1st Edition
The Sacred and the Profane Contemporary Demands on Hermeneutics
Edited By Jeffrey F. Keuss
Copyright 2003
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Hermeneutics continues to be an area of interest to many, yet recent discussions in hermeneutic theory have turned toward fringe areas - whether found in realms of post-structuralism or radical orthodoxy - that have resulted in a 'forgetfulness' of one of hermeneutics' key thinkers, Immanuel Kant. This book seeks to reaffirm Kant's place as a central thinker for hermeneutics and to challenge and... Read more
Contents: Introduction: The sacred and the profane in hermenuetics after Kant, Jeffrey F. Keuss; Ethics within the limits of post-Ricœurian Kantian hermeneutics: autonomy and vulnerability, Pamela Sue Anderson; Kant and radical evil: eine Rettung des Teufels?, John K. Riches; On the relation of Kant's aesthetics to his practical work, Patrick McCauley; The hermeneutics of Hamann: 'Condescensio' and 'Irony', Denis Thouard; David Friedrich Strauss and Mythi in Das Leben Jesu, Jeffrey F. Keuss; Schleiermacher's hermeneutic: the sacred and the profane, David E. Klemm; Depth hermeneutic and the literary work of art: religious tradition, hermeneutic theory, and nihilism, David E. Klemm; Myth and Kerygma: Northrop Frye's Critique of Bultmann, Tibor Fabiny; Ricœur: thinking biblically or 'penser la Bible'?. Jacques Sys; Ethics, hermeneutics and politics: a critical standpoint on memory, Pamela Sue Anderson; Index.
Biography
Jeffrey F. Keuss
’Presents a very important statement about hermeneutics. There are major international figures writing here as well as some very bright younger scholars’ David Jasper, University of Glasgow, UK ’A fine collection on a very interesting subject. This kind of re-appraisal of the position of Kant in hermeneutics is central to much that is going on nowadays. There is a lot here for the biblical and theological community.’ Craig Bartholomew, Cheltenham and Gloucester College, UK
