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Text to Praxis - Hermeneutics and Homiletics in Dialogue (Paperback)
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Text to Praxis - Hermeneutics and Homiletics in Dialogue (Paperback)
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies
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A fundamental issue for preachers of the Bible has always been
achieving an approach that is both faithful to the textual
intention as well as fitting for the listening audience. What is
historical and distant (the text) is, in preaching, made
contemporary and near (praxis). Particularly pertinent is how this
transaction may be conducted with respect to the self-contained and
well-defined quantum of the scriptural text that is regularly
employed in liturgical contexts-the pericope. This book answers the
question: In a sermon intending to proclaim application from a
pericope, what is the hermeneutical basis for moving validly from
text to praxis, i.e., with authority and relevance? The concept of
theology as a bridge between text and praxis has not been
specifically researched or rigorously substantiated. Kuruvilla
seeks to do both, utilizing as entrees language philosophy,
literary criticism, and a thorough understanding of "ordinary"
language. Drawing from a variety of hermeneutical resources, he
establishes "pericopal theology" as the intermediary between text
and praxis. How this theology is discerned from the text and how
application may be determined therefrom form the crux of this book.
This novel approach lends validity to the movement from text to
praxis and promises to be useful for any approach to the biblical
text intended to culminate in application. Kuruvilla's approach
provides a substantial technical basis for such an operation. Thus
the preacher must be a "theologian-homiletician." It is the working
out of this nomenclature, especially the "theologian" half of the
appellation, that is the essence of this work, uniting as it does
in one portfolio the responsibility of negotiating the demands of
both hermeneutics and homiletics.
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