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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... on African culture by considering the enterprise of translating bib- lical and other non - African materials into African languages . Among the missionar- ies , some insisted that Africans should learn the language 3 Introduction.
... on African culture by considering the enterprise of translating bib- lical and other non - African materials into African languages . Among the missionar- ies , some insisted that Africans should learn the language 3 Introduction.
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... languages but also their associated cultures . Furthermore , translation into an in- digenous language spoken by the entire community militated against both cultural elitism and permanent missionary control . The result was a deepened ...
... languages but also their associated cultures . Furthermore , translation into an in- digenous language spoken by the entire community militated against both cultural elitism and permanent missionary control . The result was a deepened ...
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... languages to writing and to furnish them with self - sustaining resources , including a dictionary and a grammar . The African Crucible An important consequence of adopting the mother tongue for the Bible was the awakening of ...
... languages to writing and to furnish them with self - sustaining resources , including a dictionary and a grammar . The African Crucible An important consequence of adopting the mother tongue for the Bible was the awakening of ...
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... language of a tribe was an event of major importance . Through mother tongue literacy Africans reassembled the torn pieces of their his- tory and fit them into a coherent , meaningful account . Possessing the book written in their own ...
... language of a tribe was an event of major importance . Through mother tongue literacy Africans reassembled the torn pieces of their his- tory and fit them into a coherent , meaningful account . Possessing the book written in their own ...
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... language . African Christianity rejected such professionalization of language and its elitist tendencies . Instead , the language of worship , prayer , devotion , and preaching was the mother tongue , in a form that re- lated it to the ...
... language . African Christianity rejected such professionalization of language and its elitist tendencies . Instead , the language of worship , prayer , devotion , and preaching was the mother tongue , in a form that re- lated it to the ...
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.
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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.
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