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The Analogia Entis for Reformed Theology: Retrieving Calvin's Implicit Metaphysics

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The famous controversy between Emil Brunner and Karl Barth which led to Barth's ‘No!’ was driven by disagreements over how to read John Calvin: Barth and Brunner never agreed on whether Calvin had a doctrine of the analogy of being. This article rekindles the debate.
Silvianne Aspray
wiley   +1 more source

The Diremption of Meaning

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Examining work by Rowan Williams, this essay explores what he often refers to as the ‘difficulty’ of writing theology. The difficulty of theology lies in engaging the ruse of having ultimate answers to ultimate questions. The stakes are high: ‘God‐talk’ must concern itself with truth, with reality.
Graham Ward
wiley   +1 more source

City of God and the Duty of Just Memory

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract In a recent essay, Richard Miller claims that Augustine presumes a duty to remember justly in his City of God. However, Miller's brief reference to a presumed duty of “just memory” does not fully explain how Augustine conceptualizes this duty or how it relates to his theological concerns.
Zachary J. Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

Christian Humanism in the Black Atlantic: The Case of Olaudah Equiano

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores Olaudah Equiano as a pivotal figure in the emergence of a Christian humanism forged within the Black Atlantic. Building on the analyses of Sylvia Wynter and Paul Gilroy, it examines how Equiano's The Interesting Narrative contests the racial figuration of the human that underwrote the development of racial capitalism and ...
Luke Bretherton
wiley   +1 more source

Biblical Hermeneutics

Ghana Journal of Religion and Theology
Abstract This chapter uses the concept of the Bible as an “interface” to argue that biblical hermeneutics should not merely be understood as a person encountering and interpreting text, but as a complex and dynamic event between text, interface, and user or reader.
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Biblical Exegesis and Hermeneutics of Biblical Texts: African Approaches. [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology, 2018
This article argues the importance of exegesis and hermeneutics in the African context. There is a need for bible translation to be exercised within the African context as opposed to the Western context.
Dr Kelebogile Thomas Resane
doaj  

Postcolonial Biblical Hermeneutics and Exegesis

Ghana Journal of Religion and Theology
The article traces the development of postcolonial Biblical hermeneutics and exegesis and he reflects on its significance as well as on problematic aspects. On closer scrutiny, it becomes clear that postcolonial Biblical hermeneutics and exegesis do not represent a unified approach to the Bible.
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Individual Virtues, Social Movements, and Allyship in the Sphere of Intellectual Disability

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Tommy Ness
wiley   +1 more source

What's Wrong With “Conceptual Amelioration”?

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conceptual amelioration aims to make the world a more just place by ameliorating our concepts. I offer three arguments against this enterprise as currently practiced to show how social philosophy aimed at producing social change can be better practiced. First, ameliorators often fail to provide plausible stories to vindicate their claims about
Lidal Dror
wiley   +1 more source

Noah's Raven, Noah's Son: The Metamorphoses of Blackness in Early Modern Readings of Genesis 8‐9

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past half‐century, scholars have offered various theories to explain when and how an aetiology for black skin became part of the reception history of the so‐called Curse of Ham in Genesis 9—a text that does not include any reference to skin colour.
Ashleigh Elser
wiley   +1 more source