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Gospel, Good News
- The New Testament gospel, or ‘good news’, is especially the announcement of Jesus’ saving death and resurrection. The New Testament explains that it is ‘according to the scriptures.’ This means that this good news must be understood in light of the backstory of God’s saving acts in history.
- Author
- Craig Keener
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
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
Sovereignty
- The article presents sovereignty within the context of Christian theology, not as an abstract concept of political theory and action but as a complex historical concept which reflects how power can be generated and performatively exercised as a dynamic and relational phenomenon. It presents...
- Author
- Rebekka Klein
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence
Justice and Corruption
- As the first quarter of the twenty-first century comes to an end, the world continues to witness an increasing and almost unprecedented challenge caused by corruption and the injustices it brings to global society. These challenges are clearly presented both to the global community and the ...
- Author
- Alfred Sebahene
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Ethics, Society and culture
Divine Eternity
- Among theists there is neither philosophical nor theological consensus regarding divine eternity. Disagreement can be sharp, and the literature treating God’s eternity is vast, varied, and often complex. For Christians there is a perennial interest in divine eternity because Christianity is a...
- Author
- James E. Dolezal
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence
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
The Natures, Minds, and Wills of Christ in Christian Philosophy
- This article surveys the controversies concerning Jesus’ natures, minds, and wills. It begins with an overview of the debates concerning the exegesis of relevant scriptural passages; the historical controversies leading up to the landmark Chalcedonian Definition (451 CE); and significant ...
- Author
- Andrew Ter Ern Loke
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence
Love in Christian Ethics
- Love is understood in Christian thought, following Jesus’ teaching and New Testament reflection, as the summative category of moral value and obligation, comprehensive and interpretative of all other moral norms. But since love is not a uniform phenomenon, distinctions of types of love have...
- Author
- Oliver O’Donovan
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence
Feminist Theologies
- The entry summarizes and analyses some of the main theological trends within Jewish feminisms. Taking a broader sense of theology as the conceptual religious underpinning that serves as a lens through which new options for interpreting the Jewish canon emerge, it focuses on five main themes: ...
- Author
- Ronit Irshai
- Faith tradition
- Judaism
- Topics
- Theological methods
Democracy
- It is a statement of the obvious to say that Christianity is not necessary for democracy to exist. It is no less true, but perhaps less obvious, to say that democratic politics is intrinsic to the practice of Christianity, and democracy, broadly understood, is a way of enacting fundamental Ch...
- Author
- Luke Bretherton
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Society and culture
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