Texts in quarantine: Karl Barth, biblical interpretation and imaginative resistance
This essay explores the overlapping territory between the phenomenon known as imaginative resistance' in literary, psychological and philosophical circles and Karl Barth's theological hermeneutic. Imaginative resistance refers to the way readers are willing to give consent to all sorts of...
| Published in: | Scottish journal of theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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Scottish journal of theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Barth, Karl 1886-1968
/ Exegesis
/ Hermeneutics
/ Word of God
/ Reader
/ Resistance
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| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HA Bible KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church NBB Doctrine of Revelation VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Karl Barth
B Scripture B Word of God B Literary Theory B Hermeneutics B imaginative resistance |
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| Summary: | This essay explores the overlapping territory between the phenomenon known as imaginative resistance' in literary, psychological and philosophical circles and Karl Barth's theological hermeneutic. Imaginative resistance refers to the way readers are willing to give consent to all sorts of implausible things in the context of a fiction, but become uneasy when asked to imagine that something they consider morally or ethically reprehensible is good. The essay offers an overview of the current scholarly theories regarding the origins of the phenomenon of imaginative resistance, arguing that none of them provide an adequate account of imaginative resistance in relation to a text read as Word of God'. The essay suggests that Karl Barth's theological hermeneutic does not offer a solution' to imaginative resistance in relation to scripture, but rather deepens and redescribes it in meaningful ways by acknowledging the appropriateness of the interpreter's resistance while encouraging continued engagement even with the claims of challenging biblical texts. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930617000631 |