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ESSSAT book/dissertation & student essay prizes. Submission deadlines approaching (Nov 30 / Jan 15).

ESSSAT Prizes for Studies in Science and Theology 2022  

In connection with ECST XIX (2022, in Ålesund/Norway), two ESSSAT  prizes are open for competition between early career scholars working in Europe. 

The ESSSAT Research Prize (of 2500 €) will be awarded for an outstanding original  contribution at book length, e.g. a doctoral thesis, submitted to the ESSSAT Prize Responsible  by November 30th 2021.  

The ESSSAT Student Prize (of 1500 €) will be awarded for an essay of 10.000 words  maximum, written in an academic context at undergraduate or postgraduate level, submitted to  the ESSSAT Prize Responsible by January 15th 2022.  

The works, whose topic may address any aspect of the interface between religion/theology and  the natural sciences, should exemplify the aims of ESSSAT to advance open and critical  communication between the disciplines of theology, religious studies and science, to promote  their cross-fertilization, and to work on the solution of interdisciplinary problems. The prize 

winning contributions should be outstanding reflections bearing on the relationship between  religion, theology and natural sciences in contemporary culture. The submissions will be  evaluated based on their originality, quality, and relevance. 

A candidate for the Research or Student Prize must be nominated by a senior faculty member of a university or similar institution of higher education in Europe. ESSSAT membership is not  required. The work must be based on research done in Europe (with allowance for a period of  research elsewhere of at most one year) and have been accepted for academic credit, presented  or published in 2020-2022. It may be in any major European language. It need not have been  published.  

The prizes will be presented at the Nineteenth European Conference on Science and Theology  (ECST XIX), in Ålesund/Norway, 4-8May 2022. The prize winners are required to attend the  conference. Their conference fees will be covered. 

See official posts here —> a CfP for the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT), 

For applications, mail to ESSSAT prize organizer Andreas Losch (andreas.losch @uzh.ch). 

Each application must include: 

(a) The work itself as a pdf-file.  
(b) A brief curriculum vitae of the author (stating nationality); and 
(c) A letter of nomination. 
(d) Applications for the research prize need to add a ten-page summary of the work in English  (1.5 line spacing, font size 12). 

Submitted material will not be returned. 

The Organizer of the ESSSAT prizes: 

Andreas Losch 
Le-Corbusier-Platz 6 
CH-3027 Bern 
Switzerland 
Email: andreas.losch @ uzh.ch

K.H. Miskotte’s Biblical ABCs An International Theology Conference 8-9th November 2021
Conferences

Register soon! Online conference Nov 8-9 on Dutch theologian K. H. Miskotte’s recently translated wartime text – Biblical ABC’s

The Aberdeen Centre for Protestant Theology is delighted to be working with colleagues in the Netherlands at the PThU, De Nieuwe Bijbelschool and Miskotte-Stichting to host an online conference on 8th-9th of November 2021 on Kornelis H. Miskotte’s book ‘Biblical ABCs’. This important wartime text has been newly translated into English this year and published this autumn by Rowan and Littlefield.

Katherine Sonderegger, Philip Ziegler, Susannah Ticciati, Christopher Chalamet, Rinse Reeling Brouwer, Collin Cornell, Eleonora Hof and Mirjam Elbers will all contribute to the discussion of the meaning and topicality of K.H. Miskotte’s theology of resistance. 

You can register now at: https://www.miskotte.com/.

Registration is open until 5th November 2021.

Tickets are only – €10.50

All those who register will receive a 50% discount code to put toward purchase of the book.

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SET Foundations is accepting applications for summer 2022!

SET Foundations has a wonderful opportunity for early and mid-career theologians and philosophers of religion. We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for our Summer Session 2022 The focus is on Experience to Evidence: Theory Construction and Confirmation

SET Foundations (Building Foundations in Science-Engaged Theology: Insights from Philosophy of Science ) is hosted by Loyola University Maryland. Our goal is to connect scholars working in philosophy of religion and theology with recent insights from philosophy of science on topics such as causation, explanation, modeling practices, scientific confirmation, and natural laws.

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Conferences, Events & Conferences

Bavinck Centenary Conference – December 6-7, 2021 – Brisbane School of Theology.

To mark the centenary of the death of Dutch theologian and statesman, Herman Bavinck (1854-1921), Brisbane School of Theology will be convening a two-day conference. Five plenary sessions will examine the contours of Bavinck’s theology, two roundtables will consider Bavinck’s relevance for contemporary Christianity, and short papers will address various aspects of Bavinck’s life, thought, and legacy. Previously planned for June, the conference was postponed 6 months on account of COVID-19. It will be convened in person (this December) in Brisbane but with a Zoom option for those who cannot attend because of travel restrictions

Plenary Sessions

‘Herman Bavinck’s Use of Scripture’ Koert van Bekkum, Kampen Theological University
‘Herman Bavinck’s Appropriation of Reformed Sources’ Henk van den Belt, Free University of Amsterdam
‘Herman Bavinck’s Use of Philosophy’ Oliver Crisp, University of St Andrews
‘Herman Bavinck as a Trinitarian Theologian’ Graham Cole, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
‘Herman Bavinck as a Politician’ James Eglinton, University of Edinburgh

Short Papers

Registration

  • Registration for In Person Attendance closes November 22.
  • Registration for Zoom Attendance – closes December 5.

See website for registration links and attendance costs.

ACCOMMODATION – Click here for official conference webpage and accommodation links.

