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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... human re- demption ; for no one is history Socrates ' story . For that matter , no one views the death of Jesus as the key to life's meaning . Only those who believe in a crucifixion followed by a resurrection assign cosmic significance ...
... human re- demption ; for no one is history Socrates ' story . For that matter , no one views the death of Jesus as the key to life's meaning . Only those who believe in a crucifixion followed by a resurrection assign cosmic significance ...
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... human drama . One majors in tragedy , one in comedy ; life contains both . Both make fundamental assumptions concerning human nature ( assumptions , one may note , not themselves narrative in nature ) . Vitz argues that it is ...
... human drama . One majors in tragedy , one in comedy ; life contains both . Both make fundamental assumptions concerning human nature ( assumptions , one may note , not themselves narrative in nature ) . Vitz argues that it is ...
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... human nature as they appear in the doctrines and creeds of monotheistic traditions are not adequately narratively ex- pressible and that without the systematic seeing - that element of the seeing - as that narrative provides no seeing ...
... human nature as they appear in the doctrines and creeds of monotheistic traditions are not adequately narratively ex- pressible and that without the systematic seeing - that element of the seeing - as that narrative provides no seeing ...
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... human agency , giving human beings the means to make sense of the temporal exigencies of their activities , of the arch of actions , memories , and experiences that spans their life . Most important , narrative bestows the power of ...
... human agency , giving human beings the means to make sense of the temporal exigencies of their activities , of the arch of actions , memories , and experiences that spans their life . Most important , narrative bestows the power of ...
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... humanity . We teach it in geography , by breadth of mind We teach it in handicraft , by thoroughness We teach it in astronomy , by reverence We teach it in the playground , by fair play . We teach it by kindness to animals , by courtesy ...
... humanity . We teach it in geography , by breadth of mind We teach it in handicraft , by thoroughness We teach it in astronomy , by reverence We teach it in the playground , by fair play . We teach it by kindness to animals , by courtesy ...
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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Page 57 - ... God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Page 57 - Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Page 126 - If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
Page 126 - Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
Page 186 - It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company.. .a church. ..a home.
Page 127 - It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
Page 128 - Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, "Where have you laid him?
Page 71 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 59 - He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city (Prov.
Page 62 - I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.