The question of how to reconcile chance with divine providence long predated Darwin. People didn’t need science to tell them that chance had something to do with their being here. Each of us is the product of a long and tenuous chain of improbable events. We wouldn’t have been born if our parents hadn’t happened to meet or if some ancestor hadn’t escaped disaster by a hair’s breadth. Nor is the...

In March 1615 His Majesty King James the VI of Scotland and I of England participated in a debate concerning the use of logic by dogs. The debate was one of several entertainments provided for the King during a visit to the University of Cambridge. At first glance, this event might seem wholly frivolous. Certainly the King’s enthusiasm for hunting played a part in the choice of topic. But King ...

A large volume of empirical research has accumulated on the relationship between religion/spirituality (R/S) and health since the year 2000, much of it involving older adults. The purpose of this article is to discuss how this body of existing research findings has important messages or important new insights for gerontologists; clinicians in medicine, psychiatry, and psychology; sociologists; ...

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Abstract Oosterbaan identified a tradition of Anabaptist christology running from Ziegler in Strassborg the 1520s to Menno Simons 1550s. I demonstrate that this continued until at least around 1700, first amongst Waterlander Mennonites Netherlands, and then English General Baptists. sketch development diversity tradition, ask whether it might be considered ‘orthodox’, reflecting on scholarly re...

This paper offers a synthetic introduction to Michael Amaladoss and his thought. is member of the Society Jesus one finest Indian theologians; in course decades engagement with themes such as interfaith dialogue, theology, social justice, secularism, he has greatly contributed putting Asian theology on map. In this study, I focus Amaladoss, theological style, main intellectual concern, context....

In light of the fecundity and diversity Catholic theology since Vatican II, a 2012 report International Theological Commission (ITC) identified perspectives, principles, criteria—distinctive family traits—of theology, what Pope Benedict XVI called its “genetic code”: primacy Word God; faith Church as source, context, norm; science faith; drawing constantly on canonical witness Scripture; fideli...

the attribute of divine wisdom is applied in shi‘ite theology to prove some religious beliefs. shi‘ite theologians believe that providing the tools needed to achieve the divine purpose of the human beings’ creation and removing the obstacles to it is necessary to god. using logical analyses, this research investigates the sufficiency of the arguments based on divine wisdom in relation to the pr...