The Manifest and the Revealed by Adam Y. Wells

Author:Adam Y. Wells
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2018-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

D. Conclusion

The history of interpretation of Philippians 2:5−11 raises a number of thorny exegetical, theological, and philosophical issues that will guide our phenomenological reading of the hymn. Specifically, recent interpreters tend to view the hymn’s hermeneutical possibilities in terms of mutually opposed dyads: either the hymn is Christological, or it is not; either it serves as an ethical example, or it does not; either it is soteriological, or it is not. Such dyadic thought is hermeneutically problematic, as the text does not authorize one mode of interpretation over another. On the basis of the text, it is entirely possible that the hymn is simultaneously Christological, ethical, and soteriological. It remains for us to explain how such a reading is possible. Additionally, recent feminist critiques of kenōsis raise an important question about whether the kenōsis hymn, and by extension Paul’s gospel, is ultimately life-denying. If self-emptying is a necessary a precursor to exaltation, it is difficult to see how kenōsis would not be subject to a Nietzschean critique of religion. While Coakley’s reading of the kenōsis hymn is promising, it remains for us to show exactly how kenōsis can be empowering.

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