Theology

Edwin Stößinger

Die Theologiekritik von Hans Heinz Holz

THEOS – Studienreihe Theologische Forschungsergebnisse

Hans Heinz Holz (1927–2011) war in seiner Jugend antifaschistischer Widerstandskämpfer. Nach seiner Tätigkeit als Journalist und Redakteur wurde er Philosophieprofessor in Marburg (BRD) und in Groningen (NL).

Er verstand sich als Vertreter der materialistischen Weltanschauung. Trotzdem setzte er sich in filigraner Weise auch mit Ansichten auseinander, die im Gegensatz zu seiner Einstellung standen. Er führte Diskussionen in Studentengemeinden und erwähnte […]

Biju Benjamin

Social Salvation and Humanization: The Concept of Salvation in the Writings of Walter Rauschenbusch and Madathilparampil Mammen Thomas

THEOS – Studienreihe Theologische Forschungsergebnisse

Walter Rauschenbusch (1861–1918) was a key figure in the Social Gospel movement that flourished in the United States during the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries. M. M. Thomas (1916–1996) tackled the social and political problems of India from a Christian perspective during the second half of the 20^th century.

Walter Rauschenbusch claimed that “the evils of one generation are caused by the wrongs of the generation that […]

Christogonus Onyekachi Keke

The Misery of Childless Marriage in Igbo Culture

Re-Consideration of Ecclesiastical Ethical Response to Cultural and Biomedical “Remedies”

Ethik in Forschung und Praxis

Infertility is a universal problem but the crisis it poses for Christian couples in the African cultural context differs from the experience in Western cultures. The root of the problem is the conflict in the understanding of marriage in African culture and the Christian marriage ethics, which makes it difficult for one to remain truly African and happily Christian in the faces of childless marriage. This work demonstrates this using the life context of the Igbo people of […]

Onyema Anozie

Theological Ethical Moral Series (TEMS) Vol. 2

Thanksgiving, Faith and Morality

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The Theological Ethical Moral Series (TEMS) Vol. 2 stresses that the need to thank God is more of a virtue, which should be learnt, than a law that prescribes. Virtue springs from life and forms it. The psalms indicate that thanksgiving is not only personal but communal, drawing from a happy reversal of events.

The Eucharist is the principal act of thanksgiving that Jesus Christ instituted. Though the Eucharist essentially is thanksgiving, this doesnt […]

Christopher Naseri

The Entry into Jerusalem According to the Gospel of Luke

A Critical and Historical Re-Examination

THEOS – Studienreihe Theologische Forschungsergebnisse

The account of the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem as narrated in the third Gospel (Luke 19,28-40) has its particular Lukan coloration that deserves to be explored.

Many authors have in the past years made considerable contributions in this area, but most of these studies have been made mainly in relation to all the four evangelists. Important Lukan themes therefore still call for attention regarding the account:

Vincent Moolan Kurian

Beyond Interreligious Tolerance

Mahatma Gandhi – Pioneer of Faith-Based Active Non-Violence as a Response to Oppression and Communal Violence

Ethik in Forschung und Praxis

This book is an exploration of the life and message of Mahatma Gandhi, “the apostle of non-violence“. It is not merely an academic study, but reflects people’s genuine thirst for searching authentic freedom in a world where inhuman, irreligious and unchristian spirit prevails. The spirit and vision of Mahatma Gandhi, the great son of Arsha-Bharata, who gave his life for tolerance and non-violence, and who treated all religions with the same spirit of respect and […]

Helmut Fuhrmann

Wissenschaft und Religion in den USA

Zur Problematik von Säkularisierungsprozessen im Amerika des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts

Exempla Americana

Religion und Religiosität haben in Politik und Gesellschaft der USA nie ihren Stellenwert verloren. Beide sind Teil einer wissenschaftsgeschichtlichen Tradition, der den von Max Weber postulierten Zusammenhang von Fortschritt und Rationalität als Indikatoren des Bedeutungsverlusts der Religion in Frage stellt.

Die konstruktive Koexistenz von Religion und Wissenschaft ist das umfassende Thema dieser Studie, eine Gedankenlinie, die vom Puritanismus über Jonathan […]

Onyema Anozie

Theological Ethical Moral Series (TEMS) Vol. 1

Essays on Community Ethics and Divine-Human-Relationship

THEOS – Studienreihe Theologische Forschungsergebnisse

Dieses Buch unterstreicht, dass die Entwicklung (des Menschen) integral sein sollte und nicht lediglich rational; sie sollte die unvergängliche Berufung des Menschen mit einschließen. Es wäre ein fataler Irrtum, eine Entwicklung zu erwägen, die lediglich den sozialen Aspekt des menschlichen Lebens hervorhebt und den geistigen Aspekt missachtet.

Dieses Buch zeigt auf, dass eine integrierte moralische Erziehung durch das Schulsystem während der ersten Jahre der […]

Benoy Joseph

Trinity as an All-embracing Reality

A Study Based on Raimon Panikkar‘s Understanding of Trinity

Schriften zur Religionswissenschaft

This book is an attempt to present Raimon Panikkar’s Trinitarian understanding. The Christian doctrine of the Trinity is seen as an underlying structure of all reality. The author tries to find the Trinitarian roots in the Cosmotheandric vision of Raimon Panikkar. The exposition shows how Panikkar retains the core of the truth of the Trinity and tries to reinterpret this truth in a relevant and intelligible manner to his eastern audience. In doing so Panikkar finds that […]

Godfrey Chukwunyere Oleri

The Dynamic Character of the Mass Media in the Evangelising Mission of the Church in Africa

With Particular Reference to the Nigerian Church

THEOS – Studienreihe Theologische Forschungsergebnisse

Godfrey Chukwunyere Oleri, a native of Umufor Amaimo in Ikeduru Local Government of Imo State was born on 30th Nov. 1958 in Enugu. He Studied philosophy at Bigard Memorial Seminary Ikot Ekpene/Nigeria (1980 –1984) and Theology at Bigard Memoral Seminary Enugu/Nigeria (1985-19899 before his ordination on 12th August 1989 for the catholic diocese of Enugu/Nigeria. He got his Licentiate in Theology in Trier University/Germany in 2004 and Doctorate in the same University in […]