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Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Back Matter, 1974
No full textInterdenominational Theological Center An Ecumenical Professional Graduate School of Theolog
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Back Matter, 1976
No full textInterdenominational Theological Center An Ecumenical Professional Graduate School of Theolog
Flight as Affirmation in Two Plays of Eugene Ionesco
Get PDFThis study will show the centrality of the theme of affirmation of life in two dramas of Eugene Ionesco, an aspect of his work which has been greatly underestimated by many of his critics. In these two plays it is the symbol of being able to fly which chiefly represents affirmation. This affirmation of life has an implicit theological orientation, even though that orientation belongs not within the framework of traditional Christianity, but rather in the context of “death of God” theology. Ionesco, like the rest of the absurdists, sees a great deal of the world with sad eyes; so much of human experience is negative. But there is also a vitality and an affirmation within the terror which has not been sufficiently brought to light
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 1981
No full textTHE JOURNAL OF THE INTERDENOMINATIONAL THEOLOGICAL CENTER is published semi-annually by the Faculty of The Interdenominational Theological Center, 671 Beckwith Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30314. Manuscripts and related correspondence should be sent to The Editor at the address above. Matters pertaining to subscriptions and back issues should be directed to Wilson N. Flemister at the school address. Copyright, 1981, by the Interdenominational Theological Center. All rights reserved
The Religious Origins of the American Dream
Get PDF“You can understand neither America’s past nor its present without comprehending the religious origins of the dreams that have animatedour spirit.” You might think such a statement could be made about many countries, that America is not unique in this respect. It is true thatreligion has played a role in the governments and the lives of many peoples. However, America is unique in the extent to which religious goals motivated her founding and formed her early spirit. You may say, as many have that, even if once that were true, like most modern nations America today is more than secular. But the vestiges of religion are still around us all as Americans, and these residual forces affect or confuse us precisely because their religious origin is often forgotten. The drive of religion has been submerged into our national unconscious
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Back Matter, 1982
No full textInterdenominational Theological Center An Ecumenical Professional Graduate School of Theolog
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 1985
No full textJournal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 198
Exploring Integration: Reflections on Call, Education and Ministry
Get PDFI came to theological education after more than two decades in the parish—the Caribbean and New York—and a short stint as a national program staff person for the General Board of Discipleship of the United Methodist Church. During my period with the General Board, I had the privilege of working with congregations in several jurisdictions of our church. I responded to an invitation to come to ITC when the late Major Jones pulled me aside at a national Black staff forum. In his own inimitable way quiet, assuring and persuasive—he told me to submit my curriculum vitae to the search committee for the Director of Field Education. In due course, I received the appointment
“Do You Understand What You are Reading?”: A Literary Critical Reading of the Ethiopian (Kushite) Episode (Acts 8:26-40)
Get PDFIn his recent article “Philip and the Ethiopian,” F. F. Bruce suggests that Acts 8:26-40 is an isolated and unconnected episode; in fact, he adds: “if it were removed, there would be nothing to indicate that anything of the kind had ever stood there.” Bruce’s source critical reading, while commendable for its goal of reconstructing the history of early Christianity, may be amended however, in light of a literary critical reading of the text. What I propose to do is to show that Acts 8:26-40 is a necessary rhetorical sense unit within Lk-Acts, a two-volume work following the general conventions of the popular ancient Greek novel
Cuban Enquentro Conference Statement by North American Participants
Get PDFCuba and the United States are so close together, yet so far apart. Separated by less than an hour’s plane flight, we have, nevertheless, been cut off from one another for more than 25 years. In an attempt to break down walls separating our religious and national communities, a group of us responded to the invitation of our Christian sisters and brothers to dialogue at the Evangelical Seminary in Matanzas, Cuba. Our group was composed of theological educators who teach in seminaries across the United States in the areas of New Testament, Systematic Theology, Ethics, and Black, Feminist, and Latin American Liberation Theology. Our church affiliations were United Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, United Church of Christ, Roman Catholic, Unitarian, Baptist, and Lutheran. We went to the Seminario Evangelico de Teologia in Matanzas, Cuba, to enter into an encuentro (encounter) with the professors and students of that seminary on “Theological Education in Global Perspective.