Christian Hermeneutics: Paul Ricoeur and the Refiguring of Theology

by James Fodor

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019826349X
• ISBN13: 9780198263494
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 128.00 lbs.