Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Theology - Biblical Theology, grade: 2.0, , course: Biblical Theology, language: English, abstract: This is an attempt to address various theological issues from the perspective of Cameroon and for the benefit of students in bible schools and minor seminaries. The book handles certain topics as chosen by the author and it is an attempt to diagnose texts and themes related to the contextual surroundings of Cameroon in particular and why not Africa as a whole. It is born from a series of researches done over a year on specific topics asked for by the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Kumba, Cameroon which is the center for contextual studies in Central Africa. How do you tell the local Cameroonian that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life unless you first of all understand it academically? Is the cross a new kind of a portent charm or is it just a sign as those understood within the Africa context?
Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Theology - Comparative Religion Studies, grade: 2.2, , course: faits studies, language: English, abstract: If you are faced with the task of giving an introduction to a listening crowd of Jews and Muslims and members of other faiths: What will you say as a christian concerning the parable of the good Samaritan? This paper attempts to provide introductions to various themes necessary for an interfaith dialogue. From the text: -Encountering God; -Humanity; -Going the extra Mile; -Women and Equality; -Abraham’s hospitality; -Abraham’s journey; -Clothing and Modesty; -Refugees
Literature Review from the year 2016 in the subject Theology - Comparative Religion Studies, grade: 3.0, , course: The Three world's faiths, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the book: Sheldrake, Philip. Spirituality: A Guide for the Perplexed. London, GBR: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 14 April 2015. Here, we examine the way the author Sheldrake presents the three biggest faiths in three chapters of his book and how he presents the three Abrahamic faiths and some of the biases highlighted in his writing. Does he in any way try to project one over the other or is he objective enough such that his book can be recommended for interfaith studies?
Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Sociology - Religion, grade: 2.0, , course: Socilogy, language: English, abstract: This text contemplates the dwindling church attendance of young adults and the rising divorce rates in Cameroon. The Presbyterian Church Cameroon used to pride itself as a church that had a grip of its Christians in matters of family life. Of recent, there have been strange winds blowing through the church such that even the clergy have had to face cases of divorce. What happened? Secondly, the pews are getting empty everyday as the youths now prefer to stay at home to watch online preachers. What can the church do to better the situation?
Scientific Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Theology - Comparative Religion Studies, grade: 1, University of Geneva (Ecumenical Institute), course: Inter-faith dialogue and Migration, language: English, abstract: This paper tries to find common ground between Christianity, Islam and Judaism on the issue of what they believe and hope for. All these faiths seem to have the same belief in a Messiah who will come for a particular mission later on in the future for the benefit of all humans. They may refer to these messianic figures differently but careful studies have shown that the expected duties are the same in the three Abrahamic faiths. Did you know that the Christians are expecting a Messiah? Did you know that the Muslims are expecting a Mahdi? Did you know that the Jews are expecting a Mashiach? This paper analyses their coming and purposes and shows how they are supposed to meet and agree somewhere while we fight and disagree here. If we can understand and see the commonalities, then there is absolutely no need to promote our differences at the expense of being united. Find out for yourself.
Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Theology - Miscellaneous, grade: 2.0, , course: inter-faith dialogue and Migration, language: English, abstract: Migration in Cameroon in general has been caused by various factors. Of recent, there seem to be the feeling that though some people say that Cameroon is at peace there is a boiling pot. The interfaith situation of the country is such that has nursed tension and distrust for so long that if care is not taken, it may one day results to a terrible crisis. This paper tries to show that though the various religions in Cameroon try to promote peace, the tension within individual faiths may one day cause a new problem. Thus, there needs to be a tilt towards the inside to subdue all internal conflict before a true inter religious dialogue can exist in that country.
The term Managing Your Measure Maximally means optimizing your personalized measure of joy and sadness, surplus and scarcity, prosperity and peasantness or peasantry, etc., as long as you live. All humans have their high and low seasons, best and worst seasons, good and bad seasons. Ecclesiastes 3 attests to these but how we manage such season matters. How we manage our lives maximally amidst the realization that you are inevitably vulnerable is the real issue here. God Almighty has the fi nal defi nition of what is good and bad, acceptable and unacceptable at any point in time. Therefore, cleaving to and looking up to Him always, is one of the best things to do in life. If parents can hurt, strength can fail the strong, wealth can fail the rich, and wisdom would not immune from vulnerability and attendant misfortune, then, there is no better wisdom than depending on God who is not subject to the law of inevitable vulnerability.
