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Narrative Theology and the Hermeneutical Virtues - Humility, Patience, Prudence (Hardcover)
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Narrative Theology and the Hermeneutical Virtues - Humility, Patience, Prudence (Hardcover)
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In Narrative Theology and the Hermeneutical Virtues: Humility,
Patience, Prudence, Jacob L. Goodson offers a philosophical
analysis of the arguments and tendencies of Hans Frei's and Stanley
Hauerwas' narrative theologies. Narrative theology names a way of
doing theology and thinking theologically that is part of a greater
movement called "the return to Scripture." The return to Scripture
movement makes a case for Scripture as the proper object of study
within Christian theology, philosophy of religion, and religious
ethics. While thinkers within this movement agree that Scripture is
the proper object of study within philosophy and religious studies,
there is major disagreement over what the word "narrative"
describes in narrative theology. The Yale theologian, Hans Frei,
argues that because Scripture is the proper object of study within
Christian theology and the philosophy of religion, Scripture must
be the exclusive object of study. To think theologically means
paying as close attention as possible to the details of the
biblical narratives in their "literal sense." Different from Frei's
contentions, the Christian ethicist at Duke University, Stanley
Hauerwas claims: if Scripture is the proper object of study within
Christian theology, then the category of narrative teaches us that
we ought to give our scholarly attention to the interpretations and
performances of Scripture. Hauerwas emphasizes the continuity
between the biblical narratives and the traditions of the church.
This disagreement is best described as a hermeneutical one: Frei
thinks that the primary place where interpretation happens is in
the text; Hauerwas thinks that the primary place where
interpretation occurs is in the community of interpreters. In order
to move beyond the dichotomy found between Frei's and Hauerwas'
work, but to remain within the return to Scripture movement,
Goodson constructs three hermeneutical virtues: humility, patience,
and prudence. These virtues help professors and scholars within
Christian theology, philosophy of religion, and religious ethics
maintain objectivity in their fields of study.
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