• By offering a thorough grounding in the historical and theological foundations of liturgy as well as determined attention to contemporary developments and concerns, the Liturgy, Worship and Society series is set to make a vital contribution not only to scholarship in liturgical studies but also to the practice of Christian worship in the world today. (routledge.com)
  • Death Liturgy and Ritual is a two-volume study of Christian funerary theology and practice, presenting an invaluable account of funeral rites and the central issues involved for compilers and users. (routledge.com)
  • Bread from Heaven offers a contemporary theological synthesis on the Eucharist that brings together classical and critical biblical exegesis, debates on the early history of the Christian liturgy, patristic doctrine, the teachings offered by the Councils of Florence, Trent and Vatican II, and the Church's lex orandi , all within a framework provided by the Eucharistic theology of Thomas Aquinas. (bibliovault.org)
  • Dr. Bruce Morrill focuses his theological scholarship in the area of liturgy and sacraments, drawing upon a range of interdisciplinary resources in the fields of systematic and historical theology, ritual studies, cultural anthropology, and biblical studies. (archny.org)
  • His work has come together most comprehensively in his books, Practical Sacramental Theology: At the Intersection of Liturgy and Ethics (Cascade Books, 2021), Divine Worship and Human Healing: Liturgical Theology at the Margins of Life and Death (Pueblo/Liturgical Press, 2009), and Anamnesis as Dangerous Memory: Political and Liturgical Theology in Dialogue (Pueblo/Liturgical Press, 2000). (archny.org)
  • Based in a confessional theology and a respect for the historical and sacramental liturgy, these resources do not require a high level of musical expertise. (stjohnslaketownship.org)
  • Xavier John Seubert is professor of Liturgy and Sacramental Theology at Christ the King Seminary in Buffalo, NY and is the Thomas Plassmann Distinguished Professor of Art and Theology Emeritus at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, NY. (gilesltd.com)
  • This dissertation is a work of systematic theology that draws from the insights of several related fields: liturgical theology, historical theology, sacramental theology, ecclesiology, and ecumenism. (duke.edu)
  • Apocalyptic visions of the fullest realization of the reign of God inform the deepening historical consciousness and ecclesiology of scholars throughout the tradition. (saet.ac.uk)
  • Paul Avis is the author of many books on the Anglican tradition, ecclesiology, ecumenical theology and systematic-philosophical theology. (brill.com)
  • In its examination of Vatican II ecclesiology, this course will focus on two council constitutions: The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ( Lumen Gentium ) and The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ( Gaudium et Spes ), placing them in their larger historical context, exploring their fundamental meaning and significance, and finally, considering their larger significance for the life of the church today. (udallas.edu)
  • In Reformed theology, baptism is a sacrament signifying the baptized person's union with Christ, or becoming part of Christ and being treated as if they had done everything Christ had. (wikipedia.org)
  • In Reformed theology, baptism is the sacrament of initiation into the visible church, or body of people who publicly claim faith in Christ. (wikipedia.org)
  • This work argues that the heart of patristic exegesis is the attempt to find the sacramental reality (real presence) of Christ in the Old Testament Scriptures. (logos.com)
  • Leading theologian Hans Boersma discusses numerous sermons and commentaries of the church fathers to show how they regarded Christ as the treasure hidden in the field of the Old Testament and explains that the church today can and should retrieve the sacramental reading of the early church. (logos.com)
  • Through a careful analysis of individual texts, Boersma demonstrates that patristic exegesis is not based on naive allegorizing but on a theology of history in which Christ is recognized as truly present in the words and deeds of the old covenant. (logos.com)
  • Hans Boersma (PhD, University of Utrecht) is the Order of St. Benedict Servants of Christ Chair in Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House. (logos.com)
  • He is the author of several books, including Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition , Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church , Sacramental Preaching: Sermons on the Hidden Presence of Christ , and Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry . (logos.com)
