Samuel Lamb's Exhortation Regarding Eternal Rewards: A Socio-Political Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-83
Author(s):  
Daniel Qin
Keyword(s):  
Political Context ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
Political Group ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Approach ◽  
The Church ◽  
Theological Thinking ◽  
Changing Society

This paper explores and discusses the socio-political approach in the theological thinking of the Chinese Protestant pastor Samuel Lamb. Lamb does not appear interested in changing society or politics, as he considers the Christian life to be in distinct contrast with the ways of the world. Nevertheless, both his emphasis on a pious Christian life and his exhortation regarding eternal rewards encourage deliberate efforts to witness to Christ in the world, therefore leading the church to become a socio-political group in socialist China. Lamb thus in effect proposes a radical Christian response to the Communist socio-political context.

partakers of the Spirit. There are no special classes of Spirit-bearers, no separate groups of Spirit-filled believers. Fullness of life in the Spirit, participation in the abundant life in the Spirit, is a common possession of the whole Church, although not appropriated in equal measure by all . . . The statement stresses the plurality but not equality of charisms. As mani-festations of the Spirit – ‘inseparable but not identical’ – spiritual gifts are constitutive both of the nature of the church and of ‘the nature of the Christian life in its communitarian and individual expression’. In this sense every Christian is a charismatic and therefore has a ministry to the church and the world. A radical equality of charisms and ministries is not a principle of church life. One must also say that the charisms of the Spirit are without number. Finally, one of the bonds which binds laity and the hierarchy is the one Spirit manifesting himself in different service functions. . . . Irenaeus said: ‘Where the Church is, there is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church . . .’ Charism is a principle of order in the Church in such a way that there is no distinction between the insti-tutional and the charismatic Church.

2003 ◽  
pp. 276-278
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Gifts ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
Church Life ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
The Church ◽  
Special Classes

What is Catholic Theology?

2016 ◽  
pp. 4-41
Author(s):  
Lewis Ayres
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Catholic Theology ◽  
Human Reason ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
God's Word ◽  
The World ◽  
The Church ◽  
Theological Thinking

This chapter argues that theological thinking should be considered as intrinsic to the activity of proclamation and as a form of speculation called forth as part of God’s salvific economy. God’s Word not only became flesh and revealed the Father, but Christ and his Spirit also act in his body, the Church, to reform and elevate human reason, to shape our understanding and celebration of revelation. This is so, even as theological thinking is also a human activity that may go astray. Theological thinking contains at its heart a dynamic relationship between attentive interpretation to Scripture and attention to the radical newness brought about by the continuing activity of Christ and the Spirit in the world. At the same time, in attention to the Church’s tradition, the theologian finds a school for the speculative imagination. The final section focuses on the unity and diversity of different theological acts and subdisciplines.

scholarly journals Teologia Pembebasan: Kajian Peranan Penting Gereja Dalam Memerdekakan Masyarakat Dari Kemiskinan

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-121
Author(s):  
Martin Luther Manao ◽  
Abdon A. Amtiran
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Job Skills ◽  
Real Problem ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Approach ◽  
The Church ◽  
Human Problem

This research was conducted to find out how the role of the church in liberating society from poverty. The problem of poverty in the church base areas in Indonesia is a real problem and continues from year to year. Poverty is a human problem. The church as the salt and light of the world is here to make an impact and bring about change. The research uses a qualitative approach by searching literature and field facts to respond to the conditions of poverty and how the church plays a role in liberating people from poverty. The results of the study show the importance of the church's role in bringing change to people who experience poverty. The church can play a role in two things, namely: first, with a political approach, both in terms of realm power and in terms of the good common. Second, the educational approach is to become a facilitator for the community in conducting job skills trainings.

A School for the Soul

2019 ◽  
pp. 101-123
Author(s):  
Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos
Keyword(s):  
External Environment ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
John Chrysostom ◽  
The World ◽  
Virtuous Life ◽  
The Church

According to John Chrysostom, a proper Christian life both limits exposure to dangerous stimuli and redirects the natural impulses of mimēsis (imitation) toward the rituals of the Church. This chapter examines the importance of mimēsis within Chrysostom’s thought for properly educating the soul and developing Christian habits. Because, for Chrysostom, the soul as a malleable substance is subject to the impressions of the body’s external environment, it must be carefully guarded against all corrupting influences, particularly the wrong types of bodily practices that threaten the person’s salvation. In his homiletic activity, Chrysostom offers to provide just this type of protection by relying heavily on a rhetoric of disgust and pleasure in order to draw his audience away from the dangers of the world and entice them toward a virtuous life, present first and foremost in the Church and its scriptures.

