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Abhishiktananda's non-monistic Advaitic experienceFriesen, John Glenn 01 January 2002 (has links)
The French Benedictine monk Henri Le Saux (Abhishikt.ananda) sought to establish an
Indian Christian monasticism, emphasizing Hindu ad1•aitic experience. He understood advaita
as both nondual and non-monistic. Using phenomenology and comparative philosophy. this
thesis explores his understanding and experience of advaita, comparing it to both traditional
Hinduism and neo-Vedanta, as well as to Christianity and Zen Buddhism. Abhishiktananda's
description of his experience is examined in relation to perception, thinking, action. ontology and
theology. Special attention is given Lo comparing the views of the Hindu sages RamaQa
Maharshi and Gnanananda, both of whom influenced Abbishiktananda.
Abhishiktananda believed that advaita must be directly experienced; this experience is
beyond all words and concepts. He compares Christian apophatic mysticism and Hindu
sannyiisa. This thesis examines his distinction between experience and thought in relation to
recent philosophical discussions.
Abhishiktananda radically reinterprets Christianity. His affirmation of both nonduality
and non-monism was influenced by Christian Trinitarianism, interpreted as an emanation of the
Many from the One. Jesus' experience of Sonship with the Father is an advaitic experience that
is equally available to everyone. Abhishiktananda believes that the early Upanishads report a
similar experience. A monistic interpretation of advaita only developed later with the
"dialectics" of Shankara's disciples. In non-monistic advaita, the world is not an illusion. Using
ideas derived from tantra and Kashmir Saivism, Abhishiktananda interprets mayii as the .fakti or
power of Shiva. He compares .fakti to the Holy Spirit.
Abhishiktananda distinguishes between a pure consciousness experience (nirvikalpa or
kel•ala samudhi) and a return to the world of diversity in sahaja samiidhi. Ramar:ta and
Gnanananda make a similar distinction. Sahaja samadhi is the state of the jf11anmukti, the one
who is liberated while still in the body; it is an experience that is referred to in tantra and in
Kashmir Saivi.\'m . Abhishiktananda never experienced nin•ikalpa samiidhi, but he did experience
sahaja sam&lhi.
The appendix provides one possible synthesis of Abhishiktananda's understanding of
advaita using the ideas of C. G. Jung. / Religious Studies / Thesis (D.Litt. et Phil.)
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A view on Russian evangelical soteriology: scripture or traditionKouznetsov, Viktor Matveyevich 01 January 2003 (has links)
The Russian Evangelical Soteriology as a phenomenon was evaluated in the dissertation.
The original Russian Evangelical confessions of faith and some other historical documents
of the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries are used to present the following
hypothesis. The historic fluidity of Soteriology of Russian Evangelica1s may only be
understood in the light of their consistent adherence to the principles of Sola Scriptura and the
Priesthood of all believers.
We come to conclusion that the existence of Russian Evangelical Soteriology is not a
question to be discussed, but a clear historical fact. We show that it has its past and present, a
well-defended subject of study with clear presuppositions, rather developed vision, and it is
unique as a phenomenon.
The major principles of this theology strictly devoted to the Scripture and a flexible
formulation of doctrines. We strongly insist that it is impossible without being eclectic
combine the Evangelical Soteriology of Scripture with the Orthodox Soteriology of Tradition.
