Preface
1: What is Hermeneutics?
2: Hermeneutics: A brief history
3: Philosophical hermeneutics
4: Hermeneutics and theology
5: Hermeneutics and law
6: Hermeneutics and science
7: Hermeneutics and the humanities
References
Further reading
Index
Jens Zimmermann is Professor of Humanities and Canada Research
Chair for Interpretation, Religion and Culture at Trinity Western
University, Canada. As well as speaking on the importance of
hermeneutics and religion to lay audiences and graduate students,
he has published books on theological hermeneutics in both English
and German and has written articles on hermeneutics in academic
journals. He is author of Politics and the Religious Imagination
(Routledge, 2010)
and Humanism and Religion (OUP, 2012).
'This very readable and much needed introduction breaks new ground
in that it is the first to demonstrate, with insight, wit and a
trove of illuminating examples, the importance of hermeneutics in
all fields of knowledge.'- Jean Grondin, Université de
Montréal
'Zimmerman offers one of the best short introductions to modern
hermeneutics. The writing is at all times concise, clear and
engaging. The author brilliantly evaluates the riches of this major
intellectual tradition as well as revealing its ongoing creative
influence on contemporary thought.' - Richard Kearney, Charles
Seelig Professor at Boston College and author of Anatheism and
Carnal Hermeneutics.
âAn excellent introduction to that most characteristic of human
activities, the attempt to understand. From the key figures in the
development of the discipline to the application of their ideas in
various fields, the reader is shown what it means to think
hermeneutically and invited to do so as well.'- Fr. John Behr,
Dean, St Vladimirâs Seminary
'The Introduction clearly points to the major issues involved in
hermeneutics. Jens Zimmermann writes excellently for a wide
audience and the references to texting and to digital worlds gives
it a contemporary feel.' - Graham Ward, Regius Professor of
Divinity, Christ Church Oxford, Director of Graduate Studies New
York
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