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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... language on this statement is to move towards a theological theory of langllage. —Gerhard Ebeling Theology consists precisely in saying that for which only another can answer—the Other above all, the Christ who himself does not speak in ...
... language on this statement is to move towards a theological theory of langllage. —Gerhard Ebeling Theology consists precisely in saying that for which only another can answer—the Other above all, the Christ who himself does not speak in ...
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... ): Beatrice claims neither age, religious calling, nor erudition. Her certainty stems rather from her intimate personal knowledge of Hero. At this point the English language, as it does so rarely, fails us: Prelude § 5.
... ): Beatrice claims neither age, religious calling, nor erudition. Her certainty stems rather from her intimate personal knowledge of Hero. At this point the English language, as it does so rarely, fails us: Prelude § 5.
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The Hermeneutics Of Love Alan Jacobs. the English language, as it does so rarely, fails us: Whereas it enables, as French does not, Claudio's distinction between liking and loving, it cannot offer us what we need here, which is the ...
The Hermeneutics Of Love Alan Jacobs. the English language, as it does so rarely, fails us: Whereas it enables, as French does not, Claudio's distinction between liking and loving, it cannot offer us what we need here, which is the ...
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... language specifically and narrowly calls works of love, but heaven is such that no act can be pleasing there unless it is an act of love” (Works 20). And those Christians who regularly pray that God's will be done on earth as it is in ...
... language specifically and narrowly calls works of love, but heaven is such that no act can be pleasing there unless it is an act of love” (Works 20). And those Christians who regularly pray that God's will be done on earth as it is in ...
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... language . . . is not relevant solely to the language of theology, that is, to the problem of formulating Contexts and Obstacles 11.
... language . . . is not relevant solely to the language of theology, that is, to the problem of formulating Contexts and Obstacles 11.
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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