Reading and Writing with Eyes and Ears toward the Other

Reading is from the beginning, before any analysis, an ethical act; at the outset, the reader stands obligated. Responsibility begins with an author, which makes historical readings obligated to do more than just analyze biblical texts. Texts with ethical implications need further consideration. Rea...

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Auteur principal: Moyers, Tony (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Common Ground Publishing 2021
Dans: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Année: 2021, Volume: 11, Numéro: 1, Pages: 265-278
Sujets non-standardisés:B Reading Communities
B Obligation
B Ethics of Reading
B Heuristic Key
B Authority of the Texts
B Biblical Interpretation
B Interpreter / Responsibility of Reader
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Résumé:Reading is from the beginning, before any analysis, an ethical act; at the outset, the reader stands obligated. Responsibility begins with an author, which makes historical readings obligated to do more than just analyze biblical texts. Texts with ethical implications need further consideration. Readers and reading communities are responsible for how their readings affect the lives of others, especially the marginalized. Such assessments require more than a historical description of an author’s intention or a doubling commentary on a text. Scrutiny of how a biblical author or text affects the lives of others needs to be part of any ethical interpretation. Readers should listen for faint voices and look for the trace of the Other inhabiting biblical texts.
ISSN:2154-8641
Contient:Enthalten in: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v11i01/265-278