Transforming theology and religion
Subtitle: with a special section on the Psalms
By: guest editors: J. Mokhoathi & L. Sutton
Contributors: University of the Free State
Series: Acta theologica. Supplementum -- 32; Acta theologica -- 32.
Publisher: Sun Media
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Bloemfontein
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Religion; Doctrinal Theology; Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction / J. Mokhoathi & L. Sutton; title: Transforming the study of religious situations: The view of post-secular society theories / S. Astapov; title: The transformative role of the media in the formation of virtuous citizens: A contribution to reconciliation in a post-apartheid South Africa / E. Baron; title: The role of religion and spirituality in transforming society / J. Beyers; title: Conceptualising religion in the 21st century: Examining the proposal of Mark C. Taylor in After God / P. Dijkhuizen; title: In search of values. Reading The Hunger Games in an African context / W. Domeris; title: The promise of attending to literary context for contextual biblical hermeneutics in Africa / D.W. Ellington; title: COVID-19 pandemic as a socio-psychological influence on transformations in religion / Y. Gavrilova, E. Zakharova, M. Liga, M. Zhironkina & A. Barsukova; title: Christianity in transformation: The rise of African Christianity among the AmaXhosa of the Eastern Cape / J. Mokhoathi; title: Tradition of reform as reform of tradition: Some considerations on the relation of religion and reform / C. Frevel; title: Re-interpretation as transformation: Perspectives and challenges for Old Testament interpretation / D.J. Human; title: The recipient becoming a participant and the participant becoming a recipient: A strange encounter in 1 Kings 17 with a not so strange outcome / J.S. van der Walt; title: Transformation in the Wisdom books of the Hebrew Bible and the application to the context of Southern Africa / S. Fischer; title: Jeremiah 31:31-34: A prospect of true transformation / M.D. Terblanche; title: Embracing the Psalter's imprecatory words in the 21st century / N.L. deClaissé-Walford; title: "I will open my mouth in a parable": "History" and "metaphor" in the Psalms / K. Jacobson; title: Transforming presence: Seeing God's body in books I and II of Psalms / C. Brown Jones; title: A transforming body: A post-exilic reading of Psalms 50 and 51 in the light of social norms communicated through the Leviticus sacrificial system and body imagery / L. Sutton; title: Paratextual framings of Psalm 72 and the shaping of interpretive possibilities / D. Davage; title: Transformation of war language in the worship of all the earth in Psalm 100 / D.G. Firth; title: From desperation to adoration: Reading Psalm 107 as a transforming spatial journey / G.T.M. Prinsloo.