Comparative Theology and Hermeneutics: A Gadamerian Approach to Interreligious Interpretation

• Main Author: Hedges, Paul
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Hans-Georg Gadamer; Hermeneutics; Francis X. Clooney; Interreligious Studies; Comparative Theology; Marianne Moyaert
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82338; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39950
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper employs the hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer as a tool to underpin the methodology of Comparative Theology. Acknowledging limitations in Gadamer’s framework, it argues these can either be overcome or bypassed in this context. The paper initially sets out Gadamer’s own understanding of t...