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This chapter outlines a methodological approach that frames the Divine Comedy not as a closed theological system but as an experiment in the ethics of interpretation. Beginning with a reading of Dante’s apostrophe to the reader in Paradiso 2, the chapter argues that the poem challenges us to consider faith not as doctrinal assent but as interpretive posture. The introduction thus establishes the book’s broader thesis—that the Divine Comedy redefines faith as a lived hermeneutic praxis. It positions the work as a foundation for the developmental arc of the study: from diagnosing interpretive failures, to exploring unexpected forms of inclusion, to proposing freedom as constructive praxis, and finally to the destabilizing vision of God in Paradiso 33.

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Introduction: An Unorthodox Orientation to Faith in the Divine Comedy

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    2026年

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  • Jason Aleksander

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This chapter outlines a methodological approach that frames the Divine Comedy not as a closed theological system but as an experiment in the ethics of interpretation. Beginning with a reading of Dante’s apostrophe to the reader in Paradiso 2, the chapter argues that the poem challenges us to consider faith not as doctrinal assent but as interpretive posture. The introduction thus establishes the book’s broader thesis—that the Divine Comedy redefines faith as a lived hermeneutic praxis. It positions the work as a foundation for the developmental arc of the study: from diagnosing interpretive failures, to exploring unexpected forms of inclusion, to proposing freedom as constructive praxis, and finally to the destabilizing vision of God in Paradiso 33.