Edward Schillebeeckx and Hans Frei : a conversation in method and Christology / Marguerite Abdul-Masih.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abdul-Masih, Marguerite Thabit, 1956-

Contributor:

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.

Series:

Editions SR ; 26.

Editions SR ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology--Methodology.

Theology.

Experience (Religion).

Jesus Christ--History of doctrines.

Jesus Christ.

Frei, Hans W.

Schillebeeckx, Edward, 1914-2009.

Schillebeeckx, Edward.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion = Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001.

Contents:

1 Doctrinal Considerations: The Doctrine of Revelation 9

1.1 Revelation and the Enlightenment 10

1.2 Frei's Appropriation of Barth 14

1.3 Revelation and Biblical Hermeneutics 17

2 Biblical Hermeneutics 19

2.1 The Genesis of Biblical Hermeneutics 19

2.2 Narrative Reading as the Literal Sense of the Bible 25

2.3 Literal Sense and the Doctrine of Revelation 33

2.4 The Theological Task 35

3 Jesus the Christ 37

3.1 Christ's Relationship to Christians 39

3.2 Christ's Presence to Self: His Identity 40

3.3 Transition from the Identity to the Presence of Jesus Christ 47

3.4 Experience and Theology 48

Part 2 Edward Schillebeeckx 51

4 Doctrinal Considerations: The Doctrine of Revelation 53

4.1 The Historical Context: Crisis of Faith 59

4.2 Revelatory Experience 59

4.3 The Doctrine of Creation 69

5 A Hermeneutical Theory 73

5.1 An Understanding of History 73

5.2 A Hermeneutics of History 76

5.3 An Analysis of Experience 79

5.4 Criteria for Christian Interpretation 85

5.5 The Authority of New Experiences 96

5.6 Context and Tradition 98

6 Jesus the Christ 101

6.1 The Role of Experience 101

6.2 The Centrality of the Historical Jesus 104

6.3 Letter to the Hebrews 105

6.4 Elements Common to All Interpretations of Jesus the Christ 113

6.5 Jesus as the Eschatological Prophet 116

Part 3 Frei and Schillebeeckx: A Comparison 123

7 Doctrinal Differences 125

7.1 God's Self-Communication 125

7.2 Differing Contexts 130

7.3 Methodological Considerations 135

8 Biblical Interpretation and Jesus the Christ 145

9 Experience and Theology 163

9.1 The Issue of Experience: Convergence or Divergence? 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0889203768

OCLC:

48075568