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Hermeneutika a autorita – bilance

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Gadamer H.-G.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2010

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vol. 58

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issue 2

165-170

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Gadamer provides an explanation of his attitude to authority, in which he refers, among other things, to his personal experience. The basis of the modern scientific method is an impartiality of approach and the exclusion of the subjective point of view. The raising of hermeneutical questions, however, does not allow one to blindly accept objectivity. In the complex phenomena that include social processes, economical contexts and the understanding of texts and traditions, a part is played by the participation of the person, his or her involvement in contexts, the influence of traditions, the formation of patterns and the guidance of authority. Authority can have, in Gadamer’s view, a creative influence on the person, opening up new possibilities of freedom.

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Readers, Texts, and the Fusion of Horizons: Theology and Gadamer’s Hermeneutics

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Knotts M. W.

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica

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2014

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vol. 4

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issue 2

233-246

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The practise of hermeneutics originates in a theological context, and indeed, the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer has exerted an influence over theolo- gians and religious persons for the last half century. What if any relevance does a text, for instance, a biblical one, have for us today? Is it severed from us due to its historical and temporal distance? Even if it has some message which can be rele- vant today, how is one to access and interpret it? Gadamer deals with such issues in his masterwork Truth and Method, offering resources through his understanding of the nature of texts and what he calls the fusion of horizons. For Gadamer, an horizon constitutes one’s worldview. Yet this horizon is subject to expansion and revision, as well as contact with other horizons. In this process of fusing horizons, understanding occurs between minds, and one grows in one’s awareness and pursuit of truth. Gadamer maintains that this can happen across both hermeneutical and historical boundaries, hence preserving the applicability of a text to a different context without compromising its unique historical origins.

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A partire da Hans-Georg Gadamer . La koiné, il ponte e le “due culture”

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Saviani L.

Italica Wratislaviensia

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2014

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issue 5

255-268

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The following contribution starts out going through the pages where Hans Georg Gadamer recalls his early youth and his first university studies in Breslavia. In those pages Gadamer emphasizes more than once a particular “foundational” exigence, the need “to throw a bridge”, to articulate in new terms the dialogue between humanistic tradition and positive sciences. That fundamental exigence “to throw a bridge” of a new relationship with scientific knowledge is one of the essential features of contemporary hermeneutics. Italy was the first country to publish the first translation of Gadamer’s main work, Wahrheit und Methode. And in Italy alone, in last year’s philosophical debate around the hermeneutic koiné finds in the relationship with science (natural sciences, scientific knowledge) as it has been interpreted by hermeneutics so far, and in the exigency to finally reformulate that relationship in less “aesthetical-metaphysical” terms, the place where hermeneutics may recognize its own nihilistic sense: to correspond to the becoming (flowing) of nihilism, that is of modernity, means first of all to mark the distance from the attitudes that hermeneutic philosophers have so far had with regard to the positive sciences.

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Teologia Marcina Lutra w debacie Światowej Federacji Luterańskiej po roku 2010

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Sojka J.

Gdański Rocznik Ewangelicki

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2016

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vol. 10

122-138

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The article analyses the debate in the largest international organization of Lutheran Churches which takes place within the context of the 500th an-niversary of the Reformation that falls in 2017. Theological heritage of Mar-tin Luther is an important point of reference in areas such as herme¬neutics, ethics, political and social commitment, as well as work ethics, and economic life. Analysis of the Reformer’s theological thought in these areas is not only a reminder of key elements of his theology, but also an inspiring, critical actualisation of contemporary problems faced by the Lutheran Churches.

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The Secret Sympathy: New Atheism, Protestant Fundamentalism, and Evolution

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Fraser L. J.