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Faculty Updates, Master Category

William J. Abraham 1947-2021

Last week many in the theology community gave voice to sorrow at the sudden passing of theologian William J. Abraham. Abraham was a winsome philosophical theologian, Methodist scholar, and philosophical theologian. Among his many publications are books on divine revelation, the Christian canon, evangelism, divine action, and grief. Abraham was one of the editors for the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. This year, the fourth of his four volume set on Divine Agency and Divine Action was released. Comments appeared quickly across social media about how “Billy” Abraham impacted lives as a teacher, scholar, and friend. We have included links to some tributes to Abraham below.

You can read about William Abraham’s legacy at the Eerdman’s blog here.

A United Methodist News article on Abraham’s life and passing can be found here.

A “Tribute to William J. Abraham” can be read on the Wesleyan Covenant Association website here.

Frederick Schmidt’s memories can be read here on Patheos.

Events & Conferences, Master Category

Christ Among the Disciplines: Race and Ethnicity in Christian Origins and Theology

An Online, Interdisciplinary Conference on Christology: Race and Ethnicity in Christian Origins and Theology.

Participants in this online, interdisciplinary conference on Christology will hear from world-leading scholars in history, biblical studies and theology!

Amongst many others, conference attendees will hear from the likes of Ebony Marshall Turman, Amy Peeler, J Kameron Carter, Wongi Park, Lisa Bowens, Karen O’ Donnell, Katie Cross, David Horrell, Christopher Stroup, M Shawn Copeland, Janette Ok, Shively Smith, Reggie Williams & Andrew Boakye.

General Admission tickets are available for $40 USD, Student Tickets are available for $20 USD. Tickets are also available for those who would like to participate in the live Q&A.

Faculty Updates, Master Category

Prof Christoph Schwöbel  (1955-2021)

We regret to report that friends of professor Christoph Schwöbel have shared news, online, of his very recent passing away. Professor Schwöbel was the 1643 Chair in Divinity at University of St. Andrews. Some of Professor Schwöbel’s distinguished career includes being professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Tubingen since 2004, teaching at the University of Heidelberg (1999-2004), the University of Kiel (1993-1999), King’s College London (1986-1993) and the University of Marburg (1981-1986). You can access a list of his sixty plus publications online here at the University of St. Andrews website. During a 2019 recording of Logos Summer Institute, here, Schwöbel was introduced as one who enriched the theological community where he worked with a brilliant mind and humble disposition.

Image Credit: (Image from https://theology.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/people/staff/ )

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CFP: LATC 2022: Confessing the Church

March 17-18, 2022 at Biola University, La Mirada, CA

The 2022 Los Angeles Theology Conference will engage ecclesiology, that is, the doctrine about the Church. The goal of the conference is to offer constructive proposals for understanding and confessing the doctrine of the Church with historical depth, ecumenical scope, and analytic clarity. We are inviting theologians (philosophical, biblical, historical, and otherwise) to address this vital Christian doctrine.

Call for Papers

Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be sent to LAtheology@gmail.com before October 1, 2021. An acceptable paper will be approximately 3,500 words (to be delivered in 35 minutes with 5–10 minutes for Q&A).

The 9th Annual Los Angeles Theology Conference will be held on March 17-18, 2022 on the campus of Biola University in La Mirada, CA. The theme of the conference is “Confessing the Church.” We are inviting theologians who can situate the doctrine of the Church in its larger systematic theological context, showing its connections and implications with other doctrines.

Beyond the five plenary papers, nine papers will be selected from the responses to this call. We are especially seeking papers that are theologically constructive accounts of the Church, describing how it is related to the catholic confession as being “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.” In particular, we welcome papers that offer reflection on the way in which the Church exhibits (or fails to exhibit) one or more of these features. Preference will be given to papers that offer constructive proposals rather than merely critiques.

The plenary sessions feature Natalie Carnes (Baylor University); Millard J. Erickson (independent scholar); Tom Greggs (University of Aberdeen); Jennifer Powell McNutt (Wheaton College); and Paul Nimmo (University of Aberdeen).

Those with completed doctorate degrees are invited to submit paper proposals on this year’s theme. The focus of the conference is on constructive or systematic theology, rather than upon exegesis, the history of doctrine, or social scientific approaches to religion. Papers that engage the theological tradition as a means of theological retrieval are most welcome.

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TheoPsych Academy

In our TheoPsych project, we provided training in the psychological sciences for theologians from around the world in 3 small, private learning cohorts. We brought in psychologists, skilled in interdisciplinary dialogue, to inspire conversations around using the psych sciences as a tool for developing theology.

But now, we’re excited to share that the material from the seminars we hosted, is now available to anyone who wants to access it. We’ve adapted material from our 3 events, into a series of courses that you can explore for free in something we’re calling TheoPsych Academy.

These courses include short lectures from psychology experts working in many subfields including: Robert Emmons, Justin Barrett, Pamela Ebstyne King, Mari Clements, Peter Hill, Lindsey Root Luna, Brad Strawn, Joey Fung, William Newsome, and more! In addition to this group of psychologists, there are also conversations with theologians from the project, discussing how they’re using psychology in their work.

JOIN THEOPSYCH ACADEMY NOW

If you decide to work through a course with a group, there are opportunities for great interactions as the courses are highly customizable, including options for discussion questions, quizzes, and “dig deeper” supplemental sections to help you take the material in different directions.

Those who enroll within our launch year will have access to private online events, for live interaction with psychology experts, to get their burning questions answered. It’s our hope that theologians, ministry leaders, and those just curious about how psychological science might interact with our understanding of God and the world will benefit from these courses! Enjoy!

