How Adequate is the New Hermeneutic?

Abstract

“To the extent that the ‘new’ hermeneutic has brought to the forefront of theological discussion the problem of hermeneutics, one must, I would argue, support it, since the validity of any theological or exegetical statement is in direct proportion to the validity of the hermeneutical method upon which it is based. But we must ask whether or not this ‘new’ hermeneutic is in fact adequate to the task it has set for itself, and to which it calls theological thinking.”