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2. Jesus as the Pattern of Love in Atonement

   This article discusses the interpretation of the Christian doctrine of atonement which is usually called the ‘moral influence’ theory. A close analysis will suggest that this theory is better called ‘persuasive love’, since the revelation of God’s love in the death of Christ is central to t...

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   Paul Fiddes

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Being and existence

3. The Theology of the Council of Nicaea

   The Council of Nicaea in 325 was a critical theological and institutional watershed between the local and often diverse theologies of one God as Trinity in the second- and third-century Christian communities and the universal or catholic credal statements of the ancient imperial church th...

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   Rebecca Lyman

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Theological movements

4. Music in the Western Theological Tradition

   This entry examines the ways in which Christian theology has shaped and elucidated the activities of music-making and music-hearing, and in turn how musical practices have been appropriated to advance the enterprise of theology. Attention is focused primarily (though not exclusively) on textl...

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   Jeremy Begbie

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Society and culture

5. Christian Experience: A Catholic View

   Building on the philosophical groundwork regarding experience, this article examines the meaning of Christian experience from a Catholic perspective. Christian experience of God is here understood as a graced act through which a person becomes affectively aware of the meaning of the event o...

   ​Author

   Antonio López

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Being and existence

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