Conferences, Events & Conferences

Kuyper, Science, and Philosophy: A Centenary Celebration

The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion would like to invite you to our online Academic Workshop ‘Kuyper, Science, and Philosophy: A Centenary Celebration’ on 2nd – 4th September 2021.  

Speakers include Prof. Richard Mouw, Prof. René van Woudenberg, Dr Deborah Haarsma, Professor Gerrit Glas, Professor Lydia Jaeger, Dr Jordan Ballor, Revd Dr Craig Bartholomew. The topics covered include Kuyper’s philosophy of science, the doctrine of creation, and the Reformed approach to scientific practice.  

For more information and to sign up for the workshop go to this link: faraday.institute/KuyperWorkshop

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IVP Early Career Philosopher of Religion Contest

Inter-Varsity Press and the Tyndale Fellowship’s Study Group for Philosophy of Religion are pleased to announce this year’s ‘Early-Career Philosopher of Religion’ competition.

This year’s essay question:
What does it mean that God is good?

Prizes: Book prizes are to be awarded to the value of:
1st Prize: £100
2nd Prize: £50
Books must be purchased from IVP books.

The winner is also to be named ‘IVP Early-Career Philosopher of Religion 2021’, and offered a slot to present at the 2022 Tyndale Conference.

Submissions are welcome from those that are either within three years of their first, permanent academic position (on the closing date) or have never held such. Previous winners are requested not to re-enter. Submissions must be between 2,000 & 4,000 words, and will be assessed by a small committee on professional Philosophy benchmarks, including:

  • Display of a questioning intelligence
  • Ability to engage critically with ideas
  • Clarity in making relevant distinctions
  • Ability to construct reasoned arguments
  • Ability to evaluate arguments critically
  • Knowledge of the history of Philosophy and the Philosophy of Religion

There is no requirement that the essay defend any particular theological or philosophical view. Essays must be written in English, and submitted electronically as either a Word Document or a PDF to:

Daniel Hill (djhill1972@gmail.com) by midnight on Friday September 10th 2021.

We hope to announce the winners within one month of the closing date.
Dr Daniel Hill (Chair, Tyndale Fellowship’s Study Group in Philosophy of Religion)
Dr Yang Guo (Co-Chair, Tyndale Fellowship’s Study Group)

Conferences, Events & Conferences, Master Category

Theological Genealogies of Modernity (July 8-11)

The conference will run from 13:00-16:15 (BST) each day.

Genealogies of modernity are broad narrative accounts of the rise and nature of our present cultural condition. Theology nearly always features, in some way or another, in narratives about the formation of modernity, even if its role is just being a discourse and set of practices that was gradually marginalized by the onset of a more secular age. This conference gathers together an international team of scholars to explore genealogies of modernity sympathetically and to evaluate them critically. The contributors will discuss a range of important figures and focused topics, and they will pay special attention to stories that are often, though perhaps unhelpfully, understood as decline narratives—accounts of modernity that do not associate it unambiguously with progress. So-called decline genealogies have significant influence within theology across several confessional traditions, but like any narrative with the massive scope of a genealogy of modernity, making a case for them is necessarily complex. How are “decline” narratives and other accounts constructed? If these stories seek to do something more than just to describe historical processes, how do subtly normative dimensions enter into them? How do genealogical narratives look from the perspective of constituencies that are often marginalized?

Register here: theogenealogies.eventbrite.co.uk

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*Please note that this event is limited to 500 attendees on a first-come-first-served basis, so we recommend that you join each session a few minutes early to ensure a spot.

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Open Theology – Call for “Topical Issues” Proposals.

Open Theology (degruyter.com/opth) invites groups of researchers, conference organizers and individual scholars to submit their proposals of edited volumes to be considered as topical issues of the journal. 

Proposals will be collected by October 31, 2021. 

To submit your proposal please contact Dr Katarzyna Tempczyk at katarzyna.tempczyk @ degruyter.com

Information about the journal and past proposals can be found here https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/OPTH/html

OUR PAST TOPICAL ISSUES INCLUDED: 

2015:

  • Violence of Non-Violence (ed. Michael Jerryson and Margo Kitts)
  • Manichaeism – New Historical and Philological Studies (ed. John C. Reeves)
  • In Search of a Contemporary World View: Contrasting Thomistic and Whiteheadian Approaches (ed. Joseph Bracken)
  • Science and/or Religion: a 21st Century Debate (ed. Shiva Khalili and Fraser Watts) 

2016:

  • Cognitive Science of Religion (ed. Jason Marsh)
  • Is Transreligious Theology Possible? (ed. Jerry L. Martin)
  • Psychotherapy and Religious Values (ed. P. Scott Richards)
  • Bible Translation (ed. Mark L. Strauss)
  • Religious Recognition (ed. Heikki Koskinen, Ritva Palmen and Risto Saarinen) 
  • Religion and Race (ed. Daniel White Hodge)

2017: 

  • Multiple Religious Belonging (ed. Manuela Kalsky and Andre van der Braak)
  • Phenomenology of Religious Experience (ed. Olga Louchakova-Schwartz and Courtenay Crouch)
  • Analytic Perspectives on Method and Authority in Theology (ed. Joshua Farris and James Arcadi)
  • Alternative Religiosities in Soviet Union and Communist East-Central Europe (ed. Rasa Pranskeviciute and Eagle Aleknaite) 

2018: 

