Hermeneutics at the Crossroads

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Editor), James K. A. Smith (Editor), Bruce Ellis Benson (Editor)

Overview

In this multi-faceted volume, Christian and other religiously committed
theorists find themselves at an uneasy point in history -- between premodernity,
modernity, and postmodernity -- where disciplines and methods, cultural and
linguistic traditions, and religious commitments tangle and cross. Here, leading
theorists explore the state of the art of the contemporary hermeneutical terrain. As
they address the work of Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Derrida, the essays collected in this
wide-ranging work engage key themes in philosophical hermeneutics, hermeneutics and
religion, hermeneutics and the other arts, hermeneutics and literature, and
hermeneutics and ethics. Readers will find lively exchanges and reflections that
meet the intellectual and philosophical challenges posed by hermeneutics at the
crossroads.

Contributors are Bruce Ellis Benson, Christina Bieber
Lake, John D. Caputo, Eduardo J. Echeverria, Benne Faber, Norman Lillegard, Roger
Lundin, Brian McCrea, James K. A. Smith, Michael VanderWeele, Kevin Vanhoozer, and
Nicholas Wolterstorff.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253111982
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	06/15/2006
Series:	Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	440 KB

About the Author

Kevin Vanhoozer is Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School.

James K. A. Smith is Associate
Professor of Philosophy and Director of Seminars in Christian Scholarship at Calvin
College.

Bruce Ellis Benson is Associate Professor of Philosophy
at Wheaton College.

Table of Contents

<FMO>Contents<\>Preface Kevin J.
VanhoozerAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Bruce Ellis Benson, James K. A. Smith, and
Kevin J. VanhoozerPart 1. Philosophical Hermeneutics Revisited: Miracles,
Resuscitation, Questions1. Discourse on Matter: Hermeneutics and the "Miracle" of
Understanding Kevin J. Vanhoozer2. Resuscitating the Author Nicholas Wolterstorff3.
Gadamer's Hermeneutics and the Question of Relativism Eduardo J. Echeverria4. "The
Knowledge That One Does Not Know": Gadamer, Levertov, and the Hermeneutics of the
Question Christina Bieber LakePart 2. Derrida and Deconstruction: Haunted
Hermeneutics and Incarnational Iterability5. Hauntological Hermeneutics and the
Interpretation of Christian Faith: On Being Dead Equal before God John D. Caputo6.
Limited Inc/arnation: Revisiting the Searle/Derrida Debate in Christian Context
James K. A. SmithPart 3. Literature's Contribution to Christian Understanding:
Pointing, Witnessing, Exchanging7. Meeting at the Modern Crossroads: Fiction,
History, and Christian Understanding Roger Lundin8. The Hermeneutics of Deliverance:
Robinson Crusoe and the Problem of Witnessing Brian McCrea9. John Calvin's Notion of
"Exchange" and the Usefulness of Literature Michael VanderWeelePart 4. The Ethics of
Interpretation: Improvisation, Participation, Authority10. The Improvisation of
Hermeneutics: Jazz Lessons for Interpreters Bruce Ellis Benson11. Ethical
Hermeneutics and the Theater: Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice Ben Faber12.
(Revelation, Interpretation) Authority: Kierkegaard's Book on Adler Norman
LillegardContributorsIndex