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Liberation theology is widely referred to in discussions of
politics and religion but not always adequately understood. The
second edition of this Companion brings the story of the movement's
continuing importance and impact up to date. Additional essays,
which complement those in the original edition, expand upon the
issues by dealing with gender and sexuality and the important
matter of epistemology. In the light of a more conservative ethos
in Roman Catholicism, and in theology generally, liberation
theology is often said to have been an intellectual movement tied
to a particular period of ecumenical and political theology. These
essays indicate its continuing importance in different contexts and
enable readers to locate its distinctive intellectual ethos within
the evolving contextual and cultural concerns of theology and
religious studies. This book will be of interest to students of
theology as well as to sociologists, political theorists and
historians.
Liberation theology is widely referred to in discussions of
politics and religion but not always adequately understood. The
second edition of this Companion brings the story of the movement's
continuing importance and impact up to date. Additional essays,
which complement those in the original edition, expand upon the
issues by dealing with gender and sexuality and the important
matter of epistemology. In the light of a more conservative ethos
in Roman Catholicism, and in theology generally, liberation
theology is often said to have been an intellectual movement tied
to a particular period of ecumenical and political theology. These
essays indicate its continuing importance in different contexts and
enable readers to locate its distinctive intellectual ethos within
the evolving contextual and cultural concerns of theology and
religious studies. This book will be of interest to students of
theology as well as to sociologists, political theorists and
historians.
Christianity began with the conviction that the old order was
finished. The mysterious, elusive and charismatic figure of Jesus
proclaimed that a new era, the Kingdom of God, was dawning. Yet
despite its success, and the conversion of the empire which had
executed its founder, the religion he inspired was soon
domesticated, its counter-cultural radicalism tamed, as the Church
attempted to control both its doctrines and its followers.
Christopher Rowland here shows that this was never the whole story.
At the margins, around the edges, sometimes off the religious map,
the apocalyptic flame of the New Testament continued to burn. In
1649 the Diggers occupied St George's Hill to put the
egalitarianism of Christ into practice. 'You must break these men
or they will break you', Oliver Cromwell declared of the
'lunaticks'. This book argues that such revolutionaries had divined
the true intent of the enigma who threw over the tables of the
money-changers: to summon a new epoch - strange, iconoclastic,
uncomfortable and otherworldly. It gives full weight to a
remarkable strain of radical religion that simply refuses to die.
The authors of this volume investigate the analysis of visual
sources and their indispensable role for understanding and
interpreting religions, their symbol systems, and the wider
traditions of which they are a part. A particular interest in this
study is the focus on the methodological challenge of images from a
comparative perspective. The common concern that ranges over all
the contributions is the search for a methodological perspective
where images may be analysed in a comprehensive way, with
particular regard for the social, and wider intellectual settings,
as well as the religious, in which the images are embedded.
Accordingly, we seek to show that visual sources need to be
interpreted from different angles, In the last decades, a broad
range of publications has contributed to highlight the significance
of images, and visual media in general, for understanding religious
traditions, communities and discourses in both historical and
contemporary perspective. In more recent research streams,
focussing on visual media in religious traditions and symbol
systems, various avenues have opened up and been explored focussing
on the status of images and of the gaze of the viewer as central
aspects. Furthermore, there are illuminating contributions dealing
with the theoretical premises and settings with which to approach
the visual as a central component of religion, on the one hand
giving an overview of essential definitions and implications, on
the other hand concentrating on specific techniques and/or media.
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The Bible forms a key part in the development of critical
theological thinking and reflection on experience. Equally, to
understand how we as individuals read the bible, we need to be
critically aware of our own stories and context. Text and life,
tradition and experience, are inextricably intertwined. "In a Glass
Darkly" offers for the first time a critical dialogue between
practical theology and biblical hermeneutics. It considers the role
of emotional engagement and critical understanding in biblical
interpretation from here and presents being critical as an act
which is just as much appreciative as it is suspicious.
This volume of essays by Christopher Rowland, written during the
last forty years, concerns the nature of apocalypticism and its
reception history. His reading of apocalyptic texts is thereby
colored not by immersion into the study of "apocalyptic" in
biblical scholarship, but by acquaintance with early Jewish
mysticism. One of the Oxford English Dictionary's definitions of
"mystic" is one which helps to understand not only the mystical but
also apocalyptic: a mystic is "one who believes in the possibility
of the spiritual apprehension of truths that are inaccessible to
the understanding." This definition and the importance of the
opening word of Revelation as an apocalypse - in other words, a
writing whose form is revelatory -, are explored in these essays.
As this understanding of apocalypticism contrasts with the
eschatological character predominant in modern biblical
scholarship, a theme of this collection therefore is that the
eschatological elements in apocalyptic texts are not the
determining feature of what constitutes "apocalyptic," which must
especially attend to the revelatory form of apocalyptic texts such
as Revelation. The pervasiveness of apocalyptic and mystical
elements in the New Testament is a consistent thread throughout the
volume, which also includes consideration of the apocalyptic and
eschatological thought of Joachim of Fiore and his disciples, the
early modern appeal to visions and revelation, and culminates in
the texts and images of William Blake (1757-1827). The collection's
concern with the history of the reception of such ideas contributes
to the vindication of Ernst Kasemann's view of apocalyptic being
the "mother of Christian theology".
