Canciones Entre el Alma y el Esposo of Juan de la Cruz A Hermeneutical Interpretation |
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| Author:
| Perrin, David Brian |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57309-094-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
| Publisher: | International Scholars Publications
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $100.95 |
Book Description:
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Juan de la Cruz (St. John of the Cross) has been a major influence on Catholic thought for centuries. This important new work in English presents a Hermeneutical framework within which an interpretation of Juan de la Cruz's C_ntico may be undertaken. Dr. Perrin calls this framework a Global Hermeneutical Method. The phenomenological hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur are used to construct this framework. Ricoeur's phenomenological hermeneutics of texts is based on a theory of mimesis as well...
More DescriptionJuan de la Cruz (St. John of the Cross) has been a major influence on Catholic thought for centuries. This important new work in English presents a Hermeneutical framework within which an interpretation of Juan de la Cruz's C_ntico may be undertaken. Dr. Perrin calls this framework a Global Hermeneutical Method. The phenomenological hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur are used to construct this framework. Ricoeur's phenomenological hermeneutics of texts is based on a theory of mimesis as well as other congruent methodologies. A Hermeneutical approach to the Cantico does not merely ask the question, _What does the text mean?_ but also asks, _What does the text mean for the reader today?_