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Story and Reality

by Roth Robert Paul Roth

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
  • 12.7 x 20.4 x 1.1 cm

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No Christian will dispute the importance of properly understanding the gospel. And throughout the centuries the function of theology has been to aid that understanding. In good part, as the author of this challenging study indicates, theology has turned to philosophy, history, sociology, or yet other disciplines in an effort to make its own message clear; that is, theology has used philosophical or historical or sociological concepts of reality, and has then attempted to impose upon reality (so defined) a deeper theological significance. But that effort, Robert Roth believes, can never be completely successful, since each of these disciplines -- valuable as they are in themselves -- are compelled by their nature to reduce both reality and theology to the level of what is human, thus leaving out the very thing that theology is all about: God. Roth contends that theology must use as its model what he terms story, the kind of large, comprehensive tale or myth that takes into account the basic facts of the universe and human existence. The nature of story, he tells us, is essentially dramatic, filled with tension between opposing forces. The conflict between good and evil, for example, or between hope and despair, has always characterized great literature. And it is precisely those same conflicts that characterize reality. Little wonder that God's account of reality -- the gospel -- is cast in story form. 'Story and Reality' is an exciting and unusual approach to the question of what constitutes God's message to humanity; it offers as well new insights into the nature of literature, and the role story can play in helping us properly apprehend reality. Roth demands an effort on the part of his readers; but it is an effort that will be richly repaid.
Story and Reality and Freedom at Last
Freedom at LastStory and Reality

  • Author

    Roth Robert Paul Roth

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Wipf & Stock Publishers

  • Published

    December 2004

  • Weight

    209g

  • Dimensions

    12.7 x 20.4 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781597520126

  • ISBN-10

    1597520128

  • Eden Code

    4881791

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