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The promise of scriptural reasoning

Author: David Ford; C C Pecknold
Publisher: Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A group of scholar-practitioners of Islam, Judaism and Christianity invite readers to share in their love of scriptural text study and of disciplined reasoning. 'The Promise of Scriptural Reasoning' is a timely publication for those interested in interfaith dialogue or in the nature of scriptural study.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David Ford; C C Pecknold
ISBN: 9781405146302 1405146303
OCLC Number: 63703136
Notes: "First published as volume 22, issue 3 of 'Modern Theology'"-- back of title page.
Description: xi, 216 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Interfaith wisdom: scriptural reasoning between Jews, Christians and Muslims / David F. Ford --
Handbook for scriptural reasoning / Steven Kepnes --
Making deep reasonings public / Nicholas Adams --
Heavenly semantics: some literary-critical approaches to scriptural reasoning / Ben Quash --
Scriptural reasoning and the formation of identity / Susannah Ticciati --
Reading the burning bush: voice, world and holiness / Oliver Davies --
Qurʼānic reasoning as an academic practice / Tim Winter --
Philosophic warrants for scriptural reasoning / Peter Ochs --
Scriptural reasoning and the philosophy of social science / Basit Bilal Koshul --
Phenomenology fo scripture: patterns of reception and discovery behind scriptural reasoning / Gavin D. Flood --
Reading with others: Levinas' ethics and scriptural reasoning / Robert Gibbs --
Promise of scriptural reasoning / Daniel W. Hardy.
Other Titles: Modern theology.
Responsibility: edited by David F. Ford & C.C. Pecknold.

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