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View article: The Resurrection of the Body of Christ in 1 Corinthians 11 : Paul as a Theologian of the Body in Conversation with Judith Butler
The Resurrection of the Body of Christ in 1 Corinthians 11 : Paul as a Theologian of the Body in Conversation with Judith Butler Open
Paulus ist in der Regel nicht bekannt als ein Theologe des Körpers – sein Ruf ist im Gegenteil sogar eher körperfeindlich. In diesem Beitrag werden seine Äusserungen über die Zusammenkünfte der Gemeinde in Korinth (1. Korinther 11,17-34) i…
View article: Unravelling Racism: A Study of Lived Understandings of Racism in Interracial Church Partnerships
Unravelling Racism: A Study of Lived Understandings of Racism in Interracial Church Partnerships Open
This article explores local church congregants’ lived understandings of racism and reflects on what these yield for Christian practical theology aimed at disrupting racism in the Netherlands. We build on case study research on four partner…
View article: Towards ritual intervention in meat consumption practices: The case of meat in Dutch Christmas meals
Towards ritual intervention in meat consumption practices: The case of meat in Dutch Christmas meals Open
Meat consumption is widely recognized as socially and culturally embedded, yet sociocultural intervention strategies to reduce meat-eating practices remain underdeveloped. This article aims to help fill this research gap by combining insig…
View article: Reading Romans 8 in Times of Ecological Crisis: an Empirical Study of Dutch Reformed Pietists Interpreting the Bible
Reading Romans 8 in Times of Ecological Crisis: an Empirical Study of Dutch Reformed Pietists Interpreting the Bible Open
In this study, we focused on the process of meaning construction for young adults from the reformed pietist community, in the context of ecological crisis. We empirically examined their practice of Bible reading; twelve respondents partici…
View article: Designing a Low-Cost Automated Mobile Robot for South African Citrus Farmers
Designing a Low-Cost Automated Mobile Robot for South African Citrus Farmers Open
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT: No additional data is available other than the dataset presented in the body of the work.
View article: Credibility of Churches’ Antiracism Engagement
Credibility of Churches’ Antiracism Engagement Open
This article aims to explore how the entanglement of Protestant Christianity and race and racism is manifested in contemporary Dutch society, and to identify which themes for introspection this yields for majority white Dutch Protestant ch…
View article: Prefigurative Peace in Philippians
Prefigurative Peace in Philippians Open
Paul refers to peace twice in Phil. 4:7 and 4:9. This paper argues that the peace of God is a prefiguration of the eschatological peace to come in God’s world. It is be proposed that as Philippians is dealing with a social order (i.e., tha…
View article: Prefiguration of the Nation: The Soteriology and Ecclesiology of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente in the Early 20th Century
Prefiguration of the Nation: The Soteriology and Ecclesiology of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente in the Early 20th Century Open
The Iglesia Filipina Independiente was established in 1902, in the context of the US occupation of the Philippines. The church has become known for its outspoken emancipatory political stance in the course of the 20th century. Yet, in its …
View article: ‘Count your Blessings!’ The Interpretive Potential of Sacramental Theology for Everyday Ritualizations around Food
‘Count your Blessings!’ The Interpretive Potential of Sacramental Theology for Everyday Ritualizations around Food Open
In this article, the authors explore the yield of a sacramental lens on extra-ecclesial ritualizations around food in contemporary Dutch ‘secularized’ culture. In an effort to explore the scope of sacramental theology beyond the liturgical…
View article: <i>Parrēsia</i> beyond Humankind? Exploring the Representation of the Voice of Creation in the Epistle to the Romans
<i>Parrēsia</i> beyond Humankind? Exploring the Representation of the Voice of Creation in the Epistle to the Romans Open
In this article, the notion of parrēsia, freedom of speech, is explored with regard to the voice of (non-human) nature in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. Instances from chs. 1, 8, and 11 of this letter are discussed in interaction with both …
View article: 7 Discerning the Body in 1 Corinthians 10 : The Physical Negotiation of Exclusion and Inclusion by Paul as a Theologian of the Body
7 Discerning the Body in 1 Corinthians 10 : The Physical Negotiation of Exclusion and Inclusion by Paul as a Theologian of the Body Open
7 Discerning the Body in 1 Corinthians 10 : The Physical Negotiation of Exclusion and Inclusion by Paul as a Theologian of the Body was published in Religiously Exclusive, Socially Inclusive on page 101.