  • It then continues with a historical and systematic study of the institution of the Eucharist by Christ, with special attention given to the emergence of the first Eucharistic prayers. (bibliovault.org)
  • Other recent books include Encountering Christ in the Eucharist: The Paschal Mystery in People, Word, and Sacrament (Paulist Press, 2012) and The Essential Writings of Bernard Cooke: A Narrative Theology of Church, Sacrament, and Ministry (Paulist Press, 2016). (archny.org)
  • The ILC exists for the purpose of encouraging, strengthening, and promoting confessional Lutheran theology and practice centering in Jesus Christ, both among its members and throughout the world. (ilc-online.org)
  • Christ the Center focuses on Reformed Christian theology. (reformedforum.org)
  • Canon, confession, ecumenicity, Christ-centeredness, sacrament, law/ gospel, and two kingdoms are all examined not only in terms of their original meaning and historical development but also in light of current reflections. (logos.com)
  • Notre Dame allows you to explore the history and theology behind Jesus Christ by diving into the Old Testament and the New Testament accounts. (roex-trading.com)
  • You should have at least a foundational knowledge of Scripture and theology before entering the certificate program. (snc.edu)
  • A Deeper Vision first outlines Catholic philosophy, theology, and the study of Scripture leading up to, and then following from, the Second Vatican Council. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • [2] Wesleyan theology asserts the primary authority of Scripture and affirms the Christological orthodoxy of the first five centuries of church history. (cloudfront.net)
  • Rather, true systematic theology seeks to understand the system of theology that is contained within the whole scope of sacred Scripture. (tabletalkmagazine.com)
  • The knowledge with which the philosophers and theologians known as Victorines were concerned in particular was theology, which requires first and foremost the loving study of Sacred Scripture. (ewtn.com)
  • To interpret Scripture he suggests the traditional patristic and medieval structure, namely, the literal and historical sense first of all, then the allegorical and anagogical and, lastly, the moral. (ewtn.com)
  • Yet, while respecting these four dimensions of the meaning of Scripture, in an original way in comparison with his contemporaries, Hugh of Saint-Victor insists - and this is something new - on the importance of the historical and literal meaning. (ewtn.com)
  • Eucharistic sacrifice is both a doctrine of the church and a sacramental practice. (duke.edu)
  • Kavanagh (1978) argues that no liturgical construct of the Church has more impact upon its renewal than its initiatory structure, [1] and therefore any change in baptismal theology and practice has far reaching consequences. (grin.com)
  • Theologians more carefully defined the sacramental union of baptism, or the relationship between the outward washing with that which it signifies. (wikipedia.org)
  • His theology of eucharistic sacrifice anticipates significantly the convergence that the liturgical and ecumenical movements have achieved on this topic through their attention to the theology of the early church, yet only a handful of contemporary Methodist theologians have explored Wesley's theology of eucharistic sacrifice in detail, and fewer still from an ecumenical perspective. (duke.edu)
  • But it has never been able to escape historical mythmaking, despite the best efforts of theologians from Augustine to Karl Barth. (newrepublic.com)
  • Christian baptismal theology prior to the Reformation taught that sacraments, including baptism, are means or instruments through which God communicates grace to people. (wikipedia.org)
  • Anglican-Episcopal Theology and History covers aspects of the Anglican-Episcopal tradition from the Reformation to the present, in both its historical and theological forms, including historical theology. (brill.com)
  • Penance-particularly sacramental penance-is the "culmination" of these attitudes that together are indispensable to Christian life. (commonwealmagazine.org)
  • The heart of sacramental penance is being sorry for your own sins. (commonwealmagazine.org)
  • These biblical texts offer solid foundation for a theology of Eucharistic sacrifice, presence and Communion. (bibliovault.org)
  • In order to properly understand Williams' views concerning worship, it is necessary to understand that his biblical theology [10] of worship extends beyond the popular assumption that 'worship equals music. (lukegeraty.com)
