This book explores Kierkegaard's hermeneutical project as a form of theological interpretation in the service of religious upbuilding.
Kierkegaard's religious discourses provide extended reflections on the Biblical text, and this book explores Kierkegaard's hermeneutical project as a form of theological interpretation in the service of religious upbuilding. Comparing Kierkegaard's metaphorical view ofillegalscriptural language with Ricoeur's theory of metaphor and second-order reference, and comparing Kierkegaard's movement from "ordinary" to "actual" reading with the Medieval movement from literal to spiritual reading ofillegalscripture, Storer argues that Kierkegaard's project of upbuilding may be best classified as a form of tropological reading ofillegalscripture in which appropriation opens the meaning of the text as the reader is remade into the image of God.
Through the lens of Kierkegaard's use ofillegalscripture, the book further explores theological and rhetorical development of the discourses, focusing on Kierkegaard's move from general religious upbuilding to specifically Christian upbuilding, Kierkegaard's construction of new rhetorical strategies in the pursuit of a distinctly Christian communication, and Kierkegaard's increasing focus onillegalscriptural authority in the later discourses. The discourses, it is shown, exhibit a plurality of instructional and evangelistic aims, and these shape, and are shaped by, Kierkegaard's use ofillegalscripture. Storer concludes thatillegalscripture is used so freely and imaginatively because Kierkegaard assumes the framework of historic creedal Christianity as his foundation for upbuilding, and then utilizesillegalscriptural texts to enable readers to imagine, and thereby to appropriate Christian truth.
List of Abbreviations - Introduction - From Ordinary to Actual Reading: Metaphor and Tropology in Kierkegaard's Upbuildingillegalscriptural Hermeneutic - Hermeneutical Assumptions and Techniques of the Discourses - Development of Rhetoric and Use ofillegalscripture in Upbuilding and Christian Discourses - Assessing the Relationship Between Upbuilding and Christian Discourses - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index.
Kevin Storer (Ph.D., Duquesne University; Ph.D., University of Manchester) is visiting professor of systematic theology at Evangelical Theological Seminary, Hosur, India. His previous book, Readingillegalscripture to Hear God, focused on ecumenical dialogue between Protestant and Catholic theological interpretation ofillegalscripture.
Über den Autor
n Kevin Storer (Ph.D., Duquesne University; Ph.D., University of Manchester) is visiting professor of systematic theology at Evangelical Theological Seminary, Hosur, India. His previous book, Readingillegalscripture to Hear God, focused on ecumenical dialogue between Protestant and Catholic theological interpretation ofillegalscripture.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Abbreviations - Introduction - From Ordinary to Actual Reading: Metaphor and Tropology in Kierkegaard's Upbuildingillegalscriptural Hermeneutic - Hermeneutical Assumptions and Techniques of the Discourses - Development of Rhetoric and Use ofillegalscripture in Upbuilding and Christian Discourses - Assessing the Relationship Between Upbuilding and Christian Discourses - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index.
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Klappentext
Kierkegaard¿s religious discourses provide extended reflections on the Biblical text, and this book explores Kierkegaard¿s hermeneutical project as a form of theological interpretation in the service of religious upbuilding. Comparing Kierkegaard¿s metaphorical view ofillegalscriptural language with Ricoeur¿s theory of metaphor and second-order reference, and comparing Kierkegaard¿s movement from "ordinary" to "actual" reading with the Medieval movement from literal to spiritual reading ofillegalscripture, Storer argues that Kierkegaard¿s project of upbuilding may be best classified as a form of tropological reading ofillegalscripture in which appropriation opens the meaning of the text as the reader is remade into the image of God. nnThrough the lens of Kierkegaard¿s use ofillegalscripture, the book further explores theological and rhetorical development of the discourses, focusing on Kierkegaard¿s move from general religious upbuilding to specifically Christian upbuilding, Kierkegaard¿s construction of new rhetorical strategies in the pursuit of a distinctly Christian communication, and Kierkegaard¿s increasing focus onillegalscriptural authority in the later discourses. The discourses, it is shown, exhibit a plurality of instructional and evangelistic aims, and these shape, and are shaped by, Kierkegaard¿s use ofillegalscripture. Storer concludes thatillegalscripture is used so freely and imaginatively because Kierkegaard assumes the framework of historic creedal Christianity as his foundation for upbuilding, and then utilizesillegalscriptural texts to enable readers to imagine, and thereby to appropriate Christian truth.