The additional result of the study is the attempt to evaluate the possibility for a
reconstruction of Russian Evangelical Soteriology as a part of a self-identification process. / Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics / M. Th. (Systematic Theology)
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Pluraliteit binne die sewendedag-adventistekerkHorn, Ruan 30 November 2005 (has links)
Die doel van die verhandeling is om pluraliteit binne die Sewendedag-Adventistekerk aan te toon. Die konsep "pluraliteit" word gebruik om verskille en groepvorming aan te toon, terwyl die konsep "pluralisme" verwys na 'n ideologiese standpunt ten opsigte van pluraliteit. Verskille en groepvorming is kenmerkend van die Milleriete of Adventbeweging waaruit die Sewendedag-Adventistekerk ontwikkel het. Die oortuiging dat die Sewendedag-Adventistekerk die "oorblyfselkerk" is, lei daartoe dat Adventiste eksklusief aanspraak maak op die "waarheid". Gevolglik staan die "oorblyfselteologie" voor die uitdaging om verskille en groepvorming sinvol te verdiskonteer. Daar is tans polarisasie rondom verskillende sake. Sewendedag-Adventiste sal dit voordelig vind om dialoog te voer oor die moontlikhede wat 'n prakties-teologiese benadering bied in die hantering van pluraliteit. Teorievorming wat die empiriese werklikhede verdiskonteer sal bydra tot die ontwikkeling van 'n teologie wat kennis neem van die mens se behoeftes binne sy leefwêreld. Die benaderings van Van der Ven en Tracy word bespreek. / The aim of the dissertation is to create awareness regarding plurality within the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The concept "plurality" refers to differences and group forming, while "pluralism" refers to an ideological view regarding plurality. Differences and disputes were very much part of the Millerites or Advent movement out of which the Seventh-day Adventist Church developed. The conviction that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is God's remnant church leads to the exclusive "truth" claim of Adventists. Consequently, the remnant theology is facing the challenge to deal with differences and group forming in a constructive manner. Presently there is polarization within the church on various issues. Seventh-day Adventists will find it beneficial to dialogue about the opportunities that a practical-theological approach offers in dealing with plurality. Theory that accounts for empirical realities will contribute to the development of a theology that will be aware of the needs of people. There is a discussion of the approaches of Van der Ven and Tracy. / Practical Theology / M. Th. (Practical Theology)
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Pentecostal contributions to modern Christological thought: a synthesis with ecumenical viewsHouse, Sean David 30 November 2006 (has links)
Pentecostalism, which developed its essential character during the classical period of 1901-1916, has many significant contributions to make to modern theology. Often viewed as a type of fundamentalism, it is actually a theological tradition in its
own right that deserves consideration along with the other two major streams of
protestantism, conservative evangelicalism and more liberal ecumenical-mainline thought. Although it emphasizes the experience of the Holy Spirit, pentecostalism is highly Christocentric as is evidenced by its foundational symbol of faith, the fourfold gospel of Jesus as savior, healer, baptizer, and coming king. This work examines how
the pentecostal fourfold gospel, as a functional, from below Spirit Christology, anticipates and intersects with trends in twentieth century ecumenical theological thought. The result of the study is the articulation of a fuller, more holistic understanding of the work of Christ in salvation in the world today. / Systematic Theology & Theological Ethics / M. Th. (Systematic Theology)
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The ministry of deliverance in the Reformed Church in AmericaOoms, Russell Dean 02 1900 (has links)
This dissertation lays out some of the current attitudes and understandings in the Reformed
Church in America in regards to the ministry of deliverance. The arguments laid out are
supported by what is currently happening in deliverance ministry across the United States and
in-depth interviews with Reformed Church in America pastors. Differences in how we
understand the terminology involved in this ministry were also briefly looked at. Deliverance
ministry within the Reformed church is hampered by issues of fear and uncertainty, lack of
knowledge or understanding and issues of world view. Many RCA pastors are open to this
ministry although very few have actually engaged in deliverance with a person. RCA pastors
tend to lean more toward psychological answers than they do spiritual ones. / Thesis (M. Th. (Practical Theology))
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A theological analysis of what sin would be in virtual realityNortjé, Johannes Andries 11 1900 (has links)
The genre affiliation is a postmodern study: Virtual Reality (VR) becomes a comprehensive
concept, in the face of modernism's illusion, when rhetoric validates all discourses. All is VR.
The study is in three sections with an overall introduction and conclusion: the first section
introduces VR in its postmodern setting, the second section establishes the postmodern
timeless/spaceless paradigm of HyperReality in which all Hermeneutics are being done from,
the last section draws the paradigm into the Creatio Ex Nihilio discourse of the Scriptures.
