Diversity in the structure of Christian reasoning : interpretation, disagreement, and world Christianity / by Joshua D. Broggi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Diversity in the Structure of Christian Reasoning:Interpretation, Disagreement, and World Christianity; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; 1 Orthodoxy; 2 Traditioned Reason; 3 The Case Studies; 4 The Governing Question; 5 Outline of the Present Work; 6 The Literary Context; 7 The Contribution of the Present Work; 2: Simon Kimbangu and the Kimbanguists; 1 Introductory Overview; 2 The Early Life of Simon Kimbangu; 3 The Calling of Kimbangu and His Short Public Ministry; 4 Continuities and Discontinuities in the Merging Traditions of Simon Kimbangu.

5 The Persecution and Spread of His Followers from His Imprisonment to 19586 The Kimbanguists and the Development of Doctrine under Kimbangu's Sons; 7 Conclusion; 3: The Structure of Commitments in the Act of Reading; 1 Introduction; 2 The Provenance of Tradition; 3 The Value of Tradition in Achieving Orthodoxy; 4 The Interdependent Development of Canons and Traditions of Meaning; 5 Gadamer's Idea of Consciousness Affected by History; 6 Mimesis and the Limited Site of Infinite Alterity; 4: Aiyadurai Jesudasen Appasamy; 1 Introduction; 2 A Brief Biography.

3 Merging Traditions: Method and Criteria4 The Indian Tradition Selected for the Merger of Traditions; 5 Indian Christian Doctrines; 6 Conclusion; 5: Ontology and Scripture; 1 Introduction; 2 Heidegger's Ontology of Equipment; 3 The Equipment that Scripture Presents; 4 Conclusion; 6: Conclusion; 1 Summary; 2 The Promise of Heterodox Reason; Bibliography; Index.

Diversity in the Structure of Christian Reasoning makes an argument about the nature of interpretive conflicts in modern theology. Using two examples from World Christianity, it examines the hermeneutical changes wrought when scripture crosses cultural boundaries.

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