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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786428503321

Autore

Spinks D. Christopher

Titolo

The Bible and the crisis of meaning : debates on the theological interpretation of scripture / / D. Christopher Spinks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : T & T Clark, , [2007]

ISBN

0-567-18539-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

T & T Clark theology

Disciplina

220.601

Soggetti

Dogma

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 Bible and the Crisis of Meaning  is an account of these debates in examining the concept of meaning in current proposals of theological interpretation. The concept of meaning is educed either from the supposed nature of the texts and their authors or from the function of the texts in religious community