Showing papers in "Theology in 2012"
TL;DR: The relationship between sport and religion is explored in this article, where the authors map out the key historical features of this relationship while providing insight into the ways in which the Protestant Church continues to pursue sport as a form of outreach and ministry.
Abstract: How, we might ask, are sport and religion connected? The truth is that, in Britain at least, these two cultural practices share a good deal of common ground primarily as a consequence of the role of Protestantism in the development of sport in Victorian times. Recent years have witnessed an increasing amount of academic discussion and debate around the sport–religion relationship. What this article aims to do is to map out the key historical features of this relationship while providing insight into the ways in which the Protestant Church continues to pursue sport as a form of outreach and ministry.
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TL;DR: This article found that Paul could not have intended such detailed reference because his hearers would no longer have understood the meaning of such a reference because their hearers were no longer in the Church.
Abstract: Study of Paul’s use of Scripture has searched for ‘allusions’ and ‘echoes’, generating a reaction which claims that Paul could not have intended such detailed reference because his hearers would no...
6 citations
TL;DR: In the current post-Christendom era, where the religious conditions call forth a missionary response from the churches, the teaching and development of social anthropology for the purpose of miss... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In the current ‘post-Christendom’ era, where the religious conditions call forth a missionary response from the churches, the teaching and development of social anthropology for the purpose of miss...
3 citations
TL;DR: Jazz improvisation provides the Church with two fruitful metaphors as it faces tension and conflict as mentioned in this paper : the Church in conflict might view itself as an improvising jazz band, a community of tru...
Abstract: Jazz improvisation provides the Church with two fruitful metaphors as it faces tension and conflict. First, the Church in conflict might view itself as an improvising jazz band – a community of tru...
2 citations
TL;DR: One aspect of the chilly climate of ecumenism at the present time is the idea that theological dialogue between the major Christian traditions is basically a pointless exercise in self-deception.
Abstract: One aspect of the chilly climate of ecumenism at the present time is the idea that theological dialogue between the major Christian traditions is basically a pointless exercise in self-deception. T...
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TL;DR: Kierkegaard's hermeneutics (De-Familiarization, Appropriation and Consequentiality) was applied to his condemnation of pulpit hypocrisy in nineteenth-century Denmark.
Abstract: This article shall outline the significance of Kierkegaard’s method of Bible reading for preaching. The key concepts in Kierkegaard’s hermeneutics (De-Familiarization, Appropriation and Consequentiality) will be applied to his condemnation of pulpit hypocrisy in nineteenth-century Denmark. This is best illustrated in his humorous parable, ‘The Tame Geese’. Kierkegaard’s critique of preaching will then be compared with Fred B. Craddock’s ‘New Homiletic’. Though superficially similar, it will be shown that Kierkegaard still upholds the authority of the preacher in a way that diverges from many postmodern misinterpretations of his work. In the light of contemporary critiques of preaching, this reflection will emphasize how Kierkegaard’s hermeneutics might be helpful in shaping a renewed approach to proclamation that catalyses genuine transformation in its hearers, beginning with the preacher’s personal engagement with the text.
2 citations
TL;DR: The Episcopal Church in the United States, the first church of the Anglican Communion apart from the Church of England, is torn between two allegiances: one to its historic membership of the Commun...
Abstract: The Episcopal Church in the United States, the first church of the Anglican Communion apart from the Church of England, is torn between two allegiances: one to its historic membership of the Commun...
2 citations
TL;DR: More than Gold as discussed by the authors describes the churches' response to the challenge of the London Olympics and Paralympics, and notes the work of denominations and the ecumenical response through More Than Gold.
Abstract: This article describes the churches’ response to the challenge of the London Olympics and Paralympics. It notes the work of denominations and the ecumenical response through More Than Gold. It sugg...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how Paul uses athletic imagery to re-envision the Christian life in his letter to the Philippians 3.13.14 and conclude that the athletic imagery in this passage actually encapsulates what Paul is aiming to do in this letter.
Abstract: This essay explores how Paul uses athletic imagery to re-envision the Christian life in his letter to the Philippians. In order to explore how Paul is using athletic imagery I first examine some common associations with athletes in the ancient world. Then I discuss how someone contemporaneous with Paul, Epictetus, appropriated athletic language for his moral philosophical purposes. With this context in view I examine Paul’s usage of athletics, specifically focusing on Philippians 3.13–14. I argue that Paul uses the image of the runner in this passage to vividly portray his autobiography (3.5–11), which makes use of the common associations with the runner and is structured similarly to that of Epictetus’ usage of athletics. Given this imagery’s central position in chapter 3 and how it relates to other aspects of the letter, I then explore its connection to Paul’s overarching aim. I conclude that the athletic imagery in Philippians 3.13–14 actually encapsulates what Paul is aiming to do in this letter.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw on the rich resource of Evening Prayer as it appears in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer to argue that the liturgy leads to better sleep.
Abstract: In commemoration of its three-hundred-and-fiftieth year, this article draws on the rich resource of Evening Prayer as it appears in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer to argue that the liturgy leads th...
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TL;DR: The authors focused on the historical and literary and dimensions of each evangelist's account of Jesus' baptism, and this evidently important Gospel narrative became a crucified account of Christ's life.
Abstract: Whereas New Testament criticism has tended to focus on historical and literary and dimensions of each evangelist’s account of Jesus’ baptism, this evidently important Gospel narrative became a cruc...
TL;DR: In the first half of the nineteenth century the relationship between the Church of England and the state shifted dramatically as mentioned in this paper, and this influenced, and was in turn influenced by, heated debates about A...
Abstract: In the first half of the nineteenth century the relationship between the Church of England and the state shifted dramatically. This influenced, and was in turn influenced by, heated debates about A...
TL;DR: In this article, the question of the bodily senses and how they are related to one another is addressed in connection with a eucharistic interpretation of 1 Peter 2.1-8, and an analysis of G. M. Hopkins's sonnet, "As kingfishers catch fire".
Abstract: This sermon addresses the question of the bodily senses and how they are related to one another, in connection with a eucharistic interpretation of 1 Peter 2.1–8, and an analysis of G. M. Hopkins’s sonnet, ‘As kingfishers catch fire’. These discussions are related to the tradition of the spiritual senses and to a reappraisal of presence and absence. A link is made between concrete presence and particularity, on the one hand, and participation, on the other. Real presence is aligned with a perfect virtuality, and immediacy is seen as paradoxically borrowed; it always arrives from elsewhere, and yet this affirms rather than compromises its specificity. In this way, that which might be ‘stone-like’ and visible cannot be entirely commanded, and yet its visibility and lapidary quiddity, or thingness, is in no way derogated.