scholarly journals Theology as a Way of Life: On Teaching and Learning the Christian Faith

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel O. Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Way Of Life

“Representing” Mission from Below: Historians as Interpreters and Agents of Christianization

2010 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Sterk
Keyword(s):  
Previous Article ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Present Essay ◽  
Foreign Land ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Multiple Stages ◽  
Byzantine History

Discussion of mission in east Roman or Byzantine history has typically focused on imperial ambitions, royal conversions, and a “top-down” approach to Christianization. The Christian emperor, the earthly image of the heavenly king, had been called by God to propagate the faith and civilize the barbarians. Toward this end he sent out emissaries to foreign potentates, and the conversion of the ruler was soon followed by the Christianization of his people. Such narratives largely ignore missionaries “from below,” deemed “accidental” evangelists, and focus instead on imperially sponsored or “professional missionaries.” Several recent studies have added nuance to the traditional picture by devoting increased attention to mission from below or presenting Christianization as a process comprising multiple stages that spanned several centuries. Building on my own previous article on this theme, the present essay will reexamine narratives of unofficial mission on the eastern frontiers, in particular accounts of captive women credited with converting whole kingdoms to the Christian faith. In each case a female ascetic has either been taken prisoner or has lived for some time as a captive in a foreign land just beyond east Roman borders. The woman's steadfast adherence to her pious way of life, performance of apostolic signs, and verbal testimony to faith in Christ move the ruler and his people to accept the Christian God.

Knowing the Heart Sūtra by Heart

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 356-370
Author(s):  
Joseph O'Leary
Keyword(s):  
Current Situation ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Heart Sutra

AbstractThe current situation of Christian faith lends a new attraction to the Mahāyāna doctrine that nothing has substantial being and that language and religions are radically conventional constructions, to be handled skillfully with a new art of judgement. We can bring a hermeneutics of the heart to bear on the doctrine of emptiness if we note how, in the Heart Sūtra, it is voiced by the bodhisattva of compassion. The wisdom of emptiness takes form as a way of life devoted to the liberation of suffering beings. When we muse long on this alien text, we are surprised to find something familiar at its heart, the dynamic of saving love that is central to the Gospel.

scholarly journals Een theologische faculteit als huis van vele woningen: Over de institutionalisering van de theologie in de pluralistische, seculiere samenleving

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 562-585
Author(s):  
H Vroom
Keyword(s):  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
World View ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Western World ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Third ◽  
Religious Dialogue

A theological faculty as a house with many rooms: On the institutionalisation of theology in a pluralistic, secular society.Religious pluralism is changing the Western world. The transmission of Christian faith is less a matter of course than it has been. People are free to form their own opinions and ‘choose’ their way of life. Because pluralism affects the basic values of society that have to be supported by world view traditions, religious pluralism is one of the main political problems of the ‘secular’ state as well. Faculties of Theology can be organised better as apartments buildings for religions with common rooms, exchange and debates, instead of gradually becoming departments of descriptive religious studies. A public inter-religious dialogue on values and political issues will be supported by such an institution, and prevent accountability for views of life to disappear from the public arena into privacy and hidden places. Students can be educated in plural theological faculties of universities that reflect societal realities, in an atmosphere of respect, integrity, dialogue and accountability.The first section of this contribution describes the changing situation in the European (EU) culture; the second the consequences of pluralism for churches; the third the crisis of traditional theology; and the fourth points out the perspective of a plural but confessional institutionalisation of theology/ies.

scholarly journals Full Day School Sebagai Penguatan Pendidikan Karakter (Perspektif Psikologi Pendidikan Islam)

FIKROTUNA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lis Yulianti Syafrida Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Day School ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Use Of Time ◽  
Full Day

Penerapan full day school merupakan alternatif solusi dari revolusi pendidikan terhadap permasalahan yang terjadi di dunia pendidikan. Full day school adalah istilah dari proses pembelajaran yang dilaksanakan secara penuh, dimana aktifitas belajar anak dilakukan lebih banyak disekolah daripada dirumah. Proses belajar mengajar diberlakukan di pagi hari sampai dengan sore hari. Konsep dasar full day school sama dengan pendidikan Islam, dimana aplikasinya bertujuan agar memanfaatkan waktu dengan melakukan hal yang bermanfaat, ini adalah manifestasi dari belajar tanpa batas. Pendidikan Islam sebagai usaha untuk membimbing pertumbuhan dan perkembangan kepribadian siswa supaya mereka hidup sesuai dengan ajaran Islam. Pendidikan merupakan satu dari pembahasan-pembahasan yang ada pada Al-Qur’an. Al-Qur’an merupakan firman Allah yang selanjutnya dijadikan pedoman hidup (way of life) kaum muslim yang tidak ada keraguan di dalamnya. Di dalamnya terkandung ajaran-ajaran pokok (prinsip dasar) menyangkut segala hal aspek kehidupan manusia, termasuk pendidikan. Al-Qur’an bisa dijadikan sebagai inspirasi untuk dikembangkan dalam rangka membangun pendidikan yang bermutu. Kata kunci: Full day school, Pendidikan, Al-Qur’an  Implementation of full day school is an alternative solution of the educational revolution to the problems that occur in education. Full day school is the term of the learning process that is carried out in full, where the learning activities of children done more school than at home. Teaching and learning process is applied in the morning until the afternoon. The basic concept of full day school is the same as Islamic education, where its application aims to make use of time by doing useful things, this is a manifestation of learning without limit. Islamic education as an effort to guide the growth and development of student personalities so that they live in accordance with the teachings of Islam. Education is one of the discussions that exist in the Qur'an. The Qur'an is the word of Allah which is then used as a guide of life (way of life) of the Muslims that there is no doubt in it. It contains the basic teachings (basic principles) concerning all aspects of human life, including education. The Qur'an can serve as an inspiration to develop in order to build a quality education. Keywords: Full day school, Education, Al-Qur'an

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