Verbum 9 Tip 8ak: Faceted interactives: Systematic Theologies

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edited November 21 in English Forum

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Systematic theologies

The final interactive with facet selection is, like the manuscript explorer, designed for providing information about resources rather than about the Biblical text. It explores resources on systematic theology ranging from essential works by prominent theologians to text books and introductions by contemporary unknowns. The documentation is internal, under “About.”

P20-1 Data 1

P20-2 Data 2

A sample of the interactive:

P20-3 Sample

The facets values may be shown in the traditional count sequence or in alphabetic sequence. There is no find function. The history function appears to be defective.

Facets:

Data:

Author

Denomination

Era

Type

Book cover thumbnail

Title

Locked symbol

Data expansion:

Book cover thumbnail

Title

1st publication date

Denomination

Language

Original language

Title

Author

Author identification information

A mouse-over on the title embedded in the data produces a standard popup window for the resource. A click will open the resource.

P20-4 Ressource Popup

Mouse-over on the author’s name similarly brings up a standard popup:

P20-5 Author Popup

Clicking on the author’s name opens the author in Factbook.

P20-6 Author Factbook

Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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