This new regular feature in the journal explores the legacy of the Gifford Lectures in natural theology, which have been delivered at the ancient Scottish universities since 1888. Not only do the lectures present a fascinating picture of various issues and subjects which have shaped and highlighted the intellectual landscape in Scotland and beyond for the past 134 years, but they also offer an opportunity for a renewed engagement with their topics and presenters. Dr Jonathan Birch introduces the lectures, their founder, and one of the contributors, Baroness Mary Warnock, whose 1992 lectures on imagination and understanding speak directly to the theme of this issue.
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To tie in with this issue’s theme of theology and imagination, this review essay reflects on four relatively recent works by Scottish authors in order to explore the ubiquitous and often deeply unsettling experience of Scottish religion in literature and the arts. Reviewed works: Meg Bateman, Robert Crawford and James McGonigal, eds., Scottish Religious Poetry: From the Sixth Century to the Present (Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press, 2000) Edwin Morgan, A.D.: A Trilogy of Plays on the Life of Jesus (Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2000) James Robertson, News of the Dead (London: Hamish Hamilton, 2021) David Brown, God and Grace of Body: Sacrament in Ordinary (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)
为了配合本期神学与想象的主题,这篇评论文章反思了苏格兰作家最近的四部作品,以探索苏格兰宗教在文学和艺术中的普遍存在和经常令人深感不安的经历。书评:Meg Bateman, Robert Crawford和James McGonigal主编。,《苏格兰宗教诗歌:从六世纪到现在》(爱丁堡:圣安德鲁出版社,2000年),埃德温·摩根,a.d.:《耶稣一生的戏剧三部曲》(曼彻斯特:Carcanet出版社,2000年),詹姆斯·罗伯逊,《死者的新闻》(伦敦:哈米什·汉密尔顿出版社,2021年),大卫·布朗,《上帝与身体的恩典:普通的圣礼》(牛津:牛津大学出版社,2007年)
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Review of Oliver B. Langworthy, Gregory of Nazianzus’ Soteriological Pneumatology, Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity 117 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019), pp. xii + 187, ISBN 978-3161589515. £74.22
评论 Oliver B. Langworthy, Gregory of Nazianzus' Soteriological Pneumatology, Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity 117 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019), pp.£74.22
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The editorial board of Theology in Scotland wishes to mark an exceptional contribution of one of the founders of the journal, Rev Prof David Fergusson. After many years of ministry and work in Scotland, Prof Fergusson recently took up the post of Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, which also brought about his retirement from the editorial board. In this interview with Dr Joanna Leidenhag he shares a little of his own theological journey as well as insights into Scottish theology.
《苏格兰神学》的编辑委员会希望纪念该杂志的创始人之一,大卫·弗格森牧师教授的杰出贡献。在苏格兰从事了多年的传道和工作之后,弗格森教授最近担任了剑桥大学(University of Cambridge)的神学特聘教授(Regius Professor of theology),这也让他从编委会退休。在乔安娜·雷登哈格博士的采访中,他分享了一些他自己的神学之旅以及对苏格兰神学的见解。
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Dr Deborah Lewer introduces this conversation between herself and Dr Rowan Williams by reflecting on how word and image point to the risk and the promise involved in words about wordless works of art. As a theologian, poet, and former Archbishop of Canterbury, Williams highlights the ongoing, responsive, and dynamic relationship that human beings can develop with particular pieces of visual art. Such an interaction can be extended when a painting is responded to by another medium – for instance, that of a poem. It is in the transcendence and indeterminacy of a piece of art that Williams locates imagination’s link to faith.
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This reflection on the intellectual and theological legacy of Prof Bill Shaw, the founding editor of Theology in Scotland, was given by way of an introduction to the inaugural D. W. D. Shaw memorial lecture on 9 February 2022.
这篇关于《苏格兰神学》的创始编辑比尔·肖教授的知识和神学遗产的反思,是在2022年2月9日举行的D. W. D.肖纪念讲座的开场白中给出的。
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In this exploration of the spiritual significance of poetry and music, Dr Alison Jack reflects on the power that such media hold for the opening up of new possibilities, and indeed new realities, for those prepared to respond to such an invitation. Jack looks at the particular ways in which imagination can become an encounter with the divine as she considers Christine De Luca’s poem “Like a Flaring Thing” and Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. Her consideration of the spiritual potential of art brings her into a dialogue with Paul Fiddes and Malcolm Guite, highlighting the role that creativity plays in the human response to God and God’s self-revelation, and the interpretive ministry of poets, composers, and other artists.
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This issue is dedicated to an exploration of the relationship between theology and imagination. The inspiration for this particular subject arose out of a desire to honour the legacy of the late Rev Prof D. W. D. Shaw, a founding member of the editorial board of Theology in Scotland and the first Editor of the journal. Included in the issue is the text of the first in a series of annual lectures given in recognition of Bill Shaw’s contribution to the field of theology in Scotland.
本期致力于探讨神学与想象之间的关系。这个主题的灵感来自于纪念已故牧师D. W. D. Shaw教授的遗产,他是《苏格兰神学》编辑委员会的创始成员,也是该杂志的第一任编辑。这期杂志包含了一系列年度讲座的第一篇,这些讲座是为了表彰比尔·肖对苏格兰神学领域的贡献。
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Eilidh Harris’ contribution to our Arts and Culture section continues the theme of exploring deeper spiritual realities by rooting them in the struggle for justice through art. As a metal musician and a poet, Harris shares some insights into her own, as well as other artists’, creative practice as resistance and empowerment, particularly in relation to violence against women and girls. As someone who no longer subscribes to the Christian faith in God but remains in dialogue with theology and contemporary religious culture, Harris offers a thought-provoking reflection on the life-giving power of creative practice in the context of trauma.
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In the first annual D. W. D. Shaw memorial lecture, delivered on 9 February 2022 Prof Paul Fiddes considers the human capacity for imagination, theology, and the literary arts. Looking at the interplay between creativity and order, Fiddes underscores the indispensable role that images play in theology alongside its commitment to concepts, and argues for the necessity of imagination for the work of theology as a response to God’s self-revelation. Without it, he contends, theology finds itself devoid of movement and life, stuck in an attempt to enforce complete conceptual control on imagination’s creations.
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