Church Architecture as an Approach to the Study of Religion

Horizons ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert S. Brightman
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
Church Architecture ◽  
Functional Design ◽  
Sacramental Theology ◽  
Inductive Approach ◽  
Unique Approach ◽  
Point Of Departure

AbstractIn the course Architecture in Worship, the interior functional design of churches is taken as a point of departure for the study of the theological beliefs and liturgical practices of various periods of church history and of different denominations. Using an inductive approach, the course provides a unique approach to the study of church history and sacramental theology, and thus is useful as an alternative among the varied departmental offerings.

A “Double Alienation”

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 262-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Wong ◽  
Ik Tien Ngu
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
Christian Identity ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
Chinese Christians ◽  
Church Congregations ◽  
Global Christianity ◽  
History Of ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Vernacular Chinese ◽  
Point Of Departure

Scholarship on Christianity in Malaysia has been dominated by denominational church history, as well as the study of urban, middle-class and English-speaking church congregations in the post-Independence period. In focusing on the vernacular Chinese Protestant church in Malaysia, and one of its most prominent para-church organisations, called The Bridge, this paper draws attention to the variegated histories of Christian conversion and dissemination in Malaysia, and the various modes and meanings of Christian identity as incorporated into different local communities and cultures. The history of the Chinese Protestant church suggested in the first part of the paper takes as its point of departure the distinction between mission and migrant churches, the latter being the origin of the vernacular Chinese churches in Malaysia. The second part of the paper traces the emergence of a Chinese para-church lay organisation called The Bridge, and the Chinese Christian intellectuals behind it, in their mission to engage the larger Chinese and national public through literary publications and other media outreach activities. In so doing, these Chinese Christian intellectuals also drew on the resources of an East Asian and overseas Chinese Christian network, while searching for their destiny as Chinese Christians in the national context of Malaysia. By pointing to the importance of regional, Chinese-language Christian networks, and the complexity of vernacular Christian subjectivity, the paper hopes to fill a gap in the existing literature on Christianity in Malaysia, as well as make a contribution to on-going debates on issues of localisation, globalisation and authenticity in global Christianity.

Rethinking Women's Interests: An Inductive and Intersectional Approach to Defining Women's Policy Priorities

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Tevfik Murat Yildirim
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Substantive Representation ◽  
Considerable Heterogeneity ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Inductive Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
Vast Literature ◽  
Point Of Departure

Much of the vast literature on the substantive representation of women takes as its point of departure important a priori assumptions about the nature of women as a group. Calling for a rethink of many of those assumptions, a recent body of work recommends an inductive approach to defining women's interests. In line with this view, this article draws on a recently constructed dataset that codes nearly a million Americans' policy priorities over the past 75 years to explore what constitutes women's interests and whether gender differences in priorities cut across partisan and racial divisions. The results suggest there are consistent gender gaps across a large number of policy categories, with women showing particular concern for policy areas traditionally associated with issues of ‘women's interests’. While in many policy areas women were more likely to share policy priorities with other women than with their male counterparts of the same race or partisan background, the results also document considerable heterogeneity among women in various policy areas, which has major policy implications for the representation of women's interests.

scholarly journals Die aard van en kriteria vir dogmatiese liedere. Drie omdigtings van Schutte (A.G.S.) Venter

2003 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
F.P. Viljoen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Church History ◽  
History Taking ◽  
Reformed Churches ◽  
Point Of Departure

The nature of and criteria for dogmatic hymns. Three versifications by Schutte (A.G.S.) Venter In this article the nature of dogmatic hymns is discussed and it is indicated how dogmatic hymns have functioned during the course of church history. Taking this investigation as point of departure, criteria are formulated to be used in the evaluation of dogmatic hymns – also in the evaluation of the contents of three versifications by Schutte Venter. The 2000 Synod of the Reformed Churches in South Africa discussed the possibility of and need for dogmatic hymns, and took notice of some guidelines in this regard. Schutte Venter consequently versified sections of the confessions of faith and formulae for wedding ceremonies in an attempt to meet this need.

scholarly journals Church, mission and ethics. Being church with integrity

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
The Body ◽  
Missional Church ◽  
Karl Barth ◽  
Professor Emeritus ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Church Mission ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
The Church

This article is an exercise in Practical Ecclesiology. The author reflects on church, mission and ethics from historical, hermeneutical and strategic perspectives. Using the ecclesiology of Karl Barth as a point of departure, the author argues that the church needs to be church if it wants to be a credible witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Integrity is essential if a church wants to be missional. Integrity means the church has to become what it already is, the body of Christ. This contribution is dedicated to Prof Graham Duncan, professor emeritus of church history (University of Pretoria), a man of integrity and dedicated to the missional calling of the church. Keywords: Ecclesiology; First Clement; Karl Barth; Missional Church; Integrity

The Catholic Reform

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald S. Prudlo
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sacramental Theology ◽  
Council Of Trent ◽  
Material Things ◽  
Devotional Life ◽  
Catholic Reform

This chapter describes the theologies of the sacraments as expressed in the Council of Trent (1546–63) and the subsequent “Catholic Reform.” Sacraments were reaffirmed as “channels of grace” available to believers through the medium of material things like bread, wine, and oil. Moreover, the validity of the seven sacraments—Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Marriage, Ordination, Confession (Penance), and Extreme Unction—as instituted by Christ himself was also reaffirmed. While only Baptism and Eucharist are explicitly instituted by Christ in Scripture, church history and leadership (primarily bishops) were cited as advocating that the other five sacraments were ultimately also instituted by Christ. The Mass as a real sacrifice of Christ was also reaffirmed. The author also addresses how the sacramental theology that emerged from the Council of Trent impacted subsequent Catholic architecture, music, and devotional life.

