John N Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3628842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John N Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | John N |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS J N |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1 21 Kananook Avenue Seaford, Vic. 3198 Australia [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Diakonia Studies
In these papers of the last twenty years, John N. Collins rounds out his engagement with issues stemming from his initial research of the 1970s into the nature of early Christian ministry. The first group of three chapters provides historical background to semantic investigations into diakonia and illustrates the place widely accorded to this Greek term in contemporary ecclesiology. The next seven chapters, mostly from Collins's earlier books Are…
A Monocultural Usage
A scholarly consensus about the interpretation of the διακον - words has been in place for 70 years. The consensus maintains that early Christian writers adopted διακον - words because of their lowly connotations and imbued them with new meanings specific to Christian living and community arrangements. The new meanings had developed on the model of Jesus who came to serve others in self-giving love. A 1990 study of pre-Christian and early Christi…
Diakonia
This is the first comprehensive study of the Greek word “diakonia”, from which the word “deacon” is derived. Diakonia and its cognates appear frequently throughout the New Testament, but its precise meaning has long been disputed. Today, it is usually translated as “service” or “ministry”. As this book shows, this understanding of diakonia has been important to the development of a modern consensus about the nature of Christian ministry. Based on…
Diakonia
I. ASSUMPTIONS 1. The Latter-Day Servant Church 2. The Servant Son of Man 3. The Early Servant Church CONCLUSION II. NON-CHRISTIAN SOURCES 4. The Go-Between 5. Word 6. Deed 7. House and Table 8. A Question of Diplomacy 9. In the Language of the Papyri III. FIRST CHRISTIAN WRITINGS 10. Spokesman and Emissaries of Heaven 11. Emissaries in the Church 12. Commissions under God, Church, and Spirit 13. Deacons 14. The Gospels AFTERWORD NOTES APPENDIX I…
The Effects of Size On the Provision of Public Services
Municipal Consolidation: An Analysis of the Financial Benefits for Fiscally Distressed Small Municipalities
Support for Public Education in a Racially Changing Suburb
Support for Public Education in a Racially Changing Suburb
The Effects of Size On the Provision of Public Services
Municipal Consolidation: An Analysis of the Financial Benefits for Fiscally Distressed Small Municipalities
Diakonia
I. ASSUMPTIONS 1. The Latter-Day Servant Church 2. The Servant Son of Man 3. The Early Servant Church CONCLUSION II. NON-CHRISTIAN SOURCES 4. The Go-Between 5. Word 6. Deed 7. House and Table 8. A Question of Diplomacy 9. In the Language of the Papyri III. FIRST CHRISTIAN WRITINGS 10. Spokesman and Emissaries of Heaven 11. Emissaries in the Church 12. Commissions under God, Church, and Spirit 13. Deacons 14. The Gospels AFTERWORD NOTES APPENDIX I…
Diakonia
This is the first comprehensive study of the Greek word “diakonia”, from which the word “deacon” is derived. Diakonia and its cognates appear frequently throughout the New Testament, but its precise meaning has long been disputed. Today, it is usually translated as “service” or “ministry”. As this book shows, this understanding of diakonia has been important to the development of a modern consensus about the nature of Christian ministry. Based on…
A Monocultural Usage
A scholarly consensus about the interpretation of the διακον - words has been in place for 70 years. The consensus maintains that early Christian writers adopted διακον - words because of their lowly connotations and imbued them with new meanings specific to Christian living and community arrangements. The new meanings had developed on the model of Jesus who came to serve others in self-giving love. A 1990 study of pre-Christian and early Christi…
Diakonia Studies
In these papers of the last twenty years, John N. Collins rounds out his engagement with issues stemming from his initial research of the 1970s into the nature of early Christian ministry. The first group of three chapters provides historical background to semantic investigations into diakonia and illustrates the place widely accorded to this Greek term in contemporary ecclesiology. The next seven chapters, mostly from Collins's earlier books Are…
Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · History (4 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Business (2 works)