Hermeneutics is the theory and methodology of interpretation,especially the interpretation of biblical texts,wisdom literature,and philosophical texts. Hermeneutics is more than interpretative principles or methods used when immediate comprehension fails and includes the art of understanding and communication.
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher was a German Reformed theologian,philosopher,and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant Christianity. He also became influential in the evolution of higher criticism,and his work forms part of the foundation of the modern field of hermeneutics. Because of his profound effect on subsequent Christian thought,he is often called the "Father of Modern Liberal Theology" and is considered an early leader in liberal Christianity. The neo-orthodoxy movement of the twentieth century,typically seen to be spearheaded by Karl Barth,was in many ways an attempt to challenge his influence. As a philosopher he was a leader of German Romanticism.
Charles Margrave Taylor is a Canadian philosopher from Montreal,Quebec,and professor emeritus at McGill University best known for his contributions to political philosophy,the philosophy of social science,the history of philosophy,and intellectual history. His work has earned him the Kyoto Prize,the Templeton Prize,the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy,and the John W. Kluge Prize.
John David Caputo is an American philosopher who is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University. Caputo is a major figure associated with postmodern Christianity and continental philosophy of religion,as well as the founder of the theological movement known as weak theology. Much of Caputo's work focuses on hermeneutics,phenomenology,deconstruction and theology.
Systematic theology is a discipline of Christian theology that formulates an orderly,rational,and coherent account of the doctrines of the Christian faith. It addresses issues such as what the Bible teaches about certain topics or what is true about God and His universe. It also builds on biblical disciplines,church history,as well as biblical and historical theology. Systematic theology shares its systematic tasks with other disciplines such as constructive theology,dogmatics,ethics,apologetics,and philosophy of religion.
Postmodern theology,also known as the continental philosophy of religion,is a philosophical and theological movement that interprets theology in light of post-Heideggerian continental philosophy,including phenomenology,post-structuralism,and deconstruction.
John Boswell Cobb,Jr. is an American theologian,philosopher,and environmentalist. Cobb is often regarded as the preeminent scholar in the field of process philosophy and process theology,the school of thought associated with the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. Cobb is the author of more than fifty books. In 2014,Cobb was elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Gianteresio Vattimo is an Italian philosopher and politician.
Alasdair John Milbank is an English Anglican theologian and is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham,where he is President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy. Milbank previously taught at the University of Virginia and before that at the University of Cambridge and the University of Lancaster. He is also chairman of the trustees of the think tank ResPublica.
Nancey Murphy is an American philosopher and theologian who is Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary,Pasadena,CA. She received the B.A. from Creighton University in 1973,the Ph.D. from University of California,Berkeley in 1980,and the Th.D. from the Graduate Theological Union (theology) in 1987.
Radical orthodoxy is a Christian theological and philosophical school of thought which makes use of postmodern philosophy to reject the paradigm of modernity. The movement was founded by John Milbank and others and takes its name from the title of a collection of essays published by Routledge in 1999:Radical Orthodoxy:A New Theology,edited by Milbank,Catherine Pickstock,and Graham Ward. Although the principal founders of the movement are Anglicans,radical orthodoxy includes theologians from a number of ecclesial traditions.
Kevin Jon Vanhoozer is an American theologian and current Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) in Deerfield,Illinois. Much of Vanhoozer's work focuses on systematic theology,hermeneutics,and postmodernism.
James K. A. Smith is a Canadian-American philosopher who is currently Professor of Philosophy at Calvin University,holding the Gary &Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology &Worldview. He is the current editor-in-chief of the literary journal Image.
Graham John Ward is an English theologian and Anglican priest who has been Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford since 2012. As Regius Professor,he is ex officio a member of the College of Canons and Cathedral chapter of Christ Church,Oxford. He is a priest of the Church of England and was formerly the Samuel Ferguson Professor of Philosophical Theology and Ethics and the Head of the School of Arts,Histories and Cultures at the University of Manchester. Previous to that he was the Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics (1998–2009) and Senior Fellow in Religion and Gender (1997–98) at the university.
Roberto Rino Magliola is an Italian-American academic specializing in European hermeneutics and deconstruction,in comparative philosophy,and in inter-religious dialogue. He is retired from National Taiwan University and from Assumption University of Thailand.
Catherine Jane Crozier Pickstock is an English philosophical theologian. Best known for her contributions to the radical orthodoxy movement,she has been Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge since 2018 and a fellow and tutor of Emmanuel College,Cambridge. She was previously Professor of Metaphysics and Poetics.
Craig G. Bartholomew is the Director of the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology. Formerly,he was Senior Research Fellow at the University of Gloucestershire and recently the H. Evan Runner Professor of philosophy at Redeemer University College.
Gavin Hyman is Senior Lecturer at the University of Lancaster. He read Theology at Peterhouse,Cambridge and the University of Exeter. He has published on postmodernism,philosophy and theology,radical orthodoxy,atheism,and ethics.
The following is a bibliography of John D. Caputo's works. Caputo is an American philosopher closely associated with postmodern Christianity.
