This dissertation delineates an interlocking set of hermeneutic challenges that have historically beset Protestant biblical interpretation, particularly in Protestant communities that have maintained close allegiance to the tenets of Martin Lutherâs âsola Scripturaâ teaching. These believers are consistently at a loss in view of the subjectivity of interpretation and the Protestant communionâs tendency to fracture along lines of interpretive disagreement. This project seeks to chart the complex theological and philosophical commitments undergirding prominent episodes in the unfolding of this âProtestant interpretation problem,â examining its historical instantiations from Reformation-era to contemporary theological options. The dissertation then explores alternative hermeneutic paradigms tied to two modern contemplative approaches to revelation, proposing that these paradigms offer promising resources, though not ready solutions, for moving beyond the Protestant interpretation problem. In overview of the various options surveyed, the project closes by endorsing a view of Christoform revelation as a Spirit-guided process that incorporates human interpretersâ improvisational responses to divine self-communication (rather than working towards purging them away from some âobjective coreâ of revelation) in sacramental fashion. The practical implication is that of placing a higher premium onâand, thus, giving more careful attention to cultivatingâthe multiple intelligences at play in the discursive communityâs improvisational formulations of Scriptureâs Christoform content and implications, understanding the ongoing struggle towards meaning as itself a graced bodily site of transfiguration into Sonship.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VANDERBILT/oai:VANDERBILTETD:etd-03172018-212151 |
| Date | 02 April 2018 |
| Creators | White, Lauren Smelser |
| Contributors | Bruce Morrill, Ph.D., Paul DeHart, Ph.D., Ellen Armour, Ph.D., William Franke |
| Publisher | VANDERBILT |
| Source Sets | Vanderbilt University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03172018-212151/ |
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