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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
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Comparative Theology: An Alternative to Religious Studies or Theology of Religions?
Religions, 2018 This paper examines the relationship between Comparative Theology, Religious Studies and Theology of Religions and questions whether Comparative Theology is an alternative to the last two. Comparative Theology, a faith seeking understanding practice, may
Betül AVCI
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Theology and the Secular [PDF]
, 2016 Sarah Coakley’s God, Sexuality, and the Self constitutes a major intervention in the debate over the role of religion in the modern world. Coakley criticizes Christians who reject modernity altogether, arguing that Christian thought should remain in ...
Newheiser, David
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Why do some women choose to submit to their husbands in marriage? In anthropology, the paradox of ‘chosen submission’ has famously been explored by Saba Mahmood. Her work amongst Egyptian women donning the veil in the Islamic da'wa movement spotlights the notion of ‘piety’ to explore how devotion to God can act as a powerful motivator of human ...
Naomi Richman
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 There is an ongoing challenge in defining African theology because of two important reasons: (1) the quest for a definitive African theology is a fairly recent pursuit and (2) the vastness and diversity of the African continent.
Christopher Magezi, Jacob T. Igba
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Communication, cultural form and theology [PDF]
, 1986 This essay explores some relationships between the areas of communication science and theology, beginning with a brief examination of what is called the \u27cultural studies\u27 model of communication and the institutional roles of communication in ...
Soukup, Paul A.
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Book Review: Indian Theology in Dialogue [PDF]
, 1988 A review of Klaus Klostermaier\u27s Indian Theology in ...
Neufeldt, Ronald
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
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Romanian theology: A theology of dialogue
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2009 This article offers an overview of the development of Romanian theology through the 20th century, especially after 1989, which constituted a new era for the evolution of Romanian theology. The author believes that the greatest challenge for the Romanian Orthodox Church after 1989 is the one that aims at the reconfiguration of the mission of the ...
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Finding the divine in challenging conversations [PDF]
, 2019 This article was originally published in The Prophet -- a journal created by and for the students at the Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) to amplify the voices of STH students by promoting and sharing a range of perspectives on matters of ...
Rodriguez, Nick
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