Ma`rifat-e Adyan, Volume 10, Issue 2, No 38, Year 2025 , Pages 81-94
Reviewing the Gospel of John Based on William Led Sessions’ Model: Belief as Personal Relationship
Article Type:
Research
Writers:
Mojtaba Zarvani / Associate Professor at the Department of Religions and Mysticism, The University of Tehran / zarvani@gmail.com
✍️ Milad Azami Maram / PhD student of Religion and Mysticism, The University of Tehran / miladazamimaram@ut.ac.ir
Abstract:
Faith is both the subject of philosophical and theological investigations and the actual behavior of believers. But what is faith itself? By reflecting on the concept of faith itself, it is possible to distinguish three inner and interrelated concepts: (1) the belonging of the faith; (2) the believer; (3) the faith. Without believers, faith has no meaning; and believers show their faith in different ways. Hence, we are faced with different representations of faith, and this shows the necessity of presenting models of faith. The history of Christianity shows that the church fathers considered the Gospel of John as the "spiritual gospel" and regarded personal spiritualism as its main characteristic. Using William Led Sessions’ faith model, and adopting a personal relationship model, this paper seeks to review the personal spiritualism model of the gospel of john. The study and analysis of the sayings, allegories, and signs in the Gospel of John shows that this Gospel emphasizes a personal, mutual, affectionate, dynamic, and vibrant relationship between the individual Christians and Jesus Christ.
چکیده و کلیدواژه فارسی (Persian)
Title :بازخوانی انجیل یوحنا بر مبنای مدل ویلیام لد سشنز: ایمان به مثابه‌ی ارتباط شخصی
Abstract:
ایمان، هم موضوع تأملات فلسفی و الهیاتی است و هم رفتار عملی مؤمنان؛ اما خود ایمان چیست؟ با تأمل بر خود مفهوم ایمان می توان سه مفهوم درونی و هم بسته را از هم تمییز داد: 1. متعلَق ایمان؛ 2. مؤمن؛ 3. ایمان. چون ایمان بدون مؤمن معنا نخواهد داشت و مؤمنان نیز به طرق مختلفی ایمانشان را نشان می دهند، با نمودهای ایمانی مختلفی روبه رو هستیم و همین امر ضرورت مدل بندی ایمان ورزی را نشان می دهد. تاریخ مسیحیت نشان می دهد که پدران کلیسا انجیل یوحنا را «انجیل معنوی» و معنویت گرایی شخصی را مشخصۀ آن می دانستند. این نوشتار به دنبال آن است تا با استفاده از مدل بندی ایمان ورزی از سوی ویلیام لد سشنز و اتخاذ مدل ارتباط شخصی، به بازخوانی معنویت گرایی شخصی انجیل یوحنا بپردازد. مطالعه و واکاوی گفته ها، تمثیل ها و نشانه ها در انجیل یوحنا نشان می دهد که این انجیل بر یک ارتباط شخصی، متقابل، محبت محور، پویا و زنده بین فردفرد مسیحیان و عیسی مسیح تأکید دارد.
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Zarvani , Mojtaba, Azami Maram , Milad.(2025) Reviewing the Gospel of John Based on William Led Sessions’ Model: Belief as Personal Relationship. Ma`rifat-e Adyan, 10(2), 81-94
Mojtaba Zarvani ; Milad Azami Maram ."Reviewing the Gospel of John Based on William Led Sessions’ Model: Belief as Personal Relationship". Ma`rifat-e Adyan, 10, 2, 2025, 81-94
Zarvani , M, Azami Maram , M.(2025) 'Reviewing the Gospel of John Based on William Led Sessions’ Model: Belief as Personal Relationship', Ma`rifat-e Adyan, 10(2), pp. 81-94
