Search Results - "hermeneutics"

Playing God belief and ritual in the Muttappan cult of North Malabar / by Gabriel, Theodore P. C.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and a short account of Kerala and the North Malabar Region -- Religion and caste in North Malabar -- Spirit possession and ritual praxis in North Malabar : the Teyyam -- The Muttappan legend and emancipation of untouchables in North Malabar -- The rituals of the Muttappan cult -- Sanskritisation of the Muttappan cult : a new hermeneutic for the Muttappan legend and ritual -- Conclusion.…”
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Scripturalist Islam the history and doctrines of the Akhbārī Shīʻī school / by Gleave, R. (Robert)

Table of Contents: “…The Akhbārī-Uṣūlī dispute and the early "Akhbārī" school -- Muḥammad Amīn al-Astarābādī and the formation of the Akhbārī school -- Astarābādī's legal thought -- Astarābādī's theological and philosophical thought -- The spread of Akhbarism after Astarābādī -- Defining the Akhbārī-Uṣūlī conflict -- Akhbārī Qurʼanic interpretation -- Sunna and the Akhbār in Akhbārī jurisprudence -- Akhbārī hermeneutics -- Conclusions.…”
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From strength to strength shaping a Black practical theology for the 21st century / by Smith, Robert London

Table of Contents: “…Mapping the terrain -- Practical theology : history and definition -- Practical theology methods -- Historical contexts : a thematic concept -- The historical Black context -- The historical Black faith response -- Changing contexts -- The contemporary Black faith response -- A Black existential and theological hermeneutic -- The BETH approach -- A model of reflection for the Black church.…”
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From strength to strength shaping a Black practical theology for the 21st century / by Smith, Robert London

Table of Contents: “…Mapping the terrain -- Practical theology : history and definition -- Practical theology methods -- Historical contexts : a thematic concept -- The historical Black context -- The historical Black faith response -- Changing contexts -- The contemporary Black faith response -- A Black existential and theological hermeneutic -- The BETH approach -- A model of reflection for the Black church.…”
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The great story and the great commission : participating in the biblical drama of mission / by Wright, Christopher J. H., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…A missional hermeneutic of scripture -- The great story as a drama in seven acts -- What does the great story do? …”

The great story and the great commission : participating in the biblical drama of mission / by Wright, Christopher J. H., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…A missional hermeneutic of scripture -- The great story as a drama in seven acts -- What does the great story do? …”

