An umbrella group for the various sub-disciplines of academic theology: from philosophical theology to various sub-fields in Christian theology (Biblical theology, LGBT and feminist theologies, etc.), to horizons beyond classical/Abrahamic theism.
Muhammad Akram deposited Beyond Dichotomies: The Import of Gadamer’s Hermeneutics for the Debate of Relationship between Theology and Religious Studies in the group
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This paper discusses the issue of the relationship between theology and religious studies, drawing on certain principles of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s hermeneutical theory. Leaving aside differences between Gadamer and his critics, it is argued that his rehabilitation of prejudice, authority, and tradition as well as his notions of the fusion of…[Read more]
Muhammad Akram deposited مسلمانوں کے مطالعہ مذاہب پر مغربی مفکرین کے تاثرات: یاک وارڈن برگ کے خصوصی حوالے سے ایک تنقیدی جائزہ /Western Views of the Muslim Study of Religions: A Critical Overview with Special Reference to Jacques Waardenburg in the group
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Muslim study of religions before modern times has claimed the attention of some modern Western scholars. At least three developmental phases of this nascent discursive field are discernable. Firstly, Western views of Muslim writings on different religions started appearing as prefaces, marginal notes, and introductions to the edited manuscripts…[Read more]
Allan Savage deposited Philosophy is a Destabilizing Inquiry in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 3 months ago
I take as a “jumping off place” for this reflection the Conclusion that Werner Brock, (DPhil) made to his lectures published as An Introduction to Contemporary German Philosophy (1935, Cambridge University Press). Following the observation of J. H. Muirhead in the Foreword, that “readers will draw their own conclusions from his presentation of hi…[Read more]
Sérgio Dias Branco deposited Divinely Human: Robert Bresson’s Spiritual Reflections in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 3 months, 2 weeks ago
This talk reads Robert Bresson’s Notes on the Cinematographer, not as a mere collection of thoughts, but as spiritual reflections. These brief meditations record aspects of his film practice in condensed form and reveal the connection between contemplation and action. The contemplative tone of the book becomes perceptible through the careful o…[Read more]
Michael Miller deposited The Name of God and the Name of the Messiah: Jewish and Christian Parallels in Late Antiquity in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 6 months ago
This study argues that there is a tradition, arising from a ‘Jewish milieu’, based around the exegesis of select biblical passages, indicating that the messiah bears the Divine Name. This tradition appears to predate the Christian movement, and is referenced also in rabbinic literature. In the first section we highlight a tradition regarding the…[Read more]
Allan Savage deposited Philosophical Monographs Vol. 1. in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 6 months ago
The essays collected into this volume represent an attempt by the author to philosophize creatively on three different topics; Video Gaming, God, and Philosophical Thought in light of a posthuman understanding. Each has been written from a “dehellenized” point of view which makes them somewhat unconventional in their construction and pre…[Read more]
Neil B MacDonald deposited Wittgenstein, Derrida, and the Possibility of Meaning: Hierarchy or Non-Hierarchy, Simple or Non-simple Origin, Deferral or Non-Deferral in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 1 month ago
Meaning understood in terms of teachability and learnability is crucial to Ludwig Wittgenstein’s later work. As regards the resolution of philosophical problems – and epistemological problems in particular – this approach seems to posit a hierarchy of meaning that excludes endless deferral. This is the basis of Wittgenstein’s attack on philo…[Read more]
Michael Miller deposited The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem and Ben Ammi’s Theology of Marginalisation and Reorientation in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 1 month ago
This paper will look at the way the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem have utilised the theological narrative of marginalisation in their quest for identity and self-determination. The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem are an expatriate black American group who have lived in Israel since 1969, when their spiritual leader, Detroit-born…[Read more]
Alexander Chow started the topic CfP: Yale-Edinburgh 2020 in the discussion
Theology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 2 months ago
Oral, Print, and Digital Cultures in World Christianity and the History of Mission
New College, University of Edinburgh, 25–27 June 2020
Proposals due: March 6, 2020
Registration deadline: March 30, 2020
The next meeting of the Yale-Edinburgh Group on World Christianity and the History of Mission will take place in New College, University of E…[Read more]Philip J. Lowe deposited The Premise and Paraenesis: Rhetorical Studies and the Connection of the Christ Hymn with the Corresponding Paraenesis of Colossians in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