The proposed theological model is an intratextual theological model, however when
YAHWEH precedes language then all discourses become intratextually part of the Biblical
discourse. Human creativity is a metaphorical journey; the Fall was the outset of two
languages, one in the presence of YAHWEH, while the other one void of this presence led to
a nihilistic abstract constellation. Sin in VR is the unbiblical appropriation of this constellation. / Thesis (M.Th.)
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Creeping crusade : interpretation, discourse and ideology in the left behind corpus, rhetoric and society in the light of revelation 7Mollett, Margaret 02 1900 (has links)
While the Left Behind Corpus may be commended for being an effective tool for evangelism, the question arises of whether or not its themes engender a theology of extermination, indeed a creeping crusade; “creeping” in the sense of it being a movement of stealth and not one of high visibility – “crusade” in the sense of a militaristic movement, similar to that of the medieval crusades.
I span my research across three artefacts in the LB Corpus in terms of its embedded interpretation, discourse and ideology; in fact three separate entities for explanatory purposes, but in effect they form a single entity of interaction and cross-production. I am therefore extending many niches of research and critical discourse to what I envisage as the wider context of the LB Corpus: its potential for social construction, and its enigmatic connections with other apocalyptic-driven and crusade-like movements. Based as it is on “consistent literalism,” the LB Corpus can only be countered by an exegetical approach that situates the foundational text for the Left Behind phenomenon, Revelation 7, in its historical setting, while taking cognisance of the particularities of early Christianity, with its Jewish heritage lived out in a Graeco-Roman environment.
In offering an alternative reading, I take some cues from Vernon Robbins‟ socio-rhetorical approach and draw from perspectives of theorists across several disciplinary fields in pointing out anomalies in a consistent literalism driven interpretation of Revelation 7. / New Testament / Thesis (D.Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Studies))
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An evaluation of the modern church in light of the early church : the case of Seventh Day Adventist Church in the Democratic Republic of CongoKakule, Mithimbo Paul 11 1900 (has links)
One of the concerns of the modern Christian church and dissident groups is to
ensure that the Church's fundamental doctrines, leadership, women's ministries
and religious practices conform with the early apostolic church teachings.
In this study the writer offers a comprehensive and detailed evaluation of the
modern church in the light of the early church. The case of the modern Seventhday
Adventist (SDA) Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and
worldwide is examined and compared, basing its survey on numerous published
and unpublished documents from a combined use of primary, secondary
materials and individual statements.
Setting the early history of the SDA Church within the religious context of
nineteenth-century America, the writer describes how SDA doctrines, leadership,
women's ministries and religious practices link with those beliefs and practices in
the early apostolic church, showing whether the SDA Church has departed from
the early apostolic church’s Biblical, timeless principles or not.
Several pertinent issues however have stirred up as much controversy in recent
years within the Adventist dissident groups as that of the women’s ministries in
the church, the righteousness by faith doctrine, the monarchical leadership, and
various religious practices. Nevertheless, in the light of the early apostolic
teaching, some enlightenment has been achieved, and several critical
accusations from dissident groups were illuminated and confirmed.The accusation regarding the deterioration of Biblical doctrines appears not to
have been confirmed by the Biblical evaluation and the lifestyle of the SDA
believers. Rather, concerning this issue, it is confirmed that in the DRC and
worldwide, the SDA Church has not departed from the fundamental doctrines of
the early Apostolic church. / Thesis (D. TH. (Church History))
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Theories of atonement and the development of soteriological paradigms : implications of a pentecostal appropriation of the Christus Victor modelHouse, Sean David 11 1900 (has links)
Atonement theories have great implications for the soteriological paradigms
associated with them, but their significance has not always been recognized in the
formulation of theological systems, the lack of dogmatic definition by ecumenical
council encouraging diversification and isolation from other doctrinal loci. The
strongest coherence between an atonement model and soteriology can be seen in the
reformed tradition, and its theory of penal substitution has become the standard
accepted by many non-reformed protestant groups, including classical pentecostalism.
