{"title":"Jonathan A. Linebaugh. The Word of the Cross","authors":"N. Karger","doi":"10.3138/tjt-2022-0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt-2022-0023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41209,"journal":{"name":"Toronto Journal of Theology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41654240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Part of a special section on Creation Care, this essay argues that Christian responses to the ecological crisis ought to move beyond a conversation organized around the demands of prevailing environmental philosophies before which religious tradition seeks to justify itself, and towards a more dialogical, theoretically rigorous, heuristic, and contemplatively transformative exploration of the way Christian communities might deploy their spiritual and intellectual traditions in order to participate in the continuing effort to construct an integral ecological theory, practice, and politics. Drawing on the contemporary ecological criticism of writers such as Amitav Ghosh, Jan Zwicky, and Robert Bringhurst, the essay proposes that the Christian contemplative practice of reading the book of nature (theoria physike) provides a powerful example of what such Christian contemplative formation might look like in the Anthropocene.
{"title":"Beyond the Greening of Faith: Contemplative Practice in the Anthropocene","authors":"Jacob Holsinger Sherman","doi":"10.3138/tjt-2022-0043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt-2022-0043","url":null,"abstract":"Part of a special section on Creation Care, this essay argues that Christian responses to the ecological crisis ought to move beyond a conversation organized around the demands of prevailing environmental philosophies before which religious tradition seeks to justify itself, and towards a more dialogical, theoretically rigorous, heuristic, and contemplatively transformative exploration of the way Christian communities might deploy their spiritual and intellectual traditions in order to participate in the continuing effort to construct an integral ecological theory, practice, and politics. Drawing on the contemporary ecological criticism of writers such as Amitav Ghosh, Jan Zwicky, and Robert Bringhurst, the essay proposes that the Christian contemplative practice of reading the book of nature (theoria physike) provides a powerful example of what such Christian contemplative formation might look like in the Anthropocene.","PeriodicalId":41209,"journal":{"name":"Toronto Journal of Theology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46178942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:In his 1998 Engaging Scripture: A Model for Theological Interpretation, Stephen Fowl conceives of biblical interpretation as a skill that is learned over time. Fowl's perspective not only gives close attention to the habits that interpreters acquire in practice, but also clarifies the goals that readers recognize through their interaction with biblical texts. This paper builds upon Fowl's approach by providing a critical analysis of practical reasoning in a twofold analysis. In the first part, we will interact with Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Elizabeth Anscombe's Intention. Engaging with these philosophers shines light on what is meant by reasoning practically towards particular goals. In the second part, we will focus on how scripture portrays love and knowledge as habits of interpretation. In this part, it is proposed that love and knowledge will refine interpreters' practical reasoning as they move towards particular ends. In conclusion, this article provides fresh angles for biblical interpretation by arguing that interpreters' practical reasoning is sustained by the habits of love and knowledge.
{"title":"Scripture and Habits of Interpretation: A Model of Practical Reasoning","authors":"Justin M. Hagerman","doi":"10.3138/tjt-2022-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt-2022-0005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In his 1998 Engaging Scripture: A Model for Theological Interpretation, Stephen Fowl conceives of biblical interpretation as a skill that is learned over time. Fowl's perspective not only gives close attention to the habits that interpreters acquire in practice, but also clarifies the goals that readers recognize through their interaction with biblical texts. This paper builds upon Fowl's approach by providing a critical analysis of practical reasoning in a twofold analysis. In the first part, we will interact with Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Elizabeth Anscombe's Intention. Engaging with these philosophers shines light on what is meant by reasoning practically towards particular goals. In the second part, we will focus on how scripture portrays love and knowledge as habits of interpretation. In this part, it is proposed that love and knowledge will refine interpreters' practical reasoning as they move towards particular ends. In conclusion, this article provides fresh angles for biblical interpretation by arguing that interpreters' practical reasoning is sustained by the habits of love and knowledge.","PeriodicalId":41209,"journal":{"name":"Toronto Journal of Theology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46548312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:René Girard's mimetic theory opens up a possibility of unifying the ethical and objective dimensions of Christ's redemptive work, harmonizing a problematic tension that arises from the redemptive act. To demonstrate this, I draw on Girard's writings on the Gospels to show how a Girardian reading of the cross leads to an understanding of the redemptive work of Christ as simultaneously exemplary, didactic, and sacrificial, with no real distance between any of these terms.
