All Outputs (12)

Rethinking the Didache’s evidence for eucharistic practices in the light of the diversity of practice witnessed in Luke 22:17-20 (2021)
Book Chapter

If our paradigm of the early churches is one of variety in practice preceding uniform ‘accepted’ forms, then we need to look again at many instances where early evidence for practice was by-passed as aberrant or sectarian. The sequence of eucharistic... Read More about Rethinking the Didache’s evidence for eucharistic practices in the light of the diversity of practice witnessed in Luke 22:17-20.

Religion and Worldviews: The Way Forward? Considerations from the study of religion, non-religion and classroom practice (2021)
Journal Article

This article builds on Worldview-A Multidisciplinary Report (Benoit, Hutchings and Shillitoe, 2020), a publication commissioned by the RE Council of England and Wales to outline the academic history of the study of worldviews. We focus on three parti... Read More about Religion and Worldviews: The Way Forward? Considerations from the study of religion, non-religion and classroom practice.

“There Is No (Where a) Face Like Home”: Recognition and Appraisal Responses to Masked Facial Dialects of Emotion in Four Different National Cultures (2021)
Journal Article

The theory of universal emotions suggests that certain emotions such as fear, anger, disgust, sadness, surprise and happiness can be encountered cross-culturally. These emotions are expressed using specific facial movements that enable human communic... Read More about “There Is No (Where a) Face Like Home”: Recognition and Appraisal Responses to Masked Facial Dialects of Emotion in Four Different National Cultures.

Victory as Defeat: Narrative Subversion of Omride Strength in 1 Kings 20 (2021)
Journal Article

This paper argues that 1 Kings 20 is a literary composition that creates an idealized picture of kingship and military victory wherein the king combines with the elders, prophets, and deity to reject the impositions of vassalage and defeat their enem... Read More about Victory as Defeat: Narrative Subversion of Omride Strength in 1 Kings 20.

The Social Functionality of Multiple Religious Belonging in Modern China (2021)
Journal Article

Multiple religious belonging refers to the idea that individuals can belong to more than one religious tradition. This article aims to explore the concept of multiple religious belonging in modern China, focusing on its pattern as well as the social... Read More about The Social Functionality of Multiple Religious Belonging in Modern China.

Incarnation, Posthumanism and Performative Anthropology: The Body of Technology and the Body of Christ (2021)
Journal Article

This essay argues that a Christian incarnational response to posthumanism must recognize that what is at stake isn't just whether belief systems align. It seeks to relocate the interaction between the church and posthumanism to how the practices of p... Read More about Incarnation, Posthumanism and Performative Anthropology: The Body of Technology and the Body of Christ.

Josephus' Adaptation of the Athaliah Narratives (2021)
Journal Article

Athaliah in Josephus is rarely studied. This paper thus seeks to build on Christopher Begg’s text-critical work by discussing the literary effect of Josephus’ embellishments to the Athaliah narratives. Athaliah in Josephus is shown to be more explic... Read More about Josephus' Adaptation of the Athaliah Narratives.

Social Media as Tools of Social Activism: Public Theology of the Umbrella City Cyberchurch (2021)
Book Chapter

With the rise of digital media as a tools to exchange information in the Umbrella Movement, Umbrella Cyberchurch (UCC) established as a way to facilitate theological dialogue. This chapter will start with the definitions of social activism and public... Read More about Social Media as Tools of Social Activism: Public Theology of the Umbrella City Cyberchurch.

Zephaniah (2021)
Book Chapter

This article discusses the key topics for the study of the Book of Zephaniah, including structure, authorship, date, central themes, Zephaniah’s relationship with the Book of the Twelve and the Hebrew Bible. Themes explored include the day of Yahweh,... Read More about Zephaniah.

“Speak of the Devil… and he Shall Appear”: Religiosity, Unconsciousness, and the Effects of Explicit Priming in the Misperception of Immorality (2021)
Journal Article

Psychological theory and research suggest that religious individuals could have differences in the appraisal of immoral behaviours and cognitions compared to non-religious individuals. This effect could occur due to adherence to prescriptive and invi... Read More about “Speak of the Devil… and he Shall Appear”: Religiosity, Unconsciousness, and the Effects of Explicit Priming in the Misperception of Immorality.

Pharaoh’s Daughter: The Adoptive Mother’s Sacrifice (2021)
Journal Article

In Exodus 2 Moses has two mothers; his Hebrew mother, who nurses him, and the daughter of Pharaoh, who financially supports his Hebrew mother, adopts him, and names him. Pharaoh's daughter appears in scholarly discussions, yet little attention is giv... Read More about Pharaoh’s Daughter: The Adoptive Mother’s Sacrifice.

Theology of the pain of God in the era of COVID-19: the reflections on sufferings by three Hong Kong churches through online services (2021)
Journal Article

Suffering is probably a suitable word to describe the experiences of Hong Kong Christians in 2020, who endure the continuous impact of anti-extradition law protests, the imposition of the national security law, and the COVID-19 outbreak. Employing di... Read More about Theology of the pain of God in the era of COVID-19: the reflections on sufferings by three Hong Kong churches through online services.