Hermeneutics At The Crossroads (indiana Series In The Philosophy Of Religion)

In This Multi-faceted Volume, Christian And Other Religiously Committed Theorists Find Themselves At An Uneasy Point In History -- Between Premodernity, Modernity, And Postmodernity -- Where Disciplines And Methods, Cultural And Linguistic Traditions, And Religious Commitments Tangle And Cross. Here, Leading Theorists Explore The State Of The Art Of The Contemporary Hermeneutical Terrain. As They Address The Work Of Gadamer, Ricoeur, And Derrida, The Essays Collected In This Wide-ranging Work Engage Key Themes In Philosophical Hermeneutics, Hermeneutics And Religion, Hermeneutics And The Other Arts, Hermeneutics And Literature, And Hermeneutics And Ethics. Readers Will Find Lively Exchanges And Reflections That Meet The Intellectual And Philosophical Challenges Posed By Hermeneutics At The Crossroads. Contributors Are Bruce Ellis Benson, Christina Bieber Lake, John D. Caputo, Eduardo J. Echeverria, Benne Faber, Norman Lillegard, Roger Lundin, Brian Mccrea, James K. A. Smith, Michael Vanderweele, Kevin Vanhoozer, And Nicholas Wolterstorff. In This Volume, Christian And Other Religiously Committed Theorists Find Themselves At An Uneasy Point In History--between Premodernity, Modernity, And Postmodernity--where Disciplines And Methods, Cultural And Linguistic Traditions, And Religious Commitments Tangle And Cross. Here, Leading Theorists Explore The State Of The Art Of The Contemporary Hermeneutical Terrain. As They Address The Work Of Gadamer, Ricoeur, And Derrida, The Essays Collected In This Work Engage Key Themes In Philosophical Hermeneutics, Hermeneutics And Religion, Hermeneutics And The Other Arts, Hermeneutics And Literature, And Hermeneutics And Ethics. Contributors Are Bruce Ellis Benson, Christina Bieber Lake, John D. Caputo, Eduardo J. Echeverria, Benne Faber, Norman Lillegard, Roger Lundin, Brian Mccrea, James K. A. Smith, Michael Vanderweele, Kevin Vanhoozer, And Nicholas Wolterstorff. --from Publisher's Description. Philosophical Hermeneutics Revisited : Miracles, Resuscitation, Questions -- Derrida And Deconstruction : Haunted Hermeneutics And Incarnational Iterability -- Literature's Contribution To Christian Understanding : Pointing, Witnessing, Exchanging -- The Ethics Of Interpretation : Improvisation, Participation, Authority. Edited By Kevin J. Vanhoozer, James K.a. Smith, And Bruce Ellis Benson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In this multi-faceted volume, Christian and other religiously committed theorists find themselves at an uneasy point in history--between premodernity, modernity, and postmodernity--where disciplines and methods, cultural and linguistic traditions, and religious commitments tangle and cross. Here, leading theorists explore the state of the art of the contemporary hermeneutical terrain. As they address the work of Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Derrida, the essays collected in this wide-ranging work engage key themes in philosophical hermeneutics, hermeneutics and religion, hermeneutics and the other arts, hermeneutics and literature, and hermeneutics and ethics. Readers will find lively exchanges and reflections that meet the intellectual and philosophical challenges posed by hermeneutics at the crossroads. Contributors are Bruce Ellis Benson, Christina Bieber Lake, John D. Caputo, Eduardo J. Echeverria, Benne Faber, Norman Lillegard, Roger Lundin, Brian McCrea, James K. A. Smith, Michael Vander Weele, Kevin Vanhoozer, and Nicholas Wolterstorff. Places hermeneutics between disciplines, genres, languages, and religious commitments. As this work addresses the work of Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Derrida, the essays collected here engage key themes in philosophical hermeneutics, hermeneutics and religion, hermeneutics and the other arts, hermeneutics and literature, and hermeneutics and ethics.