Open Theology

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2014

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vol. 1

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issue 1

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In spite of the apparent differences between the two, a number of commentators have suggested an underlying sympathy between new atheism and protestant fundamentalism (e.g. De Botton 2012; Vernon 2007; Flew 2007; Robertson 2010) While such comparisons are intriguing, it not always clear whether they should be taken seriously, as they are frequently asserted without sustained argument. This paper seeks to ameliorate this lack of clarity through a textual study of new atheist and protestant fundamentalist texts. This textual study reveals two presuppositions shared by new atheists and protestant fundamentalists: a literal, univocal, and perspicuous understanding of Scripture, and a disruptive and substitutionary conception of divine activity in nature. As such, for all their differences, both groups share similar beliefs concerning the Christian faith. While scholars frequently critique new atheist and protestant fundamentalist arguments by attacking biblical inerrancy or metaphysical naturalism, this paper concludes by arguing that a more successful critique of these two groups can be advanced by questioning the biblical and theological presuppositions that they share.

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A Hermeneutic Understanding of Dialogue as a Tool for Global Peace

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Chukwuokolo C., Jeko V. O.

Dialogue and Universalism

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2019

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issue 3

23-39

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The problem of threat to international politics and global peace has undermined the effectiveness of the power of dialogue. The world seems to be in the condition of will to power derivable from the mutually assured destructive (MAD) tendencies. Is it possible to extend global peace? How can this be achieved? In this paper, we posit that dialogue is a fundamental medium for conflict resolution and peaceful coexistence in a diverse world. We contend that monologue in international politics understood in terms of might is right undermines the effectiveness of dialogue and often leads to violent conflicts within and between countries. Our world today is at a crossroads. Dialogue, however, foregrounds the medium of conflict resolution and the social consciousness of human communication. We present a hermeneutic understanding of dialogue that follows from relevant works of Hans Georg Gadamer and Jurgen Habermas. This paper espouses the power of dialogue as a basis for the normative foundation of an emancipated social global order. The dialogical sequence has a cobweb of social interconnectedness and the ethics of global peace. We present a literal and philosophical understanding of dialogue and a contextual understanding of dialogue within the hermeneutic tradition.

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Is Gadamer's Hermeneutics Inherently Conservative?

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Atkinson C. E.

Forum Philosophicum

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2009

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vol. 14

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issue 2

285-306

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According to two critics, Georgia Warnke and John Caputo, Gadamer's hermeneutics is inherently “conservative” insofar as he appeals to tradition as a constituent in understanding. They insist that he simply preserves the ideals, norms and values of the Western metaphysical tradition without critically examining them. I do not agree and will argue that views like this depend upon several false assumptions—for example, that Gadamer reifies the text as a “thing-in-itself” (Sache selbst) and remains trapped in subjectivism. I will begin by examining some of the ways in which these charges might be warranted before proceeding to defend him.

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The Hermeneutical Keys to William James’s Philosophy of Religion: Protestant Impulses, Vital Belief

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Zehnder D. J.

Forum Philosophicum

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2010

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vol. 15

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issue 2

301-316

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This essay argues that the American psychologist and philosopher William James should be viewed in the Lutheran Reformation’s tradition because this viewpoint offers the hermeneutical key to his philosophy of religion. Though James obviously didn’t ascribe to biblical authority, he expressed the following religious sensibilities made possible by Martin Luther and his contemporaries: 1) challenge of prevailing systems, 2) anti-rationalism, 3) being pro-religious experience and dynamic belief, 4) need for a personal, caring God, and also 5) a gospel of religious comfort. This essay asks, in one specific form, how religious concerns can hold steady over time but cause very different expressions of faith.

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Hermeneutyczna funkcja ewangelickiej etyki teologicznej

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Hintz M.

