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Economics
- This article is about the relationship between economics and Christian theology. It is concerned with economics in the modern sense (distinguished from the ancient art of oikonomia or household management, and personal financial decision making). Economics is about systems of provision for ...
- Author
- Paul Oslington
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Society and culture
Soul-Body Dualism and Science
- This entry begins with a consideration of what a soul is and whether it is reasonable to believe in its existence. It then looks at what, if anything, the Bible teaches about the existence of the soul, and whether there are non-biblical reasons for believing in the soul’s existence. Some bibl...
- Author
- Stewart Goetz
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Philosophy and science
Systematic Theology in the Nordic Countries after 1945
- Christian systematic theologies in the Nordic countries share common traits in terms of their Lutheran heritage and the close relationship between church and state (‘folk-church’) organizations that have dominated church life and theological reasoning up until the present. Although internat...
- Author
- Jan-Olav Henriksen
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Theology and Psychiatry
- Theology and psychiatry have a common concern with the human mind or soul, but very different histories of how they have understood and investigated their respective interests. Christian theology, which we might refer to here as the ‘science of God’, has developed over a period of two thous...
- Author
- Christopher C. H. Cook
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Philosophy and science
A Jewish Theological Perspective on Technology (Orthodox)
- This encyclopaedia entry explores the Jewish theological perspective on technology, highlighting its fundamental role in improving the human condition and completing creation. It begins by tracing the historical development of Jewish theological approaches to technology, starting with a l...
- Author
- Mois Navon
- Faith tradition
- Judaism
- Topics
- Philosophy and science
Creation
- Popular understandings of the Christian doctrine of creation are subject to two common misconceptions. Firstly, it is often viewed as a scientific hypothesis or historical claim about the origin of the world. Secondly, it tends for this reason to be treated as less a matter of faith (and th...
- Author
- Ian A. McFarland
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence
Theology and Evolution
- Ever since their emergence in nineteenth-century natural philosophy, theories of biological evolution have prompted religious believers to revisit traditional theological views of the world, humanity, and even God. This entry will first clarify the various strands of meaning to be discerned...
- Author
- Gijsbert van den Brink
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Philosophy and science, Being and existence
The History of Medical Ethics
- Medical ethics has three interrelated but distinguishable meanings: guild etiquette and moral expectations for physicians; moral concerns directly related to treatment protocols (including issues of patients’ rights); and the general moral assessment of health promotion and disease preventi...
- Author
- James Thobaben
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Ethics, Philosophy and science
Science and Fallenness
- This entry offers an overview of some ways to consider the Christian doctrine of the fall in light of the conclusions of contemporary science. Commencing with a concise account of the biblical basis for this doctrine, it looks to the second creation story in Genesis and some relevant pass...
- Author
- Andrew Torrance
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Philosophy and science
Theology and Naturalism
- Historically and today, the movement of naturalism affirms the reality of the natural world, rejecting religious views of God, the soul, and values when these are understood to be supernatural or transcending the natural world. There are two forms of naturalism. According to scientific na...
- Author
- Charles Taliaferro
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Philosophy and science
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