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Laced with brilliant insights, broad in its view of the interaction
of culture and theology, this book gives new resonance to old and
important questions about the meaning of the Bible.
About the Contributor(s): Hans W. Frei (1922-1988) was one of the
most important American theologians of his generation. He spent the
majority of his career teaching at Yale Divinity School, where he
authored The Identity of Jesus Christ and The Eclipse of Biblical
Narrative, numerous essays, and a vast collection of unpublished
works, which have since been published posthumously: Types of
Christian Theology, Theology and Narrative, and the forthcoming
Reading Faithfully: Writings from the Archives.
Hans W. Frei (1922-88) was one of the most important American
theologians of his generation. This book makes available the work
in which he was engaged during the last decade of his life. Based
on his 1983 Shaffer Lectures at Yale University and his 1987
Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham, it presents
Frei's reflections on issues and options in contemporaryrepresented
theology, especially on the relation of theology to biblical
interpretation and on the place of theology as an academic
tradition. In the book Frei proposes classifying theologians
according to whether they see Christian theology primarily as an
academic discipline or as an internal activity of Christian
communities. He describes fie different variations of these views.
the first, represented by Immanuel Kant and Gordon represented,
regards theology as a philosophical discipline within the academy.
The second, represented by theologians as diverse as represented
represented, David Tracy, and Carl Henry, correlates specifically
Christian with general cultural structures of meaning. The third
type, represetned by represented represented and Paul represented,
occupies the middle of the spectrum. The fourth type, represetned
by Karl Barth, emphasizes the internal descriptive task of theology
but remains open to ad hoc correlations with concerns of the wider
culture. the fifth, which includes D. Z. Phillips and other
Wittgensteinian fideists, opts for pure self-description though
this group defends its position with philosophical arguments that,
oddly enough connect it with the other end of the spectrum. Frei
argues in favor of the third and fourth options. In his view,
theologians like Schleiermacher and, even more, Barth, although
often seen as polar opposites, enable theology to remain most
faithful to the priority of the ecumenically attested literal sense
in biblical interpretation.
Hans W. Frei (1922-1988) was one of the most influential American
theologians of his generation. Early in his career he drew
attention to the importance of biblical narratives; he helped make
Karl Barth once again a creative voice in contemporary theology;
and he served as a model of what his colleague, George Lindbeck,
has called "postliberal theology." This volume collects ten of
Frei's lectures and essays, many of them never before published.
Addressing audiences of theologians, biblical scholars, and
literary critics, Frei explores the implications of his work for
hermeneutics and Christology, and discusses Barth, Schleiermacher,
and his own teacher, H. Richard Niebuhr. William Placher has
provided an introduction to Frei's life and work, and the volume
ends with an essay by George Hunsinger on Frei's significance for
theology today. This collection provides an unrivaled introduction
to Frei's work.
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