Theology

Hermeneutics and the Philosophy of Religion

The Legacy of Paul Ricoeur. Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion, Conference 2013
Ed. by Ingolf U. Dalferth and Marlene A. Block

[Hermeneutik und Religionsphilosophie. Das Vermächtnis Paul Ricœurs.]

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Paul Ricœur (1913–2005) was one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of religion in the second half of the 20th century. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth the authors of this volume explore and evaluate Ricœur's contributions to the hermeneutic turn in the philosophy of religion.
Paul Ricœur (1913–2005) was one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of religion in the second half of the 20th century. Through his wide-ranging writings, a self-reflective and critical approach to hermeneutics became an indispensable tool for the philosophical interpretation of the complex text worlds of religious traditions and for critical reflection on cultural phenomena. His philosophical hermeneutics was sensitive to the lack of transparency of the human self and the corresponding intricacies of direct and indirect communication in religion and culture. It was open to the analytic and phenomenological traditions but, by combining phenomenological description with hermeneutical interpretation, also decisively different from other contemporary approaches. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth this volume explores and evaluates Ricœur's contributions to the hermeneutic turn in the philosophy of religion. His hermeneutical phenomenology enriches and reorients the contemporary practice of philosophy of religion, moving beyond the barren varieties of metaphysical theism and antitheism in both the analytic and post-analytic traditions.
Survey of contents
Ingolf U. Dalferth: Hermeneutics of the Call: Introduction

I. Hermeneutics and Religion
David Tracy: Paul Ricœur: Hermeneutics and the Dialectic of Religious Forms – Marlene A. Block: Paul Ricœur's Philosophy as Mourning, as Conversion, and as a Way of Life: A Response to David Tracy – Pamela Sue Anderson: Confidence in the Power of Memory: Ricœur's Dynamic Hermeneutics of Life – Richard T. Livingston: Hope in the Fallibility of Memory: A Response to Pamela Sue Anderson – Walter Schweidler: The Self-Repeating Origin: Ontological Aspects of Ricœur's Concept of Hermeneutics – Nathan Greeley: On What it Means for God to Speak a Word: A Reply to Walter Schweidler

II. Philosophy and Biblical Poetry
Carsten Pallesen: A »Questioning Lament«: Trajectories of Biblical Poetry and Interpretive Prose in Psalm 22 and in the Passion of Mark as a Hegelian Moment in Ricœur's Philosophy of Religion – Duncan Gale: Lamentable Answers and Interpretive Religion, with Continual Reference to Ricœur and Hegel: A Response to Carsten Palleson – Anselm K. Min: Ricœur's Critical Philosophy of History and Hermeneutics of Historical Consciousness: Some Hegelian Responses – Joshua Kira: Could Hegel Survive a Hegelian Critique?: A Response to Anselm Min

III. Hermeneutics and Theology
Pierre Bühler: »Here I Stand…«: Hermeneutics of the Self as a Legacy of Reformation Thought – Kirsten Gerdes: Other than 'Self': A Response to Pierre Bühler- Nicola Stricker: Thinking the Revelation – Eric E. Hall: Hermeneutics as Loving Revelation: A Response to Nicola Stricker – Christina M. Gschwandtner: »Adhesion« to the »Essential«: from Sacred Text to Faithful Action – Jeffrey C. Murico: The (Political) Power of Liturgy: A Response to Christina M. Gschwandtner
Authors/Editors

Ingolf U. Dalferth Geboren 1948; 1977 Promotion; 1982 Habilitation; Professor Emeritus für Systematische Theologie, Symbolik und Religionsphilosophie an der Universität Zürich; Danforth Professor Emeritus für Religionsphilosophie an der Claremont Graduate University in Kalifornien.

Marlene A. Block Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology), University of Toledo; Master of Arts (Anthropology), University of Chicago; Master of Arts (Religion), Claremont Graduate University; Research Assistant and PhD candidate in Philosophy of Religion and Theology, Claremont Graduate University.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: ProtoView — www.protoview.com (6/2016)
In: Theologische Quartalschrift (ThQ) — 196 (2016), S. 284–285 (Bernd Jochen Hilberath)
In: Theologische Literaturzeitung — 144 (2019), S. 102–104 (Christian Polke)
In: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Philosophie — 91 (2016), S. 104–107 (P. Schroffner)
In: Theological Studies — 77 (2016), S. 734–735 (Christopher Adair-Toteff)