Hermeneutics at the CrossroadsKevin J. Vanhoozer, James K. A. Smith, Bruce Ellis Benson In this multi-faceted volume, Christian and other religiously committed theorists find themselves at an uneasy point in history -- between premodernity, modernity, and postmodernity -- where disciplines and methods, cultural and linguistic traditions, and religious commitments tangle and cross. Here, leading theorists explore the state of the art of the contemporary hermeneutical terrain. As they address the work of Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Derrida, the essays collected in this wide-ranging work engage key themes in philosophical hermeneutics, hermeneutics and religion, hermeneutics and the other arts, hermeneutics and literature, and hermeneutics and ethics. Readers will find lively exchanges and reflections that meet the intellectual and philosophical challenges posed by hermeneutics at the crossroads. Contributors are Bruce Ellis Benson, Christina Bieber Lake, John D. Caputo, Eduardo J. Echeverria, Benne Faber, Norman Lillegard, Roger Lundin, Brian McCrea, James K. A. Smith, Michael VanderWeele, Kevin Vanhoozer, and Nicholas Wolterstorff. |
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... . As a way of providing some context and background for this collection of studies, here, in brief narrative fashion, is a summary of what we did during our summer vacation. In the first week, we let the history of biblical preface.
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Contents
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2 Resuscitating the Author | 35 |
3 Gadamers Hermeneutics and the Question of Relativism | 51 |
Gadamer Levertovand the Hermeneutics of the Question | 82 |
Haunted Hermeneuticsand Incarnational Iterability | 93 |
On Being Dead Equal before God | 95 |
Revisiting the SearleDerrida Debatein Christian Context | 112 |
Pointing Witnessing Exchanging | 131 |
Robinson Crusoeand the Problem of Witnessing | 150 |
9 John Calvins Notion of Exchange and the Usefulness of Literature | 164 |
Improvisation Participation Authority | 191 |
Jazz Lessons for Interpreters | 193 |
Shakespeares Merchant of Veni | 211 |
Kierkegaards Book on Adler | 225 |
contributors | 241 |
index | 243 |
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