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The New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Bible Commentary. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Academic. 2024. ISBN 978-0830814091. Josey Johnson's Hair and the Holy Spirit. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Kids, 2022. ISBN 978-1-5140-0357-2; Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope. Downers Grove, IL: IVP ...
Spiritual autobiography is a genre of non-fiction prose that dominated Protestant writing during the seventeenth century, particularly in England, particularly that of Dissenters. The narrative generally follows the believer from a state of damnation to a state of grace; the most famous example is perhaps John Bunyan's Grace Abounding (1666).
For Plotinus, the One precedes the Forms, [24] and "is beyond Mind and indeed beyond Being." [21] From the One comes the Intellect, which contains all the Forms. [24] The One is the principle of Being, while the Forms are the principle of the essence of beings, and the intelligibility which can recognize them as such. [24]
Religious texts, including scripture, are texts which various religions consider to be of central importance to their religious tradition. They often feature a compilation or discussion of beliefs, ritual practices, moral commandments and laws, ethical conduct, spiritual aspirations, and admonitions for fostering a religious community.
He spoke out against "the un-Christlike attitude of Christians", and what he called "Jewish bigotry". [48] Within three years, his theological views had evolved, and he spoke out against the practicality and necessity of missionizing Jews. He was the first prominent Christian theologian to argue it was inappropriate for Christians to seek to ...
The Christian Science textbook Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, along with the Bible, serves as the permanent "impersonal pastor" of the Church of Christ, Scientist. The Methodist Church of Great Britain refers to the "doctrines to which the preachers of the Methodist Church are pledged" as doctrinal standards. [9]
At 2 Tim 3:16 (NRSV), it is written: "All scripture is inspired by God [theopneustos] and is useful for teaching". [3]When Jerome translated the Greek text of the Bible into the language of the Vulgate, he translated the Greek theopneustos (θεόπνευστος [4]) of 2 Timothy 3:16 as divinitus inspirata ("divinely breathed into").
The Washington Post review called it "A provocative brief on some of the uglier prejudices lurking behind today's Catholic controversies." [3] The National Catholic Register, calling Jenkins "the foremost historian of religious trends today", reviewed the book favorably, noting that the issues are particularly topical today. [4]