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This is a 12 page paper discussing David Tracy’s understanding of hermeneutics and its application to theology. As a representative of the Chicago School of theology, David Tracy along with his colleagues has challenged the traditional approach to theology with one which is considered more “correlational”. In other words, the Scriptures along with all classic texts cannot be interpreted without taking into account their contextual influences. Correlational theology studies not only the classical theological interpretation of religious texts but also depends a great deal upon the cooperation between “other interpreters of the human condition” including anthropologists, philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and literary scholars among many others (Jeanrond, 1998). This approach also reflects some of the basic concepts of nonfoundationalism as proposed by Thiel (1994) which has fundamental problems with the traditional Christian assumptions which are readily accepted in the interpretation of the Scriptures and also advocates the inclusion of contextual influences on theological study.
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is considered more "correlational". In other words, the Scriptures along with all classic texts cannot be interpreted without taking into account their contextual influences. Correlational theology studies not only the
classical theological interpretation of religious texts but also depends a great deal upon the cooperation between "other interpreters of the human condition" including anthropologists, philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and literary scholars
among many others (Jeanrond, 1998). This approach also reflects some of the basic concepts of nonfoundationalism as proposed by Thiel (1994) which has fundamental problems with the traditional Christian assumptions
which are readily accepted in the interpretation of the Scriptures and also advocates the inclusion of contextual influences on theological study. Tracys Understanding of Hermeneutics & Theology
The study of hermeneutics largely involves the interpretation of the Scriptures. As implied by David Tracy in his book "Plurality and Ambiguity: Hermeneutics, Religion, Hope" (1994),
the Scriptures probably as much as any other set of historical texts are prone to different interpretative meanings, ambiguity and plurality. Tracy discusses how ambiguity is related to any historical
event or interpretation of any historical event which by all means is impossible to accurately account especially in regards to its causal elements. Tracy first applies this thinking of ambiguity
to the studies of the French Revolution but finds that "the events, texts, symbols, movements, individuals, rituals multiply. And below them lie the discourses, structures, and mentalities that the new
historians have taught us to search for. All demand attention in the quest for an adequate interpretation of the Revolution" (Tracy, 1994, p. 5-6). Despite the fact that interpretations of
events and texts change over time, Tracy states that "At times, interpretations matter" and "on the whole, such times are time of cultural crisis" (Tracy, 1994, p. 7). Changes in
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