Extract – The Place of Reason in Christian Ethics
The specification states “Christian ethics must be a combination of biblical teaching, Church teaching and human reason”. The specification omits to mention…
Read MoreExtract – The Commands of Christ
Under ‘Knowledge” the specification states “Jesus’ only command was to love and that human reason must decide how best to apply this”. However…
Read MoreExtract Revelation 20 & 21
Revelation 20:2-6 New King James Version (NKJV) 2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound…
Read MoreExtract – Liberation Theology and a new view of man
source Joseph Laishley As Gutierrez puts it: Theology as critical reflection on historical praxis is a liberating theology…it does not stop with…
Read MoreSuggested Reading: Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith 1984
source The Gospel of Jesus Christ is a message of freedom and a force for liberation. In recent years, this essential…
Read MoreExtract – Evangelii Nuntiandi 1975
source Papal Encyclical Evangelii Nuntiando 1975 29. But evangelisation would not be complete if it did not take account of the…
Read MoreExtract Jon Sobrino and A Preferential Option for the Poor
source Thang Nhat Nguyen – A Preferential option for the poor in Jon Sobrino’s Theology As Gustavo Gutiérrez asserts, “theology must…
Read MoreExtract Hegel on Objectification and Alienation
source For Hegel, what all human beings have in common – what makes them human – is ‘mind’ (reason, thought). Moreover,…
Read MoreExtract: An Analysis of No Religion
source It is easy to imagine the rise of ‘no religion’ being driven by personal crises of faith in which adults…
Read MoreExtract: CS Lewis on Natural Theology
I was taught at school, when I had done a sum, to “prove my answer”. The proof or verification of my…
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