Re-Figuring Theology
Title | Re-Figuring Theology PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen H. Webb |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1991-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780791405703 |
Here is a rhetorical treatment of Karl Barth's early theology. Although scholars have long noted the rhetorical power of Barth's work, calling it volcanic and explosive, this book uses rhetoric to illuminate the peculiar nature of his prose. It displays a Barth whose prose is radically unstable and inseparable from his theological arguments. The author connects Barth's early theology to the Expressionism of the Weimar Republic. He develops an original theory of figures of speech, relying on the philosophies of Paul Ricoeur and Hayden White, to delve more deeply into the particular configurations of Barth's writings. Nietzsche's hyperbole and Kierkegaard's irony are examined as rhetorical precedents of Barth's style. The closing chapter surveys Barth's later, realistic theology and then suggests ways in which his earlier tropes, especially the figures of excess and self-negation, can serve to enable theology to speak today.
Re-Figuring Theology
Title | Re-Figuring Theology PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen H. Webb |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1991-07-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780791405710 |
Here is a rhetorical treatment of Karl Barths early theology. Although scholars have long noted the rhetorical power of Barths work, calling it volcanic and explosive, this book uses rhetoric to illuminate the peculiar nature of his prose. It displays a Barth whose prose is radically unstable and inseparable from his theological arguments. The author connects Barths early theology to the Expressionism of the Weimar Republic. He develops an original theory of figures of speech, relying on the philosophies of Paul Ricoeur and Hayden White, to delve more deeply into the particular configurations of Barths writings. Nietzsches hyperbole and Kierkegaards irony are examined as rhetorical precedents of Barths style. The closing chapter surveys Barths later, realistic theology and then suggests ways in which his earlier tropes, especially the figures of excess and self-negation, can serve to enable theology to speak today.
Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology
Title | Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology PDF eBook |
Author | Ajay K. Rao |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 2014-10-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1134077424 |
The Rāmāyana of Vālmīki is considered by many contemporary Hindus to be a foundational religious text. But this understanding is in part the result of a transformation of the epic’s receptive history, a hermeneutic project which challenged one characterization of the genre of the text, as a work of literary culture, and replaced it with another, as a work of remembered tradition. This book examines Rāmāyana commentaries, poetic retellings, and praise-poems produced by intellectuals within the Śrīvaisnava order of South India from 1250 to 1600 and shows how these intellectuals reconceptualized Rāma’s story through the lens of their devotional metaphysics. Śrīvaisnavas applied innovative interpretive techniques to the Rāmāyana, including allegorical reading, ślesa reading (reading a verse as a double entendre), and the application of vernacular performance techniques such as word play, improvisation, repetition, and novel forms of citation. The book is of interest not only to Rāmāyana specialists but also to those engaged with Indian intellectual history, literary studies, and the history of religions.
Refiguring Theological Hermeneutics
Title | Refiguring Theological Hermeneutics PDF eBook |
Author | M. Grau |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2014-12-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1137324554 |
Grau reconsiders the relationship between "logos" and "mythos" as a precondition to opening theological hermeneutics to discourse from other cultures and genres, other modes of telling and retelling.
Christian Hermeneutics
Title | Christian Hermeneutics PDF eBook |
Author | James Fodor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Philosophy |
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Paul Ricoeur is one of the most influential philosophers alive today. This book draws primarily on his hermeneutic insights to address the fundamental question of how reference, truth, and meaning are related in the discourse of theology. Fodor defends the view that theological truth claims cannot be sustained without some appeal to the referential, or in Rocoeur's terminology "refigurative," potential intrinsic to our linguistic practices. By bringing the philosophical work of Ricoeur into mutually critical conversation with theology, particularly that of Hans Frei, the book underscores the importance of reference in assessing theological claims.
Refiguring the Spiritual
Title | Refiguring the Spiritual PDF eBook |
Author | Mark C. Taylor |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 253 |
Release | 2012-03-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0231527772 |
Mark C. Taylor provocatively claims that contemporary art has lost its way. With the art market now mirroring the art of finance, many artists create works solely for the purpose of luring investors and inspiring trade among hedge funds and private equity firms. When art is commodified, corporatized, and financialized, it loses its critical edge and is transformed into a financial instrument calculated to maximize profitable returns. Joseph Beuys, Matthew Barney, James Turrell, and Andy Goldsworthy are artists who differ in style, yet they all defy the trends that have diminished art's potential in recent decades. They understand that art is a transformative practice drawing inspiration directly and indirectly from ancient and modern, Eastern and Western forms of spirituality. For Beuys, anthroposophy, alchemy, and shamanism drive his multimedia presentations; for Barney and Goldsworthy, Celtic mythology informs their art; and for Turrell, Quakerism and Hopi myth and ritual shape his vision. Eluding traditional genres and classifications, these artists combine spiritually inspired styles and techniques with material reality, creating works that resist merging space into cyberspace in a way that overwhelms local contexts with global networks. Their art reminds us of life's irreducible materiality and humanity's inescapability of place. For them, art is more than just an object or process—it is a vehicle transforming human awareness through actions echoing religious ritual. By lingering over the extraordinary work of Beuys, Barney, Turrell, and Goldsworthy, Taylor not only creates a novel and personal encounter with their art but also opens a new understanding of overlooked spiritual dimensions in our era.
The Unique and Universal Christ
Title | The Unique and Universal Christ PDF eBook |
Author | Drew Collins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Christianity and other religions |
ISBN | 9781481315494 |
"Critiques Alan Race's models of Christianity and world religions and offers an alternative based on the theological typology of Hans Frei"--