Biblical spirituality

Interpretation- Journal of Bible and Theology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-143

  Schneiders, Sandra M ^a  

^a Graduate Theological Union

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EID: 0242615901     PISSN: 00209643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002096430005600202     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. On the Roman Catholic experience with the Bible before and after the Council, especially in relation to Protestant experience, see J. R. Donahue, "Scripture: A Roman Catholic Perspective," Review and Expositor 79 (April 1982) 231-44. The extensive notes in this article are a valuable resource.
2. See Dei Verbum [The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation] VI, 21 (available in English in Documents of Vatican II, ed. A. P. Flannery [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988] 750-65).
3. An entire issue of Christian Spirituality Bulletin, vol. 1 (Fall 1993) was devoted to a discussion among scholars in the field of spirituality of the definition of spirituality and the contours of the field. This issue would be a good starting point for scholars new to this field of study.
4. I dealt with this subject more fully in a chapter entitled "Biblical Spirituality: Life, Literature, and Learning," in Doors of Understanding: Conversations in Global Spirituality in Honor of Ewert Cousins, ed. S. Chase (Quincy, Ill.: Franciscan Press, 1997) 51-76.
5. See J. R. Donahue, "Redaction Criticism: Has the Hauptstrasse Become a Sackgasse?" in The New Literary Criticism and the New Testament, ed. E. V. McKnight and E. Struthers Malbon (Valley Forge, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 1994) 27-57,
6. and a later article in which he extends his reflection on the effect of literary criticism on the interpretation of the New Testament to new historicism and other forms of postmodern interpretation: "The Literary Turn and New Testament Theology: Detour or New Direction?" JR 70 (1996) 250-75.
7. Attempts by biblical scholars, as opposed to pastors or spiritual writers who are not specialists in the field of biblical studies, to explicate the spiritualities in the Bible have so far been relatively few in number. See, for example, S. C. Barton, The Spirituality of the Gospels (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1992);
8. B. Thurston, Spiritual Life in the Early Church: The Witness of Acts and Ephesians (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993);
9. and R. D. Witherup, Conversion in the New Testament (Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1994), which is part of the Zacchaeus Studies series that is devoted largely to biblical theology and spirituality. Also valuable is the Message of Biblical Spirituality series edited by Carolyn Osiek under the Michael Glazier imprint of Liturgical Press.
10. The meaning of the affirmation that scripture is the Word of God, upon which its specifically revelatory character hinges, is a complex theological subject. See S. Schneiders, The Revelatory Text: Interpreting the New Testament as Sacred Scripture, 2nd ed. (Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1999) 27-63.
11. Augustine's classical treatment on this subject is available in English as On Christian Doctrine, trans. D. W. Robertson, Jr. (New York Macmillan, 1958).
12. One of the best explanations of the expansion of subjectivity through engagement with the text is P. Ricoeur, Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of Meaning (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1976) 91-95.
13. The classic text on the role of biblical faith sharing in situations of oppression is G. Gutiérrez, We Drink from our Own Wells: The Spiritual Journey of a People, trans. M. J. O'Connell (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 1984).
14. Probably the most important figure in contemporary feminist biblical scholarship of the New Testament is Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza. See, e.g., her work But She Said: Feminist Practices of Biblical Interpretation (Boston: Beacon, 1992).
15. A brief article on lectio divina with bibliography is K. W. Irwin, "Lectio Divina " in The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, ed. M. Downey (Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1993) 596.
16. An excellent study of this subject is D. Burton-Christie, The Word in the Desert: Scripture and the Quest for Holiness in Early Christian Monasticism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993).
17. See, e.g., M. B. Pennington, Lectio Divina: Renewing the Ancient Practice of Praying the Scriptures (New York: Crossroad, 1998).
18. For an overview of the subject, see W. H. Shannon, "Contemplation, Contemplative Prayer," in The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, ed. M. Downey (Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1993) 209-14.