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Patristics and Catholic Social Thought - Hermeneutical Models for a Dialogue (Paperback)
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Patristics and Catholic Social Thought - Hermeneutical Models for a Dialogue (Paperback)
Series: Catholic Social Tradition
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In Patristics and Catholic Social Thought: Hermeneutical Models for
a Dialogue, Brian Matz argues that scholars and proponents of the
modern Catholic social tradition can gain from the use of ancient
texts for contemporary socioethical formation. Although it is
impossible to expect a one-to-one correspondence between the social
ideas of early church theologians, such as Augustine, and those of
modern Catholic social thought, this book offers four hermeneutical
models that will facilitate a fruitful dialogue between the two
worlds. The result is a challenge to modern Christian ethicists to
think more deeply about their work in light of the perspective of
those who trod a similar path centuries ago. Matz first examines an
"authorial intent" hermeneutical model, as articulated in the
philosophies of Friedrich Schleiermacher and Wilhelm Dilthey. The
second is a "distanciation" model, relying on the thought of
Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur. The third is a "normativity of
the future" model, so named by its proponents, Reimund Bieringer
and Mary Elsbernd. The fourth is a "new intellectual history"
model, which relies on contemporary literary-critical theories. In
a series of case studies, Matz applies each model to two early
Christian sermons on the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man and,
in so doing, illustrates that each one draws out different social
ideas. Although each model ultimately bears fruit for Catholic
social thought today, Matz concludes that the "normativity of the
future" model is the one best suited to a productive use of early
Christian texts in contemporary Catholic social thought.
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