Pub Date : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2023.2211875
John P. Falcone
ABSTRACT Lectio visceralis is form of prayer/reflection in which participants gently create sculptures with their own bodies, and then reflect on these sculptures to discern spiritual insight. While lectio visceralis originated during the COVID lockdown, its roots lie in Christian incarnationalism, and in the liberationist practice of Theatre of the Oppressed. This article describes an online lectio visceralis experience, ‘This Is My Body: An Interfaith Ritual of Embodied Reflection.’ (This was the public worship component at the 2022 annual conference of BIAPT, the British and Irish Association for Practical Theology.) The article explores the roots of lectio visceralis in Theatre of the Oppressed, which combines critical pedagogy, Brechtian theatre, and Stanislavskian emotional inquiry. It lays out the neuroscientific evidence for considering both prayer and reflection as thoroughly embodied. And it argues for the Christian bona fides of lectio visceralis, in light of a theology of ‘integral liberation’.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2023.2211877
Jeremy Heuslein
ABSTRACT In order to develop a phenomenological theology of embodied finitude, I first turn to the not-uncontroversial concept of kenosis. Drawing on the kenosis hymn in Philippians 2, as well as feminist and Eastern Orthodox thought, I argue for a relational understanding of kenosis that does not correspond to the conventional ‘self-emptying’ of kenotic theology. This is, in part, due to the experience of embodiment, which I turn to in my second section. Drawing upon phenomenological resources to articulate the nature of the embodiment as flesh, I argue that the intersubjective and interrelated constitution of the flesh grounds an understanding of kenosis and begins to articulate what embodied finitude is. I bring into this conversation the notion of ‘deep incarnation’, which reveals one of the depths of finitude: bodily need. In my final section, I explicate a reading of the Lord’s Prayer as part of a spirituality that embraces embodied finitude and incarnate need. Here, I distinguish between need and desire, with relational kenosis aiming at plerosis, that is, human flourishing as love.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2023.2217070
H. Kemp
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Pub Date : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2023.2204282
Jayson Rhodes
sin based on sinful socio-economic structures, for example capitalist domination. For transformative justice, the author calls for an ecological conversion towards not only an integral ecology but also an integral human development. In a specific way, she argues for the importance of repentance and reparation. She highlights ‘the earth as the new poor’ (from Laudato Si), collective responsibilities, and eschatology. Ranawana succeeds in highlighting the contextual concerns and political and practical actions guided by liberation theology and political theology. While Ranawana does explore many compelling topics, it would be interesting to see her extend her discourse to further touch upon eco-theology, feminist and womanist theology, or practical theology. These areas, which engage deeply with contextual crises and actions, could provide additional layers of depth to her discussions. Incorporating these perspectives might just enrich and further refine her arguments. Nonetheless, this is a book which merits a place on the shelves of theological libraries. It has something to contribute to the work of those researching contemporary issues related to climate change, post-colonialism and justice.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2023.2208009
Karen O’Donnell
ABSTRACT The experience of reproductive loss has long been shrouded in silences. Theological silence has been one among many. In this article, I examine what it might mean to take the embodied experience of miscarriage as a site for theological reimagining. What does theology look like from this perspective? This question lends itself to the growing body of contextual theologies that recognise there is no neutral space from which to do theology and offers a rich and complex kind of theological discourse. Grounded in embodied experience, recognition of liminality, and rejection of individualism, this paper demonstrates that the miscarrying body offers profound insights into theological discourse and presents an opportunity for deep reflection on the kinds of theologies our bodies are capable of imagining. From out of this theological reimaging, I offer some examples of spiritual practice, prayers, and liturgies for use by and with those who have experienced reproductive loss.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2023.2221162
Tessa D. Henry-Robinson, Manon Ceridwen James
ABSTRACT The original keynote at the conference was in the form of a panel discussion entitled Embodiment in Black and Womanist Theologies, chaired by Delroy Hall with the contributions of Anthony Reddie and Jarel Robinson-Brown. Tessa Henry-Robinson was also due to be on the panel but was unable to be present. The session developed into an inspiring and challenging theological reflection on the experience of the contributors, all black men living in the UK. However, the female and womanist voice was missing. In this article, Tessa Henry-Robinson makes an important contribution to discussions about embodiment and particularity from a black woman’s perspective, as someone who has known marginalisation and oppression, and is now moving into a position of more influence and authority in her role as Moderator of the General Assembly United Reformed Church from July 2023 onwards, the first ethnically minoritised woman to hold this role. In this article, in response to questions set by Manon Ceridwen James, she explores her experience, her research into embodiment from a womanist perspective, and her hopes for her new role.
摘要会议最初的主题是“黑人和女性主义神学的体现”小组讨论，由Delroy Hall主持，Anthony Reddie和Jarel Robinson Brown参与。泰莎·亨利·罗宾逊也应参加小组讨论，但未能出席。这场会议发展成为一场鼓舞人心、富有挑战性的神学反思，反思了贡献者的经历，他们都是生活在英国的黑人男性。然而，女性和女性主义的声音却不见了。在这篇文章中，泰莎·亨利·罗宾逊（Tessa Henry Robinson）从黑人女性的角度对关于化身和特殊性的讨论做出了重要贡献，她知道边缘化和压迫，从2023年7月起，她作为联合归正教会大会的主持人，现在正处于一个更具影响力和权威的位置，第一位担任这一职务的少数族裔女性。在这篇文章中，在回答Manon Ceridwen James提出的问题时，她探讨了自己的经历，她从女性主义的角度对化身的研究，以及她对新角色的希望。
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Pub Date : 2023-03-15DOI: 10.1080/1756073x.2023.2184152
Sarah E. Holmes
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Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2023.2188518
P. Youngblood
ABSTRACT Interfaith spiritual care (ISC) is a non-sectarian and open-ended spiritual therapy ubiquitously performed by healthcare chaplains. However, these carers face uncertainty in navigating the many epistemological and ethical norms involved. A theological framework is needed that guides ISC practitioners in engaging and provisioning the existential, religious, and ritual needs of diverse populations. This paper recaps the author’s doctoral work (Youngblood 2020), proposing a pastoral hospitality that opens our hearts and minds to a wider range of religious truths, even strange and uncomfortable ones. It also critiques a postcolonial notion that carers in non-Western contexts should identify primarily as humble ‘guests’ rather than ‘hosts’. Instead, the author maintains that chaplains should still sometimes imagine themselves as hosts empowering the patient. Ultimately host–guest is a dynamic relationship, not a static role. Imagining one’s pastoral ministry as alternating between the two allows the chaplain to balance humility and empathy with assertiveness and (sometimes) confrontation.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2023.2201038
Eliana Ah-Rum Ku
ABSTRACT The community of faith and the wider community live in multicultural and transnational realities. Because the people of a community are entangled with various contexts, the identity of a community is fluid, porous, hybrid, and constantly changing. In response to a motley environment, faith communities need a multi-voiced and interactive ministry that is deeply aware of and involved in the knowledge and experiences of those who are historically marginalised by colonisation and recurring violence. This article proposes hospitality based on lament in a way that acknowledges, empathizes with, and participates in those suffering from the various oppressions brought by a multicultural reality. This study will present Pachinko to deepen our insight into the oppression we have faced and to explore how hospitality is working in oppression. This study investigates hospitality based on the Asian concept of shù (恕) and argues that lament can be an energy that is used in the practice of hospitality. Then this study explores how hospitality applies to multicultural faith communities. Through these studies, a way can and will be suggested not only about practicing epistemic justice but also about how to consider the possibility of ideal hospitality.
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