Tweeting God: Notes on articulating a Twitter theology

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title Tweeting God: Notes on articulating a Twitter theology
 
Creator van den Berg, Jan A.
 
Subject Practical theology practical theology; Twitter; normativity; authority; aphorism; lived religion
Description As part of the search for relevant and contextual articulations of theology, this article provides an overview of a comprehensive research project that explored, described and analysed Christian motifs on Twitter. Based on the brief overview of the project, perspectives for the formulation of a Twitter theology are presented from a practical theological orientation. Two central markers are indicated and described as primary drivers of a Twitter theology: the first marker places its focus on the relationship, dynamics and functioning of aspects of authority and normativity in facilitating a Twitter theology. The second marker puts particular emphasis on the value and significance of using aphoristic formulations in the elucidation of a comprehensible Twitter theology. The article presents important strategic perspectives on the practice of a Twitter theology, as well as the formulation of a relevant contextual theology.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2019-11-19
 
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Identifier 10.4102/hts.v75i4.5553
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 75, No 4 (2019); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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