Text and Psyche Experiencing Scripture Today

Traditional doctrinal and historical interpretation both rely heavily on rational analysis. But from the disciples at Emmaus to the beginnings of the present century, it has been the impact of scripture upon the human heart that has changed human lives. In recent decades, this impact has been strengthened by advances in linguistic and literary theory, by such disparate influences as feminism, structuralism, Jungianism, deconstructionism, the analysis of archaic imagery and myth, the recovery of Gnostic texts, and finally an openness to pluralism, whether ethnic, geographic, religious, or interpretive. All of these factors are treated here to show that the reader of scripture has a creative and not merely passive role.Brown, Schuyler is the author of 'Text and Psyche Experiencing Scripture Today', published 2003 under ISBN 9781888602234 and ISBN 1888602236.