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History of the Second Vatican Council
- This article provides a historical-theological picture of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II). By examining the main phases leading up to the council, the actual proceedings of Vatican II, and its reception, the article will highlight the main actors and debates that shaped the council’...
- Author
- Dries Bosschaert
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Islamic Political Theology
- The central idea within Islamic political theology is that sovereignty, or the authority of final judgment, in nature as well as law, belongs to God. At its heart lies God’s revealed command rather than a logically derived corollary of God’s nature or analogy with God’s governance. The Qur’...
- Author
- Ovamir Anjum
- Faith tradition
- Islam
- Topics
- Theological movements
Messianic Jewish Theology
- This article explores Messianic Jewish theology, the theological foundation and doctrinal basis for Messianic Judaism. Messianic Jews live as Jews whilst accepting Jesus (Yeshua) as Messiah and Lord, forming Messianic congregations and synagogues. Messianic Jewish theology refers to the eme...
- Author
- Richard Harvey
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
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...
- Author
- Stephen Spencer and Joseph Galgalo
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Chinese Christian Theology
- This article offers an overview of some of the major Christian theological themes that have arisen from the concerns of Chinese Catholic and Protestant Christians since the seventeenth century. It explores contextual factors that have shaped competing categories of loyalty, from differing c...
- Author
- Alexander Chow and Stephanie Wong
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Arabic Christian Theology
- Arabic Christian theology is a rich and diverse field of theological thought that has developed among Christian communities in Arabic-speaking regions of the Middle East and North Africa. It encompasses various denominations, including Melkite, Maronite, Coptic, and Syriac Orthodox, each co...
- Author
- Najib George Awad
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Ecotheology
- This article offers a broad overview of Christian ecotheology, a theological movement reflecting on Christian responses to ecological destruction. Any such an overview can hardly cover its spread in different geographical contexts, confessional traditions, theological schools, and languages...
- Author
- Ernst Conradie
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Ethics, Theological movements
Orthodox Political Theology
- This entry outlines the evolution of various political theologies in the Eastern Christian milieux, from the time of the apostles up until the present. It begins with the definitions of and distinctions between political and public theologies. Then it explores the dialectics of the relati...
- Author
- Cyril Hovorun
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements, Society and culture
Heresy: Early Development of the Concept
- After tracing the evolution in meaning of the Greek word hairesis from ‘choice’ to ‘false belief’, this entry examines the criteria according to which a belief was judged to be heretical, either by particular controversialists or by bodies which purported to legislate on behalf of the Chris...
- Author
- Mark Edwards
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Law, 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
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