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Revelation – Mattan Torah
- Revelation is a central concept in Judaism, referring broadly to the communication of God’s will. This article addresses Jewish thinking about how God communicates God’s will to the Jewish people and to humanity more generally. It identifies main themes and debates that recur in Judaism, fr...
- Author
- Benjamin D. Sommer
- Faith tradition
- Judaism
- Topics
- Law, Sacred texts
Theology and Cultural Evolution
- Cultural evolution is a broad theoretical framework that is applied to several disciplinary fields to stress the role that non-genetic information plays in configuring processes of evolution and adaptation, for animals, humans, and societies. Given the interrelationship between genes and...
- Author
- Lluis Oviedo
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Society and culture
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
Natural Theology
- This article explores the biblical foundations and historical development of natural theology, noting in particular its relationship with the emergence of the natural sciences. After considering some questions of definition, the biblical foundations of natural theology are considered, follo...
- Author
- Alister McGrath
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological methods
Film and Christian Theology
- This article puts forward a robust historically-informed analysis of the current state of Christian theology and film discourse, establishing the necessary conditions not only for making sense of how the field has developed over time but also for imagining where it might go in the future. I...
- Author
- Robert K. Johnston and Kutter Callaway
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Society and culture
Hermeneutical Theology
- Hermeneutical theology is an approach to theological inquiry arising from the work of Karl Barth and Rudolf Bultmann around the midpoint of the twentieth century. The movement materialized in the works of Gerhard Ebeling, Ernst Fuchs, and Eberhard Jüngel as they engaged with the broader ‘li...
- Author
- C. M. Howell
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological methods
Visual Arts and Christian Theology
- Christianity is sometimes described as a ‘religion of the book’, but visual art has long been used by Christians alongside and in addition to words, to express their experiences of and reflections on God. Its particular significance within some Christian contexts has been justified on chris...
- Author
- Chloë Reddaway and Ben Quash
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Society and culture
René Girard and Mimetic Theory
- René Girard is not a theologian; he is best described as fundamental anthropologist and culture theorist. His versatile system of hermeneutical and heuristic thinking is known to its author as ‘the Mimetic Theory’. Girardian ‘mimesis’ denotes, in a myriad of particular forms, a stru...
- Author
- Paul Gifford
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Philosophy and science
Law in the New Testament
- This article explores the theme of law in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Law is almost ubiquitous in the twenty-seven books comprising the New Testament, being a main theme in the letters of Paul and several Gospels, as well as parts of Acts and the Catholic letters. In these s...
- Author
- Matthew V. Novenson
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Law, Sacred texts
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
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