The Kingdom of Heaven as Endless Hermeneutic: A Phenomenology of the Way

In this essay, I attempt to think along with Kevin Hart, though improvising on his text in my own way, by suggesting that ‘the way’ is one that calls anyone who wishes to follow, that it is, at heart, all about doing battle with oneself, and that this battle is best thought of as an endless hermeneu...

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Published in:Sophia
Main Author: Benson, Bruce Ellis 1960- (Author)
Contributors: Hart, Kevin 1954- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands [2017]
In: Sophia
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
HC New Testament
NCB Personal ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Book review
B Metanoia
B Kingdom of God
B Doing battle with oneself
B Loving one’s enemies
B Kingdom of Heaven
B Askêsis
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Summary:In this essay, I attempt to think along with Kevin Hart, though improvising on his text in my own way, by suggesting that ‘the way’ is one that calls anyone who wishes to follow, that it is, at heart, all about doing battle with oneself, and that this battle is best thought of as an endless hermeneutic, one inaugurated by Jesus yet also with classical precedents.
ISSN:1873-930X
Contains:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11841-017-0584-y