This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Anne Kennedy about her  Practical Hermeneutics  article, “The Upside-Down Metaphor: A Hermeneutical Critique of Josh Butler’s Beautiful Union“.

Also see Alisa Ruddell’s Viewpoint article on the same book, “Beautiful Union by Joshua Ryan Butler and the Trouble with Borrowing Icons“.  

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