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Speaking In Parables

SCM Classic

by Sallie McFague (Professor of Theology, Vanderbilt University, USA)

  • Paperback
  • 194 pages
  • Publisher: SCM
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.1 cm

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This text discusses the importance for theology of narrative and story. The central contention of the book is that, if Jesus' parables are taken as models of theological reflection, there is a form there that unites language, belief and life. A theology taking its cues from parables finds that the genres most closely associated with it are the poem, the novel and the autobiography. These become the prime resources for the theologian who tries to show how insight occurs through language, how one comes to this moment of belief, and how one works it out in one's own life.;The author discusses such important works as Alan Paton's "Cry the Beloved Country"; J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings"; "The Violent Bear it Away" by Flannery O'Connor; the science fiction of C.S. Lewis; and the fantasies of Charles Williams.
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  • Author

    Sallie McFague (Professor of Theology, Vanderbilt University, USA)

  • Book Format

    paperback (B format)

  • Publisher

    SCM

  • Published

    May 2002

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Preface by

    Gerard Loughlin (Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne)

  • Weight

    232g

  • Page Count

    194

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780334028741

  • ISBN-10

    0334028744

  • Eden Code

    12129

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