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The Abusive Implementation Of Biblical Sexuality: The Not So Pure Purity Movement, Paige Huggins
The Abusive Implementation Of Biblical Sexuality: The Not So Pure Purity Movement, Paige Huggins
Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)
Words like “virginity”, “sex”, and “sexuality” hold a good deal of weight and importance inAmerican society and in the Church, but are Christians actually approaching them theway God intended? While the purity movement arose out of good and biblical intentions, the way it has been implemented through the use of guilt and shame-driven techniques has hurt just as many people as it has helped, if not more. Even those who feel it has helped them in many ways are walking around with underlying scars that can affect their friendships, dating relationships, marriages, or even the way they raise their kids. …
Narrating Motherhood In The Hebrew Scriptures, Katie Rosenson
Narrating Motherhood In The Hebrew Scriptures, Katie Rosenson
Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)
Old Testament theology, like many of its sister disciplines, is an area of study, which brings with it a problematic history. Moving through four distinct phases of methodology—(1) systematic, (2) historical or reconstructive, (3) dialogical, and now (4) narrative—Old Testament theology has often excluded voices, which have traditionally been viewed as “Other.” Thankfully, the budding narrative approach, which seeks to trace the development of the character called God in the Hebrew Scriptures, may create space for more voices to enter into the conversation. Divorced from many of the troubling consequences of the earlier phases of Old Testament theology, this approach …
How Moses’ Intercession Changed The Trajectory Of Israel (Exodus 33:12-23), Hannah Kent
How Moses’ Intercession Changed The Trajectory Of Israel (Exodus 33:12-23), Hannah Kent
Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)
The book of Exodus plays a crucial role in the development of God’s relationship to Israel, as the Israelites recognize theglory of YHWH and are allowed only glimpses of what they hope tosee in full. Exodus 33:12-23 is wedged between the Israelites’ golden calf idolatry and the renewal of God’s covenant with Israel. Moses’ intercession is the crucial turning point where God decides to keep His promise to be present with His people as they continue their journey through the wilderness. This promise is later realized as God’s presence descends on the tabernacle at the end of Exodus. In the …