The two previous articles in this three part series on the subject of systematic theology [published in the Conservative Theological Journal – see footnotes] dealt with the definition of systematic theology as well as the contribution that dispensational premillennialism makes to systematic theology. This final article of the series gets to the most fundamental issue by answering the question, ...

This article examines the approach of the twentieth-century dialectical theologian, Emil Brunner (1889–1966), to the perennial theological problem of the possibility of universal salvation, a topic which has occupied the reflections of Christopher Morse, whose scholarship we honor in the present volume. Emil Brunner was Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology at the University of Zürich ...

The Orthodox liturgy is a religious phenomenon that can be analyzed phenomenologically and theologically alike, given the emphasis both phenomenology theology place on experience. By proposing Kingdom of God instead natural world without being able to annihilate latter in name former, seeks divine-human communion. Through dialogue prayer, through symbolic iconic openings, as well apophatic theo...

This paper explores a futures perspective for practical theology. Although there are some examples of a future orientation, a systematic futures perspective has not been developed. Building on futures studies (including predictive studies on foresight and design and architecture studies), the authors propose a methodological model for future-sensitive practical theology, accounting for the prob...

This examination of academic works produced by eighteenth-century natural philosophers discusses some recurring ideas about the Chain of Being. To this end, the article analyzes the relations between natural philosophy and theology during the period. It also re-evaluates some elements of the Chain of Being through an exploration of authors who addressed the topic in their writings. Lastly, it i...

During the 1640s, the Irish Franciscan theologian John Punch taught his theology students in Rome that war against Protestants was made just by their religion alone. Jesuits like Luis de Molina identified the holy war tradition in which Punch stood as a Scotist one, and insisted that the Scotists had confused the natural and supernatural spheres. Among Irishmen, Punch was unusual. The main Iris...

In this article I expound some of the main criticisms by David Hume and Immanuel Kant against legitimacy natural theology, philosophical activity presenting arguments for or existence God. The aim is not to contribute scholarship in history philosophy, but as a starting point describing lines Richard Swinburne’s approach theology terms inductive probabilistic arguments. His proposal has been pa...