(Preview of Logos 9) Co-citation Network Analysis of Religious Texts
"This paper introduces a method of representing in a network the thoughts of individual authors of dogmatic texts numerically and objectively by means of co-citation analysis and a method of distinguishing between the thoughts of various authors by clustering and analysis of clustered elements, generated by the clustering process. Using these methods, this paper creates and analyzes the co-citation networks for five authoritative Christian theologians through history (Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Jean Calvin, Karl Barth, John Paul II). These analyses were able to extract the core element of Christian thought (Jn 1:14, Ph 2:6, Ph 2:7, Ph 2:8, Ga 4:4), as well as distinctions between the individual theologians in terms of their sect (Catholic or Protestant) and era (thinking about the importance of God's creation and the necessity of spreading the Gospel). By supplementing conventional literary methods in areas such as philosophy and theology, with these numerical and objective methods, it should be possible to compare the characteristics of various doctrines. The ability to numerically and objectively represent the characteristics of various thoughts opens up the possibilities of utilizing new information technology, such as web ontology and the Artificial Intelligence, in order to process information about ideological thoughts in the future."
This is Logos 9 right?
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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MJ,
This is interesting. Where is this quote from? Is it available online - I'd love to look at this?
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You lost me within two words after "Thomas Aquinas". [;)]
“The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara
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Abstract: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006TJSAI..21..473M
Article at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tjsai/21/6/21_6_473/_pdf/-char/en but despite the "en" is primarily in Japanese
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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A dream come true for many if upgrade in that direction happens.
Not sure if the common believer will be very interested (probably depends on price and ease of use).
Maybe such functionality tied to Vue would be a more feasible development.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Understanding_Environment
Thanks for sharing.
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