"Dispossession": the movement of hermeneutics and prayer in Paul Ricoeur and Rowan Williams
In this article, I argue for a constructive relationship between the philosophical discipline of hermeneutics, and the theological practice of prayer. The justification for this claim is the use of the same word "dispossession" and cognate ideas in the arguments of Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005)...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Literature and theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 38, Issue: 3, Pages: 228-242 |
| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture NAB Fundamental theology NBC Doctrine of God RC Liturgy VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
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| Summary: | In this article, I argue for a constructive relationship between the philosophical discipline of hermeneutics, and the theological practice of prayer. The justification for this claim is the use of the same word "dispossession" and cognate ideas in the arguments of Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) regarding hermeneutics, and the arguments of Rowan Williams (b.1950) regarding integrity in theological language with its clearest paradigm of prayer. In order to focus this argument, in the first Section, I consider Immanuel Kant’s (1724-1804) idea of prayer, the nearness of the role of hermeneutics to his notion, and reveal how both Ricoeur and Williams can be seen to be reacting—either for or against—Kant’s approach. It is true, as I will discuss, that hermeneutics and prayer have been linked before—but usually prayer only in relation to Scriptural hermeneutics. In affirming and deepening that claim to hermeneutics more generally, therefore, a fresh case is made about the nearness of spiritual practice and philosophical method, and about the contribution of theology to reading more generally. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frae032 |
