The Bible and the crisis of meaning : debates on the theological interpretation of scripture / D. Christopher Spinks.
Many of the most pressing issues in theology and the church today depend greatly on the understanding of the bible. Recent debates on the theological interpretation of scripture have emerged which consider whether the meaning of scripture should concern theologians and church leaders at all. The Bib...
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T & T Clark,
[2007]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: Scripture, Community and the Crisis of Meaning; Theological Interpretation; Text, Community, and Reader; Perspectives on the Theological; Reviewing the Characteristics of Theological Interpretation; Meaning; Chapter 2: From Meanings to Interests: Stephen Fowl''s Critique of Concepts of Meaning and Its Implications for Theological Interpretation; The Problem with Meaning; Implications for Interpretation: A Plurality of Interests.
- Implications for Theological Interpretation: Teleology, Ecclesiology and EthicsAssessment; Chapter 3: From Intentions to Meanings: Kevin Vanhoozer''s Defence of Authorial Intention and Its Implications for Theological Interpretation; Meaning, Theology and Hermeneutics: The Current Problem; Meaning and Communicative Agency; Meaning and Theological Interpretation; Challenges and Questions; Chapter 4: ''Meaning'' as a Triadic Term; ''Meaning'' as an Ordinary Term; Triadic Meaning via Speech-act Theory; Conclusions; Chapter 5: Mediation and Conversation; Reviewing the Discussion.
- Meaning as MediationTheological Interpretation as Conversation; The Future of Theological Interpretation; The Superabundance of Meaning and Other Theological Implications; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.