A Theology Of Reading: The Hermeneutics Of LoveIf the whole of the Christian life is to be governed by the "law of love"—the twofold love of God and one's neighbor—what might it mean to read lovingly? That is the question that drives this unique book. Through theological reflection interspersed with readings of literary texts (Shakespeare and Cervantes, Nabokov and Nicholson Baker, George Eliot and W. H. Auden and Dickens), Jacobs pursues an elusive quarry: the charitable reader. |
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... what it might mean to read charitably than I have been able to discover elsewhere: I echo Martha Nussbaum's argument that literature, carefully read, is an irreplaceable tool in the development of discernment or practical wisdom. Prelude.
... what it might mean to read charitably than I have been able to discover elsewhere: I echo Martha Nussbaum's argument that literature, carefully read, is an irreplaceable tool in the development of discernment or practical wisdom. Prelude.
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... argument but, instead, as a series of wounded and desperate cries that her beloved cousin has been wronged. The Friar indicates that he is confident rather than certain precisely by forming an argument, making a case. To doubt that ...
... argument but, instead, as a series of wounded and desperate cries that her beloved cousin has been wronged. The Friar indicates that he is confident rather than certain precisely by forming an argument, making a case. To doubt that ...
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... argument nor the authority of her testimony to Hero's character. A discrimination must be made here: Benedick need ... arguments that determine that he challenge Claudio—which he soon does. Lacking the age, vocation, and learning of the ...
... argument nor the authority of her testimony to Hero's character. A discrimination must be made here: Benedick need ... arguments that determine that he challenge Claudio—which he soon does. Lacking the age, vocation, and learning of the ...
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