Theology

Paul, Theology of Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1959. Paperback ed, 1964Pgs. 3-10. 30-39, 40-51 and 53-67. Paul Tillich was for most of his adult life a teacher of Systematic Theology. He was a German American Christian, a philosopher and a theologian. He was born in Prussia in 1886. He died in October of 1965 in Chicago. He is highly regarded as one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century. Paul Tillich is considered a creative philosopher and Theology of…

before”, before, but before what? Before salvation, before transformation, but what comes before? It can also be described as the work of God, in the person of the Holy Spirit, between conception, and conversion.3 The interesting thing about Wesley’s theology of grace, and the grace of God that comes before is that, Wesley himself did not even use the word Prevenient Grace. When Wesley was talking about this grace before, he actually wrote about “Preventing Grace”, which many Wesleyan…

4MAT Review on McMinn Stephanie Dooley Liberty University Summary This is a review on the book Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling written by Mark R. McMinn, Ph.D. This book is a great resource for someone who has chosen the path of Christian counseling. The author states that the main idea of the book is, “this is a book for those wanting to investigate the frontier of intra-disciplinary integration” (McMinn, 2011, p. 9). McMinn talks about religious…

I am currently a PhD student at Fuller Theological Seminary, studying systematic (constructive) theology under the mentorship of Dr. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen. Systematic theology is highly significant for the gospel-centered life of the Church, in the sense that the discipline explores how the core message of Jesus Christ according to Scripture can be concretely embodied in particular forms of confessions and practical spheres of Christians’ everyday lives. I have been pursuing this area as my…

Liberation theology has a deep history through Latin America in which it “was born when faith confronted the injustice done to the poor” (Boff & Boff, pg. 3). Liberation Theology is a vital theological perspective for our time. Liberation theology is designed so that the poor can be set free. Liberation means liberation from oppression (Boff & Boff, pg. 24). That means being liberated in societal norms that oppress certain communities. For the purpose of this paper, the oppressed will often be…

Basic Introduction: Process theology is defined as “a contemporary expression of Christian faith.”(5) Though the word, “contemporary expression” can have different connotations, in my view, according to one’s understanding and perspective it lets the reader contemplate on the idea about how one’s personal understanding can, or is a part of one’s course of action. Pointing to the word “expression,” one can also perceive the inclusion of orthopraxis, (Dancing with God, 34) which further leads one…

Transforming Christian Theology, Clayton creates bold statements that challenge the church to move away from recreating the same battles that have been fought so long in the church. One of the most significant battles being conservatism versus liberalism. Instead, he asks the church to address humanity as a whole in view of the gospel. In other words, how do humans relate to God instead of how does God relate to humans. He makes the option to move away from the same theologies that seem to be…

Theology is a study that all should endure throughout everyone’s life. Theology is the study of God. At a Christian level arts university such as Northwest Nazarene University, a student might find the study of Theology to become handy in a problematic situation. For example one that might encounter evil in their life wouldn’t know why evil came their way. Whereas one who even has the slightest idea of what theology is, would be calmer and wiser in their situation. Not only does Northwest…

In Black Theology of Liberation, author, Dwight Hopkins takes his audience on a journey through religious experience and interpretation by examining the overarching concept of what it means to fulfill both identities of being African American and Christian. In doing so, he introduces what he believes the four major building blocks are that construct black theology of liberation: historical context of slavery, unique interpretation of biblical scripture, relation of gospel experiences to African…

Canadian theologian in Anglican and Reformed traditions. He serves as the Board of Governor’s Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Packer received his education from the University of Oxford, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Wycliffe Hall. Packer received a Doctor of Philosophy in 1954. He learned under C. S. Lewis, a well-educated theologian. He taught theology as a professor at Sangwoo Youtong Chee. He was the general editor of the English Standard…