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(PDF) Distinguishing Doctrine and Theological Theory

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(PDF) Distinguishing Doctrine and Theological Theory

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Running head: DOCUMENT STUDYKerygma and Christian IdentityName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s Note
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1DOCUMENT STUDYThe relation between Christian identity and kerygma is identified in this study using twoimportant documents in the study of Christianity. The view of Charles Cousar and GerhardEbeling is presented in the study to carry out the argument on Christian identity and the influenceof kerygma and the reliability. Different approaches taken by the author to demonstrate the ideaare analyzed and compared in the study.The word kerygma is of Greek origin that means to preach or the preaching of thegospels. Hence, it is not an interpretation of a text but an interpretation itself preached by aperson. From the interpretation, Cousar (2006) opined that that god’s message is not the Bible,but Jesus Christ himself. According to this work of Ebling (1963) on the other hand, the belief ofgod is blended into the old aged society. The way of life in the previous society was inseparablefrom god. The order and the experience of the world were blended deeply with the identity ofChrist. So these texts are the first level of interpretation by the primary observers. Cousar (2006)positions the present time human races as the hearers and interpreters. Hence, the work forms ahermeneutical arc and divided in several levels. Hermeneutical study does not propose one tointerpret the meaning of the author’s intention, but to consider the appropriateness andapplication of the text. The first level readings are also nothing but a hunch. The second leveldescribes the struggle of the writers where they found themselves in a gap where the aim is not tointerpret the feelings, perception not even the situation of the history, but the text itself. It is allabout finding the dynamic thoughts. However, Ebling (1963) stated that the Christian way ofthinking and idea of god according to it was the sole dominator of that period. It is because thesociety considered the Christian talk of God was the ultimate law and the society was bound byit. The faith and the words were inseparable until the introduction of the secularization thatrestricted man to atheism by the legitimate and methodological approach. The Christian kerygma
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