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Post-Holocaust Theology
- The Shoah (Holocaust) has raised a number of questions to which Jewish philosophers, theologians, and historians have given different answers. This article offers a survey of how Jewish thinkers have shaped the memory of the Shoah and how they reimagined Judaism after the catastrophe. In the ...
- Author
- Ephraim Meir
- Faith tradition
- Judaism
- Topics
- Theological movements
Nonhuman Animals in Christian Theology
- The twentieth century saw a dramatic growth in theological considerations of nonhuman animals and the nonhuman world in general. A number of varying perspectives, including ecotheology, animal theology, liberation theology, ecofeminism, creation spirituality, and Indigenous spirituality –...
- Author
- Ryan McLaughlin
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence
Postmodern Philosophy and Theology
- This article offers an overview of some of the key themes and motifs in postmodern philosophy which have influenced contemporary Christian theology as well as a survey of some of the theological responses to these philosophical ideas and methods. The first section of the article examines th...
- Author
- King-Ho Leung and John Milbank
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Philosophy and science
Image of God (Imago Dei)
- Imago Dei is a key concept in theological anthropology. This article examines its biblical use in Genesis and in the writings of Paul. In both cases, a crucial question is whether the image of God refers to aspects of human existence or to a reality in God in which humans participate. Furth...
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- Peter Søes
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence
Missio Dei
- Missio Dei represents a missiological attempt to articulate a theocentric concept of mission with reference to the missionary nature and act of the triune God. This attempt arose as a reaction to the ecclesiocentric understanding of mission which was predominant within the Western global ...
- Author
- Chung-Hyun Baik and Sinwoong Kim
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological methods
Ethics in Islam
- It may be argued that religion, in its most elemental form, comprises two dimensions: (1) a worldview or weltanschauung, that is to say, a conception about the nature and structure of reality (i.e. ‘what exists?’), and (2) a conception about the nature of the good, that is to say, a code of...
- Author
- Atif Khalil
- Faith tradition
- Islam
- Topics
- Ethics
The Straight Path (al-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm)
- Al-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm (the Straight Path) is a central concept within the Islamic tradition. It is loosely understood as the path that leads to God, often being employed as a reference to the Qur’an, the Prophet Muḥammad, or Islam in general. Throughout the history of Islam, many scholars an...
- Author
- Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour
- Faith tradition
- Islam
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Teshuva
- This encyclopaedia article aims to provide an exhaustive investigation of the concept of Teshuva in Jewish thought, with a focus on its historical trajectory and multifaceted interpretations. The term teshuva in Hebrew etymologically means ‘return’, suggesting a journey back to an original st...
- Author
- Ghila Amati and Miri Freud-Kandel
- Faith tradition
- Judaism
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Religious Disagreement in Analytic Theology
- Religious disagreement means holding incompatible views of the truth or of the plausibility of some position that is religiously relevant. It is well known that many religious and non-religious worldviews make apparently incompatible claims about ultimate reality. This poses both theoretica...
- Author
- Olli-Pekka Vainio
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological methods
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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