There's a stronger and more kind of controversial element of Plotinus' view of matter, which is that he actually identifies it with… — Peter Adamson Copy Share Image
“When we look at the frailties of the human mind and the apparent disinterest by the multitude to do the very hard… — Brian Goedken Copy Share Image
“. . . the mysteries, on belief in which theology would hang the destinies of mankind, are cunningly devised fables whose origin… — Edward Clodd Copy Share Image
Reformed theology belongs to this confessional tradition, and Reformed theologians and churches continue to write confessions even today. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
I wrote a story for my kids. It's fiction. It's not systematic theology. It's not a new book of the Bible. It's… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
The fact that astronomies change while the stars abide is a true analogy of every realm of human life and thought, religion… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
Every faith uses some kind of tool to understand itself better. Faith seeks understanding. The Western tradition has used philosophy to understand… — Francis George Copy Share Image
In The Lost Message of Jesus I claim that penal substitution is tantamount to 'child abuse - a vengeful Father punishing his… — Steve Chalke Copy Share Image
Formal theological teaching in Africa is deeply rooted in the Western missionary movement . However, in practice, the church wrestles with how… — Ed McBain Copy Share Image
“One great idea of the biblical revelation is that God is manifest in the ordinary, in the actual, in the daily, in… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“God, Lincoln believed, is seen more clearly events that in nature, though He maybe seen there also. It is a majestic thing,… — Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
“The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The hope of science is the perfection of the human race. The hope of theology is the salvation of a few, and… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Calvinism emphasizes divine sovereignty and free grace; Arminianism emphasizes human responsibility. The one restricts the saving grace to the elect; the other… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“...Calvinism has a sharply-defined starting-point of its own for the three fundamental relations of all human existence: viz., our relation to God,… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
If we move in the direction of biblial absolutism how can we escape turning the New Testament into a Christian Torah and… — Robert D. Brinsmead Copy Share Image
“As a rule, theologians know nothing of this world, and far less of the next; but they have the power of stating… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
There is the view I call penal non-substitution, or the penal example view. (It is also called the Governmental View in textbooks… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
The 'law of wills and causes,' formulated by Comte, . . . is that when men do not know the natural causes… — Andrew Dickson White Copy Share Image
When you're writing theology, you have to say everything all the time, otherwise people think you've deliberately missed something out. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
As far as I know, Clifford Pickover is the first mathematician to write a book about areas where math and theology overlap.… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
From it genesis twelve hundred years ago to today, Islamic philosophy (al-hikmah; al-falsafah) has been one of the major intellectual traditions within… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
Theology is-- or should be-- a species of poetry,which read quickly or encountered in a hubbub of noise makes no sense. You… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
