August 15, 2016 Here are some thoughts about biblical interpretation as I try to get clear about the reader’s role in the phenomenon of meaning. The chapter that I am currently working on is about the way in which we create meaning as we read the Bible. This is because the Bible (like any text) … More The Reader’s Culture (part 2)
August 8, 2016 I’m working on a chapter that deals with the role of the reader in interpreting the Bible. In contemporary theory, the meaning of a text is not simply in the words, but in the ways in which readers construe those words. The words bear a potential meaning, but the meaning is not … More The Reader’s Culture
July 7, 2016 So, I’m writing a book on how to read and understand the Bible. The book is for undergraduates, not for theological professionals, so rhetoric becomes an important consideration–how to find the right way of saying things so that communication actually occurs. Communication in theological subjects is a challenge for several reasons. The … More Theology, Politics, and Rhetoric
Last week I raised the question of progressive revelation within the Bible. I noted that Christians generally acknowledge that the New Testament reveals God in a fuller way than does the Old Testament. (This statement obviously requires qualification. Martin Luther, for instance, believed that parts of the OT reveal Christ while parts of the NT … More Veiling women and the word of God
the word of God is another name for God’s acting. . . . It is the expression and means of God’s creative power … More Revelation, Information, and Action
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