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8 - Gadamer, the Hermeneutic Revolution, and Theology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2006

By
Fred Lawrence
Edited by
Robert J. Dostal
Robert J. Dostal
Affiliation:
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
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THE CONTEMPORARY REVOLUTION IN HERMENEUTICS

The twentieth century's hermeneutic revolution marks the third great turning point in the development of hermeneutics in Western culture. Its founders were the theologian Karl Barth and the philosopher Martin Heidegger. In his fundamental book, Truth and Method, Gadamer acknowledges that Martin Heidegger is the fons et origo of this great turning point in hermeneutics.

The first turning point came after the establishment of the canon of Sacred Scripture and the dogmatic creeds of the great ecumenical councils, with Augustine of Hippo’s De Doctrina Christiana. This work on biblical interpretation shaped the world of Christian learning, including medieval and early Reformation theology. Its hermeneutics was rooted in liturgical practice, especially baptism and eucharist, and in the Christian praxis of love. It took creeds and a dogmatic theological context for granted. It was a hermeneutics of consent.

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The Cambridge Companion to Gadamer , pp. 167 - 200
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2002

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