Talk:Ephrem the Syrian

message: "Today, Saint Ephrem presents an engaging model of Asian Christianity, which might prove a valuable source of theological insight for Christian communities that wish to break out of the European cultural mould. Ephrem also shows that poetry is not only a valid vehicle for theology, but is in many ways superior to philosophical discourse for the purpose of doing theology. He also encourages a way of reading the Bible that is rooted more in faith than in critical analysis. Ephrem displays a deep sense of the interconnectedness of all created things, which could develop his role in the church into that of a 'saint of ecology'. There are modern studies into Ephrem's view of women that see him as a champion of women in the church. Other studies have focused on the importance of 'healing' imagery in Ephrem. Ephrem, then, confronts the contemporary church as an orthodox saint engaged in a theology that is at once nonwestern, poetic, ecological, feminist, and healing."
:This section of the article is very somewhat problematical, although I don't agree or disagree with the conclusions they should be cited and rewritten to reflect that they are the opinions and conclusions of reliably sourced commentators and not simply a personal point of view or original research/synthesis. Awotter (talk) 21:31, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The statements need to have proper citations to reliable sources. Otherwise I'd recommend removing the content. Additionally, other scholarly viewpoints should be presented. Can anyone help out with the citations? Majoreditor (talk) 21:41, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I left a message on the editor's page who added the section (my objections seem a little harsher on reflection than I meant, hence the strike-out) I agree that inline citations and identification of any respective pov's would help. Awotter (talk) 21:54, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This looks like its drawn from Luminous Eye. It is the somewhat promotional opinion of Sebastian Brock. I agree that it needs to be referenced properly and reworded to make it clear that this is scholarly evaluation of Ephrem's potential contribution to modern theology. Thanks, Awotter, for bringing this to attention. I'll redraft it with sources. — Gareth Hughes (talk) 22:48, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Synthesis/POV 

message: With respect to scholars keep the original name of the books and articles in the references. Stop renaming them with incorrect text.--Abgarus (talk) 19:49, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. someone has been altering the subject's name from "Syrian" to "Assyrian" apparently without looking at what the reference sources show. Majoreditor (talk) 21:09, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
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message: The article lead is inconsistent with the rest of the article regarding Ephrem's date of death. 131.111.5.134 (talk) 13:46, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of death