Empirical Theology and Biblical Hermeneutics: Exploring Lessons for Discipleship from the Road to Emmaus (Luke 24: 13-35)
This study engages the scientific approach of empirical theology with the investigation and evaluation of the reader perspective approach to biblical hermeneutics rooted in psychological type theory. By engaging participants attending the 2015 annual conference of the Institution for Socio-Biblical...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Journal of empirical theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 24-44 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Lukasevangelium 24,13-35
/ Discipleship
/ Hermeneutics
/ Personality type
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IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality HC New Testament VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy ZD Psychology |
Further subjects: | B
Discipleship
biblical hermeneutics
psychological type
empirical theology
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Summary: | This study engages the scientific approach of empirical theology with the investigation and evaluation of the reader perspective approach to biblical hermeneutics rooted in psychological type theory. By engaging participants attending the 2015 annual conference of the Institution for Socio-Biblical Studies, this empirical investigation tests whether individual psychological type preferences influence how academically-trained scholars within the field of biblical studies read, interpret and proclaim scripture. Eleven participants were invited in type-alike groups to engage in a conversation between the Lucan post-resurrection narrative concerning the Road to Emmaus journey and encounter and the contemporary theme of discipleship. The data clearly demonstrated how the distinctive voices of sensing, intuition, feeling, and thinking emerged from the ways in which academically-trained biblical scholars managed the exercise. |
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ISSN: | 1570-9256 |
Contains: | In: Journal of empirical theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15709256-12341000 |