The transformative power of faith a narrative approach to conversion / by Dufault-Hunter, Erin Elizabeth, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Need for an alternative theory of conversion -- A constructive overview of theories regarding religious conversion -- Story and the making of the self -- Reading conversion through a narrative lens -- Hermeneutics and the ethical implications of a narrative approach to conversion -- Appendix A : Original research project, its methodology, and goals -- Appendix B : Interview form for conversion narratives research project.…”
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The transformative power of faith a narrative approach to conversion / by Dufault-Hunter, Erin Elizabeth, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Need for an alternative theory of conversion -- A constructive overview of theories regarding religious conversion -- Story and the making of the self -- Reading conversion through a narrative lens -- Hermeneutics and the ethical implications of a narrative approach to conversion -- Appendix A : Original research project, its methodology, and goals -- Appendix B : Interview form for conversion narratives research project.…”
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The use of Exodus in Hebrews by She, King L., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Descriptive analysis of significant Exodus citations and cultic vocabulary in Hebrews -- Presuppositions of a prescriptive analysis in Hebrews -- Prelude to prescriptive analysis in Hebrews -- Auctor's attitude toward the Old Testament in light of the Christ event -- History of the interpretive influence of Exodus in Hebrews -- Auctor's typological use of Exodus in light of the Christ event -- Hermeneutical methodology employed in the use of Exodus by Auctor -- Conclusion.…”
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The use of Exodus in Hebrews by She, King L., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Descriptive analysis of significant Exodus citations and cultic vocabulary in Hebrews -- Presuppositions of a prescriptive analysis in Hebrews -- Prelude to prescriptive analysis in Hebrews -- Auctor's attitude toward the Old Testament in light of the Christ event -- History of the interpretive influence of Exodus in Hebrews -- Auctor's typological use of Exodus in light of the Christ event -- Hermeneutical methodology employed in the use of Exodus by Auctor -- Conclusion.…”
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Don Quixote and Catholicism : Rereading Cervantine Spirituality / by McGrath, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…Miguel de Cervantes and early modern Catholicism -- The hermeneutics of Cervantine spirituality -- Don Quixote and moral theology : what a knight and his squire can teach us about Cervantes's Catholicism -- Tilting at the truth : Don Quixote's spiritual journey as a contemplative in action -- The anthropological vision of Don Quixote -- From La Mancha to Manresa : Sancho Panza's incarnational spirituality.…”
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Don Quixote and Catholicism : Rereading Cervantine Spirituality / by McGrath, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…Miguel de Cervantes and early modern Catholicism -- The hermeneutics of Cervantine spirituality -- Don Quixote and moral theology : what a knight and his squire can teach us about Cervantes's Catholicism -- Tilting at the truth : Don Quixote's spiritual journey as a contemplative in action -- The anthropological vision of Don Quixote -- From La Mancha to Manresa : Sancho Panza's incarnational spirituality.…”
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Christ and human rights the transformative engagement / by Newlands, G. M., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the centrality of rights -- Jesus Christ and the hope of rights -- Rights, cultures, and transcendence : ambiguity and tension -- Human rights, history and Christology -- The hermeneutics of rights in the history of interpretation -- Christology in human rights focus : towards a humane christology -- Christology in relation to global human rights strategy - Rights reconsidered : building a postfoundational pathway -- Christology for human rights -- Making rights stick.…”
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Victorian Women Writiers, Radical Grandmothers, and the Gendering of God / by Houston, Gail Turley, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : antecedents of the Victorian "goddess story" -- "Gods of the old mythology arise" : Charlotte Brontë's vision of the "goddess story" -- Feminist reincarnations of the Madonna : Anna Jameson and ecclesiastical debates on the immaculate conception -- Invoking "all the godheads" : Elizabeth Barrett Browning's polytheistic aesthetic -- Eve, the female messiah, and the Virgin in Florence Nightingale's personal and public papers -- Ariadne and the Madonna : the hermeneutics of the goddess in George Eliot's Romola.…”
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Christ and human rights the transformative engagement / by Newlands, G. M., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the centrality of rights -- Jesus Christ and the hope of rights -- Rights, cultures, and transcendence : ambiguity and tension -- Human rights, history and Christology -- The hermeneutics of rights in the history of interpretation -- Christology in human rights focus : towards a humane christology -- Christology in relation to global human rights strategy - Rights reconsidered : building a postfoundational pathway -- Christology for human rights -- Making rights stick.…”
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Victorian Women Writiers, Radical Grandmothers, and the Gendering of God / by Houston, Gail Turley, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : antecedents of the Victorian "goddess story" -- "Gods of the old mythology arise" : Charlotte Brontë's vision of the "goddess story" -- Feminist reincarnations of the Madonna : Anna Jameson and ecclesiastical debates on the immaculate conception -- Invoking "all the godheads" : Elizabeth Barrett Browning's polytheistic aesthetic -- Eve, the female messiah, and the Virgin in Florence Nightingale's personal and public papers -- Ariadne and the Madonna : the hermeneutics of the goddess in George Eliot's Romola.…”
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Divided by a common language factional conflict in late Northern Song China / by Levine, Ari Daniel

Table of Contents: “…The rhetoric of politics and the politics of rhetoric -- Frames of reference: classical hermeneutics and historical analogism -- Categorical propositions: faction theory and the political imagination of the Northern Song -- Unified theories of division: factional rhetoric in the reform era, 1069-1085 -- The closed circle: factional rhetoric in the antireform era, 1085-1093 -- Retributive justice: factional rhetoric in the post-reform era, 1094-1104 -- Discourses of authority and the authority of discourse.…”
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Divided by a common language factional conflict in late Northern Song China / by Levine, Ari Daniel

Table of Contents: “…The rhetoric of politics and the politics of rhetoric -- Frames of reference: classical hermeneutics and historical analogism -- Categorical propositions: faction theory and the political imagination of the Northern Song -- Unified theories of division: factional rhetoric in the reform era, 1069-1085 -- The closed circle: factional rhetoric in the antireform era, 1085-1093 -- Retributive justice: factional rhetoric in the post-reform era, 1094-1104 -- Discourses of authority and the authority of discourse.…”
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Confucianism : Its Roots and Global Significance / by Li, Minghui, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Mou Zongsan's interpretation of Confucianism : some hermeneutical reflections -- Modern new Confucians on the religiousness of Confucianism -- The debate on ren between Zhu Xi and Huxiang scholars -- The four-seven debate between Yi Toegye and Gi Gobong and its philosophical purport -- Wang Yangming's philosophy and modern theories of democracy : a reconstructive interpretation -- Confucianism, Kant, and virtue ethics -- A critique of Jiang Qing's "Political Confucianism."…”
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Confucianism : Its Roots and Global Significance / by Li, Minghui, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Mou Zongsan's interpretation of Confucianism : some hermeneutical reflections -- Modern new Confucians on the religiousness of Confucianism -- The debate on ren between Zhu Xi and Huxiang scholars -- The four-seven debate between Yi Toegye and Gi Gobong and its philosophical purport -- Wang Yangming's philosophy and modern theories of democracy : a reconstructive interpretation -- Confucianism, Kant, and virtue ethics -- A critique of Jiang Qing's "Political Confucianism."…”
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