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Refiguring the Sacred

Conversations with Paul Ricoeur

Edited by Joseph A. Edelheit; James Moore and Mark I. Wallace - Contributions by Stephanie Arel; Timo Helenius; Steven Kepnes; Dan R. Stiver and George H. Taylor

Refiguring the Sacred: Conversations with Paul Ricoeur offers perspectives on the twenty-one papers collected by Mark I. Wallace in Paul Ricoeur’s Figuring the Sacred, translated by David Pellauer; this new collection by Joseph A. Edelheit, James Moore, and Mark I. Wallace gives Ricoeur scholars an opportunity to reflect and engage on critical issues of Ricoeur’s religious ideas. Contributions by several significant Ricoeur scholars prompt questions and invite new conversations more than 15 years after Ricoeur’s death. His life-long engagement with texts illuminates his embrace of the Sacred; his significant thinking and writings on Religious imagination, Theology, the Bible, Hope, and Praxis are all ideas that beg more reading, reflection, and refiguring of our understanding of Ricoeur. Wallace brings two additional essays that could not be included in his original collection and reflects on why they are essential to our understanding of Ricoeur and the Sacred. Refiguring the Sacred also provides a model of the interfaith and multidisciplinary dialogue that were foundational to Paul Ricoeur’s scholarship.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 232 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9⅜
978-1-66691-909-7 • Hardback • June 2024 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
Series: Studies in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur
Subjects: Philosophy / Religious, Religion / Theology, Religion / Philosophy

Joseph A. Edelheit is emeritus professor of religious and Jewish studies at St. Cloud State University.

James Moore is senior research professor of theology at Valparaiso University.

Mark I. Wallace is James Hormel professor of social justice in the Department of Religion at Swarthmore College.

Part One

Introduction to Part One: All You Have Is the Text: Paul Ricoeur’s Relationship with The Sacred

Joseph A. Edelheit and James Moore

Chapter One: Paul Ricoeur’s Biblical Theology and Jewish Theology

Steven Kepnes

Chapter Two: Ricoeur and the Religious Imagination

George H. Taylor

Chapter Three: The Bible: A Polyphonic Medium for Self-Identification

Timo Helenius

Chapter Four: Ricoeur and Hope: Living after Rupture

Stephanie Arel

Chapter Five: Practical Theology as Practical Poetics: Building a Bridge between Prose, Poetics, and Praxis

Dan R. Stiver

Part Two

Introduction to Part Two: The Crisis of Faith in a World Where God is Not Yet God

Mark I. Wallace

Chapter Six: The Self in the Mirror of the Scriptures

Paul Ricoeur, Translated by David Pellauer

Chapter Seven: Fides Quaerens Intellectum: Biblical Antecedent?

Paul Ricoeur, Translated by David Pellauer

Afterword: Continuing Conversations with Paul Ricoeur

Joseph A. Edelheit and James Moore

This book offers a feast of vital engagements with Ricoeur's hermeneutics of religion, providing critical insights into his relationship with theology, biblical studies, and phenomenology of the sacred. Refiguring the Sacred offers a timely and vigorous contribution to contemporary debates on faith and what comes after.


— Richard Kearney, Boston College


Refiguring the Sacred: Conversations with Paul Ricœur brings together essays by a number of distinguished specialists on the thought of Paul Ricœur. The authors discuss different aspects of Ricœur's seminal reflection on the theme of the sacred and these discussions are complemented by translations of two of Ricœur's essays on this topic. This book provides a valuable contribution to the elucidation of Ricœur's philosophy of religion, of his conception of interfaith dialogue, and of the profound theory of interpretation that lies at the heart of his philosophy. It is highly recommended not only for specialists of the thought of Paul Ricœur, but for all who are interested in the meaning that the question of the sacred may elicit in the perspective of twentieth century philosophy.


— Jeffrey Andrew Barash, Université de Picardie, Amiens


Refiguring the Sacred

Conversations with Paul Ricoeur

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Hardback
Summary
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  • Refiguring the Sacred: Conversations with Paul Ricoeur offers perspectives on the twenty-one papers collected by Mark I. Wallace in Paul Ricoeur’s Figuring the Sacred, translated by David Pellauer; this new collection by Joseph A. Edelheit, James Moore, and Mark I. Wallace gives Ricoeur scholars an opportunity to reflect and engage on critical issues of Ricoeur’s religious ideas. Contributions by several significant Ricoeur scholars prompt questions and invite new conversations more than 15 years after Ricoeur’s death. His life-long engagement with texts illuminates his embrace of the Sacred; his significant thinking and writings on Religious imagination, Theology, the Bible, Hope, and Praxis are all ideas that beg more reading, reflection, and refiguring of our understanding of Ricoeur. Wallace brings two additional essays that could not be included in his original collection and reflects on why they are essential to our understanding of Ricoeur and the Sacred. Refiguring the Sacred also provides a model of the interfaith and multidisciplinary dialogue that were foundational to Paul Ricoeur’s scholarship.

Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 232 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9⅜
    978-1-66691-909-7 • Hardback • June 2024 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
    Series: Studies in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur
    Subjects: Philosophy / Religious, Religion / Theology, Religion / Philosophy
Author
Author
  • Joseph A. Edelheit is emeritus professor of religious and Jewish studies at St. Cloud State University.

    James Moore is senior research professor of theology at Valparaiso University.

    Mark I. Wallace is James Hormel professor of social justice in the Department of Religion at Swarthmore College.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Part One

    Introduction to Part One: All You Have Is the Text: Paul Ricoeur’s Relationship with The Sacred

    Joseph A. Edelheit and James Moore

    Chapter One: Paul Ricoeur’s Biblical Theology and Jewish Theology

    Steven Kepnes

    Chapter Two: Ricoeur and the Religious Imagination

    George H. Taylor

    Chapter Three: The Bible: A Polyphonic Medium for Self-Identification

    Timo Helenius

    Chapter Four: Ricoeur and Hope: Living after Rupture

    Stephanie Arel

    Chapter Five: Practical Theology as Practical Poetics: Building a Bridge between Prose, Poetics, and Praxis

    Dan R. Stiver

    Part Two

    Introduction to Part Two: The Crisis of Faith in a World Where God is Not Yet God

    Mark I. Wallace

    Chapter Six: The Self in the Mirror of the Scriptures

    Paul Ricoeur, Translated by David Pellauer

    Chapter Seven: Fides Quaerens Intellectum: Biblical Antecedent?

    Paul Ricoeur, Translated by David Pellauer

    Afterword: Continuing Conversations with Paul Ricoeur

    Joseph A. Edelheit and James Moore

Reviews
Reviews
  • This book offers a feast of vital engagements with Ricoeur's hermeneutics of religion, providing critical insights into his relationship with theology, biblical studies, and phenomenology of the sacred. Refiguring the Sacred offers a timely and vigorous contribution to contemporary debates on faith and what comes after.


    — Richard Kearney, Boston College


    Refiguring the Sacred: Conversations with Paul Ricœur brings together essays by a number of distinguished specialists on the thought of Paul Ricœur. The authors discuss different aspects of Ricœur's seminal reflection on the theme of the sacred and these discussions are complemented by translations of two of Ricœur's essays on this topic. This book provides a valuable contribution to the elucidation of Ricœur's philosophy of religion, of his conception of interfaith dialogue, and of the profound theory of interpretation that lies at the heart of his philosophy. It is highly recommended not only for specialists of the thought of Paul Ricœur, but for all who are interested in the meaning that the question of the sacred may elicit in the perspective of twentieth century philosophy.


    — Jeffrey Andrew Barash, Université de Picardie, Amiens


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