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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... Aristotelian, or dialectical) in my questions and yet fully theological (or kerygmatic) in my claims. After all, as Alasdair MacIntyre has rightly said, “Aristotle would certainly not have admired Jesus Christ and he would have been 2 ...
... Aristotelian, or dialectical) in my questions and yet fully theological (or kerygmatic) in my claims. After all, as Alasdair MacIntyre has rightly said, “Aristotle would certainly not have admired Jesus Christ and he would have been 2 ...
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... Aristotelian. Gilbert Ryle believed that her Aristotelianism—which he saw as the clue to the moral temper of her novels—may have derived from a reading of Shaftesbury. C. S. Lewis with equal justice saw in her an essentially Christian ...
... Aristotelian. Gilbert Ryle believed that her Aristotelianism—which he saw as the clue to the moral temper of her novels—may have derived from a reading of Shaftesbury. C. S. Lewis with equal justice saw in her an essentially Christian ...
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... Aristotelian view stresses that bonds of close friendship or love (such as those that connect members of a family, or close personal friends) are extremely important in the whole business of being a good perceiver. Trusting the guidance ...
... Aristotelian view stresses that bonds of close friendship or love (such as those that connect members of a family, or close personal friends) are extremely important in the whole business of being a good perceiver. Trusting the guidance ...
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Contents
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THE ILLUMINATI | 37 |
TRANSFER OF CHARISMA | 69 |
QUIXOTIC READING | 91 |
TWO CHARITABLE READERS | 113 |
Postlude | 145 |
Notes | 153 |
Works Cited | 173 |
Index | 183 |
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