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Preaching on the revised common lectionary for the feast of Christ the King : joy for intuitive thinking types, nightmare for sensing feeling types?

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Francis, Leslie J., Smith, Greg and Evans, Jonathan (2021) Preaching on the revised common lectionary for the feast of Christ the King : joy for intuitive thinking types, nightmare for sensing feeling types? HTS Theological Studies, 77 (4). a6746 . doi:10.4102/hts.v77i4.6746 ISSN 0259-9422.

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Abstract

This qualitative study was positioned within an emerging scientific field concerned with the interaction between biblical text and the psychological profile of the preacher. The theoretical framework was provided by the sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking (SIFT) approach to biblical hermeneutics, an approach rooted in reader-perspective hermeneutical theory and in Jungian psychological type theory that explores the distinctive readings of sensing perception and intuitive perception, and the distinctive readings of thinking evaluation and feeling evaluation. The empirical methodology was provided by developing a research tradition concerned with applying the SIFT approach to biblical text. In the present study, a group of 17 Anglican clergy were invited to work in psychological type-alike groups to explore two of the biblical passages identified by Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary for the Feast of Christ the King. Dividing into three workshops, according to their preferences for sensing and intuition, the clergy explored Psalm 93. Dividing into three workshops, according to their preferences for thinking and feeling, the clergy explored John 18:33–37. The rich data gathered from these workshops supported the hypothesis that biblical interpretation and preaching may be shaped by the reader’s psychological type preference and suggested that the passages of scripture proposed for the Feast of Christ the King may be a joy for intuitive thinking types, but a nightmare for sensing feeling types.

Contribution: Situated within the reader perspective approach to biblical hermeneutics, the SIFT method is concerned with identifying the influence of the psychological type of the reader in shaping the interpretation of text. Employing this method, the present study contributes to the fields of homiletics and hermeneutics by demonstrating how some readers (sensing types) may struggle more than others (intuitive types) to interpret the scripture readings proposed by the lectionary for the Feast of Christ the King.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Preaching -- Psychological aspects, Christianity -- Psychology, Psychology, Religious, Lectionary preaching -- Catholic Church
Journal or Publication Title: HTS Theological Studies
Publisher: AOSIS
ISSN: 0259-9422
Official Date: 2021
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2021Published
11 June 2021Accepted
Volume: 77
Number: 4
Article Number: a6746
DOI: 10.4102/hts.v77i4.6746
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Copyright Holders: © 2021 Leslie J. Francis, Greg Smith, Jonathan Evans
Date of first compliant deposit: 26 August 2021
Date of first compliant Open Access: 13 October 2021
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