Whose Community? Which Interpretation? (The Church and Postmodern Culture)

Author: Merold Westphal
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1441206655
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
In this volume, renowned philosopher Merold Westphal introduces current philosophical thinking related to interpreting the Bible. Recognizing that no theology is completely free of philosophical "contamination," he engages and mines contemporary hermeneutical theory in service of the church. After providing a historical overview of contemporary theories of interpretation, Westphal addresses postmodern hermeneutical theory, arguing that the relativity embraced there is not the same as the relativism in which "anything goes." Rather, Westphal encourages us to embrace the proliferation of interpretations based on different perspectives as a way to get at the richness of the biblical text.

Postmodern Apologetics?:Arguments for God in Contemporary Philosophy

Author: Christina M. Gschwandtner
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823242749
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
Postmodern Apologetics provides an introduction to contemporary French thinkers who argue for the coherence and viability of Christian faith and religious experience with phenomenological and hermeneutical tools. It treats both French philosophers and appropriations of their thought in the North American context.

Theological Hermeneutics

Author: Werner G. Jeanrond
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349095974
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 235

Book Description
An introduction to the history and scope of interpretation theory in theology. It discusses hermeneutical consciousness in Christian thinking from the time of the Church Fathers up to today.

The Cambridge Companion to Hermeneutics

Author: Michael N. Forster
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107187605
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 435

Book Description
Explores the relevance of hermeneutics for modern human sciences, its history and development, and its key philosophical debates.

A Peculiar People

Author: Rodney R. Clapp
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830819904
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Rodney Clapp asks and answers the question, How can the church provide a significant alternative to the culture in which it is embedded?

Hermeneutics: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Jens Zimmermann
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191508535
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
Hermeneutics is the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, a behaviour that is intrinsic to our daily lives. As humans, we decipher the meaning of newspaper articles, books, legal matters, religious texts, political speeches, emails, and even dinner conversations every day . But how is knowledge mediated through these forms? What constitutes the process of interpretation? And how do we draw meaning from the world around us so that we might understand our position in it? In this Very Short Introduction Jens Zimmermann traces the history of hermeneutic theory, setting out its key elements, and demonstrating how they can be applied to a broad range of disciplines: theology; literature; law; and natural and social sciences. Demonstrating the longstanding and wide-ranging necessity of interpretation, Zimmermann reveals its significance in our current social and political landscape. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

The Word of God for the People of God

Author: J. Todd Billings
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802862357
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
This book fills a real need for pastors and students. Though there is currently a large body of material on the theological interpretation of Scripture, most of it is highly specific and extremely technical. J. Todd Billings here provides a straightforward entryway for students and pastors to understand why theological interpretation matters and how it can be done. / A solid, constructive theological work, The Word of God for the People of God presents a distinctive Trinitarian, participatory approach toward reading Scripture as the church. Billings's accessible yet substantial argument for a theological hermeneutic is rooted in a historic vision of the practice of scriptural interpretation even as it engages a wide range of contemporary issues and includes several exegetical examples that apply to concrete Christian ministry situations.

The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion

Author: Michael Stausberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191045896
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 881

Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion provides a comprehensive overview of the academic study of religion. Written by an international team of leading scholars, its fifty-one chapters are divided thematically into seven sections. The first section addresses five major conceptual aspects of research on religion. Part two surveys eleven main frameworks of analysis, interpretation, and explanation of religion. Reflecting recent turns in the humanities and social sciences, part three considers eight forms of the expression of religion. Part four provides a discussion of the ways societies and religions, or religious organizations, are shaped by different forms of allocation of resources. Other chapters in this section consider law, the media, nature, medicine, politics, science, sports, and tourism. Part five reviews important developments, distinctions, and arguments for each of the selected topics. The study of religion addresses religion as a historical phenomenon and part six looks at seven historical processes. Religion is studied in various ways by many disciplines, and this Handbook shows that the study of religion is an academic discipline in its own right. The disciplinary profile of this volume is reflected in part seven, which considers the history of the discipline and its relevance. Each chapter in the Handbook references at least two different religions to provide fresh and innovative perspectives on key issues in the field. This authoritative collection will advance the state of the discipline and is an invaluable reference for students and scholars.

Biblical Hermeneutics

Author: Stanley E. Porter
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830869999
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
This book presents proponents of five approaches to biblical hermeneutics and allows them to respond to each other. The five approaches are the historical-critical/grammatical (Craig Blomberg), redemptive-historical (Richard Gaffin), literary/postmodern (Scott Spencer), canonical (Robert Wall) and philosophical/theological (Merold Westphal) views.

Practicing Theological Interpretation

Author: Joel B. Green
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 0801039630
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
A widely recognized biblical scholar demonstrates both the practice of theological interpretation and the fruitfulness of this approach to biblical texts.