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 53
Page 5
... human character; his reading in wise authors and Scripture. Moreover, he claims that the judgments to which his age, vocation, and learning lead him have been tested (“warranted”) by experience (“experiment”), and that such judgments ...
... human character; his reading in wise authors and Scripture. Moreover, he claims that the judgments to which his age, vocation, and learning lead him have been tested (“warranted”) by experience (“experiment”), and that such judgments ...
Page 10
... human interactions with one another and with God, it follows that there can be no realm of distinctively human activity in which Jesus' great twofold commandment is not operative. As Kierkegaard says, “There are only a few acts which human ...
... human interactions with one another and with God, it follows that there can be no realm of distinctively human activity in which Jesus' great twofold commandment is not operative. As Kierkegaard says, “There are only a few acts which human ...
Page 11
... humans, Augustine replies that God didn't teach them the letters of the alphabet (On Christian Doctrine 4). But as we consider the reading of specific kinds of texts— legal, literary, scriptural—we find varying conditions in effect. One ...
... humans, Augustine replies that God didn't teach them the letters of the alphabet (On Christian Doctrine 4). But as we consider the reading of specific kinds of texts— legal, literary, scriptural—we find varying conditions in effect. One ...
Page 17
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
Page 22
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
Contents
1 | |
9 | |
THE ILLUMINATI | 37 |
TRANSFER OF CHARISMA | 69 |
QUIXOTIC READING | 91 |
TWO CHARITABLE READERS | 113 |
Postlude | 145 |
Notes | 153 |
Works Cited | 173 |
Index | 183 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieve Adam answer argument Aristotelian Aristotle attention Auden Augustine Bakhtin become believe better calls Chapter character charity Christian claim clear comes consider context course criticism cultural distinction especially essay ethical experience explains faith feel friendship gift give given hermeneutics Hero hope human important interest interpretation Jesus justice Kierkegaard kind knowledge language later less live look matter means mind moral nature necessary neighbor never Nietzsche notion offer one's oneself particular passage perhaps person play pleasure poem political position possible practice precisely problem provides question quoted reader reading reason receive recognize reference reflection relation remain requires response Rich seek seems sense simply speak spirit suggests theology things thought tion tradition true truth understanding virtue wants whole writes