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1 online resource (xiv, 156 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Bruce C. Birch -- Introduction / Denise Dombkowski Hopkins and Michael S. Koppel -- Part I. Theoretical frameworks -- The Hebrew Bible and suffering : understanding views of God and the human condition / Nancy R. Bowen and James Higginbotham -- A Pacific rim hermeneutics for practical theology / Randall Y. Furushima -- Pursuing happiness across cultures : positive psychology, Bible African Ubuntu, and Korean Jeong in creative dialogue / Hyun Chul Paul Kim and M. Fulgence Nyengele -- Digging below the surface : uncovering microaggressions as an act of atonement / Deborah A. Appler and Sharon A. Brown -- Privileging the narration from 'Below' : I Corinthians 11 and practical theological method / Lance Pape -- Part II. -- The book of Job : on friendship, bullying, and sacrifice / Jennifer Williams -- The poetics of care in the Psalms / Denise Dombkowski Hopkins and Michael S. Koppel -- Creating safe sanctuaries : reading King David's last days (1 Kings 1-2) through the lens of elder abuse / Deborah A. Appler -- Rupturing Hermeneutics : a post-shoah reading of the Shunammite woman's grief in 2 Kings 4:8-36 / Stephanie M. Wyatt -- Rizpah's vigil (2 Samuel 21:1-14) : a Midrash / Amy Beth W. Jones and Stephanie Day Powell. |
| Summary |
This volume contributes to closing the unfortunate divide that still exists today between the so-called 'practical' and 'classical' disciplines in seminary curricula. It builds a bridge across a chasm that should not exist. The chapters reflect 'working on the bridge' through a collegial model of sustained conversation out of the contributors' different disciplines within Bible and Practical Theology. The authors in this volume desire to break out of academic silos that too often lead to fragmented student learning and disjointed ministry practices, in the hope that the imaginations of student. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. |
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Bible -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. |
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Theology, Practical.
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Theology, Practical. |
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Human beings.
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Human beings. |
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Homo sapiens (species) |
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic. |
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Hopkins, Denise Dombkowski, editor.
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Koppel, Michael Sherwood, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bridging the divide between Bible and practical theology. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018 9781527506176 (OCoLC)1019746131 |
| ISBN |
9781527524699 (electronic book) |
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1527524698 (electronic book) |
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9781527506176 |
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1527506177 |
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