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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page
... means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or ...
... means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or ...
Page
... means, precisely because he does not speak of himself Hence the danger of a speech that, in a sense, speaks against the one who lends himself to it. One must obtain forgiveness for every essay in theology. —Jean-Luc Marion O stand ...
... means, precisely because he does not speak of himself Hence the danger of a speech that, in a sense, speaks against the one who lends himself to it. One must obtain forgiveness for every essay in theology. —Jean-Luc Marion O stand ...
Page
... 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.
... 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.
Page
... mean detached reflection, or theoria: How truthfulness to an existing self or society is to be combined with reflection, self-understanding, and criticism is a question that philosophy, itself, cannot answer. It is the kind of question ...
... mean detached reflection, or theoria: How truthfulness to an existing self or society is to be combined with reflection, self-understanding, and criticism is a question that philosophy, itself, cannot answer. It is the kind of question ...
Page
... means that the great challenge for me in writing this book has been to discover whether I can be "practical" (or Aristotelian, or dialectical) in my questions and yet fully theological (or kerygmatic) in my claims. After all, as ...
... means that the great challenge for me in writing this book has been to discover whether I can be "practical" (or Aristotelian, or dialectical) in my questions and yet fully theological (or kerygmatic) in my claims. After all, as ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieve Adam Adam Bede agape Alasdair MacIntyre Alcibiades answerable argument Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle's attention Auden Augustine Augustine's Augustinian Baker Bakhtin become Buffalo Bill calls cantus firmus Chapter character charitable reading charity Christ Christian circus claim Claudio and Don context course criticism cultural Dialogic Dickens Dickens's Dickinson Dinah Dinah Morris discernment discourse distinction doctrine Don Pedro essay ethical friends friendship Gadamer genuine George Eliot gift Gradgrind hermeneutics hermeneutics of love Hero human I-for-myself interpretation Iris Murdoch Jesus justice kenosis Kierkegaard Kinbote kind knowledge literary live magnanimous Martha Nussbaum means Milbank moral narrator neighbor Nietzsche Nietzsche's notion Nussbaum one's oneself pagan Pale Fire passage perhaps person philia philosophical pleasure poem political precisely question Quixotic quoted reader receive Rich Scripture sense Shade's simply Sleary Sleary's spirit theology things thought Tompkins tradition truth understanding Updike Vereker virtue W. H. Auden words writes Zarathustra