 | Steven Jay Van Zoeren - 1991 - 360 pagina’s
...pp. 62-81. On the oracle bones of the Shang, see Keightley. 2. One recent writer defines doctrine as "communally authoritative teachings regarding beliefs...practices that are considered essential to the identity or welfare of the group in question . . . [and] . . . indicate what constitutes faithful adherence... | |
 | Vincent Brümmer - 1992 - 176 pagina’s
...also an attempt to remain faithful to those doctrines which, as George Lindbeck argues, function as 'communally authoritative teachings regarding beliefs...practices that are considered essential to the identity or welfare of the group in question. They may be formally stated or informally operative, but in any... | |
 | John W. Rogerson, Mark Daniel Carroll R., Margaret Davies - 1995 - 386 pagina’s
...out others'.61 Consequently, Lindbeck offers a functionalist understanding of church doctrines, as 'communally authoritative teachings regarding beliefs...practices that are considered essential to the identity or welfare of the group in question'.62 Theology in turn must therefore be viewed as a descriptive... | |
 | Jeffrey C. K. Goh - 2000 - 670 pagina’s
...our identity as Christians. In Lindbeck's "noncontroversial" description, doctrines are thus seen as "communally authoritative teachings regarding beliefs...and practices that are considered essential to the 47 See ND, 18 & 80. 4S For illustration. Lindbeck refers to a particular doctrine: "The doctrine that... | |
 | Joerg Rieger - 2001 - 262 pagina’s
...Christian doctrines are neither prepositional nor experiential truth claims. The doctrines of the church are "communally authoritative teachings regarding...practices that are considered essential to the identity or welfare of the group in question."38 What counts is their use by the community of the church and... | |
 | Moše Šārôn - 2004 - 345 pagina’s
...1983: 97-100; McGrath 1997: 37). George Lindbeck (1984: 74, 85), for example, defines doctrines as "communally authoritative teachings regarding beliefs...practices that are considered essential to the identity or welfare of the group in question," and that "doctrines may legitimately function as norms of belief... | |
 | Vincent Brümmer - 2006 - 498 pagina’s
...also an attempt to remain faithful to those doctrines which, as George Lindbeck argues, function as 'communally authoritative teachings regarding beliefs...practices that are considered essential to the identity or welfare of the group in question. They may be formally stated or informally operative, but in any... | |
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communally authoritative teachings regarding beliefs and practices that are considered essential to the identity or welfare of the group in question. They may be formally stated or informally operative, but in any case they indicate what constitutes faithful... 