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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... intent to infringe. A CIP Catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 13: 978-0-8133-6566-4 (pbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-8133-6577-0 (hbk) The one thing that is true is love. To base Copyright.
... intent to infringe. A CIP Catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 13: 978-0-8133-6566-4 (pbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-8133-6577-0 (hbk) The one thing that is true is love. To base Copyright.
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The Hermeneutics Of Love Alan Jacobs. The one thing that is true is love. To base a doctrine of language on this statement is to move towards a theological theory of langllage. —Gerhard Ebeling Theology consists precisely in saying that ...
The Hermeneutics Of Love Alan Jacobs. The one thing that is true is love. To base a doctrine of language on this statement is to move towards a theological theory of langllage. —Gerhard Ebeling Theology consists precisely in saying that ...
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... thing to work on,” as she famously wrote in a letter—the telos of which MacIntyre speaks, and which informs all her work, is Christian charity. Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act 4, scene 1. The plot of Don John the Bastard has ...
... thing to work on,” as she famously wrote in a letter—the telos of which MacIntyre speaks, and which informs all her work, is Christian charity. Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act 4, scene 1. The plot of Don John the Bastard has ...
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... things: first, that Claudio's knowledge about Hero is almost totally visual, the product of his repeated “looking upon her”; and second, that the growth of “liking” into what Claudio calls love results not from some positive development ...
... things: first, that Claudio's knowledge about Hero is almost totally visual, the product of his repeated “looking upon her”; and second, that the growth of “liking” into what Claudio calls love results not from some positive development ...
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... thing to note is this: The universal applicability of Jesus' twofold commandment makes Augustine's charitable imperative just as relevant to the interpretation of epic poems or national constitutions as it is to the reading of Holy ...
... thing to note is this: The universal applicability of Jesus' twofold commandment makes Augustine's charitable imperative just as relevant to the interpretation of epic poems or national constitutions as it is to the reading of Holy ...
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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