Doctrine

About: Doctrine is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 21901 publications have been published within this topic receiving 204282 citations.

The Hermeneutics of Doctrine

Abstract: Drawing on the resources of contemporary hermeneutical theory, Anthony Thiselton here seeks to recover the formative and transformative power of Christian doctrine. The past thirty-five years have witnessed major steps forward in the use of hermeneutics in biblical studies, but never before has hermeneutics made a comparable impact on the formulation of doctrine and our engagement with it. Indeed, no other book explores the interface between hermeneutics and Christian doctrine in the same in-depth way that this one does.Arguably the leading authority worldwide on biblical and philosophical hermeneutics, Thiselton has written widely acclaimed works in the areas of biblical studies and philosophical theology. His probing interaction in "The Hermeneutics of Doctrine" with numerous other great thinkers - Gadamer, Ricoeur, Lindbeck, Balthasar, Vanhoozer, and Pannenberg, among others - and his original perspectives will make this volume a valuable resource for scholars and advanced students.

Comparative legal research: its function in the development of harmonized law

Abstract: Most jurists assume that the law of a single country can be studied independently of the law of others. Law students study the law of their own nation. Judges consult national codes and case law. An American or a German scholar assumes that he can write about American law or German law without examining French or Italian law. Even scholars in comparative law often assume that they should first find out what the American, German, French and Italian law is, and then make comparisons. I do not think the law of a single country can be an independent object of study. To understand law, even as it is within that country, one must look beyond its boundaries, indeed, beyond one's own time. Curiously enough, the need for such a transtemporal transnational approach to law was explained most clearly by Portalis, the architect of the French Civil Code. We associate the Code with the emergence of national legal systems in the 19th century. Eventually, nearly every country enacted its own code, each supposedly containing a distinct law. Portalis explained that the French Civil Code could not be the unique source of French law. It could not "govern all and foresee all."' Indeed, virtually every case would present the judge with a problem that the Code by itself could not resolve since "no one pleads against a clear statutory text."2 Unlike 19th century French jurists, he did not say that answers were to be found by exegesis of the Code. He did not say they were to be found by consulting precedent. "Few cases are susceptible of being decided by a statute, by a clear text. It has always been by general principles, by doctrine, by legal science, that most disputes have been

The Sikhs: History, Religion, and Society

Abstract: The Sikhs, a colorful and controversial people about whom little is generally known, have been the subject of much hypothetical speculation. Their non-conformist behavior, except to their own traditions, and their fierce independence, even to demanding autonomy, have recently attracted world-wide attention. Hew McLeod, internationally known scholar of Sikh studies, provides a just and accurate description in his introduction to this religious community from northern India now numbering about sixteen million people, exploring their history, doctrine, and literature. The Sikhs begins by giving an overview of the people's history, then covers the origins of the Sikh tradition, dwelling on controversies surrounding the life and doctrine of the first Master, Guru Nanak (1469-1539). The book surveys the subsequent life of the community with emphasis on the founding of the Khalsa, the order that gives to Sikhs the insignia by which they are best known. The remaining sections concern Sikh doctrine, the problem of who should be regarded as a Sikh, and a survey of Sikh literature. Finally, the book considers the present life of the community-its dispersion around the world to Asia, Australasia, North America, Africa, and Europe, and its involvement in the current trials of the Punjab. Sikh culture is believed to have been settled and unchanging from the time of the Gurus onwards.The Sikhs, a major new work by a leading authority, reveals that this is a very misleading view. McLeod treats a variety of questions sympathetically and in so doing he establishes a new understanding for students of religion and for all those interested in current events in India.