Telling God's Story: Bible, Church and Narrative Theology [Paperback]

Gerard Loughlin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 28, 1999

Narrative theology emphasizes the priority of the story of Jesus Christ because the story precedes categorizing or conceptualizing. An exercise in postmodern narrative theology, this book shows how the distinction between narrative and story enables one to read the Bible as a single story that finds its focus in Christ. Loughlin sees the Church as the telling and continuation of Christ's story, with the Bible and the community as the context in which Christ makes himself known and available for faith.

Editorial Reviews

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"...offers some unique insights into the problem of approaching the Bible as literature....is a very worthwhile venture that expands and offers challenging philosophical views of Scripture....an excellent resource for serious students of theology." Christianity and Literature

"The work is well-written and moves briskly..." Thomas Guarino, First Things

"Gerard Loughlin's prefatory promise to present a theology centered on the story of Jesus is fulfilled in this book....To those looking for a postmodern theology firmly rooted in Christian tradition, or in search of an excellent source of intellectual nourishment...I recommend Telling God's Story." Annette Ahern, The Canadian Catholic Review

"This is a book for persons who are serious in examining the story of Jesus and, thus, the story of the Church." Sherri Ayn Chapin, Lexington Theological Quarterly

Book Description

This book presents narrative theology as radically orthodox. It is orthodox because in the tradition of all those who maintain the priority of the story of Jesus, as it is sacramentally performed in the Church, and radical because it eschews all modern attempts to found Christian faith on some other story, such as that of reason, critical history or human consciousness. Acknowledging the indeterminacy of and textuality of human existance, Telling God's Story presents the Christian life as as a truly postmodern venture: the groundless enactment of God's future now.

Product Details

• Paperback: 284 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (October 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521665159
• ISBN-13: 978-0521665155
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,657,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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