Rocznik Teologiczny

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2017

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vol. 04

781-801

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Motyw hermeneutyki należał do jednego z najważniejszych toposów teologii ewangelickiej XX wieku. Hermeneutyka jako samodzielna dyscyplina badawcza w ramach protestantyzmu rozwinęła się w XVII wieku za sprawą Johanna Conrada Dannhauera (1603-1666). Etyka ewangelicka jako wyodrębniony dział teologii powstała za sprawą Georga Calixta (1586-1656), autora Epitome Theologiae moralis. Dopiero jednak za sprawą Schleiermachera, ojca neoprotestantyzmu, wyodrębniła się hermeneutyka filozoficzna per se, czyli synteza istniejących dotąd koncepcji interpretacji – ogólna teoria rozumienia. U Schleiermachera odnajdujemy również motyw postrzegania etyki teologicznej jako teorii rozumienia państwa, społeczeństwa i kultury. Współczesna etyka ewangelicka w całości teologicznego namysłu pełniła szczególną rolę w końcu lat 80. i początku 90. XX wieku. Wówczas też motyw rozumienia jako specyfi cznego zadania etyki znalazł szczególną rolę w pismach Trutza Rendtorff a, Wolfh arta Pannenberga, a wśród najnowszych opracowań przedmiotu, w etyce – dziele szwajcarskiego teologa Johannesa Fischera.

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The theme of hermeneutics was considered one of the most important subjects of 20th century Protestant Th eology. Hermeneutics as an independent discipline in Protestant Th eology began to develop in the 17th century, thanks to Johann Conrad Dannhauer (1603-1666) who published his concepts at that time. Protestant ethics as a separate section of theology was presented by Georg Calixt (1586-1656) in his book Epitome Theologiae moralis. It is, however, in fact Friedrich Schleiermacher, who can be acknowledged as the father of philosophical hermeneutics. In his theological ethics we can find a particular function of the discipline as a way to understanding the state, society and culture. Th e system of ethics played a central role in Protestant Th eology in the late 80s and 90s of the 20th century. Among the most important theologians who emphasized the hermeneutical function of Protestant ethics Trutz Rendtorff and Wolfh art Pannenberg must be mentioned, and among the most recent papers on the subject, the work of Swiss theologian Johannes Fischer.

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Biblická interpretace po začátku 21. století: stav a vize

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Brož J.

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica

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2014

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vol. 4

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issue 2

179-195

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The paper presents an overview of the situation of the biblical scholarship after the beginning of the 21st century. After a brief historical introduction the factors are specified that have influenced a present-day positive acceptance of the methodological pluralism. Nevertheless the keystone of the biblical interpretation remains Historical Criticism that combines a diachronic and synchronic approach to ancient texts and that in comparison with its beginning achieved certain innovations. A great expansion enjoy in our times the interpretative approaches, which are not a method in proper sense, but rather specific aspects of interest that bring a reader to understanding and to the actualization of a text. Majority of the approaches have as common denominator an intense orientation on the role of a reader in the process of interpretation. From the hermeneutical point of view is desirable to see a text as an open reality that offers ever new interpretations.

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Towards a Hermeneutics of Religion(s). A Reading of Ricoeur's Readings

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Stanjevskiy F.

Forum Philosophicum

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2008

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vol. 13

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issue 2

197-215

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The objective of this article is to present and analyze some theses advanced in “Lectures 3” by Paul Ricoeur. The book is devoted to the boundaries of philosophy, to non-philosophical sources of philosophy and finally to the other par excellence of philosophy—to religion. The book is composed of a series of essays divided thematically into three parts. The first part deals with Kant's and Hegel's philosophy of religion. Then in the course of the book the author gradually moves away from the philosophical logos (the second part deals with prophets, the problem of evil, the tragic etc) to arrive at a point where recourse to the exegesis of the Bible becomes for him indispensable.

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Sensus fidei – referenční bod katolické teologie

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Klíč T.

Studia theologica

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2013

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vol. 15

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issue 4

160-168

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In the footsteps of the Second Vatican Council’s doctrine the last document of the International Theological Commission deals with sensus fidei as an important methodological aspect of Catholic theology. The article aims to present the current state of discussion concerning the sense of the faith without entering into specific details. In the first part three wrong views of the category are criticized. It should be apparent that no correct understanding of the sense of faith in the Catholic Church can have the role of religious public opinion in competition with the teaching of the Magisterium. In the second part, attention is turned to the relationship between sensus fidei and the work of theologians in positive terms. Respect for the sense of faith must be expressed inter alia by humble listening to the members of the people of God followed by critical discernment of the truth. The saints of the Church can offer a solid orientation.

