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The Theology of the Icon
- The Christian icon – from eikon, the Greek word for ‘image’ – has been part of liturgical worship from the early centuries of the Christian era, and sometimes also a subject of theological debate. On the one hand, icons have been described by iconodules or iconophiles (those defending icons...
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- Aidan Hart
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Prayer
- In this entry, the Christian theology of prayer will be approached as a reflection on prayer practices. Prayer is a communicative act by which one or more human beings address themselves to God, in the awareness that God already has established the divine-human relationship. Christianity is a...
- Author
- Marcel Sarot
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Music and Orthodox Theology
- The expression of theology by means of music in the Orthodox Church is something that has been discussed and regulated since the Patristic era, which itself takes as its basis the Psalms and the Gospels. The way in which this expression has been achieved practically, however, has varied consi...
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- Ivan Moody
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Performing Arts and Embodiment in Christian Theology
- Across the geographical breadth and temporal depth of Christianity, theology and the performing arts have been natural partners, suspect allies, committed enemies, and passionate friends. Performing arts are bodily actions in time and space. Christian worship becomes the embodied actions of...
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- Todd E. Johnson and Shannon Craigo-Snell
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Society and culture
The Theology of the Book of Common Prayer
- This article describes the doctrines that informed and are expressed by the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, focusing on the 1662 recension, which has been a primary vehicle for theological reflection and debate within the Church of England and Anglicanism more broadly. The a...
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- Drew Nathaniel Keane
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Anglican Theology
- Anglican theology is a distinct tradition which emerged within Western Catholicism during the sixteenth-century Reformation. This article provides an account of Anglican theology as an ecclesial movement formed in the context of the theological and political shifts of sixteenth-century Euro...
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- Stephen Spencer and Joseph Galgalo
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Children and Christian Theology
- Children and childhood are increasingly considered as a theological concern. In this contribution, an overview of various perspectives on children, childhood, and Christian theology is presented. The article describes a diversity of images of children as they figure in social sciences, in bib...
- Author
- Annemie Dillen
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Society and culture, Ethics
The Patriarchs and the Matriarchs
- The patriarchs – Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (or Israel) – are the ancestors of the Jewish people, and their stories are recounted in the book of Genesis (chapters 12–50), covering a span of three hundred years (c. 2000–1700 BCE). God forged an irrevocable bond with them – the covenant of t...
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- Rachel Adelman
- Faith tradition
- Judaism
- Topics
- Sacred texts
Baptism
- Baptism (from the Greek baptizo: to immerse, to submerge) is a ritual that is practised in practically all Christian churches and communities. It involves a person being immersed in water – or having water poured over them – along with the spoken trinitarian formula. This article outlines the...
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- Dagmar Heller
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Sacrifice and the Eucharist
- As the uniquely Christian form of worship, the Eucharist is studied by ‘systematic’ theologians in terms of its coherence with revelation as a whole, and by ‘dogmatic’ theologians in light of historic definitions that still impact the churches of today. Examination of ‘eucharistic sacrifi...
- Author
- John Stephenson
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
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