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The Referendum – a question of the common weal
No full textIn the context of the 2014 Referendum on independence, Professor Storrar argues for a paradigm shift in Scottish Christians’ practical theological thinking about their nation. He makes the case for a move from thinking about Scotland in terms of church, state and national identity, centred on notions of sovereignty, to thinking in terms of the congregation, public sphere and civic identity, centred on notions of the common good. He concludes by considering what an ecumenical Protestant style of imagining the common good might look like.[The full text of this article is not available online
"Prophetic Liturgy: Toward a Transforming Christian Praxis" by Tércio Bretanha Junker
No full textReview ofTércio Bretanha Junker, Prophetic Liturgy: Toward a Transforming Christian Praxis (Eugene, Or.: Pickwick Publications, 2014
The shape of Torrance theology
Get PDFFor Andrew Purves, ‘shape’ is too static a concept to delineate the theology of T. F. Torrance. Rather, his is a theology on the move, based as it is on knowledge of God in, through, and as Jesus Christ. His paper explores the Christological nature of Torrance’s kinetic theology focussing on the homoousial relationship between Christ and the Father; the relationship between the incarnation and the atonement; and the two-fold ministry of Jesus Christ, ministering the things of God to humankind and the things of humankind to God
"Theology in Transposition: A Constructive Appraisal of T. F. Torrance" by Myk Habets
No full textReview ofMyk Habets, Theology in Transposition: A Constructive Appraisal of T. F. Torrance (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2013
Tommaso Salini Revisited: Two New Attributions
Get PDFTommaso Salini (c.1575–1625) is a frequently forgotten Baroque artist that fell under Caravaggio’s spell, despite having a tempestuous relationship with the great painter. Salini, also known as Mao, was a friend of Giovanni Baglione, the Italian art biographer, who included Salini in his Le vite de’ pittori (1642). Salini is better remembered for his role in the Baglione libel trial of 1603 than he is for his oil paintings, which sit between Caravaggio’s innovative way of painting and Baglione’s mediocre Mannerism.Art historians have often shied away from exploring Salini’s career because the canvases that have carried his name seem stylistically dissimilar. The recent tendency has been to attribute these works to the anonymous ‘Pseudo-Salini’ painters, but this should form the topic of a separate article. The twentieth century saw art historians generously attribute an excessive amount of work to Salini, and many of these pictures were probably done decades after his death. In order for Salini’s oeuvre to be presented with accuracy, connoisseurs have had to inspect the original works that Baglione mentions being by Salini’s hand, as well as the pictures that have been successfully attributed to him. Bearing in mind what Baglione wrote, Salini can be revealed as an innovate artist and still life specialist. This article includes a newly attributed still life (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) as a forgotten Salini, as well as a refreshed attribution of the masterful Piping Shepherd Boy (Foundling Museum, London). These works add weight to Salini being a more famous and better-known painter in his own time than scholarship has shown.
Walking the tightrope: The missiology of Tom Allan for the church today
No full textTom Allan’s book The Face of my Parish and his leadership of the Tell Scotland movement in the 1950s both proved to be hugely significant in guiding the development of mission in Scotland in the post-war era. In this paper, Sandy Forsyth examines both Allan’s missiology and its context, looking in particular at how the impact of the decision to bring the Billy Graham Crusade to Scotland changed the public perception of mission, while at the same time undermining Allan’s original vision of the local congregation as agent in mission.[The full text of this article is not available online
Analyzing the domestic and international conflict in Syria: Are there lessons from political science?
Get PDFThis article contributes to the discussion about opportunities for and barriers to domestically-driven political reform in the Syrian Arab Republic. The argument is put forward in five sections. In the first section, relevant political science approaches analyzing the Syrian case from a domestic and global perspective are briefly discussed. The second section sketches the early political history of Syria between 1920 and 1970, while the third section explains how the regime led by Hafiz al-Assad was able to use the period after 1970 to consolidate Syrian statehood, establish a national security state, and emerge as a strong regional geopolitical player. Section four analyzes the period of the Presidency of Bashar al-Assad before the current crisis (from 2000 until March 2011). Lastly, section five discusses the recent escalation of the Syrian domestic crisis toward the largest armed conflict in the country’s history. Section five also scrutinizes the domestic political reform program as advanced by the Syrian government since April 2011 (essentially the new 2012 Syrian constitution and the new multiparty system). A conclusion sums up both the theoretical and empirical arguments