"Systematic Theologies" - What is this, exactly?
I think I know what this is, but what other resources do we have which are this type? Even thought I think I know what this is, please do give an explanation if you use these often.
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Wilson Hines
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If you are reformed you will love systematic theologies, it's what we do!
The difference is that if one bit of theology does not comport with another aspect of theology either one element is wrong or you do not understand how they do work together. That is why you have to be systematic, or you bo not know if you are in balance or not.
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Wilson Hines said:
I think I know what this is, but what other resources do we have which are this type? Even thought I think I know what this is, please do give an explanation if you use these often.
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Wilson is your question about Systematic Theologies or about the fact that their is an interactive resource for Systematic Theologies and what what other resource types have an interactive resource available?
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It's about the fact that there is an interactive resource for Systematic Theologies and what other resource types have an interactive resource available?
I've been using Logos a long time and haven't ever seen "interactive resources" before.
Wilson Hines
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Mike, I appreciate your response, but it wasn't the issue I was having. I can see why you responded the way you did and in a lot of cases, you would've answered spot on. The internet is hard
Thanks again
Wilson Hines
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Wilson Hines said:
It's about the fact that there is an interactive resource for Systematic Theologies and what other resource types have an interactive resource available?
There are currently three dozen different ones from Weights and Measures to Canon Comparison to Before and After Biblical Sites. They are a mix.
When Logos 6 came out their promos made use of the Psalms Explorer, which is an interactive.
Wilson Hines said:I've been using Logos a long time and haven't ever seen "interactive resources" before.
Perhaps this is a terminology issue. Some are called explorers, one is a navigator, one is a map. They first came out in Logos 6, I believe. Logos Now users were getting new ones rather regularly before Logos 7 came out.
To see which ones you might have, go to Tools|Interactive Media then click on All Interactive Resources, which will show them in your Library panel.
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I should add a screen shot of some of them in my library:
Pastor, North Park Baptist Church
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Well, this is just nice! Thanks!
Wilson Hines
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Interesting. Not to be critical, truly curious, but what is the appeal of this interactive? I like having the Systematic Theologies section in my Passage Guide or searching my Systematic Theologies collection, but the Interactive didn't seem particularly useful to me. It seems mainly to let you see what Systematic Theology resources were available in Logos; but the same thing can be done in the Logos store by browsing "Systematic Theologies" and narrowing them down by "Christian Group" on the left hand side.
I've actually hidden all my Interactives. The few that were interesting to me (Psalms Explorer, Proverbs Explorer, the speech to/from God one) seemed to just provide different UI (possibly for some more user friendly) to capabilities that were already available via the Search tool. Others just seem like clunky little image galleries with little takeaway. But everyone enjoys different features, so I'm happy for those that do.
I am curious though if I'm missing something in the Systematic Theologies interactive though. This has been the second recent thread excited about it...
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I guess there is indeed a useless "neat" factor to it. Essentially I like this particular one because it shows me what I might be missing on this topic. I find that important. Yes, I guess you could get the same from the website, but it is nice that it's integrated into the system itself.
Bill Gates once said that anything you can do in Windows can be done at least four ways, because there are at least four types of people who would prefer one way over another. There's nothing wrong with another way. Circa mid-90's.
Wilson Hines
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Cool. As long as I'm not missing something!
And I totally agree about how different people interact with information. It's good to support multiple approaches.
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Josiah said:
I am curious though if I'm missing something in the Systematic Theologies interactive though.
Probably not. It isn't exciting to me either, but it does produce information that some people feel is important to have - the basic theology of a theologian who's written a systematic theology. As an interactive goes its pretty simplistic, put I think Faithlife felt this was the best was to publish the information and be able to keep it up to date.
In general I think of the interactives in terms of wow factor. A few are genuinely helpful and I at least occasionally use them.
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