Christ's Person and Life-work in the Theology of Albrecht Ritschl

by Gerald W. McCulloh

1990 · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Examines Albrecht Ritschl's presentation of the person and life-work of Christ as Prophet, Priest and King. As father of modern academic theology, Ritschl attempted to present his understanding of the Christian faith through a critical history of the development of doctrine, reexamination of the biblical evidence of belief and exposition of the positive development of doctrine which sought to avoid the critical errors of the past. This agenda proved so demanding that few scholars since Ritschl have been able to work competently in all areas of the discipline. In this work McCulloh identifies characteristic emphases in Ritschl's thought: a definition of religion as a positive historical phenomenon; a critique of the place of metaphysics in theology; an assertion of the importance of the Bible for understanding the Christian faith; a view of the earthly ministry of Jesus as the only meaningful foundation for the knowledge of God; and a claim for the active participation of human beings with God in justification and reconciliation. McCulloh traces the history of the Munus Triplex title into Jewish messianic ascriptions and finds it to be more deeply involved in the historical transmission of the Christian faith than was acknowledged by Ritschl.

Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms

by Nils Anthes, Peter M. Kappeler, Ralph Bergmüller, Wolf Blanckenhorn, H. Jane Brockmann, Claudia Fichtel, Lutz Fromhage, Joachim Frommen, Wolfgang Goymann, Juergen Heinze, Katharina Hirschenhauser, Heribert Hofer, Sylvia Kaiser, Bart Kempenaers, Gerald Kerth, Judith Ingrid Korb, Kurt M. Kotrschal, Cornelila Kraus, Martha Manser, Nico Michiels, Robin F. A. Moritz, Mario Pahl, Dustin Penn, Norbert Sachser, Martin Schaefer, Carel P. van Schaik, Jutta M. Schneider, Isabella Schreiber, Michael Taborsky, Jürgen Tautz, Fritz Trillmich, Shaowu Zhang

2010 · Springer Science & Business Media

This up-to-date review examines key areas of animal behaviour, including communication, cognition, conflict, cooperation, sexual selection and behavioural variation. Various tests are covered, including recent empirical examples.