Reading the Beatitudes (Mt 5:1–10) through the lenses of introverted intuition and introverted sensing: Perceiving text differently [PDF]
Working within the reader perspective approach to biblical hermeneutics, a recent series of empirical studies has tested the theory that the readers’ psychological type preferences between sensing and intuition (perceiving functions) and between feeling ...
Leslie J. Francis +2 more
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Binding and loosing on earth: Evaluating the strategy for church disciplinary procedures proposed in Matthew 18:15-18 through the lenses of thinking and feeling [PDF]
Matthew 18:15–18 proposed a disciplined strategy for dealing with disputes within the Matthean emerging Christian community. The present study was designed to test the theory, proposed by the SIFT approach to biblical hermeneutics, that reader ...
Leslie J. Francis +2 more
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The Influence of Reader Perspective on Memorizing Information
This master’s thesis aims to take a closer look on the connection between reader’s perspective and memory. The research rests on a similar one previously conducted by Anderson and Pichert who investigated the correlation between a person’s perspective and the way it influences the ability to memorize information from the text. This topic of research is
Lučić, Renata
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Jesus, psychological type and conflict : a study in biblical hermeneutics applying the reader perspective and SIFT approach to Mark 11:11–21 [PDF]
The Marcan account of Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, cursing the fig tree and overturning the tables of the money changers in the temple provides a classic scriptural reference point for a Christian discussion of conflict.
Tania ap Siôn +4 more
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Looking at the birds, considering the lilies, and perceiving God’s grace in the countryside : an empirical investigation in hermeneutical theory [PDF]
This study is situated within the newly emerging interest in the concept of grace as a legitimate topic for empirical enquiry, and draws on the theoretical framework provided by the SIFT approach to biblical hermeneutics, an approach rooted in reader ...
Smith, G. +5 more
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Examining Privacy in Blogging from the Reader's Perspective
As new forms of digital communication and social media are used and adopted by various communities, privacy becomes an increasingly more difficult and complex issue. While previous work has studied bloggers' practices with respect to negotiating privacy, little research has been done on the ways in which readers of blogs perceive privacy in blogs. This
Eric P. S. Baumer +2 more
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Within the passion narrative Matthew adds important pericopes to the Marcan text concerning both Pilate and Judas. These additional pericopes provide a rich resource for exploring the psychological motivation of and the psychological consequences for ...
Leslie J. Francis, Christopher F. Ross
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Portrayal of Female Characters in Train to Pakistan: An Anti-Feminist, Reader-Response Exploration
The study explores the portrayal of women in Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh. The study examines the ideological assumptions of patriarchy through the representation of women as being seductive and angelic characters by a male author through the ...
Dr. Zareena Qasim, Dr. Asifa Qasim
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The genesis and publication history of Virginia Woolf’s “How Should One Read a Book?”, whose final version appeared in The Second Common Reader in 1932, is by now well-established. Critics, including Andrew McNeillie and Beth Rigel Daugherty, have traced
Xavier LE BRUN
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Exploring Psalm 139 through the Jungian lenses of sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking
Psalm 139 provides both great opportunities and huge challenges for the preacher. It is a Psalm crafted in four parts: part two is an imaginative and poetic affirmation of God’s omnipresence that engages the Jungian perceiving process; part four is a ...
Leslie J. Francis +2 more
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