• Preface--
• 1. Theological hermeneutics in the twilight of modernity-- Part I. The Modern Roots of Suspicion--
• 2. The scandal of positivity: the Kantian paradigm in modern theology--
• 3. Against purism: Hamann's metacritique of Kant--
• 4. Feuerbach: forgotten father of the hermeneutics of suspicion--
• 5. Nietzschean suspicion and the Christian imagination-- Part II. Christian Imagination in a Postmodern World:
• 6. The hermeneutics of difference: suspicion in postmodern guise--
• 7. The hermeneutic imperative: interpretation and the theological task--
• 8. The faithful imagination: suspicion and trust in a postmodern world-- Appendix: Hamann's letter to Kraus-- Bibliography-- Index.
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This book explores the contemporary crisis of biblical interpretation by examining modern and postmodern forms of the 'hermeneutics of suspicion'. Garrett Green looks at several thinkers who played key roles in creating a radically suspicious reading of the Bible. After Kant, Hamann and Feuerbach comes Nietzsche, who marked the turn from modern to postmodern suspicion. Green argues that similarities between Derrida's deconstruction and Barth's theology of signs show that postmodern suspicion ought not to be viewed simply as a threat to theology but as a secular counterpart to its own hermeneutical insights. When theology attends to its proper task of describing the grammar of scriptural imagination, it discovers a source of suspicion more radical than the secular, the hermeneutical expression of God's gracious judgement. Green concludes that Christians are committed to the hermeneutical imperative, the never-ending struggle for the meaning of scripture in the hopeful insecurity of the faithful imagination.
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• Preface--
• 1. Theological hermeneutics in the twilight of modernity-- Part I. The Modern Roots of Suspicion--
• 2. The scandal of positivity: the Kantian paradigm in modern theology--
• 3. Against purism: Hamann's metacritique of Kant--
• 4. Feuerbach: forgotten father of the hermeneutics of suspicion--
• 5. Nietzschean suspicion and the Christian imagination-- Part II. Christian Imagination in a Postmodern World:
• 6. The hermeneutics of difference: suspicion in postmodern guise--
• 7. The hermeneutic imperative: interpretation and the theological task--
• 8. The faithful imagination: suspicion and trust in a postmodern world-- Appendix: Hamann's letter to Kraus-- Bibliography-- Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

This book explores the contemporary crisis of biblical interpretation by examining modern and postmodern forms of the 'hermeneutics of suspicion'. Garrett Green looks at several thinkers who played key roles in creating a radically suspicious reading of the Bible. After Kant, Hamann and Feuerbach comes Nietzsche, who marked the turn from modern to postmodern suspicion. Green argues that similarities between Derrida's deconstruction and Barth's theology of signs show that postmodern suspicion ought not to be viewed simply as a threat to theology but as a secular counterpart to its own hermeneutical insights. When theology attends to its proper task of describing the grammar of scriptural imagination, it discovers a source of suspicion more radical than the secular, the hermeneutical expression of God's gracious judgement. Green concludes that Christians are committed to the hermeneutical imperative, the never-ending struggle for the meaning of scripture in the hopeful insecurity of the faithful imagination.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Preface--
• 1. Theological hermeneutics in the twilight of modernity-- Part I. The Modern Roots of Suspicion--
• 2. The scandal of positivity: the Kantian paradigm in modern theology--
• 3. Against purism: Hamann's metacritique of Kant--
• 4. Feuerbach: forgotten father of the hermeneutics of suspicion--
• 5. Nietzschean suspicion and the Christian imagination-- Part II. Christian Imagination in a Postmodern World:
• 6. The hermeneutics of difference: suspicion in postmodern guise--
• 7. The hermeneutic imperative: interpretation and the theological task--
• 8. The faithful imagination: suspicion and trust in a postmodern world-- Appendix: Hamann's letter to Kraus-- Bibliography-- Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

This book explores the contemporary crisis of biblical interpretation by examining modern and postmodern forms of the 'hermeneutics of suspicion'. Garrett Green looks at several thinkers who played key roles in creating a radically suspicious reading of the Bible. After Kant, Hamann and Feuerbach comes Nietzsche, who marked the turn from modern to postmodern suspicion. Green argues that similarities between Derrida's deconstruction and Barth's theology of signs show that postmodern suspicion ought not to be viewed simply as a threat to theology but as a secular counterpart to its own hermeneutical insights. When theology attends to its proper task of describing the grammar of scriptural imagination, it discovers a source of suspicion more radical than the secular, the hermeneutical expression of God's gracious judgement. Green concludes that Christians are committed to the hermeneutical imperative, the never-ending struggle for the meaning of scripture in the hopeful insecurity of the faithful imagination.
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• Preface & Acknowledgments- Garrett Green-- Introduction: Karl Barth as Theorist of Religion- Garrett Green God's Revelation as the Sublimation of Religion- Karl Barth-- a)The Problem of Religion in Theology-- b)Religion as Faithlessness-- c)True Religion--
• Appendix I: On Translating Barth-Garrett Green--
• Appendix II: Materials for Teaching Barth on Religion- Garrett Green-- Select Bibliography- Garrett Green.
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The study of Karl Barth has generally been excluded from religious studies departments in favour of more liberal theologians such as Tillich. For many years, scholar Garrett Green has argued that there is no justification for this neglect. To support his theory that Barth can and should be studied as a religious theorist rather than just a theologian, Garrett Green presents a brand new translation of Chapter 17 of Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics prefaced by a detailed introduction to the text. This important new translation counters the idea that Barth rejected the notion of religion out of hand by correcting a number of errors in the original version that obscure Barth's central argument. In particular the crucial word, Aufhebung, in the title is translated here as sublimation rather than abolition. The translation will do better justice to the German original and will be more accessible to contemporary readers. Unlike the original version, all Greek, Latin and Hebrew citations are translated into English, and the NRSV is used for the Bible quotes rather than the King James. The translation is accompanied by a text by Garrett Green introducing the scholar and student to Barth as a religious theorist. The book concludes with appendices containing teaching materials and a summary of developed by the author in the classroom over years.
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• Preface & Acknowledgments- Garrett Green-- Introduction: Karl Barth as Theorist of Religion- Garrett Green God's Revelation as the Sublimation of Religion- Karl Barth-- a)The Problem of Religion in Theology-- b)Religion as Faithlessness-- c)True Religion--
• Appendix I: On Translating Barth-Garrett Green--
• Appendix II: Materials for Teaching Barth on Religion- Garrett Green-- Select Bibliography- Garrett Green.
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The study of Karl Barth has generally been excluded from religious studies departments in favour of more liberal theologians such as Tillich. For many years, scholar Garrett Green has argued that there is no justification for this neglect. To support his theory that Barth can and should be studied as a religious theorist rather than just a theologian, Garrett Green presents a brand new translation of Chapter 17 of Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics prefaced by a detailed introduction to the text. This important new translation counters the idea that Barth rejected the notion of religion out of hand by correcting a number of errors in the original version that obscure Barth's central argument. In particular the crucial word, Aufhebung, in the title is translated here as sublimation rather than abolition. The translation will do better justice to the German original and will be more accessible to contemporary readers. Unlike the original version, all Greek, Latin and Hebrew citations are translated into English, and the NRSV is used for the Bible quotes rather than the King James. The translation is accompanied by a text by Garrett Green introducing the scholar and student to Barth as a religious theorist. The book concludes with appendices containing teaching materials and a summary of developed by the author in the classroom over years.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)