  • Part IV : Biblical theology. (tyndale.ca)
  • 19. The costly loss of lament and protest : toward a Biblical theology of lament and protest (Psalm 44) / Barbara M. Leung Lai. (tyndale.ca)
  • Today, we turn to pages 318-322 of Vos' Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments to explore the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. (reformedforum.org)
  • We turn to pp. 315-318 of Geerhardus Vos's book, Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments to discuss revelation connected with John the Baptist. (reformedforum.org)
  • Charles Spurgeon himself argued that Calvinism is merely a nickname for biblical theology. (tabletalkmagazine.com)
  • Genesis to Jesus at St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. (roex-trading.com)
  • In this regard Hugh of Saint-Victor is a typical representative of monastic theology, based entirely on biblical exegesis. (ewtn.com)
  • Calvin's baptismal theology is very similar to that of Luther. (wikipedia.org)
  • From the end of the sixteenth century through the eighteenth century, a period known as Reformed orthodoxy, Reformed baptismal theology further developed the covenantal meaning of baptism. (wikipedia.org)
  • Edward Cornelis Florentius Alfonsus Schillebeeckx, O.P. (1914 - 2009) focused on dogmatic theology, although his doctoral thesis was on the redeeming economy of the sacraments. (ukessays.com)
  • Traditional sacramental models have understood that Christian initiation is undertaken through the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and Eucharist, and is only fully complete after the conferral of all three sacramental actions. (grin.com)
  • Luke 3:21-22) and, similarly, Pauline theology seems to suggest that baptism is in and of itself a conferral of the Holy Spirit. (grin.com)
  • Aquinas' theology has continued to inform Catholic teaching, while Wesley's was largely forgotten in nineteenth century Methodism. (duke.edu)
  • Not only were giants like the "sacred monster of Thomism," Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., writing and teaching, but Leo's impetus revived historical scholarship on Aquinas, a turn away from the seminary manuals to his actual text, resulting in a lively-sometimes vituperative-clash of readings and schools. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Then follows a survey of key Christological and ecclesiological themes which undergird Eucharistic theology. (bibliovault.org)
  • This article integrates major figures of the tradition within a thematic unfolding that frames the singularity of the Franciscan theological and pastoral paradigm, according to its trinitarian, christological, soteriological, ecclesiological, and sacramental aspects. (saet.ac.uk)
  • 16. T.F. Torrance and the re-incarnation of evangelical theology / Marcus Johnson. (tyndale.ca)
  • Carl E. Braaten is professor emeritus of systematic theology at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and former executive director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. (logos.com)
  • Ordained in 1966, he is a French Roman Catholic Priest and a professor of sacramental theology at l'Institut Catholique in Paris, France. (ukessays.com)
  • Prior to coming to Vanderbilt, Professor Morrill was on the faculty of Boston College for fifteen years, where he served as Graduate Program Director in the Theology Department. (archny.org)
  • Sam Keyes serves as Professor of Theology at John Paul the Great Catholic University in Escondido, California, and a priest in the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. (livingchurch.org)
  • Kathryn Kueny is the director of the Religious Studies Program and professor of Theology at Fordham University. (gilesltd.com)
  • He has served as the General Secretary of the Church of England's Council for Christian Unity (1998-2011), Theological Consultant to the Anglican Communion Office, London (2011-12), Canon Theologian of Exeter Cathedral (2008-13), honorary professor in the Department of Theology and Religion of the University of Exeter (2008 - 15) and is currently a Chaplain to HM Queen Elizabeth II. (brill.com)
  • I was once a theology professor, too. (commonwealmagazine.org)
  • The Master of Theological Studies Online is a foundational program in Christian theology and ministry-it is a full online master's degree. (roex-trading.com)
  • Theology of Spirituality has already a long tradition at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Vienna. (univie.ac.at)
