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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... theory, and, for good measure, brings it to bear on the Bible. We also had our second guest lecturer, Roger Lundin. Our focus in week four turned from authors and texts to readers and interpretative communities. Our guest that week was ...
... theory (adopted and adapted by John Searle) has played a pivotal role. Finally, Christian interpreters find ... theories of interpretation that emerge from literature. Finally, part four explores questions at the intersection of ...
... theory, Wolterstorff here provides his most sustained interaction with Gadamer to date. Not surprisingly, he criticizes Gadamer and others who in effect hold to what Wolterstorff labels “hermeneutic orthodoxy”: that interpretation is ...
... theory—ultimately eludes us. Which is simply to say that we have many miles to go before we sleep; conversation along the way—and the miracle of understanding—is a gift to be en- joyed en route. PART 1 Philosophical Hermeneutics ...
... Theories of Interpretation I have spent a disproportionate amount of time elsewhere trying to establish and protect the rights of authors.4 While I am not yet ready to recant (I view my earlier work much as did Barth his—“Well roared ...
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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