1st Edition
Revelations and Story Narrative Theology and the Centrality of Story
214 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2000. From the work of Hegel and Schelling to the dialectical theology of Barth, Bultmann and Gogarten, "Revelation" has developed a long, rich tradition of diverse thought, as well as many misunderstandings. Meaning, first and foremost, "God's encounter with those to whom God wishes to communicate God's own self", Revelation seeks to be recounted and... Read more
Introduction; One: ‘Scriptural Faithfulness’ is not a ‘Scripture Principle’; Two: Story and Possibility: Reflections on the Last Scenes of the Fourth Gospel and Shakespeare’s The Tempest; Three: Disclosing Human Possibilities: Revelation and Biblical Stories; Four: Reading the Bible Theologically; Five: Revelation as Gestalt; Six: Allegoria: Reading as a Spiritual Exercise; Seven: ‘Revelation’ and ‘Story’ in Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic; Eight: Does the Gospel Story Demand and Discourage Talk of Revelation?; Nine: The Productive Vagueness of an Untranslatable Relationship
Biography
Gerhard Sauter, John Barton
