Newman and Gadamer - Toward a Hermeneutics of Religious Knowledge

Thomas K. Carr examines the religious epistemology of John Henry Newman alongside the philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer. The two writers are found to cover a surprising amount of common ground: They make similar claims, and they fall into similar errors. A critical examination of four of Newman's leading ideas -- first principles, antecedent probability, doctrinal development, and the illative sense -- are compared with such Gadamerian themes as self-understanding, Bildung, projection, tradition, and the fusion of horizons. Carr concludes with a constructive proposal that applies a Newman-Gadamer synthesis to questions about knowledge of God.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas K. Carr, Carr Thomas K.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9780788503047
• ISBN: 978-0-7885-0304-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 358 g
• Series: AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Translation & interpretation, Philosophy of religion, Translation and interpretation