Whose Community? Which Interpretation? - Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church(English, Paperback, Westphal Merold)

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Whose Community? Which Interpretation? - Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church(English, Paperback, Westphal Merold) is written by Westphal Merold and published by Baker Publishing Group. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0801031478 (ISBN 10) and 9780801031472 (ISBN 13).

In this volume, renowned philosopher Merold Westphal introduces current philosophical thinking related to interpreting the Bible. Recognizing that no theology is completely free of philosophical "contamination," he engages and mines contemporary hermeneutical theory in service of the church. After providing a historical overview of contemporary theories of interpretation, Westphal addresses postmodern hermeneutical theory, arguing that the relativity embraced there is not the same as the relativism in which "anything goes." Rather, Westphal encourages us to embrace the proliferation of interpretations based on different perspectives as a way to get at the richness of the biblical text.