Abstract This article reflects on our experiences of facilitating the Bible studies for the Just Community of Women and Men pre‐assembly gathering to the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in August–September 2022. Working with the text of Acts 8:26‐40, commonly known as the baptism of an Ethiopian eunuch, the article reflects critically on
Sarojini Nadar +2 more
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The lost Missal of Alcuin and the Carolingian sacramentaries of Tours
Letters of Alcuin of York attest that he composed a liturgical book he called a ‘missal’ while he was abbot of St Martin's basilica in Tours. No manuscripts of this missal survive. It has to be recovered from much later sacramentaries copied in Tours, which have been subject to significant subsequent reworking.
Arthur Westwell
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Abstract The system of adversative conjunction in the Old Church Slavic Gospels is characterized by two pure adversatives, nŭ and the much less frequent obače, together with two other forms, a and že, which are employed with equal or greater frequency in non‐adversative conjunctive roles. The relationship between nŭ and a is complex.
Jared S. Klein
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Reviews in Religion &Theology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 216-218, April 2021.
Ann Conway‐Jones
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The Green Lectionary: Creation Care and the Revised Common Lectionary [PDF]
As Christian communities become increasingly interested in engaging with humanity’s biblical connection to the earth, and the spiritual response to this relationship, there is uncertainty regarding the most contextually appropriate methods to pursue ...
Bolton, George Jacob, V
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Nos Non Abolere Ordo Lectionum: The History of the Historic Lectionary as Retained by the Lutheran Church [PDF]
The history of the Historic Lectionary from a Lutheran perspective provided great insight into its development and retention in the 21st century. This paper reviews the long history of the Historic Lectionary, previously the lectionary of the Western ...
Walts, Conner E.
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Interpreting and responding to the Johannine feeding narrative : an empirical study in the SIFT hermeneutical method amongst Anglican ministry training candidates [PDF]
Drawing on Jungian psychological type theory, the SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching maintains that different psychological type preferences are associated with distinctive readings of scripture.
Leslie J. Francis +2 more
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Five loaves and two fishes : an empirical study in psychological type and biblical hermeneutics among Anglican preachers [PDF]
The sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking (SIFT) method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching has its roots in three fields: a theology of individual differences situated within the doctrine of creation, an application of Jungian ...
Leslie J. Francis +2 more
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Reading and proclaiming the resurrection : an empirical study in psychological type theory among trainee and experienced preachers employing Mark 16 and Matthew 28 [PDF]
The SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching has its roots in a theological perspective grounded in the doctrine of creation, in a hermeneutical method grounded in reader perspective, and in a psychological model of individual ...
Leslie J. Francis +3 more
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What happened to the fig tree? : an empirical study in psychological type and biblical hermeneutics [PDF]
The SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching has its roots in Jungian psychological type theory and maintains that the reading and interpretation of text is shaped by individual preferences within the perceiving process (sensing and ...
Francis, Leslie J.
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