Project Details
Description
My research-project is situated within systematic theology, primarily focusing on ethics. It explores the potential of the biblical commandments to love one’s neigh-bour, the stranger, and enemy in relation to tolerance in a pluralistic society from a perspective of Lutheran theology. Thus, my research provides a theological contribu-tion to the recent tolerance discourse.
The research is part of a multi-disciplinary research-project on tolerance, where all sub-projects use the same tolerance conception and definition by Bernd Simon. This interdisciplinary environment allows for direct dialogue between humanities and social sciences. I aim to connect empirical socio-psychological research with biblical and historical theological reasoning. This approach illustrates the relationship be-tween a modern conception of tolerance and the biblical love-commandments, high-lighting parallels and differences. The given tolerance-conception is not only used as a reference point but also tested from a theological perspective, developing a more specific understanding of the relationship between ‘biblically commanded love’ and tolerance.
The research is structured into three parts:
First, for analytical reasons, I will provide an overview of how tolerance and biblical love-commandments are depicted in recent tolerance-discourse. Second, I will out-line, how I intend to use the disapproval-respect-model and its categories as analyti-cal tools. Since the model focuses on in-and-out-group-categorization and identifying disapproval and respect, I use this categorical focus as a framework for my research. With this approach, I will thirdly examine the tolerance-potential of the love-commandments in biblical scripture (Leviticus 19:18.33; Luke 10: Luke 6,17–49 / Mt 5,1–7,29) and in their reception history, based on three stages in history of Lutheran theology (works of Martin Luther, Søren Kierkegaard, and Dorothee Sölle).
In summary, the project aims to critically examine and translate theological ideas on the love-commandments for contemporary application, using the disapproval-respect-model to highlight their relevance and potential for promoting tolerance in a pluralistic society.
My project is supervised by Kinga Zeller and Arnold Huijgen.
The research is part of a multi-disciplinary research-project on tolerance, where all sub-projects use the same tolerance conception and definition by Bernd Simon. This interdisciplinary environment allows for direct dialogue between humanities and social sciences. I aim to connect empirical socio-psychological research with biblical and historical theological reasoning. This approach illustrates the relationship be-tween a modern conception of tolerance and the biblical love-commandments, high-lighting parallels and differences. The given tolerance-conception is not only used as a reference point but also tested from a theological perspective, developing a more specific understanding of the relationship between ‘biblically commanded love’ and tolerance.
The research is structured into three parts:
First, for analytical reasons, I will provide an overview of how tolerance and biblical love-commandments are depicted in recent tolerance-discourse. Second, I will out-line, how I intend to use the disapproval-respect-model and its categories as analyti-cal tools. Since the model focuses on in-and-out-group-categorization and identifying disapproval and respect, I use this categorical focus as a framework for my research. With this approach, I will thirdly examine the tolerance-potential of the love-commandments in biblical scripture (Leviticus 19:18.33; Luke 10: Luke 6,17–49 / Mt 5,1–7,29) and in their reception history, based on three stages in history of Lutheran theology (works of Martin Luther, Søren Kierkegaard, and Dorothee Sölle).
In summary, the project aims to critically examine and translate theological ideas on the love-commandments for contemporary application, using the disapproval-respect-model to highlight their relevance and potential for promoting tolerance in a pluralistic society.
My project is supervised by Kinga Zeller and Arnold Huijgen.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/03/24 → … |
Keywords
- neighbourly love
- Biblical love commandments
- charity
- neighbor
- tolerance