Engagement with artificial intelligence (AI) can be highly beneficial for theology. This article maps the landscape of the various ways such engagement can occur. It begins by outlining the ...opportunities and limitations of computational theology before diving into speculative territory by imagining how robot theologians might think of divine revelation. The topic of AI and imago Dei is then reviewed, illustrating several ways AI can inform theological anthropology. The article concludes with a more speculative take on the possible implications of AI for divine infinity, incarnation, theodicy, and demonic intelligence.
Edwards's apologetic, likewise, has received only indirect or cursory treatment-the only exception being Gerald McDermott's focused exploration of Edwards's arguments against deism. ...a renewed and ...more expansive study of Edwards' apologetic is necessary. After affirming (perhaps unknowingly?) Robert Jenson's conclusion that Edwards held a "synthetic position" toward the understanding and the will, Waddington describes Edwards as one "who affirmed the importance of the intellect but not at the expense of the will or by undermining the unitary operations of the human soul" (185)-an interpretation consonant with Alvin Plantinga's concurrentist model. Waddington samples a number of Edwards's texts that are characteristically apologetic, including his notebooks "Of Being," "Miscellanies" 1340, and "Notes on Scripture" 416; his treatise Freedom of the Will; and his sermon on Romans 1:20.
The idea of creation in the divine image has a long and complex history. While its roots apparently lie in the royal myths of Mesopotamia and Egypt, this book argues that it was the biblical account ...of creation presented in the first chapters of Genesis and its interpretation in early rabbinic literature that created the basis for the perennial inquiry of the concept in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Yair Lorberbaum reconstructs the idea of the creation of man in the image of God (tselem Elohim) attributed in the Midrash and the Talmud. He analyzes meanings attributed to tselem Elohim in early rabbinic thought, as expressed in Aggadah, and explores its application in the normative, legal, and ritual realms.
A view of human nature generally forms part of the assumptions that undergird psychological theories and psychotherapeutic approaches. In this book, Christian anthropology is articulated as a ...foundation for the theories, approaches and techniques applied in practice by its contributors. Various essays from European-based practitioners in the fields of psychology, psychotherapy and counselling are included here. These authors draw scientific knowledge from the fields of psychology and psychotherapy, focusing on intra-psychic aspects of human functioning, such as emotions, drives and cognitions, as well as interpersonal and eco-systemic functioning. In addition to this, the authors consider spirituality as an intrinsic part of humanity through which persons seek meaning and transcendence and that influences physical and mental health. Spiritual insight is gained from the field of theology with specific reference to the Christian faith tradition. As a wide range of topics, contexts and cultural and ecumenical backgrounds are covered in this book many practitioners in mental health care and counselling should benefit from the knowledge, ideas and practical experience shared here.
This article examines the origins and uses by the Vatican of the theological anthropology of complementarity, arguing that the doctrine of complementarity, under which the sexes are essentially ...different though not unequal, is an invention of the twentieth century untraceable in earlier centuries, but developed by, among others, the Popes from Pius XII through Benedict XVI, in part as a response to feminist claims, including those recently anathematized by the Vatican under the term ‘gender.’ After exploring some difficulties with the application of the doctrine of complementarity as Catholic orthodoxy, the article concludes by compiling preliminary evidence as to the extent Pope Francis will continue his predecessors’ approach to complementarity.
Whilst the Barbie movie (2023) has been recognized as a feminist success especially for women, it has important – yet often overlooked – insights for masculinities and men. What might a movie about ...‘becoming' have to say to the Kens of today and their masculinities, often considered ‘fragile' and ‘in crisis’? In this essay, I argue that Barbie is a work of Kellerian process theology. This is particularly enlightening for understanding gender and masculinities. In asserting that, in this movie, masculinities are in-process, or in-becoming, I show how Ken’s masculinity is actually part of a co-creative discernment process with the Other (Barbie), in which gender is negotiated and explored. Using beginnings as my framework, I will show how masculinities ought not be yet another aspiration of an idealistic incarnation of a hegemonic Ken but be recognized as already in an ongoing creational process, relationally and yet uniquely performed.
The subject of the article is the nature of theological apophasis in relation to the systematic aspirations of theological reflection. This relationship is analyzed from the perspective of the three ...essential truths of Christianity that form the hard core of its message: the Trinity, the personal union of the two natures in Christ, and deification. Accordingly, Trinitarian theology, Christology and anthropology are characterized, each area separately and in relation to the others, by a high degree of systematization. They constitute compact, organic and interrelated theological systems which, as constituent parts, form an organic whole. All three contain significant apophatic themes. An analysis of the connection between their systematicity and their apophatic dimension allows us to draw broader and more general conclusions about apophaticism in general and its place in theological systematization.
The Soul in Preaching Pleizier, Theo
Religions (Basel, Switzerland ),
04/2024, Letnik:
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What happened to the human soul in contemporary theories of preaching? The field of homiletics shows a wide variety of themes, approaches, perspectives, and theologies. Somewhere between the social ...critique, in postcolonial and post-human approaches, and sense-making, in cultural and experiential approaches, the issue of humanity re-emerges. This essay inquires whether and how it might be possible to re-envision preaching as a practice of care for the soul. The essay closes with a homiletical agenda in the form of three conditions for retrieving the soul in homiletics, a hermeneutical, a rhetorical, and a theological condition.
Investigating, respecting, and working with surgical patients’ spiritualities is as critical a skill as the proficient technical performance of operations. When spirituality is ignored, sacred ...patient values remain undiscovered, authentic trust is hindered, and healthy shared decision-making processes suffer. These are instances when the other edge of the spiritual scalpel comes back to cut us as surgeons, but more importantly, upon withdrawal of spiritual understanding, it deeply injures our patients and their families. Spiritual screening, spiritual history taking, engaged, active listening, and big-picture prognostic truth-telling while promoting hope are critical skills for efficacious whole-person surgical care and the healing of our surgical patients’ suffering—in all aspects of their humanity. These skills require surgeon introspection and vulnerability, however, as well as regular practice, and can be quite difficult; frequently leading to understandable discomfort, particularly when the surgeon does not share the patient’s spiritual orientation or religious commitments. This literature-based essay addresses all of these issues, providing surgeons with a variety of new spiritual tools for their holistic armamentarium to promote healing, rather than further injury.
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