A Muslim conflict over universal salvation
(2015)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2015). A Muslim conflict over universal salvation. In H. Bacon, W. Dossett, & S. Knowles (Eds.), Alternative salvations: engaging the sacred and the secular. Bloomsbury Academic
All Outputs (15)
Studying Apps: Research Approaches to the Digital Bible (2015)
Book Chapter
Hutchings, T. (2015). Studying Apps: Research Approaches to the Digital Bible. In Digital Methodologies in the Sociology of Religion, 97-108. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474256292.ch-009
Murtaza Mutahhari’s solution to the problem of evil (2015)
Journal Article
Hoover, J. (2015). Murtaza Mutahhari’s solution to the problem of evil. Harvard Theological Review, 36(2),
Victorian Christianity at the Fin de Siècle: The Culture of English Religion in a Decadent Age (2015)
Book
Knight, F. (2015). Victorian Christianity at the Fin de Siècle: The Culture of English Religion in a Decadent Age. London, UK: Bloomsbury PublishingThe period known as the fin de siecle - defined in this groundbreaking book as chiefly the period between1885 and 1901 - was a fluid and unsettling epoch of optimism and pessimism, endings and beginnings, aswell as of new forms of creativity and anxi... Read More about Victorian Christianity at the Fin de Siècle: The Culture of English Religion in a Decadent Age.
E-Reading and the Christian Bible (2015)
Journal Article
Hutchings, T. (2015). E-Reading and the Christian Bible. Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, 44(4), 423-440. doi:10.1177/0008429815610607The Christian Bible is now available in thousands of digital forms, re-imagined for electronic reading on mobile, tablet and desktop screens. This article introduces findings from an online survey of digital Bible users, analysing their demographics,... Read More about E-Reading and the Christian Bible.
Translating the lectionary: some considerations (2015)
Journal Article
O'Loughlin, T. (2015). Translating the lectionary: some considerations. Anaphora, 9(1),In any discussion of lectionaries and the biblical version employed, the focus is on the translation as a function of the biblical text as an entity in itself; the focus should be on the role of the biblical texts in liturgical assemblies. As these v... Read More about Translating the lectionary: some considerations.
'Is There Life before Death?' (2015)
Book Chapter
Cunningham, C. (2015). 'Is There Life before Death?'. In J. Behr, & C. Cunningham (Eds.), The Role of Death in Life: A Multidisciplinary Examination of the Relationship between Life and Death (120-151). Wipf and Stock
On the affective salience of doctrines (2015)
Journal Article
Zahl, S. (2015). On the affective salience of doctrines. Modern Theology, 31(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12166This article builds on the work of George Lindbeck to examine the role of doctrines in the shaping of religious experience and emotion. Using a series of historical examples, it argues for the value of identifying a mode of theological argument that... Read More about On the affective salience of doctrines.
On floods and the fall of Nineveh: a note on the origins of a spurious tradition (2015)
Book Chapter
Crouch, C. (2015). On floods and the fall of Nineveh: a note on the origins of a spurious tradition. In R. I. Thelle, T. Stordalen, & M. E. Richardson (Eds.), New perspectives on Old Testament prophecy and history: essays in honour of Hans M. Barstad. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004293274
Theology and Literature after Postmodernity (2015)
Book
Lehmann Imfeld, Z., Hampson, P., & Milbank, A. (Eds.). (2015). Theology and Literature after Postmodernity. London, England: Bloomsbury T & T ClarkThis volume deploys theology in a reconstructive approach to contemporary literary criticism, to validate and exemplify theological readings of literary texts as a creative exercise. It engages in a dialogue with interdisciplinary approaches to liter... Read More about Theology and Literature after Postmodernity.
Military crimes (2015)
Book Chapter
Wright, J. L., & Crouch, C. (2015). Military crimes. In B. Strawn (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref%3Aobso/9780199843305.001.0001Concerned with Israel’s history and future, the Bible devotes considerable space to war—the most powerful catalyst of change in the lives of nations. The biblical authors often display a consciousness of illicit activities in wartime, anticipating wh... Read More about Military crimes.
The Eucharist: Origins and Contemporary Understandings (2015)
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O'Loughlin, T. (2015). The Eucharist: Origins and Contemporary Understandings. London, England: T. & T. Clark / BloomsburyTheological reflection upon the Eucharist is dominated by two paradigms: One approach interprets the Eucharist almost exclusively in theological terms, shaped by Scholasticism and the Reformation. Most discussions about the nature of the Eucharist, E... Read More about The Eucharist: Origins and Contemporary Understandings.
What makes a thing abominable? Observations on the language of boundaries and identity formation from a social scientific perspective (2015)
Journal Article
Crouch, C. (2015). What makes a thing abominable? Observations on the language of boundaries and identity formation from a social scientific perspective. Vetus Testamentum, 65(4), https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12301217Previous attempts to synthesise biblical texts’ usage of tw‘bh have associated the language with cultic concerns in Deuteronomy and Ezekiel or with ethical concerns in Proverbs. The reconciliation of these interests, especially in conjunction with a... Read More about What makes a thing abominable? Observations on the language of boundaries and identity formation from a social scientific perspective.
Revelatory experiences as the beginning of Scripture: Paul’s Letters and the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible (2015)
Book Chapter
Deines, R. (2015). Revelatory experiences as the beginning of Scripture: Paul’s Letters and the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible. In C. Werman (Ed.), From author to copyist: essays on the composition, redaction, and transmission of the Hebrew Bible in honor of Zipi Talshir. EisenbraunsWhat this article demonstrates is the close relation between revelatory events and their imprints in the biblical tradition. I have chosen the earliest writing in the New Testament to illustrate how quickly this process took place. Hardly more than a... Read More about Revelatory experiences as the beginning of Scripture: Paul’s Letters and the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible.
The 'Auto-Mapic' map of Great Britain (2015)
Journal Article
O'Loughlin, T. (2015). The 'Auto-Mapic' map of Great BritainA study of a mechanical road atlas from the 1960s which is compared with codex form 'glove box' atlases from the period