Biblical Hermeneutics In The Metamodern Mood
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Author | : Seán M. W. McGuire |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2024-07-23 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Why do contemporary Christians seem to routinely talk past one another amid contentious theological debates? In this illuminating study, Sean M. W. McGuire argues that interpreters' lack of self-critical reflection on the process of interpretation and compounding cultural factors are problematizing interpretive practice. Thus, to work through difficult topics, Christians need to develop the ability to reflect on the complexity informing how they interpret Scripture, and how they see others interpreting Scripture, so that they can coherently and constructively discuss their interpretations with others. Grounding the study in the discipline of practical theology, McGuire utilizes the cultural theory of metamodernism and the hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002), together with a proposed revision of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, to develop a paradigm for observing and describing differences in biblical interpretive practice. Using current debates regarding sexuality as an illustrative example, the project reveals the complexity underlying contemporary interpretive practice, showing that amid this complexity the prioritization (or lack thereof) of theological reflection sources prompts certain interpretive conclusions. Perceiving the multivalent nature of interpretation, readers will be equipped to think carefully and critically about how they come to their biblical interpretive conclusions and how those conclusions inform transformed living in Christ.
Author | : Seán M. W. McGuire |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2024-07-23 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Why do contemporary Christians seem to routinely talk past one another amid contentious theological debates? In this illuminating study, Sean M. W. McGuire argues that interpreters' lack of self-critical reflection on the process of interpretation and compounding cultural factors are problematizing interpretive practice. Thus, to work through difficult topics, Christians need to develop the ability to reflect on the complexity informing how they interpret Scripture, and how they see others interpreting Scripture, so that they can coherently and constructively discuss their interpretations with others. Grounding the study in the discipline of practical theology, McGuire utilizes the cultural theory of metamodernism and the hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002), together with a proposed revision of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, to develop a paradigm for observing and describing differences in biblical interpretive practice. Using current debates regarding sexuality as an illustrative example, the project reveals the complexity underlying contemporary interpretive practice, showing that amid this complexity the prioritization (or lack thereof) of theological reflection sources prompts certain interpretive conclusions. Perceiving the multivalent nature of interpretation, readers will be equipped to think carefully and critically about how they come to their biblical interpretive conclusions and how those conclusions inform transformed living in Christ.
Author | : Gabriele G. Braun |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2020-06-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1532655061 |
The main aim of this book is to provide an answer to the question: is there a connection between God’s people’s praise and God’s presence? The central argument is that Scripture in both Testaments testifies to a correlation between human praise and divine presence. This hypothesis has been investigated in the light of contemporary Christian worship culture and the ensuing need for further biblical studies, which represents the background for this investigation. The study achieves the above aim by applying biblical theology as a discipline and canonical and intertextual models as a method.
Author | : Ellin S. Jimmerson |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 101 |
Release | : 2017-08-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1532632088 |
Contributors: Jeff Hood Lisa A. Dordal Jonathan Freeman-Coppadge Tyler Heston Kenny Pierce Riley Chattin Richard Barham Jennifer Hasler Andrew Dykstra S. R. Davis Todd McGraw Stephen V. Sprinkle Ray Jordan Peterson Toscano LGBTQ Christians read, love, scrutinize, become absorbed with, and find deep spiritual meaning in the Bible. As these testimonies show, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer Christians are inaugurating a fresh, exciting, new era in biblical interpretation. It is they whose rare insights into particular Bible stories and characters, told with poignancy and clarity, reveal a gay-friendly Bible and a gay-friendly God who cherishes and needs them just as they are. It is they who are running to the Bible with a longing for the Holy Spirit that far surpasses that of too many straight Christians. If given free rein, these inventive, challenging, and profoundly engaged evangelists may be the ones we have been waiting for to rescue biblical interpretation from those who too often are not only hurtful but dismal and boring. Thank God for them!
Author | : Ann Cui'an Peng |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2021-04-23 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1532675666 |
The first full-length monograph on the history of the translation of the Bible into Chinese, this book tells a fascinating story beginning with Western missionaries working closely with Chinese assistants. They struggled for one hundred years to produce a version that would meet the needs of a growing Chinese church, succeeding in 1919 with publication of the Chinese Union Version (CUV). Celebrating the CUV’s centennial, this volume explores the uniqueness and contemporary challenges in the context of the history of Chinese Bible translation, a topic that is attracting more and more attention. Peng’s experiences give her a unique perspective and several advantages in conducting this research. Like the majority of readers of the CUV, she grew up in mainland China. When Chinese Christians went through severe political and economic ordeals, she was there to witness the CUV comforting those who were suffering under persecution. She has participated in Chinese Bible revision under the United Bible Societies. She was also director of the Commission on Bible Publication at the China Christian Council and chief editor of the CUV concise annotated version (1998).
Author | : Audrey Dawson |
Publisher | : Paternoster Publishing |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : |
Healing by Jesus and the apostles is not a popular subject for biblical studies today but theimportance of healing in the first-century eastern Roman Empire was enormous. In the NewTestament writings of Mark, Luke and Paul we find considerable variation in their use of divinehealing. In this book Audrey Dawson combines detailed biblical study with her insights from hermedical practice.
Author | : Bernard F. Batto |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2022-02-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1666711640 |
Contrary to popular opinion, the story of Adam and Eve is not confined to the book of Genesis. It has roots in prebiblical myth and continued to evolve long after the Bible was completed. Bernard F. Batto traces the development of the Adam and Eve story from its origins in Mesopotamian myth to its reformulation in Genesis and beyond--including its expansion in Jewish epigraphs such as 1 Enoch and the Life of Adam and Eve, and its place in Christian innovations such as the apostle Paul's thesis that Christ is a second Adam, and in the thinking of church fathers such as Irenaeus, who held that Christ recapitulates all humankind in himself, and Augustine, whose doctrine of original sin interprets the Adam and Eve story. Batto also examines gnostic teachings about a heavenly Adam and an earthly Adam, and surveys rabbinical attempts from the Talmudic period to find hidden meanings in the Genesis story. Islam's emphasis on Satan's role in seducing Adam and Eve is also discussed, and the book concludes with Milton's unforgettable retelling of the Adam and Eve story in Paradise Lost. Batto's goal is not only to reveal the many faces given Adam and Eve throughout history, but also to understand the divergent cultural and theological factors powering this long, evolving tradition.
Author | : Hollis Phelps |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2019-10-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1532664478 |
In Jesus and the Politics of Mammon, Phelps uses contemporary critical theory, continental philosophy, and theology to develop a radical reading of Jesus. Phelps argues that theological traditions have on the whole blunted Jesus’ teachings, particularly in regard to money and related concerns of political economy. Focusing on the distinction between God and Mammon, Phelps suggests instead that Jesus’ teachings result in a politics that is anti-money, anti-work, and anti-family. Although Jesus does not provide a specific program for this politics, his teachings incite readers to think otherwise with respect to these institutions.
Author | : James B. Shelton |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2000-01-13 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1579103219 |
A challenging and comprehensive study of the Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts; of special interest to those studying Lucan pneumatology or New Testament pneumatology.
Author | : Dennis T. Olson |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2005-01-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 159752056X |
This overture provides the interested reader with a fresh approach to commentary writing, one that engages all the traditional concern with total coverage of the text in question, but with the added feature of uniting that commentary under a single set of larger working concerns. The first-time reader of Deuteronomy is introduced both to the standard critical issues and to the text itself, but within the context of a concern to understand the book's abiding theological legacy. Christopher R. Seitz, from the Editor's Foreword