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Editorial

Editorial This issue contains four articles. The first one entitled ‘Intercultural Ritual Transgression as a Catalyst for Early Christian Theological Reflection — A Consideration of 1 Corinthians 8’, by the Dutch Old Catholic theologian and New Testament-scholar Peter-Ben Smit, discusses the permissibility of meat that has been offered to the pagan gods. In a very interesting way the author explains how intercultural dynamics result in new ritual behaviour. In fact, the article illustrates an early example of the influence of intercultural dynamics on the development of Christian theology.The second article written by the Irish Roman Catholic theologian Timothy O’Leary and entitled ‘Numinous Presences in Two Buddhist Sūtras: Toward a Comparative Phenomenology’, is an example of comparative theology, although the author uses the term ‘comparative phenomenology’. In this contribution he demonstrates what the concept of numinous presence in Buddhist sūtras could mean for the reading of some sections in the Tanakh and the gospels. In my view, it yields some remarkable new insights.The South African theologian Henry Mbaya wrote the third article entitled ‘Resistance to Anglican Missionary (umca) Activities in Southern Malawi in 1861’. It presents a refreshing new insight in the way the Anglo-Catholic wing of the Anglican church of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Exchange Brill

Editorial

Exchange , Volume 46 (3): 2 – Sep 1, 2017

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0166-2740
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1572-543X
DOI
10.1163/1572543X-12341452
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This issue contains four articles. The first one entitled ‘Intercultural Ritual Transgression as a Catalyst for Early Christian Theological Reflection — A Consideration of 1 Corinthians 8’, by the Dutch Old Catholic theologian and New Testament-scholar Peter-Ben Smit, discusses the permissibility of meat that has been offered to the pagan gods. In a very interesting way the author explains how intercultural dynamics result in new ritual behaviour. In fact, the article illustrates an early example of the influence of intercultural dynamics on the development of Christian theology.The second article written by the Irish Roman Catholic theologian Timothy O’Leary and entitled ‘Numinous Presences in Two Buddhist Sūtras: Toward a Comparative Phenomenology’, is an example of comparative theology, although the author uses the term ‘comparative phenomenology’. In this contribution he demonstrates what the concept of numinous presence in Buddhist sūtras could mean for the reading of some sections in the Tanakh and the gospels. In my view, it yields some remarkable new insights.The South African theologian Henry Mbaya wrote the third article entitled ‘Resistance to Anglican Missionary (umca) Activities in Southern Malawi in 1861’. It presents a refreshing new insight in the way the Anglo-Catholic wing of the Anglican church of

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Published: Sep 1, 2017

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