Looking at the Birds, Considering the Lilies, and Perceiving God’s Grace in the Countryside: An Empirical Investigation in Hermeneutical Theory

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 p...

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VerfasserInnen: Francis, Leslie J. 1947- (Verfasst von) ; Smith, Greg (Verfasst von) ; Astley, Jeff 1947- (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2022
In: Rural theology
Jahr: 2022, Band: 20, Heft: 1, Seiten: 38-51
IxTheo Notationen:HC Neues Testament
KDE Anglikanische Kirche
NBK Soteriologie
VB Logik; philosophische Hermeneutik; philosophische Erkenntnislehre
ZD Psychologie
weitere Schlagwörter:B sensing
B psychological type
B Empirical Theology
B Grace
B Intuition
B SIFT approach
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2042-1273
Enthält:Enthalten in: Rural theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14704994.2021.1968642