A Particle of Amazement Which Will Become the Essence of Eternity. The Meaning of Friendship in the Life and Thought of Saint John Paul II by Filip De Rycke

“…Among the friends, it works out a deep union that is an image of the triune God and an anticipation of the everlasting communion of the saints. …”
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What's turning the wheel? The theological hub of Song of Songs by S. Fischer

“…It has a key-function for the theology of the book which is understood as creational theology because love recalls paradise. God is identified with the third voice, encouraging the lovers to enjoy love in all its fullness. …”
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Discernment in 1 Kings 19:1-18: biblical spirituality in works of art by Anne-Marie Bos

“…It is a story about a divine-human relational process of Elijah and his God, but also a story that draws the reader into a divine-human relational process. …”
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What profit is the reign of Christ to us? The Heidelberg Catechism and its potential for the future by M. Welker

“… The article helps to understand the disturbing statement of the Heidelberg Catechism: “I have a natural tendency to hate God and my neighbor.” It unfolds the wide breadth of meaning of “hate” and argues that the catechism offers a deep and realistic understanding of sin. …”
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The Role of the Holy Spirit during Parousia in the Eschatology of Sergius Bulgakov by Maciej Raczyński-Rożek

“…According to the Russian theologian, Parousia is a revelation not only of Christ’s glory, but also of the hypostatic Glory of God, i.e. the Holy Spirit, and in this way it’s the final realization of Pentecost. …”
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Mystical handbooks of the late middle ages by B. McGinn

“… Mystical handbooks, or how-do-it books describing the path to union with God, was a genre that arose in Western Europe in the 12th century and lasted into the Early Modern period. …”
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Insurance in the Light of Biblical Teaching by Miroslava Čilová

“…Some Christians believe that using non-compulsory insurance is good, while others think it expresses a lack of belief in God or that using insurance is a sin. This study will show the reader that Biblical texts encourage prudent provision for more difficult times. …”
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Allegorising: the relevance of an old method of interpretation by P. B. Decock

“…This broadening of the focus is very important for understanding religious texts as texts about God’s transforming relationship to people. This article considers the Biblical interpretation of the Church Fathers, and particularly their use of allegory, as this may inspire us to develop ways of interacting with the Biblical texts as religious texts meant to speak to our times. …”
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Discernment in the Letter to the Galatians by D. F. Tolmie

“…After a brief overview of some approaches to discernment, three core elements of discernment are identified, namely reflection, choice and one’s relationship to God. Taking these elements as a point of departure, references to discernment in the following passages in the letter are investigated: 2:1-10; 2:11-21; 3:1-5 and 5:12-6:10. …”
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'n Eksegetiese ondersoek na die teologiese inhoud van Sefanja 1:7-13 by SD Snyman

“…The conclusion reached is that this percope wants to highlight religious indifference on the part of the people of God. …”
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Niqmat Yhwh: vraag- of uitroepteken achter het bijbelse Godsbeeld? by HGL Peels

“… Graag voldoe ek aan het vriendelijke verzoek van de redactie om in een artikel een samevatting te geven van die belangrijkste resultaten van die studie, waarop ik in Mei 1992 aan de Theologische Universiteit van de Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland te Apeldoorn promovverde: De wraak van God. De beteknis van de wortel NQM en die functie van de NQM-teksten in het kader van die oudtestamentische Godsopenbaring (Zoetermeer, 1992). …”
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The "first Deborah" - Genesis 35:8 in the literary and theological context by F. Olojede

“…However, the analysis of the verse in its literary and theological context in this article shows that it has been strategically placed in the narrative to underscore, among other things, the important role of Deborah in the Bethel tradition and the Jacob Cycle, as well as the subtle pointer to the fact that little people also have a place in the overall narrative of God’s people. …”
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Ipotesi per una contestualizzazione dell’Hypnos del Prado by Graziella Becatti

“…Until the nineteenth century, the statue of Hypnos held by the Prado Museum was thought to represent the Roman god Mercury. Its provenance is unknown, although occasional sixteenthcentury documents make reference to the existence of the masterpiece within Renaissance collections of Roman antiquities. …”
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THE SPIRIT, JUSTICE AND BEAUTY?

“…Firstly, I argue for the theologically important relation between justice and beauty; secondly, that the Spirit of God is the Spirit both of “justice” and of “beauty”; thirdly, that a theology of the Spirit further defines “justice” and “beauty” and allows for a deepened understanding of both; and fourthly, that a theology of the Spirit allows us to understand the ambiguities with regards to these differentiated themes – and therefore highlights not only the importance of the interrelation between “beauty” and “justice” – but, I argue, is this interrelation. …”
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The spiritual mentality profile of female pietists on the South African frontier, 1750-1860 by A. W. G. Raath

“…Such a  reconstruction of the religious mentality profile of pietistic women on the frontier reveals a number of important aspects for understanding their spiritual life: self-awakenings and conversions; self-purification; self-illumination and mystically tainted experiences; recollection and the experience of quiet; meditation, contemplation, ecstasy and rapture; spiritual desertion, and abandonment of the soul and the unitive life with God in Christ. …”
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Psalm 22 LXX in Origen’s commentary on the Song of Songs by P.B. Decock

“…The Targum focuses on God’s protective presence in Israel’s history and looks forward to the salvation to come. …”
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Congregational vitality – a perspective from Galatians by F. Tolmie

“…The following aspects that might be relevant are identified and discussed: 1. God’s calling as the point of departure; 2. The centrality of the gospel; 3. …”
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Forgiveness in post-apartheid South Africa by George A Lotter

“…The author concludes that there is a real need for thoroughgoing study of and application to this crucial matter in post-apartheid South Africa but in the end forgiveness can only be attained as a "transcendent gift" from God. …”
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Towards an Abrahamic ecumenism? The search for the universality of the divine mystery by C. van der Kooi

“…It is argued, however, that to pursue a viable political pluralism, it is more promising for Christian theology to take into account the historical development of the image of God instead of an orientation on a common historical origin in Abraham. …”
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The Popes and the Idea of European Unity by Emília Hrabovec

“…John Paul II relaunched a new evangelisation instead of compromises with secularism and Marxism, but maintained a fundamental European optimism, whereas Benedict XVI did not hesitate to admit that the European culture, transformed into a laicist utopia which substitutes God by the obstinate self-will of man, could disappear, too. …”
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