Patrick Nullen And The Hermeneutics Of Love Summary

Introduction
Among many relevant and important topics within Christian theological academics relevant to today’s culture, Biblical inerrancy is found high upon the list of importance. With the development of postmodernism and a shift in cultural ethics, both the inerrancy of and the moral authority of Scripture is under attack. The purpose of this article critique is to examine the writings of Patrick Nullen as he deals with “The Moral Authority of Scripture and the Hermeneutics of Love.” This paper consist of a brief summary of Nullen’s article, as well as a critical interaction with it. It is important to note that Nullen’s article will be one source among twelve others to provide research on the topic of the relevance Biblical inerrancy. Such topic is important in the face of recent …show more content…
Brief Summary
The article’s thesis consist of the argument that “Postmodernity has altered the way we perceive truth and authority.” Therefore generating a shift amonge modern culture’s view towards the moral authority of Scripture. Nullen defends his thesis by presenting recent developments in the use of Scripture in ethics and offering an “alternative approach to Scripture for Ethics, inspired by Paul Ramsey’s hermeneutics of love.” Nullen’s six recent developments in the role of Scripture in Ethics are appreciations of canonical diversity, pneumatology, Scripture by the interpretive community, Character Ethics, tradition, and theological interpretation. From there, Nullens uses Paul Ramsey’s hermeneutic of love as a counter argument to the attach of postmodernisms attach onf Scirpture for