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Deification in Christian Theology (Review)

(A much shorter and edited version of this review will be published in ‘Evangelical Review of Theology’) Stephan Finlan, Vladimir Kharlamov (ed.), Deification in Christian Theology (Cambridge: James Clarke & Co, 2010) 194 pp. ISBN: 9780227173299. $42.50 Deification is the transformation of believers into the likeness of God. While Christian monotheism does not support the notion of ... [Read more]

Does the OECD want to force girls to be like boys?

The OECD has again determined that girls and boys are different in school and is again making wicked parents and environment responsible for this fact. Somehow it has to be possible to force girls and boys to become the same, even when girls do not want that at all, doesn’t it? My wife and I have practically the same profession. She is a professor for Islamic studies, and I am a professor for the ... [Read more]

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Books by Thomas Schirrmacher in chronlogical order (With short commentaries) As author Das Mißverständnis des Emil Brunner: Emil Brunners Bibliologie als Ursache für das Scheitern seiner Ekklesiologie. Theologische Untersuchungen zu Weltmission und Gemeindebau. ed. by Hans-Georg Wünch and Thomas Schirrmacher. Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Weltmission und Gemeindebau: Lörrach, 1982. 54 pp. [The misunderstanding of Emil Brunner] A study and critique of Emil Brunner's ecclesiology and of the bibliology and hermeneutics of dialectical theology. Mohammed: Prophet aus der Wüste. Schwengeler: Berneck (CH), 1984(1), 1986(2), 1990(3), 1996(4). VTR: Nürnberg, 2006(5). 120 pp. [Muhammad] A short biography of the founder of Islam and an introduction into Islam. Theodor Christlieb und seine Missionstheologie. ...

Fostering Culture War 2.0

Why the Manhattan Declaration is correct A statement for the Institute for Ethics and Values, Giessen Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. theol. Thomas Schirrmacher The original pdf of the institute in English is here, the original German version on the institutes webpage is here. You can read the Manhattan Delaration here. The so-called ‘culture war’ was a dispute between the Roman Catholic Church, under Pope Pius IX, and the Kingdom of Prussia and Imperial Germany, under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, from 1871 to 1887. The intention was to drive back the public influence of the church with the aid of legislation. What was meant by the ...