  • Cognitive Linguistics and Theology (ed. John Sanders)
  • Intersubjectivity and Reciprocal Causality within Contemporary Understanding of the God-World Relationship (ed. Joseph A. Bracken)
  • Rethinking Reformation (ed. Niels Henrik Gregersen and Bo Kristian Holm)
  • Religion in Latin America: Theological and Philosophical Perspectives (ed. Charles Taliaferro, Marciano Adilio Spica, and Agnaldo Cuoco Portugal)
  • Phenomenology of Religious Experience II: Perspectives in Theology (ed. Olga Louchakova-Schwartz and Martin Nitsche)
  • Recognizing Encounters with Ultimacy Across Religious Boundaries (ed. Jerry L. Martin) 

2019:

  • Digital Humanities in Biblical Studies and Theology (ed. Claire Clivaz and Garrick Allen)
  • Phenomenology of Religious Experience III: Visuality, Imagination, and the Lifeworld (ed. Martin Nitsche and Olga Louchakova-Schwartz)
  • Existential and Phenomenological Conceptions of the Relationship Between Philosophy and Theology (ed. Nikolaas Deketelaere, Elizabeth Li, and Steven DeLay)

2020:

  • Women and Gender in the Bible and the Biblical World (ed. Zanne Domoney-Lyttle and Sarah Nicholson)
  • Issues and Approaches in Contemporary Theological Thought about Evil (ed. John Culp)
  • Motherhood(s) and Religions (ed. Giulia Pedrucci)
  • Phenomenology of Religious Experience IV: Religious Experience and Description (ed. Olga Louchakova-Schwartz, Aaron Preston and James Nelson)

2021 (in progress):

  • The Bible and Migration (ed. Carly Crouch)
  • The Reception History of the Biblical and Patristic Heritage: Reflections on Theory an Method in a Burgeoning Field of Study (ed. Miriam Jane de Cock)
  • Women and Gender in the Bible and the Biblical World II (ed. Zanne Domoney-Lyttle and Sarah Nicholson)
  • Rationality and Religiosity During a Pandemic: Pehnomenology of Religious Experience V (ed. Olga Louchakova-Schwartz, Jason Alvis and Michael Staudigl)
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Journals, Master Category, Publications

The Journal of Theological Studies – Current Issue

Title:   “Books Received”

Author:    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 1010 – 1021
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa144

Title:   “Referees”

Author:    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 1022 – 1022
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa145

Title:   “Indexes”

Author:    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: i – xv
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flab045

Title:   “Between the Swastika and the Sickle: The Life, Disappearance, and Execution of Ernst Lohmeyer. By James R. Edwards”

Author: Harker I.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 971 – 973
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa049

Title:   “The Body Upon the (Lynching) Tree: the Humanity of Jesus in James Cone and Reinhold Niebuhr”

Author: Tafilowski R.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 756 – 777
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa132

Title:   “Untangled Branches: the Edenic Tree(s) and the Multivocal WAW”

Author: Makowiecki M.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 441 – 457
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa093

Title:   “Subversive Faith and Competition in Patronage: A Note on ΠΙΣΤΙΣ in Mark”

Author: Smit P.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 513 – 541
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa077

Title:   “Onesimus the Letter Carrier and the Initial Reception of Paul’s Letter to Philemon”

Author: Head P.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 628 – 656
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa098

Title:   “‘The Being that is in a Manner Equal with God’ (Phil. 2:6C): A Self-Transforming, Incarnational, Divine Ontology”

Author: Fletcher-Louis C.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 581 – 627
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa096

Title:   “A Puzzling Silence: James 2:24 before the Reformation”

Author: Mooney C.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 657 – 702
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa099

Title:   “Legal Exegesis and Historical Narrative in Luke 2:22–4”

Author: Kozitza E.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 542 – 580
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa097

Title:   “̓ΑΡΙΣΤΟΝ ΜEΝ ̔ΥΔΩΡ: Ancient Breakfasts and the Development of Eucharistic Foods”

Author: Stewart A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 707 – 717
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa131

Title:   “A Note on Evagrius’ Cosmological and Metaphysical Statements”

Author: Costache D.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 718 – 730
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa143

Title:   “The End of the Psalter: Psalms 146–150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint. By Alma Brodersen”

Author: Gray A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 828 – 830
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa124

Title:   “Mar Narsai and the Spirit Epicleses in the Acts of Thomas”

Author: Witkamp N.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 731 – 755
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa055

Title:   “Doubling Down: Zechariah’s Oracle, Judah’s Blessing, and the Triumphal Entry in Matthew”

Author: Ferda T.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 486 – 512
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa088

Title:   “Justification by Faith in the Letters of Saint Paul: Keys to Interpretation. By Jean-Noël Aletti. Translated by PeggyManningMeyer”

Author: Kincaid J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 865 – 867
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa128

Title:   “The Bryennios List and its Origin”

Author: Stevens L.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 703 – 706
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa095

Title:   “The Greatness of Humility: St Augustine on Moral Excellence. By Joseph J. McInerney”

Author: Clavier M.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 918 – 920
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa066

Title:   “Authority, Augustine, and History in the Twenty-First Century”

Author: Bonner A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 778 – 792
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa076

Title:   “4QInstruction: Divisions and Hierarchies. By Benjamin Wold”

Author: Byun S.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 847 – 849
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa125

Title:   “Jansenism and England: Moral Rigorism across the Confessions. By Thomas Palmer”

Author: Quantin J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 951 – 954
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa120