Christian Theologies of the Sacraments

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Sacramental Theology ◽  
Visible Sign ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Historical Periods

This book introduces the reader to the great variety of distinctive interpretations within the Christian tradition regarding theologies of sacraments, distinctive interpretations expressed by a wide range of Christian theologians. Augustine of Hippo’s familiar and succinct definition of a sacrament as being “an outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible grace” is one upon which many Christians agree. However, throughout church history there has been little agreement about the means by which this grace is given and received in the sacraments. In this book the phrase “theologies of the sacraments” is used to refer to these expressions of sacramental theology throughout church history. Various contributors from a wide variety of Christian traditions address theologies of the sacraments, each bringing his or her own expertise to bear on theologies of the sacraments as expressed in the work of specific theologians and in historical periods of church history, as well as cultural and sociological perspectives of the present. The theologies of the sacraments are addressed from several angles—theological, historical, pastoral, and others. While there are many different perspectives regarding theologies of the sacraments, the recurring unifying theme is their role in connecting the grace of God with believers in a meaningful way.

The Contribution of Pavlov's Typology of CNS Properties to Personality Research

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Strelau
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
The West ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Personality Research ◽  
Personality Theories ◽  
Strength Of Excitation ◽  
Point Of Departure

This paper presents Pavlov's contribution to the development of biological-oriented personality theories. Taking a short description of Pavlov's typology of central nervous system (CNS) properties as a point of departure, it shows how, and to what extent, this typology influenced further research in the former Soviet Union as well as in the West. Of special significance for the development of biologically oriented personality dimensions was the conditioned reflex paradigm introduced by Pavlov for studying individual differences in dogs. This paradigm was used by Russian psychologists in research on types of nervous systems conducted in different animal species as well as for assessing temperament in children and adults. Also, personality psychologists in the West, such as Eysenck, Spence, and Gray, incorporated the CR paradigm into their theories. Among the basic properties of excitation and inhibition on which Pavlov's typology was based, strength of excitation and the basic indicator of this property, protective inhibition, gained the highest popularity in arousaloriented personality theories. Many studies have been conducted in which the Pavlovian constructs of CNS properties have been related to different personality dimensions. In current research the behavioral expressions of the Pavlovian constructs of strength of excitation, strength of inhibition, and mobility of nervous processes as measured by the Pavlovian Temperament Survey (PTS) have been related to over a dozen of personality dimensions, mostly referring to temperament.

Migrant Diplomacies: Rethinking Diplomacy Beyond State-Centric Perspectives. A Civic Bi-Nationality Experience from North America

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Alejo
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Interdisciplinary Dialogue ◽  
Contemporary Politics ◽  
Migrant Activism ◽  
Point Of Departure

There is a pressing need to extend our thinking about diplomacy beyond state-centric perspectives, as in the name of sovereignty and national interests, people on move are confronting virtual, symbolic and/or material walls and frames of policies inhibiting their free movement. My point of departure is to explore migrant activism and global politics through the transformation of diplomacy in a globalised world. Developing an interdisciplinary dialogue between new diplomacy and sociology, I evidence the emergence of global sociopolitical formations created through civic bi-nationality organisations. Focusing on the agent in interaction with structures, I present a theoretical framework and strategy for analysing the practices of migrant diplomacies as an expression of contemporary politics. A case study from North America regarding returned families in Mexico City provides evidence of how these alternative diplomacies are operating.

A Comparative Analysis of the Poetics of Anger in John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger and Femi Osofisan’s The Chattering and the Song

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Human Emotion ◽  
Fundamental Component ◽  
Look Back ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
Desire To Change

Anger is a basic human emotion that has a force for constructive or destructive ends. Its expression in any circumstance can be a trigger for a desire to change a prevailing situation. In all cases, anger is a fundamental component of art. This study examines the use of anger in Osborne’s Look Back in Anger and Osofisan’s The Chattering and the Song. Osborne and Osofisan are two writers who are very anxious to change their societies through their art. In spite of differences in their origin (Osborne was a Briton while Osofisan is a Nigerian), they wrote at a time of certain social and political upheavals in their countries. They also share similar concerns and attitudes towards art. My focus in this paper is on the early plays of Osborne and Osofisan where anger is strongest and where their artistic triumph is most poignant. Working within the formalist approach, the paper reveals that in Osborne and Osofisan, extreme anger is both material and style and is what marks their art out. The reification by the intellect provides a potent instrument for investigating society. Anger becomes the point of departure for their art, it is not mere hysterics but a cerebral one and it is the motivating force for their writings.

Hopscotch Modernism: On Everyday Life and the Blurring of Art and Social Science

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Highmore
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Modernist Literature ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Point Of Departure

From a remarkably innovative point of departure, Ben Highmore (University of Sussex) suggests that modernist literature and art were not the only cultural practices concerned with reclaiming the everyday and imbuing it with significance. At the same time, Roger Caillois was studying the spontaneous interactions involved in games such as hopscotch, while other small scale institutions such as the Pioneer Health Centre in Peckham, London attempted to reconcile systematic study and knowledge with the non-systematic exchanges in games and play. Highmore suggests that such experiments comprise a less-often recognised ‘modernist heritage’, and argues powerfully for their importance within early-twentieth century anthropology and the newly-emerged field of cultural studies.

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