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2. 1. Theology in Conflict. Readings in Afrikaner Theology : The Theologies of F.J.M. Potgieter and B.J. Marais

   Author : Hans S. A. Engdahl; Sven-Erik Brodd; John de Gruchy; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Church studies; close reading; contrast reading; fundamentalism; deconstruction; ecclesiology; neo-Calvinism; life system; biblical principia; verbal inspiration; Word become Scripture; pluriformity; ecumenism; moral community; ‘Christian brotherhood’; radical and conservative principle; slavery; universalism; cosmopolitanism; nationalism; colour; race; apartheid; Kyrkovetenskap; Church studies; Kyrkovetenskap; kyrkovetenskap; kyrkovetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a critical study of Afrikaner theology during the apartheid era in South Africa. Focus in this systematic, theological inquiry is on two Dutch Reformed theologians, F. J. M. READ MORE

4. 2. Living Simultaneity : On religion among semi-secular Swedes

   Author : Ann af Burén; David Thurfjell; Åke Sander; Lois Lee; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; simultaneity; semi-secular; liminal; secularity; religious incongruence; fuzzy fidelity; the subjective turn; lived religion; the inadequacy approach; religious and secular; Stockholm; Sweden; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : This thesis aims at contributing to a critical discussion on the supposedly far-reaching secularity of Sweden on the one hand, and on the incongruence and inconsistency of lived religion on the other. At the center are people referred to as semi-secular Swedes – a group that is often neglected in the study of religion. READ MORE

5. 3. Reading the Dream Text: A Nexus between Dreams and Texts in the Rabbinic Literature of Late Antiquity

   Author : Erik Alvstad; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; dreams; rabbinic Judaism; Late Antiquity; Babylonian Talmud; Palestinian Talmud; Midrash; Talmudic Dreambook Bavli Berakhot 55a-57b ; text-centred community; oneiric discourse; dream-text nexus; dream interpretation; dream narrative; oneiric reading; catalogue of dream omina; dream ritual; dream prayer;

   Abstract : This study deals with conceptions and practices related to dreams in early rabbinic Judaism. One aspect of the Jewish dream culture in particular is considered, viz. the tendency evinced in the rabbinic literature of Late Antiquity to associate dreams and texts with each other. READ MORE

6. 4. Reading Romans, Constructing Paul(s) : A Conversation between Messianic Jews in Jerusalem and Paul within Judaism Scholars

   Author : Jennifer Nyström; Bibelvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Messianic Jews; Messianic Judaism; Paul within Judaism; Paul; Rom 11; empirical reception studies; social life of Scripture; Jerusalem; Bible-reading interviews; textual biblical ideology; textual biblical practice; identity; Torah; Relations; Yeshua; Yeshualogy; Land of Israel; post-supersessionism; relevance; eschatology;

   Abstract : “Something is going on in Pauline studies,” Paula Fredriksen said of the recent emergence of the “Paul within Judaism” (PWJ) perspective. Almost in parallel, Messianic Judaism has entered the religious scene. READ MORE

7. 5. The Purpose of Romans

   Author : Michael Öberg; Jonas Holmstrand; James Anthony Kelhoffer; Samuel Byrskog; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Paul; Romans; the Purpose of Romans; the Good News; the Apostolic Call; the Syntactic Structure; Close Reading; Missionary Purpose; Ethical Demands; Apostolic Work in Rome; Biblical Exegesis; Bibelvetenskap; Nya testamentets exegetik; New Testament Exegesis;

   Abstract : This study determines the purpose of Paul’s Letter to the Romans, a purpose that does justice to the content and the flow of argument as well as to the syntactic structure of the letter text. The overall approach is to conduct a particularly close reading and detailed analysis of the introductory and concluding parts of Romans. READ MORE