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Introduction The three main forms of liberation theology as outlined by Grenz and Olson are Black Liberation Theology, Latin American Liberation Theology and Feminist Theology (Grenz, Olson, 1992). Liberation Theology seems to have had most of its conception in the 1960’s when the world was in a state of class Read more…
Theological work faces a challenge in that only the new born soul that Jesus told Nicodemus of can really grasp the truth (John 3:1-21, NIV). All souls that have not been reborn “suppress the truth” (Romans 1:18). Process and Secular theology are then working to bridge a gap that cannot Read more…
Introduction The Nature of Neo-Orthodoxy is that there is no objective or ultimate truths. Instead of truth there is guidelines and pointers found in myth and existence. Neo-Orthodoxy was a theology developed in reaction to liberal thinking. In liberal theology there is a stress on the immanence of God Read more…
Both liberal and Fundamental theology has its earmarks that can be explored. Obviously there has been disagreement over the details however in the fundamentalist camp there were always certain values like the sovereignty of God, the infallibility of scripture and the immutability of God (Shelley, 2013, p. 420). Though there Read more…
All isms are based on human understanding. The goal here is to see the link between many isms and how they affected the world and Christianity in their time. The first and probably the loudest in terms of bloody wars were Marxism, Communism, Nazism, and Totalitarianism. These Isms are connected Read more…
The lens of the future is the best measure for the past, in other unavoidably cliché words, hind sight is twenty-twenty. Looking back at the age of modernism from the age of post-modernism it is easy to see the trail that led to the current Hansel and Gretel captivity. The Read more…
It is hard to overstate the significance of the Great Awakening: it was a cultural, social, and governmental change. Shelley called it the new order and perhaps its affects are best seen when viewed against the backdrop of the infant American nation (Shelley, 2013, p. 358). The Protestant Reformation had Read more…
Introduction The term Protestant stands for ‘those that protest’, it was not meant as a compliment by those that bestowed it however it fit the new band of Christians well and soon it would be the name by which all knew them. Luther may have started the reformation with a Read more…
It seems that Martin Luther is quoted on every subject from economics to sexuality. Perhaps that is a good approach for this question as well. There are two very famous quotes attributed to Marten Luther that sum up what his greatest impact was. First at his trial in 1521 Luther Read more…
Power in the hand of the right people can be a blessing to all. Gregory the first is a prime example of this, he was more interested in helping others than personal gratification. However, there is no power that does not corrupt. As men took over the church at Rome Read more…