Author
Francesca Murphy
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
July 2007
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Author
Francesca Murphy
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
July 2007
£151.80
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days
God is Not a Story
Today's Price £151.80
This book comes as 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.
Author
Francesca Murphy
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
July 2007
Weight
686g
Page Count
366
Dimensions
156 x 234 x 21 mm
ISBN
9780199219285
ISBN-10
0199219281
Eden Code
1147296
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Author/Creator: Francesca Murphy
ISBN: 9780199219285
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: July 2007
Weight: 686g
Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 21 mm
Eden Code: 1147296