And so the god said, "Let there be darkness." The government has found a way to engineer a god. The only problem is that a fanatic has released this ultimate force. Emmanuel Anderson is a hit man for the Mafia. Wean strange creatures appear in San Diego California slaughtering what ever moves he finds his adopted daughter dead. Some how he believes another creature is responsible. In his quest for revenge he must team up with a group of Marines and an unlikely group of civilians which must face seven plagues which Project Genesis has created around the world.
Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Theology - Miscellaneous, , course: Private Research, language: English, abstract: As a participant of the course “People and faiths on the move” at the Ecumenical Institute Bossey in July 2016, the author of this paper was inspired by the message of the course, which focused on migration, to write down this perspective on migration within Christianity with focus on the time of the New Testament and particularly just before and immediately after the life of Jesus Christ. In looking at the issue of how people have moved from place to place over the years in search of either a means of survival or a god, this theme anchors strongly on how we can better view some religious experiences of today. It can be seen clearly that there is surely no one faith that does not have in its structure some issues regarding migration. It is either some members of the faith or some items that had been forced to leave or willingly left a certain place to another for some reasons. It is worth noting that the way we will treat the issue of migration here may remain unsatisfactory to others since this paper will also dare into the spiritual dimension of migration. Migration therefore would be viewed here bearing in mind the three angles, being: internal, external and spiritual migrations. This paper does not desire to view Migration only as a movement from one country to the other but also as a movement within the same national territory and as involving both physical movement and spiritual journeys too. In this way, it would be clearer to see certain features of migration in the New Testament. This paper also tries to highlight some aspects of migration in the remaining two Abrahamic faiths, Islam and Judaism, which means that the focus will be on Christianity and allusions will be made to Islam and Judaism. Judaism and Christianity have a lot common on the issue which will be discussed already at the beginning of this paper. Islam will be examined very briefly at the end. It must be emphasized here that the various topics chosen are open to critical discussion for the purpose of achieving a better result -- Take some time to read this work and make constructive criticism so that academic work can triumph.
In By Way of Obstacles, Emmanuel Falque revisits the major themes of his work—finitude, the body, and the call for philosophers and theologians to “cross the Rubicon” by entering into dialogue—in light of objections that have been offered. In so doing, he offers a pathway through a work that will offer valuable insights both to newcomers to his thought and to those who are already familiar with it. For it is only after one has carved out one’s pathway that one may see more clearly where one has been and where one might be going. Here readers will discover the profound relation between Falque’s emphasis on the human experience of the world and his desire for philosophy and Christian theology to enter into conversation. For only by speaking within the human horizon of finitude can Christianity be credible for human beings, and it is because Christian theology teaches that God entered into our finitude that it can also teach us something of what it is to be human. Contemporary phenomenology, Falque warns, over-privileges an encounter with the infinite that cannot be originary. Calling us back to finitude, he calls us to a deeper understanding of our humanity.
Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Theology - Comparative Religion Studies, grade: 2.2, , course: faits studies, language: English, abstract: If you are faced with the task of giving an introduction to a listening crowd of Jews and Muslims and members of other faiths: What will you say as a christian concerning the parable of the good Samaritan? This paper attempts to provide introductions to various themes necessary for an interfaith dialogue. From the text: -Encountering God; -Humanity; -Going the extra Mile; -Women and Equality; -Abraham’s hospitality; -Abraham’s journey; -Clothing and Modesty; -Refugees
Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Theology - Biblical Theology, grade: 2.0, , course: Biblical Theology, language: English, abstract: This is an attempt to address various theological issues from the perspective of Cameroon and for the benefit of students in bible schools and minor seminaries. The book handles certain topics as chosen by the author and it is an attempt to diagnose texts and themes related to the contextual surroundings of Cameroon in particular and why not Africa as a whole. It is born from a series of researches done over a year on specific topics asked for by the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Kumba, Cameroon which is the center for contextual studies in Central Africa. How do you tell the local Cameroonian that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life unless you first of all understand it academically? Is the cross a new kind of a portent charm or is it just a sign as those understood within the Africa context?
