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Tag: Narrative Theology

  • Narrative Theology and Instruction Manuals

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    Storied Theology: Narrative Theology and Instruction Manuals … Does the Bible show us God’s intentions for humanity? Undoubtedly. Is it the maker’s owner manual for living life on earth? The metaphor is hard to sustain (to say the least). Narrative theology attempts to articulate an ethic that does justice to the diachronic (across time) nature…

  • What Story Do We Live In?

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    I recently went back and read N. T. Wright’s The New Testament and the People of God. Wright maintains that the Christian “story” responds to four questions. (1) Who are we? We are humans, made in the image of the creator; we have responsibilities that come with this status. We are not fundamentally determined by…

  • “Why Narrative Theology Matters” Scott Berkhimer

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    Theopraxis (Scott Berkhimer): Why Narrative Theology Matters I mentioned earlier that I've been working a bit on a side project involving narrative theology. On a mostly unrelated note, I've also been listening to a few of NT Wright's recent lectures, which have been absolutely fantastic (not that this should come as any great surprise). These…

  • Narrative vs Systematic Theology

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    Theopraxis (Scott Berkhimer): Who's Driving the Bus: Narrative vs Systematic Theology. Excellent concise differentiation. … I'd like to suggest that there is one significant difference in particular that shapes how I think about the two approaches: it's what drives the organization of the framework. Systematic theology begins with a framework already in place, and then…