In Search of the Biblical Foundations of Prophetic Dialogue: Engaging a Hermeneutics of Otherness

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Brink
Keyword(s):  
Biblical Foundations

Spiritual Formation and Soul Care in the Department of Christian Formation and Ministry at Wheaton College

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barrett W. McRay ◽  
Laura Barwegen ◽  
Daniel T. Haase ◽  
Muhia Karianjahi ◽  
Mimi L. Larson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Formation ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Christian Formation ◽  
Soul Care ◽  
Wheaton College ◽  
The World ◽  
Evangelical Culture ◽  
Biblical Foundations ◽  
Practical Ministry

This article examines a model of formation within higher education that is committed to educationally based spiritual formation, desiring to see students formed as people who love God and neighbor, devoting their lives to redemptive labor in the world. Deeply influenced by the evolving relationship between the department, the institution, and the broader evangelical culture, the Christian Formation and Ministry department of Wheaton College seeks to equip students with the theological and theoretical foundation, the personal maturity of character and faith, and the practical ministry skills necessary to lead and participate in the formational and caring mission of the church in the world. Wheaton College’s unique approach to teaching spiritual formation and soul care in both their undergraduate and graduate programs is examined through a historical context of the department, a liberal arts and learning-centered approach to education that includes biblical foundations, philosophical framework, pedagogy, and teaching curriculum and assessment.

Mary’s Slave Song: The Tensions and Turnarounds of Faithfully Reading Doulē in the Magnificat

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-18
Author(s):  
Raquel S. Lettsome
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Biblical Foundations ◽  
Constituent Elements

This article traces the enduring legacy of slavery in the United States and its biblical foundations that create interpretive tension around the Greek words doulos/doulē for readers and translators. Following Clarice Martin’s lead, I advocate for a faithful reading of doulē as “slave” in Luke 1:38, 48 and draw parallels between African-American slave songs and Mary’s Magnificat. I then explicate the tensions inherent in reading Mary as “the slave of the Lord” and “his [God’s] slave” against the socio-historical backdrop of U.S. slavery and explore how Mary’s slave song and narrative depiction by Luke “turns around” Mary’s slave language by reversing Orlando Patterson’s three constituent elements of slavery. When using this model, Luke transforms Mary’s slave language into a homeopathic practice and Mary into the embodiment of an African- American woman’s slave song.

scholarly journals Die bydrae en relevansie van die missiologlese besinning in die GKSA

1995 ◽  
Vol 29 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Van Rooy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Mission Strategy ◽  
Biblical Foundations ◽  
Theology Of Mission ◽  
History Of ◽  
Reformed Churches

Taking into account the small number of missiologists in the Reformed Churches in South Africa, the contribution of this small de­nomination towards the development of the theology of mission is remarkable. Apart from many publications of a popular nature, almost a hundred scientific dissertations, books or articles have appeared during the last thirty years, covering the fields of inter alia, the biblical foundations of mission and the theology of mission. These fields can be divided into five sub-themes, to wit: the history of missiology, reflection on the nature of mission and evangelism, the dogmatic basis of mission, the nature of salvation and ecclesiological aspects of mission. Additional fields covered include reflection on the practice of mission (which includes mission strategy and means and methods of mission), the socio-economical and cultural dimen­sions of mission, the theory of communication, syncretism, different religions and history of mission.

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