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The cave and the butterfly : an intercultural theory of interpretation and religion in the public sphere / Paul S. Chung.

By: Chung, Paul S, 1958-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: xix, 297 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781606085301 (pbk.); 1606085301 (pbk.)Subject(s): Hermeneutics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Religious pluralism -- Christianity | Christianity and other religions | East and West | Christianity and culture | Public theologyBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Engaging cave and butterfly -- Cave of soul and mimetic creativity -- Cave of soul and embodiment in the Christian tradition -- Christian theology and the public sphere -- Theologia crucis and a socially embodied life -- The iron cage and emancipation of the lifeworld -- A postmodern view of power and knowledge in interplay -- The history of effect and the conflict of interpretation -- A postmodern ethics of the other and the hermeneutics of saying -- Interpretation of scripture and analogical hermeneutics -- Christian mission and the interpretation of the Gospel in the presence of the other -- Excursus: Wang Yangming and the investigation of things in an ontological context -- Conclusion: Odyssey, Abraham, and Laozi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index.

Introduction: Engaging cave and butterfly -- Cave of soul and mimetic creativity -- Cave of soul and embodiment in the Christian tradition -- Christian theology and the public sphere -- Theologia crucis and a socially embodied life -- The iron cage and emancipation of the lifeworld -- A postmodern view of power and knowledge in interplay -- The history of effect and the conflict of interpretation -- A postmodern ethics of the other and the hermeneutics of saying -- Interpretation of scripture and analogical hermeneutics -- Christian mission and the interpretation of the Gospel in the presence of the other -- Excursus: Wang Yangming and the investigation of things in an ontological context -- Conclusion: Odyssey, Abraham, and Laozi.

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