Becca Whitla uses liberationist, postcolonial, and decolonial methods to analyze hymns, congregational singing, and song-leading practices. By way of this analysis, Whitla shows how congregational singing can embody liberating liturgy and theology. Through a series of interwoven…
The aim of this study was to discuss of some poetic aspects in isiZulu hymns of two churches, the Methodist Church of Southern Africa titled: Incwadi Yezinkonzo Nezingoma (n. d.) and the Seventh-day Adventist hymn book titled: UKrestu Esihlabelelweni (n. d.). The poetic aspects …
“Eutrapelia: Humorous texts in Hellenistic poetry” provides a study of the literary humor in Hellenistic iambic poetry in the context of rapid political and cultural change in the Ancient Mediterranean of the third century BCE. This project clarifies several questions connected …
The tragedy at Waco, Texas in 1993 underscores some of the dangers of reading the book of Revelation monologically. Assuming that the goal of the interpretive task is to discover a single, propositional meaning, monologic approaches ignore the dialogic nature of language and lit…