Moving ever closer to the sun within...this collection of poetry
was written to accompany the path of ^elevation. May light and life
fill our world.
John's Gospel has traditionally been regarded as the least
apocalyptic document in the New Testament. This exciting new
collection redresses the balance by exploring the ways in which the
apocalyptic literature of Second Temple Judaism has contributed to
the theology and outlook of John's Gospel. Given that John, like
the Jewish apocalyptic texts, is primarily concerned with the theme
of revelation, the contributors examine how apocalyptic ideas can
help to explain the Johannine portrayal of Jesus as the messenger
sent from heaven to reveal the divine mysteries, as well as the
Gospel's presentation of the activity of the Spirit, its
understanding of evil, and the intended effects of this 'apocalypse
in reverse' on its readers and hearers. The highly distinguished
contributors include, John Ashton, Christopher Rowland, April
DeConick, Judith Lieu and Jorg Frey.
John's Gospel has traditionally been regarded as the least
apocalyptic document in the New Testament. This exciting new
collection redresses the balance by exploring the ways in which the
apocalyptic literature of Second Temple Judaism has contributed to
the theology and outlook of John's Gospel. Given that John, like
the Jewish apocalyptic texts, is primarily concerned with the theme
of revelation, the contributors examine how apocalyptic ideas can
help to explain the Johannine portrayal of Jesus as the messenger
sent from heaven to reveal the divine mysteries, as well as the
Gospel's presentation of the activity of the Spirit, its
understanding of evil, and the intended effects of this 'apocalypse
in reverse' on its readers and hearers. The highly distinguished
contributors include, John Ashton, Christopher Rowland, April
DeConick, Judith Lieu and Jorg Frey.
Synopsis: Transforming Faith Communities argues for a model of
being church that combines congregationalism with a constructive
approach to church-state relationships. Congregationalism within a
vision for a renewed Christendom is commended here as a viable
option for Christian mission in the twenty-first-century world. In
making this case, two movements are explored--those inspired by
sixteenth-century Anabaptism and late twentieth-century Latin
American liberation theology. Each movement is held up as a mirror
to the other. A continuing vision for the transformation of church
and society emerges from this book as a number of contemporary
resonances begin to sound. These include an outline of some likely
common features in the development of radical religious
communities, an examination of some of the factors that create
world-affirming Christian faith communities, and many examples of
effective and constructive engagement with church and society
across the centuries. Endorsements: "The experiences of the
sixteenth-century Anabaptists and the advocates of liberation
theology have not been compared in the systematic way evidenced
here. The conclusions Bochenski reaches, with twenty-first-century
mission in mind, are fresh and challenging. His work is a pleasure
to read. It is rigorous in the way it pursues an argument, but at
the same time it is thoroughly accessible." --Ian Randall, Senior
Research Fellow, International Baptist Theological Seminary
"Bochenski, in a way I count as inspired, brings two significant
faith traditions together in this erudite work. In so doing he
brings to light--by contrast and comparison--a series of insights
of benefit to all who aspire to live faithfully in and as the
community of Christ's followers. This book and its contents serve
us well." --Nigel G. Wright, Principal, Spurgeon's College
"Bochenski has produced a stimulating work exploring insights from
early Anabaptist and Latin American base communities. Though
separated by over four centuries of Christian life and development,
they exhibit challenging parallels. . . . The points of contact are
vital in the search for the continuing reformation of the church."
--Keith G. Jones, Rector, International Baptist Theological
Seminary Author Biography: Michael Ian Bochenski has had very wide
pastoral and academic involvement. He has degrees from both
Cambridge (social and political sciences) and Oxford (theology)
Universities. He has been a local church pastor, committed to
community praxis, for over thirty years. He has led two local
homelessness charities, has been the President of the Baptist Union
of Great Britain, and for four years was the Rector of the Polish
Baptist Seminary in Warsaw, Poland.
Synopsis: This collection of essays is a celebration of the work of
Timothy Gorringe. Like his theology, it is animated by a delighted
and critical engagement with the diverse facets of human social
life, and by a passionate concern to wrestle with the Bible and the
Christian tradition in pursuit of human flourishing. The built
environment, politics, education, art: these essays by leading
Christian theologians ask what it means for Christian theology to
concern itself with, to immerse itself in, and to risk critical
commentary on, each of these and more. The collection follows the
same rhythm that animates Gorringe's work: insistent attention to
the Christian tradition in the light of the particular contexts
where human flourishing is imagined, fought for, embodied and
betrayed; and a critical, constructive and celebratory examination
of those contexts in the light of the Christian tradition. The
contributions are very diverse, touching on everything from city
life to human curiosity, poverty to genocide--but they are united
by a passion to make theological sense of human flourishing.
