ever since the rise of christianity, the bible has played a key role in the christian religiosity. it was a guide to faith, a supreme source of belief and morals, the standard of christian orthodoxy, and a means of combating heresies; for a great majority of christians, it continues to enjoy the same position. after the renaissance, the biblical studies, in terms of authorship, style of writing...

The article aims at analyzing the course of anti-Christian polemics end 19th century, and its influence upon Christian community in Japan. century turned to be quite difficult for Japanese Christians. Promulgation conservative Meiji Constitution 1889 Imperial Edict on Education 1890 marked liberal reforms shift nationalistic militarist policy This period was characterized by bashing, when Chris...

he Christian’s proper relationship with wealth has generated controversy in the church for much of church history. There have always been those who claim the Christian must renounce wealth and voluntarily accept poverty. There have also been those who claim that God will prosper the Christian. These differences can be explained by the tensions in the Bible regarding the proper relationship betw...

This article deals with Alvin Plantinga’s arguments against St. Thomas Aquinas’s third way to show that God exists. Although attacks on this argument have come from Christians and non-Christians, my contention is these rebuttals of the arise because a misunderstanding itself. Thus, metaphysical background for understanding first explained, then Plantinga raises it are dealt with. After reading ...

This article offers a reconstruction of social theology in Christianity as theological response to human rights violations Indonesia. Human are universal and fundamental humanity issues that can be locus for Christians do theology. For this reason, any forms violation not just law orders but also require an earnest from religious people, including Christians. Therefore, the writing will using b...

Background Recent work has demonstrated from a variety of angles that Christian nationalists have negative feelings toward racial minorities and attitudes policies would extend equal rights undermine their privileged position. Objectives There been limited research to demonstrate what seems an easy extension – do religious minorities? We focus on views Jews, in part because conservative Christi...

One of the most important foundations of knowing and interpreting the Qur’ān, the Torah, and the Gospel is the belief in the infallibility and impeccability of the words and propositions of these divine scriptures. If the verses and statements of the noble Qur’ān and the Testaments during the revelation era and the ensuing times have been afflicted with distortion and contradiction, then they c...