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The Spirit of Hagar: Living In an Unfriendly House, 2003
Get PDFThe word “revolution” may appear too radical for a discussion oi clergywomen and their call to serve as pastors! Yet, in the socio-political context what can be more violent, war-like, or tyrannical than the oppression and marginalization of women clergy in male-dominated pulpits, churches, and institutions? What can be more violent than the humiliation of being declared unworthy to serve God s people? What is more war-like than having to fight for an appointment to a church for which you are more than qualified, while less qualified males receive choice assignments? What is more tyrannical than having the desire, the gift, and the call to preach the Word, just to be told that in the pulpit, “Women must remain silent?” Nothing is more unjust
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 2002
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Presenting the Issue, 2002
No full textThe editors ofJITC are pleased to present this theme issue: “Persons, Culture and Society: The Challenges of Transition and Transformation." The emphasis is the discernment of our mission with children and youth, understanding the changes that transformed modernity and shifted children from the center of religious concern to the margin. Since children are under represented in academic circles, theological and religious education is mandated to explore their transitions and transformation
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 1973
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Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 1974
No full textThe Journal of The Interdenominational Theological Center is published semi-annually by The Interdenominational Theological Center, 671 Beckwith St., S. W.,Atlanta, Georgia 30314. It is published in the interest of the alumni and the constituent seminaries of The Interdenominational Theological Center (GammonTheological Seminary, Absalom Jones Episcopal Institute, Charles H. Mason Theological Seminary, Morehouse School of Religion, Phillips School of Theology,Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary and Turner Theological Seminary)
The Black Man in the Biblical World
Get PDFDuring the course of centuries, upon the basis of the Bible the black man has been viewed in several and various ways. He has been regarded as the veritable father of Near Eastern civilizations; as cursed of God, or by a prophetic man of God, forever destined to serve “his more favored brethren,” incapable of any civilization. At the same time, but still upon the basis of the Bible, he has been excluded from the family of man, and declared to be a beast. Moreover, he has been declared a non-inhabitant of the biblical world, yet at the same time the cause behind the disintegration and decay of ancient civilizations
Order, Change and the Future: Naming Theological Education
Get PDFIt is by intention and design that the order of service for this inauguration is both churchly and academic. Apart from my own proclivity in the matter, however, there is much to commend it, historically. Higher education in America grew out of the desire of early evangelical Christianity to educate a “literate and godly clergy” and to rear all youth in schools and colleges where “knowledge and vital piety” would be united in such a way that faith and wisdom would be nourished as an inevitable occurrence
William J. Seymour: Father of Modern-Day Pentecostalism
Get PDFPentecostalism, that radical expression of Christianity which emphasizes ecstatic speech in an unknown tongue as a proof of the presence of the Holy Ghost, has attracted the attention of the world. It has become, some say, the fastest-growing religion both in the United States and the world, causing it to become to some the most respected, and to others the most feared, religious development
Aspects of Latin American Revolutionary Theologies
Get PDFAmericans1 can never understand why Latin Americans so often depose those who are “legally” in charge of their government. It is true that Latin America has yet to find a type of government that fits its needs. Neither capitalistic democracy, nor dictatorial or democratic forms of socialism seem to answer Latin American needs. The word “revolution” in the North American mind is always connected with a certain kind of violent fight. Camilo Torres Restrepo, an idol of Latin American revolutionaries, is the picture of a revolutionary in the Northamerican mind. But there are not too many theologians who went as far as Camilo, who stopped ministering at the altar and became a guerilla revolutionary, hoping to turn society upside down2 and to establish justice, after which he returned to the ministry of the altar.3Camilo is very incisive in his statements about revolution and Christian responsibilities.
Spinoza’s Concept of God
Get PDFAlmost anyone who has taken the second semester course of an History of Philosophy sequence will have read something about Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677). The centrality of his doctrine of Substance and Modes when coupled with the subtle but profound ramifications of Parallelism and Pantheism has led many thinkers to categorize him as the “God-intoxicated” philosopher. Other thinkers, however, perceive him as an atheist.1 How is it possible for Spinozistic ontology to be interpreted in such a conflictual fashion? This essay attempts to contribute to our understanding of the problem by focusing on those aspects of his doctrine that has resulted in the charge of “atheist”