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Alistair McFadyen
Bio: Alistair McFadyen is an academic researcher from University of Leeds. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social relation & Christian theology. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 11 publications receiving 198 citations.
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07 Aug 2000
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw into conversation the loss of God: pragmatic atheism and the language of sin, speaking morally? The case of original sin, testing, testing: theology in concrete conversation, and bound by silence: sexual abuse of children.
Abstract: Acknowledgments Part I Drawing into Conversation: 1 The loss of God: pragmatic atheism and the language of sin 2 Speaking morally? The case of original sin 3 Testing, testing: theology in concrete conversation Part II Concrete Pathologies: 4 Bound by silence: sexual abuse of children 5 What was the problem? 'The Final Solution' and the binding of reason Part III Testing the Inheritance: 6 Willing 7 Power and participation: feminist theologies of sin 8 Augustine's will 9 A question of standards: trinity, joy, worship and idolatry 10 Concrete idolatries Index of names Index of subjects
78 citations
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26 Oct 1990TL;DR: In this paper, the creation of the Trinity, persons, gender, and dialogue are discussed, as well as the re-creation of individuality: the call of Christ and the social formation of persons.
Abstract: Introduction Part I. Persons in Relation to God: 1. The creation of individuality in God's image: Trinity, persons, gender and dialogue 2. The re-creation of individuality: the call of Christ Part II. Social Relations: 3. The social formation of persons Part III. Interpersonal Relations: 4. The redemptive transformation of relations: dialogue 5. Pesonal integrity: centredness and orientation on others 6. Ethical resistance: testing the validity of disagreements Part IV. Political Relations: 7. Theology, church, and politics 8. Political community 9. Institutions Epilogue Glossary Index.
70 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a more interactionist, dynamic, and relational view of "imaging God" is commended as a key anthropological term, which locates theological anthropology securely within the interactive context of being related to by God and suggests that theological anthropology might be a matter of performance rather than definition.
Abstract: Traditionally the central trope in Christian theological anthropology, “the image of God” tends to function more as a noun than a verb. While that has grounded significant interplay between specific Christian formulations and the concepts of nontheological disciplines and cultural constructs, it facilitates the withdrawal of the image and of theological anthropology more broadly from the context of active relation with God. Rather than a static rendering of the image a more interactionist, dynamic, and relational view of “imaging God” is commended as a key anthropological term. Engaging with Psalm 8 suggests that, biblically, asking the anthropological question “What is humanity?” is tied to the answer to the theological question: who is God? This locates theological anthropology securely within the interactive context of being related to by God and suggests that theological anthropology might be a matter of performance rather than definition: actively imaging God.
18 citations
TL;DR: The authors draw attention to the growing significance of religion in the policy and practice of British policing, drawing on the disciplines and expertise of both criminology and theology and religious studies, to the mutual enrichment of both.
Abstract: This article draws attention to the growing significance of religion in the policy and practice of British policing – a development that has largely escaped academic notice. The authors suggest these developments are significant and worthy of careful scholarly attention, drawing on the disciplines and expertise of both criminology and theology and religious studies, to the mutual enrichment of both. Through such cross-disciplinary engagement a richer picture is possible in which the significance of religion in a number of areas of policing policy and practice may be both recognised and seen to be interrelated. One immediate consequence is suggested: a different context of interpretation for police engagement with faith communities for the purposes of counterterrorism – the one area of policing where religion emerges as a theme in scholarly study. At the same time, it is suggested that engaging with policing might provide fertile grounding for vibrant discussions of the nature of the secular and of the pla...
16 citations
TL;DR: This paper reviewed fieldwork data from interviews with members of the Metropolitan Police Service in London, UK, and identified the role that personal religiosity, or negative attitudes towards religion, can play in attitudes, practice, and expectations.
