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Sacrilege and temple imagery in 1 Corinthians
(2022-06-16) - ThesisMost scholars read Paul’s application of temple imagery to human beings within a Jewish context, which sometimes means dichotomising Jewish and Greco-Roman data. This leads to approaches that overlook signs of potential ... -
'Gloriosus Magister Adam' : the Premonstratensian contemplative thought and theology of Adam of Dryburgh
(University of St Andrews, 2022-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis examines the contemplative thought of Adam of Dryburgh (c. 1150 - c. 1213), one of the most significant representatives of early Premonstratensian spirituality, demonstrating the significance of meditation in ... -
Becoming ready to lose one’s own life : a grounded theory study of former Muslim Somali Christian converts in the United Kingdom and Sweden
(2022-11-30) - ThesisChristians are a stigmatised and vulnerable segment of Somali society in both the Horn of Africa and in the diaspora. Their situation is extremely under-researched. This study provides an original theory of religious ... -
Towards a theology of prayer in the thought of Søren Kierkegaard
(2022-11-30) - ThesisIt has become increasingly accepted that, for Kierkegaard, theology and spirituality are practices that cannot be separated from one another. It has also been long acknowledged that Kierkegaard was a man of prayer, one who ... -
The quest for confirmation : inference to best explanation in science and theology
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisWhether politics or religion, murder mysteries or household havoc, life is replete with riddles. There are always differing interpretations, competing theories that are vying to explain the data of our world. But this ...
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