Ricoeur and theology [[electronic resource] /] / Dan R. Stiver

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785968303321
• Autore: Stiver Dan R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : T&t Clark, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-73603-9; 0-567-35495-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Collana: Philosophy and Theology
• Disciplina: 194; 230.092; 230/.092
• Soggetti: Philosophy, Modern
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 A hermeneutical life; Ricoeur's life; Primary themes; Method; Religion and theology; Chapter 2 The context for theology; The subject: The wounded cogito; The object: Inextricably entangled in the world; The conflict of interpretations; Chapter 3 The framework for theology; The hermeneutical arc; The narrative arc; A framework for theology; Chapter 4 Figuration and theology; Setting the stage; Symbols; Metaphor; Narrative; Narrative theology; Chapter 5 The capable self and theology; The embodied self; The hermeneutical self; The social self; The theological selfThe capable and suffering self; Chapter 6 Thought and theology; Hermeneutical epistemology; Objectivity; Attestation; A hermeneutics of suspicion; Chapter 7 Ricoeur and theology; The eschatological horizon; The summoned self; Notes; Bibliography; Works by Paul Ricoeur; Secondary literature; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) has been heralded as one of the most notable philosophers of the twentieth century. Like a stone skipping across the philosophical pond, he would write a major work in one field, then move on to another. As a consequence, he is one of the most inter-disciplinary philosophers whose work not only brings together such areas as existentialism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, structuralism, psychoanalysis, metaphor, narrative, and political ethics, ; it bridges the gulf between Continental and Anglo-American philosophy. Despite the diversity one could identify continuing threads