Despite renewed interest in roles played by Christianity in the poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (EBB), few scholars have discussed her treatment of the body of Christ—understood as both the figure of Christ and his body of followers—in her antislavery poem, “The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point”. This article argues that “The Runaway Slave” reworks portrayals of the body of Christ in trans...

The history of the Messiah in Judaism is a disappointed hopes. Again and again, there were salvation fi gures to whom this role was ascribed. But redemption from occupation foreign rule, exile, oppression persecution failed materialize. Therefore, expectation fell periphery Jewish theology. This article examinesin what ways messianic concept plays modern times it contributes describing relation...

Chapter 2 of Women in Ministry tries to explain why there are no women priests in Israel. Its author, an Old Testament scholar, maintains that the absence of female priests in ancient Israel cannot be used as an argument against women’s ordination. The author states that he approaches the Bible through “exegetical research.” This, he explains, means that he “will not move from a priori definiti...

The extraordinary life and fate of Joan of Arc are well known; so is her association with the prophetic preacher, Brother Richard, who predicted the Apocalypse. Less well explained is why contemporaries initially took such an interest in this association, and how and why it began to fade from official memory after Joan’s death. Max Weber’s concepts of “charisma” and “routinization” offer valuab...

[The messianic horizon] Review of Göran Rosenberg, Rabbi Marcus Ehrenpreis obesvarade kärlek (Albert Bonniers förlag, Stockholm 2021). Citation: Josephson, Olle (2022) “Den messianska horisonten”, review in Arkiv. Tidskrift för samhällsanalys , issue 14, pp. 109–116. https://doi.org/10.13068/2000-6217.14.R3

Technological innovation and private entrepreneurship are 'change-makers' increasingly counted upon to avert social and environmental crisis. However, as crisis deepens into the possibility of catastrophe, given the likes of resource wars and climate change, the quest for solutions is morphing into a requirement for near-salvation. The situation is an odd one. Messianic hopes are being invested...