Discipleship and Imagination Christian Tradition and Truth

Name: Discipleship and Imagination Christian Tradition and Truth
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ISBN: 9780198270188

ISBN-10: 0198270186

ISBN-13: 9780198270188

Edition: 2000

Authors: David Brown

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How have the arrangement of biblical narratives over the centuries had an impact on the understanding and practice of discipleship? David Brown's Tradition and Imagination was described on its publication as 'an achievement unmatched by any British theologian for a long time' (Maurice Wiles). In this controversial sequel Professor Brown tackles questions about the presentation of biblical narratives over the centuries, and asks whether it has had an impact on our understanding of discipleship. He explores presentations of Job, the biblical Marys, heaven, and the saints to argue that the Church went beyond purely scriptural ideas to keep the life of Christ continually relevant to a changing…

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List price: $113.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/14/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



discipleship And Imagination


Discipleship and Imagination


Preface


Abbreviations


List of Plates


Introduction



Appropriating Christ for the Present



Valuing and Prostituting Women: Equality and Mary Magdalene



Pattern and Particular: Saint and Novel



Heaven and the Defeat of the Beast: Social Aspects of Discipleship



the Impact of Changing Experience



Job and Innocent Suffering



Mary and Virgin Promise



Truth and Authority



Apostolicity and Conflict: Peter and Paul



Posing Pilate's Question: Truth and Fiction


Index