Frithcast Episode 46 Theological Reflection

Episode 46 – Theological Reflection

 

Things we talk about in this episode:

 

Opening Music:

'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]

 

Closing Music:

'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]

 

Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org

 

Airplane! (1980) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/

 

Praxis – the Klingon energy facility http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Praxis

 

Duracell Bunny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duracell_Bunny

 

The Praxis Effect https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-praxis-effect-in-movies

 

Thagomiser – after Gary Larson’s Far Side cartoon commemorating the late Thag Simmons - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/watch-out-for-that-thagomizer-98891562/

 

Beer Goggles https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=beer%20goggles

 

The Raven on the Ark: https://www.gotquestions.org/Noah-raven-dove.html

 

“Step three… profit...” Paraphrased from the Underpants Gnomes Business Plan in South Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO5sxLapAts (Season 2, episode 17 - ‘Gnomes’)

 

Greek myths held social values and acceptable actions https://brewminate.com/the-function-of-mythology-in-ancient-greek-society/

 

Pax Daeorum http://www.ancientpages.com/2018/05/01/what-was-pax-deorum-and-how-important-was-it/

 

Starting a reflective journal: https://penzu.com/how-to-write-a-reflective-journal and https://www.thecounsellorscafe.co.uk/single-post/2017/01/22/Reflective-Journaling-A-Step-by-Step-Guide

 

“There are many like them, but these ones are yours...” Paraphrased from the Rifleman’s Creed – used in the film Full Metal Jacket (1987), based on Gustav Hasford’s book The Short Timers (1979)

 

“Brains like Noodles...” Paraphrased from Invader Zim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bsfWTQKCF0

 

47 – The repeating Star Trek number http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/47 (and also from Alias)

 

 

The process of theological reflection:

1) Define the issue

2) Describe the issue in as much detail as you can

3) Look at parallels and links within your faith

4)Allow those insights and links to widen your thinking about the issue

5) Praxis – it’s action time! What are you doing to do now?

 

If you’d like to explore Theological Reflection for yourself, there’s a good book out there – it does focus on the Christian traditions, but the methods are the same. “Theological Reflection” by Judith Thompson 2008 (SCM Study Guides)

 

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