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Abigail Johnson

Reflecting with God

2004

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Chapter 6: Outward Ripples S. 91-110

„… daily routines feel far removed from the concerns of God-concerns that include tides of history, social …” „… Creative War.ship (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1980), 51-56. 91 92 Reil ecting with God activities for fun …” „… part of a faith community offers opportunities to deepen a sense of God's presence through the gathered …”

Chapter 1: A Call to Be Faithful S. 1-14

„… faithful member of her local congregation, she often wonders how God's spirit is at work in the various …” „… adult-education programs. Likewise, Connor, a dedicated teacher, tries to connect his love of God with his love …” „… with God than simply dealing with the content of mathematics, reading, and social science. Teaching …”

Chapter 2: An Ancient and Ever-Unfolding Story S. 15-38

„… his call to ministry. Jesus began a new ministry, rooted in his love for God-a ministry lived through …” „… tried to see others as God might see them, as beloved children of God-an easier exercise when thinking …” „… , Lord, God-made-flesh, shepherd, brother, lover. We are steeped in theological language and theological …”

Chapter 4: Heart of the Matter S. 59-72

„… process and sharing with God-the God who knows us intimately, the God from whom we cannot hide, who loves …” „… reflection. This chapter offers an outline titled "Reflecting with God" (pages 62-63), and a description of …” „… how this process works. "Reflecting with God" is a series of questions to encourage reflection that …”

Preface

„… Reflecting with God Reflecting with God Connecting Faith and Daily Lifr in Small Groups ABIGAIL …” „… of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johnson, Abigail. Reflecting with God : connecting faith …” „… God do we sense the presence of God in this situation?" the group responded with awkward silence-and …”

Chapter 3: Life of the Group S. 39-58

„… controlled but rather led in an open and consultative fashion. 39 40 Reflectingwith God If you are an …” „… example, a learning goal could be an effort to increase awareness of God's spirit of grace in the group …” „… are thirsty for a greater awareness of God's presence in their lives. If they do not find a …”

Bibliography S. 115-124

„… ministry of all God's people, focused on people's ministry outside the institutional church. Diehl, William …” „… church to affirm and support the ministry of the laity in the workplace. 115 116 Reflecting with God …” „… language of business, it is an excellent exploration of ministry. ---. Thank God It's Monday. Philadelphia …”

Chapter 5: Wrinkles in the Fabric S. 73-90

„… group. Working through the tension brings greater insight into how 73 74 Reflecting with God each of us …” „… prayer life, too. After offering thoughts to God, messages of thanksgiving and intercession, a time of …” „… silence makes space for God's voice to be heard. Being silent can be healing. When accompanying people in …”

Appendix S. 111-114

„… theological reflection presentations. • Hand out"Reflecting with God." • End with wrap-up. • Close with prayer …” „… . • End with wrap-up. • Close with prayer, meditation, or poem. 111 112 Reflecting with God SUBSEQUENT …” „… economic issues are at work? 4. Making Faith Connections: Finding God at Work in This Event To make faith …”

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Corinne Ware

Connecting to God

1997

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CHAPTER 4: The Practice of Prayer S. 31-48

„… presence of God. It may, indeed, be quite formal, as we experience in public places when someone rises to …” „… give verbal expression on behalf of the group. It can be as private as feeling the closeness of God …” „… experience. All yearning toward God is legitimate prayer. Most writers who discuss kinds of prayer list …”

CHAPTER 9: Commencement S. 95-102

„… long-term purpose, enables the quest for nearness to God. The group's intent is to connect with that …” „… they do to make a case for the worship of God. Something is missing here. A Call to Competence In a …” „… contemporary always stirs up anxiety when we don't know what we think about God's reality. It is not difficult …”

CHAPTER 1: Do I Really Want to "Be Spiritual"? S. 1-9

„… . But the spiritual is more than a trend or a location. It involves the God-shaped space found in the …” „… definition of spirituality is simply "connecting to God." That may seem too simple, but give it a chance; let …” „… . How does a person or a group develop and increase capacity to experience God? We imagine there must be …”

CHAPTER 2: Spiritual Formation: Individual and Group Approaches S. 10-21

„… spiritual ancestors had made a vigorous and intentional effort to grow toward God. They had sought teachers …” „… , spent time in silent retreats, and had gathered with like-minded Connecting to God 11 seekers. Whether …” „… maintaining our connection with God. The Hebrew scriptures are filled with powerful figures who arrive on the …”

