http://www.christopherlayton.org/2007/06/09/preaching-as-hermeneutical-education/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:01:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.christopherlayton.org/2007/06/09/preaching-as-hermeneutical-education/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Patrick Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:57:31 +0000 http://www.christopherlayton.org/2007/06/09/preaching-as-hermeneutical-education/#comment-879 It would have to be, I think, either implicitly or explicitly. Growing up, I didn't know that there was more than one way to read a text, and as such my reading patterns were very self-centered until I began to encounter other people who saw texts differently than me. But, every offered reading has embedded in it a strategy that produced such a reading, so it seems like it would be fair to use that opportunity to model a good reading. This makes reflection on one's hermeneutical commitments all the more important, especially since (like me as a child...or now) we all come to the table with them. It would have to be, I think, either implicitly or explicitly. Growing up, I didn’t know that there was more than one way to read a text, and as such my reading patterns were very self-centered until I began to encounter other people who saw texts differently than me. But, every offered reading has embedded in it a strategy that produced such a reading, so it seems like it would be fair to use that opportunity to model a good reading. This makes reflection on one’s hermeneutical commitments all the more important, especially since (like me as a child…or now) we all come to the table with them.

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