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Każda reprezentacja jest interpretacją – w stronę hermeneutycznej koncepcji architektury informacji

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Roszkowski M.

Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne

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2019

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vol. 57

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issue 2(114)

61-79

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CEL/TEZA: Celem artykułu jest próba charakterystyki architektury informacji (AI) z punktu widzenia możliwości zastosowania hermeneutyki jako teorii, która może wyznaczać pewne ramy interpretacyjne dla tego obszaru badawczego oraz dać jego podstawy epistemologiczne i metodologiczne. Punktem wyjścia do rozważań jest teza L. Rosenfelda, P. Morville’a i J. Arango o roli rozumienia i interpretacji w projektowaniu architektury informacji. KONCEPCJA/METODY: W warstwie metodologicznej artykuł opiera się na interpretacji modelu architektury informacji autorstwa L. Rosenfelda, P. Morville’a i J. Arango z punktu widzenia założeń hermeneutyki H. G. Gadamera oraz cyfrowej hermeneutyki R. Capurro. WYNIKI I WNIOSKI: Zastosowanie podejścia hermeneutycznego zarówno do projektowania jak i badania architektury informacji wyznacza określoną postawę poznawczą, w której przyjmuje się założenie o kulturowych i kontekstualnych determinantach organizacji wiedzy oraz wprowadza się koncepcję przed-sądów, które tworzą horyzont rozumienia użytkowników informacji. W takim ujęciu AI wiąże się z projektowaniem pewnej oferty znaczeniowej, której środkiem ekspresji są systemy organizacyjne, etykietowania, nawigacji i wyszukiwania. Proces rozumienia tej oferty polega na hermeneutycznej koncepcji fuzji otwartego horyzontu rozumienia użytkownika i zamkniętego i zaprojektowanego horyzontu systemu informacyjnego. Proces rozumienia zachodzi w trakcie specyficznego rodzaju konwersacji użytkownika z systemem, którego ramy wyznacza model interakcji. ORYGINALNOŚĆ/WARTOŚĆ POZNAWCZA: Postawy poznawcze charakterystyczne dla hermeneutyki i fenomenologii hermeneutycznej widoczne są w dyskursie w ramach architektury informacji. Mają one charakter raczej heurystyk, nie zaś spójnej refleksji teoretycznej. Zaproponowany zarys hermeneutycznej koncepcji architektury informacji może stanowić punkt wyjścia do dyskusji nad teorią AI, szczególnie w kontekście prób uczynienia z niej dyscypliny akademickiej.

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PURPOSE/THESIS: This paper attempts to provide a generalized conceptual framework on information architecture (IA) based on hermeneutics both as a theory and epistemic stance. The starting point for consideration is the acknowledgment of understanding and interpretation as major factors in IA design and research developed by L. Rosenfeld, P. Morville, and J. Arango. APPROACH/METHODS: This study is based on the interpretative approach to IA model developed by L. Rosenfeld, P. Morville, and J. Arango, taking as a framework foundational concepts of H.G. Gadamer’s hermeneutics and R. Capurro’s digital hermeneutics. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: A hermeneutic approach to IA entails a specific epistemic stance, where we acknowledge cultural and contextual implications for knowledge organization, and we are using the concept of pre-judgments which constitute the user’s horizon of understanding. For IA it means that we are designing a meaning offer that is represented by organization systems and externalized by navigation, labeling, and search systems. The process of understanding this meaning offer is based on the fusion of horizons – the open and evolving user’s horizon of understanding, and closed fixed system’s horizon. This process takes place during the specific act of conversation between user and system, which is framed by the model of interaction. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: There are pieces of evidence of epistemic stances of hermeneutics and phenomenological hermeneutics in IA discourse, but they are rather heuristics, not consistent theoretical programs. The proposed outline of the hermeneutic approach to IA may be used as a starting point for further discussion about the theory of IA, especially for seeing IA as an academic discipline.

