Paley‚ a major supporter of Natural Theology. Because these people do not want to believe that there is no God they try to create coexistence between religion and science. Although Darwin accepts and observes the theory of evolution to be astonishing and of an aesthetic outlook‚ there are also
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