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Sacred Language, Sacred World

The Unity of Scriptural and Philosophical Hermeneutics

By: Joshua D. Broggi

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Sacred Language, Sacred World

The Unity of Scriptural and Philosophical Hermeneutics

By: Joshua D. Broggi

Heidegger and Gadamer are typically read by different theologians. Heidegger tends to be read by philosophical theologians examining his contribution to matters of doubt, existential finitude, and atheism. Gadamer tends to be read by those with an interest in interpreting the Bible, especially by those with more confessional or epistemically optimistic sensibilities. In both cases, Heidegger and Gadamer have well-established associations with specific theological positions. Joshua Broggi challenges this arrangement by re-reading the primary texts as theological resources; he defends an alternative theological appropriation of their philosophical work through a close engagement with portions of their argument. What emerges from Broggi's examination is an account of the unity of tradition, reason, and scriptural language. This account goes beyond claims of their relatedness, which are uncontroversial, and advances the stronger argument that they name the very same thing. Although initially counterintuitive, the central task set by both Heidegger and Gadamer is the investigation of that one phenomenon. This argument challenges the pervasive image in which Christians rely on 'tradition' to 'reason' about the meaning of 'scripture'. It puts into question the injunction that theologians should balance the resources of scripture, tradition, and reason. Broggi offers an account of Christian life as more fundamental than certain entities which are distilled out of it, namely: scripture, tradition and reason.

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0567664872

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Diversity in the Structure of Christian Reasoning

Interpretation, Disagreement, and World Christianity

By: Joshua Broggi

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Diversity in the Structure of Christian Reasoning

Interpretation, Disagreement, and World Christianity

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Diversity in the Structure of Christian Reasoning examines the effect of Christian commitments on rationality. When Christians read scripture, traditions supply concepts that shape what counts as normal, good, and true. This book offers an account of how different communities produce divergent readings of the Bible. It considers two examples from World Christianity, first a Bakongo community in central Africa, and then a Tamil bishop in southern India. Each case displays a relation between tradition and reason that reconfigures the hermeneutical picture developed by Martin Heidegger and Hans-Georg Gadamer. To see what transpires when readers decide about a correct interpretation, this book offers theologians and scholars of religion a fresh strategy that keeps in view the global character of modern Christianity.

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Sacred Language, Sacred World

The Unity of Scriptural and Philosophical Hermeneutics

By: Joshua D. Broggi

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Sacred Language, Sacred World

Sacred Language, Sacred World

Diversity in the Structure of Christian Reasoning

Diversity in the Structure of Christian Reasoning

Sacred Language, Sacred World

Sacred Language, Sacred World

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