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Richard Wagner’s prose sketches for Jesus of Nazareth: historical and theological reflections on an uncompleted opera (2017)
Journal Article
Bell, R. H. (in press). Richard Wagner’s prose sketches for Jesus of Nazareth: historical and theological reflections on an uncompleted opera. Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, 15(2-3), https://doi.org/10.1163/17455197-01502007

In May 1849 Wagner fled Dresden after the failure of the uprising of which he was a leader. His last creative work in Dresden was prose sketches for an opera Jesus of Nazareth, the result of his study of the Graeco-Roman world and the New Testament t... Read More about Richard Wagner’s prose sketches for Jesus of Nazareth: historical and theological reflections on an uncompleted opera.

Cremation and Christianity: English Anglican and Roman Catholic attitudes to cremation since 1885 (2017)
Journal Article
Knight, F. (2018). Cremation and Christianity: English Anglican and Roman Catholic attitudes to cremation since 1885. Mortality, 23(4), 301-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2017.1382460

Britain was the first modern European country to adopt the widespread practice of cremation, and by 2010, it took place in around three-quarters of all funerals. Although the clergy had ceased to be the exclusive custodians of funeral ritual, their v... Read More about Cremation and Christianity: English Anglican and Roman Catholic attitudes to cremation since 1885.

Gratias agamus Deo: a reflection on specificity in our Eucharistic prayers (2017)
Journal Article
O'Loughlin, T. (2017). Gratias agamus Deo: a reflection on specificity in our Eucharistic prayers

It is now almost fifty years since the introduction of a variety of Eucharistic prayers in the Roman rite. Over that time we have become so familiar with the idea of a variety of Prayers that it is hard to imagine how controversial the ideaof any com... Read More about Gratias agamus Deo: a reflection on specificity in our Eucharistic prayers.

Theology and Christian discipleship (2017)
Journal Article
O’Loughlin, T. (2017). Theology and Christian discipleship. Doctrine and Life,

Consists of 5 parts, every part publishes under separate title. Part 1. What is ‘God’? Doctrine and Life, vol. 67, number 9, September 2017, pp. 3-7 Part 2. Are We Short of Priests?Doctrine and Life, vol. 67, number 10, December 2017, pp. 16-19 Pa... Read More about Theology and Christian discipleship.

A Theological Cartography of Cultural Evolution (2017)
Journal Article
Hays, C., & Burdett, M. (2017). A Theological Cartography of Cultural Evolution. Theology and Science, 15(4), 473-489. https://doi.org/10.1080/14746700.2017.1369760

This article maps key points of contact between Christian doctrine and recent advances in cultural evolution. Beginning with theological anthropology, the article shows that cultural evolution problematizes purely substantive accounts of the image of... Read More about A Theological Cartography of Cultural Evolution.

Assessing the field of science and religion: advice from the next generation (2017)
Journal Article
Burdett, M. S. (2017). Assessing the field of science and religion: advice from the next generation. Zygon, 52(3), 747-763. https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12352

© 2017 by the Joint Publication Board of Zygon The field of science and religion is undergoing a transition today requiring assessment of its past movements and identifying its future trajectories by the next generation of science and religion schola... Read More about Assessing the field of science and religion: advice from the next generation.

Jehoiachin: not a broken vessel but a humiliated vassal (Jer 22:28–30) (2017)
Journal Article
Crouch, C. (2017). Jehoiachin: not a broken vessel but a humiliated vassal (Jer 22:28–30). Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 129(2), https://doi.org/10.1515/zaw-2017-0014

Uncertain terminology, versional differences and the juxtaposition of multiple images for Jehoiachin combine to render Jer 22:28–30 an interpretive quagmire. The article proposes to ameliorate this confusion through the emendation of the first word o... Read More about Jehoiachin: not a broken vessel but a humiliated vassal (Jer 22:28–30).

Creating Church Online: Ritual, Community and New Media (2017)
Book
Hutchings, T. (2017). Creating Church Online: Ritual, Community and New Media. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203111093

© 2017 Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved. Online churches are internet-based Christian communities, pursuing worship, discussion, friendship, support, proselytization, and other key religious goals through computer-mediated communication. Hundr... Read More about Creating Church Online: Ritual, Community and New Media.

Walter Benjamin: All Shades of Gnosis (2017)
Book Chapter
Bielik-Robson, A. (2017). Walter Benjamin: All Shades of Gnosis. In P. Goodchild, & H. Phelps (Eds.), Religion and European Philosophy: Key Thinkers from Kant to Žižek (115-126). London: Routledge

Design and the digital Bible: persuasive technology and religious reading (2017)
Journal Article
Hutchings, T. (2017). Design and the digital Bible: persuasive technology and religious reading. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 32(2), 205-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537903.2017.1298903

This article analyses two ‘digital Bibles’, products that allow the user to engage with the Bible through the screen and speakers of his/her mobile phone, tablet or computer. Both products, ‘YouVersion’ and ‘GloBible’, have been created by Evangelica... Read More about Design and the digital Bible: persuasive technology and religious reading.

The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11 (2017)
Journal Article
Quine, C. (in press). The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11. Vetus Testamentum, 67(3), https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12341283

This paper demonstrates that the bird and the mountains phrase in Ps 11:1 compares well with a common metaphor relating to siege warfare and military conquest found in Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions and considers the resulting implications.