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Rehabilitation for the Paralytic Man? John 5 and an Aesthetics of Ambiguity 残疾人的康复?约翰福音第5章和模棱两可的美学

Lumen et Vita Pub Date : 2017-04-18 DOI: 10.6017/LV.V7I1.9856

James Dechant

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Resurrection and Death From Rabbinic Understandings to the Theology of Edward Schillebeeckx 从拉比对爱德华·席勒贝克神学的理解看复活与死亡

Lumen et Vita Pub Date : 2017-04-18 DOI: 10.6017/lv.v7i2.9860

Yujia Zhai

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“Judging Shepherd of Thy Sheep”: Christ and the Role of Mercy in the Dies Irae “审判你的羊的牧人”:基督和怜悯在末日中的作用

Lumen et Vita Pub Date : 2017-04-18 DOI: 10.6017/LV.V7I2.9862

John A. Monaco

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Eucharistic Creation: Symbol, Meaning, Infinity 圣餐创造:象征，意义，无限

Lumen et Vita Pub Date : 2017-04-18 DOI: 10.6017/lv.v7i1.9857

Mattison Hale

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Subversion, Substance, & Soteriology: The Redeeming Womb in Julian of Norwich’s Revelations 颠覆、实质与救赎论:诺威奇的朱利安启示录中的救赎子宫

Lumen et Vita Pub Date : 2017-04-18 DOI: 10.6017/LV.V7I1.9854

Gabriella Carroll

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Aesthetics of Text: Creative and Transfigurative Langue (in Theory) 文本美学:语言的创造性与变形性(理论上)

Lumen et Vita Pub Date : 2017-04-18 DOI: 10.6017/LV.V7I1.9847

S. P. Rugg

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Life and Death in the Body of Christ 在基督的身体里生与死

Lumen et Vita Pub Date : 2017-04-18 DOI: 10.6017/LV.V7I2.9863

S. J. Eric Studt

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The Discounted Face of the Pornographic Other 色情他人的打折脸

Lumen et Vita Pub Date : 2017-04-18 DOI: 10.6017/LV.V7I1.9853

A. Hoy

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Aggiornamento and Dialogue: Some Ambiguity from Gaudium et Spes 《欢乐与物种》中的一些歧义

Lumen et Vita Pub Date : 2016-04-22 DOI: 10.6017/LV.V6I2.9322

Lucas Briola

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Contemplating the Christ Child for Imagining a Christian Educational Vision that Liberates Children 思考基督儿童，想象一个解放儿童的基督教教育愿景

Lumen et Vita Pub Date : 2016-04-22 DOI: 10.6017/LV.V6I2.9320

A. Pang

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