The Ghosts of the Past: Hermeneutical Reflections on Historical Criticism within a Shared Conversation on Human Sexuality

This article is a reflection on the ways in which scripture was approached by participants within one of the Church of England’s Shared Conversations on Human Sexuality. It notes the significance of historical-critical hermeneutical concepts within the conversation and concludes that the hermeneutic...

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Main Author: Sargent, Benjamin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2016]
In: The expository times
Year: 2016, Volume: 128, Issue: 2, Pages: 72-78
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
KBF British Isles
KDE Anglican Church
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B Homosexuality
B HUMAN sexuality in the Bible
B Shared Conversations
B Bible
B Historical Criticism
B Sexuality
B Bible Hermeneutics
B Church of England
B Hermeneutics
B BIBLE & homosexuality
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Summary:This article is a reflection on the ways in which scripture was approached by participants within one of the Church of England’s Shared Conversations on Human Sexuality. It notes the significance of historical-critical hermeneutical concepts within the conversation and concludes that the hermeneutical aspect of the debate on scripture and sexuality, as carried out within the context of the shared conversations, is far removed from the scholarly discussion of theological hermeneutics for which the issue of human sexuality has been a great stimulant.
ISSN:1745-5308
Contains:Enthalten in: The expository times
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0014524616648814