Tradition and Imagination - Revelation and Change

Zusatztext Together they [the two volumes - of which this is the first] constitute an achievement unmatched by any British theologian for a long time. The range of erudition (biblical! historical! philosophical; in art! poetry and fiction) is remarkable ... it is likely to make a considerable impact in changing for the better the way in which the nature of doctrinal theology is conceived. Informationen zum Autor David Brown is Van Mildert Professor of Divinity in the University of Durham. Klappentext Tradition and revelation are often regarded as polar opposites: tradition is identified with the dead hand of the past! and revelation is seen as given definitively once and for all. Through detailed examination of some key biblical narratives! this book argues that postcanonical traditions have not only sometimes functioned as imaginative enrichments of religious belief! they can also at times lay claim to the title of revelation. Zusammenfassung Revelation is seen as a gift from God given only once. The author challenges this idea by examining the effect cultural development has on religious belief, narrative, and art, and exploring the nature of the relationship between historical and imaginative truth. Inhaltsverzeichnis One: Tradition as Revelation 1: Narrative and Enlightenment: The Challenge of Postmodernism 2: The Hermeneutics of Pentecost and Crib 3: Continuing Revelation: Learning from Judaism and Islam Two: The Moving Text 4: Heroic Transformations in the Classical World 5: Victim into Saint: Patriarchal Retellings Three: Christ: Change and Imagination 6: Divine Accommodation 7: Art as Revelation Conclusion: Post/modernism and Engagement

Product details

• Authors: David Brown, David (Canon of Durham Cathedral Brown
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.2004
• EAN: 9780199275915
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927591-5
• No. of pages: 428
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; RELIGION / Spirituality, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Spirituality & religious experience, Philosophy of religion, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience