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In the belly of a paradox

Posted on November 5, 2001November 10, 2020 by Gerald Schlabach

Reflections on the Dubious Service of Reflecting on Service The Conrad Grebel Review 19, no. 4 (Fall 2001). First published in the Journal of Peace and Justice Studies 10:2 (2000) 65-78. Mennonites have had perhaps the most substantial experience of any Protestant tradition in the deployment of people for service – over against more conventional missionary work. Yet…

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Continence, consumption and other abuses

Posted on January 8, 2000April 5, 2014 by Gerald Schlabach

Or Why an Augustinian Ethic is Worth the Bother Presented at the Society of Christian Ethics annual meeting, January 8, 2000, Washington D.C. Abstract: “Love is the problem in ethics, not the solution,” notes Christian ethicist Margaret A. Farley. St. Augustine has probably done more to shape Christian teachings on love than any other theologian, yet he…

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Stability in the world: an oblate’s reflections

Posted on September 5, 1998April 5, 2014 by Gerald Schlabach

Benedictine oblates are people who are not monks but who dedicate themselves, in communion with a particular monastic community, to the service of God and neighbor according to the Rule of St. Benedict, insofar as their state in life permits.[1] Specific commitments include the practice of lectio divina, praying the Psalms through some portion of…

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“Love is the hand of the soul”

Posted on April 5, 1998April 5, 2014 by Gerald Schlabach

The grammar of continence in Augustine’s doctrine of Christian love First presented at the North American Patristics Society. June 1, 1996.  The full version is available in the Journal of Early Christian Studies 6:1 (Spring 1998): 59-92. The Grammar of Grasping The Grammar of Clinging Having by Not Having Conclusion Notes In recent years scholars have…

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Faithfulness, temptation and the Deuteronomic juncture

Posted on March 5, 1998November 16, 2020 by Gerald Schlabach

Is Constantinianism the most basic problem for Christian social ethics? Marpeck Lecture, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, 5 March 1998 For a fuller development of this lecture, see “Deuteronomic or Constantinian: What is the Most Basic Problem for Christian Social Ethics?” in The Wisdom of the Cross: Essays in Honor of John Howard Yoder, eds Stanley Hauerwas, et al. (Grand…

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Guy F. Hershberger and Reinhold Niebuhr on Christian love

Posted on June 19, 1997April 5, 2014 by Gerald Schlabach

Will the Real Augustinian Please Stand Up? Conference on “Anabaptists in Conversation: Mennonite and Brethren Interactions with Twentieth-Century Theologies,” 19-21 June 1997.  Young Center for the Study of Anabaptist and Pietist Groups, Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. Agapeism and Hershberger Niebuhr and Augustine Sacrificial and Mutual Love Could Mennonite Theology Be Augustinian? Notes Agapeism and Hershberger In…

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Beyond two- versus one-kingdom theology

Posted on October 5, 1993April 5, 2014 by Gerald Schlabach

Abrahamic community as a Mennonite paradigm for Christian engagement in society by Gerald W. Schlabach Conrad Grebel Review 11 (Fall 1993): 187-210. The Need for a Paradigm Paradigm Shift? Or Paradigm Breakdown? Sifting Through Two- and One-Kingdom Theologies Two-Kingdom Theology: Strengths and Limitations One-Kingdom Theology: Strengths and Limitations A Partial Integration Beyond Two- Versus One-Kingdom…

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Friendship as adultery

Posted on December 5, 1992April 5, 2014 by Gerald Schlabach

Social Reality and Sexual Metaphor in Augustine’s Doctrine of Original Sin Augustinian Studies 23 (December 1992): 125-147. The Death of a Friend Through Death and Friendship Social Transmission, Social Procreation Conclusions Notes The only joy to be attained had the fragile brilliance of glass, a joy outweighed by the fear that it may be shattered…

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Law, gospel and the irony of Martin Luther

Posted on November 19, 1992April 5, 2014 by Gerald Schlabach

Theo 635: Theology of Martin Luther, University of Notre Dame, 19 November 1992 Erasmus. “On the Freedom of the Will [De Libero Arbitrio].” Luther, Martin. “On the Bondage of the Will [De Servo Arbitrio].” In Luther and Erasmus: Free Will and Salvation, translated and edited by Ernest Gordon Rupp, in collaboration with A. N. Marlow….

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The blessing of Abraham’s children

Posted on December 5, 1991April 5, 2014 by Gerald Schlabach

A theology of service Mission Focus 19:4 (December 1991): 52-55. In January 1986 Samuel Escobar, an evangelical leader from South America, was guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Mennonite Central Committee, the main North American Mennonite agency for relief, development and global education. After listening to a lengthy discussion of how MCC workers…

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