Theology, hermeneutics, and imagination : the crisis of interpretation at the end of modernity
This book explores the contemporary crisis of biblical interpretation by looking at several modern and postmodern thinkers who played key roles in creating a radically suspicious reading of the Bible. Garrett Green discusses the various forms of the 'hermeneutics of suspicion', and considers the implications for the future of theology.
xii, 229 p.
9780521650489, 0521650488
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Preface; 1. Theological hermeneutics in the twilight of modernity; Part I. The Modern Roots of Suspicion; 2. The scandal of positivity: the Kantian paradigm in modern theology; 3. Against purism: Hamann's metacritique of Kant; 4. Feuerbach: forgotten father of the hermeneutics of suspicion; 5. Nietzschean suspicion and the Christian imagination; Part II. Christian Imagination in a Postmodern World: 6. The hermeneutics of difference: suspicion in postmodern guise; 7. The hermeneutic imperative: interpretation and the theological task; 8. The faithful imagination: suspicion and trust in a postmodern world; Appendix: Hamann's letter to Kraus; Bibliography; Index.
A revised and explanded version of the Edward Cadbury lectures delivered at the Univ. of Birmingham in Feb. and March 1998, under the title: The faithful imagination
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