Whose community? which interpretation? :philosophical hermeneutics for the church /Merold Westphal.

Name/Title

Whose community? which interpretation? :philosophical hermeneutics for the church /Merold Westphal.

Description

Hermeneutics 101: no interpretation needed? -- Hermeneutics 102 : a little historical background -- Against romantic hermeneutics : away from psychologism -- Objectivism and authorial privilege -- Revoking authorial privilege -- Rehabilitating tradition -- On not clinging to the prejudice against prejudice -- Art as the site of truth beyond method -- Performance, application, conversation -- Conversation and the liberal-communitarian debate -- The church as conversation -- Transcendence, revelation, and community. 160 p. :ill. ;22 cm.

Book Details

Author

Westphal, Merold.

Place Published

City

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Date Published

circa 2009

Publication Subjects

Bible--Hermeneutics. Hermeneutics--Religious aspects--Christianity. Gadamer, Hans-Georg,1900-2002.

Call No.

BS476 .W475 2009

ISBN

9780801031472 (pbk.), 0801031478 (pbk.)

LCCN

2009006705

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.