Still Interpreting Vatican II: Some Hermeneutical Principles

by Ormond Rush

Book Overview

In this original book, Ormond Rush makes a significant contribution to the growing body of scholarship on Vatican II. He proposes that a comprehensive interpretation of Vatican II requires that the interpreter not only attempt a reconstruction of the "spirit" of the council emerging during the conciliar debates, but also take into account the various linguistic dimensions of the "letter" of the documents. Attention to genre, structure, rhetoric, intratextuality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809142856
• ISBN13: 9780809142859
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.0"