ALTARS, RITUAL AND THEOLOGY—PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CULT AND RITUAL FOR A THEOLOGY OF THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Klingbeil
Keyword(s):  
Building Blocks ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Ritual Studies ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
Israelite Religion ◽  
Hebrew Scriptures ◽  
Ancient Israel ◽  
The Status ◽  
Ritual Text

AbstractIsraelite religion is characterized by manifold references (both prescriptive and descriptive) to the cult and its smaller building blocks, rituals. Utilizing a mainly diachronic and historical approach, past generations of theologians of the Hebrew Scriptures have often relegated these texts to the margin or an early primitive phase of the Hebrew religion or just simply ignored these texts altogether. However, with the renewed interest in ritual studies and a more balanced understanding of the importance of public (and also private) rituals in the context of the cultic experience of ancient Israel, more theological studies are at least including a section on ritual/cult. This study firstly reviews the treatment of cult/ritual in the discussion of recently published theologies, thus describing the status quo. Secondly, basic principles for the fruitful integration of results stemming from ritual text research into theological work of the Hebrew Scriptures will be outlined. Finally, in the form of a trial cut, several Pentateuchal texts describing altar construction rituals will be studied in terms of their theological significance and contribution.

The Prophets and Homiletics

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonora Tubbs Tisdale ◽  
Carolyn J. Sharp
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Truth Telling ◽  
People Of God ◽  
Prophetic Preaching ◽  
Prophetic Literature ◽  
Hebrew Scriptures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ancient Israel ◽  
Contemporary Christian ◽  
The Status

This chapter encourages readers to embrace the task of “prophetic preaching”—defined both as preaching that challenges the status quo, and as proclamation that mediates for contemporary believers dimensions of truth-telling and identity formation performed by the prophetic books of the Hebrew Scriptures. The authors begin by debunking several myths related to prophetic preaching, positing that such preaching ultimately offers hope in the midst of a discordant and unjust world. They show how the very prophetic books that are too often avoided in the pulpit offer themes and perspectives that are essential for living as people of God today. Next they address challenges involved in trying to bridge ideational and ethical differences between the social values and theologies of ancient Israel and those of contemporary Christian congregations. Finally, they illustrate how the biblical prophetic literature may be helpful for advancing broader aims of Christian homiletics.

Study on Chinese Waste Home Appliances Recycling and Reusing System

2014 ◽  
Vol 536-537 ◽  
pp. 1741-1745
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Jing Xin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Home Appliances ◽  
The Status

Recycling and reusing of renewable resources is the important areas to improve the efficiency of resources use and development of circular economy. In this paper, we analyzed the status quo of Chinese treatment of waste home appliances and found problems, used the basic principles of circular economy to build Chinese waste home appliances recycling and reusing system for recycling of waste home appliances and promoting circular economy gradually developed in the area of renewable resources.

Called to Become a Blessing

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-411
Author(s):  
Martin Prudký
Keyword(s):  
Public Domain ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ancient Israel ◽  
The Status ◽  
Book Of Genesis ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
European Civilization

The religious traditions and texts of ancient Israel have shaped European civilization and culture in a fundamental way. One of the key motifs that the Hebrew Bible has contributed to the formation of the spiritual traditions of this culture is the conception that faith entails a ‘stepping out’ of the status quo on the new journey to which God calls a person. An archetypal story in this respect is the narrative concerning the call of Abram (Gen. 12:1–3). This paper presents the basic motifs of Abram’s call in the context of the book of Genesis and sketches their impact on subsequent religious traditions. It pursues the question of the relationship of vocation and mission (of ‘stepping out’ and ‘charting a course’), which are two fundamental aspects of Abraham’s role as ‘the father of the faith’. In addition, this paper reflects on these motifs’ potential to impact the public domain.

Space wavelengths will be contested globally

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
International Telecommunication Union ◽  
Content Type ◽  
International Telecommunication ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

Subject Implications of the WRC-15 meeting on space. Significance The latest meeting of the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15), closed on November 27. The WRC-15 set out the basic principles for allocating international communications spectra for the next four years, affecting telecommunications operators in 193 member states. It also responded to growing demands for satellite-based airliner flight tracking. However, a number of uncertainties affecting some aspects of space-based communications, including Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) control systems, were not resolved. Impacts The ITU-led international regime will come under increasing pressure from commercial interests. It will also face challenges from political interests dissatisfied with the status quo. As a result the ITU system will struggle to maintain consensus on space-related issues.

Diplomatic Ritual as a Power Resource: The Politics of Asymmetry in Early Modern Chinese-Korean Relations

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-Young Lee
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Ritual Studies ◽  
Signaling Mechanism ◽  
Independent State ◽  
The Status ◽  
Asymmetric Power ◽  
Choson Korea ◽  
Korean State

What explains Korea's success in surviving as an independent state for over 2,000 years, not annexed to China, when it shares a border with this powerful imperial neighbor? I argue that diplomatic ritual can be conducive to managing asymmetric power relations and that the Korean state and the Chinese state prior to the nineteenth century used the diplomatic ritual of investiture in a strategic manner as a signaling mechanism to manage the expectations of each side. Drawing insights from ritual studies, I offer three specific mechanisms: (1) regularity and precision, (2) strategic ambiguity, and (3) the manipulation of symbols, through which the ritualization of power relations reduces the tension arising from the disparity in power. The empirical evidence comes from an investigation of a total of sixteen investiture cases between Chosòn Korea and Ming China between 1392 and 1644. It shows that the granting and seeking of investiture on both sides was not only a way of signaling their commitment to the status quo, but also a medium of negative soft power through which the stronger side could change the status quo relations to its favor using the symbolic power embedded in the investiture ritual.

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