Kevin Vanhoozer
| Kevin Jon Vanhoozer | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 10, 1957 California, USA |
| Residence | United States |
| Occupation | Biblical academic |
| Years active | Contemporary |
| Title | Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School |
| Spouse(s) | Sylvie |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Westminster Theological Seminary |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University (Ph.D.) |
| Thesis title | Biblical Narrative in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur: A Study in Hermeneutics and Theology |
| Doctoral advisor | Nicholas Lash |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biblical studies |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh Wheaton College (Illinois) Trinity Evangelical Divinity School |
| Main interests | Hermeneutics and theological interpretation of Scripture, Christian doctrine, Reformed theology, theology of culture |
Kevin Jon Vanhoozer (born March 10, 1957) is an American theologian and current Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) in Deerfield, Illinois. Much of Vanhoozer's work focuses on systematic theology, hermeneutics, and postmodernism.
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Biography
Vanhoozer received his M. Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University where he studied under Nicholas Lash. His inter-disciplinary dissertation was titled Biblical Narrative in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur: A Study in Hermeneutics and Theology and was published in 1990 (reprint 2007) by Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-04390-5).
He joined the faculty of TEDS in 1986, but during two periods since has taught elsewhere. From 1990 to 1998, he was Senior Lecturer at New College, University of Edinburgh; from 2009 to 2012, he was Blanchard Professor of Theology at Wheaton College.[1][2]
He and his wife Sylvie have two daughters.[3]
Academic contributions
Vanhoozer has written several notable books, including The Drama of Doctrine: A Canonical-Linguistic Approach to Christian Theology,[1] which won the Christianity Today 2006 Book Award for best book in theology, and Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine,[1] which won the Christianity Today 2015 Book Award for best book in theology. He has edited several others, including the Gold Medallion Book Award winner Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible,[4] The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology, and, with Charles A. Anderson and Michael J. Sleasman, Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends.
In his work Is There a Meaning in this Text?, Vanhoozer gives an in depth response to the challenges of Deconstructionism to biblical hermeneutics. Primarily, he engages the thinking of Jacques Derrida, but Stanley Fish and Richard Rorty also receive attention. Vanhoozer develops a theory of communicative action which relies strongly on the speech-act theory of J. L. Austin and in which a biblical text is seen as a communicative act involving "locutions" (the text itself), "illocutions" (the stance of the author to the locution, e.g. questioning, asserting, promising, etc.) and "perlocutions" (the goals that the author hopes to accomplish through the text).
Among the conclusions that Vanhoozer draws from viewing a text as a communicative act are the involvement of the author, text, and reader in the process of interpretation. The intended meaning of the author can be discerned to a certain degree from the text. The text (langue and parole) is not an arbitrary "playground" but part of a covenantal relationship between all people. As a result the intention of the author can be adequately decoded. Another consequence is that the reader/interpreter has a responsibility to honor the intentions of the author and try to interpret the text in a way which re-creates the author's intended meaning. This responsibility is coupled with a freedom to determine the significance in the context of the interpreter's community.
Works
Books
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Edited works
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Articles
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Online writings
- The Promise of Consensus: Towards a Communicative Hermeneutic (PDF)
- Types of Postmodern Theology (PDF), an excerpt from the Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology
- Hyperactive Hermeneutics: Is the Bible Being Overinterpreted
- Vanhoozer's response to Kostenberger's review of The Drama of Doctrine
Audio
- The Stage, the Story and the Script (MP3), Asbury Theological Seminary, March 15, 2007
- Doing Church: The Theater of the Gospel (MP3), Asbury Seminary, March 16, 2007
- The Strange New Status Symbol of the Cross (MP3), Wheaton College, March 19, 2008
- What has Vienna to do with Jerusalem? Barth, Brahms, and Bernstein's Unanswered Question (RealMedia)
References
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- ↑ TEDS CC5060 Lecture, Deerfield, IL 09/12/2007
- ↑ 2006 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners - Bible Reference & Study category Archived February 5, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Vanhoozer's page at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Experience the Drama (PDF), an interview with Vanhoozer about his book The Drama of Doctrine
- Interview by Guy Davies, Sept 21, 2007
- Book Review: Is There a Meaning in This Text?, by Vern Poythress
- Meaning, intention, and application: Speech act theory in the hermeneutics of Francis Watson and Kevin J. Vanhoozer, by Scott Blue (Trinity Journal)
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