God Is Not a Story
Realism Revisited
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 19 July 2007
- ISBN 9780199219285
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages366 pages
- Size 240x162x24 mm
- Weight 707 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
A challenging critique of narrative theologies. Francesca Aran Murphy argues that the widespread notion that the role of the theologian is to 'tell God's story' has not helped theology to advance the reality of its doctrines. She offers her own alternative approach, making use of cinema and film theory.
MoreLong description:
A challenging critique of narrative theologies, including the works of George Lindbeck, Robert Jenson, and Herbert McCabe. Francesca Aran Murphy argues that the use of the concept of story or narrative in theology is circular and self-referential, and that the widespread notion that the role of the theologian is to 'tell God's story' has not helped theology to advance the reality of its doctrines. Murphy contends that the scriptural revelation on which Christian theology depends is not a story or a plot but a dramatic encounter between mysterious, free, and unpredictable persons. She offers her own alternative approach, making use of cinema and film theory, and engaging in particular in a dialogue with the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar.
This is a complex book, with many strands and much excellent argument... as an excellent and profound discussion of narrative within theology, this is highly recommended.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Spectacle
The Church as Anonymous Celebrity
Naming God
Theodicy and Melodrama
A Close Run In with Death
Cinematizing the Trinity
Conclusion: A God Who Is Love
