Empirical Explorations into Biblical Theologies of Grace: Employing the SIFT Approach Among Anglican Clergy
This qualitative study was positioned within an emerging scientific field concerned with empirical explorations into theologies of grace. The theoretical framework was provided by the SIFT (sensing, intuition, thinking, and feeling) approach to biblical hermeneutics, an approach rooted in reader-per...
| Published in: | Journal of psychology and christianity |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| In: |
Journal of psychology and christianity
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church of England
/ Priest
/ Bible
/ Hermeneutics
/ Grace
/ Empirical research
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| RelBib Classification: | KDE Anglican Church NBK Soteriology RB Church office; congregation ZD Psychology |
| Summary: | This qualitative study was positioned within an emerging scientific field concerned with empirical explorations into theologies of grace. The theoretical framework was provided by the SIFT (sensing, intuition, thinking, and feeling) approach to biblical hermeneutics, an approach rooted in reader-perspective hermeneutical theory and in Jungian psychological type theory, that explores the distinctive readings of sensing perception and intuitive perception and the distinctive readings of thinking evaluation and feeling evaluation. The empirical methodology was provided by developing a research tradition concerned with applying the SIFT approach to biblical text. In this study, a group of 32 Anglican clergy were invited to work in type-alike groups to explore biblical theologies of grace. Dividing into three workshops according to their preferences for sensing and intuition, the clergy explored the messages of grace in Matthew 6: 25-30 (birds and lilies). Dividing into three workshops according to their preferences for thinking and feeling, the clergy explored the messages of grace in Matthew 20: 1-15 (labourers in the vineyard). The rich data gathered from these workshops generated insight into contemporary theologies of grace and also confirmed the hypothesis that scriptural reading and interpretation may be shaped by the reader's psychological type preference. |
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| Item Description: | Seite 234: Appendix A "Matthew 6:25-30" Seite 234: Appendix B "Matthew 20:1-15" |
| ISSN: | 0733-4273 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and christianity
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