Kevin Vanhoozer

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He joined the faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1986, but during two periods since has taught elsewhere. From 1990 to 1998, he was Senior Lecturer at New College, University of Edinburgh; from 2009 to 2012, he was Blanchard Professor of Theology at Wheaton College. [1] [2] He returned to TEDS in 2012.

Vanhoozer is the Senior Theological Mentor for the St. Augustine Fellowship of the Center for Pastor Theologians and Senior Fellow in Systematic Theology for the C. S. Lewis Institute. He and his wife Sylvie have two daughters. He maintains a web page, "The Theophilus Project", at www.kevinjvanhoozer.com. [3]

Douglas Sweeney and Daniel Treier edited a Festschrift in his honor, Hearing and Doing the Word: The Drama of Evangelical Hermeneutics, published in 2021 by T&T Clark ( ISBN   9780567702197) and consisting of essays by his former teachers and students and present colleagues.

Academic contributions

Vanhoozer has written several books, including The Drama of Doctrine: A Canonical-Linguistic Approach to Christian Theology, [1] which won the Christianity Today 2006 Book Award for best book in theology, and Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine, [1] which won the Christianity Today 2015 Book Award for best book in theology. He has edited several others, including the Gold Medallion Book Award winner Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, [4] The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology, and, with Charles A. Anderson and Michael J. Sleasman, Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends.

In his work Is There a Meaning in this Text?, Vanhoozer gives an in-depth response to the challenges of Deconstructionism to biblical hermeneutics. Primarily, he engages the thinking of Jacques Derrida, but Stanley Fish and Richard Rorty also receive attention. Vanhoozer develops a theory of communicative action that relies strongly on the speech-act theory of J. L. Austin, in which a biblical text is seen as a communicative act involving "locutions" (the text itself), "illocutions" (the stance of the author to the locution, e.g. questioning, asserting, promising, etc.), and "perlocutions" (the goals that the author hopes to accomplish through the text).

Among the conclusions that Vanhoozer draws from viewing a text as a communicative act are the involvement of the author, text, and reader in the process of interpretation. The intended meaning of the author can be discerned to a certain degree from the text. The text (langue and parole) is not an arbitrary "playground" but part of a covenantal relationship between all people. As a result, the intention of the author can be adequately decoded. Another consequence is that the reader/interpreter has a responsibility to honor the intentions of the author and try to interpret the text in a way which re-creates the author's intended meaning. This responsibility is coupled with a freedom to determine the significance in the context of the interpreter's community.

Works

Books

  • Vanhoozer, Kevin Jon (1990). Biblical Narrative in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur (Ph.D). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-5213-4425-8.
  • ——— (1998). Is There a Meaning in this Text? The Bible, the Reader, and the Morality of Literary Knowledge. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN   978-0-3102-1156-3.
  • ——— (2002). First Theology: God, Scripture & Hermeneutics. Downers Grove, IL: IVP. ISBN   978-0-8308-2681-0.
  • ——— (2005). The Drama of Doctrine: A Canonical-linguistic Approach to Christian Theology. Louisville, KT: Westminster, John Knox Press. ISBN   978-0-6642-2327-4.
  • ——— (2010). Remythologizing Theology: Divine Action, Passion, and Authorship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-5214-7012-4.
  • ——— (2014). Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine. Louisville, KT: Westminster, John Knox Press. ISBN   978-0-6642-3448-5.
  • ———; Strachan, Owen (2015). The Pastor as Public Theologian: Reclaiming a Lost Vision. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos. ISBN   978-0-8010-9771-3.
  • ———; Treier, Daniel (2016). Theology and the Mirror of Scripture: A Mere Evangelical Account. Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic. ISBN   978-1-7835-9400-9.
  • ——— (May 2016). Pictures at a Theological Exhibition: Scenes of the Church's Worship, Witness, and Wisdom. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic.
  • ——— (October 2016). Biblical Authority after Babel: Retrieving the Solas in the Spirit of Mere Protestant Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos.
  • ——— (May 2019). Hearers and Doers: A Pastor's Guide to Making Disciples through Scripture and Doctrine. Bellingham, WA: Lexham.

Edited works

  • ———, ed. (1996). The Trinity in a Pluralistic Age: Theological Essays on Culture and Religion. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN   978-0-8028-4117-9.
  • ———, ed. (2001). Nothing Greater, Nothing Better: Theological Essays on the Love of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN   978-0-8028-4902-1.
  • ———, ed. (2003). Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-5217-9062-8.
  • ———; Bartholomew, Craig G.; et al., eds. (2005). Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN   978-0-2810-5780-1.
  • ———; Smith, James K. A.; et al., eds. (2006). Hermeneutics at the Crossroads. Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-2532-1849-0.
  • ———, ed. (2007). Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN   978-0-8010-3167-0.
  • ———; Warner, Martin, eds. (2007). Transcending Boundaries in Philosophy and Theology: Reason, Meaning and Experience. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN   978-0-7546-5324-0.
  • ———; Bartholomew, Craig G.; et al., eds. (2008). Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament: A Book-by-Book Survey. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN   978-0-2810-6101-3.
  • ———; Lugioyo, Brian; et al., eds. (2014). Reconsidering the Relationship between Biblical Theology and Systematic Theology in the New Testament. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. ISBN   978-3-1615-2719-7.
  • ———; et al., eds. (2016). New Dictionary of Theology (2nd exp. & rev. ed.). Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic. ISBN   978-0-8308-2455-7.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Experience the Drama". Tiu.edu. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
  2. ↑ Donato, Chris. "Welcome Back, Vanhoozer". TEDS News & Events Page. Trinity International University. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  3. ↑ TEDS CC5060 Lecture, Deerfield, IL 09/12/2007
  4. ↑ 2006 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners - Bible Reference & Study category Archived February 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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Kevin Jon Vanhoozer
Born (1957-03-10) March 10, 1957 (age 67)
California, USA
OccupationBiblical academic
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TitleResearch Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
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Alma mater Cambridge University (Ph.D.)
Thesis Biblical Narrative in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur: A Study in Hermeneutics and Theology
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