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	adoption - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about adoption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In the UK, adoption can take place only by means of an order of the court, either with or without the natural parent's consent.
		The adoption by wealthy Western families of children from poor countries, sometimes for payment, became a contentious issue in the 1980s, with cases of babies in, for example, Brazil being kidnapped and then sold to adoptive parents abroad.
		The 1976 Adoption Act states that reports on prospective parents must be made by approved agencies before permission to adopt from other countries can be granted.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /adoption (352 words)

	The Practice and Theology of Adoption
		Adoption is unconsciously seen as an aberration from the norm of the biological family.
		Adoption in the New Testament is the central biblical image for entrance into the family of faith.
		When Christians move adoption from the periphery to the center of theological reflection, teaching and counseling, they will lessen the degree to which adopted children are assigned a second-class status in secular society.
	www.religion-online.org /showarticle.asp?title=2198 (2517 words)

	GIRS Summary Studies in Reformed Theology: Adoption
		Adoption, as is true of all the workings of God, finds its first cause in the eternal decree.
		Adoption is an act of God's grace, whereby, for nothing in the sinner but wholly for the merits of the life and death of the Savior, the elect are translated into the family of God forever.
		Adoption and birth are separate ways of becoming members of a family among men.
	www.girs.com /library/theology/syllabus/subjsotr4.html (1031 words)

	Boyce's Abstract of Systematic Theology--Chapter 36
		ADOPTION is that privilege, bestowed upon those who are united with Christ, and justified by faith, by which they are admitted into the family of God, adopted as his children, and made joint heirs with his own Son.
		The Scriptures speak separately of justification and adoption, and do not state that the latter is, in whole, or in part, the same as the former.
		Adoption is yet another which confers upon us the especial privilege of children and heirs of God.
	www.founders.org /library/boyce1/ch36.html (1367 words)

	Our Adoption as God's Children
		The metaphor of adoption seems to be one such adaptation for the sake of effectiveness in communicating the gospel.
		According to Cowen, "huiothesia (adoption) is formed by combining huios (son) and thesis (a placing) and literally means ‘the placing as a son’ or ‘adoption.’ Vine says that huiothesia ‘signifies the place and condition of a son given to one to whom it does not naturally belong." See Cowen, Gerald.
		In surveying Paul’s use of the word "adoption" we are examining his use of the Greek word huiothesia which is translated adoption in some cases and sonship in others depending on the translation being used.
	www.wcg.org /lit/gospel/adoption.htm (4076 words)

	Adoption
		Neither does it mean the "adopting of a child." Adoption in the Bible does not mean the same as the word Adoption when used in relation to the legal transaction of receiving into the family as a son or daughter, a child who has been born of other parents.
		Adoption means "Son Placed." The time of it is in the future at the redemption of our bodies.
		Adoption is one of the future blessings for the man who believes in Christ as planned by the wisdom of the Triune God.
	www.biblebelievers.net /Calvinism/kjcadopt.htm (4449 words)

	Quodlibet Online Journal: Postmetaphysic Theology: a case study: Jean Luc Marion: by Scott David Foutz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Theology, he suggested, is a matter of faith, whereas theiology is necessarily a philosophical endeavor which ultimately lends itself to atheism through an inability to demonstrate its findings as irrefutable.
		That Heidegger's theology is an ontic science due to its positum, and possesses a unique relation to Dasein through faith amounts for Marion to "an irreducible ontological dependence" and thus fails to escape the critique aimed at theiology.
		That which theology has to say, that which distinguishes its voice from among the other voices of the world is the fact that Christ alone abolishes the distance between speaker and speech, between sign and referent.
	www.quodlibet.net /marion.shtml (8223 words)

	Toward a Concise Definition of Covenant Theology
		Federal theology was the answer to the nagging antithesis between God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility that nagged the Reformed conscience.
		As Sinclair Ferguson notes: “during the sixteenth century covenant theology came to be regarded as a key to the interpretation of Scripture and, during the seventeenth century, a key to the interpretation of Christian experience.
		Federal theology is best defined as a system of theology constructed over a span of several centuries; it wed together the high and necessary doctrines of the early reformers with the great emphasis of practice and piety in the latter reformation.
	www.soundofgrace.com /v7/n4/nct4kh.htm (6066 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		This process in which, on the one hand, certain results of speculative theology became legitimised within the Church as revelations and mysteries, and on the otherâ”as a sort of antidoteâ”the freedom of theology was limited, is to be described in what follows.
		The adoption of the belief in the divine Logos to explain the genesis and history of the world at once decided the means by which also the divine dignity and sonship of the Redeemer were alone to be defined.
		In the condition of the theology of the Church at that time, it could not be supposed that religious conviction was especially strong or ardent in men who depreciated the religious philosophy of the Greeks.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/harnack/dogma3.xml (13869 words)