Abstract: In many professions, personal religiosity can have a direct bearing on day-to-day practice and the implementation of policy. This article reviews fieldwork data from interviews with members of the Metropolitan Police Service in London, UK, and identifies the role that personal religiosity, or negative attitudes towards religion, can play in attitudes, practice, and expectations. Reflecting on debates about the nature of religious identity, the authors argue that in an arena where religion is increasingly seen to influence policy and practice, the personal religious or non-religious identity of the individual should not be seen as ‘outside’ the area of work but may require careful negotiation and articulation to avoid normative constructions of religion being applied inappropriately to local communities.
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01 Jan 1992
TL;DR: The body politics of Julia Kristeva and the Body Politics of JuliaKristeva as discussed by the authors are discussed in detail in Section 5.1.1 and Section 6.2.1.
Abstract: Preface (1999) Preface (1990) 1. Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire I. 'Women' as the Subject of Feminism II. The Compulsory Order of Sex/Gender/Desire III. Gender: The Circular Ruins of Contemporary Debate IV. Theorizing the Binary, the Unitary and Beyond V. Identity, Sex and the Metaphysics of Substance VI. Language, Power and the Strategies of Displacement 2. Prohibition, Psychoanalysis, and the Production of the Heterosexual Matrix I. Structuralism's Critical Exchange II. Lacan, Riviere, and the Strategies of Masquerade III. Freud and the Melancholia of Gender IV. Gender Complexity and the Limits of Identification V. Reformulating Prohibition as Power 3. Subversive Bodily Acts I. The Body Politics of Julia Kristeva II. Foucault, Herculine, and the Politics of Sexual Discontinuity III. Monique Wittig - Bodily Disintegration and Fictive Sex IV. Bodily Inscriptions, Performative Subversions Conclusion - From Parody to Politics
1,125 citations
195 citations
TL;DR: This paper explored the three approaches embedded in this strategy and argued for a contextualized and culturally relevant interpretation of religious texts, while acknowledging that homosexuality is indeed portrayed negatively in some parts of religious text, the participants critique traditional hermeneutics by highlighting its inaccuracy and socio-cultural specificity.
Abstract: Religious authority figures often use religious texts as the primary basis for censuring homosexuality. In recent years, however, non-heterosexual Christians and Muslims have begun to contest the discursively produced boundary of sexual morality.Drawing upon two research projects on non-heterosexual Christians and Muslims, this article explores the three approaches embedded in this strategy.While acknowledging that homosexuality is indeed portrayed negatively in some parts of religious texts, the participants critique traditional hermeneutics by highlighting its inaccuracy and socio-cultural specificity, and arguing for a contextualized and culturally relevant interpretation. They also critique the credibility of institutional interpretive authority by highlighting its inadequacy and ideology, and relocating authentic interpretive authority to personal experience. Finally, they recast religious texts to construct resources for their spiritual nourishment.This strategy generally reflects the contemporary western religious landscape that prioritizes
the authority of the self over that of religious institution.
155 citations
Dissertation•
10 Jul 2018
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a Declaration and Table of Table of Contents (table of contents) of the conference proceedings of the World Wide Web Conference on Artificial Intelligence (W3C).
Abstract: ........................................................................................................................................................ ii Declaration .................................................................................................................................................. iii Table of
127 citations
TL;DR: It is dangerous to think that any one understanding of ``European'', or any other, values could be legitimately imposed on those who have different ideas about morality in health care and related fields.
Abstract: Are there distinctly European values in bioethics, and if there are, what are they? Some Continental philosophers have argued that the principles of dignity, precaution, and solidarity reflect the European ethos better than the liberal concepts of autonomy, harm, and justice. These principles, so the argument goes, elevate prudence over hedonism, communality over individualism, and moral sense over pragmatism. Contrary to what their proponents often believe, however, dignity, precaution, and solidarity can be interpreted in many ways, and it is not clear which reading would, or should, be favored by popular opinion. It is therefore dangerous to think that any one understanding of "European", or any other, values could be legitimately imposed on those who have different ideas about morality in health care and related fields. Bioethical principles should be employed to promote discussion, not to suppress it.
107 citations