Author : Terrence W. Tilley
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,86 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814654644
The author reminds us that our Christian stories are at the heart of the faith. Without these stories, formulated doctrines and theological systems would be bereft of meaning and substance. With the breadth of bright Vision, he explains what story theology is all about; and he tells us why it is gripping the minds and hearts of so many.
Author : Stanley Hauerwas
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 41,87 MB
Release : 1997-10-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1579100651
Narrative Theology is still with us, to the delight of some and to the chagrin of others. 'Why Narrative?Ó is in reprint because it represents what is still a very important question. This diverse collection of essays on narrative theology has proven very useful in university and seminary theology classes. It is also of great use as a primer for the educated layperson or church study group. Jones and Hauerwas have done an excellent job of selecting representative essays that deal with appeals to narrative in areas such as personal identity and human action, biblical hermeneutics, epistemology, and theological and ethical method.
Author : Hans W. Frei
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 17,61 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0195078802
Hans W. Frei (1922-1988) was one of the most influential American theologians of his generation. This collection provides an unrivaled introduction to Frei's work.
Author : Roger E. Olson
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 29,3 MB
Release : 2009-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830877363
In his book, poised to become a standard historical theology textbook, Roger Olson takes us on a journey of events ranging from the apostolic fathers to the Reformation to the present.
Author : Gerard Loughlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 28,8 MB
Release : 1999-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780521665155
This book presents narrative theology as radically orthodox. It is orthodox because in the tradition of all those who maintain the priority of the story of Jesus, as it is sacramentally performed in the Church, and radical because it eschews all modern attempts to found Christian faith on some other story, such as that of reason, critical history or human consciousness. Acknowledging the indeterminacy of and textuality of human existance, Telling God's Story presents the Christian life as as a truly postmodern venture: the groundless enactment of God's future now.
Author : C S Song
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 27,49 MB
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 022790107X
According to Song, the Christian faith is deeply rooted in storytelling: stories are the most basic mode of human communication and, in the same idea, the Christian Bible is fundamentally a story. Though, Song regrets the fact that Christians, and above all Christian theologians, so often fail to express their faith in term of stories. Christian theology is most often expressed in terms of concepts, ideas, and systems. Following the conviction that this is the most appropriate way to express our faith, the proposal of this book is to speak of Christian faith and theology through stories rather than systems and texts.
Author : Gertrud Mueller Nelson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 11,72 MB
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1597527114
Every human being lives a fairy tale -- an unconscious myth that works on us, shapes us, and points to our truth. Often the story is filled with danger and foreboding. The good news is, for those who examine it closely, the story also carries with it balm and healing. 'Here All Dwell Free' is an in-depth exploration of two classic fairy tales that have particular significance for women. The Handless Maiden will resonate in a special way with women who feel powerless in the contemporary world. In a similar way, Briar Rose is about falling asleep and waking, of abandonment and allowing oneself to be discovered by love. While the stories recounted here may be ancient, they speak to us today in unmistakable symbolic language, inviting us to enter them, live them, and be made whole again.
Author : James M. Hamilton Jr.
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 2013-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433537745
Is the Bible just a random collection of old stories, or is there something more going on within the pages of Scripture? Is it possible that the ancient books of the Old and New Testaments are part of a single, unified story, begun long ago but extending into our world today? In this introduction to biblical theology, professor James Hamilton orients Bible readers afresh to the overarching story line of Scripture, helping Christians read and interpret the Bible as the biblical writers intended and as the early Christians read it. Examining Scripture's key symbols, patterns, and themes, Hamilton helps readers truly grasp—and be transformed by—the theology of redemption contained in God's Word.
Author : R. Kendall Soulen
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 21,34 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451416411
With acknowledgment that Christian theology contributed to the persecution and genocide of Jews comes a dilemma: how to excise the cancer without killing the patient? Kendall Soulen shows how important Christian assertions-the uniqueness of Jesus, the Christian covenant, the finality of salvation in Christ-have been formulated in destructive, supersessionist ways not only in the classical period (Justin Martyr, Irenaeus) and early modernity (Kant and Schleiermacher) but even contemporary theology (Barth and Rahner). Along with this first full-scale critique of Christian supersessionism, Soulen's own constructive proposal regraps the narrative unity of Christian identity and the canon through an original and important insight into the divine-human covenant, the election of Israel, and the meaning of history.
Author : Matthew Y. Emerson
Publisher : Hobbs College Library
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,29 MB
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781462758753
The Story of Scripture provides practical, Christ-centered ways that we can read the Bible as one book.