  • This article emphasizes the particular contours that define the Franciscan theological paradigm as a distinct contribution to the discipline of Roman Catholic theology. (saet.ac.uk)
  • Character (in CATHOLIC THEOLOGY) indicates a special effect produced by three of the sacraments, viz. (catholic.com)
  • Here we are concerned only with the sense of the word in Catholic theology, that is, with sacramental character. (catholic.com)
  • For Chauvet, the sacramental rites are not the direct causality of grace. (ukessays.com)
  • The historical development of initiatory rites has been protracted. (grin.com)
  • But, partly because I'm in the business of trying to share the gospel with young people, I find that no level of sacramental theology and historical-intellectual coherence can substitute for the very personal encounter that we have with Jesus. (livingchurch.org)
  • Secondly, it has a sacramental meaning for Jesus himself, as he received something from the Spirit that furthered his earthly mission, which was a journey of suffering leading to glory. (reformedforum.org)
  • They can be grouped into two types, one emphasizing the emotion and the intercommunication among Jesus and His disciples at the announcement of the betrayal, and the other emphasizing the sacramental sharing of the bread and wine transformed into Christ's body and blood at the institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper. (printeryhouse.org)
  • When Rabban Sauma, a Nestorian monk from Peking, visited the west in 1288 (he traveled as far as Bordeaux, where he gave communion to King Edward I of England), he discussed theology with the Pope and Cardinals at Rome, yet they never seem to have realized that from their point of view he was a heretic. (fatheralexander.org)
  • He and many other titans of the past understood that the essence of Reformed theology cannot be reduced to five particular points that arose centuries ago in Holland in response to controversy with the Arminians, who objected to five specific points of the system of doctrine found in historic Calvinism. (tabletalkmagazine.com)
  • The central focal point of Reformed theology is God, and the doctrine of God permeates the whole of Reformed thought. (tabletalkmagazine.com)
  • Wesleyan theology , otherwise known as Wesleyan- Arminian theology , or Methodist theology , is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charles Wesley . (cloudfront.net)
  • This may seem strange since Reformed theology grew directly out of the Protestant movement against the teaching and activity of Roman Catholicism. (tabletalkmagazine.com)
  • His latest monograph, The Spirit of French Capitalism: Economic Theology in the Age of Enlightenment (Stanford University Press, 2021), uncovers a distinctly Catholic ethic of commodity culture that-in contrast to Weber's famous "Protestant ethic"-privileged the marvelous over the mundane, consumption over production, and the pleasures of enjoyment over the rigors of delayed gratification. (columbia.edu)
  • For sensitive readings of varied early church fathers and a host of their reading approaches, all rooted in common commitments to the relations of God and the world and of theology and spirituality, take up and read Boersma's book. (logos.com)
  • Since 01.01.2012 the Chair of Theology of Spirituality has been part of the newly created 'Institute of Historical Theology' (Church History, Patrology and Studies of Eastern Churches, Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology, Theology of Spirituality). (univie.ac.at)
  • First published in 1983, Principles of Lutheran Theology has guided students into theological reflection on the landmarks of Christian faith as understood in the Lutheran confessional heritage for a generation. (logos.com)
  • In this essay I intend to first survey how Williams has shaped the theology, praxis and culture [8] of charismatic [9] worship, critically evaluate this contribution, and then demonstrate that while Williams' work is valuable, it is incomplete. (lukegeraty.com)
  • Williams' theology of worship assumes that Christian anthropology encompasses a thoroughly holistic anthropology. (lukegeraty.com)
  • 11. Toward a missional theology of worship / Donald Goertz. (tyndale.ca)
  • From Political Economy to Economic Theology," in The Routledge Handbook in the History and the Sociology of Ideas , ed. (columbia.edu)
  • The Economy of the Mysteries: Administering Sacramental Wealth in the Age of Lights," Occasional Papers , School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Paper Number 61 (May 2018). (columbia.edu)
