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Sin
- In the Christian tradition, sin may refer to an act or state that is contrary to God or God’s purposes, such as God’s commands, laws, covenants, or unitive purposes. When speaking of sin, one could classify sins into sins against God, sins against oneself, and sins against others. Further, ...
- Author
- Parker Haratine
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence, Ethics
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
The Perfect Human (al-insān al-kāmil)
- The Islamic mystical doctrine of the perfect human (al-insān al-kāmil) – whose bodily existence is deemed to mark the culmination of the cosmic process of divine self-disclosure – has had a lasting impact on Sufi thought and practice from the late medieval period onwards. It has also filter...
- Author
- Richard Todd
- Faith tradition
- Islam
- Topics
- Being and existence
Disability Theology
- Disability theology is a field of study that addresses various theological questions in relation to, and through the lens of, disability. Christian theologians have pondered the meaning of disability and developed pastoral responses to it since the patristic period, although the discourse o...
- Author
- Medi Ann Volpe
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological methods
René Girard and Mimetic Theory
- René Girard is not a theologian; he is best described as fundamental anthropologist and culture theorist. His versatile system of hermeneutical and heuristic thinking is known to its author as ‘the Mimetic Theory’. Girardian ‘mimesis’ denotes, in a myriad of particular forms, a stru...
- Author
- Paul Gifford
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- 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
Christological Anthropology
- Theologians have long maintained that Christology is vital for a properly theological understanding of the human person. Patristic theology maintained an intrinsic link between the humanity revealed in Christ and that which we ought to believe about humanity in general (), an emphasis that ...
- Author
- Marc Cortez and Daniel Lee Hill
- 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
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