Endorsements: "How do you respond to one of the liveliest, most
daring, and most practically engaged of contemporary British
theologians? Inspired by Tim Gorringe's work, the distinguished
international group of senior and younger contributors to this
volume rise superbly to the challenge. They cover an impressive
range of major topics and show that theology can be more powerful
when, as here, it is taken in distilled form. Time and again these
concentrated essays grip the reader not only intellectually and
imaginatively but also through challenges to act ethically and
politically." -David F. Ford Regius Professor of Divinity and
Director, Cambridge Inter-faith Programme University of Cambridge
Editor Biography: Mike Higton is Academic Co-Director of the
Cambridge Inter-faith Programme and Senior Lecturer in Theology at
the University of Exeter. Christopher Rowland is Dean Ireland's
Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of
Oxford. Jeremy Law is Dean of Chapel and Reader in Christian
Theology at Canterbury Christ Church University.
This book aims to create a bridge between pastoral practice and
public theology aimed at those training for ministry, those in
ministry and lay people wishing to reflect upon their work. It
seeks to enable those in pastoral ministry to reflect upon their
institutional encounters and to enable lay people who work in
institutions as professionals or managers to reflect upon their
pastoral encounters. By generating shared encounters of theological
reflection between these two groups the authors identify points of
solidarity and tension between them.The book seeks to address the
commonly voiced concern that clergy and laity talk past each other
and don't engage on the issues that they find perplexing. Readers
of the book will gain an increased confidence in reflecting upon
their own practice and engaging with others in theological
reflection.
Despite half a century of biblical interpretation that has sought
to put women back on the agenda of ancient texts (written largely
if not wholly by men), the dominant threads of narrative and
doctrine have-with the notable exception of Mary the mother of
Jesus-been focused on the lives and actions of men. Reception
history tells a different story. It is not the case that there is a
recovery of the lives of women hidden behind the pages of the New
Testament, for our information remains as sparse and tantalizing as
ever. Rather, the study of biblical women's 'afterlives' allows the
imaginative engagement of artists and writers to broaden the
horizon of interpretative expectations. Whether it is through
historical imagination or the grasp of different portrayals of
familiar biblical women (like Mary the mother of Jesus or Mary
Magdalene), the creative genius of these interpreters, neglected by
mainstream biblical textual scholars, only underlines the
importance of the biblical women, viewed in the light of their
afterlives. This volume has its origins in a project entitled
'Biblical Women and their Afterlives', conceived and developed by
the Centre for Reception History of the Bible at the University of
Oxford and organized together with colleagues from the Luce Program
in Scripture and Literary Arts at Boston University, USA. This
project resulted not only in the present interdisciplinary
collection of 21 essays (with their 66 illustrations) but also its
companion volume, From the Margins 1: Women of the Hebrew Bible and
their Afterlives, edited by Peter S. Hawkins and Lesleigh Cushing
Stahlberg. The present volume includes the specially commissioned
poem 'To Cast a Stone' by the acclaimed Irish poet John F. Deane.
This collection of essays, largely written by members of the Oxford
theological community, was presented to John Ashton on his 65th
birthday in 1996. The essays deal with Elijah in Mark, a Q passion
narrative, the Gospel thief saying, John's Beloved Disciple, the
temple incident (Jn 2.13-25) and history and theology. Outside of
the Gospels, they discuss God's wrath in Romans 1, Philippians
1.1-11, Hebrews 4.13, Peter and Paul behind Revelation, and
hermeneutical method. Specialists from outside the New Testament
field contribute studies of the patristic doctrine of Scripture,
the Syriac Diatessaron, William Tyndale, the theology of the
resurrection and the Byzantine understanding of John. John Ashton
was, before his retirement, Lecturer in New Testament and Fellow of
Wolfson College, Oxford.
This important book provides a sampling of liberation theology's
use of biblical texts, relating it to the "standard" methods of
interpretation in Europe and America. Divided into four sections,
the book sets out contemporary readings of the parable of Jesus
influenced by a liberationist perspective; identifies the biblical
and theoretical foundations of liberation theology, comparing them
with the dominant exegetical paradigm in the first world; explores
the way in which liberation exegesis affects reading the canonical
accounts of Jesus; and argues that liberation theology cannot be
seen solely as a third-world phenomenon.
Aesthetic rejuvenation now encompasses so many topics that
practitioners in one area may feel out of touch with developments
in other areas in the same field. With over 70 chapters, over 1200
figures (many in full color), over 80 tables, and over 20 videos,
from an international list of contributors, under an eminent team
of editors, Cosmetic Medicine & Surgery is a comprehensive and
authoritative resource. It covers a wide spectrum of topics
including the fundamental aspects, cosmetic aspects, minimally
invasive surgery, the aesthetic facelift, and many others in this
most high-profile of medical and surgical specialties. Print
Versions of this book also include access to the ebook version.
The context and approach of the reader have been underestimated in
Biblical Exegesis. The Biblical text is sometimes thought to be
above time and space, above mere human contingencies. This has made
it monolithic - a stone on which countless individuals have been
dashed to pieces. Yet this interpretation has been developed by
interpreters who have institutional power, and who have been
unaware that they are interpreting in the interests of those who
have such power. The book looks at past and present
interpretations, as well as how certain subjects have been
understood within them, including homosexuality, marriage, divorce
and Liberation Theology.
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