05941cam a2200685La 4500 ocn830627889 OCoLC 20200709060156.0 m d cr |n||||||||| 130320s2012 enk ob 000 0 eng d YDXCP eng pn YDXCP OCLCO IDEBK E7B OCLCF N$T OCLCQ EBLCP OCLCQ OCLCA JSTOR 884647963 022790107X (electronic bk.) 9780227901076 (electronic bk.) 9780227680230 (pbk.) 0227680235 (pbk.) (OCoLC)830627889 (OCoLC)884647963 22573/ctt1cg7b27 JSTOR BT83.78 .S66 2012 REL 067110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh REL070000 bisacsh REL000000 bisacsh REL068000 bisacsh 230 23 MAIN Song, Choan-Seng, 1929- In the beginning were stories, not texts [electronic resource] : story theology / C.S. Song. Cambridge : James Clarke, 2012. 1 online resource (vii, 172 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Print version record. Frontcover; Titlepage; Contents; Preface; 1. In the Beginning Were Stories, Not Texts; Joseph's dreams ; Surrounding an evening fire; ""I love to tell the story"" ; In the beginning were stories; ""All I can do is to tell the story"" ; Life is the heart of story; There are no stories in hell; God loves stories; 2. Story Is the Matrix of Theology; Theology in stories; Take it and read; "Where is the water you are going to bring to me?"; Twelve Years or Half an Hour?; "Show me the magical power of Maya"; "My child, where is the water you were going to bring me?"; A man born blind. "Rabbi, who sinned?""Neither this man nor his parents sinned"; "Lord, I believe"; 3. Theology rewrites Stories; ""The vain crow""; ""The rape of Nanking""; Theology of election; "Jacob I loved but Esau I hated"; The Potter and the Clay; The Prophet Jonah and the City of Nineveh; The Prophet Exiled in Babylon; 4. Stories rectify Theology; Jesus an uncommon Rabbi; A new teaching; The story of the man born blind; Scene One: "I am the man!"; Scene Two: "He is a prophet"; Scene Three: "He is of age; ask him"; Scene Four: "One thing I do know . . ."; Scene Five: Lord, I believe! Those who love much are forgiven muchThe woman with a jar of costly ointment; Supper at the Pharisee's Home; "She has shown great love!"; 5. The Theological Power of Stories; Polarization of power ; The lament of a Japanese mother; Theological power of stories; Power of Empathy; Image-Making Power; The Power of Communion; Power in Suffering; The Power of Love; The Power of Transcendence; 6. In Search of our roots; What is the story?; Stories are human search for love; The Story of Spring Fragrance; Stories are human quests for hope; The Story of Two Suns; Stories are quests for faith. The Story of Barbar Deva7. Stories within a Story; The story of Abraham offering Isaac as a sacrifice; Story 1: God Tested Abraham?; Story 2: "Take your Son, your only Son . . ."; Story 3: "Stay here with the Donkey . . ."; Story 4: "Father, Where is the Lamb for a Burnt Offering?"; Story 5: What about Sarah, Mother of Isaac?; Story 6: Abraham Tested God; The story of Jesus' passion; Story 1: "If these were silent, the stones would cry out" (Luke 19:40); Story 2: "Look, the world has gone after him!" (John 12:19); Story 3: Thirty Pieces of Sliver (Matt 26:14-16). Story 4: "Is it I, Lord?" (Mark 14:19)Story 5: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man" (Matt 27:19); Story 6: "Daughter of Jerusalem, do not weep for me"; Story 7: "Not what I want, but what you want" (Mark 14:36); 8. Stories Are Culturally Distinctive; Stories are culturally distinctive; The Kannon Who Substituted; The Keys of Destiny; The ugly duckling; 9. Stories Can Be Theologically Interactive; Suffering and faith; Alicia's Story; Sin and death; Death in the Garden; "Have You Eaten from the Tree?"; Transformation; "Take, this is my body"; "We Have Drunk Soma, Have Become Immortal." Stories are the most basic mode of human communication. Writers, painters, sculptors, artists, and indeed, people of all walks of life live by the telling of their stories. Christianity itself is deeply rooted in storytelling - the vast majority of the Hebrew Scriptures, for example, consist of stories, and Jesus proclaimed and taught about the Reign of God through stories and parables. At the heart of the Christian faith are stories, not concepts, propositions, or ideas. In the Beginning Were Stories, Not Texts laments the fact that Christian theology is all too often expressed in terms of abs. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Theology. Storytelling Religious aspects Christianity. RELIGION Christian Theology Systematic. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity General. bisacsh Storytelling Religious aspects Christianity. fast (OCoLC)fst01134182 Theology. fast (OCoLC)fst01149559 RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: 9780227680230 0227680235 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=814385 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1747635 ebrary EBRY ebr10634120 EBSCOhost EBSC 814385 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis24413813 YBP Library Services YANK 10349494 92 N$T 55116 55116