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- PublicationHow Art Stimulates Theological Reflection in the Conversation Between a Work of Art, the Artist and the Viewer(2010) Mallaby, LeanneThe question addressed in this supervised research project is how Art, particularly the visual arts, stimulates Theological Reflection and evokes meaning. The study developed an understanding of the distinctive impact of the visual culture in which the art is formed and viewed, and the ways in which people experience and express meaning in the conversation with art. In particular this study explored conversations that took place between artists and viewers as they engaged with art, and developed an understanding of how Art creates an opportunity to reflect upon life questions. The research involved four artists presenting work to groups of viewers. The groups reflected varying involvement in Christian church life, from ministers in churches to people who have no connection with local church. Viewers were encouraged to engage with a work of art on their own, before entering a conversation with others in a group. The following week, each group had the opportunity for conversation with the artist. Qualitative Research methods were used to gather the data and draw themes. The primary method used was Phenomenological methodology, with an auxiliary process of Grounded Theory. Themes reflecting the experience of the participants noted the group distinctives, the significance of art as a meeting place, the stimulus of imagination and the expression of experience in terms of metaphor. The experience of mystery and the openness to transformation were significant themes. The findings of the research affirm the engagement in the creative process to its point of communication as a stimulus for transformation and further engagement in the creative process itself. Within the conversation between art, artist and viewer a dynamic of understanding unfolds which has the potential to reveal something of the very nature of a creative God. Indeed, the conversation takes us to the heart of our very image of God. The study has potential significance of affirming and stimulating more intentional valuing of the visual image amongst the churches and in the formation of ministers. People in the Christian community may develop an understanding and valuing of the image as a significant communicator of meaning.
- PublicationLiturgia Dei: Worshipping the Worshipping God(2024) Couchman, AdamThe task of this thesis is to offer a definition of worship (liturgia Dei) that incorporates the hypostatic union of the divine and human natures in Jesus Christ, the perichoretic relationship of the Trinity, and the implications of both of those doctrines for the church’s ongoing worship. This will be achieved through an investigation of the worshipping Jesus Christ in the light of the church’s confession that this one person is fully human and fully divine. In addressing this problem this thesis considers the following research questions. How should worship be defined in the light of its performance by Jesus Christ? How is his performance of worship to be understood in the light of the church’s confession that he is both fully divine and fully human? What is revealed about the relationship between the divine and human natures in the person of Jesus Christ when he performs worship? What is revealed about intra-trinitarian relations when he performs worship? How does humanity reflect (imago Dei) the God who worships (liturgia Dei)? In what ways does this investigation impact the church’s performance of worship? It will be shown that worship is eternally taking place between the divine persons of Father, Son, and Mother Spirit. As such, anthropocentric definitions of worship fail to account for this eternal performance. In their place a theocentric definition of worship will be offered; the eternal glorification of God that extends from, and returns to, the eternal relations of Father, Son, and Mother Spirit. The church joins in this worship to, through, and with Jesus Christ.
- PublicationLiturgia Dei: Worshipping the worshipping God(2024) Couchman, AdamThe task of this thesis is to offer a definition of worship (liturgia Dei) that incorporates the hypostatic union of the divine and human natures in Jesus Christ, the perichoretic relationship of the Trinity, and the implications of both of those doctrines for the church’s ongoing worship.This will be achieved through an investigation of the worshipping Jesus Christ in the light of the church’s confession that this one person is fully human and fully divine. In addressing this problem this thesis considers the following research questions. How should worship be defined in the light of its performance by Jesus Christ? How is his performance of worship to be understood in the light of the church’s confession that he is both fully divine and fully human? What is revealed about the relationship between the divine and human natures in the person of Jesus Christ when he performs worship? What is revealed about intra-trinitarian relations when he performs worship? How does humanity reflect (imago Dei) the God who worships (liturgia Dei)? In what ways does this investigation impact the church’s performance of worship? It will be shown that worship is eternally taking place between the divine persons of Father, Son, and Mother Spirit. As such, anthropocentric definitions of worship fail to account for this eternal performance. In their place a theocentric definition of worship will be offered; the eternal glorification of God that extends from, and returns to, the eternal relations of Father, Son, and Mother Spirit. The church joins in this worship to, through, and with Jesus Christ.
- PublicationTelling Stories: Applying Narrative Form of Communication for Inclusive Worship(2013-05-02) Marak, Marlene C.Using a method of “narrative communication” that integrates feminist perspective with aspects of narrative theory and Christian communication theory, I look at the significance of storytelling as a medium for evolving inclusive worship. The premise of the research is that storytelling can be an ideological tool to challenge gender segregation and contribute towards overcoming gender and other discriminatory boundaries.
- Publication“This Assembly of Believers”: The Boundless Riches of Christ in the Church at Prayer(2019) Cones, BryanWhile “diversity” in the church at prayer is widely desired, differences of gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, and cultural heritage are overlooked as sources of liturgical theology. Exploring such differences for their theological significance, this thesis examines rites of baptism, eucharist, healing, and marriage to sketch a pastoral liturgical theology of the assembly in its embodied particularities.