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The methods of historical reconstruction in the scholarly "recovery" of Corinthian Christianity
No full textA somewhat self-critical discussion of the role played by socio-historical information (e.g. about money in social relations) in historical interpretation of ancient and early Christian history, and of the standpoints of Gerd Theissen, Justin Meggitt and Eckehard and Wolfgang Stegemann in this area. The article also explores the role of sociological or social-scientific models in historical reconstruction, connecting to the methodological dispute between David Horrell and Philip Esler (in JSNT 2001) concerning how every model and every use of it presupposes a certain understanding of reality and ideas concerning the character of human action
Eschatological Visions of the New Testament: From a Premillennial Dispensationalist Interpretation towards a Contextual Korean Christian Environmental Ethic
No full textThis thesis applies the hermeneutical approach developed by Ernst M. Conradie, and by David G. Horrell, Cherryl Hunt, and Christopher Southgate, to understanding the eschatological visions of the New Testament in relation to the environment, taking into particular account South Korea’s environmental situation and the traditions of biblical interpretation in the Korean Protestant Church
Christology, eschatology and the politics of time in 1 Peter
No full textA paper first presented by David Horrell at Christology and Eschatology: A Day Symposium in Honour of Dr Andrew Chester, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University, 11 June 2015.This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from SAGE Publications via the DOI in this recordAbstract: Taking a point of departure from Andrew Chester’s linking of messianism and eschatology, this essay explores the Christology of 1 Peter as presented in 1.18-19, 2.21-25, and 3.18-22, linking this with 1 Peter’s eschatology. This is then analysed as a construal of time, a feature of social life to which recent social theory has given new attention. Like other examples in different times and places, the restructuring of the calendar in Asia to begin the new year with Augustus’ birthday is a politically significant act which structures the rhythms of human life according to the cardinal points of Roman imperial domination. The first letter of Peter’s eschatological Christology may thus be seen as a form of significant political challenge which structures its readers’ lives according to a different time. Assessing the significance of the letter’s construction of time offers a new way to consider its political stance vis-à-vis the Roman empire
Ecological Hermeneutics: Reflections on Methods and Prospects for the Future
No full textnotes: A discussion article followed by responses from Elaine Wainwright and Steven Bouma-Prediger© 2014 David G. HorrellOriginally published in Colloquium: The Australian and New Zealand Theological Review
Review of Larry W. Hurtado, Destroyer of the Gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World (Waco: Baylor UP, 2016)
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Cambridge University Press via the DOI in this record
Ethnicity, Race, Religion: Identities and Ideologies in Early Jewish and Christian Texts, and in Modern Biblical Interpretation
No full textReview of the book Ethnicity, Race, Religion: Identities and Ideologies in Early Jewish and Christian Texts, and in Modern Biblical Interpretation edited by Katherine M. Hockey and David G. Horrell
Religion, Race, Whiteness in Constructions of Jewish and Christian Identities
No full textBook Review: David G. Horrell, Ethnicity and Inclusion: Religion, Race, Whiteness in Constructions of Jewish and Christian Identities (Grand Rapids, Michigan. Eerdmans, 2020. $55.00. pp. xxiv + 424. ISBN: 978-0-8028-7608-9)
Rabbit menace in New South Wales : an abridgement of the report / by David G. Stead ... commissioned on 30th April 1925 to inquire into matters connected with the rabbit menace in New South Wales.
No full textAt head of title: Department of Agriculture, New South Wales.; Electronic reproduction. Canberra, A.C.T. : National Library of Australia, 2012.; Library's copy signed by the author
Cult: A Composite Novel
No full textCult (redacted)
The first component of the thesis is a composite novel called Cult which falls into two parts with seven narratives in each. Part 1 tracks the protagonist, Ellen, from her first involvement with the cult through to her eventually leaving it. Although fiction, the first half of the book answers the kinds of questions the author is asked when people discover that she was once a sannyasin (a follower of the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh). While the experiences of meditation, group therapy and communal living are all faithfully rendered within the stories, the need for strong characters, narrative drive and a lightness of touch takes precedence.
Part 2 picks up Ellen’s story some twenty or so years later and explores what becomes of her in middle age. It also looks at other groups in society, such as academia, the law and the internet dating community which each have their own jargon, hierarchies, rituals and rules but are not considered to be cults.
The book examines the question raised in the Epigraph, ‘how do we be together when we feel so alone’ with a focus on relationships other than the familial and the romantic.
Collisions, Chasms and Connections: a Performative Exploration of the Composite Novel Form
The second part of the thesis is both a critical and creative response to three contemporary American books: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan; and Legend of a Suicide by David Vann. The critical element comprises a close reading of the three books; a chronological reconstruction of their overarching storylines; and a consideration of what their authors have said about writing the books. It concludes that, in the composite novel, the simultaneous presentation of multiple views and storylines operate much like a 3D image to give the impression of depth to the characters and situations rendered. The creative element of the essay is a playful and personal response to the texts
Shadowing the Legendary Dizzy Gillespie
No full textShadowing the Legencary Dizzy Gillespie with author and jazz aficionado David G. Brown
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