ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the convergence of theological method and theological hermeneutics. The latter is reconceived in a robustly trinitarian sense. The chapter suggests that this task of reconception is best accomplished through the categories inspired by pneumatology. It also shows that the pneumatological categories are inherently triadic, at once being metaphysical, epistemological, and hermeneutical, thus undergirding both a Trinitarian theological method and a hermeneutical theology that are mutually informing. The chapter explores how pneumatology structures and relates to the world, to the knowing process, and, ultimately, to theological hermeneutics and method. The difference between theological hermeneutics and spiritual hermeneutics may be analogous to that between fundamental, systematic and practical theology. Experience is necessarily thematized for purposes of theological reflection and communication. To distinguish "Word" in its theological senses from "word" metaphysically understood, the chapter utilizes "Logos," especially in philosophical discussion. It also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
