Theology Through Community-Pruitt "The dissertation makes an original

"The dissertation makes an original contribution in that it extends our understanding of how memory theory can be utilized to understand and reconstruct how the early church employed collective memory of sacred events to construct identity/ies

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Suggests effective methods to understand the meaning of the biblical text

Theology Through Community-Pruitt "The dissertation makes an originalSince the 1980s, renewal scholars have given considerable attention to the role of the believing community in the interpretive process. A broad consensus has emerged that a triad involving Scripture, the Spirit, and the believing community forms a cooperative relationship resulting in theological development, followed by commensurate action identified in this research as theological creativity. In the context of this research, to be creative with