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Revelation and Story Narrative Theology and the Centrality of Story
216 Pages
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Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Revelation and Story explores the relationship between the theology of revelation and the theology of story or narrative theology. Mediating between German systematic theology's concern for revelation and current Anglo-Saxon interest in narrative theology and centrality of 'story', this book illuminates both traditions. Exploring 'revelation' and 'story' from both theological and philosophical... Read more
Contents: Introduction; ’Scriptural faithfulness’ is not a ’Scripture principle’, Gerhard Sauter; Story and possibility: Reflections on the last scenes of the fourth gospel and Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Paul S. Fiddes; Disclosing human possibilities: Revelation and Biblical stories, John Barton; Reading the Bible theologically, Ernstpeter Maurer; Revelation as Gestalt, Rainer Fischer; Allegoria: Reading as a spiritual exercise, Graham Ward; ’Revelation’ and ’Story’ in Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic, Michael Wolter; Does the gospel story demand and discourage talk of revelation?, Robert Morgan; The productive vagueness of an untranslatable relationship, Caroline Schröder; Bibliography; Index.
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Gerhard Sauter, John Barton
’These authors have tried to think afresh, and think independently. They grapple with the question of how to take scripture seriously in an age when we cannot take it for granted. They do a good job.’ Timothy Gorringe, Church Times 'Like a metaphor, these essays are surprising, deconstructive, creative, and altogether transformative of the ways the connection between theology and philosophy is conceptualized... it is clear that these essays present a creative theological and philosophical dialogue.' Reviews in Religion and Theology '... this collection of nine papers is a thought provoking discussion of a variety of theological and hermeneutical concerns about revelation.' Themelios '... the collective scholarship (of this volume) is at the forefront of biblical and theological research... an exciting if challenging read... what it has to yield is deep and rich - as with revelation itself, both manifest and hidden... What a delight it all is! This book must be read and reread!' International Journal of Systematic Theology