Title:   “Gregory Palamas and the Making of Palamism in the Modern Age. By Norman Russell”

Author: Chouliaras A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 940 – 943
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa136

Title:   “Seeing Light: A Critical Enquiry into the Origins of Resurrection Faith. By Peter Gant”

Author: Loke A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 989 – 991
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa118

Title:   “Augustine in Context. Edited by Tarmo Toom”

Author: Finn R, OP.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 912 – 913
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa115

Title:   “So Great a Salvation: A Dialogue on the Atonement in Hebrews. Edited by Jon C. Laansma, George H. Guthrie and Cynthia Long Westfall”

Author: Moore N.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 868 – 870
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa129

Title:   “That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation. By David Bentley Hart”

Author: Nutter T.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 995 – 998
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa119

Title:   “The Demonic in the Political Thought of Eusebius of Caesarea. By Hazel Johannessen”

Author: Morlet S.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 893 – 895
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa058

Title:   “Hebrews: An Interpretation. By James Swetnam”

Author: Thomas M.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 870 – 872
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa130

Title:   “Royal Messianism and the Jerusalem Priesthood in the Gospel of Mark. By Bernardo Cho”

Author: Sloan P.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 849 – 851
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa111

Title:   “Between Pagan and Christian. By Christopher P. Jones”

Author: Salzman M.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 895 – 898
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa121

Title:   “Translating Empire: Tell Fekheriyeh, Deuteronomy, and the Akkadian Treaty Tradition. By C. L. Crouch and Jeremy Hutton”

Author: Hagedorn A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 818 – 820
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa127

Title:   “Le Commentaire de Théodoret de Cyr sur l’Épitre aux Romains: Études philologiques et historiques. By Agnès Lorrain”

Author: Viciano A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 923 – 925
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa141

Title:   “Exploring the Isaiah Scrolls and Their Textual Variants. By Donald W. Parry”

Author: van der Kooij A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 845 – 847
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa126

Title:   “Reading the Gospels with Karl Barth. Edited by Daniel L. Migliore”

Author: Lindsay M.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 973 – 977
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa140

Title:   “The Minor Prophets as Christian Scripture in the Commentaries of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Cyril of Alexandria. By Hauna T. Ondrey”

Author: Martens P.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 920 – 922
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa142

Title:   “Divine Humility: God’s Morally Perfect Being. By Matthew A. Wilcoxen”

Author: Holmes C.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 982 – 984
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa138

Title:   “An Incarnational Model of the Eucharist. By James M. Arcadi”

Author: Gittoes J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 994 – 995
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa117

Title:   “God, Mystery, and Mystification. By Denys Turner”

Author: Hamand M.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 1004 – 1007
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa137

Title:   “Thomas Fuller: Discovering England’s Religious Past. By W. B. Patterson”

Author: Ford A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 949 – 951
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa135

Title:   “The Revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden. Vol. 1: Liber Caelestis, Books I–III; vol. 2: Liber Caelestis Books IV–V. Translated by Denis Searby”

Author: Bhattacharji S.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 943 – 945
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa133

Title:   “The Specter of the Jews: Emperor Julian and the Rhetoric of Ethnicity in Syrian Antioch. By Ari Finkelstein”

Author: Liccardo S.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 901 – 903
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa139

Title:   “Friedrich Max Müller and the Sacred Books of the East. By Arie L. Molendijk”

Author: Wheeler-Barclay M.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 965 – 968
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa122

Title:   “Knowledge, Love, and Ecstasy in the Theology of Thomas Gallus. By Boyd Taylor Coolman”

Author: Bhattacharji S.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 934 – 935
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa134

Title:   “Sermons at Paul’s Cross, 1521–1642. Edited by Torrance Kirby, P. G. Stanwood, Mary Morrissey, and John N. King”

Author: Willis J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 947 – 949
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa123

Title:   “The Writings of Luke and the Jewish Roots of the Christian Way: An Examination of the Aims of the First Christian Historian in the Light of Ancient Politics, Ethnography, and Historiography. By J. Andrew Cowan”

Author: Zwiep A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 852 – 854
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa113

Title:   “Lay Activism and the High Church Movement of the Late Eighteenth Century: The Life and Thought of William Stevens, 1732–1807. By Robert M. Andrews”

Author: Garrard J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 960 – 962
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa116

Title:   “The Metaphor of the Divine as Planter of the People: Stinking Grapes or Pleasant Planting? By Jennifer Metten Pantoja”

Author: Marlow H.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 809 – 811
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa087

Title:   “The Routledge Research Companion to the History of Evangelicalism. Edited by Andrew Atherstone and David Ceri Jones”

Author: Buchanan C.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 957 – 960
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa114

Title:   “Tradition as Innovation: Ancient Harmonistic Theologising in the Temple Sermon (Jeremiah 7:1–8:3)”

Author: Fabrikant-Burke O.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 458 – 485
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa078

Title:   “Private Associations and Jewish Communities in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities. Edited by Benedikt Eckhardt”

Author: Lapinoja-PitkÄnen E.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 842 – 845
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa110

Title:   “Theology and History in the Fourth Gospel: Tradition and Narration. By Jörg Frey”

Author: Smith T.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 856 – 859
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa112

Title:   “The Old Testament in Manichaean Tradition: The Sources in Syriac, Greek, Coptic, Middle Persian, Parthian, Sogdian, New Persian, and Arabic, with an Appendix on General References to the Bible. Edited by Nils Arne Pedersen, René Falkenberg, John Møller Larsen, and Claudia Leurini”

