{"product_id":"9780310234388_mere-christian-hermeneutics-transfiguring-what-it-means-to-read-the-bible-theologically","title":"Mere Christian Hermeneutics: Transfiguring What It Means to Read the Bible Theologically","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSouthwestern Journal of Theology\u003c\/em\u003e 2024 Book of The Year • \u003cem\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/em\u003e 2024 Theology Book Award • The Gospel Coalition 2024 Biblical Studies Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReading the Bible to the glory of God.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1952, C. S. Lewis's \u003cem\u003eMere Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e eloquently defined the essential tenets of the Christian faith. With the rise of fractured individualism that continues to split the church, this approach is more important now than ever before for biblical hermeneutics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany Christians wonder how to read the text of Scripture well, rightly, and faithfully. After all, developing a strong theory of interpretation has always been presented by two enormous challenges:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA variety of actual interpretations of the Bible, even within the context of a single community of believers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe plurality of reading cultures—denominational, disciplinary, historical, and global interpretive communities—each with its own frame of reference.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn response, influential theologian Kevin J. Vanhoozer puts forth a \"mere\" Christian hermeneutic—essential principles for reading the Bible as Scripture everywhere, at all times, and by all Christians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo center his thought, Vanhoozer turns to the accounts of Jesus' transfiguration—a key moment in the broader economy of God's revelation—to suggest that spiritual or \"figural\" interpretation is not a denial or distortion of the literal sense but, rather, its glorification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrenic without resorting to bland ecumenical tolerance, \u003cem\u003eMere Christian Hermeneutics \u003c\/em\u003eis a powerful and convincing call for both church and academy to develop reading cultures that enable and sustain the kind of unity and diversity that a \"mere Christian hermeneutic\" should call for and encourage\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kevin J. Vanhoozer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46898403770517,"sku":"9780310234388","price":62.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780310234388_791c5b18-1046-4005-84d1-f41900a6f2f4.jpg?v=1776888531","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780310234388_mere-christian-hermeneutics-transfiguring-what-it-means-to-read-the-bible-theologically","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}