tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post7110029096998577596..comments2024-01-09T12:59:32.666+01:00Comments on Narrative and Ontology: History, ontology and politicsPhil Sumpterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-68304429183646375012008-07-10T17:35:00.000+02:002008-07-10T17:35:00.000+02:00Thanks for the quote Bob. I haven't got round to r...Thanks for the quote Bob. I haven't got round to reading Küng yet, though I'd like to. His introduction to Judaism is sitting on my shelf ...<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure how either Ratzinger or Küng relate to the synchronic/diachronic issue. Even in the Pope sees organic continuity through all stages of developement, in terms of exegesis that could still mean a diachronic exegesis in traditio-historical categories. For me, a synchronic reading of the Bible takes the literary shape of the final form of the text, which is often narrative in form, as the framework and norm for interpretation. In that sense, I differ to both Ratzinger and Küng (though I disagree deeply with Küng's concpetion of the theological task of exegesis!).<BR/><BR/>These two scholars were sworn enemies in Tübingen. I heard that Ratzinger even managed to get Küng removed from a certain position at the university, though I'm not sure of the details. I also think Küng has been excommunicated, though that was before Ratzinger morphed into a Bendict!Phil Sumpterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-51269536514617235252008-07-10T02:59:00.000+02:002008-07-10T02:59:00.000+02:00There must be synchronicity - you ask this questio...There must be synchronicity - you ask this question just after I received Memoirs II by Küng in which he writes: Ratzinger argues for a historical-organic theology which hardly takes seriously the breaks in development and deviation from the origins, which allows criticism only in the framework of Hellenistic dogma, ... By contrast I advocate a historical-critical theology which investigates both the Bible and the history of dogma critically and takes the original message, figure and fate of Jesus as a criterion.Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.com