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„… , hunts, tries to ferret out the track on which God may be found. Meister Johannes Eckhart CONTENTS …” „… Notes 103 FOREWORD The issue addressed by this book, how to connect to God, is a personal issue for me …” „… and as a young adult. How can I be open to what God wants to do with me? After deciding to enter the …”

CHAPTER 6: Sharing the Journey S. 70-75

„… the lives of others), we become willing to speak the truth about our lives and God's interaction with …” „… ." Connecting to God 71 Focusing on the Study There will occasionally be a desire to reflect further on how the …” „… their own lives that are affecting their understanding of God or their closeness to and distance from …”

CHAPTER 8: Safeguards S. 86-94

„… other commitments want to know they can Connecting to God 87 depend on the schedule. If coffee or tea is …” „… . This is a meeting of people who want to experience greater closeness to God in their lives. The one …” „… voices of others, but for the voice of God. This man or woman may be less than expert in the spiritual …”

CHAPTER 5: "Read, Mark, and Inwardly Digest" S. 49-69

„… Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen …” „… of God and others who tell of God. The goal of the group's study is to widen and enrich: widen their …” „… pervasive and interactive influence of God in the lives of people. We can only do what we can first imagine …”

CHAPTER 7: Making a "Rule" S. 76-85

„… rule, is a practical approach to living a more stress-free and God-connected life while being immersed …” „… into a pattern of God-awareness, i.e., a rule of life. The feature most often associated with a rule …” „… ! Connecting to God 77 Patterns in the Past Structuring one's day to spiritual ends is an ancient practice. One …”

NOTES S. 103-111

„… Religion (Newark, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996). Chapter 1 1. Karen Armstrong, A History of God: The …” „… . Bill Moyers (New York: Doubleday, 1993), 347. Connecting to God 105 10. Ulanov, Primary Speech, 3. 11 …” „… ). 15. Thomas Keating, Intimacy with God (New York: Crossroad, 1995). 16. Thomas Keating, Spiritual …”

CHAPTER 3: What Happensin a Spiritual Formation Group? S. 22-30

„… us can know beyond doubt what God's Spirit will say or will form in our life or the life of another …” „… friendly, providing a time for inquirers to get a feel for Connecting to God 23 what this particular …” „… prominent in scripture. ("My soul waits in silence for God only" [Ps. 62: 1 ]; "And Isaac went out to …”

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Daniel Heider, Claus A. Andersen - Cognitive Issues in the Long Scotist Tradition

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Cognitive Issues in the Long Scotist Tradition

Series: Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy (MediPhil)

Volume 5 2023

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Giorgio Pini In God's Mind S. 97-118

„… In God’s MindDivine Cognition in Duns Scotus and Some Early ScotistsGiorgio PiniIntroductionCan God …” „… . To see where theproblem lies, let us consider these four theses :(1) Divine omniscience: God knows …” „… everything;(2) Divine aseity: God is prior to (and so independent of) anything differ-ent from himself ;(3 …”

Damian Park The Non-Beatific Vision of God in the Present Life S. 143-176

„… . Pini, “Can GodCreate My Thoughts?,” 56–61, understands the intentionality expressed in the relation of …” „… does not belong to thequiddity of God.The Non-Beatific Vision of God in the Present Life 171Otherwise …” „… , one has to be content with an indirect kind of knowledge about God.As Mayronis presents …”

Roberto Hofmeister Pich Alfonso Briceño on Cognition, Distinction, and the Knowledge of God S. 267-298

„… Alfonso Briceño on Cognition, Distinction,and the Knowledge of GodRoberto Hofmeister …” „… 2 (about the unity of God),DRR2 as the performance of an intellect that represents something through …” „… Scotus’s theology, and systematicallyreconstructs Scotus’s theology as a metaphysical doctrine of God …”

Claus A. Andersen Decretum Concomitans S. 333-364

„… thekey elements under discussion, i. e., either the predetermining element (God’sinfinite power) or the …” „… also explains that God’s free volition, as a vital act, is in fact God’svery substance). For a possible …” „… same model applies both to God’sknowledge of possibles and to His knowledge of contingent future events …”

Richard Cross Esse intentionale in Some Early Scotists S. 205-228

„… God’s act of knowledge, or as somethingthat is in some minimal sense ‘produced’ by God:[Something …” „… is not presupposed to God’sact of cognition, but is rather produced by it, or dependent on it, as a …” „… intentional being of the eternal objects of God’s knowledge as some-thing that in some sense ‘depends’ on …”

