Whose Community? Which Interpretation?: Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church

ISBN-13: 9780801031472 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 160 str.

Merold Westphal

Opis

In this volume, renowned philosopher Merold Westphal introduces current philosophical thinking related to interpreting the Bible. Recognizing that no theology is completely free of philosophical -contamination, - he engages and mines contemporary hermeneutical theory in service of the church. After providing a historical overview of contemporary theories of interpretation, Westphal addresses postmodern hermeneutical theory, arguing that the relativity embraced there is not the same as the relativism in which -anything goes.- Rather, Westphal encourages us to embrace the proliferation of interpretations based on different perspectives as a way to get at the richness of the biblical text.