The Cave and the Butterfly: An Intercultural Theory of Interpretation and Religion in the Public Sphere (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498211611)

This study offers an intercultural theory of interpretation and religion. It does so by bringing Western and East Asian traditions into dialogue regarding the nature of interpretation. The result of this innovative study is a theory of interpretation which integrates the socially embodied dimension of human life with the study of hermeneutics and religion in post-foundational and cross-cultural perspective. Toward this end, Paul Chung offers a constructive theology of divine speech-acts in a manner more amenable to the social-public sphere than other proposals. In all of this he deeply considers intercultural horizon of interpretation between West and East and its implications for a theology of interpretation. The result is a truly theological theory of interpretation that takes seriously the issues of intercultural studies and their intersection with Christian doctrine.

Author: Paul S. Chung
ISBN-10: 1498211615
ISBN-13: 9781498211611
Publisher: Cascade Books
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2011
Pages: 316
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d