View article: Forgiveness and Social Hierarchy in the New Testament: Revisiting the Keene Thesis
Forgiveness and Social Hierarchy in the New Testament: Revisiting the Keene Thesis Open
In a small number of publications, Frederick (‘Fred’) W. Keene has proposed a new understanding of how forgiveness works in the New Testament; his work is currently being received in both New Testament studies and related disciplines, in p…
View article: Exploring the Eschaton. The Lord’s Supper as a Cultural Technique Enabling Prefigurative Politics
Exploring the Eschaton. The Lord’s Supper as a Cultural Technique Enabling Prefigurative Politics Open
Focusing on 1 Cor. 11, this article argues that the early Christian meal can be understood as a cultural technique that enables new knowledge and insight, specifically about the world to come. The argument takes its vantage point from an u…
View article: Sowing Hope in a Polarized Agricultural Debate
Sowing Hope in a Polarized Agricultural Debate Open
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View article: The Naked Demon: Alternative Interpretations of the Alexamenos Graffito
The Naked Demon: Alternative Interpretations of the Alexamenos Graffito Open
One of the oddities of the history of Christianity is the almost total lack of early depictions-save tau-signs in manuscripts-of the crucifixion, arguably one of the crucial events of the "foundation myth" of the Christian tradition.Freque…
View article: Apophatic theology as a resource for eco-theology
Apophatic theology as a resource for eco-theology Open
This essay explores the potential for eco-theology as a part of the (Christian) theological tradition that, so far, has only been analyzed to a limited extent with regard to what it might contribute to forms of theology that further more s…
View article: Food and Gift: On the ‘Words of Institution’ in the Gospel of Mark
Food and Gift: On the ‘Words of Institution’ in the Gospel of Mark Open
This article examines the significance of the notion of the ‘gift’ and ‘givenness’ in the account of Jesus’ last meal (‘last supper’) in the Gospel of Mark. It asks whether attention to the notion of the ‘gift’ can be a useful heuristic fo…
View article: Gender, religion, and postcolonialism
Gender, religion, and postcolonialism Open
This chapter outlines the connection between (post)colonialism, gender, and religion by focusing on masculinities in the Philippines, using the example of the 'Mother of Balintawak', the first indigenous Filipino representation of Mary and…
View article: Paul, Imprisonment and Crisis: Crisis and its Negotiation as a Lens for Reading Philippians
Paul, Imprisonment and Crisis: Crisis and its Negotiation as a Lens for Reading Philippians Open
COVID-19 has stimulated reflections on crisis as a catalyst for interpretation in both the present and the past. This article reads Philippians as embedded in different forms of crisis, most specifically the negotiation of Paul’s own conte…
View article: Crisis as a Catalyst: Early Christian Texts and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Crisis as a Catalyst: Early Christian Texts and the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
While scholars of early Christianity generally know how to approach ‘κρίσις’ in
\nthe ancient sense of the word, ‘crisis’ in the modern sense of the word, at least as
\nit has become part of the lived realities of many in the COVID-19 pand…
View article: Religieus gemotiveerde voedselhulp in de context van de Covid-19 pandemie
Religieus gemotiveerde voedselhulp in de context van de Covid-19 pandemie Open
Before the Covid-19 crisis, churches organized many activities in church building, De Nieuwe Stad in Amsterdam Zuidoost, including serving free meals for everyone who wanted them. When this was no longer possible because of the Covid-19 me…
View article: Julia A. Snyder & Korinna Zamfir (eds.), Reading the Political in Jewish and Christian Texts
Julia A. Snyder & Korinna Zamfir (eds.), Reading the Political in Jewish and Christian Texts Open
Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, innovators, and the general public. AUP…
View article: Chalcedon on the Road to Justice and Peace
Chalcedon on the Road to Justice and Peace Open
In the context of the bilateral dialogue between the Mar Thoma Syrian Church and the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht, the question of Christology – and with that the joint reception of the conciliar tradition of the early chu…
View article: The Most Significant Book of the Netherlands — And Its Ordinary Readers
The Most Significant Book of the Netherlands — And Its Ordinary Readers Open
Although the Netherlands has become one of the most secular countries in the world, the Bible still plays an important role for many people as a source of cultural and spiritual inspiration. Despite extant empirical research, there remains…
View article: God, the beautiful and mathematics: A response
God, the beautiful and mathematics: A response Open
Volker Kessler (‘God becomes beautiful … in mathematics’ - HTS 2018) argues two points to Rudolf Bohren’s list of four areas where (1) God becomes beautiful should be extended with a fifth one: mathematics and (2) mathematics can be argued…
View article: Food in Times of Crisis: A Practical Theological Study on Emergency Relief Provided by Churches in Amsterdam Zuidoost during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Food in Times of Crisis: A Practical Theological Study on Emergency Relief Provided by Churches in Amsterdam Zuidoost during the Covid-19 Pandemic Open
Before the Covid-19 crisis, churches organized many activities in De Nieuwe Stad in Amsterdam Zuidoost, including serving free meals for everyone who wanted them. When this was no longer possible because of the Covid-19 measures, the inter…