This is the third presentation on biblical interpretation

1. Today’s Culture vs. the Bible How Should Christians Respond? The New Hermeneutic Lesson 14: By: Lynn S. Nored Copyright Lynn S. Nored. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior consent of the author.

3. The Restoration C of C Hermeneutics Forms,structures “ The Church ” “ Salvation” A Search for Unity The Present C of C Hermeneutics ????????????? Christ Centered Solutions for Personal Struggles Postmodern Fragmentation

4. PRESSURES UPON MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH FUNCTIONAL RELATIONAL S E L F C E N T E R E D Post Modernism Church Centered Christ Centered Existential No truth Relativism Tolerance Experience New Hermeneutic New Hermeneutic Narrative Love Letter Unity Movements Command/Example/Inference Extreme Patternism Legalism R A T I O N A L E M O T I O N N A R C I S T I C S E L F C E N T E R E D Members/ The Church

5. The New Hermenuetic -German School www.Island-of-Freedom.com ; Hermeneutics: From Textual Explication to Computer Understanding? John C. Mallery, et. Al. The Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence , John Wiley &Sons, New York, 1987 .; The Romantist Hermeneutics…; Diwatao Vol. 1. No.1 , 2001 Friedrich Schleiermacher 1768-1834 Religion has a “sense and taste for the infinite”-consisting primarily in feeling . “ The reader can recognize the intentions behind word the words by virtue of being in the same situation and sharing a common nature..” Wilhelm Dilthey 1833 - 1911 “ ‘ Interpretation would be impossible if the impressions of life were totally alien.” The highest form of understanding happens with the reader’s empathic reliving and recreating of the text’s life experiences (love, anger, oppression, revolution, beauty, pain….)”

6. The New Hermenuetic -German School Bultmann, Rudolf. (1984). New Testament and Mythology. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press. Page 1; "The world picture of the New Testa- ment is a mythical world picture .“ Demythologization and getting to identify with the “wholly other God” is the task of hermeneutics Rudolf Bultmann (1884-1976) Hans-Georg Gadamer 1900-2002 He states that there is no method that can achieve understanding or arrive at truth . “ Dialogical hermeneutics … and Interpretation represents creativity and not just reproduction. The reader participates just as much as the author does in putting together the meaning, or in the case of poetry, literature, and art , in creating the aesthetic experience.

7. Fathers of The New Hermenuetic Ernst Fuchs 1903-1983 Man does not give birth to language. “Rather, man is born out of language.” Reality is only that which can become present as language . Language creates the world.” Gerhard Ebeling 1902-2001 The formal program of the New Hermeneutic is for proclamation that has taken place to become proclamation that takes place. The interpreter enters into a dialogue with the text in order to be subjectively confronted by language and event from a different historic context. The interpreter seeks the original “language event” so that it can be translated to today with the same impact. When the language.. touches one’s life in a meaningful way, it becomes truth for that person ”

8. New Hermeneutics in the U.S. Previous References: 1. Jesus and the Word by Rudolf Bultmann, www.religion-online.org 2. Artinian, el. Al. The Fundamental Method and Content of the Theology of Rudulf Bultmann, www.hillsdale.edu/dept/Phil&Rel 3. Hans-Gerg Gadamer. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 4. Gerhard Ebeling. The New Hermeneutics and the Early Luther, Theology Today, Vol 21, no.1 April 1964 5. The MOST Theological Collection. The Consciousness of Christ: Appendix: Form Criticism-1 Pre-suppositions”www.catholicculture.org 6. Tim Sensing, A Strategy for Preaching Paraenesis, Restoration Quarterly vol. 38,No. 4 7. Wooldridge, Barry. “Preaching As Subversive Activity, www.religion-online.org 8. Braaten, Carl. How New is the New Hermeneutic? Theology Today Vol. 22, No.2 1965 9. Robinson, James. A. Braaten’s Polemic: A Reply. Theology Today Vol. 22, No. 2. 1965 James M. Robinson Professor Emeritus of Religion, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California New Frontiers in Theology, vol. 2 The New Hermeneutic , Edited by James M. Robinson and John B. Cobb Harper & Row 1963

9. PRESSURES ON MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH FUNCTIONAL RELATIONAL S E L F C E N T E R E D Post Modernism Church Centered Christ Centered Existential No truth Relativism Tolerance Experience New Hermeneutic New Hermeneutic Command/Example/Inference N A R C I S T I C Reader Determined “Truth” S E L F C E N T E R E D Members/ The Church

10. THE NEW HERMENEUTIC: What is it for churches of Christ? T H E C H U R C H Pre-suppositions (Theological Lens) Pre-1970’s Ra tional/Functional Approach Christ As Lawgiver Correct Church Structure Correct Worship Correct Discipline Correct Salvation (Baptism)

11. THE NEW HERMENEUTIC: What is it for churches of Christ? C H R I S T Pre-suppositions (Theological Lens) Post 1970 Relational/ Emotional Approach Family Fellowshipping Community Spirit-Led Community Problem Solving Community Loving Community

12. THE NEW HERMENEUTIC: What is it for churches of Christ? “ Various hermeneutic models have been proposed.”( T. Olbricht. Hermeneutics in the Churches of Christ, Restoration Quarterly, Vol. 37,no.1) “ We need to move boldly and openly into a discussion of proper hermeneutic theory and practice”( G. Collier. Bringing the Word to Life, An Assessment of the Hermeneutical Impasse in Churches of Christ, June 1990. CSC 1990. www.onlinebibleclass.com “ Those at the forefront are extremely vague when it comes to identify the New Hermeneutic ” ( Dave Miller. The New Hermeneutic, Part 1. The Restorer, Sept/Oct. 1990)