Faith and NarrativeKeith E. Yandell From epic to limerick, novel to anecdote, literary narratives engage and entertain us. From autobiography and biography to accounts of familial generations, narratives define communities. Myths and histories loom large in religious traditions as well. Recently, the importance of narrative to ethics and religion has become a pervasive theme in several scholarly disciplines. In the essays presented here, a distinguished roster of scholars addresses a range of issues associated with this theme, focusing especially on questions concerning narrative's contribution to knowledge. |
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... follow , these questions are addressed anew . The essays natu- rally group into four parts . In the first , The Power of Narrative , Professors Lamin Sanneh ( Yale ) , David L. Jeffrey ( Baylor ) , George Steiner ( Geneva / Cambridge ) ...
... follow , these questions are addressed anew . The essays natu- rally group into four parts . In the first , The Power of Narrative , Professors Lamin Sanneh ( Yale ) , David L. Jeffrey ( Baylor ) , George Steiner ( Geneva / Cambridge ) ...
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... follow , highlighting some points of common inter- est , some matters of controversy , some salient common themes and perspectives , thus making clear some ( but only some ) of their rich interconnections . Another contributor would ...
... follow , highlighting some points of common inter- est , some matters of controversy , some salient common themes and perspectives , thus making clear some ( but only some ) of their rich interconnections . Another contributor would ...
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... the vernacular translation inaugurated by Constantine - Cyril and developed by Methodius , a modern authority summed it up as follows : His translation is in many ways an adaptation of the Cultural Vitality and the Narrative Impulse 21.
... the vernacular translation inaugurated by Constantine - Cyril and developed by Methodius , a modern authority summed it up as follows : His translation is in many ways an adaptation of the Cultural Vitality and the Narrative Impulse 21.
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... follows : " No one can become eloquent or well versed in the vernacular who has not a large stock of such sayings at his disposal . The best answer to any new - fangled suggestion or argument , how- ever convincing and subtle , is to ...
... follows : " No one can become eloquent or well versed in the vernacular who has not a large stock of such sayings at his disposal . The best answer to any new - fangled suggestion or argument , how- ever convincing and subtle , is to ...
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Contents
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The Place of Narrative | 105 |
The Promise of Narrative | 153 |
The Problems of Narrative | 215 |
Index | 261 |
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