... throughout her life. This chapter argues that her use of the authority of scripture and biblical interpretation aided her in constructing her call narrative and claiming her call to preach. Finally, this chapter analyzes her prophetic rhetoric as recorded in Shall Women Preach? Or, The Question...

... religious truth Nobili Roberto de Roman Catholic missionary apologetics authority of scripture name of God tradition “Because the world is a composite, it must have a maker capable of making it; that maker is God.” Some Christian and Hindu thinkers find this a convincing argument and agree that it can...

... Richard Hooker reason and faith virtue ethics grace and justification Elizabethan Church natural law authority of scripture Reformed theology soteriology In 1599 an anonymous tract titled A Christian Letter, identified only as having been authored by ‘certaine English...

... Calvinism Calvinist Warfield Benjamin B Christology metaphysics Methodism Methodists myth Providence Holiness movement Kierkegaard Søren revivalism Social Gospel Social Gospel Movement ethical the Scripture Bible biblical interpretation authority of Scripture inerrancy biblical criticism...

... emphasis on biblical commentators and missionary explorers who used their first-hand experiences of the Middle East to defend the plenary inspiration and authority of Scripture. There then follows an examination of the wholehearted opposition of Irish Presbyterians to ‘believing criticism’, especially...

...The critical problems for debates about the authority of scripture stem from confusing ecclesial canons with epistemic criteria. The slide from canon to criterion represents a category mistake that is natural but fatal for both theology and epistemology. The time is now ripe for reorientation...