Using the ATLA database in the Harold F. Hunter Online library, find the following article, and write a 400-word response to it.
Docherty, Susan E. 2015. “‘Do You Understand What You Are Reading?’ (Acts 8.30): Current Trends and Future Perspectives in the Study of the Use of the Old Testament in the New.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 38 (1): 112–25.
Category: Theology
A Precis assignment is just a summary of the contents in the book. Do a Precis for the text in italics above. Do not engage or criticize the content, just provide a summary of the main contents of each chapter in your own words. Use Chapter and Section numbers as subject headers for your paper(s). Compile all precis papers into one file.
Your precis papers should be 1,500 words (5-6 pages of double-spaced text).
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Select a passage of Scripture from the New Testament that is rich in Old Testament citations, echoes, or allusions and discuss the NT author’s usage of the text and demonstrate the exegetical approach the author employs and unpack the meaning of the text given its Old Testament usage in the passage. Be sure to exegete the original context of the OT passage to evaluate the NT authors usage. In addition to your textbooks, use the Hunter Theological Library or equivalent to integrate at least ten (10) outside, non-textbook sources into your written assignment. Use footnotes in Turabian style to cite your references, and check to ensure that your paper is free from all grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and syntactical errors. Your paper papers should be 3,000 words (10-12 pages of double-spaced text). Formatting must be in accordance with Kate Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 9th edition.
The one book that needs to be used is online free but can’t download but here is the site. Hays, Richard B. Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1989https://faithlife.com/store/product/168013/echoes-of-scriipture-in-the-letters-of-paul
The Unity of the Nations Essay
An Essay on Vision and Mission
In the Unity of Nations (1962), Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) leans on Origen of Alexandria and Augustine of Hippo to develop his understanding of the universal vision and mission of the Church.1 For him, considering these two foundational theologians, the Ekklesia (Church) is the universal assembly of the People of God which replaces the particularized fatherland (State) of Rome. The biggest problem with Rome, Augustine suggests, is national pride—not in light of its universality, convoking the People of God into a universal Body of Christ, but in its particular temporal instantiation. In other words, Rome was just one polity (an empire) amongst others—asserting itself against others—in time but the Church is the polity which draws together the diversity of polities (nations) into unity for all time. Rome, not God, was its own source of pride – an error noted by Augustine and repeated by many others over the centuries.
This paper should be at minimum 2500 words, not including quotations or footnotes. You must use three assigned theologians as primary sources for your personal model and have 20-word declarative thesis.
The Task:
Define what you believe to be the Church and the State’s vision and mission to be. Be creative but be explicit. Draw this out through a declarative thesis, building out your mission and vision.
In order to define your position, you must discuss the following questions synthetically:
What is the relationship of the spiritual and temporal powers (the two powers)?
Is the Church (or a religious body of another sort) a necessary institution representing the spiritual power on Earth?
Is faith best mediated by institutions or by the liberty of one’s conscience?
What is the distinct function of the State? How do you manage diversity and unity?
Should the Church and State be separated or integrated? And, if integrated, what are the checks and balances you perceive as necessary?
What sort of authority is legitimate for Church and State governance? A Crown? A Council? A Parliament? A Democracy? Nothing at all?
What are the principle social concerns the Church and State should address? Poverty? Climate?
Individual liberty? Create a hierarchy if you believe it should be multiple.
These do not require lengthy extrapolations; they simply need to be discussed.
Alongside the development of your own model relating Church and State, outline your vision and mission in life. Explain, alongside your ideal model, how your own vocation in life fits into the universal vision and mission you have just designed. If it does not fit, ask yourself why not and address that in your essay. An easy entry into this is answer: What do I stand for?
1 Joseph Ratzinger, The Unity of the Nations: A Vision of the Church Fathers (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, [1962] 2015).
The Parameters
Again, this paper should be 2500 words not including quotes or footnotes. You must use Chicago style notation for your footnoted citations and must be consistent throughout the essay. Part of your grade will depend on your ability to do this well.
You must use three theologians (or more) from the primary readings to develop your framework and model. Examples of these include Thomas Aquinas, Dante, Delores Williams, Jacques Maritain, any of the popes, and many more. There are a wide range you can choose from that will hopefully allow you to lean on some structure to develop how you imagine the proper relationship of things are and ought to be. The only exception is that Ratzinger, Origen, and Augustine do not count towards your three theologians cited, as they are essential sources for your assignment.