{"title":"René Girard and the Coherence of the Redemptive Work: Example, Instruction, and the Sacrifice of the Cross","authors":"Nicholas G. Roumas","doi":"10.3138/tjt-2022-0086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt-2022-0086","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:René Girard's mimetic theory opens up a possibility of unifying the ethical and objective dimensions of Christ's redemptive work, harmonizing a problematic tension that arises from the redemptive act. To demonstrate this, I draw on Girard's writings on the Gospels to show how a Girardian reading of the cross leads to an understanding of the redemptive work of Christ as simultaneously exemplary, didactic, and sacrificial, with no real distance between any of these terms.","PeriodicalId":41209,"journal":{"name":"Toronto Journal of Theology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45515841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This essay reflects upon a remark of Blaise Pascal. His gloss upon the story of Christ in Gethsemane is punctuated with the arresting comment that "Jesus will be in agony even to the end of the world: during that time, we must not sleep" —"Jésus sera en agonie jusqu'à las fin du monde: Il ne faut pas dormir pendant ce temps-là". In close conversation with the work of Lev Shestov, I explore the unsettling suggestion that for Christian faith the time before the eschaton is fundamentally "gethesemanean" in quality, i.e., is marked by Christ's own saving agon and so also by faith's proper struggle to awaken to it and keep vigil with it. For Shestov, Pascal's disquieting vision demands that the Christian life "seeks with lamentation" to resist the false consolation of trading the travail of discipleship for the confidence of clear understanding. To the agony of Christ there corresponds the agon of faith: it is the labour of discipleship to shake off the sleep of reason in the time that remains.
摘要:本文对帕斯卡尔的一句话进行了反思。他在描述基督在克西马尼园的故事时，不时地引用一句引人注目的话:“耶稣将痛苦不堪，直到世界的末了;在那段时间里，我们不能睡觉”——“jsamsus sera en agonie jusqu' las fin du monde: Il ne faut pas dormir pendant ce temps- lous”。在与列夫·舍斯托夫(Lev Shestov)的作品的密切交谈中，我探讨了一个令人不安的建议，即对于基督教信仰来说，末世之前的时间基本上是“客西马尼”的性质，也就是说，以基督自己的拯救为标志，因此也以信仰的适当斗争为标志，以唤醒它并保持警惕。对舍斯托夫来说，帕斯卡令人不安的愿景要求基督徒的生活“带着哀叹”去抵制用门徒的痛苦换取清晰理解的信心的虚假安慰。与基督的痛苦相对应的是信心的紧张;在剩下的时间里，要把理智的睡眠唤醒，这是门徒的工作。
{"title":"Christ's Agony and Faith's Wakefulness—Reflections on a Remark of Pascal","authors":"P. Ziegler","doi":"10.3138/tjt-2022-0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt-2022-0022","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This essay reflects upon a remark of Blaise Pascal. His gloss upon the story of Christ in Gethsemane is punctuated with the arresting comment that \"Jesus will be in agony even to the end of the world: during that time, we must not sleep\" —\"Jésus sera en agonie jusqu'à las fin du monde: Il ne faut pas dormir pendant ce temps-là\". In close conversation with the work of Lev Shestov, I explore the unsettling suggestion that for Christian faith the time before the eschaton is fundamentally \"gethesemanean\" in quality, i.e., is marked by Christ's own saving agon and so also by faith's proper struggle to awaken to it and keep vigil with it. For Shestov, Pascal's disquieting vision demands that the Christian life \"seeks with lamentation\" to resist the false consolation of trading the travail of discipleship for the confidence of clear understanding. To the agony of Christ there corresponds the agon of faith: it is the labour of discipleship to shake off the sleep of reason in the time that remains.","PeriodicalId":41209,"journal":{"name":"Toronto Journal of Theology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44888608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Steve Gerardo Christoffel Gaspersz, Nancy Novitra Souisa
Abstract:This article is an analytical description that aims to scrutinize John 4:1–42 to understand how the Gospel of John describes a theological perspective within a certain socio-political context and, conversely, how the socio-political context determines the theological meaning through John's storytelling model. By using post-colonial imagination as its framework for text analysis, this article aims to construct a dialogue bridge between the text and the context of multicultural Indonesian society. The imaginary bridge as such functions to provide a critical biblical interpretation such as this text, which is often read as the representation of conflictual socio-cultural and religious identities such as in Indonesian society. This article is a biblical-based theological contribution to interpretive biblical studies in countries such as Indonesia with a majority Muslim population, which exposes the construction of socio-religious identity vis-à-vis othering tendencies based on different representations of identity.
