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Getting in Front of the Text: Ricoeurean Hermeneutics and Beyond
| Author | Harris, James Henry |
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| Date | 2016 |
| Format | Conference Paper |
| Description | 8 pages |
| Genre | Public Lecture |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Preaching |
| Notes | Copyright © 2016 James Henry Harris. Presented here with permission of James Henry Harris and the Academy of Homiletics. |
| Abstract | This paper seeks to break new ground in the areas of homiletic practice and interpretation theory. The language of “getting in front of the text” is a metaphor for interpreting the text via a socio-cultural context. Moreover, this language of getting in front of the text suggests that meaning is not static and does not depend on what the writer meant when he/she wrote the text, but meaning is dynamic. When Ricoeur writes that the meaning of the text is in front of it, he is making a bold, transformative, and liberating claim. In this short piece, I seek to explain his claim and move beyond it to the point of propelling the reader to social action. |
| Collection | Academy of Homiletics |
| Contributor | Academy of Homiletics |
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