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Theology and the Arts

Engaging Faith

By: Ruth Illman,W. Alan Smith

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Theology and the Arts

Engaging Faith

By: Ruth Illman,W. Alan Smith

This book brings the emerging fields of practical theology and theology of the arts into a dialogue beyond the bias of modern systematic and constructive theology. The authors draw upon postmodern, post-secular, feminist, liberation, and dialogical/dialectical philosophy and theology, and their critiques of the narrow modern emphases on reason and the scientific method, as the model for all knowledge. Such a practical theology of the arts focuses the work of theology on the actual practices that engage the arts in their various forms as the means of interpreting and understanding the nature of the communities and their members, as well as the mechanisms through which these communities engage in transformative work, to make persons and neighborhoods whole. This book presents its theological claims through the careful analysis of several stories of communities around the world that have engaged in transformational practices through a specific art form, investigating communities from Europe, the Middle East, South America, and the U.S. The case studies explored include Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Druze, indigenous, and sometimes agnostic subjects, involved in visual art, music, dance, theatre, documentary film, and literature. Theology and the Arts demonstrates that the challenges of a postmodern and post-secular context require a fundamental rethinking of theology that focuses on discrete practices of faithful communities, rather than one-dimensional theories about religion.

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1135014612

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Art and Belief

Artists Engaged in Interreligious Dialogue

By: Ruth Illman

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Artists Engaged in Interreligious Dialogue

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Art and Belief' explores communication between faiths through an examination of contemporary artistic practice. The book discusses how a range of artists formulate their worldview and what motivates them to engage in dialogue. These artists are engaged in a wide range of artistic forms and practice and come to dialogue from diverse religious positions. The aim of the book is to question the assumptions of interreligious dialogue as a largely intellectual exercise in defining the religious "other" and to explore dialogue as a manifestation of interpersonal ethics.

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1317543785

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Music and Religious Change among Progressive Jews in London

Being Liberal and Doing Traditional

By: Ruth Illman

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Music and Religious Change among Progressive Jews in London

Being Liberal and Doing Traditional

By: Ruth Illman

This book analyses religion and change in relation to music within the context of contemporary progressive Judaism. It argues that music plays a central role as a driving force for religious change, comprising several elements seen as central to contemporary religiosity in general: participation, embodiment, experience, emotions and creativity. Focusing on the progressive Anglo-Jewish milieu today, the study investigates how responses to these processes of change are negotiated individually and collectively and what role is allotted to music in this context. Building on ethnographic research conducted at Leo Baeck College in London (2014–2016), it maps how theologically unsystematic life-views take form through everyday musical practices related to institutional religion, identifying three theoretically relevant processes at work: the reflexive turn, the turn within and the turn to tradition.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498542212

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Art and Belief

Artists Engaged in Interreligious Dialogue

By: Ruth Illman

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Artists Engaged in Interreligious Dialogue

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Being Liberal and Doing Traditional

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Being Liberal and Doing Traditional

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Theology and the Arts

Engaging Faith

By: Ruth Illman,W. Alan Smith

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1135014604

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Ruth

Relationships That Bring Life

By: Ruth Haley Barton

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Ruth

Relationships That Bring Life

By: Ruth Haley Barton

Bring Hope, Faith, and Love to Your Relationships. The biblical character of Ruth was striking in her capacity to bring life to her relationships. Even in the midst of tragedy and difficulty, her presence blessed and influenced friends and strangers in her community, the man she grew to love, her children, and her in-laws. This six-week Fisherman Bible Studyguide uses Ruth's story to help you reflect on your own relationships and the ways in which God might be inviting you to move different ways--ways that will lead you into life-giving patterns of relating with others. Fisherman Bible Studyguides offer: * Penetrating questions that generate discussion * Flexible format for group or individual needs * Helpful leader’s notes * Emphasis on daily application of Bible truth

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0307565092

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Relationships That Bring Life

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Relationships That Bring Life

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Letters from Ruth

By: Ruth Stewart Fajfr,Ruth Stewart

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Letters from Ruth

By: Ruth Stewart Fajfr,Ruth Stewart

Out of a lifetime of counseling women through her vast correspondence came these letters written by Bible teacher and missionary, Ruth Stewart Fajfr. In them she shares the lessons the Lord has taught this saint of God over the years.

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1566320267

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