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Biblical Hermeneutics
- The changing shape of biblical hermeneutics in Christian theology over the centuries has encompassed an implicit premodern attention to interpretative possibility, an explicit modern response to interpretative disorder, and a postmodern willingness to explore interpretative options and commit...
- Author
- Richard S. Briggs
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
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
Anabaptist Theology
- Anabaptist theology is the expression and communication of theological convictions that have sustained the ordinary life of faith communities within the Anabaptist tradition of Christianity. Alongside this ordinary Anabaptist theology, a more formal, ‘academic’ version has developed since a...
- Author
- Jamie Pitts and Luis Tapia Rubio
- 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
Lutheran Confessionalism
- This article understands the term ‘confessionalism’ as ‘defining the church by confessional document’ (5). The authors of the Lutheran Confessions (for the historical and theological background cf. ) were deliberately conscious of the contemporary character of the confessional writings in t...
- Author
- Werner Klän
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Virginity in the Christian Tradition
- This entry traces the development of the Christian understanding of virginity with specific attention to theology and embodied, ecclesial practice. Often reductively assumed to be the bodily state of one (usually a woman) who has not had sexual intercourse, this entry examines virginity mor...
- Author
- Amy Brown Hughes
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Anglican Theology
- This article provides an account of Anglican theology as it emerged as a distinct tradition and ecclesial movement from within Western Catholicism, in the context of the theological and political shifts of sixteenth-century Europe. The pragmatic needs of a succession of English monarchs, al...
- Author
- Stephen Spencer and Joseph Galgalo
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Ecumenism and Church Relations
- Ecumenism refers to the wide and multifaceted movement to advance Christian fellowship and the unity of the church. The contemporary ecumenical movement was preceded by nineteenth-century missionary and youth movements mobilizing Christians from various church backgrounds. Ecumenical prayer...
- Author
- Minna Hietamäki
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- 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 relation...
- Author
- Cyril Hovorun
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements, Society and culture
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