Normativity of the Future: Reading Biblical and Other Authorative Texts in an Eschatological Perspective

by R Bieringer (Editor), M Elsbernd (Editor)

Overview

One of the major issues of contemporary theology is the relationship between the past and the present. Many see the task of theology as the re-interpretation of past traditions for today. This focus pays scant attention to the future. In recent years theological inquiry into the future and eschatology is surfacing. In the past ten years we have developed an eschatological hermeneutics for the interpretation of biblical and other authoritative texts. This hermeneutical approach integrates the past, present and future dimensions of the interpretive process paying special attention to the future. The first part of this book consists of three foundational articles by Reimund Bieringer and Mary Elsbernd about the approach which we have come to call "normativity of the future". In this part we provide the theoretical foundations of this eschatological hermeneutics. The second part of this book contains contributions by Reimund Bieringer, Mary Elsbernd, Susan M. Garthwaite, Ma. Marilou Ibita, Didier Pollefeyt, Rolando Tuazon and Thomas A. Vollmer who practice this approach in the arenas of Biblical Exegesis, Ethics, and Religious Education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789042922273
Publisher:	Peeters Publishing
Publication date:	02/05/2010
Series:	Annua Nuntia Lovaniensia , #61
Pages:	402
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Preface v

Acknowledgements vii

Part 1 The Theory of the "Normativity of the Future" Approach

Introduction: The "Normativity of the Future" Approach: Its Roots, Development, Current State and Challenges Reimund Bieringer Mary Elsbernd 3

The Normativity of the Future: The Authority of the Bible for Theology (1996, 1997) Reimund Bieringer 27

Interpreting the Signs of the Times in the Light of the Gospel: Vision and Normativity of the Future (2004, 2007) Mary Elsbernd Reimund Bieringer 47

Texts That Create a Future: The Function of Ancient Texts for Theology Today (2007, 2010) Reimund Bieringer 91

Part 2 The Practice of the "Normativity of the Future" Approach

A Normativity of the Future and Biblical Exegesis

Open to Both Ways...? Anti-Judaism and Johannine Christology Reimund Bieringer Didier Pollefeyt 121

Foot-washing Slaves, a Sick Child, and Signs of God's Dream: A Normativity of the Future Perspective on John 4:43-54 Susan M. Garthwaite 135

Creation and God's Dream: Reading Rom 8:18-27 in a Normativity of the Future Perspective Thomas A. Vollmer 167

In Search for a Vision of an Inclusive Future for a Hungry and Thirsty World: Rom 14:17 in a Normativity of the Future Perspective Ma. Marilou S. Ibita 197

Re-Reading the Lord's Supper Story in Corinth (1 Cor 11:17-34): A Normativity of the Future Perspective Ma. Marilou S. Ibita 239

B Normativity of the Future and Ethics

The Ecological Crisis and the Future of Creation Mary Elsbernd Reimund Bieringer 281

Narrating Christian Ethics from the Margins Rolando A. Tuazon 297

Vision, Context and Transformative Praxis: Reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Forty Years Later Mary Elsbernd 327

C Normativity of the Future and Religious Education

"Come, and You Will See" (John 1:39): Dialogical Authority and Normativity of the Future in the Fourth Gospel and in Religious Education Reimund Bieringer 361

The Role of the Bible in Religious Education Reconsidered: Risks and Challenges in Teaching the Bible Didier Pollefeyt Reimund Bieringer 377