PPT-The Study of Islamic Theology

June 2010 2 Purpose of Study Purpose of Study to provide insight into Muslim beliefs and document the doctrines that underlie their thinking This is a study to understand not judge Islam. CS/TS 650 Theological Foundations of Christian Spirituality. Dr. Becky Towne. Christian Spirituality. Personal relationship with God. Not Private. Not individualistic. Defined by a person’s concrete existence within a community. Daniel Franklin . Pilario. C.M.. The Rough Grounds and Theological Method. OUTLINE. The Rough Grounds of . Payatas. Their Lives as Painful Questions. Closed Churches. Closed Theologies. Reflective Theologizing. What This Course Is About. The Instructor. Instructor: John Edmiston . digitalopportunities@gmail.com. . (310. ) 783-1510. Course Description. Theology . of Technology: . Introduces . students to the biblical and theological basis for a Christian theology of technology and to the concepts essential to the reflective life and practice of the Christian technologist.. The First Truly Universal Civilization. Table of Contents. Introduction. First Universal Civilization. The Sciences. Paper. Merchant Economy. Sufi Missionaries. Islamic Freedoms. Environmentalists. Institutions. Early History. Early Islam forbade the paintings or drawings of human portraits, including the prophet, as they thought it would lead to idolatry. ( worshipping the idol, or painting) . This forbidding led to the use of calligraphic art. . Javier Medina. Alejandra Tovar. Kelsey Eaton. Jillian Connor. Misconception of Islam. There is nothing in Islamic teaching, particularly in the Qu’ran, that advocates, endorses or encourages acts of violence against another human being, especially murder, unless in self-defense. . www.educationforum.co.uk. . In the 7. th. century AD the new religion of Islam spread rapidly through the Middle East, North Africa and even into Spain and Portugal. Islamic territories united under one ruler or caliph. Islamic State (IS) is a radical Islamist group that has seized large swathes of territory in eastern Syria and across northern and western Iraq. . Its brutal tactics - including mass killings, abductions of members of religious and ethnic minorities, as well as the beheadings of soldiers, journalists and foreigners- have sparked fear and outrage across the world and prompted military intervention by the US, France, the UK and others.. Natural Theology is a branch of theology based on reason and ordinary experience that explains God’s rational as a part of the physical world. deals with describing nature and the existence of God lacking special or supposed supernatural revelation. Daniel Franklin . Pilario. C.M.. The Rough Grounds and Theological Method. OUTLINE. The Rough Grounds of . Payatas. Their Lives as Painful Questions. Closed Churches. Closed Theologies. Reflective Theologizing. Session 1:. “What Is Theology?”. Session 1 – “What is Theology?”. Opening. 5 . Introductions. 20. Covenant. 5. Orientation. 10. What is Theology?. 25. Break. 5. Our. Theological Diversity. Key Words. Exploitation: . treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work or resources. Alienation: . the process of becoming detached or isolated. Capitalism: . an economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit, in contrast with communism where trade and industry controlled by the state. . Systematic Theology 1 (TH3) Ross Arnold, Winter 2014 Lakeside Institute of Theology * Fridays, 1-3 PM , Jan.24-Mar.7, 2014 * Required Text : Systematic Theology , Wayne Grudem - $400 pesos Madrasa Discourses:. An online program for madrasa scholars. Module 1: . Overview. Develop a philosophical framework for why . reason. . is necessary for theology. Read how reason was entangled with classical Islamic theology in Islamic intellectual history.