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| Posted 7/27/2003 1:33 PM (GMT -6) |   | TheologyWebsite.com Newsletter
Vol.8 No.7 - Sunday Jul 27, 2003.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
NEW ISSUE of Quodlibet Online Journal - Now Available!
New Designs for TheologyWebsite and Quodlibet
Over One Million Served - and counting
Questions from Our Readers
Quodlibet Journal Call for Papers
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NEW ISSUE of Quodlibet Online Journal - Now Available!
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http://www.quodlibet.net
At long last (!!!) the Spring-Summer 2003 Issue of Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy (QOJCTP - what?) is now online. Due to a myriad of excuses we tried to make sound serious, the Spring 2003 Issue was postponed and rolled into this "Special" Issue. Little did we know that "Special" meant "editorial suicide" as we attempted to prepare twenty (20) articles for simultaneous publication. However, due to our enduring committment to our readership (as well as due to the very strong coffee and a streak of rainy days in Chicago) we have indeed accomplished the unthinkable! TWENTY articles! (Yes, I am going to keep yelling this number until the espresso wears off.)
Here's the new issue's HUGE line up (That's right! 20 articles!). Please keep in mind that all Quodlibet articles, past and present are freely accessible. We only ask that you send coffee. Dark, strong coffee....:
(P.S.: We actually added some quality newsletter content following this massive list, if you're interested...)
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Gender In Judeo-Christian Tradition: A Critique on Christian Feminist Philosophies and a Presentation of the Loyalist View
"The Bible does not teach the inequality of men and women. Each person, man or woman, stands before God as an individual created in the image of God, and at the same time as a sinner in need of salvation."
http://www.quodlibet.net/yen-gender.shtml
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The Problem of Conversion in Augustine and Jonathan Edwards
"Conversion represents an overwhelming possibility for the intersection of human good and divine grace, a good that relates to persons seeking and finding a change of character and disposition."
http://www.quodlibet.net/ward-conversion.shtml
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Coming Home: Adoption in Ephesians and Galatians
"In his epistles to the Roman colonies of Ephesus and Galatia, Paul makes reference to the Roman Law and Culture in which slaves had an inferior standing, sons had an honored standing, and adoption had a redemptive purpose. A good understanding of these laws and cultures is necessary in order to grasp the total implications of Paul’s metaphorical instruction in these epistles..."
http://www.quodlibet.net/murray-adoption.shtml
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Septem Sermones ad Mortuos: Jung's Challenge to Christianity
"By using religious perceptions and insights Jung has managed to bring a potential harmony between modern and ancient thought; his ideas can be used by psychiatrists and mystics alike."
http://www.quodlibet.net/brabazon-challenge.shtml
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‘Through a glass, darkly’: Ethical Intuition and Cultural Relativity
"At the root of the demand for a pan-cultural global ethic lays the question of origin. Are ethics created or discovered? Do men and women in response to their world forge moral and ethical demands, or are they to be apprehended, as it were, in the mind of God, received and subsequently mediated by and related to the cultural conditions of the day? "
http://www.quodlibet.net/greenfield-intuition.shtml
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On Truth As Subjectivity In Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript
"One of the most controversial proclamations made by Kierkegaard in the Postscript is that in order to truly become a Christian, one must first become subjective. This claim is controversial because it seems to go against the generally accepted meaning of scriptures that state simply what one must do in order to be saved."
http://www.quodlibet.net/johnson-truth.shtml
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Do Family Values Lead to Family Violence?: A consideration of the idea of family
"It is clear that Jesus was leading us away from a structure that served to enforce unjust power dynamics which subjugated one gender to another, and which, in turn, indoctrinated children to continue these social injustices. The message of Jesus is clearly a liberation from this discrimination, from this limitation, and from the injustices that arise from their enforcement..."
http://www.quodlibet.net/herbst-family.shtml
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Re-visioning Jesus: The Quest to Universalize Christ
"While the contemporary Jesus of so-called radical theologians speaks to trans-cultural concerns such as gender and international relations and the environmental crisis, the orthodox view of Jesus speaks through legends and myths that have been historicized and teachings of eternal judgment and prophecies such as the Second Coming that have been institutionalized."
http://www.quodlibet.net/dunbar-universal.shtml
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How Shall They Believe In Him Of Whom They Have Not Heard?: An Investigation Into the Question of Salvation Outside Formal Christianity
"Today, more than ever, we are aware that huge numbers of people live beyond the reach of the Christian message, even if as some predict the task of reaching all people is at least on the distant horizon."
http://www.quodlibet.net/butcher-salvation.shtml
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Is Barth’s Theology Necessarily Exclusivist?
"Given Barth’s non-foundationalism and doctrine of election one can construct a Barthian theology of religions that is thoroughly inclusivist in the mould of a Trinitarian inclusivism in contrast to the traditional reading of Barth."
http://www.quodlibet.net/gillingham-barth.shtml
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Religious Film Fears 1: Satanic Infusion, Graven Images and Iconographic Perversion
"At some point or another, one or more faiths have been suspicious of cinemas’ nature, purpose and suspected deleterious effects upon the spiritual, socio-economic and physical aspects of humanity. In fact, these fears still haunt religious communities today, albeit, sometimes suppressed, transmuted or distorted behind rationalistic rhetoric and unthinking God-talk."
http://www.quodlibet.net/kozlovic-fears.shtml
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Niche Congregations and the Problem of Institutional Isomorphism: A Study of the Church as Institution
"Every institution combines structure and culture in order to maintain and disseminate its peculiar purpose. Churches do this as much as corporations, schools or voluntary associations do."
