The Biblical Kierkegaard: Reading by the Rule of FaithMercer University Press, 1997 - 232 pages Placing Kierkegaard firmly within the Augustinian tradition of reading Scripture according to the Rules of faith and love, Polk brings Kierkegaard's biblical hermeneutics into conversation with current postliberal narrative theology, speech-act theory, canon-contextual criticism, reader-response criticism, feminist theology, and political theology. |
Contents
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KIERKEGAARD AND THE RULE OF FAITH IMAGINING SCRIPTURE | 43 |
HERMENEUTIC SCANDAL HIDING SIN | 85 |
HEART ENOUGH TO BE CONFIDENT DOUBT RECEPTIVITY AND THE EPISTLE OF JAMES | 113 |
THE PRAISE OF JOB EDIFYING DISCOURSE AGAINST THEODICY | 147 |
POSTSCRIPT THE CANONICAL IMAGINATION | 195 |
Bibliography | 205 |
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