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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... precisely in saying that for which only another can answer—the Other above all, the Christ who himself does not speak in his own name, but in the name of his Father. Indeed, theological discourse offers its strange jubilation only to ...
... precisely in saying that for which only another can answer—the Other above all, the Christ who himself does not speak in his own name, but in the name of his Father. Indeed, theological discourse offers its strange jubilation only to ...
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... precisely the importance of interpreting the sensory phenomena correctly and, moreover, the need for the interpreter to possess certain virtues in order to "read" Hero's blushes as they should be read— which is to say, in accordance ...
... precisely the importance of interpreting the sensory phenomena correctly and, moreover, the need for the interpreter to possess certain virtues in order to "read" Hero's blushes as they should be read— which is to say, in accordance ...
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... precisely as Claudio and Don Pedro do—more responsibly and in a way faithful to the true character of Hero. This authority has, he explains, multiple sources: his age and consequent seasoning in the world (including, we may presume, the ...
... precisely as Claudio and Don Pedro do—more responsibly and in a way faithful to the true character of Hero. This authority has, he explains, multiple sources: his age and consequent seasoning in the world (including, we may presume, the ...
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... precisely by forming an argument, making a case. To doubt that Flero is pure is not possible for Beatrice; therefore, making a case for it is not possible.4 Of course, the kind of claim Beatrice impliciuy makes for Hero — though again ...
... precisely by forming an argument, making a case. To doubt that Flero is pure is not possible for Beatrice; therefore, making a case for it is not possible.4 Of course, the kind of claim Beatrice impliciuy makes for Hero — though again ...
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