Much has been written on the epistle to the Colossians. Much less has been written on Colossians and rhetoric. Even less has been written on the connection of praise and paraenesis found in the epistle. If the book of Colossians can be understood as epideictic rhetoric, then a connection between its paraenesis and the encomium to Christ…[Read more]
Philip J. Lowe deposited A Qualm About Q in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
The Q hypothesis has long dominated the study of the Synoptics. It is often heralded as the key to Synoptic interpretation, yet it is simultaneously challenged at nearly every juncture. Regarding parable study, the Q hypothesis offers much by way of identifying redaction, but the impact of identifiable redaction is often overvalued. Those choosing…[Read more]
Albert Roland Haig deposited Dying and living with Christ: A sketch of a participatory theory of the atonement founded in Platonic realism and an Irenaean “soul-making” theodicy in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
A theory of the atonement is outlined which is grounded in an appropriation of the Platonic doctrine of participation, and an Irenaean theodicy. The purpose of Christ’s life and death was to enable humans to destroy the sinful aspects of their character, and to manifest Christ’s righteousness, by means of participation in the same Form. The the…[Read more]
Marika Rose deposited Holy mothers of God: sex work, inheritance, and the women of Jesus’ genealogy in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 8 months ago
In this article I consider the stories of Jesus’ women ancestors in the genealogy which opens the Gospel of Matthew. Reading these stories in light of Marxist-feminist analyses of marriage, sex work and reproductive labor, alongside contemporary sex workers’ rights discourse, and through Marcella Althaus-Reid’s claim that all theology is “a se…[Read more]
Neil B MacDonald deposited ‘Time is no Barrier’ in John’s Resurrection Narrative (John 20:24-29): A Theology of the Absolute Identity of the ‘Wounds at the Cross’? in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 8 months ago
John 20:24-29 – the Doubting Thomas Narrative – is explored in terms of the thesis that Jesus showed Thomas wounds absolutely identical to the wounds originating at the time of the crucifixion. John understands the risen Jesus to enact sovereignty over time in this passage. This was a new stage in John’s Christological Development and aug…[Read more]
Neil B MacDonald deposited Can We Understand the Risen Jesus as Enacting Sovereignty over Space in the Fourth Gospel (or does Jesus ‘Merely’ Pass Through Physical Objects at John 20:19-20)? in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 8 months ago
In interpreting the risen Jesus’ action of appearing ‘out of nowhere’ at John 20:19-20 (and Luke 24:36) and his inferred action of rising from the dead at John 20:5-7 (and Luke 24:12), the consensus of both classical and modern biblical tradition has been to understand these actions as Jesus in some sense passing through physical objects and there…[Read more]
Neil B MacDonald deposited Karl Barth and the Resurrection of ‘Time Past’: The Risen Jesus, Sovereignty over Time, and Absolute Identity in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 8 months ago
In the section ‘Jesus Christ, Lord of Time’ in Church Dogmatics III/2 Karl Barth held that lordship or sovereignty over time was central to the reality of the risen Jesus. I argue that his enacting sovereignty over time coincided with the very resurrection of time itself – the past recapitulated in the present – in a way necessarily invol…[Read more]
Narasimhananda Swami deposited Yoga Taravali of Acharya Shankara Prabuddha Bharata January 2019 in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month ago
Yoga-Taravali of Acharya Shankara
Translated by Swami NarasimhanandaNarasimhananda Swami deposited Book Review Uttara Gita by Minati Kar Prabuddha Bharata November 2008 in the group
Theology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month ago
A review of the translation of Uttara Gita by Minati Kar published by the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata, India. Though brief, the Uttara-gita clearly explains the nature of the Atman and the method to realize it,primarily through yoga. This book serves as a supplementary text to the Bhagavadgita. It is a text that inspires…[Read more]
Narasimhananda Swami deposited Book Review Towards the Goal by Mrs Vandana Sarathy and Dr Rajeev Ramakrishna Prabuddha Bharata January 2011 in the group
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Book Review Towards the Goal by Mrs Vandana Sarathy and Dr Rajeev Ramakrishna
Narasimhananda Swami deposited Book Review The Western Construction of Religion: Myths, Knowledge, and Ideology by Daniel Dubuisson, Prabuddha Bharata February 2015 in the group
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Book Review The Western Construction of Religion: Myths, Knowledge, and Ideology by Daniel Dubuisson
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