Free will in theology

Absolutely Free by Zane Hodges presents a good representation of the Free Grace position in a response to the Lordship Salvation controversy. There is a wide difference between Free Grace Theology and Lordship Salvation Theology and this book justly explains those differences and should be considered a valuable resource for any person studying salvation and discipleship issues. Hodges begins by defining faith and addresses the impact of words, like “intellectual” and “mental,” that possibly…

Question 1- While traditional theology focused on invigorating faith, liberation theology is intended to promote social justice for marginalized populations and improve the community. In traditional theology, those mainly involved were scholars with academic qualifications who sought abstract and philosophical ideas regarding their faith. By contrast, liberation theology is inclusive of everyone, and all are able to contribute within their own capacity. Rather than allowing select individuals…

For theologian Juan Luis Segundo, the problem of analyzing the relationship between Christianity and violence in Latin America is it is often perceived to be easily solved. To genially understand the problem of violence in Latin America, Segundo rejects Christians supporting change but not revolution, and the state of the poor justifies whatever violence is done by or for them, which are often the easy route out of this controversial topic. Once these two solutions to the problem have been…

view is that evil is the result of God’s creation exercising their God-given free will. We live in a world that has been corrupted by the sin of one man – Adam. We are told in Romans 5:12 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” All of the natural disasters, terrorist plots, diseases, famine, and humans exercising their free will to commit unspeakable acts such as murder, torture and rape are a result…

What exactly is womanist theology? According to Stacy M. Floyd-Thomas, womanist theology reveals itself to be an organic discourse inasmuch as it is faithful to the church while also seeking to remake this most central and cherished institution. This is not viewed as an innovation by womanist theologians but is deemed a continuation of Black women’s traditional culture of struggle survival and, and celebration that represents the likes of womanist muses such as: Maria Steward, Sojourner Truth,…

The One-Way Affair- A Take On Christian Feminist Theology Ever since the world has come into a balanced formation, there has been a major positive contribution made by the feminine class. This fact stands strong not just in the human species, but also every other specie that exists. It is evident that there would be no generation reproduced, had there been no feminine power to create a balance. However, the concept of feminism came into existence only after there was an issue raised about the…

A Black Theology of Liberation James H. Cone introduced “Black Liberation Theology” to the world five years after the assassination of Malcolm X, two years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, three years before America pulled out of Vietnam and four years before Nixon resigned as President of the United States. “A Black Theology of Liberation,” published in 1970, responded to the racial disparities suffered by Blacks since the inception of slavery. Cone’s premise demanded that in…

Theologians describe theology as the study of the nature and science of God. Liberation theology finds that faith is indivisible from impoverished communities, which represents a majority of Latin America. For such a theology, Gustavo Gutierrez points out the important question, “How is it possible to tell the poor, who are forced to live in conditions that embody a denial of love, that God loves them?” By being aware of present situations and questioning the system, showing others love through…

Ivor J. Davidson, a Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand, compares the sinlessness of Jesus Christ from a biblical viewpoint by providing a clarification of the moral characteristics found in Jesus Christ. In addition, this particular article provides a set of questions, that answers the modernism, idealism, contemporanism, and liberalism ideologies. In this article, Davidson describes the Sinlessness of Christ with the following…

influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism. At the age of five he was sent to a Benedictine monastery, and later on decided to leave but wanted to remain religious so he joined the Dominicans. He then became a teacher of theology at the University of Paris. Aquinas was one of the most important medieval philosophers and theologians. He was greatly influenced by scholasticism and Aristotle and known for his synthesis of the two traditions.…