Being in Time: The Interpretive Nature of the Christian Faith

Speaker(s): Jens Zimmermann
Date: March 22, 2005
Length: 1:07:30
Product ID: RGDL3438G

Purchase Options:

MP3 Download - $5.00
CD - $9.00

Description

This lecture explores the validity of cultural prejudices of the Christian faith by outlining its radically hermeneutic nature. The main thesis of this lecture is that Christianity is a deeply historical faith whose constitutive relation to God's self-revelation in Jesus Christ has to be lived out interpretively. Only when the Christian faith understands itself as essentially hermeneutical can it uphold its universal claim to be the only true religion with the humility necessary to serve as a witness to the one who died to save the world.

See All Audio by Jens Zimmermann

Jens Zimmermann is Associate Professor of German and English at Trinity Western University and has been awarded a five-year Canadian Council Research Chair in Interpretation, Religion, and Culture, beginning in the fall of 2006. He has published works across several disciplines, including Recovering Theological Hermeneutics: an Incarnational-Trinitarian Theory of Interpretation and, with Dr. Norman Klassen, The Passionate Intellect: Incarnational humanism and the future of university education.

Related Audio

Details / Buy

Thomas Merton: A Man for All Seasons

Speaker: Jens Zimmerman, Lynn Szabo, Ron Dart

Details / Buy

Communities of Celebration, Thanksgiving, and Justice

Speaker: Mark Glanville

Details / Buy

Who am I? Personhood, Consciousness, and Transhumanist Visions

Speaker: Jens Jens Zimmermann, Edward Slingerland

Details / Buy

A Jazz-Talk How Biblical Law Shapes Missional Communities

Speaker: Mark Glanville

Details / Buy

The Book of Exodus: Building a Missional Community

Speaker: Mark Glanville

Details / Buy

Imperial Lover: The Unveiling of Jesus in Revelation

Speaker: Jens Zimmerman, Peter Leithart, R.R. Reno

Details / Buy

Heaven on Earth? The Future of Spiritual Interpretation (Theology Conference)

Speaker: Brian Daley, Kevin Vanhoozer

Details / Buy

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Christian Witness and Martyr, 1906-1945

Speaker: Jens Zimmerman, John S. Conway, Craig … (see details for all)

Details / Buy

Biblical and Theological Foundations for Mission

Speaker: Mark Glanville

Details / Buy

Book Launch Lecture: Dietrich Bonheoffer's Christian Humanism

Speaker: Jens Zimmermann

Details / Buy

The Passionate Intellect: Recovering Christian Humanism

Speaker: Jens Zimmerman