Lukás Novák Making Room for the Virtual Distinction S. 299-332

„… to more than one category or to a category and to God,only require a potential distinction in the …” „… dispositionalsameness/similarity” is an ad hoc construction, designed only to reconcile God’ssimplicity with the univocity of being …” „… to God,and therefore there must be common natures separated from the differentiatingdifferentiae ex …”

Ueli Zahnd The Epistemological Limits of Religious Images S. 367-392

„… less fitting than to wish to reduce God,who is immeasurable and incomprehensible, to the five-foot …” „… , Ord. II, dist. 3, p. 2, q. 2, where he denies that the image of God inangels can be a source of their …” „… cognizing God, see LaZella, “Remainders and Reminders of theDivine.”lical authority with, in particular, the …”

Arthur Huiban Melanchthon and the Will S. 393-416

„… the love of God having been engraved intosuch a pure and godly heart.7066 Scheible, Melanchthon, 21–22 …” „… ’ with whichanyone seeking the ‘pure Word of God’ should break.2 Finally, this hypothesiswould be …” „… , Ockham and the others can be mixed upall together and opposed to the ‘purity of the Word of God.’10 But …”

Giovanni Geller: Univocity of Being, the Cogito and Idealism in Johannes Clauberg (1622–1665) S. 417-446

„… , in God and creatures, and in all and each individual beings, in itsown proper way.†7 Carraud …” „… God and creatures and in corpo-real and incorporeal things.17 Clauberg’s more immediate background …” „… “pure” concept of being which is indifferent to God and creaturesand exists only in the human mind. This …”

Francesco Fiorentino Esse cognitum and Divine Ideas in the First Two Centuries of Scotism S. 229-266

„… divine essence; God’snecessary and true knowledge has as its primary object the essence of God, andas the …” „… secondary object everything that is other than God. On this model, Godcomes to know His secondary objects …” „… Candia intends to elevate God’sknowledge to supersimplicity and superindivisibility, following a …”

Claus A. Andersen Short Introduction to a Long Tradition – And to this Volume S. 9-30

„… beatific about it, being rather just, in Park’s words, “an en-counter with God.”The success of Duns …” „… contribution, “In God’s Mind – Divine Cognition in Duns Sco-tus and Some Early Scotists,” Giorgio Pini focuses …” „… Vision of God in the Present Life – Franciscus deMayronis’s Relational Theory of Cognition,” only that …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-6

„… CognitionGiorgio Pini: In God’s Mind. Divine Cognition in Duns Scotusand Some Early Scotists …” „… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Roberto Hofmeister Pich: Alfonso Briceño on Cognition, Distinction,and the Knowledge of God …” „… William of Alnwick . . . . 119Damian Park, O. F. M.: The Non-Beatific Vision of Godin the Present Life …”

Anna Tropia Francisco Macedo on Intuitive and Abstractive Cognition S. 177-202

„… difference between theangel and the human soul is that “the angelic species are infused by God, where-as the …” „… God; beside the refer-ential work by Trottmann, La vision béatifique, see also Pini, “Il dibattito …” „… sulle specie intellegi-bili,” 281–91, and Krause, Thomas Aquinas on Seeing God.184 Anna Tropiabetween …”

David González Ginocchio The Estimative Faculty in Scotus and Scotism S. 65-94

„… that God could provide such a species.Just like Scotus, they admit an animal may acquire knowledge of …” „… nature, since all living beings are directedby instinct (i. e., by God ut authore naturae), as we see …” „… . This does not presuppose that God induces unsensed species, butrather “they operate just by natural …”

Daniel Heider Suárez vs. Mastri and Belluto on Species in the Internal Sense S. 33-64

„… Lobkowitz (1606–1682) would later argue that a golden mountain is not impossible, since God could make one …” „… species are infused in brutes by God.67 This opinion is a mere62 Mastrius / Bellutus, In DA, disp. 5, q. 8 …” „… of intentions by ‘meta-physical elevators,’ such as angels or God, and they also reject the view that …”

Index of Names S. 449-456

„… , Sabine 205Fonseca, Pedro da 34, 356, 431Fontaines, Godfrey of 120, 130Forlivesi, Marco 10, 13 f., 18, 33 …”

Marina Fedeli The Species Intelligibilis in the Cognitive Process in Early Scotism S. 119-142

„… , Godfrey of Fontaines, and Peter John Olivideny the need for the intelligible species in the process of …” „… universal, as a proximate subject.39 Alnwick does not godeeper into this question, which makes it difficult …” „… his various Commentarieson the Sentences in response to Henry of Ghent’s and Godfrey of Fontaines’sin …”

