Conceptualizing the Atonement

2020 ◽  
pp. 166-182
Author(s):  
Kathryn Pogin
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theology ◽  
Ethical Conduct ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Moral Influence ◽  
Sacrificial Love ◽  
Traditional Approaches

If belief in the redemptive nature of the life and death of Christ is to be intellectually defensible, Christian philosophers must have an account of it that is not only philosophically coherent, but also morally unobjectionable. Drawing on feminist theology, this chapter explores the epistemological and gendered implications of traditional approaches to the atonement; namely, the normalization of submission to violence and the idealization of suffering. Conceiving of redemption as arising out of sacrificial submission to violence has corrupted the shared hermeneutical resources through which Christian communities conceptualize ethical conduct, love, and virtue. Borrowing in part from those who have suggested a moral influence view, like Abelard, this chapter argues that Christian philosophers should pursue a new kind of exemplarist model. That is, perhaps death has no central role in what redeems us, nor sacrificial love, but rather resisting injustice, even when the risks of doing so may be fatal.

The New Testament and Intellectual Humility

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant Macaskill
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Intellectual Humility ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Sacrificial Love ◽  
The One ◽  
The Mind

This book examines how the New Testament scriptures might form and foster intellectual humility within Christian communities. It is informed by recent interdisciplinary interest in intellectual humility, and concerned to appreciate the distinctive representations of the virtue offered by the New Testament writers on their own terms. It argues that the intellectual virtue is cast as a particular expression of the broader Christian virtue of humility, which proceeds from the believer’s union with Christ, through which personal identity is reconstituted by the operation of the Holy Spirit. Hence, we speak of ‘virtue’ in ways determined by the acting presence of Jesus Christ, overcoming sin and evil in human lives and in the world. The Christian account of the virtue is framed by this conflict, as believers within the Christian community struggle with natural arrogance and selfishness, and come to share in the mind of Christ. The new identity that emerges creates a fresh openness to truth, as the capacity of the sinful mind to distort truth is exposed and challenged. This affects knowledge and perception, but also volition: for these ancient writers, a humble mind makes good decisions that reflect judgments decisively shaped by the sacrificial love of Jesus Christ. By presenting ‘humility of mind’ as a characteristic of the One who is worshipped—Jesus Christ—the New Testament writers insist that we acknowledge the virtue not just as an admission of human deficiency or limitation, but as a positive affirmation of our rightful place within the divine economy.

scholarly journals The Impact of Non-Islamic Sources on the Sīrah-Writing: An Analytical Study of the Contemporary Western Scholarship

ĪQĀN ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (04) ◽  
pp. 17-32
Author(s):  
Dr. Mubashir Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Study ◽  
Islamic History ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
European Languages ◽  
The Social ◽  
Western Scholarship ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Critical Methods

The eighteenth century Europe witnessed the application of the newly introduced historical-critical methods to the social sciences. Relying upon such methods, some Western scholars criticized the traditional approaches to the Islamic studies. Although the major Islamic sources were translated into European languages and thus became widely accessible, they incorporated several non-Islamic sources in the study of Islamic history and civilization after discovering them from the ancient archives. Hence, it is also claimed that there are some covenants allegedly concluded by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) with certain Christian communities of his time, which are surprisingly not recorded in the classical Islamic literature. Thus, this kind of non-Islamic sources have significantly drawn the attention of both Muslim and non-Muslim historians across the globe. This paper attempts to apply the criteria of Islamic sources set by the classical Islamic scholars, to the non-Islamic sources in order to examine the latter’s authenticity. The conclusion reached by the scholars in this regard shows the latter’s disagreement with a number of established Islamic doctrines. Moreover, it expounds how and to what extent one can rely upon the non-Islamic sources in this regard.

Geetopdesh: spirituality, cultural values and psychotherapy

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 466-466
Author(s):  
S. Malhotra
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Philosophy Of Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
Fast Pace ◽  
Death Care ◽  
Traditional Approaches

In today’s age of globalization, growing materialism-unhealthy competition and distress, there is a felt need to explore the dimension of spirituality (Spiritual Intelligence). Spirituality and values can work as a soul for the science. In this regard, mythology and cultural heritage have a lot to offer. Revisiting scriptures and trying to understand the insights gained in the past era can add on to the knowledge and skills used in the practice of Psychotherapy. In todays fast pace life and age of globalization, utilizing such knowledge, insights and skills shall indeed be quite useful, both for personal growth and that of the patient. Today the challenge lies in inclusion, merging the cultural knowledge with current psychotherapeutic skills.The paper shall focus on values derived from ‘Geetopdesha’ (’Geeta’, the Holy Book of the Hindus that incl. the preachings and guidance of Lord Krishna, an incarnation of the Administrator God Vishnu, to Arjun on the battlefield). It incorporates the philosophy of life and death, the never ending soul, cognitive psychotherapy, ‘Karm’ philosophy emphasizing on one’s duties and responsibilities.Patients from different parts of the world can benefit from such insights and concepts that help in conflict resolution, enhancing motivation, self realization, increasing tolerance and acceptance thus aiding in reducing human suffering. It is of practical use in managing anxieties, phobias, fear of death, care of terminally ill and grief work. Combining relevant traditional approaches with the newer techniques is indeed a challenge in todays clinical practice of mental health professionals.

Pragmatic versus Morphological/Syntactic Criteria for Language Referrals

1980 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Damico ◽  
John W. Oller
Keyword(s):  
Grade Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Verb Agreement ◽  
Remedial Programs ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Communicative Effectiveness

Two methods of identifying language disordered children are examined. Traditional approaches require attention to relatively superficial morphological and surface syntactic criteria, such as, noun-verb agreement, tense marking, pluralization. More recently, however, language testers and others have turned to pragmatic criteria focussing on deeper aspects of meaning and communicative effectiveness, such as, general fluency, topic maintenance, specificity of referring terms. In this study, 54 regular K-5 teachers in two Albuquerque schools serving 1212 children were assigned on a roughly matched basis to one of two groups. Group S received in-service training using traditional surface criteria for referrals, while Group P received similar in-service training with pragmatic criteria. All referrals from both groups were reevaluated by a panel of judges following the state determined procedures for assignment to remedial programs. Teachers who were taught to use pragmatic criteria in identifying language disordered children identified significantly more children and were more often correct in their identification than teachers taught to use syntactic criteria. Both groups identified significantly fewer children as the grade level increased.

Friends in Life and Death

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard T. Vann ◽  
David Eversley
Keyword(s):  
Life And Death

Parasocial Interaction as More Than Friendship

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayson L. Dibble ◽  
Sarah F. Rosaen
Keyword(s):  
Parasocial Interaction ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Traditional Approaches

This study supports the refinement of the concept of parasocial interaction (PSI) to apply to mediated personae that viewers might dislike. By contrast, traditional approaches have treated PSI as a sort of friendship with the mediated persona. Participants (N = 249) were randomly assigned to self-select a liked or disliked television persona. Various viewer reactions to that character were measured using two different measures of PSI. The data revealed that participants did experience PSI with disliked characters as well as liked characters, and that the two measures of PSI did not appear to assess the same construct. Implications for future research are discussed.

The Neuropsychology of Dementia: Modular and Traditional Approaches

1993 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 808-810
Author(s):  
Howard S. Kirshner
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Approaches

Humanizing time, love, life, and death: An allegory set between the eternities.

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 54 (35) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Farley ◽  
Debbie Joffe Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Life And Death ◽  
Love Life
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