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Kristofferbilden i Vamlingbo kyrkas kor
Get PDFThe image of Saint Christopher in the chancel of Vamlingbo Church, Gotland. Sacrament, mobility and boundariesThe aim of the article is to discuss the image of Saint Christopher in the chancel of Vamlingbo Church, Gotland. Since the cult of Saint Christopher, the patron saint of travellers and pilgrims, was mainly based on beholding the saint’s image, and the customary position of Christopher images was in the nave, its presence in the chancel provides a suitable point of departure for a discussion of mobility within a sacred space and the accessibility, visual and physical, of the chancel to laymen in the late Middle Ages.The image in Vamlingbo is placed close to a presumed sacrament house in the form of an aumbry in the northern wall. A second aumbry, intended for worship of the sacrament, is situated in the eastern wall of the chancel. It is suggested that the image of Christopher, through its position and size, may have formed a visual connection between the congregation in the nave and the sacrament in the chancel
Religious diversity
No full textThe subject matter of this special issue is anything but new: religious diversity has already been widely discussed in theology, philosophy, history and sociology. (Too) many times, however, diversity has been measured against the yardstick of the changing face of monotheistic models of religion (mainly Christianity). Asian religions have stood at the opposite end of a spectrum of analytical models in religious studies ever since Max Weber’s classic analysis of Asian religions as mixed systems of beliefs per se. This distinction is, nevertheless, rather problematic, and calls for a closer examination of the conceptual status of diversity, and of the forms it assumes in Asian contexts
‘Lightning flashes of my burning memory’
No full textThomas Lehr’s novella Frühling (Spring, 2001) presents the last seconds of the fifty-year-old protagonist’s life – between the moment he shoots himself and the advent of his death. As an adolescent he realised he was the child of a perpetrator father who conducted human experiments on inmates as a Nazi concentration camp doctor. Written in an extreme variant of autonomous inner monologue, the novella interlaces perceptions and memories without transition. The textual structure dissects these incidents, as the syntax is often destroyed by punctuation marks and irregular orthography. At one point, the first-person narrator chooses the formula ‘lightning flashes of my burning memory’, which aptly describes Lehr’s poetic technique, reminiscent of traumatic flashback. This article argues that the protagonist undergoes residual experiences of dissociation as a result of his insurmountable entanglement in the guilt of the father. Thus, Frühling is a radical and disturbing literary treatment of trauma
The Boyd Group and Animal Experimentation
Get PDFThis article is an account of the work of the Boyd Group, an informal grouping of stakeholders on both sides of the debate about animal experimentation formed in Britain in the early 1990s. It is an explorative case study which aims to map the opinion-forming processes of the participants of the Boyd Group, many of whom were interviewed by the author, in light of deliberative theory and with the intention of generating suggestions for improved democratic practices in representative bodies split by seemingly intractable moral differences. Not only is animal experimentation a policy issue involving acute moral conflict, but the Boyd Group is also a body made up of partisans representing organisations on both sides of the debate. Not surprisingly, the transformation of views predicted by some deliberative theorists has not occurred. However, deliberation within the Boyd Group has had the effect of softening some of the views and attitudes of the participants, has facilitated some compromises and provides a useful guide to the methods available to those wishing to manage moral conflict
Mikä Jeesuksessa on juutalaisinta – Osa 2
Get PDFToinen osa, jossa tutkitaan Jeesuksen juutalaisia piirteitä. Usko kiivaaseen, ainoaan Jumalaan
The Pericope Adulterae and the Historical Jesus – Interpretation and Significance
Get PDFThe Pericope Adulterae has been subjected to intensive textual critical analysis, but this article provides an analysis of the event for the study of the historical Jesus
The Most Jewish about Jesus – Part Two
Get PDFThe most Jewish aspects of Jesus, part two: the belief in One, Jealous God