Hermeneutics

proclamation and our response by grace through faith” (Capes, Reeves, & Richards, 2007, p. 300) was Barth and Bultmann’s main message to be heard. Finally, we arrive at our day, postmodernity. It is in this period that people are more excited about hermeneutics and the interpretation of scripture. Yes, it is agreed that the history of Christianity is important and the Pauline epistles are pertinent to the development of Christianity as we know it today. But just as pertinent as Paul’s letters…

This primary source analysis is based upon the opinion of Judge Leon M. Bazile in a motion which was brought forth by Mildred and Richard Loving in 1965. The case was eventually appealed to the Supreme Court which fostered the landmark ruling of Loving v Virginia in 1967. The following will examine this source’s means of creation, how it came into being and its purpose for existing. This paper will then analyse the evidence behind the legal judgement, the tones accentuated in it and how…

Bourdieu stresses the importance in reflexivity while conducting social research. The sociologist must at all times be aware of their own habitus, their position of thought and in life and how bringing this to research will affect the research outcome. According to Bourdieu it is impossible for our objectivity to remain unbiased and unprejudiced due to our preconceived habitus. It is only by maintaining such a continual vigilance that the sociologists can spot themselves in the act of…

she states this subject has always contained a lot of controversy and thus another view on the life of both civilians and soldiers during this historical period can clarify some misunderstandings. Through Amateur Eyes addresses the ‘problems of hermeneutics’ by looking from a unique perspective at a series of still and moving images taken by German soldiers and civilians, both Nazis and non-Nazis during World War II. A lot of these pictures depict the death campus and the ghettos. They can be…

Irenaeus was born in second century Smyrna and was a student of Polycarp who in turn was a student of St. John the Evangelist. Eventually made bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, Irenaeus is considered by some to be the Church's first systematic theologian. He primary opponents were the Gnostics who claimed a greater spiritual knowledge and believed the material world to be evil. As such, they asserted that Christ could not have been fully man. Rather, he either only appeared to be or else controlled…

Introduction Christians generally believe in a place where the unredeemed go to after death: Christians generally believe in hell. Essentially all Christians believe that hell is a horrendous possibility. Christian assemblies tend to avoid discussing this concept. Grant Le Marquand wrote, “Even in very traditional ecclesiastical settings, the subject is not often broached.” Nevertheless, the doctrine of hell is a component of Christian theology. Although most Christians believe in hell, there…

Contextualization for the Global South is a Perspective of Authority of the Bible and and to a Degree of Emphasis on Old Testament and New Testament. There is a fascinating correspondence between the social issues and the view on biblical authority of the global South churches and those of the African-American churches. As Jenkins notes, "The socially liberating effects of evangelical religion should come as no surprise to anyone who has traced the enormous influence of biblically based religion…

In the Prestige, the characters we meet live in a world dominated by magic. The characters commit their lives to their acts; this inevitably dictates their every action and in the end seals their fate. Where the film suggests that these choices are freely made; true free will does not exist but is a synthesis construct by their thrownness. This creates justifications for any action taken by the characters during the film, as they believe they are acting freely. One of Heidegger’s primary…

Michael Nalley ATH 102 – Midterm Essay: Processual and Post-Processual Archaeology: The basic and primary purpose of archaeology is to help us understand humans. To move toward that end, most archaeologists pursue three basic goals, each building on the other. As in all science, archaeology begins with the discovery of new information, which then must be described. Ultimately, archaeology seeks to contribute to the development of a comprehensive understanding of human behavior. At any step along…

The Pre-Socratics Epistemology One can only begin to fathom the way of life in ancient Greece. The culture was well preserved, but that was it. Their way of thinking can only be speculated by our current vorhaben based translations of their documented, and their way of life is only a fragment of our fantasy of what we hoped they did and believed. I myself can only resort to imagination as I dream of what life was like in an ancient Greece city. As I read the texts of Aristotle Selected Works,…