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Luterańska hermeneutyka dzisiaj. Odczytanie hermeneutycznego dziedzictwa luterańskiej Reformacji w refl eksji Światowej Federacji Luterańskiej

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Sojka J.

Rocznik Teologiczny

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2017

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vol. 04

803-819

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Artykuł „Luterańska hermeneutyka dzisiaj. Odczytanie hermeneutycznego dziedzictwa luterańskiej Reformacji w refl eksji Światowej Federacji Luterańskiej” prezentuje które elementy reformacyjnej hermeneutyki ukształtowanej przez Marcina Lutra są we współczesnej debacie w łonie luteranizmu podnoszone jako istotne dla współczesnej hermeneutyki luteranizmu. W przedstawionej analizie odwołano się do materiałów studyjnego programu Światowej Federacji Luterańskiej poświęconego hermeneutyce na przykładzie interpretacji Ewangelii Jana, Księgi Psalmów, Ewangelii Mateusza oraz listów Pawła, jaki realizowano w latach 2011-2015, materiałów przygotowanych z okazji jubileuszu 500 lat Reformacji w 2017 roku oraz dokumentu studyjnego „Na początku było Słowo (J 1,1). Biblia w życiu luterańskiej wspólnoty” z 2016 roku.

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The article “Lutheran hermeneutics today. Reading the hermeneutic heritage of the Reformation in the reflection of the Lutheran World Federation” presents those elements of the Reformation’s hermeneutics shaped by Martin Luther which are raised in contemporary debate within Lutheranism as significant for present-day Lutheran hermeneutics. Th e analysis presented here refers to the LWF’s study programme dedicated to hermeneutics based on the example of the interpretation of the Gospel of John, the Book of Psalms, the Gospel of Matthew and Paul’s Letters, which was realised between 2011-2015. It also refers to the materials prepared for the jubilee of 500 years of the Reformation in 2017 and the study document “In the beginning was the Word” (Jn 1:1): Th e Bible in the Life of the Lutheran Communion” from 2016.

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François Noël, S.J. (1651−1729): Byli starověcí Číňané ateisté?

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Novotný D. D.

Studia theologica

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2014

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vol. 3

111-132

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The first deeper exchange between Western and Far Eastern religious and philosophical thought was due to the Jesuits. They arrived in China in the 16th century and began the impressive work of translation and dialogue. The Belgian Jesuit François Noël made an important contribution to this dialogue with his Philosophia sinica (1711). What is this book about? Apparently, its main purpose was to provide a systematic and comprehensive overview of the Chinese Confucian tradition, past and contemporary, although it can also to be read as the last major contribution to the rites controversy. In this paper I deal with the first part of the first treatise of Noël’s Philosophia which aimed to show that the Ancient Chinese tradition was theist and grasped numerous truths of natural theology.

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Stvoření a(neb) příroda: K hermeneutickém u přístupu raně novověké teologie ve vztahu k přírodní vědě

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Kolářová L.

Studia theologica

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2016

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vol. 1

43-62

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The text examines Early Modern theology’s explanation of the world and nature in the context of the gradually differing hermeneutical approach of the natural sciences. Using the criterion of systematic theoretical difference, distinguishing from an objectivising and performative perspective, it reflects on the nature of the approaches of theology and natural science as they are being shaped in the Late Middle Ages (Nicholas of Cusa, nominalism) and during the Early Modern period (theologia naturalis, Baroque scholasticism). The text refers to the interconnectedness at the time of metaphysical rationality with the religious world-view and looks into the issue of whether Early Modern theology’s methods were an adequate tool in the face of the new epistemological requirements of the natural sciences. The reasoning of positive and speculative theology (evidence from the Bible and from reason) appears to be formalising the content of faith and therefore does not seem to develop its own potential contribution of theology to the explanation of creation as nature.

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Narrating Emotions: Towards Deeper Understanding

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Coetzee J. K.