	Evaluation - The Facultyu of Theology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Faculty of Theology of the University of Helsinki is a relatively small faculty within the university but one of the largest faculties of theology in the world.
		The adoption of overall requirements of the university does not seem to be carried out with a clear general strategy at faculty level.
		The Faculty of Theology at Helsinki, one of the largest in the world, offers a broad education of good quality, based on a high consciousness of the value of the subjects taught, and an ambition to relate teaching and research in various close ways.
	www.helsinki.fi /opintoasiainosasto/opintojen_kehittamisyksikko/panelreport_theology.html (3698 words)

	Mersch: Theological Theory
		In order that this participation may impart to them their true character of sons and may produce in them a real adoption, that is, a union, wrought by grace, with Christ's literal sonship, this trebly holy Man must in all truth be the Son.
		The objection may be raised that, although our adoption has a relation to strict sonship, this relation lies outside the adoption and is found in the person of Christ; consequently this relation is predicated of our adoption by a purely extrinsic denomination, according to a way of speaking that is far-fetched and open to misunderstanding.
		Theology considers adoption from the viewpoint of the action that produces it, and prescinds from any question of incorporation in Christ.
	www.innerexplorations.com /chtheomortext/mersch357.htm (6738 words)

	1way2God.net - Adoption
		Adoption into God's family is an immense honour that can only occur after the faith and repentance of conversion, and is separate to the right legal standing before God in justification.
		Adoption has to do with our relationship to God and others, and in adoption we are given many undeserved blessings that we will enjoy forever (literally).
		While this particular privilege of adoption may not be considered as such by some, it is indeed a privilege, for God knows what is best for His creation, disciplining where necessary, 'that we may share in His holiness'.
	www.1way2god.net /adoption.html (1236 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Affirmative or cataphatic theology, admitting that we must use words to speak of God, praises him while acknowledging any name is inappropriate and that it cannot express what he is in himself, only an approximation by which humanity may invoke him.
		Negative theology entails a questioning of all the certainties, all the predications, which the Church has invested with such authority, and in which it has trusted.
		Derrida claims that negative theology, however far it goes in refusing to allow closure, relies on an ultimate affirmation (that God is) which nullifies all its previous dynamic of negation, whereas deconstruction goes beyond the dialectic of essence and presence, demonstrating the endless generation of names and concepts which are only ever nominal effects.
	www.op.org /eckhart/Essay.html (4957 words)

	Basic Christian: Theology, Answers to Life's Questions, 132 Topics
		Adoption Biblically is slightly different than what we think of as adoption.
		The Biblical concept of adoption is confirmation of adulthood of an existing family member and with adulthood comes privileges and inheritance.
		The actual adoption takes place later, when we physically die and our spirit and soul enter the visible presence of God where we are then adopted as sons of God and being sons of God we then receive an inheritance in heaven (visible presence of God).
	www.basicchristian.org /theology.html (18106 words)

	Adoption
		She explains that when churches intentionally support adoption and foster care, blessings are multiplied on both the adoptive family and the entire community.
		There have been 250,000 adoptions in Ontario since record-keeping began, and nearly 73,000 names are currently listed on a provincial registry designed to help reunite birth parents and the children they relinquished.
		The most comprehensive adoption web site on the planet, adoption.com, has a resident blogger, who keeps us abreast of the latest happenings in the adoption world with her newsy entries.
	adoptionblogs.typepad.com (6339 words)

	Crosswalk.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The believer's adoption as a child of God was determined by God from eternity: God "predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ" (Eph 1:5).
		This adoption is not the result of any merit on the part of the believer, but solely the outworking of God's love and grace (Eph 1:5,7).
		The present reality of the believer's adoption into the family of God is release from the slavery of sin and the law and a new position as a free heir of God.
	bible.crosswalk.com /Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi?number=T17 (789 words)

	Forming a Family
		Post’s discussion of adoption and of caregiving is driven by his conviction that agape lies at the root of family relations, while not being confined to them.
		A path remains to be blazed from adoption as a core theological theme to the practice of adoption as an instance of embodying divine love.
		Adoption is rarely seen as an option because it is rarely presented as one.
	www.religion-online.org /showarticle.asp?title=2043 (1024 words)

	CWLA Publication Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		An outspoken and ardent advocate for openness in adoption, James Gritter writes of the need for members of the adoption triad to emphasize services that benefit adoptees, first and foremost.
		Open adoption serves children first by reversing the traditional hierarchy--by treating adoptive families as resources for birthfamilies.
		Drawing on the profound insights of contemporary thinkers in the fields of adoption, theology, philosophy, and literature, Gritter guides the reader along a spiritual journey that explores the candor, commitment, community, and cooperation that define successful open adoptions.
	www.cwla.org /pubs/pubdetails.asp?PUBID=6371 (116 words)

	Suggested Adoption Books (Adoption Helper)
		The feelings of triad members; issues and realities of adoption today; prepares those who are considering adoption; educates people about the lifelong impact of adoption.
		Insights of thinkers in the fields of adoption, theology, philosophy and literature point the way on the spiritual journey toward successful open adoptions.
		Positive adoption language, societal attitudes, preparing to adopt, reactions from friends and family, difference between biological and adoptive parenting.
	www.familyhelper.net /ad/adbooks.html (1760 words)