Scientific Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Theology - Comparative Religion Studies, grade: 1, University of Geneva (Ecumenical Institute), course: Inter-faith dialogue and Migration, language: English, abstract: This paper tries to find common ground between Christianity, Islam and Judaism on the issue of what they believe and hope for. All these faiths seem to have the same belief in a Messiah who will come for a particular mission later on in the future for the benefit of all humans. They may refer to these messianic figures differently but careful studies have shown that the expected duties are the same in the three Abrahamic faiths. Did you know that the Christians are expecting a Messiah? Did you know that the Muslims are expecting a Mahdi? Did you know that the Jews are expecting a Mashiach? This paper analyses their coming and purposes and shows how they are supposed to meet and agree somewhere while we fight and disagree here. If we can understand and see the commonalities, then there is absolutely no need to promote our differences at the expense of being united. Find out for yourself.
Those who are trying to understand our world and its origins will find the answers in this book. Of all the events, facts, situations and individuals that down through time have marked our progress, the author highlights the most relevant and presents them in this notable work of historic synthesis. He analyzes the missions of spirits such as Krishna, Buddha, Abraham, Moses, Fo-Hi, Confucius, Lao-Tse, Solomon, Socrates, Plato, Mohammed, the Hebrew Prophets, the Apostles, Paul of Tarsus, St. Francis of Assisi, Luther and Allan Kardec. The book narrates the history of civilization from the perspective of Spiritism, showing the true position of the Gospel of Christ in the light of earth’s religions and philosophies. It addresses the first inhabitants of the earth, touching on the historical pages of peoples, great empires and the changes that have followed one another in the direction of the future. Emmanuel shows us that through divine determinism, we are all on our way to the light!
Literature Review from the year 2016 in the subject Theology - Comparative Religion Studies, grade: 3.0, , course: The Three world's faiths, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the book: Sheldrake, Philip. Spirituality: A Guide for the Perplexed. London, GBR: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 14 April 2015. Here, we examine the way the author Sheldrake presents the three biggest faiths in three chapters of his book and how he presents the three Abrahamic faiths and some of the biases highlighted in his writing. Does he in any way try to project one over the other or is he objective enough such that his book can be recommended for interfaith studies?
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2016 in the subject Ethics, University of Geneva (Ecumenical Institute Bossey), course: Ecumenism, language: English, abstract: The problem that concerns this research is the issue of assimilation of the Anglophone inherited colonial culture by the established Francophone leading government of the country of Cameroon. The insistent abuse and brutality of citizens of the English speaking part of Cameroon who cannot express themselves in French. The careful plan to subside the English system of education and judiciary to replace it with the French system. The deliberate desire to reduce the dual cultural heritage of the colonial masters to a new supremacy of a culture. Within this problem, many questions raised are such as; does the English system pose a threat to the French in Cameroon? Is the battle between the two operating systems as a result of neo-colonial influence or it is as a result of the feeling of cultural superiority by the French speaking Cameroon? If the Anglophone Cameroonian feels dominated, then in what aspects of daily life are these aspects of dominance seen within the context of Cameroon.
Document from the year 2017 in the subject Theology - Miscellaneous, grade: 1, , course: Inter-Confessional Dialogue, language: English, abstract: What has motivated the first part of this paper is the genuine search for a Christian identity within the context of West Cameroon. Cameroon is a multicultural country which has been grouped into two major linguistic areas. French speaking Cameroon constitutes more than 70% of the country while the English speaking part makes up more than 25%. Most often, the story of Cameroon is written in a block and as if it were a complete unit without minding the fact that the two linguistic parts are made up of two different people who have completely different cultures and styles of governance as well as Christian experiences. This began in colonial days, when missionary activities followed colonial principles. Thus to concretely explore the subject of ecumenism in Cameroon, the two units must be studied separately in order to get the true ecumenical story of the country. In this paper, focus will be laid on West Cameroon where ecumenism seems to have been swallowed up under a structure of ecumenism known as CEPCA which operates more than 90% in the French speaking area and by French principles. By exploring this option, this paper seeks to make a clear difference between the experiences of the two territories. The motivation for the second paper on infant water baptism from the perspective of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) is guided by the ecumenical reality of the context of Cameroon and particularly the Western part of Cameroon considered as the English speaking section of the country. The reality shows that there are many arguments and divisions over the issue of water baptism among the churches operating in this area of the country, with each confession trying to criticize the position of the other in the way they do baptism. These criticisms are often time void of a positional defense on why each does their water baptism the way they do. The PCC in particular and the other traditional churches in West Cameroon have suffered from the hands of the Pentecostals or new churches over the issue of infant baptism. These are not able to clearly stipulate why they think infant baptism is bad but have simply thrown it away in favor of adult water baptism. Upon this background, this paper is meant to attempt an explanation of the PCC’s position on baptizing infant with water and why they think it’s a very important rite that must not be neglected within the ministry of the church.
Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Theology - Miscellaneous, grade: 2.0, , course: inter-faith dialogue and Migration, language: English, abstract: Migration in Cameroon in general has been caused by various factors. Of recent, there seem to be the feeling that though some people say that Cameroon is at peace there is a boiling pot. The interfaith situation of the country is such that has nursed tension and distrust for so long that if care is not taken, it may one day results to a terrible crisis. This paper tries to show that though the various religions in Cameroon try to promote peace, the tension within individual faiths may one day cause a new problem. Thus, there needs to be a tilt towards the inside to subdue all internal conflict before a true inter religious dialogue can exist in that country.
Evangelist Emmanuel Asante is a founder and director of Christ -for- Islam dialogue program. He was considered by soccer fans as Goal King during his heydays because of his goal-scoring abilities. He was a Christian who had lived in a Muslim community for part of his life and was almost converted but had to spring back to the Christian faith after he had an encounter with the good Lord in his dream. He was once a Bible teacher with the Resurrection Power Evangelistic Ministries when it was under the leadership of the late reverend Francis Akwasi Amoako. Again, in those days, he was a radio preacher with a unique ministry but now a Christ ambassador to all nations. Apart from having an apostolic ministry, he is now a coach and a soccer analyst who has also developed interest in research. Apart from other qualifications, he holds so many certificates in religious studies. He is married to Gina, and they are blessed with a son, Isaac, and two daughters, Linda and Rita Asante. He is originally from Ghana but now domiciled in the United States of America.
MY HOPE FOR YOU As we hold each other in love, we hold the entire earth in love. We are the earth angels K. B. Lamoureux There is a divine harmony to all existence. When we can connect to this oneness we find our true self. This greater self is filled with all we seek-abundance, love, joy, peace and bliss. Know thyself. Living Divine Harmony brings to you important principles from various religious and spiritual doctrines. Begin your day with one of these 31 day teachings. They offer a compelling message to clear feelings of separation, offering you positive insight connecting you with your divine essence. The guidance generated from viewing the art along with the poetic messages can keep you centered and ignite the peaceful nature within you. As a trauma survivor, Chris devotes his writing, art and teachings to awaken individuals to live a balanced life, which can lead to more peace and harmony in relationships. Chris says: I pursued soul balance- a way to live Divine harmony. This book is the result of how I achieved some measure of this balance. I am happy to be a miner of inner jewels that I can lay before you. As you ponder what these pictures and words reflect in you, regard them as a call to heal your love and evolve your awareness of the light that IS you. E.C. Emmanuel
This book starts off from a philosophical premise: nobody can be in the world unless they are born into the world. It examines this premise in the light of the theological belief that birth serves, or ought to serve, as a model for understanding what resurrection could signify for us today. After all, the modern Christian needs to find some way of understanding resurrection, and the dogma of the resurrection of the body is vacuous unless we can relate it philosophically to our own world of experience. Nicodemus first posed the question "How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?" This book reads that problem in the context of contemporary philosophy (particularly the thought of Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and Deleuze). A phenomenology of the body born "from below" is seen as a paradigm for a theology of spiritual rebirth, and for rebirth of the body from "on high." The Resurrection changes everything in Christianity—but it is also our own bodies that must be transformed in resurrection, as Christ is transfigured. And the way in which I hope to be resurrected bodily in God, in the future, depends upon the way in which I live bodily today.
We learn who we are as we walk together in the way of Jesus. So I want to invite you on a pilgrimage. Rwanda is often held up as a model of evangelization in Africa. Yet in 1994, beginning on the Thursday of Easter week, Christians killed other Christians, often in the same churches where they had worshiped together. The most Christianized country in Africa became the site of its worst genocide. With a mother who was a Hutu and a father who was a Tutsi, author Emmanuel Katongole is uniquely qualified to point out that the tragedy in Rwanda is also a mirror reflecting the deep brokenness of the church in the West. Rwanda brings us to a cry of lament on our knees where together we learn that we must interrupt these patterns of brokenness But Rwanda also brings us to a place of hope. Indeed, the only hope for our world after Rwanda’s genocide is a new kind of Christian identity for the global body of Christ—a people on pilgrimage together, a mixed group, bearing witness to a new identity made possible by the Gospel.