Qualitative Sociology Review

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2020

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vol. 16

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issue 1

12-27

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Qualitative research aims at unwrapping the ordinary and the exceptional in order to bring us closer to a complete description and interpretation of life. People’s narratives are particularly effective in revealing deeper dimensions of experience and of meaning. Narratives always need to be read against the background of the empirical reality in which they are embedded. Most of the narratives referred to in this article are situated against the empirical reality of South Africa as a society in transition, still marred by inequality and inequity. One narrative, from a project conducted in the Czech Republic, shares some contextual characteristics with the South African examples-the Czech Republic is also a society in transition, previously employing institutional violence to suppress political dissent. An important aspect when dealing with intense political and social transformation is the presence of highly charged feelings and emotions. As part of the contextualization for this article I briefly argue that the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1996-1998) in many ways did the groundwork for a new appreciation of the sharing of emotional accounts and revelations pertaining to atrocities, injustices, and suffering. This Commission’s work prepared the way for recognition of the potential of such sharing to create a better understanding of the experience of life in a deeply divided context. In the article, I argue for the establishment of a social encounter-a concept frequently used in the micro-sociological writings of Randall Collins-between researcher and research participant in an attempt to come to deeper levels of understanding. During episodes of emotional sharing of experiences and feelings a research participant often reveals deeper levels of social interaction-these revelations have the potential to open the way for a hermeneutical process towards understanding. Dramatic recall can lead to reconstructing a story that contains all the elements of what was originally heard, seen, and felt. The article uses five examples of narratives containing moments of high levels of emotion-each example opening the way for better understanding of the experiences of the research participants.

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Kniha přírody jako otevřená epistemologická otázka raného novověku: K teologickým konceptům přírody v díle Johanna Arndta (1555–1621) a Samuela Fabricia (1577–1625)

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Kolářová L.

Studia theologica

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2017

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vol. 3

3-23

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The article deals with the interpretation of nature in the writings of two early modern Lutheran theological thinkers, Johann Arndt and Samuel Fabricius, and this against the background of the significance of these theological concepts for an (empirical) understanding of nature, at the time an issue of ever increasing importance. The authors’ approach and reasoning are analysed in the context of the then status of nature, showing in what way and to what extent the theologians’ ideas related to the distinct trend of natural scientists to study nature not (primarily) as creation. The concluding synthesis argues for a principal difference between teleological and causal reasoning of that time, which requires a different type of cognition. This study, however, dismisses polarising thinking. What the article points out as positive is the heuristic function of these concepts on the way to scientific knowledge.

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Hermeneutika a autorita – bilance

Readers, Texts, and the Fusion of Horizons: Theology and Gadamer’s Hermeneutics

A partire da Hans-Georg Gadamer . La koiné, il ponte e le “due culture”

Teologia Marcina Lutra w debacie Światowej Federacji Luterańskiej po roku 2010

The Secret Sympathy: New Atheism, Protestant Fundamentalism, and Evolution

A Hermeneutic Understanding of Dialogue as a Tool for Global Peace

Is Gadamer's Hermeneutics Inherently Conservative?

The Hermeneutical Keys to William James’s Philosophy of Religion: Protestant Impulses, Vital Belief

Hermeneutyczna funkcja ewangelickiej etyki teologicznej

Biblická interpretace po začátku 21. století: stav a vize

Towards a Hermeneutics of Religion(s). A Reading of Ricoeur's Readings

Sensus fidei – referenční bod katolické teologie

Każda reprezentacja jest interpretacją – w stronę hermeneutycznej koncepcji architektury informacji

Luterańska hermeneutyka dzisiaj. Odczytanie hermeneutycznego dziedzictwa luterańskiej Reformacji w refl eksji Światowej Federacji Luterańskiej

François Noël, S.J. (1651−1729): Byli starověcí Číňané ateisté?

Stvoření a(neb) příroda: K hermeneutickém u přístupu raně novověké teologie ve vztahu k přírodní vědě

Narrating Emotions: Towards Deeper Understanding

Kniha přírody jako otevřená epistemologická otázka raného novověku: K teologickým konceptům přírody v díle Johanna Arndta (1555–1621) a Samuela Fabricia (1577–1625)