Bonhoeffer’s Theological Anthropology and the Greater Tradition, Part II

2019 ◽  
pp. 79-112
Author(s):  
Jens Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Theological Anthropology ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
Relational Understanding ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Christian Humanism ◽  
The World ◽  
In Christ ◽  
God's Image ◽  
The Church ◽  
Ethical View

Chapter 3 continues to outline parallels in patristic and Bonhoeffer’s theology. The first two segments focus on the humanist significance of the church as Christ’s body. Bonhoeffer’s relational understanding of God’s image disallows an individualistic understanding of salvation. His view of the church as “Christ existing as community,” with its transformative ethical implications mirrors Irenaeus’ and Augustine’s ecclesiology. In Bonhoeffer’s deeply sacramental understanding of the church as God’s presence in the world his theology of Stellvertretung, the eucharist, and his ethics converge into a depiction of Christianity as transformative humanism. The chapter then elucidates the biblical roots of “being in Christ,” along with the often overlooked, deeply Trinitarian structure of this participatory ontology in Bonhoeffer. The remainder of the chapter compares his anthropology to the teaching of deification that defines patristic theology. Once deification is properly understood as becoming Christlike, Bonhoeffer’s Christian humanism aligns most clearly with the synergistic, ethical view of the Cappadocian fathers of the Christian life as becoming truly human in conformity to Christ.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN ISLAM DAN NEGARA: Merespons Wacana Politik Islam Kontemporer di Indonesia

Al-Ahkam ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (25) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Hamsah Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Functional Relationship ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Approach ◽  
Religion And State ◽  
The Relationship

This article aims to discuss the issues of the relationship between Islam and state in the Islamic political perspective in Indonesia. This study was motivated by the desire to criticize the development and “up and down” relationship between Islam and state that is very dynamic coloring political situation in “Islamic majority country” Indonesia. This article concluded that understanding the relationship between religion and state with Islamic political approach is not meant to establish a religious state or an Islamic state of Indonesia, but more on filling spaces are functionally religion in order society, nation and state. The relationship between Islam and state can be integrated in a functional relationship equally aspire to nobility. Even integralistic, symbiotic, and secularistic relations, each should be viewed as a form of complementary. Facing the development of modernization, the relationship between Islam and state should be articulated as an effort to always adapt to the development of society in its various aspects, such as: the globalization of the world political economy, science and technology, the development issues of democracy, gender, human rights, pluralism, both nationally and internationally.

scholarly journals De liefde van Christus dringt ons - missionaire ecclesiologie bij Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Maris
Keyword(s):  
Karl Barth ◽  
Dietrich Bonhoeffer ◽  
The World ◽  
Church In The World ◽  
The Church ◽  
Theological Thinking

This article focuses on Bonhoeffer's thoughts on the missionary presence of the church in the world. In the discussion two books by Bonhoeffer are mainly referred to: his Nachfolge (1937) and his Ethik (1943). Although features in his theological thinking remind us of a universalism like that of Karl Barth, the biblical content of his writings is of such quality that we are compelled to take him very seriously.

scholarly journals Jesus Christ – Living Rule of Christian life. Ecumenical Dimension of sequela/imitatio Christi

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 27-36
Author(s):  
Sławomir Pawłowski
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
Imitatio Christi ◽  
The World ◽  
The Church ◽  
New Millennium

The ideas of sequela Christi and imitatio Christi as a rule of Christian life are all rooted in the words and attitude of Jesus and the Apostles, and then expressed in the teaching of the Church, from the Fathers onwards. They have a great ecumenical importance as a regula vitae for all Christians. In the new millennium, we must show the world the «whole» Christ in His fullness of truth: in the power of the baptismal grace, with the joyful boldness of the Spirit, in ways renewed in methods and zeal. The ecumenical dimension of this following/ imitation Christ rises from his Trinitarian, Christological, pneumatological and baptismal foundation in the perspective of the evangelization.

Conflict and Financial Scandal on History, Culture, and Politic

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (03) ◽  
pp. 20628-20638
Author(s):  
Anik Yuesti ◽  
I Made Dwi Adnyana
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Spiritual World ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The World ◽  
Financial Scandals ◽  
Financial Transparency ◽  
The Church ◽  
Transparency And Accountability

One of the things that are often highlighted in the world of spirituality is a matter of sexual scandal. But lately, the focus of the spiritual world is financial transparency and accountability. Financial scandals began to arise in the Church, as was the case in the Protestant Christian Church of Bukti Doa Nusa Dua Congregation in Bali. The scandal involved clergy and even some church leaders. This study aims to describe how the conflict occurred because of financial scandals in the Church. The method used in this study is the Ontic dialectic. Based on this research, the conflict in the Bukit Doa Church is a conflict caused by an internal financial scandal. The scandal resulted in fairly widespread conflict in the various lines of the organization. It led to the issuance of the Dismissal Decrees of the church pastor and also one of the members of Financial Supervisory Council. This conflict has also resulted in the leadership of the church had violated human rights. Source of conflict is not resolved in a fair, but more concerned with political interests and groups. Thus, the source of the problem is still attached to its original place.

Lived Catholicity

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 149-163
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Kirch
Keyword(s):  
Pope Francis ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
The Church

Both Pope Francis and Robert Schreiter recognize that the world has been profoundly affected by conflict, globalization, and the breakdown of relationships on multiple levels. They also assert that the Church must address these situations. The ecclesiologies of both Schreiter and Francis offer effective tools for this work. This article will examine several key, shared concepts within their ecclesiologies. Specifically, their understandings of the missionary nature of the Church and their robust understanding of catholicity prove to be key concepts in the Church's response to a world marred by sin.

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