Emmanuel Falque is one of the foremost philosophers working in the continental philosophy of religion today. This is the first English-language anthology to bring together extracts from Falque's major works, key essays and even some previously unpublished material. Spanning his entire career to date, The Emmanuel Falque Reader is organised thematically and showcases the vast array of Falque's interests, from his early work on medieval philosophy to his methodology, anthropology and Christian phenomenology. It also includes an Editor's Introduction, which situates Falque within phenomenology's so-called 'theological turn' and provides a comprehensive overview of his philosophy. Falque's thinking urges more careful consideration of human finitude, atheism in a secular age, and the interaction between philosophy and theology. Featuring a foreword by esteemed scholar Kevin Hart, this essential collection explores the new directions in which Falque is taking continental philosophy of religion.
A Congolese refugee turned Christian humanitarian shares his inspiring story of survival, faith, and finding your purpose. Emmanuel Ntibonera's quiet life in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was shattered when the Great War of Africa plunged his homeland into chaos. Only a boy, Emmanuel's childhood gave way to a daily fight for survival as a refugee. But when miracle-after-miracle pulled his family from the brink of death, Emmanuel devoted his life to God’s work, whatever that may be. Fifteen years after escaping the Congo, Emmanuel decided to leave the safe borders of America and trace his footsteps back to the life he left behind. What he discovered in the Congo—disease, extreme poverty, deficient infrastructure, and, worst of all, a prevalent spirit of hopelessness—changed his life forever, setting him on an ambitious mission. As Emmanuel started collecting gently used footwear to bring hope to his people, his work united thousands across the country.
Between Honorables and Hooligans reveals the synergy between certified respectable citizens and the supposed nonrespectable citizens of societies. Also, the seed of hooliganism in all honorables is not left out, as well as the original purpose of God for sowing the seed of hooliganism in every being. The usefulness of hooligans to the society and their otherwise painful presence is equally noted as well.
Why Pastors Act Strangely exemplified by Moses Double Standard Dealership Style reveals that Men of Gods mistakes are usually multi-dimensional. There is what we can call Mans Monumental Monstrous Metamorphosis practiced it is that the job of leading the Israelites that Moses rejected earlier, he was no longer eager to give up and be replaced by Korah who volunteered to do so. These do not add up. There is also the subject of Men of Gods Monstrous Mindset, Mannerisms, Methods and Tactics (MGMMMT). It is part of Mans Mind Mutilating Manners and Manliness. Moses was bold and courageous to use his God-given privilege as he deemed fit and to the best of his interest and that of his loved ones. Maybe, God gave His designated representatives in any generation that privilege because fundamentally, He had meant man to take charge of the earth on His behalf as long as man obeyed Him. If so, then Moses was still in order as far as God was concerned.
Was Jesus Christ a fallen human being, like us? Was His human nature corrupt and sinful, inherently and necessarily subject to suffering and death? Did He inherit a fallen humanity? If His humanity was fallen how was He sinless? Did He have human ignorance? In what way was His human will involved in the plan of salvation? What effect did the hypostatic union have on His humanity? In Jesus: Fallen?, Emmanuel Hatzidakis, a Greek Orthodox priest, addresses these and other controversial questions pertaining to the human nature of Christ, which are debated in many Christian denominations, and in his own Church. The theology advanced in the book is the traditional theology of the historic Church. In all the modern confusio of multiple Christs, here we have the perennial image of the incarnate God, the Theanthropos Christ. The book should appeal to every serious Christian and student of theology, history of dogma and Church History who is comfortable neither with liberalism nor fundamentalism, but who is searching for the authentically true teachings of Christianity. Hatzidakis draws richly from the patristic inheritance of East and West in an original, refreshing, and accessible way. He refutes opinions formed by many eminent postlapsarian theologians. This pivotal study is the first to address this topic from an Eastern Orthodox perspective and in this regard it constitutes an important contribution to Christology. A well-researched study it sheds light from an Eastern Orthodox perspective on this intriguing and crucial topic. It maintains that the subject of Christ’s humanity and its understanding is neither a theologoumenon nor an abstract intellectual cogitation, but a matter of profound soteriological and anthropological import.
