In the Beginning Were Stories, Not Texts Story Theology

Name: In the Beginning Were Stories, Not Texts Story Theology
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ISBN: 9781608997046

ISBN-10: 1608997049

ISBN-13: 9781608997046

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Authors: C. S. Song

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The Christian Bible is fundamentally a story. Writers, painters, sculptors, artists, and indeed, people of all walks of life live by the telling of their stories. Stories are the most basic mode of human communication. Thus it is vital to ask why Christians and above all Christian theologians so often fail to express their faith in terms of story. The vast majority of the Hebrew Scriptures, for example, consist of stories. Jesus proclaimed and taught about the Reign of God through stories and parables. At the heart of the Christian faith are stories, not concepts, propositions, or ideas. Given the deep rootedness of the Christian faith in storytelling, this book seeks to address the fact…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 11/14/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface



In the Beginning Were Stories, Not Texts



Story Is the Matrix of Theology



Theology Rewrites Stories



Stories Rectify Theology



The Theological Power of Stories



In Search of Our Roots



Stories within a Story



Stories Are Culturally Distinctive



Stories Can Be Theologically Interactive



The Bible, Stories, and Theology


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