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Drawing on the resources of contemporary hermeneutical theory, Anthony Thiselton in this volume masterfully recovers the formative and transformative power of Christian doctrine. The past 35 years have witnessed major steps forward in the use of hermeneutics in biblical studies, but never before has hermeneutics made a comparable impact on the formulation of doctrine and our engagement with it....

Alongside my teaching and research in five British universities I have been privileged to serve as Examining Chaplain or as Canon Theologian to the bishops of three English dioceses. This has involved my interviewing those recently ordained, those about to be ordained, and those seeking to test a call to ministry or to ministerial training. In this context I have regularly asked clergy or ordinands, on behalf of the bishops, about their
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