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The thesis of this dissertation is that the doctrine of justification plays a necessary and significant role for Karl Barth in the development of his political theology, particular during the years of 1938 to 1946. The starting point for this thesis is Barth's 1938 essay, "Churc…

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the question, what is worth teaching and why? I analyze a range of purposes, values and criteria that have been suggested as the basis for curricular choices rather than recommend a new philosophical approach to curriculum selection…

The topic of this dissertation is the epistemology of 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume. Hume notoriously pursues a constructive science of human nature in his masterpiece A Treatise of Human Nature while raising serious skeptical doubts about that project and leaving…

As a consequence of the separation between religion and politics, known as secularism, the discussion about violence has also been divided into two main categories –Religious Violence and Non-Religious Violence– in the modern Western academia. The tendency of the leading scholar…

Dr. Steven Long of Ave Maria University argues that, according to the fourth canon of the Council of Trent’s Decree on Justification, any and every will “moved and awakened by God” cooperates by assenting to prevenient grace. Indeed, he argues that man’s cooperation is the very …