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The cave and the butterfly : an intercultural theory of interpretation and religion in the public sphere / Paul S. Chung.

Title
The cave and the butterfly : an intercultural theory of interpretation and religion in the public sphere / Paul S. Chung.
Author
Chung, Paul S., 1958-
Publication
Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, c2011.

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Description
xix, 297 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Christianity and culture
  • Christianity and other religions
  • East and West
  • Hermeneutics > Christianity
  • Public theology
  • Religious pluralism > Christianity
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: Engaging cave and butterfly -- Cave of soul and mimetic creativity -- Cave of soul and embodiment in the Christian tradition -- Christian theology and the public sphere -- Theologia crucis and a socially embodied life -- The iron cage and emancipation of the lifeworld -- A postmodern view of power and knowledge in interplay -- The history of effect and the conflict of interpretation -- A postmodern ethics of the other and the hermeneutics of saying -- Interpretation of scripture and analogical hermeneutics -- Christian mission and the interpretation of the Gospel in the presence of the other -- Excursus: Wang Yangming and the investigation of things in an ontological context -- Conclusion: Odyssey, Abraham, and Laozi.
ISBN
  • 9781606085301 (pbk.)
  • 1606085301 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2011280094