Save Us to Serve You' is about the fact that Saviours of their fellow humans start off as the servant of their fellow men and end up as the masters of the same group of people. This means that they practice the principle of the way up is down and sowing soothing service to reap resounding service from your beneficiaries. Therefore, helpers help others earlier to help themselves later or givers get greater return. Jesus affirmed this when He said whoever wants to be the master over others must start with serving the wellbeing of the people. Jesus meant that people like to serve any individual who makes their wellbeing his highest priority.
Yes" and "No" answers at the same time on the same issue questioned would be considered abnormal. However, we experience it daily. Saul allowed anyone to remove the reproach which Goliath constituted with some promises to whoever does, but when it was time to fulfill the promise, he backed because of the benefiting individual. Abraham loved the excellent services which Eliezer, native of Damascus who was born in his household rendered, but would not accept that it was enough reason for him to become his successor.
There is no more urgent theological task than to provide an account of hope in Africa, given its endless cycles of violence, war, poverty, and displacement. So claims Emmanuel Katongole, an innovative theological voice from Africa. In the midst of suffering, Katongole says, hope takes the form of "arguing" and "wrestling" with God. Such lament is not merely a cry of pain—it is a way of mourning, protesting, and appealing to God. As he unpacks the rich theological and social dimensions of the practice of lament in Africa, Katongole tells the stories of courageous Christian activists working for change in East Africa and invites readers to enter into lament along with them.
“This book will remind you of Benny Hinn’s bestseller ‘Good Morning Holy Spirit’ ... this book is for today and will bring a fresh hunger and thirst to know the Holy Spirit in a personal and intimate way!” Rev. Deb. Smith, Director, Life Christian University In The Holy Spirit: My Indispensible Friend, author and respected Bible teacher Emmanuel Acheampong Kudjoe hands you the keys to experiencing the daily riches of our personal relationship with the Holy Spirit. Some of the key questions this life-changing book answers are: Who is the Holy Spirit? How can I know Him? Why do I need Him? How can I be led by Him? How can I develop a relationship with Him? The heart of this book is the necessity of the Holy Spirit and the indispensable friendship He offers. You will be inspired by stories of the author’s personal journey with the Holy Spirit. His unique ability to bring color to biblical scenes makes The Holy Spirit: My Indispensable Friend impossible to put down.
There is a story of a young man who apparently was not experienced about the ways of men. He was a personal assistant to a highly placed official in his of work. It was this official who employees or ensured that he was the one employed to occupy that position in his fairly exalted office in the establishment, Over the years they became so close that many things he did as PA, his boss never had any idea of how to do them on his own.
Is the portrait of God revealed in Scripture fundamentally intelligible? The biblical accounts of God reveal seemingly contradictory themes: God's holiness and narratives telling of his anger; the Divine Omnipotence faced with the Impossible; the suffering Christ upon the Cross and the transcendent Trinity of Persons in God; the unique Savior and the universality of God's salvific will; and so forth. How are we to hold together all of this data without denying any aspect of the mystery of God? Must we give into our ambient culture's sense that the biblical God cannot be taken seriously by truly discerning and rational minds when they try to understand "the Divine"? Or, in the midst of this apparent contradiction, can we find the lines of harmony in the revealed mysteries? In Divine Speech in Human Words, Fr. Emmanuel Durand unties some of the knots that face us when we reflect on the God of biblical Revelation. In each of the essays gathered here, Fr. Durand sympathetically articulates the tensions and apparent contradictions experienced by contemporary minds as they strive to understand the revealed truth of God. A whole host of topics are covered in this volume: the Cross and the revelation of the Trinity; God's holiness and transcendence; divine immutability and the sorrow of a loving God; Divine Providence and human prayer; the fatherhood of God and eschatology; Christ's way of life; and many others. Drawing philosophical insights from the Thomistic tradition as his intellectual tools, Fr. Durand nonetheless emphasizes the importance of a properly theological mode of reflection, allowing these issues to be illuminated by the revealed truth of Sacred Scripture. Thus, for each of these difficult topics, he shows that a vital theological response must not limit itself to mere logical rigor but, rather, requires metaphysical insight and, above all, sapiential appreciation of God's revealed word. With such instruments in hand, each essay approaches the tensions of biblical revelation with an eager readiness to show how a thoughtful Thomistic practice of biblical theology can guide faith as it seeks an understanding of both contemporary and perennial theological problems.
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