Tensions persist in the theological system of pentecostalism because of its pairing of
penal substitution with the soteriological paradigm of its foundational symbol of faith,
the full gospel of Jesus as savior, sanctifier, baptizer with the Spirit, healer, and
coming king. This vision of salvation is broader than that of protestant orthodoxy,
which through its atonement theory deleteriously separates the death of Christ from
his work in life and strictly limits the subjects and nature of salvation, specifically to
addressal of elect individuals’ sins. It is proposed that this tension within the
pentecostal system be relieved not through a reduction of its soteriology but a
retrieval of the Christus victor model, the atonement theory of the ancient and Eastern
church. As reintroduced to the Western church by G. Aulén, this model interprets the
saving work of Christ along two lines: recapitulation, the summing up and saving of
humanity via the incarnation, and ransom, the deliverance of humanity from the
hostile powers holding it in bondage. In a contemporary, pentecostal appropriation of
this model, aid is taken from K. Barth’s concept of nothingness to partially
demythologize the cosmic conflict of the Bible, and pentecostalism reinvigorates the
Eastern paradigm of salvation as theosis or Christification via the expectation of the
replication of Christ’s ministry in the Christian. The study shows Christus victor can
give a more stable base for a broader soteriology that is concerned with the holistic
renewal of the human person. To demonstrate the developed model’s vigor and
applicability beyond pentecostalism, the study closes by bringing it into conversation
with the concerns of three contemporary theological movements. / Philosophy & Systematic Theology / D. Th. (Systematic Theology)
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Johannese perspektiewe oor inklusiwiteit en eksklusiwiteit van verlossing / Johannine perspectives on inclusivity and exclusivity of salvationRousseau, Pieter Abraham 06 1900 (has links)
Die Johannese geskrifte (Evangelie en Briewe) word veralgemenend binne
die Christendom gelees en die uniekheidsbeklemtoninge ten opsigte van
Jesus as enige Verlosser word ook so verstaan.
Hierdie hoofsaaklik sosiaal-wetenskaplike ondersoek was gefokus op Johannes
se aansprake ten opsigte van Jesus en is gedoen om bewus te maak
van die sosiaal-kulturele onderbou van die geskrifte. As sodanig is dit bedoe!
om heuristies in te werk ten einde bestaande hermeneuse beter te dien
sodat die boodskap van die Nuwe Testament effektiewer oorgedra kan
word. Dit is ook gepoog om bevindinge uit die studie deur te trek na die gesekulariseerde
samelewing en pluralistiese religieuse standpunt wat te Iande
bestaan.
Die teksgedeeltes wat eksegeties ondersoek is, bevat die aspekte van aanvaarding
of verwerping van Jesus as die unieke Godsagent wat ewige /ewe
meedeel. Dit het geblyk dat die begrip in Johannes nie net op oneindigheid
in die hiemamaals dui nie, maar veral op kwaliteit in die hede. Johannes se
postulaat is dat Jesus konstant hierdie lewe meedeel aan hulle wat in Hom
glo.
Die vraag na relevansie van 'n religie uit Judaistiese oorsprong in 'n AfroWesterse
samelewing en kultuur is vanuit die aspekte van kulturele relatiwisme
en relatiwiteit hanteer. Dit word aanvaar dat die ingrype van God
deur Jesus Christus binne die Israelitiese volksmilieu en Mediterreense kultuur
plaasgevind het, maar dat dit wat Johannes aan sy lesers herbevestig
het, vir aile mense relevant is. Jesus is die unieke Godsagent wat ewige
lewe meedeel, wat, as sodanig, nie menslike sterflikheid negeer nie, maar
dit transendeer. / The social-scientific research for this treatise concentrated on John's assertion of Jesus'
uniqueness. The selected Scripture portions for exegesis contain the aspects of receiving
or rejecting Him as God's Agent who bestows eternal life. Eternal lifo in John
does not so much denote never ending life, but rather excellent quality of life in the present.
The relevancy of a religion from a Judaistic origin in an Afro-Western cultural society
was treated on the aspects of cultural relativism and cultural relativity. The conclusion
accedes to the fact that God's interaction with man in the person of Jesus Christ took
place within an Israelite national milieu and Mediterranean culture, but what John reasserted
is relevant for all time- the life that Jesus bestows does not negate mortality,
but transcends it. / New Testament / M. Th. (Nuwe Testament)
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