The BioLogos Foundation • www.BioLogos.org/projects/scholar-essays 1 In teaching at an evangelical liberal arts college that holds firmly to the inspiration and authority of Scripture, I find most of my students think the biblical doctrine of creation (DoC) is limited to two points: (1) God created out of nothing (ex nihilo) and (2) God created the world in six days (whatever they think “days” ...

This article discusses Clement of Alexandria’s doctrine of Scripture based on the terms “voice” of God, “first principle,” and “demonstration” that he uses for Scripture. By studying the usage of these terms and the related passages, it will be made clear that Clement regards Scripture as a vessel of God’s voice, favoring what is now called the theory of verbal inspiration. Mo...

nematallaheyyeh doctrine in qajar period created some actions and reactions between the two powerful streams of jurdical and monarchy. study of the ups and downs of the triple process is one of the significant issues in the social history of the qajar era. in the present study, three streams mentioned interactions with each other, with regard to the doctrine nematallahyeh what caused of  stagna...

Although technical terms often represent unambiguous meanings, the crucial expression �emptiness' in Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions is likely to serve a soteriological function. The doctrine of emptiness seems to be intended to detach our linguistic expression from the unwholesome influence of illusory assumptions; assumptions of which we are not aware in our referential acts. Buddhist texts ofte...

This essay provides a close reading of Karl Barth's doctrine of election, attending not only to his argument but also to the patterns of his rhetoric and to his idiosyncratic use of terminology in order to uncover the theological logic that drives his doctrine, and thus to assess its validity. Particular attention is given to the telos of election as Barth conceived it, his theological method, ...

This is a paper about activities such as information system development and software engineering. The specific aspects of these activities that are being investigated are the academic organization for these studies, and the doctrines that are being taught at departments of computer science, information science, informatics, etc. The paper begins with a critique of the existing division of labou...

When the Supreme Court introduced the " secondary effects " doctrine to allow for zoning of adult businesses, critics fell into two camps. Some, like Justice William Brennan, predicted dire consequences for the First Amendment, particularly if the doctrine was used in political speech cases. Others, like Professor Laurence Tribe, predicted secondary effects analysis would be limited to sexually...

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The author traces in this paper the clue of the Tridosha Doctrine consisting of Air, water and heat. Breath contains all the three. Probably the Tridosha doctrine arose while considering breath as soul.