Cultural Exegesis - Artúr MacGabhann

Why Freedom Feels Like Loss – A Good Friday Reflection

In Kristendomen, Cultural Exegesis, Hebrew Bible, Society & Culture

4 weeks ago

7 Min Read

What would it be like to hear, for the first time, the words: “Take this and eat; this is my body”? If you had never encountered such language before, it would be destabilising. It would feel like a fracture in the order of things. Not only conceptually, but physically. Something in you would tighten, hesitate, recoil. Because when meaning ruptures, the body often feels it before the mind can...

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The Town Mouse & Country Mouse – Rhythm of Relationships

In Society & Culture, Cultural Exegesis, Sufism

5 months ago

11 Min Read

Aesop’s The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse is a childhood story known the world over. Seemingly simple, yet layered with meaning the more we study it. The story is about two mice who try each other’s worlds. The town mouse has a life filled with excitement, while the country mouse is rooted in simplicity and safety. But beneath the surface of this story lies a dynamic most of us recognise too...

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Theology as System Design – Digital Twins, Divine Images, and the Limits of Copying

In Cultural Exegesis, Hebrew Bible, Kristendomen

6 months ago

13 Min Read

“Digital twins are used today in many fields: engines, bridges, climate systems, and even human health. They let us look into what we cannot touch, measure what we cannot see, and predict that which has not yet happened. They are the visible edge of a long-hidden system.” What is a digital twin, really? In technical terms, a digital twin is a data-driven model, a dynamic simulation of...

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Bibeln och själens fyra sinnen

In Cultural Exegesis, Kristendomen

8 months ago

11 Min Read

Scripture, like love, resists being flattened. For centuries, theologians spoke of its ‘four senses’—a reminder that the text carries depth, resonance, and soul. The Bible has always been more than words on a page: it holds a living presence that reads us even as we read it. Under medeltiden brukade kristna ofta recitera ett enkelt distikon för att påminna sig om hur de skulle närma sig Skriften:...

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Återhållsamhetens evangelium – hur protestantisk teologi formade nordisk design

In Kristendomen, Cultural Exegesis, Home & Space, Society & Culture

11 months ago

13 Min Read

Bortom IKEA – En djupare ursprungsberättelse Minimalistisk. Funktionell. Lugn.Designkritiker har länge förklarat detta uttryck genom klimatet, geografin och funktionalismens genombrott. Kalla vintrar kräver effektivitet. Långa nätter behöver ljus och värme. På 1930-talet blev funktionalism mer än en stil – den blev en nationell ideologi. Men tänk om de rena linjerna och de tysta tonerna i nordisk...

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