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Issues with Using Typology in New Testament Studies

Jun 5, 20204 min read

Issues with Using Typology in New Testament Studies

This post discusses the issues with using typology and explains the theological reasons for the use of typology in the Bible.

Marcianus Aristides of Athens: The Earliest Extant Christian Apologist

Dr. Darren M. Slade

May 29, 20206 min read

Marcianus Aristides of Athens: The Earliest Extant Christian Apologist

Christian philosopher Aristides made apologetic books for Emperor Hadrian to stop the arbitrary persecution of Christians.

Dr. Darren M. Slade

May 22, 20201 min read

The Influence of Pandemics on Religion

Dr. Slade discusses the influence of pandemics on the history of religion where disease has actually shaped the trajectory of belief systems

International eConference on Atheism: Call for Presenters!

Dr. Darren M. Slade

May 18, 20203 min read

International eConference on Atheism: Call for Presenters!

GCRR is hosting the 2020 International eConference on Atheism, which is open to believers and nonbelievers alike.

Appeal to Subjective Mysticism in Postmodern Apologetics

Dr. Darren M. Slade

May 15, 20207 min read

Appeal to Subjective Mysticism in Postmodern Apologetics

By employing spiritual mysticism, new phenomenologists still desire a sense of evidential credibility to substantiate their experiences.

Dr. Darren M. Slade

May 11, 20202 min read

SHERM Vol. 2, No. 1 Now Available!

Read the latest issue of SHERM Journal (vol. 2, no. 1) for free online!

Essays Introducing a Jewish Perspective on the Gospel of John

Dr. Darren M. Slade

May 8, 20201 min read

Essays Introducing a Jewish Perspective on the Gospel of John

Dr. Charles David Isbell (Louisiana State University) highlights the impact that the Gospel of John has had on Jews and Christians.

Jenna Belk

May 6, 20201 min read

Pondering our education system...

The fact that a grown adult can be insulted when told that a sign from a god could have been something else, I blame on the education system

Introducing the Co-Head of Global Jewish Studies: Professor Zev Garber

Dr. Darren M. Slade

May 4, 20203 min read

Introducing the Co-Head of Global Jewish Studies: Professor Zev Garber

GCRR is proud to introduce the Co-Head of our "Jewish Studies" division, Professor Zev Garber.

Dr. Darren M. Slade

May 1, 20201 min read

Conspiracy Theories and Coronavirus

Jenna Belk (Atheistasis Podcast) interviews GCRR Executive Officer, Dr. David Kyle Johnson, on how fallacies often fuel conspiracy theories.

CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL TALK IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Josfin Raj, Academic Dean, NLBS

Apr 24, 20208 min read

CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL TALK IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

A Christian response to COVID 19. It is lesson to develop a spirituality beyond religion, aiming at the value of human life and respect....

Religious Agnomancy: Faith, Ignorance, and Illness in a Time of Plague

Jack David Eller

Apr 15, 20206 min read

Religious Agnomancy: Faith, Ignorance, and Illness in a Time of Plague

Religious institutions are practicing an intentional disregard of, indifference to, and even hostility to facts about the Coronavirus.

Introducing the Head of Global Anthropology of Religion!

Dr. Darren M. Slade

Apr 13, 20202 min read

Introducing the Head of Global Anthropology of Religion!

GCRR is proud to introduce the Head of our "Global Anthropology of Religion" division, Dr. Jack David Eller.

David Kyle Johnson

Apr 10, 202012 min read

Let's Let Go of The Shroud (of Turin)

The blog argues that the Shroud of Turin should be considered a forgery created in the 13th century according to Schick's SEARCH method.

Dr. Darren M. Slade

Apr 10, 20201 min read

Join the GCRR Board of Directors!

GCRR is looking for qualified scholars with a doctorate in a field related to religious studies to join the Board of Directors.

We’re in the middle of an epidemic. But it’s not the one you’re thinking of.

Josh Packard

Apr 9, 20202 min read

We’re in the middle of an epidemic. But it’s not the one you’re thinking of.

Springtide Research Institute revealed that our youngest generations are more lonely and isolated than any other group of people.

(Part 3) Theologizing the Person of Christ in the Fourth Century: Logos-Sarx Christology

Dr. Darren M. Slade

Apr 3, 20204 min read

(Part 3) Theologizing the Person of Christ in the Fourth Century: Logos-Sarx Christology

Aloys Grillmeier’s main position is that the Christology leading up to the Council of Nicaea was predominantly a Logos-sarx principle.

Worship in the Midst of COVID-19: Clinging to Old Paradigms Can Be Fatal

Dr. Darren M. Slade

Apr 1, 20202 min read

Worship in the Midst of COVID-19: Clinging to Old Paradigms Can Be Fatal

Why churches need to change how they worship during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Myth of the Alexandrian-Antiochene Schools of Hermeneutical Interpretation (Patristic Exegesis)

Dr. Darren M. Slade

Mar 30, 20201 min read

The Myth of the Alexandrian-Antiochene Schools of Hermeneutical Interpretation (Patristic Exegesis)

Neither the Alexandrian nor the Antiochene schools of interpretation sanctioned just one exegetical method over another.

(Part 2) Theologizing the Person of Christ in the Third Century: Logos Jesus as Philosophical Truth

Dr. Darren M. Slade

Mar 27, 20202 min read

(Part 2) Theologizing the Person of Christ in the Third Century: Logos Jesus as Philosophical Truth

The combination of Christian tradition and philosophy, especially Middle Platonism and Stoicism, developed a Logos Christology.