Michael Grimshaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 3878469 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Grimshaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Grimshaw |
| SIGNATURE | GRIMSHAW M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University of Wellington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Redneck religion and shitkickin' saviours
The country singer Gram Parsons (1946-73) has in the last decade been increasingly cited as a seminal influence upon the development of contemporary alt.country and the roots/americana revivial. This article critiques Parsons and his music within the realm of contextual theology, using him as a bridge to examine the wider issue of what a theology of country music might entail. Both Parsons and Country Music in general are strongly religious in la…
Seeing through God
Although often viewed as an aberration in theology, the application of deconstructionist thought provides a way of approaching the theological task that enables issues of context to be debated in a new way. By applying notions of inter-textuality to the basis provided by the liminal / of Mark C. Taylor’s a/theology, it is possible to trace a path from land/scape to in/scape to a theo/scape. By in turn deconstructing Taylor’s a/theology, an eco a/…
Tourist, Traveler, or Exile
I Can't Believe my Eyes
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Sexless Piety or a Man's Man? Notes on the cinematic representation of Jesus
The cinematic representation of Jesus reflects issues current in both popular piety and contemporary theology. However most critiques fail to engage with the portrait of Jesus that arises if one considers and takes seriously the notion of Jesus as ‘leading man’. This article seeks to engage with three issues that arose out of teaching a ‘Jesus at the Movies’ course: What does the choice of ‘Jesus actor’ signify? Does he succeed as a traditional ‘…
Redneck religion and shitkickin' saviours
The country singer Gram Parsons (1946-73) has in the last decade been increasingly cited as a seminal influence upon the development of contemporary alt.country and the roots/americana revivial. This article critiques Parsons and his music within the realm of contextual theology, using him as a bridge to examine the wider issue of what a theology of country music might entail. Both Parsons and Country Music in general are strongly religious in la…
Tourist, Traveler, or Exile
Sexless Piety or a Man's Man? Notes on the cinematic representation of Jesus
The cinematic representation of Jesus reflects issues current in both popular piety and contemporary theology. However most critiques fail to engage with the portrait of Jesus that arises if one considers and takes seriously the notion of Jesus as ‘leading man’. This article seeks to engage with three issues that arose out of teaching a ‘Jesus at the Movies’ course: What does the choice of ‘Jesus actor’ signify? Does he succeed as a traditional ‘…
I Can't Believe my Eyes
.
Seeing through God
Although often viewed as an aberration in theology, the application of deconstructionist thought provides a way of approaching the theological task that enables issues of context to be debated in a new way. By applying notions of inter-textuality to the basis provided by the liminal / of Mark C. Taylor’s a/theology, it is possible to trace a path from land/scape to in/scape to a theo/scape. By in turn deconstructing Taylor’s a/theology, an eco a/…
Tourist, Traveler, or Exile
Redneck religion and shitkickin' saviours
The country singer Gram Parsons (1946-73) has in the last decade been increasingly cited as a seminal influence upon the development of contemporary alt.country and the roots/americana revivial. This article critiques Parsons and his music within the realm of contextual theology, using him as a bridge to examine the wider issue of what a theology of country music might entail. Both Parsons and Country Music in general are strongly religious in la…
Philosophy (5 works) · Theology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Liminality (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)