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ABSTRACT With the growing recreational use of digital media technology, informal language learning occurs more frequently within individuals’ everyday lives. However, the interplay between digital and physical spaces in informal language learning remains underexplored.
Yeong‐Ju Lee, Peter Roger
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Counting on oral Bible translation: Preserving language and culture through numbers
Bible translation into indigenous languages has a wider social impact beyond its religious significance for Christian communities. This article discusses how traditional written Bible translation projects can impact the social situation of their ...
T.J. Houston
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Abstract This paper is a response to John Betz's book, Christ, the Logos of Creation: An Essay in Analogical Metaphysics (Emmaus Academic, 2023). The essay confines itself to answering two methodological questions, namely: Does Przywara's approach to analogy indeed represent the basic form (‘Denkform’) that analogy has ‘always assumed’ in Catholic ...
Archie J. Spencer
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Translation Principles of Slavič's Translation of the Bible
Dr. Matija Slavič (1877–1958) translated the Bible on the basis of critical sources in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin. The first principle of translation is the accuracy of the translation according to the original text. The second principle requires a
Maksimilijan Matjaž
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The Nature of Christian Doctrine: A Conversation with My Critics
Abstract This article opens with a brief account of the six main themes of The Nature of Christian Doctrine, noting in particular the role of the early church as an ‘epistemic community’ of knowledge production, and the significant and helpful parallels between the modern scientific tool of ‘inference to the best explanation’ and early Christian ...
Alister E. McGrath
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Abstract This response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine examines the interplay between Scripture, the Rule of Faith, and evolving Christian doctrine and tradition. Focusing on McGrath’s critique of Lindbeck’s presentation of doctrinal modalities, the article explores how doctrinal formation involves primarily synchronic (canonical),
Tomas Bokedal
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Johannine Comma in the Smith-Van Dyck Arabic Bible: Affirming the Trinity in the Middle East
This study aims to analyse the translation of 1 John 5:6–8 in the Smith-Van Dyck Arabic Bible published in 1865. The analysis of the translation results aims to capture theological discourse, especially in the doctrine of the Trinity, that appears in the
Mufti Rasyid +2 more
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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath
Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
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Abstract Dionysius's vision of eros as a meeting of reciprocal ecstasies – where lover and beloved each pass out of themselves and into the other – has often been read as unifying dimensions of love otherwise thought to stand in tension, such as giving and receiving.
Noah Karger
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The Bible as a Successful Migrant? Translation, Domestication, and Nordic National Identity
Despite its ancient and foreign origin, the Bible has managed to integrate so seamlessly into the contemporary Nordic countries that it is seen to form the basis of specifically Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish identity and values.
Karin Neutel
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