Hermeneutics of Religion
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"To have a theory of religion before studying religion would make the study superfluous unless there is openness for change, openness for new horizons emerging. However, we need to understand that contextual meaningfulness is not the same as relativism". Hermeneutics of Religion investigates the various issues involved in the approach to the study of religions.
Domenic Marbaniang
Domenic Marbaniang is Christian writer, musician, and minister.
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Hermeneutics of Religion - Domenic Marbaniang
HERMENEUTICS OF RELIGION
Copyright 2013, Domenic Marbaniang
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
MEANING AS CONTEXTUAL
MEANING AS FORE-HAVING
MEANING AS DIALECTICAL
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II
APPENDIX III
APPENDIX IV
INTRODUCTION
Ancient Indian philosophy generally accepted three sources of knowledge: pratyaksha (immediate experience), anumana (reason), and sabda (verbal testimony). We know things either directly through experience or through reasoning[1] or through hearsay. Much of our knowledge, we must confess, comes from hearsay; what we learn from our parents, friends, teachers, books, etc. Whether one chooses to believe or challenge the information is another issue. Yet, one can’t deny the fact that the choice to either believe or challenge the information is preceded by the ability to understand what is said. One has to interpret and understand the words before one can accept or reject them. That is one reason why some schools of Indian philosophy denied sabda to be a distinct source of knowledge but consider it to belong under the class of inference or reasoning. The Buddhists, for instance, argued that the ascertainment of the meaning of a verbal statement in no way differs from the inferential process. The Vaisesika also agreed with this point of view.[2] Interpretation was seen as nothing much different from inference; and hermeneutics is considered to belong to the class of logic.
A deeper look, however, unravels more problems. There is thus, for instance, the realist view of interpretation called srishtidrishtivada or the idealist view of interpretation called drishtisrishtivada. Both these views have implications for hermeneutics, as G. P. Deshpande shows:
"There are two texts by Shankaracharya: one is called Sarirakabhasya while the other bhasya is a commentary on Gaudapadakarika. There is a basic contradiction inboth….drishti-srishtivada and sristidrishtivada…. These two terms represent the schools within which the Vedantins are divided. The problem is whether what yousee defines reality (drishtisrishtivada) or whether what exists defines your vision (srishtidrishtivada).
"It is a typical theatre problem…. Suppose you take that text to be a srishti. Then the director looks at it in a particular way, and the actor looks at it in a particular way. When happens next is the case of drishtisrishtivada. The vision or the way the text is looked at ultimately decides its character. And that is why you have different productions of the same play, productions apparently using the same text but so different that they appear to be based on different texts."[3]
However, independence of text