{"product_id":"divine-discourse-philosophical-reflections-on-the-claim-that-god-speaks-paperback-9780521475570","title":"Divine Discourse; Philosophical Reflections on the Claim that God Speaks (Paperback) 9780521475570","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDivine Discourse\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePhilosophical Reflections on the Claim that God Speaks\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA leading philosopher of religion reflects on one of the central problems of Christian theology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicholas Wolterstorff (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521475570, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 5 October 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.555 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … an impressive work, carefully argued and well informed, not only philosophically but also theologically and more widely.' Journal of Religious Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eProminent in the canonical texts and traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is the claim that God speaks. Nicholas Wolterstorff argues that contemporary speech-action theory, when appropriately expanded, offers us a fascinating way of interpreting this claim and showing its intelligibility. He develops an innovative theory of double-hermeneutics - along the way opposing the current near-consensus led by Ricoeur and Derrida that there is something wrong-headed about interpreting a text to find out what its author said. Wolterstorff argues that at least some of us are entitled to believe that God has spoken. Philosophers have never before, in any sustained fashion, reflected on these matters, mainly because they have mistakenly treated speech as revelation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Locating our topic\u003cbr\u003e 2. Speaking is not revealing\u003cbr\u003e 3. The many modes of discourse\u003cbr\u003e 4. Divine discourse in the hands of theologians\u003cbr\u003e 5. What it is to speak\u003cbr\u003e 6. Could God have and acquire the rights and duties of a speaker?\u003cbr\u003e 7. Can God cause the events generative of discourse?\u003cbr\u003e 8. In defense of authorial-discourse interpretation: contra Ricoeur\u003cbr\u003e 9. In defense of authorial-discourse interpretation: contra Derrida\u003cbr\u003e 10. Performance interpretation\u003cbr\u003e 11. Interpreting the mediating human discourse: the first hermeneutic\u003cbr\u003e 12. Interpreting for the mediated divine discourse: the second hermeneutic\u003cbr\u003e 13. Has Scripture become a wax nose?\u003cbr\u003e 14. The illocutionary stance of Biblical narrative\u003cbr\u003e 15. Are we entitled?\u003cbr\u003e 16. Historical and theological afterword\u003cbr\u003e Endnotes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of religion [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of religion\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20religion%20%5BHRAB%5D%22\"\u003eHRAB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000402465048,"sku":"9780521475570","price":25.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521475570i_4e9e2e4c-0255-463e-85e3-b202471d393c.jpg?v=1691382836","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/divine-discourse-philosophical-reflections-on-the-claim-that-god-speaks-paperback-9780521475570","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}