The article inquires critically into the operative understanding of “unity” when motto WCC assembly speaks love Christ uniting world. What does this mean for relationship between Christians and other religions, especially Islam? Muslims repeatedly refer to “Common Word” mentioned in Surah 3:64 as basis Muslim–Christian interactions. author shows that dispute over what “to be lord” means precise...

This article considers Richard Rolle's use of erotic imagery and romantic metaphor in his popular fourteenth-century devotional manual, The Form of Living. The Form engaged a widespread community of readers through the glorification of desire and pleasure, which were sanctified by merit of Christ, the lover that Rolle encouraged his readers to woo. While the use of language in the text is inclu...

11 The lordship of Christ over all of a Christian’s life is an assumption basic to Christianity. The acknowledgement of his lordship in psychology is especially problematic today because of the pervasive naturalism and neo-positivism of modern psychology. Nevertheless, an understanding of the kingdom concept in Scripture suggests that Christians are inevitably called to work towards the express...

Covid-19 pandemic changes the way world sees reality. Much research has shown that also affects people see life of church, especially as it driven many out church. This paper offers a sacramental ecclesiology based on totus Christus onto­logical basis for “proflective” church—a suggestive por­trayal previously offered by Joas Adiprasetya, which encourages church to learn and unlearn becoming vu...

In his momentous writing Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason , Kant attempted to conduct a complete rational-idealistic interpretation traditional dogmatic Christology. The Son God was represented by as an idea good principle mystically existing in human soul, and Incarnation descent into evil nature. Therefore Lord Jesus Christ, according Kant’s representation, should be merely simple ma...