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In God's Presence

2010

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Chapter 3 What Are We Trying to Do? S. 61-82

„… expressing love and devotion between the worshiper and Godis one of the most universally popular …” „… between God and us. It felt bereft of passion. Knowing the couple, I can attest that they definitely had …” „… experience of connecting with God. So I was surprised to encounter Christ in that wedding. What made the …”

Chapter 2 Tradition or Culture―Which One? S. 35-60

„… in these practices opens us to God by immersing us in sacred activities that help us become more …” „… available to God at our deepest levels-levels that go beyond conscious awareness. We in the mainline church …” „… away from it in the late 1800s. Before 35 36 IN GOD'S PRESENCE the split, the original church was a …”

Chapter 1 Where's the Holy? S. 9-34

„… Creator, then worship is no longer God-focused. I believe that the main reason congregations neglect the …” „… Godfocused or us-focused misses the mark. The most powerful worship actually is relationship-focused. It …” „… find God in nature; in my children; in my friendships; in good food, laughter, and life. Getting up …”

Chapter 4 Understanding Our Era S. 83-106

„… Christendom are still apparent in our culture. In the southeastern United States, a Christendom 83 84 IN GOD …” „… 86 IN GOD'S PRESENCE were talking about. People would try to describe postmodernism using terms such …” „… we should 88 IN GOD'S PRESENCE seek." The physicist could say, "There is only a physical truth in the …”

Chapter 5 Integrated Worship S. 107-132

„… clear communication of ideas, and the clearest books often best help us 107 1 08 IN GOD'S PRESENCE …” „… with intimations of an as-110 IN GOD'S PRESENCE tounding destiny, calling us home unto Itself. Yielding …” „… birth within us. It is a Light Within which illumines the face of God and casts new shadows and new …”

Introduction S. 1-8

„… God. My primary question has always been about what in worship makes that connection most powerful. In …” „… that most churches don't think much about how to connect people with God. Instead, many seem to have …” „… means is that few churches seem to ask the key questions: does our worship help people experience God …”

Chapter 6 Leading a Church toward Holy Worship S. 133-156

„… what they may have to do. But even Goddirected transformations evoke defensiveness. Strategy 1 : Make …” „… . A lot of that 133 1 34 IN GOD'S PRESENCE conflict has been unnecessary. Most struggling churches …” „… that this worship is God's will and that they have to be more seeker-oriented. This statement probably …”

Preface

„… 978-1-56699-405-7 1. Public worship. 2. God--Worship and love. I. Alban Institute. II. Title. BV15.56915 2010 264 …” „… IN GOD'S PRESENCE •• • IN GOD'S PRESENCE ENCOUNTERING, EXPERIENCING, AND EMBRACING THE HOLY IN …” „… Cataloging-in-Publication Data Standish, N. Graham, 1959-In God's presence : encountering, experiencing, and embracing the …”

Notes S. 157-160

„… : HarperSanFrancisco, 1992), pg. 3. 157 158 IN GOD'S PRESENCE 5 . Van Kaam, Formative Spirituality, 262. Van Kaam uses …”

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Daniel Gerster, Michael Krüggeler - God's Own Gender?

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God's Own Gender?

Series: Religion in der Gesellschaft

Volume 44 2018

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Björn Krondorfer God’s Hinder Parts and Masculinity’s Troubled Fragmentations: Trajectories of ‘Critical Men’s Studies in Religion’ S. 281-300

„… – like patriarchy, androcentrism, the oppression of women, heterosexism, masculinist God-language …” „… 5. Further Considerations God’s Hinder Parts and Masculinity’s Troubled Fragmentations …” „… : Trajectories of ‘Critical Men’s Studies in Religion’ Björn Krondorfer We find a curious passage about God’s …”

John Powers The Gendered Buddha: Neither God Nor Man, But Supremely Manly S. 245-264

„… The Gendered Buddha: Neither God Nor Man, But Supremely Manly John Powers Discussions of the …” „… one is concerned with what sort of being the Buddha is. Doṇa asks: “Are you a god (dibba; Skt. deva …” „… existence. He has been a god, a human, an animal, a hell-being, an insect, and a hungry spirit (peta; Skt …”

Ruth Mazo Karras David and Bathsheba: Masculine Sexuality in Medieval Judaism and Christianity S. 201-218

„… David’s character. For Christians, the key was repen‐ tance, whereas for Jews it was obedience to God. 4 …” „… marries her, and she bears a son. However, God is angry with David. Nathan the Prophet goes to David and …” „… should be condemned to death. Nathan says that God gave David the two kingdoms, and all Saul’s wives, and …”

