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“Karl Barth on Prayer” by Ashley Cocksworth
No full textReview of Ashley Cocksworth, Karl Barth on Prayer, T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology (London; New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015
Ethnographic Photography
No full textA compilation of outstanding photography from the SA2002 ethnographic projects of 2016
THE EMERGENCE OF THE POLITICAL VOICE OF SYRIA’S CIVIL SOCIETY FROM WITHIN THE NON-VIOLENT MOVEMENTS OF THE SYRIAN UPRISING
Get PDF In The Emergence of The Political Voice of Syria’s Civil Society from within the Non-violent Movements of the Syrian Uprising, Tamara Al-Om address one of the most important aspects and ironically least addressed, of the Syrian Uprising. As Al-Om points out in her article, we are far more tempted to focus on the sensational, i.e. war, than we are on the far less dramatic, i.e. a non-violent civil society movement. Further complicating the attempt to focus ion Syria’s civil society within the context of recent events, is the fact that this entails a far more in depth knowledge of Syria than the attempt to understand a military conflict. Many scholars are tempted to dismiss that Syria, or other countries in the region, even have what might be called a civil society. Al-Om emphasises the need for the international community to refocus its attention on opposition groups within Syria, that are not only not armed but also not political in the strict definition of the term. In the absence of such an approach, not only do we risk holding on to an approach to events in Syria that is significantly not in touch with the majority of Syria’s population, but, even more important, risk being alienated from the very civil society institutions that will play the critical role in the rebuilding of Syria once a resolution is reached
Theological postscript
Get PDFThis theological reflection on Harry Reid\u27s Outside Verdict: An Old Kirk in a New Scotland sets out to consider the book in a wider context, in particular by looking at how sociologists of religion from elsewhere in Europe view the process of secularization. Professor Fergusson goes on to examine some of the issues raised in the book and suggests some areas for the church to focus on: these include apologetics, science, culture, and social practice
A theology of daughterhood: The challenges of modern biology to theology today
Get PDFThanks to the benefits of modern medical science, the average life-span in European populations is gradually increasing. This longevity has resulted, in turn, in the number of older citizens increasing as a percentage of the overall population. Reflecting on these biological, statistical and generational facts, John Starr develops a theology of daughterhood drawing on the varied relationships of daughters to parents as this is found in the biblical sources. His preliminary study in this area is a first step towards developing a theological view of the contemporary social transformation of the role of daughters towards that of carers. (This paper was selected as the winning entry in the 2015 Fraser Essay Prize competition.
“The Moral Culture of the Scottish Enlightenment, 1690–1805” by Thomas Ahnert
No full textReview of Thomas Ahnert, The Moral Culture of the Scottish Enlightenment, 1690–1805 (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2014
PSEUDO-PLUTARCH’S DE MUSICA: THE MORAL AND PEDAGOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC AND NEOPLATONISM’S CRITICAL ATTITUDE AGAINST ITS PROGRESS
Get PDFThe ethics of music have been an issue of intense discussion throughout classical antiquity, as manifested by Damon’s early research on the moral influence of music (5th cent. B.C.). However, Plato significantly contributed to the subject in his Republic, as he imposed strict and severe regulations about music and specific harmonies that were considered good for morals and pedagogy. Furthermore, Aristotle, in his Politics, studied the ethics of music, with a different attitude towards the aulos, the main musical instrument of his era, from his predecessor. Pseudo-Plutarch’s De Musica was written within the Neoplatonic movement. The dialogue, in which the banqueters discuss the origins and evolution of music is heavily influenced by the Platonic ones. There is substantial praise, from both Lysias (a practicing musician) and Soterichos (a theoretician and early critic of music), for the era when music was harmonic, simple and not connected to theatre. Early Ancient Greek musicians and lyric poets had a rather conservative approach to music, often subtracting notes from musical scales. However, as music progressed and got correlated with the theatrical action, more complex scales and harmonies, such as the Lydian and Phrygian ones, were mostly used; the banqueters did not have a high opinion of those, due to the passive morals they were associated with. As a result, the contemporary musical scales were considered harmful for the morals that were to be instilled in people, especially children. In summary, this late-antiquity dialogue, of which the real author is yet to be convincingly identified, can be considered a very good example of the Ancient Greek attitude about progress, especially in the changing, uncertain times of the early centuries CE.