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2. 1. Seeing Nature as Creation : How Anti-Cartesian Philosophy of Mind and Perception Reshapes Natural Theology

   Author : Mats Wahlberg; Arne Rasmusson; John Haldane; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : natural theology; knowledge of God; philosophy of mind; perception; John McDowell; epistemological disjunctivism; problem of other minds; expression; postliberal theology; postsecular theology; Philosophy of Religion; religionsfilosofi;

   Abstract : This dissertation constructively explores the implications for natural theology of (especially) John McDowell’s anti-Cartesian philosophy of mind and perception. Traditionally, an important element within natural theology is the idea that nature testifies to its creator, thereby making knowledge of a creator available to humans. READ MORE

4. 2. Theology beyond Representation : Foucault, Deleuze and the Phantasms of Theological Thinking

   Author : Petra Carlsson; Mattias Martinson; Anders Johansson; Philip Goodchild; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Theology; Representation; Representation critique; Michel Foucault; Gilles Deleuze; Thomas J.J. Altizer; Graham Ward; Emilia Fogelklou; Death of God theology; Radical Orthodoxy; Systematic Theology and Studies in Worldviews; Systematisk teologi med livsåskådningsforskning;

   Abstract : Theology beyond Representation explores the theological opportunities embedded in Michel Foucault’s and Gilles Deleuze’s critique of Christian thinking and of what they regard as a Christian and oppressive logic of representation. Foucault’s and Deleuze’s thoughts on representation are currently discussed in many fields neighbouring theology (e. READ MORE

5. 3. Faith in the world of work : on the theology of work as lived by the French worker-priests and British Industrial Mission

   Author : Lillemor Erlander; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

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6. 4. Beyond the Controversy: A Study of African Theologies of Inculturation and Liberation

   Author : Stephen I Munga; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Manas Buthelezi.; Charles Nyamiti; incarnation; African personality; the Church; Christ; ancestorship; integral-synthesis approach; Inculturation theology; liberation theology; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

   Abstract : When Harry Sawyerr wrote his essay "What is African Theology?", published first in African Theological Journal, vol. 4 (1971), it appeared from its contents that he was making short comments about James Cone's Black theology that could have disappeared in the midst of more pressing African theological issues. READ MORE

7. 5. Varieties of Supernatural Experience : the Case of High-Functioning Autism

   Author : Ingela Visuri; Pehr Granqvist; David Thurfjell; Olov Dahlin; Andreas Roepstorff; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Autism; religious cognition; supernatural experience; invisible agency; parasocial relations; embodiment; bracketed ethnography; participatory autism research; atypical cognition; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Innovative Learning;

   Abstract : It is argued in the cognitive science of religion (CSR) that the empathic ability to ‘mindread’ others underpins  the experience of supernatural communication with gods, ghosts, and spirits. As autism is characterized by mentalizing difficulties, CSR scholars have expected autistic individuals would find supernatural agency incomprehensible. READ MORE