Renate Syed “Honesty, bravery, self-control”: Constructions of Masculinities in India S. 265-280

„… . And Hindu tradition not only acknowledges goddesses and gods, but even includes Śiva in his form of …” „… gods and goddesses of early Brahmanism and later Hinduism are, in certain mythological contexts and in …” „… determined, but also as god-given (since gods control nature) and metaphysically legitimized, and therefore …”

Amanullah De Sondy The Crisis of Islamic Masculinities: A Far-Reaching Field of Inquiry S. 135-146

„… prophet Muhammad are an issue of contentious debate both in terms of his vocation of submitting to God and …” „… that Muhammad’s main mission was to serve God and have others do the same. During the contemporary …” „… strengthening his relationship of submission to God and not to any other human being. This may further challenge …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-6

„… God’s Own Gender? Daniel Gerster and Michael Krüggeler (Eds) RELIGION IN DER GESELLSCHAFT …” „… , Monika Wohlrab-Sahr Band 44 ERGON VERLAG God’s Own Gender? Edited by Daniel Gerster and Michael Krüggeler …” „… : Hegemonic and Fluid ................................. 221 John Powers The Gendered Buddha: Neither God Nor …”

Admiel Kosman An Overview of Masculinity in Judaism: A Bibliographical Essay S. 147-184

„… the Godhead in the Kabbalah; see Roi 2003 (see also below, n. 57); on God as giving suck from His …” „… that Judaism generally sees God as a male figure;2 the progenitors of the nation are all males; the …” „… individual who, according to Jewish tradition, first received the Torah from God is a male leader (Moses);3 …”

Matthias Morgenstern Images of the Feminine Jewish Man. Concepts and Debates on Masculinities in Rabbinic Literature and Talmudic Culture S. 185-200

„… enthusiasm for their God-serving calling, and that this calling runs less risk in their case than in that of …” „… God. Nor do they uphold the construction of the oral Torah (as codified in the Talmud und midrash …” „… God to the people of Israel on Mount Sinai can be subdivided into different categories. Contrary to …”

Serinity Young South Asian Masculinities: Hegemonic and Fluid S. 219-244

„… , Frédérique Apffel (1985): Wives of the God-King. Delhi: Oxford University Press. Menon, Ritu / Bhasin, Kamila …” „… , especially as it models the gods’ own battles with demons, and promising a place in heaven complete with the …” „… into womanhood. The sexual ambivalence of the god Śiva, who is both the great celibate ascetic and the …”

Daniel Gerster, Michael Krüggeler Masculinities in World Religions. Some Introductory Remarks S. 7-36

„… prominent po‐ sition of men in church and society. Not without reason was and is God often understood and …” „… that “God is our father; even more, he is our mother”.7 The image that we have chosen for our book …” „… also take a historical perspective and point to the fact that the image of God in ‘man’ depicted in the …”

Felix Krämer Good News: Moral Masculinity, Whiteness, and the Media in Contemporary US History S. 65-84

„… strong hands and with the help of God. All of a sudden, politicizing pastors appeared as people of faith …” „… Pastor Jerry Falwell when interviewed: “I think he’s God’s man for the hour”. A young man said: “I think …” „… of national identity at the heart of its Christian faith and confidently hoped that only by God’s …”

Acknowledgements S. 301-302

„… Acknowledgements This volume publishes the contributions to the conference God’s Own Gender …”

Yvonne Maria Werner Concepts, Ideas, and Practices of Masculinity in Catholicism and Protestantism around 1900. Some Reflections on Recent Research S. 37-64

„… as instruments of God, with Jesus as the ultimate example. They must show reli‐ gious zeal and a …” „… . Bibliography Ackermans, Gian / Monteiro, Marit (eds) (2007): Mannen Gods. Clericale identiteit in verandering …”

Miriam Kurz Protectors, Statesmen, Terrorists? Gender and Masculinities in Muslim Texts and Contexts S. 103-134

„… that both sexes, male and female, are equal before God, regardless of their biological differ‐ ence.13 …” „… Culture. An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God. Vol. 1 A – M. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 271-275. Noble …”

Friederike Benthaus-Apel Feminization or (Re-)Masculinization of Religion in Contemporary Germany: A Critical Review of the ALLBUS 2012 Study S. 85-102

„… patterns of worldviews: a religious one (Cronbach’s α =.773), characterized by reference to God and a life …”

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