The term “theology” originates from the Greek words “theos,” meaning “God,” and “logos,” meaning “word,” “reason,” or “study.” From study, coursework, and life experiences, spiritual topics of interest appear here to share the content of more meaningful personal value. These topics are generally from a worldview around topics including scripture, tradition, application, history, and research and touch on personal interest and synthesis about the various branches of theology (systematics, biblical, historical, practical, and integrative).
The Holiness of God
In preparation for a time of in-depth study on sanctification, I intend to complete a series of posts about various readings and the gathering of research materials concerning the subject ... Read More
The Ordis Saeculum
The State and secular liberalism have an insatiable appetite for power to form policies, crave resources, shape humanistic social values, and largely cater to predatory economies, corporations, and institutions. Churches ... Read More
To Know and Love God
The following are chapter notes in the form of questions and answers that cover the subject matter of the book, "To Know and Love God." The book is a monograph ... Read More
Contours of Particularity
People's religious convictions inform their social, cultural, and political perspectives and preferences. What people highly care about is significantly influenced by what they believe, either through faith or humanistic concern ... Read More
The Pluralistic Hypothesis
“The Pluralistic Hypothesis” is a chapter in a book entitled An Interpretation of Religion: Human Responses to the Transcendent by John Hick. It concerns a defense of religious pluralism from ... Read More
The Unquenchable Thirst
Without guiding moral principles centered upon objective truth, political and social interests invariably serve a social and individual thirst for power, resources, wealth, and survival. In a fallen and sinful ... Read More
Vatican II & the Aggiornamento
Apparently, the Roman Catholic Church places little comparative weight upon the authority of Scripture as the apostolic, prophetic, and patriarchal witness to worship, the covenant proclamations, and obligations of God’s ... Read More
Totality of Self-Transcendence
The theology of transcendental Thomism in the 20th-century is a fascinating course of study among Catholics of the 19th and 20th-century. They more meaningfully sought to engage tradition and culture ... Read More
Barth & Bonhoeffer
The theologies of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer bring about an experience of wider knowledge concerning 20th-century theologians who were thought leaders in the arena of faith, freedom, and truth ... Read More
The Burden of Epistemic Reason
African American Christians who hold to any form of Liberation theology must come to understand and accept the biblical gospel that explicitly informs us of the redemptive work of Christ ... Read More
The Fruits of Disorder
For decades, since the 1960s, there has been a pressing desire for females to assert their status for equality, differences, or preeminence, depending upon what liberal philosopher, liberal theologian, or ... Read More
The Kerygma of Desideratum
The legacy of modernity and its challenges toward historical theology has brought a sense of relief and clarity as to the developments that have come about as a result. The ... Read More
The Locus of Triangulation
This post attempts to collect in one place various belief systems, traditions, and theologies by name and description. As an open-ended post, it will be edited over time to add, ... Read More
The State of Perdition
Historically, Christian Realism centers around the brothers Richard Niebuhr (1894-1962) and Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), who both were immersed in 20th-Century theology as influential thinkers of their time. They were both ... Read More
Dialectical Thought & Paradox
With the emergence and development of Dialectical theology, it is apparent that early German Reformers and Liberal theologians had a lasting and permanent influence upon 20th-century theology. The chapter stretches ... Read More
