Congregational Hermeneutics : How Do We Read? Hardback
by Andrew P. Rogers
Part of the Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology series
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Despite many churches claiming that the Bible is highly significant for their doctrine and practice, questions about how we read the Bible are rarely made explicit.
Based on ethnographic research in English churches, Congregational Hermeneutics explores this dissonance and moves beyond descriptions to propose ways of enriching hermeneutical practices in congregations.
Characterised as hermeneutical apprenticeship, this is not just a matter of learning certain skills, but of cultivating hermeneutical virtues such as faithfulness, community, humility, confidence and courage.
These virtues are given substance through looking at four broad themes that emerge from the analysis of congregational hermeneutics - tradition, practices, epistemology and mediation.
Concluding with what hermeneutical apprenticeship might look like in practice, this book is constructively theological about what churches actually do with the Bible, and will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:324 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:28/12/2015
- ISBN:9781409449881
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:324 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:28/12/2015
- ISBN:9781409449881
