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dc.contributor.author | Charlesworth, Scott | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-04T15:16:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Melanesian Journal of Theology, 32(1), p. 37-58 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0256-856X | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19608 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The Sermon on the Mount is a profound critique of first-century Judaism's accommodation of culture. Cultural imperatives are turned on their head on two fronts. (1) Honour and shame: shame becomes the new honour in a series of antitheses that expose the external focus of Jewish religion. (2) Covenant: as far as the Jews were concerned, the Abrahamic covenant appeared to be compatible with culture. It was easy to equate cultural honour - i.e., status deriving from wealth or position - with the blessing of God. That theology is largely reinterpreted, if not denied, by Jesus. The greatest blessing that the righteous can receive is persecution and shaming by cultural religionists. Jesus draws his covenant theology from Isaiah, Lamentations, wisdom literature, and the experience of the prophets. He understands that all who speak against cultural religion will be persecuted. From an honour-shame cultural standpoint, this is an enormously confronting teaching. In view of that, the implications of a counter-cultural Jesus for Christianity in Papua New Guinea are examined. Since I am a New Testament scholar, and not a missiologist, parts of the second half of this essay are anecdotal and based on what I learned teaching biblical languages and studies during a lengthy sojourn in Papua New Guinea. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Melanesian Association of Theological Schools | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Melanesian Journal of Theology | en |
dc.title | The Sermon on the Mount or Cultural Religion: Ministry Practice and Theological Education in Papua New Guinea | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History) | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Studies of Pacific Peoples' Societies | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Religion and Society | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Scott | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 220405 Religion and Society | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 220401 Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History) | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 169905 Studies of Pacific Peoples' Societies | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 950406 Religious Traditions (excl. Structures and Rituals) | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 970122 Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies | en |
local.profile.school | School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences | en |
local.profile.email | scharle2@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C2 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | une-20161101-035019 | en |
local.publisher.place | Papua New Guinea | en |
local.format.startpage | 37 | en |
local.format.endpage | 58 | en |
local.identifier.volume | 32 | en |
local.identifier.issue | 1 | en |
local.title.subtitle | Ministry Practice and Theological Education in Papua New Guinea | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Charlesworth | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:scharle2 | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:19798 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | The Sermon on the Mount or Cultural Religion | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C2 Non-Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.search.author | Charlesworth, Scott | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.year.published | 2016 | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 500405 Religion, society and culture | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 500401 Christian studies | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 451801 Pacific Peoples and the law | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 130503 Religious rituals and traditions (excl. structures) | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 130502 Religious philosophies and belief systems | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 280119 Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies | en |
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