  • Wesleyan-Arminian theology, manifest today in Methodism (inclusive of the Holiness movement ), is named after its founders, John Wesley in particular, as well as for Jacobus Arminius , since it is a subset of Arminian theology. (cloudfront.net)
  • Part III : Philosophy and theology. (tyndale.ca)
  • Work towards a deeper understanding of the Islamic faith through courses focused on Islamic theology (aqidah), as well as Islamic logic (mantic) and philosophy. (roex-trading.com)
  • Principles of Lutheran Theology, 2nd ed. (logos.com)
  • The book sets forth the main principles of classical Lutheran theology but with an eschatological accent. (logos.com)
  • Principles of Lutheran Theology is a modern classic that criticizes, illumines, and inspires with missionary zeal and catholic breadth. (logos.com)
  • Carl Braaten and Fortress Press have offered a fine gift to the church in publishing a new and revised edition of Principles of Lutheran Theology , including an additional chapter on "The Trinitarian Principle. (logos.com)
  • The Spirit of Speculation: John Law and Economic Theology in the Age of Lights," French Historical Studies 42, 2 (April 2019): 203-238. (columbia.edu)
  • She completed her work in medieval systematic theology at Yale and Southern Methodist University. (gilesltd.com)
  • and scholastic theology, which aimed to use reason to scrutinize these mysteries with innovative methods in order to create a theological system. (ewtn.com)
  • My Christian Platonist convictions persuade me that everything around us is sacramental, in the sense that everything God has created both points to him and makes him present. (logos.com)
  • A study of major traditions in Christian philosophical theology, together with selected themes of contemporary interest and importance. (uwo.ca)
  • The reason, as Hegel formulated it so well, is that Christian revelation is based on a unique divine incursion into the flow of historical time that altered but did not delegitimize an earlier divine-human relationship. (newrepublic.com)
  • Identify the different emphases of the Christian message through an investigation of the community situation, structure, themes, and theology of each of the four gospels. (udallas.edu)
  • Many of these theology courses are part of the clergy recognition program at the Christian Leaders Alliance. (roex-trading.com)
  • Systematic Theology 5106B, Religious Studies 2154E. (uwo.ca)
  • If you're interested in studying a Religious Studies & Theology degree in United Kingdom you can view all 3 Online Courses Programmes. (roex-trading.com)
  • books include Persuasion and Conversion: Religion, Politics and the Public Sphere in Early Modern England (2013), The Zurich Connection and Tudor Political Theology (2007), and Richard Hooker, Reformer and Platonist (2005). (mcgill.ca)
  • Throughout their history, the privileging of contingency and human experience results in a tradition of theological reflection that responds to historical events within and surrounding the Order. (saet.ac.uk)
  • This course is intended to help students become familiar with the chronology, geography, and the historical-critical environment of New Testament Christianity. (udallas.edu)
  • Recall the chronology, geography, and historical-social environment of New Testament Christianity. (udallas.edu)
  • It also seeks to advance the debate on several controversial historical and speculative issues in sacramental theology. (bibliovault.org)
  • [15] This presupposition shapes the entirety of Williams' theology and praxis. (lukegeraty.com)
  • Finally, the commitment to theology as a science of praxis (rather than theory) distinguishes this tradition from other major approaches (e.g. (saet.ac.uk)
  • This approach identifies Franciscan theology as a praxis theology of love, rather than a theological enterprise that is abstractive or theoretical. (saet.ac.uk)
  • This book examines the historical development of the blessing of waters and its theology in the East, with an emphasis on the Byzantine tradition. (routledge.com)
  • The emphasis in theology changed and the dignity and importance of the lay state of life was now recognized. (podles.org)
  • The Major in English with a Literature and Writing Emphasis provides students with broad exposure to literature in historical contexts, within and across national traditions and theoretical frameworks, and in relation to other intellectual and artistic disciplines, along with writing for scholarly and professional purposes in both traditional and digital forms. (stthomas.edu)
  • Saint Joseph's … To study theology, it is not necessary to believe in a specific faith or to want to join a particular religious tradition. (roex-trading.com)