	Presbyterian Outlook
		This book is an inter-disciplinary reflection on the adoption of children and the issues that surround adoption.
		Throughout the book Stevenson-Moessner, associate professor of pastoral theology and Christian formation at Dubuque Seminary, beautifully weaves stories of contemporary adoptions with the biblical story, which reminds us of a concept that we in the church have long neglected.
		The book concludes with a thoughtful and solid theology of adoption and then a biblical embrace of adoption that traces the development of biology or anatomy as destiny to a different concept of parenting.
	www.pres-outlook.com /HTML/bow120803.html (691 words)

	Adoption Agencies
		This is achieved through humanitarian aid, adoption placement services, an Adoption Clinic (for pre-screening and post adoption therapeutic services), language, cultural, and parenting training facilities.
		Extensive knowledge of international adoption in various countries and of adoption laws in the U.S. in various states.
		Special Expertise/R: Developed and mantained significant contacts within the federal goverment to promote adoption awareness; encourage positive adoption legislation; develop a network of people who can be helpful to adoptive families; and to keep the adoption option as a viable alternative to abortion.
	www.naccfa.org /dire_level/adoption.html (1395 words)

	BookPeople \| The Largest Bookstore in Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Adoption Knowledge Affiliates is a place where adopted people, birth parents, adoptive parents and others are coming together to find a depth of understanding unimaginable before.
		Drawing on adoption stories culled from her practice, she shows how the adopted child, birth parents, adoptive parents, as well as other family members benefit from such contact and openness.
		She is convinced that those who are adopted have a right to learn as much as possible about their past and suggests, for example, that international adoptees be allowed to visit their country of origin to better understand their roots.
	www.bookpeople.com /infobook.html?isbn=aka (1051 words)

	SCHOLARLY OR ANALYTICAL WORKS (D-M) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Adoption is currently taking centre stage in family policy in the UK and USA, with new legislation that places emphasis on providing and maintaining permanent family homes for children separated from their families of origin.
		The new frontiers of adoption are explored: from transracial and intercountry adoption, adoption by same-sex couples, and the adoption of children with special needs, to the movements for opening records and maintaining post-adoption contact between adoptive and birth families.
		Adoption social theory and practice was gradually transformed into a highly homogenized model that tried to match children to parents by class and background and that ultimately favored conventional middle class American families.
	members.aol.com /wmlgage/ll/Scholarly_D-M.html (7611 words)

	Ibn Rushd [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Founded in the theology of Ibn Tumart (1078-1139), who emphasized divine unity and the idea of divine promise and threat, he believed that a positive system of law could co-exist with a rational and practical theology.
		Ibn Talmart's theology affirmed that the existence and essence of God could be established through reason alone, and used that to posit an ethical legal theory that depended on a divine transcendence.
		Until the eighth century, and the rise of the Mutazilite theology, Greek philosophy was viewed with suspicion.
	www.iep.utm.edu /i/ibnrushd.htm (7398 words)

	The Spirit of Open Adoption - Adoption Books/Open Adoption - James L. Gritter - 0878686371 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Using as groundwork the profound insights of contemporary thinkers in the fields of adoption, theology, philosophy, and literature, James Gritter guides the reader along a spiritual pathway that discovers the honesty, community, and cooperation that produce successful open adoption.
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	adoptionshop.com /p155/adoption-books-open-adoption/the-spirit-of-open-adoption.html (214 words)

	Le Sabot Post-Moderne: Arminian adoption -- Theology has consequences?
		Now a friend of mine is adopting the boy, even knowing just how messed up he really is. They’re committing to keep him as their son for life.
		This is a great picture of the Arminian versus the Calvinist understanding of adoption.
		Understanding the anxieties that children go through in the most perfect of adoptions, I can only begin to imagine the work that this couple is about to undertake.
	www.postmodernclog.com /archives/000667.html (312 words)

	History of Dogma - Volume III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In order rightly to understand 11their position in the history of the genesis of the dogmatics of the Church, it is decisive, as will have been already clear from the above, that they only came to the front, after the anti-gnostic understanding of the baptismal confession had been substantially assured in the Church.
		In reference to the Person of Christ he taught: that Jesus was a man, who, by a special decree of God, was born of a virgin through the operation of the Holy Spirit; but that we were not to see in him a heavenly being, who had assumed flesh in the virgin.
		Many theologians at the present day regard the theology of Hermas as positively Nicene, although it is hardly a whit more orthodox than that of Paul.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/harnack/dogma3.htm (11567 words)

	Christian Century: The practice and theology of adoption Womb-love - analysis - Column (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Christian Century: The practice and theology of adoption Womb-love - analysis - Column
		These stories indicate how the church has failed to be sensitive to the reality of adoption and failed to recognize adoption is a paradigm for the church--a "family of faith" made up of people who are not biologically related.
		(At least three Old Testament texts--Genesis 48:5-6, Exodus 2:10 and Esther 2:7,15--also make adoption a central activity.) From a New Testament perspective, adoption is the paradigm for all who come into the family of Christ through God's adoption.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_3_118/ai_70368704 (1480 words)

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