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Looking at the birds, considering the lilies, and perceiving God’s grace in the countryside : an empirical investigation in hermeneutical theory
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Francis, Leslie J., Smith, Greg and Astley, Jeff (2022) Looking at the birds, considering the lilies, and perceiving God’s grace in the countryside : an empirical investigation in hermeneutical theory. Rural Theology, 20 (1). pp. 38-51. doi:10.1080/14704994.2021.1968642 ISSN 1470-4994.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2021.1968642
Abstract
This study is situated within the newly emerging interest in the concept of grace as a legitimate topic for empirical enquiry, and draws on the theoretical framework provided by the SIFT approach to biblical hermeneutics, an approach rooted in reader-perspective hermeneutical theory and in Jungian psychological type theory. Data were draw from two one-day workshops with Anglican Readers (lay ministers). On each occasion the participants were invited to divide into three separate groups according to their preferences for sensing or intuition (the two perceiving functions) and within these groups to explore the messages of grace in Matthew 6: 25–30 (Jesus’ invitation to look at the birds and to consider the lilies). The rich data gathered from these workshops generated insights into contemporary theologies of grace and also confirmed the hypothesis that biblical interpretation is shaped by the reader’s psychological type preference for sensing or for intuition.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BH Aesthetics B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BT Doctrinal Theology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Grace (Aesthetics), Aesthetics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Hermeneutics , Hermeneutics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity , Senses and sensation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Intuition, Empirical theology | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Rural Theology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Equinox Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1470-4994 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 20 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 38-51 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/14704994.2021.1968642 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Rural Theology on 09/09/2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14704994.2021.1968642 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 25 November 2021 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 7 April 2023 |
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