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

By Merold Westphal

Book information

Publisher
Baker Academic
Year
2009
ISBN
0801031478, 9780801031472
LCC
BS476 .W475 2009
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32210569 bytes)
Series
The Church and Postmodern Culture
Pages
82\82
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

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.

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