Showing posts with label Interpretation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Interpretation. Show all posts

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Barth

How about this for a theological hermeneutic:

"Barth's task of biblical interpretation does not begin by demythologizing the text in order to make it relevant to a modern audience, but instead uses the biblical narrative to demythologize the various modern hegemonies that repress human freedom."

Community, State, and Church; p. 43-43.