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Introducing Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Recovering a Christian Practice is unavailable, but you can change that!

In the wake of the schism during the past two centuries between biblical studies and theology, a new movement has developed, seeking to bridge this modern gap. This hermeneutical movement, which hearkens back to aspects of pre-critical interpretation, has been labeled the theological interpretation of Scripture (TIS) and focuses on the contexts of canon, creed, and church. While the trend is in...

good reasons for minimizing or even opposing the formal distinctions between them, reinterpreting what they designate once one recognizes the ways in which they overlap. It is not that theology as “theory” in an abstract sense gets formalized apart from “practice” and then simply dominates it; instead, more modestly, this sketch of theological reflection offers a pattern for thought, a set of rough-and-ready rules of thumb with which to pursue prayerful contemplation once one is already in the midst
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