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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... 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 ...
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... 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. I also hope that my ...
... 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. I also hope that my ...
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... mean detached reflection, or theoria: How truthfulness to an existing self or society is to be combined with reflection ... means that the great challenge for me in writing this book has been to discover whether I can be “practical” (or ...
... mean detached reflection, or theoria: How truthfulness to an existing self or society is to be combined with reflection ... means that the great challenge for me in writing this book has been to discover whether I can be “practical” (or ...
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... means, primarily, “teaching”). “Whoever, therefore, thinks that he understands the divine Scriptures or any part of them in such a way that it [i.e., his interpretation] does not build the double love of God and of our neighbor does not ...
... means, primarily, “teaching”). “Whoever, therefore, thinks that he understands the divine Scriptures or any part of them in such a way that it [i.e., his interpretation] does not build the double love of God and of our neighbor does not ...
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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