Text and Action. Insights into Hermeneutic Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur for Church Application
Ricoeur’s desire to understand man led him to hermeneutics through reflective philosophy and phenomenology. He tried to combine a more ontological approach with the demand of structuralism and modern science for a general and precise method. We will show that it is the text that enables Ricoeur to d...
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University of Zagreb, Catholic Faculty of Theology
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Bogoslovska Smotra |
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| Online Access: | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/475247 |
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| Summary: | Ricoeur’s desire to understand man led him to hermeneutics through reflective philosophy and phenomenology. He tried to combine a more ontological approach with the demand of structuralism and modern science for a general and precise method. We will show that it is the text that enables Ricoeur to do both; to understand the ground of being and at the same time to conduct certain objective research. His fundamental position that the more we interpret, the better we understand, requires a certain distantiation. It is this hermeneutic stance that leads him to open interpretations that emphasize the human desire for the transcendent. For Ricoeur, it is precisely this human entanglement in the finiteness of possibilities and the infinity of desire that is the path to religiosity. It can only be approached indirectly, through symbols, rituals and texts. With this in mind, we will show how Ricoeur applies his hermeneutics to biblical texts. On the basis of his interpretation of the Bible, we will show what consequences this has for the Church itself. |
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| ISSN: | 0352-3101 1848-9648 |