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Philosophical Hermeneutics and the Priority of Questions in Religions - Bringing the Discourse of Gods and Buddhas Down to Earth (Paperback)
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Philosophical Hermeneutics and the Priority of Questions in Religions - Bringing the Discourse of Gods and Buddhas Down to Earth (Paperback)
Series: Expanding Philosophy of Religion
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Buddhas, gods, prophets and oracles are often depicted as asking
questions. But what are we to understand when Jesus asks "Who do
you say that I am?", or Mazu, the Classical Zen master asks, "Why
do you seek outside?" Is their questioning a power or weakness? Is
it something human beings are only capable of due to our finitude?
Is there any kind of question that is a power? Focusing on three
case studies of questions in divine discourse on the level of story
- the god depicted in the Jewish Bible, the master Mazu in his
recorded sayings literature, and Jesus as he is depicted in
canonized Christian Gospels - Nathan Eric Dickman meditates on
human responses to divine questions. He considers the purpose of
interreligious dialogue and the provocative kind of questions that
seem to purposefully decenter us, drawing on methods from
confessionally-oriented hermeneutics and skills from critical
thinking. He allows us to see alternative ways of interpreting
religious texts through approaches that look beyond reading a text
for the improvement of our own religion or for access to some
metaphysically transcendent reality. This is the first step in a
phenomenology of religions that is inclusive, diverse, relevant and
grounded in the world we live in.
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