Author: Smagina E.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 907 – 908
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa074

Title:   “Exploring Biblical Kinship: Festschrift in Honor of John J. Pilch. Edited by Joan C. Campbell and Patrick J. Hartin”

Author: Esler P.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 793 – 796
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa105

Title:   “An Introduction to Israel’s Wisdom Traditions. By John L. McLaughlin”

Author: Keefer A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 830 – 831
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa086

Title:   “Understanding Medieval Liturgy: Essays in Interpretation. Edited by Helen Gittos and Sarah Hamilton”

Author: Rose E.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 926 – 932
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa073

Title:   “The Invention of Judaism: Torah and Jewish Identity from Deuteronomy to Paul. By John J. Collins”

Author: Newman J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 837 – 839
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa108

Title:   “What Are Biblical Values? What the Bible Says on Key Ethical Issues. By John J. Collins”

Author: Dell K.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 796 – 802
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa083

Title:   “Style and Context of Old Greek Job. By Marieke Dhont”

Author: Fresch C.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 834 – 836
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa089

Title:   “The Fourth Gospel and the Manufacture of Minds in Ancient Historiography, Biography, Romance, and Drama. By Tyler Smith”

Author: Despotis A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 861 – 863
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa104

Title:   “The Intertextual Reception of Genesis 1–3 in Irenaeus of Lyons. By Stephen O. Presley”

Author: Vannier M.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 892 – 893
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa075

Title:   “Archaeology and the Letters of Paul. By Laura Salah Nasrallah”

Author: Hodge C.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 863 – 865
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa109

Title:   “Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts. By T. M. Lemos”

Author: Hughes Huff C.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 804 – 807
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa100

Title:   “Mary Magdalene from the New Testament to the New Age and Beyond. Edited by Edmondo F. Lupieri”

Author: Beavis M.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 873 – 875
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa101

Title:   “The Daily Discoveries of a Bible Scholar and Manuscript Hunter: A Biography of James Rendel Harris 1852–1941. By Alessandro Falcetta”

Author: Clements R.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 968 – 970
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa103

Title:   “Envisioning God in the Humanities: Essays on Christianity, Judaism, and Ancient Religion in Honor of Melissa Harl Sellew. Edited by Courtney J. P. Friesen”

Author: Brown I.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 839 – 842
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa102

Title:   “Aquinas on Theology and God’s Existence: The First Two Questions of the Summa Theologiae Newly Translated and Carefully Explained. By Michael Augros”

Author: Siniscalchi G.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 938 – 940
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa063

Title:   “The Plot-Structure of Genesis: ‘Will the Righteous Seed Survive?’ in the Muthos-Logical Movement from Complication to Dénouement. By Todd L. Patterson”

Author: Melton B.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 811 – 813
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa090

Title:   “David Remembered: Kingship and National Identity in Ancient Israel. By Joseph Blenkinsopp”

Author: Sparks K.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 820 – 823
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa094

Title:   “History, Theology, and Narrative Rhetoric in the Fourth Gospel. By Harold Attridge”

Author: Myers A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 859 – 861
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa107

Title:   “Jesus in John’s Gospel: Structure and Issues in Johannine Christology. By William Loader”

Author: Larsen K.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 854 – 856
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa106

Title:   “Metaphors in the Discussion on Suffering in Job 3–31: Visions of Hope and Consolation. By Hanneke van Loon”

Author: Melton B.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 832 – 834
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa091

Title:   “Retrieving Eternal Generation. Edited by Fred Sanders and Scott R. Swain”

Author: Fennell R.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 985 – 987
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa067

Title:   “Christianity in Roman Africa: The Development of Practices and Beliefs. By J. Patout Burns, Jr and Robin M. Jensen, in collaboration with G. W. Clarke, S. T. Stevens, W. Tabbernee, and M. A. Tilley”

Author: Leone A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 898 – 900
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa070

Title:   “Aristotle and Early Christian Thought. By Mark Edwards”

Author: Ramelli I.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 882 – 889
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa071

Title:   “A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible. By Matthew Suriano”

Author: Peterson J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 807 – 809
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa092

Title:   “The Elder Testament: Canon, Theology, Trinity. By Christopher R. Seitz”

Author: Barton J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 802 – 804
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa079

Title:   “Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt. By Alec Ryrie”

Author: Siniscalchi G.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 980 – 982
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa062

Title:   “The Chapters of the Wisdom of My Lord Mani, Part III: Pages 343–442 (Chapters 21–47). Edited by Iain Gardner, Jason BeDuhn, and Paul C. Dilley”

Author: Bledsoe S.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 903 – 907
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa080

Title:   “The Dangerous Duty of Rebuke: Leviticus 19:17 in Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation. By Matthew S. Goldstone”

Author: Jenson P.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 816 – 817
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa085

Title:   “The Syriac Tradition of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas: A Critical Edition and English Translation. By Tony Burke”

Author: Shoemaker S.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 925 – 926
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa061

Title:   “A King and a Fool? The Succession Narrative as a Satire. By Virginia Miller”

Author: Firth D.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 823 – 825
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa082

Title:   “The Unfavored: Judah and Saul in the Narratives of Genesis and 1 Samuel. By Josef Sykora”

Author: Curtis T.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 814 – 816
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa081

Title:   “Liturgy and the Living Text of the New Testament: Papers from the Tenth Birmingham Colloquium on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament. Edited by H. A. G. Houghton”

Author: Read-Heimerdinger J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 876 – 877
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa072

