Search for dissertations about: "Christology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the word Christology.

  2. 1. Aspects of Coherency in Luke’s Composite Christology

    Author : Daniel Gustafsson; James Anthony Kelhoffer; Cecilia Wassén; Mikael Winninge; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gospel of Luke; Christology; Narrative Criticism; Son of God; Messiah; Nya testamentets exegetik; New Testament Exegesis;

    Abstract : In presenting the life and teachings of Jesus and his function in salvation history, the authors of the New Testament Gospels employ a variety of motifs and titles drawn from earlier biblical literature as well as various strands of second temple Jewish literature. This study of Luke’s Christology investigates how such motifs merge and intertwine in ways that invite the reader to perceive a measure of coherency among those motifs. READ MORE

  4. 2. Constructivism, Essentialism, and the Between : Human Being and Vulnerability in Judith Butler, Steven Pinker and Colin Gunton

    Author : Joseph Sverker; Mattias Martinson; Katarina Westerlund; Stephen R. Holmes; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Judith Butler; Steven Pinker; Colin Gunton; theological anthropology; social constructivism; social constructionism; biologism; essentialism; biologist essentialism; evolution; school; differentiation; christology; doctrine of the Trinity; interpellation; evolutionary psychology; nature nurture; vulnerability; body; individual; person; individualism; personalism; kenosis; self-giving; recognition; feminism; relational ontology; weak ontology; relations; relationality; time; freedom; performativity; culture; environment; dependence; independence; Systematisk teologi med livsåskådningsforskning; Systematic Theology and Studies in Worldviews;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores the division between biology and the social by means of Christian theology. The question is approached by reading and interacting critical theorist Judith Butler, psycholinguist Steven Pinker and theologian Colin Gunton.With Gunton the author argues that a relational, but ‘weak’, ontology is needed. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Scriptures and the LORD : Formation and Significance of the Christian Biblical Canon. A Study in Text, Ritual and Interpretation

    Author : Tomas Bokedal; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion och teologi; Religious Studies and Theology; Kristendom; Christianity; history of doctrines; Irenaeus; Marcion; tradition; historical criticism; Hans-Georg Gadamer; 20th century theology; early church; Apostles Creed; revelation; christology; Word of God; inspiration; authority; narrative; interpretation; New Testament; Rule of Faith; ritual; liturgy; worship; oral tradition; codex format; nomina sacra; canonical criticism; textuality; text; semiotics; reception; Wirkungsgeschichte; hermeneutics; methodology; canon; Bible; theology; Paleography; bibliology; epigraphy; papyrology; Paleografi; epigrafik; papyrologi; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ; Bibelvetenskap; History of the Christian church; Kristna kyrkans historia;

    Abstract : This study explores the emergence of the Christian biblical canon and its significance for the early as well as for the contemporary church. Some major challenges to previous research on the biblical canon are presented. READ MORE

  6. 4. Jesus and the Forgiveness of Sins: An Aspect of His Prophetic Mission

    Author : Tobias Hägerland; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bible; New Testament; Gospels; historical Jesus; early Judaism; criteria; tradition; sin; forgiveness; christology; ecclesiology; priests; prophets; angels; blasphemy; healing; illness; faith; eschatology; restoration; Isaiah; Messiah; rhetoric; Progymnasmata; chreia; apomnemoneuma;

    Abstract : This study investigates the topic of forgiveness of sins in the mission of the historical Jesus. Gospel material that pertains to the question is authenticated by the use of criteria for historicity and interpreted within the wider context of first-century Judaism as part of a broader reconstruction of Jesus’ career as a healer and prophet. READ MORE

  7. 5. Towards a New Language : Christology in Early Modern Marathi, Konkani, and Hindustani

    Author : Pär Eliasson; Heinz Werner Wessler; Francis X. Clooney; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Hindu-Christian studies; comparative theology; interreligious; missiology; early modernity; translation studies; lexicography; Hindi; Hindustani; Konkani; Marathi; Jesuit; Capuchin; Thomas Stephens; Diogo Ribeiro; Ignazio Arcamone; Simão Gomes; François Marie de Tours; Joan Josua Ketelaar; Indology South Asian Studies; Indologi Sydasienkunskap;

    Abstract : This study examines the development of Christological discourses in Konkani, Marathi, and Hindustani in the 16th, 17th, and early 18th century. It explores a great deal of both Hindu and Christian sources, of which many are unedited and largely overlooked manuscripts. READ MORE