Sustaining theology: Personal search to public research: Bible to bibliography

Abstract

'The limits of my language mean the limits of my world' (Wittgenstein in Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung. Keegan Paul, London, 1922/2010: 5.6). Rejecting bland multicultural theology, global frames analyse textual Products, interpret contextual/social Practices, critique Purposes. Chronological narratives integrate human streams of consciousness, coherently de-/reconstructing semantic triangles/semiotic trinities. No mere literary device, relating physics to metaphysics, binding anthropology to theology, ubiquitous metaphor pervades 'Quantum consciousness'. Consistently scrutinised, metaphor can alter/altar consciousness, yielding fresh discourse-law, contract, policy and praxis-performative drama/dharma from kindergarten and 'universe-city' to oecumenical eudaimonia. Encapsulating Vedic/Buddhist/Taoist Critical Realism, Critical Theory, and Critical Discourse Studies, Cultural Historical Activity Theory proves an evaluative framework amidst bewilderingmultimodal globalisation. Crucial systemic, dialectic, heteroglossic, (w)holistic, transformational criteria probe assumptions and linguistic presuppositions. Systemic Functional Semiotics, Bakhtin's claim, 'the symbol has a warmth of fused mystery', Jung's 'Modern Man in Search of a Soul' associate atma, atomic energy, consilience, Eastern magi(c) deep in theWestern psyche. Depth hermeneutics, distributed phonology and morphology, explain and enlighten discipleship. This presentation invites spiritual expansion, literate rather than literal reading of the wor(l)d beyond the word. It justifies specific pragmaticist strategies: spatio-temporal, sensorial, symbolic and material modalities discern, discriminate, define, divine and empower metaphysical Self, Soul, 'that of Go(o)d' in every being. Challenging global political-economy and cultural politics, 500+ teachers, teachereducators, international-NGO administrators and academics in Britain and overseas evidenced empathic transformation.