Download or read book Myth Faith and Hermeneutics written by Raimon Panikkar and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mystery and Hermeneutics written by Panikkar, Raimon and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores the intersections of tolerance, ideology, and myth, incorporating the author's analyses of the myth of morals, the myth of the human condition, and the myth of Prajapati"--
Download or read book Myth Faith and Hermeneutics written by Mary Ellen Hansburg and published by . This book was released on 1985-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mystery and Hermeneutics written by Raimon Panikkar and published by . This book was released on 2021-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores the intersections of tolerance, ideology, and myth, incorporating the author's analyses of the myth of morals, the myth of the human condition, and the myth of Prajapati"--
Download or read book Myth and Christianity written by Karl Jaspers and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Who Guards the Guardians written by Peter Raine and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2003 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the modern era, solutions to many environmental problems appear to be beyond the reach of a dialogue based solely on argumentation, dialectics, and the presentation of 'evidence.' The purpose of this study is to construct a bridge between incommensurable ways of perceiving reality, a bridge that can facilitate dialogue across worldview boundaries on environmental issues. This book attempts to link ecology, philosophy, and theology through an exploration of a new model of intercultural dialogue. Case studies provide practical and theoretical applications, which lead to a deeper understanding of not only environmental guardianships but also the fundamental relationship between human beings and nature's being. This book attempts to link ecology, philosophy, and theology through an exploration of a new model of intercultural dialogue. Case studies provide practical and theoretical applications, which lead to a deeper understanding of not only environmental guardianships but also the fundamental relationship between human beings and nature's being.
Download or read book True Myth written by James W Menzies and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True Myth examines the meaning and significance of myth as understood by C.S. Lewis and Joseph Campbell and its place in the Christian faith in a technological society. C.S. Lewis defined Christianity, and being truly human, as a relationship between thepersonal Creator and his creation mediated through faith in his son, Jesus. The influential writer and mythologist Joseph Campbell had a different perspective, understanding Christianity as composed of mythical themes similar to those in other religious and secular myths. While accepting certain portions of the biblical record as historical, Campbell taught the theological and miraculous aspects as symbolic - as stories in which the reader discovers what it means to be human today. In contrast, Lewis presented the theological and the miraculous in a literal way. Although Lewis understood how one could see symbolism and lessons for life in miraculous events, he believed they were more than symbolic and indeed took place in human history. In True Myth, James W. Menzies skilfully balances the two writers' differing approaches to guide the reader through a complex interaction of myth with philosophy, media, ethics, history, literature, art, music and religion in a contemporary world.
Download or read book The Bible and the American Myth written by Vincent L. Wimbush and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[T]he problem which this collection of essays addresses is rooted in the fact that no other society in the world is so imbued both with the aura and aroma of the Bible, while simultaneously subjecting it to such parasitic cultural captivity . . . This little book reflects the power of what can happen when bright, passionate minds embrace the problem of the American myth . . . No other American biblical scholar until now has responded more courageously to the issues of deconstructing the American myth . . . What finally matters [here] is that a theologian finally loves the Bible enough, and finally loves his culture enough, to question how both are being used in our time and place for the gain of the few, at the expense of the many." --Charles Mabee, StABH series editor
Download or read book The Word as True Myth written by Gary J. Dorrien and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary Dorrien follows the threads of theology through the twentieth century, examining how Christians have reconciled their myth-filled religious beliefs within a world secularized by Enlightenment criticism and science. To understand how religion keeps its place in Christians' lives, Dorrien writes, we must explore how modern theologians have answered the question of myth in today's Christianity. Dorrien's narrative walks readers through modern theology - stopping with each of the major thinkers along the way to see how they dealt with the issue of modern Christian mythology. Ultimately he offers his own "new neo-orthodoxy", a theology of Word and Spirit that is pluralistic and affirms the mythical character of the gospel while holding fast to the Gospels' myth-negating condemnation of idolatry and their focus on history.
Download or read book Christian Hermeneutics Dispelling the Myths written by Norman Mathers and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confusion and misunderstanding exist in the area of biblical hermeneutics. This problem persists because of the subjective thought of philosophical hermeneutics. scholars approach biblical hermeneutics and write their books based on the allegorical method of biblical interpretation. The historical forerunner to this fallacious method of interpretation originated with the School of Alexandria in Egypt (A.D. 40-190). The Alexandrian school failed to produce pragmatic results. The prevalence of the allegorical method means that the message intended by the author of the bible book will never be arrived at. The 21st century is witnessing the resurgence of this method of biblical interpretation. Christian Hermeneutics - Dispelling the Myths presents the history, the needed praxis, and the necessary knowledge to understand the communications of the biblical authors. Norman W. Mathers, Ph.D. Norman W. Mathers, B.A., Wilfrid Laurier, Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary, M.A., California State University Dominguez Hills, Ph.D., University of Pretoria. He is the author of The Gospels: The Historical Foundation, Mathers Systematic Theology, and Knowing God's Word Key Issues, Acts More than the Church. Dr. Norman Mathers teaches Philosophy for Liberty University Online, College of Arts and Science.