Title:   “Chinese Public Theology: Generational Shifts and Confucian Imagination in Chinese Christianity. By Alexander Chow”

Author: Wang Z.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 977 – 980
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa065

Title:   “We Have Heard, O Lord: An Introduction to the Theology of the Psalter. By Robert L. Foster”

Author: Poe Hays R.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 825 – 827
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa084

Title:   “The Spirit of Early Evangelicalism: True Religion in a Modern World. By D. Bruce Hindmarsh”

Author: Atherstone A.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 956 – 957
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa069

Title:   “Early Christianity in the Lycus Valley. By Ulrich Huttner. Translated by David Green”

Author: Taylor J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 877 – 879
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa064

Title:   “Divine Action and the Human Mind. By Sarah Lane Ritchie”

Author: Hasker W.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 991 – 994
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa056

Title:   “The Future of Christology: Jesus Christ for a Global Age. By Dong-Kun Kim”

Author: O’Collins G.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 987 – 988
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa059

Title:   “Nuns’ Priests’ Tales: Men and Salvation in Medieval Women’s Monastic Life. By Fiona J. Griffiths”

Author: Leyser H.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 932 – 934
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa057

Title:   “Gregory of Nyssa: In Canticum Canticorum, Analytical and Supporting Studies. Proceedings of the 13th International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (Rome, 17–20 September 2014). Edited by Giulio Maspero, Miguel Brugarolas, and Ilaria Vigorelli”

Author: Orton R.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 908 – 912
Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa060

Title:   “Of Gods and Minds: In Search of a Theological Commons. By James W. Heisig”

Author: Maraldo J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 998 – 1004
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa050

Title:   “Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers. Edited by Michael Dauphinais, Roger W. Nutt, and Andrew Hofer, OP”

Author: Weinandy T.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 936 – 938
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa053

Title:   “Cynicism and Christianity in Antiquity. By Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé”

Author: Gerald Downing F.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 879 – 882
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa048

Title:   “Theology of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Vol. 1: The Genesis and Development of the Tetralogy and the Appropriation of Sources, Artists, Philosophers, and Theologians. Vol. 2: Theological and Ethical Issues. By Richard H. Bell”

Author: Elliott J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 963 – 965
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa046

Title:   “The Oxford Handbook of Mary. Edited by Chris Maunder”

Author: Elliott J.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 1007 – 1009
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa047

Title:   “God and Christ in Irenaeus. By Anthony Briggman”

Author: Edwards M.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 889 – 892
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa045

Title:   “‘Two Scrubby Travellers’: A Psychoanalytic View of Flourishing and Constraint in Religion through the Lives of John and Charles Wesley. By Pauline Watson”

Author: Wellings M.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 954 – 955
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa054

Title:   “Augustine’s Early Thought on the Redemptive Function of Divine Judgement. By Bart van Egmond”

Author: Monroe T.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 913 – 918
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa052

Title:   “Renovatio: Martin Luther’s Augustinian Theology of Sin, Grace and Holiness. By Phil Anderas”

Author: McKim D.    Vol:71   Numb. 2  Pages: 945 – 947
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa051

Grants & Fellowships, Master Category, Opportunities

The Widening Horizons in Philosophical Theology project announces new funding opportunities.

Interactions between Christian thinkers and continental philosophy often have a critical focus, whether on the intellectual debt continental philosophers owe to the Christian tradition, or on the ways secular philosophers critique classical theological accounts of ultimate reality. The newly-funded Widening Horizons in Philosophical Theology project at the University of St Andrews focuses on the joint potential of theology and continental philosophy for discovery and growth, using the intellectual resources continental philosophy makes available to open new horizons in philosophical theology.

Widening Horizons is offering twelve grants for research projects that advance this constructive aim. Applications may be for

  • small projects of up to £60,000 (including c. £8,000 fixed costs); or
  • large projects of up to £160,000 (including c. £23,000 fixed costs).

Projects should start between 1st October 2021 and 1st March 2022, and end between 30th September 2023 and 28th February 2024. Most activities may be concentrated within a shorter period if desired.

The call for proposals for these projects is now open until 31 May 2021 (17:00 BST). Application details and further information can be found at: https://philosophical-theology.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/.

Details about the wider multi-year project can be found here.

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Conferences

The Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference

The Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference will take place by Zoom Conference on Tuesday 1stand Wednesday 2nd June 2021.

The conference is organised by the Rutherford Centre for Reformed Theology.

The subject is the Doctrine of the Church and the speakers are: Professor Gerald Bray; Dr Andrew Clarke; Professor Oliver Crisp; Professor David Fergusson Professor Tom Greggs; Professor Tony Lane; Professor Tom Noble; and Professor Stephen Williams.

The Cost of the Conference is £25.

The conference is intended for academics, postgraduate students, ministers and others with a serious interest in academic theology. 

To book a place at the conference, email:  director@rcrt.scot Those who book will receive a full programme and information about how to pay.

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Books, Call For Papers, Master Category

Analyzing Theology Series – Call for Monograph Proposals in Analytic & Systematic Theology.

Analyzing Theology is a series of short (i.e., sub 70,000 word) entry level monographs in Christian theology being published with Wipf and Stock. The series showcases work in analytic and systematic theology from world-leading scholars. Monographs in the series are aimed at: (i) introducing cutting-edge analytic and systematic theology, (ii) providing a platform for original contributions in analytic and systematic theology, and, (iii) connecting questions of theoretical significance to theology with the practices of actual theological communities.

