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Substance Dualist Theological Anthropology
- This article explores a conception of the human from a substantival perspective of the wider Christian tradition. After a general survey of substance dualist theological anthropology, the article focuses on the interplay between human constitution and the imago Dei (image of God). By focusi...
- Author
- Joshua Farris
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence
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...
- Author
- Aidan Hart
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
The Problem of Evil
- This article examines approaches to the problem of evil in historical and contemporary Jewish theology. The material is structured conceptually rather than as a chronological survey. The introduction contrasts classical Jewish formulations of the problem of evil with the standard formulations...
- Author
- Michael J. Harris
- Faith tradition
- Judaism
- Topics
- Being and existence
Secularization in Modern Jewish Thought
- This article discusses the main challenges that secularization presented to Judaism and to Jewish thought, and maps the key strategies and central thinkers who responded to this challenge, from the eighteenth century up to the turn of the twenty-first. Attention is also given to some secular ...
- Author
- Zohar Maor and Ori Werdiger
- Faith tradition
- Judaism
- Topics
- Society and culture
Roman Catholic Canon Law
- The Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church is contained in two Codes that legislate on the way the Church is organized and carries out its activities in the world. The Law is understood with reference to a renewed ecclesiology expressed in the texts of the Second Vatican Council, which deeply...
- Author
- Patrick Valdrini
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Law, Spiritual life and practices
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
Latin American Liberation Theology
- Born at the end of the 1960s – in a Latin America marked by military dictatorships, a rural exodus that gathered the poor in the peripheries of cities, the Cuban revolution’s impact on popular movements, and the renewal of the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council – Latin American ...
- Author
- Jung Mo Sung
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Theology and Praxis in Hasidism
- Hasidism refers to a theological and religious movement within Judaism, which began in eighteenth-century Europe in connection to Kabbalah mysticism. This article provides an overview of major themes in Hasidic teaching. Among them: the notion of divine immanence (melo kol ha-aretz kevodo) ...
- Author
- Aviezer Cohen and Ora Wiskind-Elper
- Faith tradition
- Judaism
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices, Theological movements
The Church in the Christian Bible
- The concept of the church in the Christian Bible is multifaceted and deeply rooted in the theological and historical context of early Christianity. The theme of ‘church’ in the New Testament raises four central questions, the answers to which are essential for Christian theology. The questi...
- Author
- Thomas Söding
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
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
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