Canciones Entre el Alma y el Esposo of Juan de la Cruz: A Hermeneutical Interpretation

by David B. Perrin

Juan de la Cruz (St. John of the Cross) has been a major influence on Catholic thought for centuries. This important new work in English presents a Hermeneutical framework within which an interpretation of Juan de la Cruz's C_ntico may be undertaken. Dr. Perrin calls this framework a Global Hermeneutical Method. The phenomenological hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur are used to construct this framework. Ricoeur's phenomenological hermeneutics of texts is based on a theory of mimesis as well as other congruent methodologies. A Hermeneutical approach to the Cantico does not merely ask the question, 'What does the text mean?' but also asks, 'What does the text mean for the reader today?' TEXT IN ENGLISH

430 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Dr. David Brian Perrin is a professor at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He has been teaching Christian spirituality and ethics since 1994. His work focuses on the writings and life of the Spanish mystic John of the Cross, as well as the lived experience of spirituality in today’s world and how that experience opens up new possibilities for meaningful faith-filled living.