Karl Barth’s gender perspective is often analysed with reference to his so-called “theoethics” or “creational theology”. This perspective perpetuates an asymmetry in gender relations that was prevalent in Biblical times, throughout Christianity and to some extent still is visible today. He based his view on the subordination of women on an exegesis of Genesis 1:27 as “intertext” of Ephesians 5:...

this paper will examine how muslim intellectuals, as a result of their attachment to the doctrine of divine unity (taw¤hīd), the quran, sunnah of the prophet muhammad, and the doctrines and methods of sufism, were largely responsible for the restating of the perennial philosophy in the west in the twentieth century. the article consists of four sections: an introduction to the term 'philos...

Responding to the too-optimistic theology of fellow Arminian, John Taylor, Wesley wrote his lengthy treatise on doctrine original sin. In an optimistic effort make personalist theologians’ works accessible, Methodist theologian Georgia Harkness tersely disdained same in her first major book. She soon found liberal “chastened” by interactions with neo-orthodox opponents and experiences depravity...

there are various aspects and dimensions in christian religion which attracted the attention of mystics. one of these aspects is the doctrine of trinity. the moslem theosophists, like other groups of scholars, have had a reaction against this issue and have criticized it. however, there are some differences in mystic’s viewpoints in comparison with that of other scholars, especially the theolog...

Edith Stein is widely recognised as a saint, martyr, victim of the Holocaust and female philosopher – but can she be Doctor Church? So far, thirty-seven figures, including four women, carry title due to their so-called ‘eminent doctrines’, eminentes doctrinae. For centuries, procedural difficulty existed in awarding titles martyrs, however, second decade 21st century, Congregation for Causes Sa...

the phenomenon of revelation and its explanation is one of the most important topics in the field of divine religions. the mysterious and supernatural nature of this phenomenon has led to various approaches being proposed by religious scholars. in christian theology, there are two general approaches to explaining revelation: propositional and non-propositional. according to the first approach, ...

plotinus' attempt to counter the aristotle critiques on plato's theory of ideas, leads to his theory of emanation, which is called double act doctrine. plotinus is influenced by aristotle, not only in raising the problem of emanation quality, but the language and terms (including reasonable matter, indefinite dyad and activity) that are used to describe his theory. also, the theory of...