There are forthcoming volumes in the series by Nicholas Wolterstorff, Eleonore Stump and Joshua Cockayne.

The series is being edited by Joshua Cockayne and Jonathan Rutledge. If you are interested in submitting a proposal contact Joshua Cockayne (jlc22@st-andrews.ac.uk) or Jonathan Rutldege (jr229@st-andrews.ac.uk).

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Call For Papers, Master Category

Open Theology – Call for Papers: “Death and Religion.”

The theological journal, Open Theology invites submissions for the topical issue – “Death and Religion”. (https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/OPTH/html)

Edited by: Khyati Tripathi, (UPES, India), Jennifer Moran Stritch (Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland) and Peter G.A.Versteeg (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

Flyer: https://www.degruyter.com/publication/journal_key/OPTH/downloadAsset/OPTH_CFP%20Death%20and%20Religion.pdf

    Death and religion share an interdependent relation. Where death is an event or state that threatens to disintegrate worlds and meaning, religion can be seen as a practice that categorizes, consoles and makes sense of this kind of disintegration. According to Oxford dictionary, death is defined as “end of life”, but behind this simple definition, there is a web of complex ideas that could be understood from not just biological but also religious or cultural perspectives. Death has been conceptualized differently in different religious traditions as their texts and practices demonstrate. According to Lifton, religion is ‘life power’ and dominates death. Similarly, Davies put forth rituals as culture’s ‘words against death’.

     The relationship between death and religion should be seen as a broad scholarly query, which includes philosophical and theological questions, as well as more applied perspectives such as social work. Although death is a clinical process of organs that cease to function, dying and death are events that are surrounded by various sense-making practices, ranging from intricate traditional ceremonies as part of established religious repertoires, to more personal, individualized rituals. Social-cultural context, therefore, is of utmost importance to understand how we interact with dying persons and dead bodies, and why we do it in that particular way.

    In theology we see how faith traditions historically account for the reality of death, reflecting upon its existential meaning and thus trying to understand how to deal with the event of death. As such, a theology of death raises both practical (e.g. in spiritual care) and systematical (e.g. in ethics) questions regarding death and dying. 

     In psychology death anxiety or fear of death invited a great deal of interest starting in the late 1950s with Fiefel’s work on death anxiety and religion. Different studies pointed at different relationships between death anxiety and religiousness; some studies found a positive relationship between the two while others found an inverse relationship.  Some research argued for a curvilinear relationship between death anxiety and religiousness, explaining that moderately religious participants have more death anxiety than those who are extremely religious or not religious at all. The relationship between religion and death anxiety has been an inconclusive one because of the multidimensional nature of both religion and death anxiety. There is, however, a lack of scholarship on death anxiety and religion in non-western cultures.

    In cultural anthropology, death studies have developed into a substantial research niche. There has been ample attention for practices pertaining to e.g. the process of dying, death as transition, as well as to the interaction with the dead body. Important here, too, is the global perspective on death, also in the sense of engaging with ontologies of life and death outside of the established scientific-medical spectrum.

    This special issue encourages scholars from different disciplines, not just restricted to the ones we mentioned, to contribute to this debate. Of special interest are situations in which religion becomes overbearing and a burden to carry forward in times of death, or if religious practices are obstructed, for example, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. How do these crisis situations affect the relationship between religion and death? This special issue aims at invoking curiosity, enquiry and interest in looking at the different facets of this topic.

     The special issue on ‘Death and Religion’ invites empirical (qualitative and quantitative), review/conceptual and analytical papers focusing on the different facets of this relationship from scholars in different disciplines such as: Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Theology, Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Thanatology, Health Humanities, Social Care and Social Work. Among others, topics or areas of focus might include:

  • Death anxiety and religiosity in non-western cultures
  • The different perspectives to ‘Extrinsic Religiosity’
  • Is ‘Intrinsic Religiosity’ really the reliever of anxiety?
  • Psychological/sociological/psychosocial significance of death rituals
  • The changing nature of death rituals
  • Personal religious beliefs and ideas about death
  • Belief in afterlife and death anxiety
  • The changing relationship between death and religion due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • The non-religious traditions and death
  • Autoethnographic accounts of performing/witnessing death rituals
  • Death as latent and religion as evident in Freudian texts
  • Religious Literacy and the end of life care
  • Extinction as ultimate death and other morbid anxieties of the Anthropocene

Authors publishing their articles in the topical issue will benefit from:

– transparent, comprehensive and efficient peer review,

– free language assistance for authors from non-English speaking regions.

Because “Open Theology” is published in Open Access, as a rule, publication costs should be covered by so called Article Publishing Charges (APC), paid by authors, their affiliated institutions, funders or sponsors.

Authors without access to publishing funds are encouraged to discuss potential discounts or waivers with Managing Editor of the journal Katarzyna Tempczyk (katarzyna.tempczyk@degruyter.com) before submitting their manuscripts.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Submissions will be collected from September 1 to October 31, 2021, via the on-line submission system at http://www.editorialmanager.com/openth/

Choose as article type: “Death and Religion”

Before submission the authors should carefully read over the Instruction for Authors, available at: https://www.degruyter.com/publication/journal_key/OPTH/downloadAsset/OPTH_Instruction%20for%20Authors.pdf

All contributions will undergo critical peer-review before being accepted for publication.

 Further questions about this thematic issue can be addressed to Khyati Tripathi at khyatitripathi27@gmail.com. In case of technical or financial questions, please contact journal Managing Editor Katarzyna Tempczyk at katarzyna.tempczyk@degruyter.com

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