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Niche Construction and the Functional Model of the Image of God (2020)
Journal Article
Burdett, M. (2020). Niche Construction and the Functional Model of the Image of God. Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences, 7(2), 158-180. https://doi.org/10.1628/ptsc-2020-0015

The functional model of the image of God (FMIG), until recently, has often been overlooked in science-engaged theology and this is unwarranted. First, because it most closely follows the Genesis text out of which the very concept of the image of God... Read More about Niche Construction and the Functional Model of the Image of God.

Visiting Iniquity Upon the Generations (2020)
Journal Article
Loumagne Ulishney, M. (2020). Visiting Iniquity Upon the Generations. Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences, 7(2), 205-226. https://doi.org/10.1628/ptsc-2020-0017

Developments in evolutionary biology expressed in the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES) present new opportunities for theological engagement with biology. Emphases of the EES have the potential to transform our understanding of key realities that... Read More about Visiting Iniquity Upon the Generations.

Athaliah and Alexandra: Gender and Queenship in Josephus (2020)
Journal Article
Scales, J., & Quine, C. (2020). Athaliah and Alexandra: Gender and Queenship in Josephus. Journal of Ancient Judaism, 11(2), 233-250. https://doi.org/10.30965/21967954-12340011

Athaliah and Alexandra were the only two women to rule as queens of Judah/Judaea in their own right and both women's reigns are reported in Josephus' writings. Despite their uniqueness, however, Athaliah and Alexandra are rarely compared in scholarsh... Read More about Athaliah and Alexandra: Gender and Queenship in Josephus.

Liturgy, Inculturation and the reception of Sacrosanctum concilium 37-40: an on-going project for those who preside? (2020)
Journal Article
O'Loughlin, T. (2021). Liturgy, Inculturation and the reception of Sacrosanctum concilium 37-40: an on-going project for those who preside?. New Blackfriars, 102(1102), 967-978. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12614

We are only now, after more than half a century, uncovering the real significance of what the Second Vatican Council means for the Church. The time lapse in reception has many factors not least that distinctive shifts in emphasis take far longer be a... Read More about Liturgy, Inculturation and the reception of Sacrosanctum concilium 37-40: an on-going project for those who preside?.

The origins of an ecumenical church: links, borrowings, and inter-dependencies (2020)
Journal Article
O'Loughlin, T. (2020). The origins of an ecumenical church: links, borrowings, and inter-dependencies. Analogia, 9, 39-60

The creed's confession that we believe in 'one holy catholic church' should not simply be understood as a doctrinal datum, but as an understanding of the Spirit's work based in the experience of the early churches. The churches did not exist as discr... Read More about The origins of an ecumenical church: links, borrowings, and inter-dependencies.

Military Coups in Ancient Israel and Their Implications for Conceptions of YHWH’s Divine Army (2020)
Journal Article
Quine, C. (2020). Military Coups in Ancient Israel and Their Implications for Conceptions of YHWH’s Divine Army. Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, 34(1), 30-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/09018328.2020.1801916

Military officers who posed a threat to the kings of Israel are readily found throughout the biblical texts. Although officers were often loyal servants who fought battles on behalf of their kings, they could also prove dangerous adversaries if the t... Read More about Military Coups in Ancient Israel and Their Implications for Conceptions of YHWH’s Divine Army.

Bereaved Mothers and Masculine Queens: The Political Use of Maternal Grief in 1–2 Kings (2020)
Journal Article
Quine, C. (2020). Bereaved Mothers and Masculine Queens: The Political Use of Maternal Grief in 1–2 Kings. Open Theology, 6(1), 407-422. https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2020-0120

© 2020 Cat Quine, published by De Gruyter 2020. Recent research demonstrates that maternal grief functions paradigmatically to epitomize despair and sorrow in the Hebrew Bible. These literary uses of maternal grief reinforce the stereotype of womanho... Read More about Bereaved Mothers and Masculine Queens: The Political Use of Maternal Grief in 1–2 Kings.

Personhood and Creation in an Age of Robots and AI: Can We Say “You” to Artefacts? (2020)
Journal Article
Burdett, M. (2020). Personhood and Creation in an Age of Robots and AI: Can We Say “You” to Artefacts?. Zygon, 55(2), 347-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12595

This paper explores the extent to which the I-You relation should be applied to domains other than the human and the divine focusing particularly on artefacts and technology. Drawing first on the work of Martin Buber, Gabriel Marcel and Martin Heideg... Read More about Personhood and Creation in an Age of Robots and AI: Can We Say “You” to Artefacts?.

Early Mamlūk Ashʿarism against Ibn Taymiyya on the Nonliteral Reinterpretation (taʾwīl) of God’s Attributes (2020)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2020). Early Mamlūk Ashʿarism against Ibn Taymiyya on the Nonliteral Reinterpretation (taʾwīl) of God’s Attributes. In A. Shihadeh, & J. Thiele (Eds.), Philosophical Theology in Islam: Later Ashʿarism East and West (195-230). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004426610_009

Modern research on theological production in the early Mamlūk sultanate of Egypt and Syria has focused primarily on the prolific Ḥanbalī theologians Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328) and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751/1350).2 This does not mean, however, th... Read More about Early Mamlūk Ashʿarism against Ibn Taymiyya on the Nonliteral Reinterpretation (taʾwīl) of God’s Attributes.

Casting Down the Host of Heaven: The Rhetoric of Ritual Failure in the Polemic Against the Host of Heaven (2020)
Book
Quine, C. (2020). Casting Down the Host of Heaven: The Rhetoric of Ritual Failure in the Polemic Against the Host of Heaven. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004424395

In Casting Down the Host of Heaven Cat Quine analyses the ambiguous nature of the Host and explores the role of ritual in the polemic against their worship. Although commonly assumed to be YHWH’s divine army, the book reveals their non-military and f... Read More about Casting Down the Host of Heaven: The Rhetoric of Ritual Failure in the Polemic Against the Host of Heaven.

Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I: The Genesis and Development of the Tetralogy and the Appropriation of Sources, Artists, Philosophers, and Theologians (2020)
Book
Bell, R. (2020). Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I: The Genesis and Development of the Tetralogy and the Appropriation of Sources, Artists, Philosophers, and Theologians. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock

Considers how Wagner's Ring Cycle developed over its 26 year composition and how the composer appropriated his sources. The aim is to uncover the theology implicit in the artwork.