dr. bonnie howe
Dr Bonnie Howe received her Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union, and teaches at the Dominican University of California, the University of San Francisco, and New College Berkeley. Her main interests are New Testament interpretation and Christian social ethics; her research employs cognitive linguistic theories and methods to analyze moral discourse. Her groundbreaking work. Because You Bear This Name: Conceptual Metaphor and the moral meaning of 1 Peter received the following critical acclaim:
'Using the tools of cognitive linguistics alongside those of scriptural analysis, Bonnie Howe clarifies our understanding of metaphor, and its deep relation to religious and moral thought. At an even deeper level, she clarifies what it means to be a reader – and what impact that has on our role specifically as readers of ancient, complex, difficult and deeply important scriptural texts. Using Gilles Fauconnier’s work on conceptual integration, she explains how such texts can engage and influence us so intensely, if not simply. This is an important book for anyone who takes seriously the need to understand Scripture’s interaction with actual human minds.'
Eve Sweetser, University of Califonia, Berkeley.
'This ambitious study has three major aims. The first is to introduce a method, cognitive metaphor analysis, that, the author claims, represents a methodological “paradigm shift” in the understanding of metaphor and that, together with a culturally sensitive exegesis, lays the basis for a dialogue of modern readers with ancient biblical texts and their moral meanings. The second aim is to demonstrate the method in action by using it to examine the moral discourse of 1 Peter, while the third is to show how the moral vision of 1 Peter can serve as a “moral exemplar” for Christian moral thought and action today.'
John H. Elliott, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007
'Using the tools of cognitive linguistics alongside those of scriptural analysis, Bonnie Howe clarifies our understanding of metaphor, and its deep relation to religious and moral thought. At an even deeper level, she clarifies what it means to be a reader – and what impact that has on our role specifically as readers of ancient, complex, difficult and deeply important scriptural texts. Using Gilles Fauconnier’s work on conceptual integration, she explains how such texts can engage and influence us so intensely, if not simply. This is an important book for anyone who takes seriously the need to understand Scripture’s interaction with actual human minds.'
Eve Sweetser, University of Califonia, Berkeley.
'This ambitious study has three major aims. The first is to introduce a method, cognitive metaphor analysis, that, the author claims, represents a methodological “paradigm shift” in the understanding of metaphor and that, together with a culturally sensitive exegesis, lays the basis for a dialogue of modern readers with ancient biblical texts and their moral meanings. The second aim is to demonstrate the method in action by using it to examine the moral discourse of 1 Peter, while the third is to show how the moral vision of 1 Peter can serve as a “moral exemplar” for Christian moral thought and action today.'
John H. Elliott, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007
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