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How is God involved with the Bible? And how does God's involvement
with the generation of Holy Scripture and its use in the life of
the Christian church figure into the human work of Scripture
interpretation? This is the central question that this book seeks
to address. In critical conversation with the influential
hermeneutic programs of James Barr, Paul Ricoeur and Hans Frei,
Topping demonstrates how God's agency has been marginalized in the
task of scripture interpretation. Divine involvement with the Bible
is bracketed out (Barr), rendered in generic terms (Ricoeur) or
left implicit (Frei) in these depictions of the hermeneutic field.
The result is that each of these hermeneutic programs are less than
'realist' interpretative proposals. Talk of God is eclipsed by the
terminal consideration of human realities. Topping argues for the
centrality of doctrinal description in a lively theological
understanding of Scripture interpretation for the life of the
church.
How does God's involvement with the generation of Holy Scripture
and its use in the life of the Christian church figure into the
human work of Scripture interpretation? This is the central
question that this book seeks to address. In critical conversation
with the influential hermeneutic programs of James Barr, Paul
Ricoeur and Hans Frei, Topping demonstrates how God's agency has
been marginalized in the task of Scripture interpretation. Divine
involvement with the Bible is bracketed out (Barr), rendered in
generic terms (Ricoeur) or left implicit (Frei) in these depictions
of the hermeneutic field. The result is that each of these
hermeneutic programs is less than a 'realist' interpretative
proposal. Talk of God is eclipsed by the terminal consideration of
human realities. Topping argues for the centrality of doctrinal
description in a lively theological understanding of Scripture
interpretation for the life of the church.
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Calvin@500 (Hardcover)
Richard R. Topping, John A. Vissers
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R1,216
Discovery Miles 12 160
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Calvin@500 (Paperback)
Richard R. Topping, John A. Vissers
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R779
Discovery Miles 7 790
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Calvin@500 is an exercise in appreciative criticism and
appropriation of the Reformer's work for church and society. The
collection serves as an introduction to the life and thought of
this sixteenth-century Reformer in his context. The book also
traces Calvin's continuing legacy for political, economic,
theological, spiritual, and inter-religious practices of our own
time. The essays reflect the depth and breadth of Calvin
scholarship from the sixteenth century to the present. They also
reflect Calvin's own wide-ranging ministry: the authors are
pastors, teachers, social justice workers, and theologians.
Calvin@500 arose from two Canadian conferences on the occasion of
the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth.
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