http://www.quodlibet.net/mardis-institution.shtml
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Economic Terrorism and the Foundation of Israelite Origins
"The purpose of this discussion of history relating to the origins of Israel will be to focus on two issues central to the historiography of biblical literature. The first is the nature and date of Israelite exodus/Canaanite conquest, and the second is the natural corollary, the evolution of Israel as a nation."
http://www.quodlibet.net/soggie-origins.shtml
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Discovering Human Happiness: Choice Theory Psychology, Aristotelian Contemplation, and Traherne’s Felicity
"We need something beyond human relationships. Human friendships and service to others is important. But they are not enough. We need to exercise our intellectual-spiritual capacities toward God and the universe around us that our happiness might be perfected."
http://www.quodlibet.net/skeen-choice.shtml
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Nudging John Polkinghorne
"John Polkinghorne proposes that God interacts with the world by feeding information into chaotic systems. This influences the course of these systems and, since they underlie what goes on in the world, enables God to influence the world."
http://www.quodlibet.net/sharpe-polkinghorne.shtml
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon: A Neo-Thomist Personalistic explication of the metaphysical grounds for St. Francis’ Canticle
"Beyond the brutes, we are the only (rational) animals equipped for seeing and loving one another in this way, and so to have a kind of personalistic solidarity which is more noble than utilitarian kinds: a solidarity binding a citizenship of persons."
http://www.quodlibet.net/meng-canticle.shtml
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Christianity, Space and Aliens
"Some Christians have believed that humans are the only embodied creatures in creation to be made in God’s image, and some atheists love to suggest that “if and when one ever detects evidence of an extraterrestrial intelligent. . . that evidence will be inconsistent with the existence of God or at least organized religion."
http://www.quodlibet.net/williams-space.shtml
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Jesus and James: A Short Reconciliation of the Sermon on the Mount and the Epistle of James
"Of all the texts in the New Testament canon, perhaps no two have been dealt with more divergently than "the sermon on the mount" and the Epistle of James. While the sermon on the mount has been received as "a perfect standard of the Christian life" and treated with the utmost respect, the Epistle of James has been called "a right strawy epistle" and has at various times throughout church history been viewed with deep skepticism."
http://www.quodlibet.net/kissel-sermon.shtml
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Sanctity of Life and the Death Penalty: Flip sides of the same “Divine” coin
"In the past half century, the church has been retreating from society at large, becoming more and more of an segregated appendage to modern living, rather than the paragon of real life Jesus intended it to be. "
http://www.quodlibet.net/gunby-sanctity.shtml
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Athanasius and his Influence at the Council of Nicaea
"Athanasius made it clear that he would defend the full deity of Christ against great odds — to such an extent that an expression arose: “Athanasius contra mundum” — 'Athanasius against the world.’ "
http://www.quodlibet.net/perry-athanasius.shtml
New Designs for TheologyWebsite and Quodlibet
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http://www.theologywebsite.com http://www.quodlibet.net
Without further ado, we hereby announce NEW DESIGNS for TheoWeb and Quod. I could summon all my poetic verbosity to attempt a description of the finely hued aesthetics which tantalize both eye and mind, but it is late and I am tired, so I suggest you simply visit the sites to see for yourself.
Over One Million Served - and counting
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http://www.theologywebsite.com
We recently cracked open the access logs for TheologyWebsite and found that we are averaging more than 1 million hits every three months. Upon seeing these numbers we quickly assigned our research department to devise a way to charge a mere 50 cents per hit, which will net a meager $2,000,000.00 a year for TheoWeb. Once our team of researchers figure out how to accomplish this, TheologyWebsite plans to move operations to the Bahamas. Until then, you know where to find us (for free).
Questions from Our Readers
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As you may know, we have been addressing reader questions in past newsletters. Here again, we here provide another example of our continued commitment to those seeking insight and illumination:
Q: Dear Theoweb, Hi. My name is Scott and I am 9 years old. I live with my mother and father and brother and Toby our dog. My brother's name is Noel. Noel is 7 years old. I like Noel sometimes but he can be such a pain. He is always following me or taking whatever I am playing with. Anyway, yesterday I called Noel a b*tthead [editorial revision here and following] so my mom got real mad. My mom said you should never call your brother a b*tthead. I asked her why but she was real mad. I had to go to my room. Why can't I call my brother b*tthead? (S. Foltz of Grand Haven, MI)
A: Dear Scott, Although you are a mere 9 years old, I welcome you into manhood! Not only have you undergone the radically unfair dynamic of "older brother" but you have also now learned the harsh reality of "elder diplomacy". Given contemporary societal expectations, one cannot simply "call the kettle black" any longer. One must employ a more strategic dialogue to avoid unnecessary complications and condemnations (from mom, etc.). For example, rather than the obviously derogatory "b*tthead" which mothers can readily identify and prosecute, the most skilled elder brothers will utilize seemingly innocuous terms such as "fern head", "shizzle ding", or "BooPlurBa". To all ears, these terms sound innocent and forebearing. However, when your little brother *inevitably* (hee hee) asks what these terms mean, you can then divulge their intended meaning (whatever you choose!). The beauty of this method is that despite your little brother's complaints to the parental units, you can honestly persist in your claim that you only called little Noel a "FERN HEAD SHIZZLE DING". Is that sweet or what?
Yours truly,
Fa Shizzle
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