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Church of Scotland periodicals and the shaping of Scottish opinion regarding South African apartheid and the Central African Federation, c. 1912–c. 1965
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Using textual and visual material from Scottish Christian periodicals, this thesis examines the role of Christian humanitarianism in influencing Scottish public opinion relative to empire and race between c. 1912 and ... -
Implicit dimensions of explicit faith: inquiring into the centrality of belief by attending to the holistic character of Christian believing
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This thesis is first and foremost a work of Christian systematic theology that brings in interdisciplinary resources as is deemed fit for its inquiry into why believing is centrally significant in and for Christianity ... -
Critical hermeneutics: contemporary philosophical perspectives in Turkey on the understanding and interpretation of the Qur'an
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)From the moment of its revelation, the Qur’an has held a pivotal importance for Muslims. However, reverence for the Qur’an did not by default mean an indiscriminate application of its message. On the contrary, as old as ... -
Semantics of ַרע (bad) in Ancient and Mishnaic Hebrew
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)From the 1960s on, linguistic theory has become increasingly integrated into the analysis of Biblical Hebrew. As a result of Biblical Hebrew being analysed as language, it has increasingly been studied as a portion of ... -
Public theology in post-1997 Hong Kong: the perspectives of Anglican theologians, scholars in Sino-Christian theology, and evangelical theologians, and a critical engagement with Stanley Hauerwas's theology
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)This thesis offers the first major study of the developments of Protestant public theology in Hong Kong. The thesis evaluates some of the major expressions of public theology that have arisen since 1997, referring to the ... -
Did Mark’s Jesus ‘live like a king?’: the Rex and Roman Imperial ideology in Mark’s Gospel
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)The Gospel of Mark stands out uniquely from the other gospels in its understanding and presentation of Jesus’ kingship. Matthew, Luke, and John’s gospels positively assign Jesus the title “king” (βασιλεύς) and in fact such ... -
Contribution of Northern Sami everyday Christianity to a cosmologically-oriented Christian theology
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)The thesis explores the question of the contribution of North Sami everyday Christianity to cosmologically-oriented Christian theology. The basic assumption underpinning the study is that a ‘cosmological orientation’ – ... -
‘Let everyone examine themselves’: Radical Emotional Reflexivity in Scottish Reformed Protestantism, 1590-1640
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)This thesis argues that radical emotional reflexivity – self-examination of one’s emotions, ‘radical’ because intentional and rigorous – was a central practice in Scottish Protestantism between 1590 and 1640. It ... -
Origins and development of the church of Scotland mission Blantyre, Nyasaland 1875-1926
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Sacrifice, Brotherhood and the body: God's promise to Abraham and the transformation of the Ethne in Paul's Letter to the Romans
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis rereads Paul’s use of sacrificial language in Romans. Its central argument is that in 12:1, in which Paul appeals to the ethne to offer their bodies as a living sacrifice, Paul uses the language of sacrifice ... -
Theology as the Wetenschap of God: Herman Bavinck's scientific theology for the modern world
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-22)The revival of Calvinism in the nineteenth-century Netherlands entailed the neo-Calvinist movement. With Abraham Kuyper, Herman Bavinck became a brand name of neo-Calvinism. Nonetheless, not until the first decade of the ... -
Theorising disruption at the intersection of madness, mental disorder and acute religious experiences: a mad studies approach
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-29)This thesis is derived from my own experience that: When I am sane, I am an atheist, but when I am Mad, I am driven by the Hand of God. From this paradoxical position I hypothesise a non-binary Intersection of Madness, ... -
An 'open-ended distinctiveness': the contemporary relevance of Wolfhart Pannenberg's participatory ecclesiology and ecumenism for World Christianity
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-29)This thesis contributes to the wider discussion surrounding the viability of the emerging theological paradigm of ‘World Christianity’ by arguing that Wolfhart Pannenberg’s participatory ecclesiology and ecumenism are ... -
GA 1739: a monk, his manuscript and the text of Paul's Letters
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-29)Housed in the library of the Lavra Monastery on Mount Athos with the shelf number Bʹ 64 [184] is Gregory-Aland 1739, a tenth-century manuscript containing the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic Epistles, and the Pauline Epistles. ... -
Possibility and role of supererogation in Protestant ethics
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)In 1958, J.O. Urmson’s landmark article “Saints and Heroes” resulted in a renewed interest in supererogation in moral philosophy. However, religious engagement with supererogation has remained relatively low. Further ... -
Shape of imagination in the theology of John McIntyre
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis will offer a survey of John McIntyre’s major theological works, argue for the presence of a single systematic project, identify the key components of that proposed theological system, and conclude by offering ... -
Person, personhood and the humanity of Christ: Christocentric anthropology and ethics in Thomas F. Torrance
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis explores and presents Torrance’s Christocentric view of anthropology and ethics in an integrated and systematic way. It reveals and argues, contrary to most scholarship, that Torrance does in fact address and ... -
Touch in contemporary Tantra: transgression, healing, and ecstasy in women's constructions of selfhood
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis argues that women in contemporary Tantra engage with tactile practices in an ongoing effort to create an autonomous, empowered, and healthy sense of self. Focusing specifically on the sense of touch and how it ... -
'Associating' with God in Islamic thought: a comparative study of Muslim interpretations of shirk
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis explores the meaning of shirk or ‘association’ with God in Islamic thought. The concept of shirk is integral to Islam. The Qur’an specifies shirk or ‘associating’ partners to God as the ultimate doctrinal sin ... -
Science-religion-and-literature: literary approaches to the field of science-and-religion with Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy as a case study
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-29)This thesis proposes and maps a nascent subfield of scholarship within the science-and-religion field that examines the intersection of science, religion, and literature; simultaneously, it draws out and argues for the ...
