Article
Review of Whose Community? Which Interpretation? by Merold Westphal
Catholic Books Review
(2009)
Abstract
Merold Westphal needs no introduction as an important mediating voice between continental philosophy, particularly French postmodernism, and American Christian theology. The present work, subtitled “Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church,” is an installment in Baker’s “The Church and Postmodern Culture” series, edited by James K.A. Smith. The series, and indeed this book, are aimed at showing Christians, particularly Evangelicals, that postmodernism, rather than being the enemy of theology and faith, should be embraced as a resource. In particular, Westphal centers on the hermeneutical tradition as elaborated in the work of Hans-Georg Gadadmer and others.
Keywords
- continental philosophy,
- American Christian theology,
- Philosophical Hermeneutics,
- Christians,
- Evangelicals,
- postmodernism,
- Hans-Georg Gadadmer
Disciplines
Publication Date
November, 2009
Citation Information
Rober, D. (2009, November). Review of Whose Community? Which Interpretation? By Merold Westphal [Review of the book Whose Community? Which Interpretation?]. Catholic Books Review. Retrieved from http://catholicbooksreview.org/2009.htm