Download or read book Myths and Realities written by John L. McKenzie and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present collection of essays, selected by a priest-teacher and laywoman-student at Loyola University, brings together wide-ranging, mind-opening, and absorbing studies on major aspects of biblical scholarship. The volume comprises four major sections. In the first, "Free Scholarship in the Church," McKenzie emerges as an articulate spokesman for freedom of intellectual inquiry within the household of the faith. Part 2, "Inspiration and Revelation," are lucid, intellectually exhilarating investigations into the meaning of God's word and the historical processes from which the Bible emerged. Part 3, "Myth and the Old Testament," includes probing essays that bring the reader face to face with an important and difficult subject: the attitude of the biblical man to nature and to the mythologies of his pagan neighbors. The final section, "Messianism," is devoted to a study of the hopes of Israel of old and their fulfillment in Jesus Christ, along with the use of messianic passages for apologetic purposes.
Download or read book The Myth of God Incarnate written by John Hick and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mapping Myths of Biblical Interpretation written by Richard Walsh and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walsh explores the role that myth has played in the interpretation of the Bible. He sees myth as an empowering, structuring story used either for good or ill and either consciously or unconsciously controlling our world views. Walsh looks for both the empowerment and the marginalization effected by myth as he follows the word through its myriad meanings ('Grasping Proteus'), its use in various disciplines ('Procrustean Mythographers'), its distinctive uses in biblical interpretation ('Mything the Bible'), and, finally, the mythic character of interpretation itself ('The Myth of Interpretation'). The concluding chapter, 'Behind the Mythic Curve', muses on the difficulty of knowing the myths by which we live and reflects hopefully on the possibility of play among the myriad myths in a postmodern, pluralist world.
Download or read book Myths We Live by written by Colin Grant and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colin Grant challenges the popular use of "myth" as a dismissive designation of the superstitions and falsehoods of "other" cultures. The author maintains that myths occupy a place in our present-day lives that is every bit as important to us as the divinities and heroes of classical antiquity were to the ancients. The myths themselves are in a constant state of flux and transformation. They ebb and flow, both within the context of wider culture and individual experience.
Download or read book The Bible among the Myths written by John N. Oswalt and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty years ago, most biblical scholars maintained that Israel’s religion was unique—that it stood in marked contrast to the faiths of its ancient Near Eastern neighbors. Nowadays, it is widely argued that Israel’s religion mirrors that of other West Semitic societies. What accounts for this radical change, and what are its implications for our understanding of the Old Testament? Dr. John N. Oswalt says the root of this new attitude lies in Western society’s hostility to the idea of revelation, which presupposes a reality that transcends the world of the senses, asserting the existence of a realm humans cannot control. While not advocating a “the Bible says it, and I believe it, and that settles it” point of view, Oswalt asserts convincingly that while other ancient literatures all see reality in essentially the same terms, the Bible differs radically on all the main points. The Bible Among the Myths supplies a necessary corrective to those who reject the Old Testament’s testimony about a transcendent God who breaks into time and space and reveals himself in and through human activity.
Download or read book Myth in old testament interpretation written by J. W. Rogerson and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Myth in old testament interpretation".
Download or read book The New Universalism written by David J. Krieger and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-05-03 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By making claims for its universalism a religious community establishes its collective identity, orients itself in the world, and articulates its basic common convictions about what is real, meaningful, valuable. For those engaged in the search for a theology of religions in today's context of appreciation for radical plurality, the question is this: Can there be a single, unified theology that expresses adequately the apparently very different truths of humanity's religions? 'The New Universalism' argues that theology can no longer content itself with correlating the question which the world poses with the answer given in revelation. Within today's global horizon every religion and worldview has as much right to answer the basic questions of human existence as any other. The task confronting theology, therefore, lies in the integration and mutual appropriation of many seemingly conflicting revelations. Drawing upon the work of Panikkar and Wittgenstein, Krieger constructs a method and a philosophical foundation for resolving ideological conflicts and carrying out a theological appropriation of non-Christian religions.