{"title":"Living Dialogical Conversation: Reading John 4:1–42 through the Lens of Post-colonial Indonesian Christianity","authors":"Steve Gerardo Christoffel Gaspersz, Nancy Novitra Souisa","doi":"10.3138/tjt-2022-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt-2022-0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article is an analytical description that aims to scrutinize John 4:1–42 to understand how the Gospel of John describes a theological perspective within a certain socio-political context and, conversely, how the socio-political context determines the theological meaning through John's storytelling model. By using post-colonial imagination as its framework for text analysis, this article aims to construct a dialogue bridge between the text and the context of multicultural Indonesian society. The imaginary bridge as such functions to provide a critical biblical interpretation such as this text, which is often read as the representation of conflictual socio-cultural and religious identities such as in Indonesian society. This article is a biblical-based theological contribution to interpretive biblical studies in countries such as Indonesia with a majority Muslim population, which exposes the construction of socio-religious identity vis-à-vis othering tendencies based on different representations of identity.","PeriodicalId":41209,"journal":{"name":"Toronto Journal of Theology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41793369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This article reveals the relationship between individual self-awareness, an aesthetic attitude to reality, and art. The basis of the study of their relationship is the analysis of empirical self-consciousness or everyday consciousness, which differs from the pure self-consciousness presented in the classical philosophical tradition. Consideration of features of worldview construction in everyday life and aesthetic orientation of everyday consciousness allows, on the one hand, the reconsideration of the role of art in the formation of personality, and on the other hand, the revelation of the illusory nature of the classical view of the "I" as a monolithic, substantial unity. Contemporary art in particular stimulates us to play with images of the "I," but at the same time it teaches us to keep distance between game situations and what is constitutive in relation to the "I," allowing us to consolidate an integral image of ourselves in personality. Art goes beyond museums, actively invades the world of everyday life, and elicits the question of how much we have mastered the "art of being ourselves."
{"title":"Aesthetic Experience in Self-identifying Perspective","authors":"N. Gonotskaya","doi":"10.3138/tjt-2022-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt-2022-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article reveals the relationship between individual self-awareness, an aesthetic attitude to reality, and art. The basis of the study of their relationship is the analysis of empirical self-consciousness or everyday consciousness, which differs from the pure self-consciousness presented in the classical philosophical tradition. Consideration of features of worldview construction in everyday life and aesthetic orientation of everyday consciousness allows, on the one hand, the reconsideration of the role of art in the formation of personality, and on the other hand, the revelation of the illusory nature of the classical view of the \"I\" as a monolithic, substantial unity. Contemporary art in particular stimulates us to play with images of the \"I,\" but at the same time it teaches us to keep distance between game situations and what is constitutive in relation to the \"I,\" allowing us to consolidate an integral image of ourselves in personality. Art goes beyond museums, actively invades the world of everyday life, and elicits the question of how much we have mastered the \"art of being ourselves.\"","PeriodicalId":41209,"journal":{"name":"Toronto Journal of Theology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42062897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Les Miller. Northern Light: A Canadian Prayer Book","authors":"Eliana Ah Rum Ku","doi":"10.3138/tjt-2021-0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt-2021-0021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41209,"journal":{"name":"Toronto Journal of Theology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46133715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paul Dafydd Jones and Paul Nimmo, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Karl Barth","authors":"Don Schweitzer","doi":"10.3138/tjt-2021-0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt-2021-0027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41209,"journal":{"name":"Toronto Journal of Theology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45615693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
扫码关注我们
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：