Figuring the Sacred: Religion, Narrative, and Imagination

by Donald Pellauer, Paul Ricoeur (Editor), Mark I. Wallace (Translator)

Overview

The thought of Paul Ricoeur continues its profound effect on theology, religious studies, and biblical interpretation. Introduced by Mark Wallace, the twenty-one papers collected in this volume-some familiar, many translated here for the first time-constitute the most comprehensive anthology of Ricoeur's writings in religion since 1970. The writings are thematically divided into five parts:

the study of religion

philosophers of religion

the Bible and genre

theological overtures

practical theologyRicoeur's hermeneutical orientation and his deep sensitivity to the mystery and power of religious language offer fresh insight into the transformative potential of sacred literature, including the Bible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800628949
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	07/20/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Donald Pellauer, leading translator of Ricoeur's work, is Professor of Philosophy, DePaul University, Chicago.

Paul Ricoeur, Emeritus Professor at the University of Chicago and the University of Paris, is a French thinker esteemed for his work in philosophy of language, psychology, religious studies, and literary theory or hermeneutics.

Mark I. Wallace is Associate Professor of Religion, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

-Part One-

THE STUDY OF RELIGION: PROBLEMS AND ISSUES

1. Philosophy and Religious Language

2. Manifestation and Proclamation

3. The "Sacred" Text and the Community

-Part Two-

PHILOSOPHERS OF RELIGION: MEDIATION AND CONFLICT

4. A Philosophical Hermeneutics of Religion: Kant

5. The "Figure: in Rosenzweig's The Star of Redemption

6. Emmanuel Levinas: Thinker of Testimony

-Part Three-

THE BIBLE AND GENRE: THE POLYPHONY OF BIBLICAL DISCOURSES

7. On the Exegesis of Genesis

8. The Bible and the Imagination

9. Biblical Time

10. Interpretive Narrative

-Part Four-

THEOLOGICAL OVERTURES: GOD, SELF, NARRATIVE, AND EVIL

11. Hope and the Structure of Philosophical Systems

12. Naming God

13. Toward a narrative Theology: Its Necessity, Its Resources, Its Difficulties

14. Evil, a Challenge to Philosophy and Theology

15. The Summoned Subject in the School of the Narratives of the Prophetic Vocation

-Part Five-

PRACTICAL THEOLOGY: ETHICS AND HOMILETICS

16. The Logic of Jesus, the Logic of God

17. "Whoever Loses Their Life for My Sake Will Find It"

18. The Memory of Suffering

19. Ethical and Theological Considerations on the Golden Rule

20. Pastoral Praxeology, Hermeneutics, and Identity

21. Love and Justice

Bibliographical Note

Index of Biblical Passages

Index of Names

Index of Subjects