Regarding The Unity of Nations, when you develop your own position, you must discuss that position in light of Ratzinger’s analysis. For example, when you outline your position on what the Church and State should care for socially, discuss that considering the tension Ratzinger notices between the particularity of diverse (and disunited) nations and the universality of the Ekklesia—pulling together the nations in unity. Is your worldview one wherein social goods only matter for a particular nation (i.e. yours)? Or do your social commitments extend universally, touching the whole of humanity, drawing together the nations? Do not feel compelled to take a global or humanitarian position if you do not actually believe it.
Further, regarding Augustine’s problem with Ancient Rome, how do you overcome the problem of national pride? Is national pride a limit on the accomplishments of your ideal social arrangement, or is it something which could act as an engine to drive it into existence? Think of examples in history wherein people will defend now-admonished traditions eventually overcome because they are “essential” to national character or wealth (i.e. Slavery in the South), but then others wherein national pride help in liberative ways (i.e. U.S. involvement in World War II). How can your model help furnish one over the other, accomplishing what you imagine to be the ideal social arrangement?
In other words, you must discuss The Unity of the Nations text insofar as it helps supply your model with frameworks and arguments. Do not simply regurgitate that text – use it.
The clearest and easiest way to address these questions above will be to have a social concern in mind from the start. If your problem is, for example, social cohesion, climate disruption, poverty, lack of ambition (i.e. work), political polarization, or whatever else, it will be easier for you to dive into how your model addresses this (or these) issue(s). Essentially, you can start to think about this broad set of problem by answering the question: “What do I stand for?”
(Professor said i don’t need to hit word count)
can upload a sample essay and will upload necessary source files
summarize the Cooperative Program work at the Local, State, and National levels. Questions to consider include (but are not limited to):
How does your local church connect with your local association?
What sorts of local cooperative ministries is your church involved in?
What is the status of your state Baptist association, and how does your church relate to it?
On the national level, how does your church related to the Southern Baptist Convention as a whole?
What are the various entities of the SBC?
visit your local association website, the state Baptist convention website, and the SBC website to inform your writing.
develop a research agenda and write a 12-15 page paper. This research project centers on the experiences of Black women within the Catholic Church, investigating their roles, perspectives, and challenges within the context of Catholic teachings on sexuality and morality. Through an intersectional lens that considers the interplay of race, gender, and faith, the study aims to illuminate how Black women navigate and negotiate their identities and beliefs within the Catholic tradition. By exploring the ways in which Black women engage with and potentially resist dominant narratives surrounding sexuality and morality, the research seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of the complexities of both religious identity and social justice within the Catholic Church. Through qualitative inquiry and analysis, this project seeks to amplify the voices and experiences of Black women in the Catholic community, shedding light on their contributions and struggles in shaping the ethical landscape of their faith.
I have attached a bibliography for what you should use in the research paper. Also you should find additional articles/books that are relevant to the research project. Copeland, M. S. (2010). Enfleshing Freedom: Body, race, and being. Fortress Press. Grant, J. (2004). Black Theology and The Black Woman. In The Black Studies Reader (1st Edition). essay. 0415945542
Press, N. W., & Jayno, P. D. G. (2020, July 8). Black Catholic Women: Voice embodied. National Catholic Reporter. https://www.ncronline.org/news/guest-voices/black-catholic-women-voice-embodied Press, N. W., & Jayno, P. D. G. (2020b, July 10). Black lives matter in the worshipping church. National Catholic Reporter. https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/black-lives-matter-worshipping-church
After reading Rowan Williams’ ‘Mystical Theology and Christian Self-Understanding’ write a close reading essay, answering the question ‘What is mysticism?’
This is NOT a personal reflection paper – so do not write about your own experience of mysticism. I am interested to know how you analyse the assigned reading.
In the introduction of your essay, you must have a clear thesis statement and indicate the structure your arguments. In the body of the essay, you may then develop those arguments in three paragraphs, with frequent citation to the assigned reading. Follow the guidelines on citation given in my class notes. Do not include your name or any other information in your submission. Give your paper a title and then begin your essay immediately after that. There should not be any other information in your essay.
You are not allowed to use any outside sources, only use the reading from Williams.
I have also attached an example of the essay, I know it is longer but I only need one pagee.
5 pages
Double Spaced
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A Work Cited Scholarly Sources MLA Format
Paper Details:
1. A brief history on how non-denominational churches were developed.
2. At least 1-2 counter argument against the people who criticizes non-denominational churches
3. *Why non-denominational churches are beneficial/advantageous. This is a position paper I will attach a paper guidelines
I need to answer the following two questions in essay form. Each essay should be 2 pages in length.
The questions are in the uploaded file.
The only resource needed is the Bible.
Why do you think God asked Jeremiah to tell the people to seek the goodness for the foreign lands where they lived? How does this metaphor carry over for us 3000+ years later in our personal lives and also in Church?